Acceptable TV, the new interactive sketch program that will be best known for being The Kirkman’s first starring vehicle, finally hits the airwaves tonight (10pm, VH1) and Ain’t It Cool News has a heartfelt plea from Dan Harmon, one of the show’s creators:

Why am I writing you? Because although it’s a great show, it’s a great show that is airing on VH1, a network that can sometimes just sort of not do things. The up side to their not-doing is that they’ve not-meddled in our content, which is why the show is, in my opinion, truly great. The down side is that they’re currently not-promoting our show in any effective way. They think they are. They think their release of a commercial to TMZ, combined with Viacom’s suing of Youtube, is groundbreaking cross-platform marketing. They also think Web Junk 20 is a good idea. They think lots of things. In the mean time, nobody really knows our show is going to be on the air …

The right people certainly don’t know. Our people. The nerds. The people that will really like it. The fans of Mr. Show, Kids in the Hall, Stella, Python, SCTV, etc. That’s what we are, and that’s the audience for whom we’re making this show.

Feel free to waste away your entire Friday workday at the Acceptable TV website, which is up and running with a whole bunch of fan-created shows, a blog about the making of the show, a nifty countdown clock that’s sure to do something wacky tonight when it reaches zero, and tutorials by the creators, like this one on how to make the lighting your pilot “acceptable”:

Speaking of “lighting”, we also recommend giving a listen to this very “enlightening” interview that The Sound of Young America’s Jesse Thorn did with Dan Harmon last week. One thing they definitely don’t go “light” on is the hilarity!

Light!