"Dr. Horrible" Web Series is in Washingtonpost.com Viral Videos of 2008

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

From the content wasteland caused by the Writers Guild strike of early 2008, a beacon of hope : Joss Whedon’s made-for-Internet musical, starring Neil Patrick Harris as super-villain with a doctorate in "horribleness."

Aiming simply to give viewers something to watch while the WGA got its business together, "Dr. Horrible" ended up raising the webisode bar with a surprisingly twisty plot and a hefty 43-minute running time. Plus, songs inspired by Sondheim ! By the time "Dr. Horrible" was released in July, the strike was long over. Still, the video was enough to make us consider the types of things we might all be watching when we’re no longer watching TV.