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[ivysaur12]

A summary so far of what's been ordered to pilot:

The official pilot pickup season kicked off in the past 2 weeks with orders at the CW, Fox NBC and ABC, with CBS as usual late to the party.

The CW, which ordered the first pilot of 2012, mystery drama Cult, will likely greenlight the most pilots in its history, between 6-8 dramas and possibly 1 or 2 comedies as the network is mounting an aggressive push in offering more originals year-round under new president Mark Pedowitz. The CW has been mulling a return to comedy and developed a handful of half-hour scripts but it is unclear if any of them will go to pilot. Among the buzzed about projects at the network are Arrow, based on the Green Arrow DC Comics, which nears a pilot order, the Sex & the City prequel The Carrie Diaries and the Beauty And The Beast reboot.

It is possible that the CW orders more drama pilots than Fox this season. Fox is looking to pick up 5 hourlong pilots with 2 of the slots already taken by the recent orders to the Marc Guggenheim/Greg Berlanti legal drama Guilty and a serial killer drama by Kevin Williamson. Among those in serious consideration are the Josh Friedman spy drama and Silvio Horta’s Latino family dramedy executive produced by Jennifer Lopez. On the comedy side, Fox is looking to order 8-10 pilots, with 3 picked up so far, off-cycle half-hour Little Brother, which has had some difficulties casting, Dana Fox’s Ben Fox Is My Daddy and Rob McElhenney’s Living Loaded. The network has a Bill Lawrence comedy with a production commitment.

NBC went into the traditional pilot pickup season with the biggest head start having already picked up 5 pilots in the fourth quarter of last year, dramas Beautiful People and a Munsters reboot, which are casting, and comedies Isabel, which has been cast, and the Sarah Silverman project and Save Me (cast-contingent), both currently casting. NBC added 4 more pilots to its tally on Friday, dramas Frontier, Midnight Sun (aka Pillars of Smoke) and Do No Harm and an untitled female buddy comedy from Kari Lizer. NBC’s target is about 10 drama pilots and 10-12 comedies, making competition for the remaining slots pretty fierce. In addition to Frontier, I hear NBC may pick up another of the 3 Western script it had ordered, possibly the one written by Kerry Ehrin. Also getting strong buzz at NBC are the Dick Wolf-produced firefighter drama, J.J. Abrams-Eric Kripke’s epic Revolution, which has a big commitment, and the Howard Gordon-produced Legends. On the comedy side, Greg Daniels’ Friday Night Dinner is expected to go, while Ryan Murphy/Alison Adler’s comedy about a gay couple and their surrogate and the Will Gluck produced The Yard, which have production commitments, have been exploring casting choices. Also tracking well is Jason Winer, Jason Winer and Jon Lovett’s first family comedy.

ABC is expected to stay close to last year’s number of pilots: 10-12 dramas and that many comedies. The network already ordered Roland Emmerich’s metaphysical drama, Shonda Rhimes/KJ Steinberg period drama Giilded Lillys and Shawn Ryan/Karl Gajdusek’s Last Resort as well as a sisters comedy from Stephnie Weir and Claudia Lonow and off-cycle half-hour pilots The Manzanis starring Kirstie Alley and a Dan Fogelman alien comedy. Other talked about comedies include Lonow’s other comedy at the network, a Kari Lizer project and a Bob Fisher/Shawn Levy comedy starring Mandy Moore. Additionally, a Shana Goldberg-Meehan comedy starring JoAnna Garcia has a production commitment. On the drama side, a Moira Kirland procedural, a high-concept Michael Green cop drama and Carlton Cuse’s spiritual drama are among those talked about.

CBS is eying 7-9 drama pilots and as many comedies. Its only order so far was to Jon Favreau’s single-camera spec Tweaked. The network’s reboot of Rifleman from Laeta Kalogridis, Chris Columbus and Carol Mendesohn is getting a lot of buzz, with a female-lead drama from Anna Fricke, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci also hot. On the comedy side, Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins’ project has a production commitment, while David Kohan and Max Mutchnick’s semi-autobiographical sitcom has been tracking well.

To summarize what's been picked up so far:

the CW -

Cult (drama) - about the mysteries surrounding a show called Cult. Was in development at the WB years ago.
Arrow (drama) The Green Arrow for TV
Beauty and the Beast (drama) - Loose remake of the 80s CBS show
The Carrie Diaries (drama) - Sex and the City prequel set in the 80s. Really.
First Cut (drama) - Medical drama. A real one.


