*Official* "leaked" pilots thread

[mwhip]

I figure with so many of these leaking or leaked better to keep the list all in one place.

This morning I found:

Pretty Handsome
Do Not Disturb
Raising the Bar

What else is out there?

[mrmike]

Leverage
True Blood
Fringe

[Sirius Black]

While I understand what "officially leaked" means, does it mean using pirate bay, demonoid, etc to retrieve these items or is there an official site for such things. I'm especially interested in Fringe.

[dswallow]

Life on Mars (US) is out there, too.

I kinda wish it wasn't because now I'm sooo very disappointed in how much it's going to suck compared to the original, but, alas, not that I really expected different.

[mwhip]

Leverage
True Blood
Fringe

What is Leverage?

[ewolfr]

What is Leverage?

http://www.rlslog.net/leverage-s01e01-preair-dvdscr-xvid-medieval/

[mwhip]

http://www.rlslog.net/leverage-s01e01-preair-dvdscr-xvid-medieval/

Looks good.

Oh and the "official" tag at the beginning is tongue in cheek at this point, everyone puts official on stuff.

[Rob Helmerichs]

Yeah, I've sometimes thought there should be a mechanism by which the label "official" is assigned, some kind of committee that would convene to ponder the various threads and determine which ones are significant enough to deserve the label, and then maybe pass on their recommendations to the community at large in a series of public Live Chat Meetings, followed by a general vote...

And then I come to my senses.

[LoadStar]

Life on Mars (US) is out there, too.

I kinda wish it wasn't because now I'm sooo very disappointed in how much it's going to suck compared to the original, but, alas, not that I really expected different.

Wait - I thought that the "leaked" version is the one that was basically scrapped, with the producer replaced and major recasting and re-writing done. I don't think basing an opinion of the series on a totally scrapped first attempt is particularly valid.

[dswallow]

Wait - I thought that the "leaked" version is the one that was basically scrapped, with the producer replaced and major recasting and re-writing done. I don't think basing an opinion of the series on a totally scrapped first attempt is particularly valid.

Why not? It's a quite valid way to base an opinion. The "creative team" came up with that dreck; now if the announcement said a new creative team was taking over... :)

Anyway, I don't decide to watch or not watch a series based on a pilot, leaked or not. But it does prioritize what I might care about seeing quickly if there should be a cornucopia of choices (though I very seriously do not expect that for this coming fall season because of the strike's effect on pilot season).

Until there's a new pilot to watch, what else can you base an opinion on but on the product they produced? And how can what they produce not reflect upon the abilities of the team involved?

It'd certainly got to be a more valid way to form an opinion than to read a press release or to expect that remaking a current UK series for a US audience automatically means it'll be at least as good as the original.

[Rob Helmerichs]

Leverage has a lot of promise. The pilot is enjoyable, in a goofy way. The characters are kind of caricatures so far, but it feels like something that could easily settle into something really good.

[jschuur]

Leverage has a lot of promise.
They had me at Gina Bellman and 'Have you tried turning it off and on again?'

Plus Beth Riesgraf looks like an older Kristen Bell.

[MirclMax]

Do we know which (if any) of the "leaked" pilots are the finished product that would air in Sept (or whenever)?

[jlb]

Someone give me a call when we get a leaked pilot of Dollhouse.

[mrmike]

Someone give me a call when we get a leaked pilot of Dollhouse.

It hasn't wrapped yet (Well, it hadn't last week. I'm not hooked into the day-to-day shooting schedule)

[dswallow]

So I'm watching all the leaked pilots and am quite amused about a somewhat common theme among so many of them...


Pretty Handsome

We have cross-dressing father -- possibly heading towards transgender himself -- who's got a patient who is a transexual;

He has a 10-year-old son who claimed to be 15 to meet a 17-year-old woman in person after chatting online who turned out to be a ~35-year-old man; the kid chooses sea horses for his salt-water tank because not only are they one of the few species that have parental tendencies but the male is the one who carries the babies.

He also has an 18-year-old son he's practically forcing into a school the kid doesn't want to go to because his girlfriend is pregnant and hiding it... even into the 8th month.

The 18-year-old's best friend seems to have a serious man-crush on the guy for how protective he is of him, but is also lusting after his mother -- who herself is undergoing an internal fight on whether to do something about it or not since she discovered her own best friend is secretly getting off with a masseur who's possibly unawar of the service he's really providing.

Oh, and his father is having an affair with the nurse/secretary from the office.


Do Not Disturb

Two gay guys own a hotel.

A cute clueless bellman hates working with the public -- many of whom keep answering the door naked, even guys.


Raising the Bar

A judge, played by Jane Kaczmarek (it's really hard not to think of her as Malcolm's mom), is apparently diddling her law clerk, who's actually gay and picking up guys at night in local bars.


True Blood

The whole vampire-coming-out thing is so gay. Coming out of the coffin...

[Casual]

Pretty Handsome was not picked up by FX.

I actually enjoyed the pilot. Maybe it will be picked up elsewhere.

[Malcontent]

New Leaked shows. On Usenet and Bittorrent.

