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(S01E08) While I haven't been overwhelmed by every episode of Nightmares and Dreamscapes, for the most part I think they picked decent stories to base the episodes on. I would have liked to seen more of Stephen King's older short stories represented, but I guess the producers lost my phone number or they forgot to call and ask me which stories I would have picked.

Anyway, I would not have picked "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" as one of the stories. One of my favorite things about Stephen King's short stories is how outlandish they can be, but this one, about a couple that winds up in a small town inhabited by dead rock stars, was just silly. I thought maybe they could turn that into something kind of fun and goofy for television, but instead they played it straight, which really wasn't the best approach.

Ah, the beauty of YouTube. Yesterday, we told you about how the site had the thirty-second trailer for Studio 60 that was shown during The West Wing's finale. But if that wasn't enough for you, you can now see the entire six-minute trailer for the show that was shown at NBC's upfront presentation on Monday. You can see the video on YouTube's site here (the person who uploaded the clip turned off embedding for this one).

The trailer really makes me want to see the pilot, even if it has the typical Aaron Sorkin preachiness. It looks like it combines the best elements of West Wing and Sports Night into one.

And to whoever grabbed the affiliate feed from the upfront: many, many thanks.

[thanks to Aaron for the tip.]

[UPDATE: The video's been taken down from YouTube due to copyright issues.]

[UPDATE to the UPDATE: Somone else was nice enough to upload the video again. You can see it here.]