BlackBoxTV Presents

{{Short description|American horror anthology series}}

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| genre = {{unbulleted list|Drama|Horror|Science fiction}}

| creator = {{unbulleted list|Tony E. Valenzuela|Philip DeFranco}}

| director = Tony E. Valenzuela

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| writer = {{unbulleted list|Tony E. Valenzuela|Michael J. Gallagher|Brett Annese|Bernie Su}}

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| starring = {{unbulleted list|Joey Graceffa|Bree Essrig|Wilson Cleveland|Brittani Louise Taylor|Taryn Southern|Jeremy Sisto|Brea Grant|Drake Bell|Jarrett Sleeper|Vincent Cyr|Nikki Limo|Philip DeFranco|Justine Ezarik|Shane Dawson}}

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| narrated = Tony E. Valenzuela

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 5

| num_episodes = 61

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| executive_producer = {{unbulleted list|Tony E. Valenzuela|Anthony E. Zuiker|Gary Bryman}}

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| camera = Single-camera

| runtime = 15-22 minutes

| network = YouTube

| first_aired = {{Start date|2010|08|17}}

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BlackBoxTV Presents is an American horror anthology web series created by Tony E. Valenzuela and Philip DeFranco.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2010/08/18/blackboxtv-be-afraid-be-very-afraid-of-phil-de-francos-dark-side/|title=BlackBoxTV: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid of Phil DeFranco's Dark Side|last=Weiss-Roessler|first=Josh|date=August 18, 2010|work=Tubefilter|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=Tubefilter, Inc.}} The first season, which featured a cast of YouTube creators including DeFranco, iJustine, and Shane Dawson, was self-funded by Valenzuela{{Cite news|url=https://gigaom.com/2010/08/17/sxephil-ijustine-and-shane-dawson-spill-secret-fears-for-black-box-tv/|title=Sxephil, iJustine and Shane Dawson Spill Secret Fears for Black Box TV|last=Miller|first=Liz Shannon|date=August 17, 2010|work=GigaOm|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=Knowingly, Inc.|archive-date=June 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180620101234/https://gigaom.com/2010/08/17/sxephil-ijustine-and-shane-dawson-spill-secret-fears-for-black-box-tv/|url-status=dead}} and debuted on the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on August 17, 2010.

In 2012, Valenzuela collaborated with CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker{{Cite news|url=https://nypost.com/2012/04/13/csis-anthony-zuiker-is-back-with-blackboxtv-web-fears/|title=CSI's Anthony Zuiker is back with BlackBoxTV Web fears|last=Shen|first=Maxine|date=April 13, 2012|work=New York Post|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=NYP Holdings, Inc.}} to relaunch the BlackBoxTV YouTube channel as part of the YouTube Original Channel Initiative.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/google-plans-to-turn-existing-tv-industry-upside-down|title=Google Plans to Turn Existing TV Industry Upside Down|last=Lyons|first=Dan|date=November 7, 2011|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=The Daily Beast Company}} Season three, dubbed BlackBoxTV: Silverwood, premiered on the relaunched BlackBoxTV YouTube channel on April 13, 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2012/04/13/blackboxtv-anthony-zuiker/|title=Anthony E. Zuiker Debuts Original Series on BlackBoxTV|last=Baldwin|first=Drew|date=April 13, 2012|work=Tubefilter|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=Tubefilter, Inc.}}

The season 5 premiere episode, "How to Quit YouTube" starring Wilson Cleveland{{Cite news|url=https://www.adweek.com/digital/meet-watch-awards-talent-judge-wilson-cleveland-156679/|title=Meet Watch Awards Talent Judge Wilson Cleveland|last=Castillo|first=Michelle|date=April 1, 2014|work=Adweek|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=Beringer Capital}} as a vlogger lost in the desert, debuted on YouTube on March 19, 2014. The episode, which Tubefilter writer Sam Gutelle called, "an extreme version of the occasionally overwhelming demands of online video fame,"{{Cite news|url=https://www.tubefilter.com/2014/03/19/black-box-tv-how-to-quit-youtube-wilson-cleveland/|title=BlackBoxTV Portrays Perils Of YouTube Stardom In New Season|last=Gutelle|first=Sam|date=March 19, 2014|work=Tubefilter|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=Tubefilter, Inc.}} earned Streamy Award nominations for Cleveland for Best Actor and Valenzuela for Best Director in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/4th-annual-nominees/|title=4th Annual Streamy Awards Nominees|publisher=Streamy Awards|accessdate=June 18, 2018}} The season 5 episode "Versions of Elloise" was produced in collaboration with Legendary Entertainment as part of “YouTube Space House of Horrors: A Legendary Halloween”{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2014/digital/news/guillermo-del-toro-legendary-youtube-scary-halloween-short-film-contest-1201292904/|title=Legendary, YouTube Launch Halloween Film Contest with Guillermo del Toro |last=Graser|first=Marc|date=September 2, 2014|work=Variety|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=Variety Media, LLC.}} and selected as one of ten finalists by Guillermo del Toro.{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/guillermo-del-toro-legendary-youtube-house-of-horrors-finalists-video-863251/|title=Guillermo Del Toro To Pick Finalists In YouTube Horror Hunt: Video|last=Yamato|first=Jen|date=October 27, 2014|work=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=June 18, 2018|via=Deadline}}

BlackBoxTV Presents has won Streamy Awards for Best Writing: Drama (2013),{{cite web|url=https://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/3rd-annual-nominees/|title=Winners 3rd Annual Streamy Awards Winners|publisher=Streamy Awards|accessdate=June 18, 2018}} Best Drama Series (2015){{cite web|url=https://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/5th-annual-nominees-winners/|title=Winners 5th Annual Streamy Awards Winners|publisher=Streamy Awards|accessdate=June 18, 2018}} and Best Immersive Series (2017){{cite web|url=https://www.streamys.org/nominees-winners/7th-annual-nominees/|title=Winners 7th Annual Streamy Awards Winners|publisher=Streamy Awards|accessdate=June 18, 2018}} and won Best Editing at the 2012 IAWTV Awards.{{cite web|url=http://www.iawtv.org/iawtv-awards-ap/|title=IAWTV Awards Past Winners|publisher=International Academy of Web Television|accessdate=June 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004135043/http://www.iawtv.org/iawtv-awards-ap/|archive-date=October 4, 2015|url-status=dead}}