Thanks to spartigus15 for the heads up.
NBC took the opportunity of their TCA Winter Press Tour to announce their early development of 5 new series slated for the 2012-2013 programming seasons. Here’s the rundown:
The Munsters – Drama
Writer-Executive Producer Bryan Fuller, known best for Pushing Daisies and Heroes heads up this reimagining of the television classic. The pilot for the one-hour drama will be directed by Bryan Singer, (Usual Suspects, X-Men: First Class).
Beautiful People – Drama
Think of this one as I, Robot for the small screen. Families of mechanical humans are created to service the population. What happens when these creations become self-aware and start thinking on their own? Michael McDonald of Cougar Town fame will serve as the writer and executive producer of this new drama.
The Sarah Silverman Project – Comedy
Following the success of Whitney Cummings’ Whitney, NBC is going back to the well to give fellow comedian Sarah Silverman is getting her own show. The ultitled project will feature Silverman’s character returning to her old life after breaking up with her boyfriend. Doing so will be easier said than done given that most of her old friends have moved on. Silverman will serve as Executive Producer along with Ron Howard (A Beautiful Mind), Brian Grazer (Frost/Nixon).
Isabel – Comedy
A laugher about a middle-class family that has a daughter with magical qualities.
Save Me – Comedy
John Scott Shepard (The Days) will serve as writer and executive producer of this series that features a woman going through a transformation in a broken marriage that because the best version of herself.
Source: buzzfocus


Isabel sounds interesting to me, the others not so much.
ReplyDeleteIs Whitney really a success?! idk but hey try again maybe Silverman will be even bigger then Whitney
ReplyDeleteNot a one sounds interesting to me. At least not from the 2 sentence synopses...
ReplyDeleteI'll check out The Munsters, Beautiful People, and maybe Isabel (depending on what exactly "magical qualities" portends) if they make it to series. The other two don't seem the least bit interesting to me.
ReplyDeleteI am interested in The Munsters.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, Munsters - seems like you should leave a classic alone (especially a campy comedy), but the Fuller/Singer teamup sounds intriguing. Isabel sounds like a Disney/ABC family type project to me, Beautiful People sounds like it might be funny for a movie not a series, and the Sarah Silverman project sounds like it might actually work with her material and that production team - can't be any worse than Whitney.
ReplyDeletenot a very interesting lineup... NBC has no original ideas left in them.
ReplyDeleteThese sound pretty interesting, thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteThe Munster reboot will be the first show to get cancelled. What is with Hollywood, they can't write anything original anymore. The reboot will be pathetic.
ReplyDeleteWhy? Just watch the original the remake will tank. Why anyone would want to remake this show is insane,they are just going to find out that it will fail
ReplyDeleteIf these are the five projects they're starting with, NBC had better lock down some additional pilot orders. Quickly. These are all terrible.
ReplyDeleteReally? It seemed like Wizards of Waverly Place to me.
ReplyDeleteWhitney is a success?
ReplyDeleteWhitney is considered a success? I thought they might be losing their minds. Ah well, if Community gets bumped for any of these, then that's it for me and watching NBC.
ReplyDelete"Following the success of Whitney Cummings’ Whitney..."Are they delusional?
ReplyDeleteWell, you can't really judge it and say it seems like WoWP from that one or two sentences. Like, what magical qualities does she posses? Is she a witch? We'd have to find out!
ReplyDeleteLOL. You go ahead and find out. I'll take a pass. :)
ReplyDeleteSarah Silverman already had a show. It was pretty gross.
ReplyDeleteInterested in The Munsters (because of Bryan Fuller) and Isabel (because of magic? obviosly)
ReplyDeleteLOL, understandable.
ReplyDeleteWhitney is terrible, can someone at NBC please try and watch an episode of it! Isabel sounds like Bewitched. Is this all they're developing? So which show is replacing Community? (I hope it doesn't happen).
ReplyDeleteNo, I've seen bits of it on NBC Thursdays after Community / P & R / The Office, and it's one of the most agonizingly terrible sitcoms I've ever seen. It's gotten horrible reviews from critics, has a 4.6/10 rating on IMDB, and is already dipping below 4 million viewers.
ReplyDeleteCalling it a "success" is a complete joke on NBC's part.
thats what i figured, ive only heard bad reviews but NBC wants to live in a fantasy let them.
ReplyDeleteWhitney did suck but it has gotten better
ReplyDeleteI have to believe that it's a respectable remake. If anything, it might be like The Addams' Family.
ReplyDeleteI'll probably watch the Munsters remake and the Beautiful People show. I don't know about the title of "Beautiful People" though. The name sounds like a soap opera of sorts. I liked iRobot though so I'll probably tune in. I'll have to wait and watch for previews on the other 3 comedies.
ReplyDeleteThe title of the 5th one seems apt for all of them...
ReplyDeleteAt a certain point, the synopsis of "Save Me" literally stops making sense.
ReplyDeleteGo NBC.
Obviously you're not sold on the remake. I'm not that interested in it myself, but that doesn't mean that people aren't allowed to be interested in a new version of The Munsters. It just so happens that it's being backed by a great team led by none other than Bryan Fuller, who is known for very strange, quirky and intelligent television shows.
ReplyDeleteHA!
ReplyDeleteI know right? I assume it's supposed to read "becomes the best version of herself". However, how much that makes it sound more appealing is still up for debate!
Yeah I remember that. I only enjoy her in small doses.
ReplyDeleteShe was great on the Good Wife. It's was funny for her to be all "yeah I don't care that my husband slept with other women..." and Alicia was like "WTF..."
Nothing here works for me.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm pretty sure this is the show Marcia Gay Harden is starring at...
ReplyDeleteNothing sounds interesting and the fact that one of them is a remake really annoys me. Didn't they learn with Charlie's Angels, The Bionic Woman and countless others...? Stop remaking tv shows and movies and think of new ideas for once...
ReplyDeleteWHERE THE FUCK IS REVOLUTION?
ReplyDeleteugh these all sound awful. and I find sarah silverman even less likeable than her sister, or whitney cummings for that matter. Well, guess I won't be watching much on NBC next year.
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