If you live in the US you can watch the entire pilot here (NBC.com).
NBC's Awake premieres March 1
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I never watch pilots in advance. Interrupts the flow of the story.
I love Jason Isaacs so I shall give it a look-see.
WTF? Watching the first episode interrupts the flow of the story??
Watched this tonight on Brighthouse cable ondemand. Good show, excellent production. Reminds me of Life On Mars.
Curiosity got the better of me--I'd give it a Very Good. Be interesting to see if the high concept wins out over soap....
*Bump.*
Seriously - no new posts for the premiere at all? Maybe that explains the ratings, which were, ehhhh...
2.0/5, 6.24M...if everyone's already seen the pilot that pretty much takes the air out of the premiere being an "event," and then what happens to the second week's rating?
I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Talk amongst yourselves and I'll be back tomorrow.
Seriously - no new posts for the premiere at all? Maybe that explains the ratings, which were, ehhhh...
2.0/5, 6.24M...if everyone's already seen the pilot that pretty much takes the air out of the premiere being an "event," and then what happens to the second week's rating?
I haven't had a chance to watch it yet. Talk amongst yourselves and I'll be back tomorrow.
Well if this show is generating so little interest here, I'm not sanguine about what's going to happen to the ratings next week. TrekBBS is the canary in the coal mine.
I liked the pilot episode, but I'm genuinely wondering how long this premise can be stretched before it gets boring. I have a feeling this show won't have the time to outlast my interest in it.
I liked the pilot episode, but I'm genuinely wondering how long this premise can be stretched before it gets boring. I have a feeling this show won't have the time to outlast my interest in it.
My hunch is that they need to think about wrapping it up this season. The premiere ratings aren't strong enough to survive that inevitable second-episode drop.
I liked this pilot quite a bit.
As for which "reality" is real. I'm guessing both are just as real - or not real. My current hypothesis is that both could be playing out in is head as he is laying in a coma - or he is still in the wreck with his family, waiting to be rescued.
As for which "reality" is real. I'm guessing both are just as real - or not real. My current hypothesis is that both could be playing out in is head as he is laying in a coma - or he is still in the wreck with his family, waiting to be rescued.
I think revealing which reality is "real" would be a mistake and would undercut the idea of the show.
If that's the case, then NBC would never hire them again. Networks, and even cable stations, in the US are not interested in 2 season shows.
And the producers might be ok, but the network would be pissed, especially if it was doing well.
They can't do that till the final episode.
Which is the problem. What happens until then? Foot dragging, angst and cop show stuff. Meh. Some premises just don't have an ongoing TV series in them. If TV other than HBO did miniseries anymore, this might make a good miniseries.
I don't think this is anything like a two season show, even if anyone did shows like that (deliberately). More like 6 to 8 episodes, tops.
It would make a BRILLIANT miniseries. Could you imagine, until that final moment, the audience GUESSING, on the edge of their seats?
Which really won't work over the years that NBC will want.
One way to stretch the show out is the police procedural element. They can use episodes that focus more on the crime of the week as filler which is why they made the main character a cop instead of a janitor.
People can watch a ton of cop shows. The reason this one is different is the mystery at the heart of the show (which reality is real.) Use to much filler and the audience will drop. Look at what happened to Lost when they started spinning wheels. And the audience started dropping.
You can stretch a story only so much. It's the problem of an ongoing show with a mystery at it's core. Look what happened with the X-Files and it's conspiracy story... it became a muddled mess.
If the revelation of the your central mystery means the end of your story, you have a limited time.
Actually, a janitor might be more interesting... he can change jobs, he could get promoted, he can do more than being stuck in a procedural.
But, again, still limited by: when will he wake up?
I finally got to watch this last night, it was sitting on my DVR since its broadcast. I actually loved the pilot, thought it was really engaging and well written. I was a huge Lost fan and I'm not sure if this could go past a season or two without burnout. I have to echo those who said that this would be a great miniseries. However that brings me to another point, I don't see why TV stations don't make shows that last a season or two. Its often done with the BBC. It would be almost like a prolonged mini-series, so you have enough time to tell your story but it doesn't drag on and on and get bogged down. I look forward to watching this for ever how long its got.
They don't do it because the business models are different than the BBC.
The shows are expensive. You're about creating LOTS of content--to sell on DVD, to sell into syndication. A lot of shows are loss leaders and don't turn a profit until later.
