It looks like the Flight of the Conchords premiere shown exclusively online at FunnyOrDie.com and HBO.com drew 250,000 views in the first 10 days. The article doesn't say whether or not that represents unique views or the same person viewing it 250,000 times (where was Kristen Schaal during the past 10 days?), but it likely was the former.It says a lot about the power of online buzz, given that the last season premiere had only 100,000 views (before Flight of the Conchords had mainstream popularity in the States). Fans like me have waited two years for the next season (which, I understand, was held up because the duo was busy writing new songs for the second season), and it was nice to be able to watch the premiere online in advance of its initial television broadcast. Other networks should follow HBO's pattern to generate buzz for their programming.
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12-29-2008 @ 11:42AM
Usama said...
The premiere episode is great.
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12-29-2008 @ 1:24PM
joeedwards said...
I love this show!!!
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12-29-2008 @ 2:30PM
Jay said...
-1 viewer because the network limited it to U.S. only. Minus hundreds of others from reading around the interweb. Networks lose a helluva lot of goodwill when they do this, and while I don't hold it against the Conchords, it bugged the hell out of me.
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