I like the father/2 sons element of Numbers so I am glad he is not leaving the show.
The
www.youtube.com video played well on my computer even though it was divided in 5 parts.
Well it was probably a NUTs ploy to generate buzz.
"Aaron Sorkin pilot leaks onto Web for a day.
The satire of the "not ready for prime-time players" was not ready for Web surfers.
Studio 60 The pilot for the new Aaron Sorkin show, Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip, appeared on YouTube early Wednesday before NBC, which recently signed a content-sharing deal with the site, forced its removal. The pilot is still available legally as a Netflix rental.
YouTube was the beneficiary of another NBC clip earlier this year. The comedic rap video "Lazy Sunday," which originally appeared on NBC's Saturday Night Live, landed on the site in February and was seen more than a million times before NBC's legal department made the site remove it.
The video for "Lazy Sunday" lasted for several minutes. The Studio 60 pilot is an hour-long drama, and the episode was broken into six chunks, each between 6 and 10 minutes.
Studio 60 follows an SNL-type sketch show at the fictional NBS network. In the pilot, Judd Hirsch--playing a role strikingly similar to SNL boss Lorne Michaels--stops the live show-within-a-show to let loose with a verbal tirade against corporate-owned media and "candy a** networks." The scene recalls the 1970s drama Network, in which enraged newsman Peter Finch encouraged Americans to go to their windows and yell, "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!"
NBC is hoping the buzz surrounding the show and its new fall season, which has been growing thanks to the Internet, will translate into ratings. If the YouTube "leak" is any indication, the peacock should feel confident--the Studio 60 pilot was watched more than 20,000 times and rated four-and-a-half stars out of five. "
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www.tv.comNow it looks like Studio 60 is not the only new fall show available online :
Online: Fall TV
Leaked videos give fans early view of new shows
By JOHN JURGENSEN
August 12, 2006; Page P2
A new television show called "Jericho" has a small but dedicated group of
fans, who've been buzzing about the show online. The reaction has been
surprising -- considering that CBS won't air "Jericho" until late
September. Viewers are responding to a leaked video of the pilot that's
been flying around the Internet.
Networks have increasingly been experimenting with giving viewers early
looks at coming shows on their official Web sites, as well as on iTunes
and through DVD rentals. But recently at least 10 unaired pilots have been
leaked -- apparently without the networks' permission -- to so-called
peer-to-peer networks that allow users to download files stored on each
others' computers. In many cases, the pilots appear to have been "ripped"
from official DVDs made for reviewers and company executives.
It's unclear whether the leaks resulted from security breaches or quiet
efforts to promote the shows. In either case, Internet leaks can sometimes
pay off for TV shows. In June, a TV pilot called "Nobody's Watching,"
which the WB network had passed on, was leaked to the video-sharing site
YouTube. It generated enough of an audience online that NBC decided to
pick up the show for development.
At least four of CBS's fall pilots have been circulated on the Web, a
development that CBS spokesman Chris Ender calls "both flattering and
frightening." He adds: "We're pleased that there's an early demand for our
shows but the marketing benefits can't excuse what is illegal theft of our
programming."
The number of people trading the files is still relatively small.
According to Wiredset, a digital marketing agency that's been tracking the
trading, the leaked pilot for ABC's "The Nine," for instance, has been
downloaded about 36,000 times in the past month with Bittorrent, a program
for downloading large files.
While viewer comments online have been generally positive, some have
raised concerns that several new serial thrillers -- such as NBC's
"Heroes," about a mysterious phenomenon that endows everyday people with
superpowers -- are too similar to ABC's hit "Lost."
HOW TO FIND IT: NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox have previews of their fall pilots
on their Web sites; NBC also plans to show some full pilots this fall on
nbcfirstlook.com."
Source : Wall Street Journal