NBC -

The Munsters (drama) - remake
Beautiful People (drama) - Surrogates the series, basically
Frontier (drama) - Western
Midnight Sun (drama) - Israeli remake, cults and Alaska and environmental dangers and woah.
Do No Harm (drama) - Dr. Jekyll-inspired medical drama
Chicago Fire (drama) - Dick Wolf-produced drama about fire fighters
County (drama) - Medical drama. With scandal

Isabel (single cam comedy) - Family dealing with witch daughter
Untitled Sarah Silverman (single cam comedy) - It's Sarah!
Save Me (single cam comedy) - Woman creates miracles. I dunno.
Untitled Kari Lazer 1 (multi cam comedy) - Female buddy comedy
Untitled Jimmy Fallon (multi cam comedy) - Guys are parents, but they haven't grown up themselves
Friday Night Dinner (single cam) - Family eats dinner together every friday night
Daddy's Girl (multi cam comedy) - Girl returns to find out her dad is dating her high school's "mean girl"
Next Caller Please (single cam comedy) - About an alpha-male DJ and his feminist co-anchor
Untitled Hilary Winston (single cam comedy) - Revenge, but as a comedy from Hilary Winston.
Downwardly Mobile (multi cam comedy) - Roseanne Barr runs a trailer park.
Go On (single cam comedy) - Sportscaster and his therapy sessions
Animal Kingdom (single cam comedy) - About a vet loves animals but hates their owners

Fox -

Guilty (drama) - legal drama, unorthodox, blah blah blah
Untitled Kevin Williamson (drama) - Serial killer cult drama from the creator of The Vampire Diaries and Scream!
The Asset (drama) - Female CIA show described as Alias meets Covert Affairs.
Untitled Karyn Usher (drama) - Orphaned 17 year old girl gets recruited to be a CIA agent. This happens all the time.

Little Brother (multi cam comedy) - Man finds out he has a long lost brother.
Ben Fox is My Manny (single cam comedy) - Woman's brother moves in, help raise kid.
Living Loaded (single cam comedy) - Hard partying guy changes ways when he gets a radio show. From the Sunny team.
Like Father (single cam comedy) - Centers on a father/son relationship

ABC -

Untitled Roland Emmerich (drama) - Something about metaphysics and the 2012 election... what?
Gilded Lillys (drama) - Period piece in a hotel in the early 1900s. Could be Shonda Rhimes' fourth show at one time on the network. Oh goodie!
Last Resort (drama) - Shawn Ryan-creator drama about a nuclear sub that goes rogue and becomes their own sovereign nation
666 Park Ave (drama) - Supernatural drama set in a New York City hotel

Untitled Weir/Lonor (multi cam comedy) - Comedy set around a family dinner
The Manzanis (multi cam comedy) - It's got Kristie Alley and Rhea Pearlman, so there's that
Untitled Dan Fogelman (single cam comedy) - Family moves into a condo complex - everyone else is an alien
Untitled Kari Lazer 2 (multi cam comedy) - Female exec now stays home with kids. Hilarity.
White Van Man (single cam comedy) - Blue collar comedy about a man who has to take over his dad's handyman business.

CBS -

Big Baby Shot (drama) - woman uses her street smarts to be a lawyer!
Elementary (drama) - Sherlock Holmes... IN NEW YORK CITY YO
Trooper (drama) - Streetwise mom becomes a NY State Trooper. I honestly thought this was a comedy when I first read the logline.
Golden Boy (drama) - About a copy's quick rise in the ranks.
Widow Detective (drama) - Fuck Cougar Town, this is the worst named show in a while.
Untitled Ralph Lamb (drama) - A period about Ralph Lamb, one of the most famous police chiefs of Las Vegas
Applebaum (drama) - A former prosecutor becomes a private detective because she's bored as a house wife.
Quean (drama) - About a "Millennial hacker girl." Really?!?!

