October 09 2012
Tonight on The CW - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog!
We're promised a slightly edited version airing tonight so tune to see what got cut and to enjoy the sensation of seeing a Joss Whedon production on prime-time US television. The official Dr. Horrible site will be running a live tv event - "The East Coast airing will be fan based hilarity. The West Coast airing may include special guests". And if you know nothing of the internet musical, here's some handy cheat sheets from TV Line and CNN.
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@theonetruebix | October 09, 13:28 CET
Simon | October 09, 13:39 CET
I don't have cable so no longer get CW, but maybe I'll put the blu-ray on this evening to join the fun.
bigsofty | October 09, 13:49 CET
@theonetruebix | October 09, 13:55 CET
BrewBunny | October 09, 14:17 CET
waterfallbooks | October 09, 14:19 CET
Ktara | October 09, 14:24 CET
IrrationaliTV | October 09, 14:35 CET
Jaymii | October 09, 15:06 CET
IrrationaliTV | October 09, 15:32 CET
Sunfire | October 09, 15:47 CET
Still remember when 1st trailer was posted and we were giddy with it.
Numfar PTB | October 09, 16:04 CET
code65536 | October 09, 17:47 CET
LadyJay | October 09, 18:11 CET
Anonymous1 | October 09, 18:23 CET
DVD so did not noice any thing missing.
Loved seeing it on live TV
rivergirl | October 09, 18:26 CET
Anonymous1 | October 09, 18:29 CET
hann23 | October 09, 18:38 CET
You know, Tessaract based?
It glowed blue.
Wilhelm | October 09, 18:51 CET
SteveP | October 09, 18:59 CET
Wilhelm | October 09, 19:04 CET
Nathan, Felicia, Zack, Mo and Jed provided Twitter commentary, and the screening trended on twitter which was nice. Thanks to all who showed up. You're the best. It was a blast (with adverts).
gossi | October 09, 21:22 CET
@theonetruebix | October 09, 21:46 CET
Simon | October 09, 23:56 CET
Slipping About | October 10, 04:36 CET
Simon | October 10, 04:40 CET
Despite its Whedontastic cast, I'm not really a fan of HIMYM. But it was nice that in the Washington DC market last night, Dr. Horrible was immediately followed by an episode of HIMYM with Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof guest appearances. I am guessing that they aired the episode out of syndication-sequence to accomplish that.
[ edited by sssdc1 on 2012-10-10 14:17 ]
sss1 | October 10, 04:51 CET
hann23 | October 10, 04:58 CET
And here I thought it was my local affiliate screwing things up. Yes, it was apparently broadcast 4:3 even in HD so a lot of the framing looked horrible. So half the singing cowboys were missing and you had to really look to spot SMG at the end. I'd hate to think this was people's first impressions of the show.
The ad breaks were placed well, save for after "Everyone's a Hero" which did seem a little abrupt. I noticed a few trims here and there probably just to cut down the running time a bit. Like the newscast in Act 3 lost a few seconds at the beginning.
My wife and I still enjoyed it. I just wish the broadcast quality was better.
RogueScribner | October 10, 05:00 CET
By the way, my favourite tweets came from Zack for claiming he wrote every song and the VFX budget was $60m and Jed for making fun of the TV element of airing a web series.
[ edited by gossi on 2012-10-10 14:13 ]
gossi | October 10, 05:11 CET
I agree with the others that that one commercial break was the only really rough one. It was weird for me to see the pauses elsewhere, but only because I'm used to their absence :)
crazygirlne | October 10, 05:59 CET
Do you guys remember the "controversies" throughout the original release? Is that SMG in the audience??? Is that a Firefly class ship hanging in Billy's lair? I forget if there were others...
alexreager | October 10, 06:11 CET
The whole thing made me really happy. And I finally got my parents to watch Dr. Horrible. Win! Thank you, CW.
LadyJay | October 10, 06:24 CET
gossi | October 10, 07:05 CET
"Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog earned a 0.2. adults 18-49 rating."
0.57 Mio watched the airing.
Source: TVbytheNumbers
It doesn't matter in our case, but those are pretty bad numbers for theCW.
roadi | October 10, 08:02 CET
Simon | October 10, 08:07 CET
hacksaway | October 10, 08:23 CET
samatwitch | October 10, 14:36 CET
Matt7325 | October 10, 14:58 CET
kungfubear | October 10, 17:52 CET
https://twitter.com/simonuk/status/256135046044471296/photo/1/large
Simon | October 10, 20:21 CET
gossi | October 10, 20:33 CET