Season 3 of Friday Night Lights to air on DirecTV's The 101 first, NBC second
[Via Chicago Tribune, image courtesy of PopTheology]
[Via Chicago Tribune, image courtesy of PopTheology]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
DeadPixel @ Apr 2nd 2008 7:39PM
wait.. so i have to wait a freakn year to see the dumbest show on tv, which i love?!?!
FreeRange @ Apr 2nd 2008 7:51PM
Or get DirecTV. Which one sounds more reasonable?
matt @ Apr 3rd 2008 2:30AM
or do what everyone else does or will do that likes the show. download it before hand.
what a dumb idea though. nbc will have lower ratings for real fans of the show cause they'll probably watch it by other means (torrents or otherwise) when it comes out on direct TV.... I think.
whahaa's post has a good point too. he might be right considering I don't think there's that many people that are hardcore fans of this show. Either way its an experiment that NBC clearly is doing on a show they feel is worth doing it with (due to low ratings to begin with). I don't know how clear the outcome will be cause of that (it not being that popular or good a show) cause you run the risk of some hardcore fans simply downloading the episodes and then if the audience doesn't expand in January you'll have somewhat lower ratings than the season before. Also unlike say Hero's the show doesn't exactly have the fan base that would keep up on the internet buzz, or has dedicated forums discussing episodes.
DeadPixel @ Apr 3rd 2008 8:45AM
Ill just wait, id rather not have my tv service cut out wile the clouds go over!
daaper @ Apr 3rd 2008 1:08PM
haha, are you serious? You really buy into that cable-provider propaganda? Wow, I didn't realize there were still people that fell for it...
DeadPixel @ Apr 3rd 2008 1:32PM
its not propaganda where i am, 3 of my neighbors have dtv and dish. ive seen it go out when its cloudy and raining. plus ive read about some of the customer service things like over and double billing.
daaper @ Apr 4th 2008 9:59AM
weird, I've had both cable and sat. The cable went out many more times than the sat ever has. In fact, I've never had my sat go out.
Zach @ Apr 2nd 2008 8:11PM
Oh just like NBC did with Passions? look how that went.
dukefan @ Apr 2nd 2008 8:31PM
i got directv! and im a fan of the show! 13 Episodes?! FUCK!
Bones @ Apr 2nd 2008 8:31PM
imagine the torrent volume from this stunt... :) Seems stupid to me on all sorts of fronts.. they would be better off running it as a web PPV only for a while, or X-Box PPv etc..
whahaa @ Apr 2nd 2008 9:24PM
it's simple math.
nbc has a show they're not very confident in. normally they would run an advertising campaign to build interest leading up to the season premiere, and then they make their profits through advertising.
now with this deal, directv pays nbc a butt-load of cash for the rights to air it first. directv pays for their own marketing of the event. directv subscribers tune in and start generating buzz. torrent downloads go through the roof and generate more buzz. then when they air the show after the superbowl, when america craves football tv, even if it's teen melodrama football tv, they can charge even more for advertising than they could have otherwise.
so with the original plan they make ad money.
with the new plan they make more ad money + directv money.
looks like someone over there finally figured out that torrent piracy doesn't really hurt their bottom line in the slightest. :)
DustoMan @ Apr 2nd 2008 10:42PM
This show was on the bubble on coming back next season. Why not do with this a better show, like Bionic Woman or Journeyman?
Jeff N. @ Apr 2nd 2008 11:32PM
I think it was a better solution than canceling the show. With DirecTV and NBC sharing the costs both can show it and do well with it. Maybe Journeyman and should of made a deal with Dish.
EJNelly @ Apr 2nd 2008 11:58PM
This is quite possibly the worst show on television, just cancel it already. I can't even figure out why the critics seem to love it. I suspect they're watching another show, since it's the complete opposite of what they say it is.
DeadPixel @ Apr 3rd 2008 9:00AM
the only reason i watch it is cause its good for a laugh!
Adam @ Apr 3rd 2008 10:39AM
YAH!!!!! I love this SHOW!!!! so good to see that NBC wants some quality tv... just too bad I have to figure out a way to get a dish signal in my NYC apartment...
Marcos @ Apr 3rd 2008 12:15PM
I love this show and I've been thinking about switching from Comcast (Memphis) to DirecTV, so this might push me to make the jump!
Pzizzle @ Apr 4th 2008 4:07AM
I love this show and so does my wife (which she did not expect to when I made her watch a "football show"), so whatever it takes to keep it on the air is fine by me. Plus, we already have DirecTV, so there won't be any waiting or downloading of the show. To us, this is great news.
And, the lack of love for the show in the comments her surprises me greatly.