Tweaked (single cam comedy) - Single parents in Santa Monica dating. Would be CBS's first single-cam in a very long time
Super Fun Night (multi cam comedy) - About 3 nerdy women who want to have a "funcomfortable" going out night every week.
Untitled Nick Stoller (single cam comedy) - About a guy who needs to work one cubicle away from his ex-girlfriend at an ad agency

 

[AgentChris]

Very interested in Shawn Ryan's new show. I hope its good and sticks.

 

[gblues]

The Munsters (drama)

NBC this is why you fail.

 

[Nappuccino]

NBC this is why you fail.

It is by Bryan Fuller though

You know, the guy who did Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, the good seasons of Heros and Pushing Daisies.

 

[Sean]

Shawn Ryan's show "Last Resort" is the only one that sounds interesting from that lineup imo. Best premise, best writer, and Martin Campbell (Casino Royale director) has signed on to direct the pilot episode of that too.

 

[ivysaur12]

Shawn Ryan's show "Last Resort" is the only one that sounds interesting from that lineup imo. Best premise, best writer, and Martin Campbell (Casino Royale director) has signed on to direct the pilot episode of that too.

Revolution could be cool, same with Midnight Sun. But at this point, we can only go off description. I'm sure Happy Town sounded interesting in January too. And comedies never come off awesome in their concept descriptions.

 

[anaron]

NBC this is why you fail.

Lol no, it's Bryan Fuller.

So glad you made this thread Ivy.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Frontier (drama) - Western

Does this look promising? Need more western dramas. After coming off of a Deadwood watch It'll probably pale in comparison (probably? No, I'm sure it will).

 

[ivysaur12]

Does this look promising? Need more western dramas. After coming off of a Deadwood watch It'll probably pale in comparison.

NBC ordered 3 drama scripts, will probably order 2 to pilot, and 1 to series. They tried it last year with Reconstruction - awesome script but kind of a shitty final cut because of the director. NBC really wants a male-skewing Western to compliment male-skewing Sunday Night Football... so yeah, it's most likely gonna happen this year.

 

[Sloane]

Midnight Sun (drama) - Israeli remake, cults and Alaska and environmental dangers and woah.
Untitled Kevin Williamson (drama) - Serial killer cult drama from the creator of The
Last Resort (drama) - Shawn Ryan-creator drama about a nuclear sub that goes rogue and becomes their own sovereign nation

Looking forward to those if they make it. Don't know how Sarah Silverman on NBC is supposed to work.

Hope Darabont's LA Noir makes it too.

 

[RadioHeadAche]

It is by Bryan Fuller though

You know, the guy who did Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, the good seasons of Heros and Pushing Daisies.

There was more than one?

 

[bort]

It is by Bryan Fuller though

You know, the guy who did Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, the good seasons of Heros and Pushing Daisies.

So the guy who's shows get cancelled after 1 season?

Or in the case of heroes turn awful after 1 season.

 

[Sloane]

So the guy who's shows get cancelled after 1 season?

Or in the case of heroes turn awful after 1 season.

Pushing Daisies got two and did pretty decent at the beginning, before the writer's strike.

 

[ivysaur12]

So the guy who's shows get cancelled after 1 season?

Or in the case of heroes turn awful after 1 season.

He left Heroes after one season and then came back to do a few episodes in its third. And most of his shows have gotten canceled. Fun fact: most people who create TV shows don't make hits. His happen to get a cult following because of how creatively vibrant they are. That's why people perk up when they hear his name attached to things.

Pushing Daisies got two and did pretty decent at the beginning, before the writer's strike.

This too. Pushing Daisies was one of the real losers out of the Writer's Strike.

 

[jamesinclair]

Already? They still havent air half the shows from last year

:/

Cult (drama) - about the mysteries surrounding a show called Cult. Was in development at the WB years ago.

Joke?

Last Resort (drama) - Shawn Ryan-creator drama about a nuclear sub that goes rogue and becomes their own sovereign nation

Make it a comedy and Im sold


Isabel (single cam comedy) - Family dealing with witch daughter

Make sabrina the mom and Im double sold

It is by Bryan Fuller though

You know, the guy who did Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, the good seasons of Heros and Pushing Daisies.

All those shows were such commercial successes!

 

[Nappuccino]

All those shows were such commercial successes!

Who cares about commercial success. He makes quality programs and he's getting shows on a channel that doesn't need breakout hits, just steady midrange scores.

 

[ivysaur12]

All those shows were such commercial successes!

