Remember when you used to hear about the new fall pilots in May, then not again until TV Guide's Fall Preview Issue came in the mail? That model has been blown out of the water by us. No, not just TV Squad. I mean "all of us", as in blogs and other online sites that are posting early previews of the new fall shows based on clip reels, downloads (not us, networks! We swear!), or, in our case, screeners sent to us by the networks.

It looks like the feedback generated by these previews is already getting back to the creators and networks, whether they like it or not. This LA Times article recounts the reactions Studio 60's Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme and the NBC executives had to Internet chatter about the much-anticipated show, which started as soon as the pilot script was leaked online. Interesting read.

[via Mediabistro]