Pilot status updates from CW, FOX, ABC , NBC and CBS
20 Apr 2011
Cancelled Shows Hart of Dixie NikitaCW: according to Deadline Nikita and Hellcats are on the bubble
Word from Deadline is Danni Lowinski is complete dead, CW likes Awakening, Heavenly and Cooper and Stone. have problems with Hart of Dixie. Secret Circle is not yet ready but there is support for Kevin Williamson
FOX:
Touch: which won't film until June, looking very likely for a midseason order.
comedy THE NEW GIRL : sure thing
Comedy could make it due to cast FAMILY ALBUM and I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER
OUTNUMBERED: dead
COUNCIL OF DADS: cooling
ALCATRAZ,: strong buzz
Locke and Key - Mixed response, slow & boring
ABC
DAMAGE CONTROL: front runner
CHARLIE'S ANGELS : solid
PAN AM: strong
REVENGE, Poe,Good Bitches : good
IDENTITY: mixed
THE RIVER: good
HALLELUJAH: BAD
Partner : awful
comedy
DON'T TRUST THE BITCH IN APT. 23: buzz
SUBURGATORY: also strong
BAD MOM: good
TIM ALLEN: good
lost and found: mediocre
NBC:
SMASH: amazing
A MANN's WORLD: strong
PLAYBOY: good
PRIME SUSPECT: unseen but considered a favourite due to cast
ARE YOU THERE VODKA? IT'S ME, CHELSEA , The untitled WHITNEY CUMMINGS,Peter Tolan's workplace comedy BRAVE NEW WORLD, UNTITLED DAN GOOR pilot ,Amanda Peet-starring romantic comedy BENT : positive comedy buzz
LOVELIVES : mixed
I HATE THAT I LOVE YOU: Awful
UNTITLED EMILY SPIVEY: unseen but huge buzz
CBS:
Drams buzzing
SUSANNAH GRANT medical drama with ghost of dead wife, cop drama ROOKIES and buddy P.I. show HAIL MARY
comedies: UNTITLED ROB SCHNEIDER and Home Game strong
UNTITLED PETER KNIGHT: problems
Source Deadline
This is me...making GRABBY HANDS for ALCATRAZ!
ReplyDeletelol, me to :)
ReplyDeleteI really hope Good Christian bitches gets picked up if only for a weekly fix of kristin chenoweth
ReplyDeleteWhat is Smash and how is it 'Amazing?' I'm intriuged...
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ReplyDeleteNot interested on anything coming out, as long as Nikita gets a second season.
FOX
Looking forward to Touch and massively to Alcatraz. Never heard of the New Girl, would love I Hate My Teenage Daughter to get picked up as Jamie Pressley is so funny, the English outnumbered is hilarious, don't particularly want another season though, I quite liked the concept of Council of Dads, but meh, easy come, easy go.
ABC
Damage Control should be awesome (Shondaland, say no more), like the cast of Charlie's Angels so I'm glad it's picked up, if Pan Am is anything like Mad Men then it can only be a good thing, not bothered about Revenge, Poe could be interesting, Good Christian Bitches already sounds awesome so I'm glad, Identity sounds like it would get boring after two episodes, and ABC can't do procedurals so not expecting much, The River sounds interesting, hope it gets picked up, Hallelujah disappoints, Marc Cherry is awesome, so glad Partners isn't going to get picked up, Annie Wershing could do so much better. Apartment 23 sounds awesome, especially with Krysten Ritter, Suburgatory sounds like it could be hilarious, sounds like the best ABC comedy, Bad Mom sounds awful, as does the Tim Allen Project, I prefer Lost and Found if I'm honest.
NBC
Smash could be hilarious, could be awful, still, I would like to see it, A Mann's World does not interest me at all, if Playboy is anything like Man Men it can only be a good thing, Prime Suspect in England is awesome, not sure if NBC could make it work, assuming the can make their central character as awesome as Helen Mirren's then this should be good, but you never know. Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, anything with Chelsea Handler is hilarious, the Whitney Cummings project sounds like most other comedies on tv, Brave New World sounds hilarious, everything apart from the fact it's Dan Goor makes me hate the concept, Bent sounds like the first for episodes of Cougar Town (you know, that phase when it was still awful), lovelives sounds boring, I Hate That I Love You sounds, to be frank, offensive, and the Emily Spivey comedy sounds awesome - when Outsourced and Perfect Couples inevitably get cancelled I hope two of Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, Brave New World and the Emily Spivey pilot to get picked up.
CBS
The Susannah Grant pilot seems like it could be okay, Rookies sounds okay, Hair Mary sounds okay, but I probably won't watch just because they're CBS and there is so little intelligent drama on CBS, Susannah Grant seems to be the only one that even moderately interests me. I don't watch CBS comedies, simply because of the laugh track, its so unneccesary, and it just annoys me, therefore, I don't really care what gets picked up.
Outnumbered (Larry Charles) and Council of Dads (Peter Tolan) probably not picked up ? That's too bad. The pitches didn't look especially great but given those two guys were involved, it might have been great.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to Family Album because the word is that it's a serialized comedy, the whole season covering one summer vacation, strong connections between the episodes, etc. Yummy, I want to watch that (which means no one is going to watch that and the ratings will be bad).