And again, what does it really matter to us, the viewers, if his shows have been commercial successful? It's not like you're getting residuals. If they're good, they're good and you'll enjoy them however long the show runs. And his shows have been very, very good.

Not like it matters anyways, since a past success with a television show in no way guarantees future hits. And vice versa.

 

[Nappuccino]

Not like it matters anyways, since a past success with a television show in no way guarantees future hits. And vice versa.

Yeah, there are far too many factors in television to be able to guarantee anything. But at least with Fuller you have a pretty good idea he'll at least be doing his best to make a quality show.

 

[Ashhong]

I don't think Pushing Daisies would have really lasted even without the Strike. It was a great show but seemed too quirky for the general public.

 

[ivysaur12]

Yeah, there are far too many factors in television to be able to guarantee anything. But at least with Fuller you have a pretty good idea he'll at least be doing his best to make a quality show.

Exactly. And having a string off losses doesn't mean your next show is going to bomb. That's not how television works. Even the perennial loser Tim Minear is finally working on a hit (American Horror Story).

I don't think Pushing Daisies would have really lasted even without the Strike. It was a great show but seemed too quirky for the general public.

It was doing perfectly fine before hand, but the scheduling really drove serialized audiences away from the shows that were on the air.

 

[jamesinclair]

Who cares about commercial success.

And again, what does it really matter to us, the viewers, if his shows have been commercial successful?

Because were talking about NBC, the people desperate for even a mild hit.

How is this a recipe for success?

-Talented guy, but no successful history
-A reboot of a show. Hows that worked for NBC? knight rider, bionic woman, V (ABC)....The studios love remakes and reboots. The audiences dont.
-Taking a beloved sitcom and turning it into a drama. This just blows my mind

 

[RadioHeadAche]

Yeah, there are far too many factors in television to be able to guarantee anything. But at least with Fuller you have a pretty good idea he'll at least be doing his best to make a quality show.

Are Pushing Daisies and Dead Like Me on Netflix streaming? Both are shows I've heard good things about and have been meaning to watch, but I never got around to it. I have a lot of stuff to watch which makes it difficult sometimes.

 

[anaron]

His shows are all infused with much comedy; and while that doesn't guarantee anything for this one, it's very likely given his signature style.

 

[Al-ibn Kermit]

If Shawn Ryan touched it, I'll watch it. I hope it doesn't get Terrier'd after one amazing season though, I still have a grudge against FX for that.

 

[ivysaur12]

Because were talking about NBC, the people desperate for even a mild hit.

How is this a recipe for success?

-Talented guy, but no successful history
-A reboot of a show. Hows that worked for NBC? knight rider, bionic woman, V (ABC)....The studios love remakes and reboots. The audiences dont.
-Taking a beloved sitcom and turning it into a drama. This just blows my mind

1. Again, there is no evidence in television between past success = future successes and past failures = future failures. Get that out of your head. That doesn't exist. Stop saying it.

2. Knight Rider and Bionic Woman were two of the worst reviewed shows when they premiered. V had one of the highest premieres for a scripted show in recent memory, but dipped because of a perceived lack of quality. Hawaii Five-0 is still on the air and is the highest 10pm show on CBS.

3. All of Fuller's shows have an element of comedy.

 

[Ashhong]

It was doing perfectly fine before hand, but the scheduling really drove serialized audiences away from the shows that were on the air.

Hmm I seem to remember it being in trouble. It's been a while though so maybe I'm just remembering the last season.

 

[Spire]

Shawn Ryan has a new show? I'm on board.

 

[BuggyDClown]

Too concerned with what is returning next year. Although a lot of these sound awesome. Nice OP.

 

[ivysaur12]

Hmm I seem to remember it being in trouble. It's been a while though so maybe I'm just remembering the last season.

1x01 - 4.3
1x02 - 3.6
1x03 - 3.6
1x04 - 3.0
1x05 - 2.6
1x06 - 3.1
1x07 - 2.2
1x08 - 3.8
1x09 - 2.4

(New night, timeslot)

2x01 - 2.0
2x02 - 2.0
2x03 - 1.9
2x04 - 1.9
2x05 - 2.2
2x06 - 1.8

(canceled)

2x07 - xx
2x08 - 1.5
2x09 - 1.6
2x10 - 1.6

(moved to Saturday)

2x11 - 0.7
2x12 - 0.8
2x13 - 0.7

Too concerned with what is returning next year. Although a lot of these sound awesome. Nice OP.

