TV Critic Chuck Barney reports that the flop WB sitcom pilot NOBODY’S WATCHING, which got a lot of hype and thousand of hits when it was "mysteriously" posted on YouTube, has received an order for six scripts from NBC. The network will produce some original "webisodes" while they ponder whether or not to order the series. You can expect to see a lot more busted pilots "mysteriously" showing up on YouTube now…
I’ve been wondering; would it make sense for networks to post the pilots they’re considering themselves and ask for feedback? I get the impression that a lot of money gets spent on focus groups and stuff, and you can’t get a much bigger sample size than the internet.