NBC to stream all new primetime shows
Cory Bergman September 13th, 2006
The annoucements are coming fast and furious today. NBC just put out a press release announcing NBC.com will stream ad-supported episodes of Studio 60, Kidnapped, 30 Rock, Friday Night Lights and Heroes after the shows air on the network. (Up to eight episodes, except 30 Rock will only stream four epidoses). Also, NBC.com is launching a ton of new blogs written by the shows’ creators, producers or cast members for every show on the air. Press release follows with more details…
PRESS RELEASE — NBC today announced plans to stream full episodes of its new Fall primetime shows on www.nbc.com for free.
The ad-supported model will allow viewers to watch episodes of their favorite NBC primetime shows on NBC 24/7, NBC Universal’s video player which will re-launch on October 1st with a new enhanced high-resolution, large-format version.
Additionally, nbc.com will feature live premiere blogs from the creators, producers or cast members for every show on the air (complete list follows below). All new, returning, scripted or reality shows will host a live blog immediately after the premiere episode. Viewers will be encouraged to engage in a dialogue with the creator, producer or cast member about the episode as soon as the broadcast concludes.
The announcement was made by Jeff Gaspin, President, NBC Universal Cable Entertainment, Digital Content and Cross-Network Strategy.
“When you launch a new season, it’s important that you get the shows in front of as many eyeballs as possible,” said Gaspin. “We’ve created a variety of new, engaging digital offerings to generate excitement and drive viewership to the network.”
NBC.com will offer the following programming after the network broadcast:
The first four episodes of “30 Rock,” the new comedy starring Tina Fey (who also created the series), Tracy Morgan and Alec Baldwin and the new comedy “Twenty Good Years,” starring Emmy winner John Lithgow (”3rd Rock from the Sun”) and Jeffrey Tambor (”Arrested Development”).
In addition, nbc.com will provide eight episodes of the new dramas “Kidnapped,” starring Jeremy Sisto (”Six Feet Under”), Delroy Lindo (”The Cider House Rules”), Emmy winner Dana Delany (”China Beach”) and Oscar winner Tim Hutton (”Ordinary People”); “Friday Night Lights,” the new drama based on the theatrical film hit about high school Texas football starring Kyle Chandler (”King Kong”); “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” the critically acclaimed new drama from Emmy-winning executive producers Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme (”The West Wing”); and “Heroes,” the controversial and fresh new drama about ordinary people who discover their have extraordinary powers, starring Milo Ventimiglia (”The Bedford Diaries”).
The live premiere blogs will feature the following creators, producers or cast members from each primetime show:
“Deal or No Deal”, September 18th , The Banker’s Blog
“Studio 60″ , September 18th , Aaron Sorkin, Creator and Executive Producer and Thomas Schlamme, Executive Producer and Director
“Law & Order: Criminal Intent” , September 19th , Warren Leight, Executive Producer
“Law & Order: SVU” , September 19th , Neal Baer, Executive Producer
“The Biggest Loser” , Wednesday, September 20th , Bob Harper, Trainer
“Kidnapped” , September 20th , Jason Smilovic, Creator and Executive Producer
“My Name Is Earl” , September 21st , Greg Garcia, Creator and Executive Producer
“The Office” , September 21st , Greg Daniels, Executive Producer
“ER” , September 21st , John Wells, Creator and Executive Producer and David Zabel, Executive Producer
“Law & Order” , September 22nd , Dick Wolf, Creator and Executive Producer
“Heroes” , September 25th , Tim Kring, Creator and Executive Producer
“Friday Night Lights” , October 3rd , Peter Berg, Creator and Executive Producer
“30 Rock” , October 11th , Tina Fey, Creator and Executive Producer
“Twenty Good Years” , October 11th , Marsh McCall, Creator and Executive Producer
“Crossing Jordan” , October 20th , Robert Rovner, Executive Producer, Jon Cowan, Executive Producer and Kathy McCormick, Executive Producer
“Las Vegas” , October 20th , Gary Scott Thompson, Creator and Executive Producer
11 Comments Add your own
1. Rick | September 13th, 2006 at 12:09 pm
‘tons of new blogs’ - Yikes! We need blogs from chyron ops, grips, stagemanagers as well! Is more really better?
2. Dan Riley | September 13th, 2006 at 3:54 pm
Why are TV networks making their own players?
They never look as good as the computer companies,
which do have some expertise in this area.
And also, these players almost never work on my Mac.
These are broadcasters. Them, of all people,
you would think would understand universal access.
Dan
3. Dan Riley | September 13th, 2006 at 4:11 pm
OK, so I take it back, partially.
Both the ABC and NBC sites had video
I could play on my Mac in their site window.
They looked like crap and I certainly
hope they have available at least 640 by 480
video for the new shows. But at least they play.
The audio quality is crap too though.
Certainly not something I would go home and
look forward to watching.
Does the quality of the viewing experience
mean anything these days? I know it does to me,
but I feel like I’m in the minority now.
Used to be we all, in the broadcast and content
creation business were interested in how it looked
to the customer (you know, the viewer).
But this seems like but a fleeting memory of
days gone by.
Dan
4. Jim Treacher | September 13th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
“Is more really better?”
Why would less be better? If people read them, they read them. If they don’t, they don’t.
5. Lost Remote TV Blog&hellip | September 19th, 2006 at 8:23 am
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6. Rozanne Piecuch | September 26th, 2006 at 5:17 am
What happened toThe Medium? Is it coming back? it is a great show!!!! Please let me know thank you.
7. John Manuel Soria Galvarro | September 27th, 2006 at 10:53 am
Where do I direct fan-mail for ” Twenty Good Years”, “30 Rock”, Comics unleashed”.
Also when will Last Comic Standing be having auditions again?
8. canuck | November 22nd, 2006 at 2:03 pm
So get this. I’m from the great white north, and I tried to view some episodes at nbc.com, and there was a message that they weren’t accessible from my region. Here’s the kicker. The ADS worked fine!! So apperently I should go to cars.com, but I can’t watch any of the shows. The newve!
a message from cars.com apperently
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