Acceptable TV premieres tonight on VH1 and I’m legitimately excited about it. Created by Channel 101 creators (more or less) and featuring an all-star lineup of Channel 101 contributers, it’ll be the first time I’ve seen most of these people in something other than a 320×240 Quicktime window.

Much like Channel 101 itself, Acceptable TV allows viewers to vote on mini TV shows, in this case no longer than two and half minutes, in order to dictate next week’s lineup. However, whereas only viewers at Channel 101’s live showings can participate, the entire Internet gets to vote on Acceptable TV’s shows. At the moment, the Acceptable TV website is saturated with big ideas and very little clarity as to how, exactly, any of these ideas are going to be executed. Exactly which contributed shows are eligible for the VH1 airing and how (or even if) shows return after winning a week aren’t even addressed on the site. As it stands at the moment, the website is basically a bad YouTube rip off, but all signs point to the actual television program having at least some value. Hopefully it can overcome obscurity and a poor time slot and find success. The people behind it honestly deserve it.