LG15: Outbreak

{{Short description|US television program}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox television

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| alt_name = Outbreak

| genre = Video blog, Drama

| creator = Gregory Austin McConnell

| director = Gregory Austin McConnell
Lance Little

| developer = Tempest Pictures

| presenter = EQAL

| starring = Gregory Austin McConnell
Danielle Martin
Lance Little

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 42

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = EQAL

| producer = Gregory Austin McConnell
Lance Little
Vincent Rouse

| editor = Gregory Austin McConnell
Lance Little

| location = Christian County, Missouri

| camera =

| runtime = Varies from 0 to 9 minutes

| network = LG15.com

| first_aired = {{start date|2010|1|11}}

| last_aired = {{end date|2010|3|24}}

| related = lonelygirl15
KateModern
LG15: The Resistance
N1ckola
LG15: The Last

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LG15: Outbreak is a social show produced by lonelygirl15 fans in 2010, under the name of Tempest Pictures, and presented by EQAL on LG15.com. Due to the downturn in the economy, EQAL's show LG15: The Resistance was put on hiatus, and instead, the producers decided to open a contest for the fans.{{Cite news|url=http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.Ptitleprso37k4rhtc|title=LG15: the resistance|publisher=TV Tropes|accessdate=2009-09-12|archive-date=2009-07-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728050659/http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main.ptitleprso37k4rhtc|url-status=dead}} The contest allowed fans to submit pilot episodes and trailers of spin-off shows based on the Lonelygirl15 mythology, where the selected pilot would become an official LG15 Franchise show.{{Cite news|url=http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/01/05/is-crowdsourcing-a-bad-omen-for-lg15/|author=Baldwin, Drew|title=Is Crowdsourcing a Bad Omen for LG15?|publisher=Tubefilter|date=Jan 5, 2009|accessdate=2009-08-04|archive-date=2009-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825031101/http://news.tubefilter.tv/2009/01/05/is-crowdsourcing-a-bad-omen-for-lg15/|url-status=dead}} The winner of the first season of "LG15: The Show Is Yours" was LG15: The Last, and LG15: Outbreak was declared the winner of the second season.{{Cite news|url=http://www.storygas.com/2009/01/lonelygirl15-show-is-yours.html|title=Lonelygirl15 - The show is yours...|publisher=Story Gas Today|date=January 6, 2009|accessdate=2009-08-04}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.c21media.net/news/detail.asp?area=89&article=46975|author=Benzine, Adam|title=CBS, Eqal prep multi-platform drama|publisher=C21Media|date=January 14, 2009|accessdate=2009-08-04}} At the time of the first contest, allowing a crowd-sourced project to take over production responsibilities was seen as "unprecedented".{{Cite web |url=http://www.tilzy.tv/eqals-new-lonelygirl15-show-is-yours.htm |title=EQAL's New Lonelygirl15 'Show is Yours', Tilzy.tv (Jan. 6, 2009) |access-date=2010-06-20 |archive-date=2009-02-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204062947/http://www.tilzy.tv/eqals-new-lonelygirl15-show-is-yours.htm |url-status=dead }}

The first teasers for the series, including the official submission, were posted in the quarter end of 2009, with the first episode premiering on January 11, 2010. The show ran for eight weeks, followed by a finale event on March 24, 2010 that consisted of a series of 12 videos posted over 12 hours, which had traditionally ended other lonelygirl15 series.[http://www.lg15.com/post/lg15-outbreak-12in12-finale-this-wednesday-2 Announcement on the LG15.com homepage] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619064039/http://www.lg15.com/post/lg15-outbreak-12in12-finale-this-wednesday-2 |date=2010-06-19 }}, [http://www.lg15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=LG15:_Outbreak_Series_Finale Finale page on LGPedia]

LG15: Outbreak was the sixth show in EQAL's LG15 Franchise.{{Cite news|url=http://www.lg15.com/lgpedia/index.php?title=LG15_Franchise|title=LG15 Franchise|publisher=LGPedia|accessdate=2009-08-04}} The show ended on a cliffhanger, leading many fans to believe that the series was setting up for the mother-ship series of LG15: The Resistance to return. However, on April 28, 2010, EQAL announced that new LG15 Universe content - outside of possible international licensing and the remainder of LG15: The Last - would not be produced in the foreseeable future.{{cite web |last1=Beckett |first1=Miles |title=The Show is All of Yours |url=http://www.lg15.com/post/the-show-is-all-of-yours |website=lg15.com |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506144938/http://www.lg15.com/post/the-show-is-all-of-yours |archivedate=6 May 2012}}

In the years since LG15: Outbreak's conclusion, creator and star Austin McConnell (who has independently gained fame for his video essays) has been candid about issues with the production of the series and the final product.{{cite web |last1=McConnell |first1=Austin |title=Did I Kill LonelyGirl15? [video] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cstiCjIk14w |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/cstiCjIk14w |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|date=20 October 2016 }}{{cbignore}}