{"id":50,"date":"2006-07-11T19:34:30","date_gmt":"2006-07-12T02:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/11\/people-are-watching-nobodys-watching\/"},"modified":"2007-10-28T23:38:19","modified_gmt":"2007-10-29T04:38:19","slug":"people-are-watching-nobodys-watching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2006\/07\/people-are-watching-nobodys-watching\/","title":{"rendered":"People are watching “Nobody’s Watching”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is awesome. A sitcom pilot that was passed on by NBC and the WB may get a second chance after becoming a YouTube sensation.<\/a> (That’s a NYTimes link which is good right now, I think, but may go behind a paywall at some point.) It’s called “Nobody’s Watching” (and yes, they actually reference the issues with that title in the show), and it’s about a couple of sitcom fanatics who get the chance to go to Hollywood and produce a sitcom…the twist is that they’re being filmed twenty-four-seven while they do it, and it’s being broadcast as a reality show. Sort of a Truman Show<\/i> vibe, and a little Sports Night<\/i> in places. It’s not the best show I’ve ever seen, but it’s more amusing than a lot of sitcoms that do get aired. You can see it on YouTube here<\/a> (there are three parts, but you can get to them all from there).<\/p>\n

The exciting thing is that networks are taking notice of the show’s YouTube success and reconsidering it–opening the door for networks to actually start “getting” the internet and what a great tool it could be. If networks would throw the pilots they get on YouTube, or heck, even on their own sites (prominantly, not like the half-hidden “Lazy Sunday” link) and let the public watch them, comment on them, discuss them over the summer, wouldn’t they have a much better idea of what could be a hit come fall? Especially since they were concerned that “Nobody’s Watching” wouldn’t make it because the plot was too convoluted for people to understand. Please. *eyeroll* I would love the opportunity to see pilots early. I really hope the networks wise up. Then at least we could have something interesting to watch over the summer, right?<\/p>\n

Unmediated.org has a good post on it, too.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is awesome. A sitcom pilot that was passed on by NBC and the WB may get a second chance after becoming a YouTube sensation. (That’s a NYTimes link which is good right now, I think, but may go behind a paywall at some point.) It’s called “Nobody’s Watching” (and yes, they actually reference the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[692,693],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":842,"url":"https:\/\/www.the-frame.com\/blog\/2007\/12\/spaced-fake-gunfight\/","url_meta":{"origin":50,"position":0},"title":"Spaced – Fake Gunfight","author":"Jandy","date":"December 8, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We had a Spaced marathon last night, and this was probably my favorite scene (of many). Spaced is a British sitcom written by and starring Simon Pegg of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz. 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