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Online Nation was a reality TV series hosted by Rhett and Link in 2007 that used to air on The CW. It was the first ever TV show that starred the duo. In this show, the duo feature everything and anything that has captured the attention of the online world, handpicked from various websites, blogs and user-generated materials on the Internet. A segment that was never implemented on the actual episodes (but instead was only featured as part of a promo) was the ability of viewers to communicate with each other live on air.

The show ran for four episodes from September 23, 2007 to October 14, 2007 before it was axed by The CW three days after the fourth episode due to low ratings, in part due to it being placed on the network's worst time slot (Sundays at 7:30 PM), as well as little promotion to the show. The show's premiere had the lowest viewership count in The CW's history at the time, at only 994,000 viewers. Online Nation was the second show to be cancelled during the U.S. television season of 2007-08. Rhett and Link soon reacted to the show's cancellation in a video.

Considered as a "failure" to the duo and the Mythical Beasts, Rhett and Link occasionally reference the show as self-deprecation of their careers online as well as a running gag in later videos. An entire Good Mythical Morning episode was later uploaded on March 23, 2021 that talked about this show.

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