During the last week, highly anticipated fall TV pilots have made their way on to Bittorrent trackers in record numbers. Shows like NBC's "Bionic Woman," ABC's "Pushing Daisies," The CW's "Reaper" are popping up like wildflowers, and network executives are tight-lipped about the matter. According to TV Week, "Network representatives expressed surprise that the full-length pilots were on the Web and alerted their studio partners. Some said they were anticipating that critic and industry screener copies would leak eventually as smattering of fall pilots have found their way online during the past few years. All networks contacted declined official comment."
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8-02-2007 @ 10:53AM
Drew said...
This is FREE ADVERTISING for new shows. I personally NEVER would have become the rabid Battlestar Galactica fan that I am were it not for the "Bootleg" bitorrent downloads of the SkyOne version of the show.
I am constantly amazed at how short sited TV and Media execs of the "Old Guard" continue to be.
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