"EastSiders" launched on YouTube in 2012 to a lot of love from fans and critics alike, with Entertainment Weekly calling the show "funny and heartbreaking" and Out Magazine praising it as "relatable, fresh and darkly funny." The show has been nominated for 8 Daytime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Digital Drama Series, Outstanding Writing and Directing for Kit Williamson, Outstanding Actor for Van Hansis and Outstanding Supporting Actor for Stephen Guarino and John Halbach. The series won Best Web Drama at the LA Weekly Awards, Best Ensemble at the Indie Series Awards and was nominated for a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy. In 2016 the series found a world-wide audience on Netflix, and has now been subtitled in more than 30 languages.