But these are the shows that are taking over for Community!

Spoiler

Too soon? Or too early?

 

[Hot Coldman]

But these are the shows that are taking over for Community!

Spoiler

Too soon? Or too early?

Too early!

Anyway, these all sound... yeah. The return of Bryan Fuller, and then a bunch of shit no-one will care about. Fun!

 

[jamesinclair]

1. Again, there is no evidence in television between past success = future successes and past failures = future failures. Get that out of your head. That doesn't exist. Stop saying it.

2. Knight Rider and Bionic Woman were two of the worst reviewed shows when they premiered. V had one of the highest premieres for a scripted show in recent memory, but dipped because of a perceived lack of quality. Hawaii Five-0 is still on the air and is the highest 10pm show on CBS.

3. All of Fuller's shows have an element of comedy.

1) Look, I like the guy, even own pushing daisies on DVD....but come on, some people have the magic touch, some dont.

Compare JJ Abrams and Seth Mcfamilyguy with...

Mitch Hurwitz. AD, sit down shut up, running wilde? All commercial bombs.

Joss Whedon? When your most successful show was on the WB, thats a problem.

Some of these guys have great concepts but they dont resonate with the dudebros of america. When you desperatly need a hit, you go to Seth Mcfarland when you remake the munsters, not Fuller.


2) Everything is the highest show on CBS. You could remake wonderfalls and it would be the highest rated show on CBS. Elsewhere, remakes are more tocis than they are successful. Charlies Angels is another one.

3) Its not comedy if the dudebors arent rolling on the floor. Two and a Half men? Comedy. Freeks and Geeks? Not a comedy. 2 broke Girl? Comedy. Pushing Daisies? Not a comedy.

 

[Sean]

Revolution could be cool, same with Midnight Sun. But at this point, we can only go off description. I'm sure Happy Town sounded interesting in January too. And comedies never come off awesome in their concept descriptions.

Those two sound interesting as well, but personally I find it hard to get excited over NBC shows since they're pretty much guaranteed to either have a short lifespan or always be bordering on cancellation.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

1) Look, I like the guy, even own pushing daisies on DVD....but come on, some people have the magic touch, some dont.

Compare JJ Abrams and Seth Mcfamilyguy with...

Mitch Hurwitz. AD, sit down shut up, running wilde? All commercial bombs.

Joss Whedon? When your most successful show was on the WB, thats a problem.

I wouldn't place Abrams is the same category as showrunners. He likes to "create" shows (99% of the time with help) and then run off to another project with all of the recognition.

Unless you believe that he's able to personally oversee/write/etc. ten new shows a year.

 

[Hours Left]

Cults are so hot right now.

Also, damn that Gilded Lillys (Lillies?) show.

I'm still trying to escape Shonda's weekly decent into madness that is Private Practice (too much invested time + Grey's connection = me praying for it to end), but this new show is period, in a hotel, with assured rich vs. poor class warfare shenanigans. She's exploited so many of my weaknesses!

 

[jamesinclair]

I wouldn't place Abrams is the same category as showrunners. He likes to "create" shows (99% of the time with help) and then run off to another project with all of the recognition.

Unless you believe that he's able to personally oversee/write/etc. ten new shows a year.

Well, hes got bad robot. Who doesnt love bad robot?

 

[Takao]

CW is going to die soon. I thought with their new head they'd try to be less woman-focused and actually attempt to be a general audience network, but those pilots say otherwise.

 

[Danielsan]

So I control + F'd "Awake" and I don't see it mentioned in this thread. Is this show still getting released this year? Loved the trailer.

 

[Takao]

So I control + F'd "Awake" and I don't see it mentioned in this thread. Is this show still getting released this year? Loved the trailer.

Awake was already picked up by a network so it wouldn't be here. It is in production, but it seems (from my reading of the cancellation thread) that those involved want to take their time.

 

[Danielsan]

Awake was already picked up by a network so it wouldn't be here. It is in production, but it seems (from my reading of the cancellation thread) that those involved want to take their time.

Ahh alright. Thanks for the response.

 

[Busty]

Eh. Not much is jumping out at me there. The only two things that really interest me at the moment are NBC's Revolution from JJ Abrams and Eric Kripke and the 'Easy Rollins' show from John Wells.

