Kate Berlant and John Early's new Vimeo show has a very...colorful trailer

Original shows seem to be very popular now. Video streaming sites are trying to snatch up their own original series and specials every single day. Vimeo recently joined that business late last year with their announcement that they're producing original shows such as Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld's Lonely and Horney and the Paul Scheer, Rob Huebel comedy special Crash Test.

Now the artsy streamer is set to premiere a show from funny people John Early and Kate Berlant called 555. Splitsider writes that the series is made up of five short films and is produced by Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. The trailer is bonkers and no words can really describe what's going on. But Kate and John are very funny so this show would be a no-brainer to watch. Find it streaming on Vimeo on January 31.

Vimeo wants to help female directors, starts by releasing Aidy Bryant led film

There's a strange phenomenon going on in the weird world of Hollywood. White men are getting less and less noticed in favor of young minorities and women. Sure there is still a huge, HUGE divide but, slowly, the business is equaling out. According to Variety, Vimeo wants to shorten that divide considerably. The artsy streaming service is backing a new program that aims to foster and educate female directors as well as finance their projects. "Share the Screen" as it's called will bring about at least five new movies with female led voices in 2016 alone.

The first movie is called Darby Forever and stars one of SNL's current funniest cast members, Aidy Bryant. The trailer was released today and the movie features Bryant, Natasha Lyonne and Retta. Bryant's Darby works as a fabric shop girl who is more into daydreaming than dealing with customers and she also longs for the love of the delivery man, Nick. Vimeo plans on releasing Darby Forever on Thursday, February 18. 

Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and friends 'Crash Test' a bus

Rob Huebel and Paul Scheer are taking comedy on the road of Los Angeles in a new special called Crash Test. Exclusive to Vimeo, Crash Test is a comedy special that takes place entirely on a glass bus. The two leads ride around with an audience as they run into their famous friends including Natasha Leggero, Aziz Ansari, Rob Corddry, Aubrey Plaza, and more getting into some wacky situations. Along with the comedy, Earl Sweatshirt stopped by to perform a few songs. It's like Dave Chappelle's Block Party is it was entirely on a bus which doesn't sound half bad. Check out the special on Vimeo when it releases on August 18.

HBO Bolsters its Comedy Presence with 'High Maintenance'

Internet based comedy is coming to paid cable with HBO's acquisition of the Vimeo series High Maintenance. The Big H has ordered six episodes of the show. To add to that, the show's current 19 episodes are even headed to the streaming applications HBO Go and HBO Now sometime later this year. 

 "High Maintenance has proven to be one of today’s most highly-acclaimed online comedies,” said HBO’s Michael Lombardo. “We are thrilled to bring this sophisticated and clever series to our HBO audience."

For those of you who haven't seen the show, it follows a Brooklyn pot dealer -- "The Guy" -- who delivers to clients with neuroses as diverse as the city. It was created and written by the married partners Katja Blichfeld ( 30 Rock) and Ben Sinclair (Sisters), and executive produced by Katja Blichfeld, Russell Gregory and Ben Sinclair. Sinclair also stars in the show as said "Guy" who interacts with all of his weird customers. 

“We have been growing this show organically for three years now, and we are elated to bring it into full maturity at HBO, the gold-standard of both online and televised entertainment,” said Blichfeld and Sinclair.

The show has proven to be a hit for Vimeo's streaming service that apparently exists. Sinclair and Blichfield even won a WGa Award for the episode "Rachel." This is all fitting news for 4/20.