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YouTube Revives Failed Sitcom Pilot

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the where-was-youtube-when-firefly-was-around dept.

Vary Krishna writes ""Nobody's Watching", a pilot made for last year's upfronts that was never picked up, is being put back into development by NBC after gaining attention on YouTube. From the ZapTV article: "I love the spirit of the experimentation," NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly says. "And I think if we can actually have something find an audience on the web, gravitate over to the network, continue with a web presence and have them feed each other, that could end up being a really cool thing." Where was this guy last year?"

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  1. SBTBTCY by crazyjeremy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hopefully this same tactic will also revive the highly acclaimed but cancelled "Saved by the Bell: The College Years"... and Baywatch Nights.

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  2. Perhaps... by SCPRedMage · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the execs finally realized that "Nobody's Watching" is the title and not the ratings?

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  3. QEWL by riff420 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, the next time a woman tells me to "put YouTube in MySpace", at least I'll have a new show to watch.

  4. Re:Give me my Firefly back by BobSutan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why is this modded as Funny? We're serious. Give us back our Firefly!!!

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  5. Not gonna happen. by SPQR_Julian · · Score: 3, Funny

    They can't take the sky, but they sure as hell took the airwaves. Damn Fox.

  6. Re:It's about intelligence.. by MrStaticVoid · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, American Chopper and Trading Spaces are real thinkers.

  7. Re:Surprisingly unfunny by TheRealSync · · Score: 2, Funny
    [...] the show was written by Scrubs and Family Guy writers [...]
    Scrubs is written by manatees?!?
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