Template:Did you know nominations/Drew Live


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The result was: promoted by — Maile (talk) 22:29, 3 March 2014 (UTC)

Drew Live

 * ... that the first live episode of the American sitcom The Drew Carey Show was performed three times, once for each time zone?
 * Reviewed: Lombardi Grand Prix
 * Comment: Please feel free to tweak the hook.

Moved to mainspace by JuneGloom07 (talk). Self nominated at 00:19, 23 February 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg - Legnth, date, QPQ, and cite all check. Best, Mifter (talk) 01:10, 24 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol question.svg - Hook is not quite clear to me; perhaps I'm just dumb. But once for each of which time zones? Throughout the world? In the US? Please clarify this before promotion. Needs a bit of a tweaking to make sense. EagerToddler39 (talk) 02:56, 25 February 2014 (UTC)
 * The following minor rewording should resolve EagerToddler's concern (because it doesn't matter which time zones are being referred to, as long as the hook doesn't suggest that there are only three time zones in the world):
 * ALT1 ... that the first live episode of the American sitcom The Drew Carey Show was performed three times, once for each of three different time zones?
 * Symbol possible vote.svg However, I'm concerned about some WP:close paraphrasing in the article. Examples:
 * Source: Carey and his cast will perform the episode three times, once for each time zone, and will play "improvisational games" in each
 * Article: Aucoin said the cast would perform the episode three times, once for each time zone, and would play improvised games in each version.
 * Source: Helford came up with the improv idea after seeing the much-ballyhooed live episode of "ER"
 * Article: Helford came up with the idea for "Drew Live" after seeing the live episode of medical drama ER
 * Source: Since "Carey" cast members Christa Miller and Diedrich Bader are not improv comics, Stiles says part of his job will be damage control.
 * Article: As his co-stars Miller and Diedrich Bader were not improv comics, Stiles admitted that part of his job during filming was "damage control."
 * Those are just examples of what I found in a cursory review. The article needs a thorough scrub to eliminate close paraphrasing of its sources.--Orlady (talk) 16:54, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I'll sort it straight away. – JuneGloom    Talk  17:45, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I've been through the whole article (using the Duplication Detector to help) and hopefully I've sorted everything. As for the hook, I like ALT1. Unless it's better to mention the names of the time zones to avoid confusion? So...
 * ALT2 ... that the first live episode of the American sitcom The Drew Carey Show was performed three times for the Eastern, Mountain and Pacific time zones? – JuneGloom    Talk  19:49, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
 * Symbol confirmed.svg All of my concerns are resolved. Thanks! I prefer the ALT1 hook; I don't think the names of the time zones add value to the hook. --Orlady (talk) 18:39, 3 March 2014 (UTC)