NBC on Monday ordered the futuristic pilot Beautiful People, described as a "what if?" drama set 10 minutes into the future.
From executive producer Michael McDonald, the show focuses on families of mechanical people that exist to serve the human population — except, the robots begin to awaken.
McDonald, who appeared on Mad TV, was a consulting producer on Scrubs and directed episodes of Cougar Town. ABC Studios and Universal TV are producing what's touted as "low-tech, high drama."
Source: TV Guide


This sounds pretty interesting!
ReplyDeleteSo it's like an I,Robot series?
ReplyDeleteI have no idea what they are trying to say. Is it Caprica? 10 minutes into future? Low tech, about robots? What?
ReplyDeleteI have a feeling this will either be brilliant or a complete disaster... no middle ground.
ReplyDeleteSounds very 'meh' really.
ReplyDeleteIf its ten minutes into the future, we'll have caught up with it by the end of the ad breaks :/ :p ;)
ReplyDeleteOn cable: interesting.
ReplyDeleteOn network TV: I don't want to invest on a cancelled show.
"Oh dear, it is a sci-fi show? Better downplay that to insult the core audience."
ReplyDeleteI don't think this sounds good at all. Michael McDonald was entertaining on Madtv but I don't see him bringing us a series drama...much less set "10 minutes in the future"...WTF? this whole press release is weird to me.
ReplyDeleteThis just sounds awful, it's like they're trying to smash a million concepts into one.
ReplyDeleteIf this gets picked up rather than the Abrams/Kirpe thing, which I'm slightly less skeptical of due to the pedigree, I'll understand why NBC is network number 4.
I don't see it working,not on network tv,maybe on cable there they would be able to delve into the subject matter,on NBC it could never live up to its potential.
ReplyDeleteNBC really. Wish this would be on a cable channel. Anything from the main channels just makes me squeamish.
ReplyDeleteLow-tech high drama?
ReplyDeleteMore like Low-success rate, high cancellation rate.
The only way I'm gonna watch this is if Michael McDonald runs around screaming "Look what I can do..."
ReplyDeleteI picture an NBC executive saying exactly that right before pulling the plug on the project.
ReplyDelete'Families of mechanical people.' FAMILIES. I don't even want to know what that means.
ReplyDeleteSo...confused...right...now...
ReplyDelete10 minutes into the future... huh? I am confused. The rest of the blurb makes it sound as if it could be quite interesting if done right.
ReplyDeletesounds stupid...
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