As much as loved the movie 'Devil In The Blue Dress' and would love to see a prime time drama set in 1950's Los Angeles I just don't think that the current broadcast TV landscape would be interested in it. But with NBC in the position they are in they may just take a chance.

But Revolution could be interesting. Something that teams Abrams with the creator if Supernatural will always be worth a watch even if the logline is still being kept under wraps.

There was a 'don't quote me' rumour that Revolution might be about

Spoiler

werewolves

but that might have been confused with another show WB have in development.

Very interested in Shawn Ryan's new show. I hope its good and sticks.

I like the concept but it seems like a better fix for a network other than ABC. Perhaps something more suited to Fox? I remember ABC were also developing a navy SEAL pilot from Bruckheimer this season so perhaps they are looking for more male skewing shows.

About five years ago ABC developed a couple of modern 'civil war' drama pilots that went nowhere. I believe one of them was called 'A House Divided'.

But whatever happens at least Sony deserve kudos for doubling down on their expensive drama pilots. Especially after (the very expensive) Pan Am totally shat the bed. Hopefully big Sony's investment in TV will actually pay off for them, because they could use it.

 

[ivysaur12]

1) Look, I like the guy, even own pushing daisies on DVD....but come on, some people have the magic touch, some dont.

Compare JJ Abrams and Seth Mcfamilyguy with...

Mitch Hurwitz. AD, sit down shut up, running wilde? All commercial bombs.

Joss Whedon? When your most successful show was on the WB, thats a problem.

Some of these guys have great concepts but they dont resonate with the dudebros of america. When you desperatly need a hit, you go to Seth Mcfarland when you remake the munsters, not Fuller.


2) Everything is the highest show on CBS. You could remake wonderfalls and it would be the highest rated show on CBS. Elsewhere, remakes are more tocis than they are successful. Charlies Angels is another one.

3) Its not comedy if the dudebors arent rolling on the floor. Two and a Half men? Comedy. Freeks and Geeks? Not a comedy. 2 broke Girl? Comedy. Pushing Daisies? Not a comedy.

1. No, that's absolutely not true.

JJ Abrams, first of all, doesn't create shows anymore. He just produces them.

Felicity? Hit. Alias? Hit. Lost? Hit. Fringe? Hitish. Person of Interest? Hitish. Six Degrees? Bomb. What About Brian? Bomb. Undercovers? Bomb. Oh, you've never heard of the last three? That's because they bombed.

Hey, let's look at the guys that created Modern Family - the highest rated sitcom on right now:

Christopher Lloyd - Out of Practice? Bomb. Back to You? Bomb. Modern Family? Hit.

Steven Levitan - Stark Raving Mad? Bomb. Greg the Bunny? Bomb. Oliver Beene? Bomb. Just Shoot Me? Hit. Stacked? Bomb. Back to You? Bomb. Modern Family? Hit.

No, people do not have the "magic touch." People get lucky. Even the best writers will not hit it out of the park 100% of the time. They won't hit it out of the park 50% of the time because television is, really, all about luck. Especially on network television.

2. And Charlie's Angels was the lowest rated scripted drama so far this year on metacritic. What's your point? You can't keep saying that remakes are the reasons that show fails when one - Hawaii Five-0 - does infinitely better than every single other 10pm drama on CBS. It beats out Unforgettable, CSI, The Mentalist, Blue Bloods, and CSI: Miami. It also beats out The Good Wife, Person of Interest, CSI: New York, and A Gifted Man. Maybe - just maybe - the quality of the show is the reason why these remakes fail or succeed. V had a fantastic pilot and did very well in its first season.

3. I don't even understand what you're trying to say here. An hour long dramady is something that's been done before. Glee does it now (regardless of what you think of its quality).

Well, hes got bad robot. Who doesnt love bad robot?

I don't know, maybe the people who never saw Six Degrees, What About Brian, Undercovers, or Morning Glory!

 

[B_Rik_Schitthaus]

Wurra da da da dadadadada da da da dada da da da dadadad

 

[anaron]

Munsters and Sarah Silverman's pilot thankfully seem to have good chances in getting ordered to series - and considering NBC, Bryan Fuller might not get cancelled!

Really hoping Bunheads makes it.

