# Wow, this new NBC show Awake looks very promising. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2011, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172 "2011-05-17T03:27:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/21 "2012-02-16T15:24:56Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > This would make a better movie than tv show, imho. It was, back in 2007. **[Premonition](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477071/combined)**. ---
**Author:** ![brickbacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@brickbacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brickbacon)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/22 "2012-02-16T15:26:54Z")
I saw this show a few months back while it was in the testing phase. It was okay, but it needed a lot of work. I wonder if they were able to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2012, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/23 "2012-02-16T15:33:00Z")
n/m ---
**Author:** ![fubbleskag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fubbleskag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fubbleskag)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/24 "2012-02-17T13:24:42Z")
season 1 premiere available on [NBC.com](http://NBC.com) (or xfinity/comcast onDemand if you’re a customer); just watched it this morning and added it to the DVR queue. looks promising, but it’s NBC, so not holding my breath. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/25 "2012-02-17T14:13:59Z")
> [@fubbleskag](#): > > season 1 premiere available on [NBC.com](http://NBC.com) (or xfinity/comcast onDemand if you’re a customer); just watched it this morning and added it to the DVR queue. looks promising, but it’s NBC, so not holding my breath. The full episode os also available on [Hulu.](http://www.hulu.com/watch/330135/awake-special-full-episode-preview#s-p1-so-i0) I haven’t watched it yet, but I think I will when I get out of work today…I’m excited for this show, and I want to see where they go with it. Though personally I don’t see it getting a second seasons…it will get crummy ratings (what do you expect with a mid-season replacement?), NBC will announce it will air the remaining few episodes, and then make a half-assed finale where we find out HE was really the one who died, and this is his purgatory, or something. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![thinksnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thinksnow/32/2849_2.png) [@thinksnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thinksnow)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/26 "2012-02-17T16:55:44Z")
I swear we watched this show last year… maybe we were able to see the testing eps or something. I liked it and thought it had promise. We’ll be setting the TiVo. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/27 "2012-02-17T17:07:00Z")
It does sound really good, and I’m leaning towards DVRing it. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172/28 "2012-02-18T02:02:24Z")
I watched the pilot. I will say it definitely lived up to the trailer. So if you thought it looked good from that, you’ll probably like it. I’m really interested to see where it goes. I think the best hope for this show (other than actually being super successful), would be to have just high enough ratings that TNT or another cable channel would pick it up if NBC cancels it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-this-new-nbc-show-awake-looks-very-promising/582172.md?page=1)