"East Bound and Down"

Created by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, this half-hour comedy follows a former
professional baseball player who returns to his hometown in the South to take a
job as a substitute gym teacher. (tv.com)

"The Mentalist"

The Mentalist tells the tale of Patrick Jane who is employed as an independent
detective working with the California Bureau of Investigation to solve crimes.
He has refined his observations skills to a near perfect level and lends these
skills to the CBI to help them solve cases. The team that he works with consists
of the senior agent, Teresa Gibson, agents Kimball Cho & Wayne Rigsby and the
rookie, Grace Van Pelt.
(tv.com)

[That Don Guy]

Raising the Bar

A judge, played by Jane Kaczmarek (it's really hard not to think of her as Malcolm's mom), is apparently diddling her law clerk, who's actually gay and picking up guys at night in local bars.
Actually, she already has a similar role...
Kaczmarek is the voice of Judge Harm (who has appeared a number of times - they use her instead of the other judge when they need someone who is no-nonsense) on The Simpsons
-- Don

[scandia101]

I'd find this thread more helpful if people included what channels these "leaked" pilots are from. I really don't like wasting my time on things I won't be able to watch unless I download every episode - except for Torchwood, of course.

[ewolfr]

Personally I use a company called Powerusenet (which is a reseller of Giganews) to do my downloading. I browse a site I referenced earlier called RLSLog (www.rlslog.net) to see what is new that day and then head to a site like http://binsearch.info to search for whatever and grab the nzb file for it. I'm sure other people are more partial to torrent downloads but I can max out my dsl line at 600K steady when using my usenet account. BT downloads can be a bit more uneven for me.

[Malcontent]

Personally I use a company called Powerusenet (which is a reseller of Giganews) to do my downloading. I browse a site I referenced earlier called RLSLog (www.rlslog.net) to see what is new that day and then head to a site like http://binsearch.info to search for whatever and grab the nzb file for it. I'm sure other people are more partial to torrent downloads but I can max out my dsl line at 600K steady when using my usenet account. BT downloads can be a bit more uneven for me.

Yeah, I've been using Usenet for last 4 years. I max out my speed and it's a great deal safer then bittorrent. I use an indexing site called Newzbin to search for new and old stuff. I use an usenet provider called AstraWeb News. $13 a month for unlimited downloads with 135 day retention. Their retention is growing.

Try the site http://www.nfohump.com/ for new releases on usenet.

[ewolfr]

I actually use Newzbin as well. I didnt mention it thought because once people who arent familiar with it find out what it is they have a tendency to ask if I have any invites to hand out. :) Especially since you cant browse it openly once they closed it to account holders only a couple of weeks ago.

[Jeeters]

Pretty Handsome was not picked up by FX.

I actually enjoyed the pilot. Maybe it will be picked up elsewhere.I just watched the pilot last night and I absolutely loved it. I found myself oddly riveted to it. Last show that did that to me was Big Love.

Bummer that FX took a pass. Can't see anybody else willing to pick it up due to the the various subject matter unless it's paid-cable such as Showtime.

Terrific supporting cast... Carrie-Ann Moss, Blythe Danner, Robert Wagner, Sarah Paulson.

[FijiWater]

Why not? It's a quite valid way to base an opinion. The "creative team" came up with that dreck; now if the announcement said a new creative team was taking over... :)

Anyway, I don't decide to watch or not watch a series based on a pilot, leaked or not. But it does prioritize what I might care about seeing quickly if there should be a cornucopia of choices (though I very seriously do not expect that for this coming fall season because of the strike's effect on pilot season).

Until there's a new pilot to watch, what else can you base an opinion on but on the product they produced? And how can what they produce not reflect upon the abilities of the team involved?

It'd certainly got to be a more valid way to form an opinion than to read a press release or to expect that remaking a current UK series for a US audience automatically means it'll be at least as good as the original.


The "creative team" is the production team. Months ago David E. Kelley gave up production and ABC Studios brought in Scot Rosenberg, Andre Nemec and Josh Applebaum. The series is being re-cast, re-written and re-filmed, the setting has even jumped coasts from LA to NY. Save your opinions for when the show actually debuts. With the exception of Jason O'Mara, the pilot under the new production crew the final product will be completely different. Even if hypothetically the filmed episode was used, editing can have a dramatic effect on the final product which does not get broadcast until official debut.

[dswallow]

The "creative team" is the production team. Months ago David E. Kelley gave up production and ABC Studios brought in Scot Rosenberg, Andre Nemec and Josh Applebaum. The series is being re-cast, re-written and re-filmed, the setting has even jumped coasts from LA to NY. Save your opinions for when the show actually debuts. With the exception of Jason O'Mara, the pilot under the new production crew the final product will be completely different. Even if hypothetically the filmed episode was used, editing can have a dramatic effect on the final product which does not get broadcast until official debut.

I gave my opinion on the show.

When there's a new show, I may or may not watch it and may or may not give my opinion then, too.

And apparently I'm not the only one with that opinion -- the aforementioned creative/production team apparently sharing it.

[mrpantstm]

Watched the Leverage pilot. Enjoyed it although it borrows heavily from Hustle even down to the music. Still Hustle was great and Leverage seems to be good.

[aadam101]

Are there any for this year?

[Neenahboy]

The pilot of NBC's new comedy Community is available on Facebook. You have to become a fan to watch it, which you can do here (http://www.facebook.com/nbccommunity?v=app_110518887050).