 

[Dan]

God, so many remakes.

Last Resort is the only thing that sounds interesting. Maaaybe Midnight Sun, but it'll probably be like all the other awful mystery shows that have appeared on networks in recent years.

I wouldn't place Abrams is the same category as showrunners. He likes to "create" shows (99% of the time with help) and then run off to another project with all of the recognition.

Unless you believe that he's able to personally oversee/write/etc. ten new shows a year.

Basically, Abrams has the clout to get his past writers into meetings with the networks. He gives some notes on the pilot and casting, and gets creator and EP credit until the end of the show. It's a bullshit system, one that Shawn Ryan has really railed against. So much money is wasted on these EPs who don't do anything; a huge chunk of the budget that is never seen on the screen.

 

[ivysaur12]

God, so many remakes.

Last Resort is the only thing that sounds interesting. Maaaybe Midnight Sun, but it'll probably be like all the other awful mystery shows that have appeared on networks in recent years.



Basically, Abrams has the clout to get his past writers into meetings with the networks. He gives some notes on the pilot and casting, and gets creator and EP credit until the end of the show. It's a bullshit system, one that Shawn Ryan has really railed against. So much money is wasted on these EPs who don't do anything; a huge chunk of the budget that is never seen on the screen.

Eh, NBC and ABC have some very diversified development slates. But ABC made Count of Monte Cristo in the Hamptons into a hit, so who knows.

And I completely agree with Ryan on Abrams. It's bullshit. And then people flock to his shows because "it's from the creator of Lost!" instead of "oh, these guys created Kyle XY?"

 

[JdFoX187]

As someone who loved the Munsters, and own it on DVD for some reason, I'm just really worried about a drama-esque remake of it, even if it is coming from Brian Fuller. Some of the ideas I've read about it through the conception stages over the past couple years worry me. But who knows where Fuller will take it. I'll watch the first episode if it airs, but beyond that is up to the quality of the show and its general tone.

 

[ivysaur12]

CBS orders legal drama to pilot

CBS got on the board this morning with its first drama pilot order this season to Baby Big Shot, a legal drama written by Dana Calvo (TNT’s Franklin & Bash) and executive produced by Kevin Falls, who will serve as showrunner. The project, from Sony TV and Jamie Tarses’ studio-based Fanfare, centers on a working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a tony Manhattan law firm. Falls, Tarses and her Fanfare partner Julia Franz are executive producing, with Calvo serving as co-executive producer. This marks the first network drama pilot for comedy-centric Fanfare, which ventured into the hourlong format with TNT dramedy Franklin & Bash. Also at CBS, the company has a comedy from writer Jeff Rake in contention.

They also greenlighted a Sherlock Holmes drama.

 

[ivysaur12]

Her name is Kari Lazer and she is dominating:

http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/abc-picks-up-kari-lizer-mom-comedy/

New Adventures Of Old Christine creator Kari Lizer has emerged as an early star of the broadcast season with 2 pilot orders. On the heels of NBC greenlighting her female buddy comedy, ABC has just picked up her other project. The untitled multi-camera comedy, from Warner Bros. TV and Lizer’s banner Kari’s Logo Goes Here, centers on Hilary Pfeiffer-Dunne, a high-powered executive who has dominated corporate America for years, faces the biggest challenge of her life when she finds herself unemployed and acting as a full-time mom to her two teenagers. Both of Lizer’s pitches sold with put pilot commitmenst. The green light at ABC extends Lizer’s impressive streak of haveing all of her scripts to date picked up to pilot: Old Christine at CBS, True at the WB, an untitled NBC comedy last year and her new NBC and ABC projects this year. The Will & Grace alumna is repped by Scott Schwartz.

ABC has only picked up 1 multi-cam. No surprise since Modern Family, Happy Endings, The Middle, and Suburgatory have all been extremely solid. And with Cougar Town coming back soon and Apartment 23 premiering, they might need only one.

 

[jamesinclair]

Undercovers? Bomb. Oh, you've never heard of the last three? That's because they bombed.

Thats just insulting. I may have even created the GAF thread for it.

 

[ivysaur12]

Thats just insulting. I may have even created the GAF thread for it.

The point is that no one remembers/will ever remember Six Degrees, What About Brian, and Undercovers. Bombs in every sense of the word.