NCIS New Orleans
September 23, 2014 9:49 PM Subscribe
The Wikipedia page for NCIS: New Orleans gives two footnotes to the "Futon Critic" who previews the next two NNOLA episodes. Tonight is the network premier. How and where did this site get this information?
The Futon Critic is a website and they post info on new shows from press releases apparently.
This note is posted on the pages for NCIS New Orleans for those episodes.
"[NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]"
Read more: Listings - NCIS: NEW ORLEANS on CBS | TheFutonCritic.com http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20140922cbs02/#ixzz3ECpUiblt
posted by calgirl at 9:58 PM on September 23, 2014
This note is posted on the pages for NCIS New Orleans for those episodes.
"[NOTE: The following article is a press release issued by the aforementioned network and/or company. Any errors, typos, etc. are attributed to the original author. The release is reproduced solely for the dissemination of the enclosed information.]"
Read more: Listings - NCIS: NEW ORLEANS on CBS | TheFutonCritic.com http://www.thefutoncritic.com/listings/20140922cbs02/#ixzz3ECpUiblt
posted by calgirl at 9:58 PM on September 23, 2014
There's a mix of likely factors.
The first is that, as wsquared says, the networks often give out screeners or host screenings of upcoming episodes for critics. With outlets like HitFix and the AV Club posting detailed recaps of shows minutes after they air, the only possibility is that the writers are seeing the episodes well in advance.
The second is that, even if critics don't get to see several episodes in advance, often network PR departments will release materials that preview episodes further in the future than just whatever is coming up this week. There'll be a press release about so and so guest starring in an upcoming episode, for example, usually with specifics about the role they're playing and a short summary of the episode or story arc.
There's also the new tradition of TV journalists trying to glean the tiniest details from information released to the public as a matter of course. Things like episode titles (it was pretty obvious what "The Rains of Castamere" was going to be about if you've read the Game Of Thrones books), loglines, summaries, cast lists, etc. If you know a show well (or a format, as in the case of a procedural like NCIS), it's easy enough to extrapolate from widely available information what is to come over the course of the season. You can probably figure out who the murderer is in an episode of Law & Order based on a logline and list of guest stars alone, if you want to.
posted by Sara C. at 12:30 AM on September 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
The first is that, as wsquared says, the networks often give out screeners or host screenings of upcoming episodes for critics. With outlets like HitFix and the AV Club posting detailed recaps of shows minutes after they air, the only possibility is that the writers are seeing the episodes well in advance.
The second is that, even if critics don't get to see several episodes in advance, often network PR departments will release materials that preview episodes further in the future than just whatever is coming up this week. There'll be a press release about so and so guest starring in an upcoming episode, for example, usually with specifics about the role they're playing and a short summary of the episode or story arc.
There's also the new tradition of TV journalists trying to glean the tiniest details from information released to the public as a matter of course. Things like episode titles (it was pretty obvious what "The Rains of Castamere" was going to be about if you've read the Game Of Thrones books), loglines, summaries, cast lists, etc. If you know a show well (or a format, as in the case of a procedural like NCIS), it's easy enough to extrapolate from widely available information what is to come over the course of the season. You can probably figure out who the murderer is in an episode of Law & Order based on a logline and list of guest stars alone, if you want to.
posted by Sara C. at 12:30 AM on September 24, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'm with wsquared-- TV critics get at least 2, sometimes up to 4 episodes for reviews. 2 at least because very often (at least in the US and places that release TV like the US), the first episode is a pilot, and shows get reworked substantially after pilots. The original CSI is a profound example of this-- Captain Brass went from the overtly corrupt contemptuous-of-science head of the CSI lab to a collegial, featured detective working in concert with the team.
Show-makers know this, which is why we're going to keep seeing NCIS and NCIS:LA characters turning up in NCIS:NO for these few episodes-- it helps build the audience, but it also helps get appreciative critics, which helps build audience as well.
I have high hopes for this show, and hope it does better than the ill-fated spinoff Chief Wiggum P.I.
Futon Critic is the best site for finding official info about the status of shows-- if you ever wonder whether a show is cancelled, or when it's coming back, they are the place to check because they are indeed fed by the press-releases and don't record as fact anything that didn't come from a press release.
posted by Sunburnt at 12:33 AM on September 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
Show-makers know this, which is why we're going to keep seeing NCIS and NCIS:LA characters turning up in NCIS:NO for these few episodes-- it helps build the audience, but it also helps get appreciative critics, which helps build audience as well.
I have high hopes for this show, and hope it does better than the ill-fated spinoff Chief Wiggum P.I.
Futon Critic is the best site for finding official info about the status of shows-- if you ever wonder whether a show is cancelled, or when it's coming back, they are the place to check because they are indeed fed by the press-releases and don't record as fact anything that didn't come from a press release.
posted by Sunburnt at 12:33 AM on September 24, 2014 [2 favorites]
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posted by wsquared at 9:53 PM on September 23, 2014 [3 favorites]