Watch "Awake" Tonight on NBC

I've never been really clear on why networks choose certain shows to come on as midseason replacements. This year, it felt like NBC saved the shows that they felt had any chance of success until midseason. Again, I don't know why.

But now suddenly, they have The Voice (why save it to be during American Idol?), Smash, and now, Awake.

I've written about it before, but Awake was by far my favorite pilot script of last season. It was written by Kyle Killen, who just happened to write my favorite pilot script of the season before that. The infamous, and brilliant, Lone Star.

It was interesting to note the similarities between Awake and Lone Star, and then I heard an interview with Kyle where he explained that that was intentional. He wanted to do the same thing as Lone Star, but in a way that an audience would actually want to watch. So he took the guts of it, and then filled it in with what he hoped would be more appealing to a wider audience.

Tonight, he finally gets to see it if it paid off. But since it's NBC, it probably won't matter anyway.

I have no idea how the series will be, but I can tell you that the pilot is amazing, so check it out...