Nobody's Watching is a television program that was never aired. It originated with and was written by
Scrubs creator
Bill Lawrence, as well as
Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan, writers for
Scrubs and
Family Guy.
Program history
The
pilot was developed for the
WB Television Network, but network executives passed on the show for the
2005 schedule after test audiences seemed to be confused by its premise. However, in June 2006, the pilot was leaked onto
YouTube, and quickly attracted attention from viewers around the world. On July 3, a report in the
New York Times suggested that the show could yet make it to a full series, thanks to the positive response from YouTube viewers. During the Friday, July 21, 2006 airing of
Last Call with Carson Daly, guests
Neil Goldman,
Taran Killam, and
Paul Campbell called
NBC president
Kevin Reilly on air, who seemed to confirm a pickup for the series. He later recanted, but a deal was struck to produce webisodes. Webisodes of varying length were released consistently until January 12, 2007. In an interview with TV Squad
[ "Bill Lawrence of Scrubs: The TV Squad Interview", By Joel Keller, TV Squad, 17 January, 2007], Lawrence divulged that NBC would air a live TV special in March 2007. However in February 2007, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported that executive producer Bill Lawrence had voiced concerns that the show would not be aired, and this was eventually confirmed by an NBC spokesperson who said "the project is not going forward." Additionally, Lawrence said that the actor's contracts would expire at the end of February. There has been no live TV special as of April 2009.