The Black Donnellys
Once again technology finds a subtle way to change the way we do things. The other night, a couple weeks back, I was reading a news article about Kate Mulgrew that contained a link that was supposed to be a video clip of her appearance. It turned out to be the entire first episode hosted on the station’s website.
Starring Jonathan Tucker from 100 Girls I gave it a chance and ended up watching the whole thing which was rather entertaining. At first I had my doubts about the sweet guy from 100 Girls playing some kind of tough guy but it was actually the juxtaposition that made it so interesting.
And of course Kate Mulgrew wasn’t in the episode. Turns out she appears in the second episode which was not available at the time because the show was 2 weeks away from premiere.
What?
That’s right, they were hosting the complete first episode for free on their site 2 weeks before transmission date. I guess the ease of building an online audience for a mid-season replacement outweighed the risks of having lower ratings for the premiere. So it seems the nature of television is still evolving.
