Sexperts, a new Web series developed and produced by Columbia College Television students in the Internet and Mobile Media concentration, made a smashing debut on YouTube, premiering May 7 with more than 1,000 views in the first 15 minutes. After 24 hours, according to the Sexperts Twitter account, it was the most-subscribed to comedy channel on YouTube for that month.

Instructor Wojciech Lorenc, who oversaw the show’s production and distribution, expressed surprise at the demographics of early viewers in a ReelChicago.com interview: 59 percent female, 45 percent over 25, and 25 percent over 45, as opposed to the mainly young, male viewership one might expect for a sexually themed Web series. Nine episodes and 125,000 views later, just like the show’s amorous couple, Sexperts is still going strong.

In the first five-minute episode, an average small-town couple makes a sex video, then accidentally sends it via an email attachment to everyone they know. The actors (Beth O’Neill and Brian Rabinowitz) are charming, and the show’s premiere is particularly clever in the way it enlists its own medium as part of its content. In the first episode, YouTube celebrities Valentina, Tony Huyin, Michael Buckley, and Karen Alloy make cameo appearances as friends of the couple who call in on Skype in response to the racy email they inadvertently received. The episode ends with a hint at what’s to come: viewers so impressed with the couple’s sexual prowess that they begin calling in for advice. Tyler Rutledge’s script was selected from student work in professor Michael Fry’s Writing for Internet and Mobile TV class, part of a newer concentration at Columbia focusing on online and handheld digital media.

Sexperts has been reviewed at NewTeeVee.com and ReelChicago.com. All episodes are available online at sexpertstheshow.com, along with behind-the-scenes material and information about the cast and crew.