NEW YORK — Monday at 3 p.m., the NBC presentation was held at Radio City Music Hall. It started right on time and they promised a one-hour presentation. Given that these sessions are usually two to three hours, everyone in the audience cheered and applauded, but no one really believed that it would be one hour.
Well, it was an hour and 25 minutes, which in itself was an amazing accomplishment.
The theme of the presentation was ‘Beyond 30 seconds’ and the focus was on delivering the ‘enhanced viewer experience.’ The net believes it’s all about the interactive experience, and that they are the best at delivering this. NBC’s goal is to deliver on the promise of ‘content, strategy and partnership.’
Overall, NBC is thrilled with the success of Heroes, which of course is back on the schedule this fall. They’re also bringing back 30 Rock and Friday Night Lights.
What’s new? Journey Man, Life, Lipstick Jungle, Chuck and Bionic Woman. That’s not a typo. The Bionic Woman is back, albeit without the Six Million Dollar Man, and no Lindsay Wagner.
Of the five new shows, the only one that looked like it has potential is Journey Man, which is about a guy who time travels. I know — it’s been done before without any success. Anyone remember Day Break? But it does look kind of interesting.
Jerry Seinfeld showed up to plug his new ‘minispodes’ — one- to two-minute clips about how animated movies are made. (Yep. That’s what we thought too!)
From Media in Canada