I don't remember who's on the cast of "I hate my teenage daughter" but I remember I was positive about it even though it doesn't seem like my kind of show. What a awful title though. Not because it implies a mother hates her daughter but because it just is bad. The producers should change it before it's too late, or else they will regret it (isn't that right, Bill Lawrence ?). Anyway, I'm sure all the parenting associations will convince FOX to change this title, and for once I will agree with these associations.
However, I don't mind if FOX just renews Breaking In for a full 2nd season of 22 episodes (I see some potential, and the 2nd episode was great), which would air along with the best new comedy of the season (Raising Hope), and that would be all. I don't see where all these projects would fit on their schedule, unless they create a real comedy block despite having already their animation block (that I love, except Bob's Burgers).
It was obvious FOX would be interested in a new drama starring Kiefer Sutherland. I hope Touch is as good as they say according to the script, I still have some doubts given Tim "Zeroes" Kring is involved.
On CBS, there are 3 shows that I'm really looking forward to :
1/ Persons of Interest (it's a done deal).
2/ Ringer (it doesn't look like a CBS drama at all, which is a good thing).
3/ How to Be a Gentleman (I love the cast : Kevin Dillon from Entourage, Mary Lynn Rajskub from 24, Rhys Darby from Flight of the Conchords, created by David Hornsby (who will also star), writer on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (he also plays Rickety Cricket on the show).
ABC and NBC have amazing possible new dramas in store : Charlie's Angels, Pan Am, Revenge, The River, Poe, Smash, Playboy. I look forward the Prime Suspect remake because of the cast (Maria Bello and Kirk Acevedo, very nice).
The Bitch in Appartment 23 is Krysten Ritter, so I'm interested as well, and Suburgatory has a great pitch. I wonder why NBC is developping new comedies (which all seem awful given the pitches), because they already have 4 comedies nexxt season (Community, Parks and Rec, The Office and 30 Rock). They all have complete seasons, and I'm sure NBC didn't think the 3 hour comedy block was a success (Outsourced is unfortunately paying the price of that failure now), so there's just no point.
Srsly... all that talk about Sarah Michelle Gellar's show "Ringer" and now they aren't gonna pick it up??? I hate CBS.
ReplyDeleteHigh five for essay posts!
ReplyDeleteHoping that Smash gets a pickup!
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ReplyDeleteA group of people (including Debra Messing and Katharine McPhee) come together to put on a Broadway show about Marilyn Monroe. Steven Spielberg (E.T., Jurassic Park) will executive-produce. Anjelica Huston, Raza Jaffrey, Jack Davenport, Christian Borle and Megan Hilty also star.
About Hart of Dixie, deadline says there are some problems about Rachel as a doctor and a possible conflict with a writer
ReplyDeleteAbout Hart of Dixie, deadline says there are some problems about Rachel as a doctor and a possible conflict with a writer
ReplyDeletenot that they dislikes it
ReplyDeleteok updated :)
ReplyDeletehmm no news on 17th Precinct or Locke & Key? I'm really intrigued by them both
ReplyDeleteUm "Wonder Woman" isn't mentioned in the NBC list. Recent comments from the President of NBC it sounds like it's about to be a sure thing.
ReplyDeletethis list is from Deadline, they didnt mention it and they were wrong before, we had another source that had mentioned WW recently - but maybe they hadnt seen the piot yet when they felt like it was a sure thing and they have just seen it now :)
ReplyDeleteI would be surprised if an inside look at what happens behind the scenes of a musical would be a big hit on network TV. Smash has some pedigree in its cast and producer, but I just don't see it. I can like musicals, more than most people I know, and it just does not sound interesting to me. That said, I will give it a chance if it makes to TV. A well done show is a well done show no matter its genre.....
ReplyDeleteI just hope Jorge doesn't play "Hugo" again. Everything I have seen him he is the same character pretty much. I would LOVE to see him be less lovable oaf and more menacing prison gangster in Alcatraz!
ReplyDeleteI hope NBC has more pilots (and well done pilots) on order since they have to replace like more than 10 canceled series.... just sayin...
ReplyDeletei just want nikita to get renewed , not interested in anything else
ReplyDeleteCome on CW pick up Secret Circle!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would be shocked if Nikita doesn't get renewed. I don't think you have anything to worry about.
ReplyDeletePlease CW pick up Secret Circle
ReplyDeleteYes. I really hope Nikita gets renewed.
ReplyDeletewhy is Nikita on the bubble and not one tree hill?!?!?!?!?!! WHY WHY WHY?!?!?!
ReplyDeleteOTH has been on for 8 yrs, half the cast isnt coming back next year, just put it out of its misery already!! how is this a difficult discision ?! CANCEL ONE TREE HILL AND RENEW NIKITA !!!!!!!!!!!!
They have to renew Nikita!!!
ReplyDeleteI hope the CW picks up Secret Circle
really wanna see that
I was at the pilot filming for I Hate My Teenage Daughter. Great cast (in addition to Jaime Pressley, Katie Finneran is hysterical in the other lead female part, and Eric Sheffer Stevens is fantastic as Jaime's ex-husband), and very funny. I enjoyed it, and hope it gets picked up.
ReplyDeleteWhat about GEORGETOWN for ABC? - I've been hearing quite a buzz around that one too...?
ReplyDeleteWhat about the other doctor show at CBS with Christine Lahti, directed by David Nutter? Could CBS pick up 2 medical shows?
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