Tonight on The CW - Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog! - Dr. Horrible

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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.

Simon | Dr. Horrible | 22:20 CET | 42 comments total | tags: dr. horrible's sing-along blog

If you don't know whether or not you get CW, check here.

b!X | October 09, 22:28 CET

I hope everyone has a fun time. It'll make a change not to have a two day gap between Acts.

Simon | October 09, 22:39 CET

I didn't realize until I saw that schedule just how few shows the CW actually airs.

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, 22:49 CET

CW only airs five days of programming, and their primetime is only two hours each night.

b!X | October 09, 22:55 CET

CNN's article credits Nathan's appearance in Dr. Horrible with getting him the role in Castle. Is that how it really went down? For some reason I remember Castle being announced and the pilot being shot before Dr. Horrible was released. In any event, it seems that Nathan was working with ABC for a long time on different shows, so I'd be surprised if a little niche web project would be the thing that would convince ABC to headline him in his own primetime drama.

BrewBunny | October 09, 23:17 CET

Not able to watch this live, but that's just because I'm having a friend over to watch How I Met Your Mother, which I started watching thanks to loving NPH on Dr. Horrible. And HIMYM got me to give BtVS a second try because I loved Alyson Hannigan's acting. Not to mention it has the actors who play Maria Hill and Wesley. So while I won't be watching a Whedon creation this evening, at least it's Joss-adjacent!

waterfallbooks | October 09, 23:19 CET

I mentioned this on the Felicia Day article, but here it is again: KSTW channel 52 at 9PM (PST) on Vancouver Island, BC. That's Shaw Cable.

Ktara | October 09, 23:24 CET

Nathan signed on to do Castle in the spring of '08 many months before Dr. Horrible came out. CNN is not what they used to be. I found that out with an entire 5 minutes of googling.

IrrationaliTV | October 09, 23:35 CET

FOX only (really) air six days of two-hours too. CW lineup isn't that small. They seem to have more dramas than like, anywhere.

Jaymii | October 10, 00:06 CET

FOX also has tons of Saturday and Sunday sports and Saturday late night but that is neither here nor there. Since CW has so very little unscripted they end up having as many (if not more)dramas as the bigger networks.

IrrationaliTV | October 10, 00:32 CET

Assuming I get home in time, I'll livetweet a few things from the Whedonesque account during the East Coast airing. 4 years later and this is on tv, never would have predicted that.

Sunfire | October 10, 00:47 CET

Anyone else having flashbacks of those dramatic hours when Act 1 went up the stream, and the servers were overwhelmed by everyone wanting to experience it then.

Still remember when 1st trailer was posted and we were giddy with it.

Numfar PTB | October 10, 01:04 CET

*chuckles* All this talk about cutting it for broadcast, I expected the "penis" line to be cut, so I was pleasantly surprised to see that it's still there.

code65536 | October 10, 02:47 CET

I didn't notice any parts missing. Just some slightly odd scene breaks for commercials. Anyone else notice what was cut?

LadyJay | October 10, 03:11 CET

That was wonderful! To see it on prime-time US television. Just wonderful!

Anonymous1 | October 10, 03:23 CET

Been awhile since I watched the
DVD so did not noice any thing missing.

Loved seeing it on live TV

rivergirl | October 10, 03:26 CET

Gonna wear my Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long Blog shirt over the weekend. The one with Dr. Horrible with the freeze-ray and the moon in the background.

Anonymous1 | October 10, 03:29 CET

Loved it and my twelve year old laughed at the laughable bits. I'm a proud mama bear.

hann23 | October 10, 03:38 CET

Is the Death Ray from Phase II?
You know, Tessaract based?
It glowed blue.

Wilhelm | October 10, 03:51 CET

I really enjoyed seeing the closing "Grrrr, Arrgghhh" on TV again.

SteveP | October 10, 03:59 CET

A gloved bird is not edited for Network TV? Or will this be corrected for the West Coast broadcast?

Wilhelm | October 10, 04:04 CET

As far as I know nothing was edited by The CW. So Joss managed to get both mewling quim into a Disney movie and 'the hammer is my penis' into a CW show.

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 10, 06:22 CET

FWIW, if it just says "Trends", it's Tailored Trends based on who you follow, not geographical. It did trend legitimately in the U.S., but not to first.

b!X | October 10, 06:46 CET

So where did the ad breaks appear?

Simon | October 10, 08:56 CET

The most jarring ad break for me was between Everyone's A Hero and Slipping.

Slipping About | October 10, 13:36 CET

Uggh. I read that it wasn't in wide screen so the Bad Horse singers didn't get seen?

Simon | October 10, 13:40 CET

Yeah, that ad break after "Everyone's a Hero" was by far the roughest.

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 ]

sssdc1 | October 10, 13:51 CET

We need more Joss on TV. I woke up with " a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do" in my head and I was happy.

hann23 | October 10, 13:58 CET

Uggh. I read that it wasn't in wide screen so the Bad Horse singers didn't get seen?

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, 14:00 CET

I think it may have been certain affiliates broadcast in full screen.

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, 14:11 CET

The Bad Horse singers were gone from our showing, too. It was bizarre. Could kinda see two half-people on the left side of the screen, and that was all.

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, 14:59 CET

I think Dr. H is a bit like OMWF; it doesn't get old and there's always something new to notice with each viewing. And it's always fun to find out which song will get stuck in your head.

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, 15:11 CET

The Bad Horse singers were present in my area.

The whole thing made me really happy. And I finally got my parents to watch Dr. Horrible. Win! Thank you, CW.

LadyJay | October 10, 15:24 CET

There's a recap of all the tweets, videos and pictures from last night in chronological order on the website!

gossi | October 10, 16:05 CET

The preliminary ratings are in.

"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, 17:02 CET

It's been a while since we've had a ratings thread so for the sake of old times, I've created a new front page entry for it.

Simon | October 10, 17:07 CET

It aired in widescreen for me, in HD. No problem seeing not!SMG...

hacksaway | October 10, 17:23 CET

I did see *most* of the Bad Horse Chorus on my TV. Part of the cowboy on the right was cutoff, but you could see that he was there. I didn't see SMG because she isn't in the show!! That rumour came up again last night and was denied again by Mo and Jed.

samatwitch | October 10, 23:36 CET

Doesn't Joss say in the (non-musical) commentary that it is Sarah?

Matt7325 | October 10, 23:58 CET

He was being sarcastic. I recall Jed and Mo on the track immediately clarifying that it in fact was not SMG.

kungfubear | October 11, 02:52 CET

Speaking of mysterious characters, who is the person behind the mask in this pic of the ELE? The book lists them as [Identity Concealed].

https://twitter.com/simonuk/status/256135046044471296/photo/1/large

Simon | October 11, 05:21 CET

Sarah Michelle Gellar?

gossi | October 11, 05:33 CET

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