UPDATE: Seems NBC is done with calls for now EDIT: The Night Shift (aka After Hours) just got axed too
According to Deadline NBC is starting notifying producers whose projects are not going to be picked up that their projects are dead. Dramas The Sixth Gun, Bloodline, Hatfields & McCoys, The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives,The Night Shift (aka After Hours) and comedies Holding Patterns, Brenda Forever*, Joe, Joe, Jane and The Gates were first to receive condolences.
Bloodline was a drama about a smart and irreverent teenager who finds herself caught in the middle of an epic struggle between two warrior families
The Sixth Gun was a drama based on the Oni Press comic about six pistols of otherworldly power in the Old West, the most dangerous of which falls into the hands of an innocent girl named Becky Montcrief who - alongside shadowy gunfighter Drake Sinclair - must battle vile men thought long dead that have set their sights on retrieving the gun
The Nightshift aka After Hours was a drama which revolves around the graveyard shift in the ER at the San Antonio Medical Center
Hatfields & McCoys was a drama which reignites the centuries-old family feud in a contemporary urban setting with Sophia Bush, Virginia Madsen, Annie Ilonzeh, James Remar, Jesse Lee Soffer, Nick Westrate, Patrick Flueger and Rebecca De Mornay.
Holding Patterns was a multi-camera comedy about a group of friends whose lives completely change after they survive a plane crash starring Erinn Hayes, Kate Lang Johnson, Robert Buckley, Oscar Nunez, Luka Jones and Nelson Franklin.
Brenda Forever was a high-concept comedy which follows the title role both as a 31-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl with Ellie Kemper, Daija Owens, David Krumholtz, Da'vine Joy Randolph, Lindsay Kraft, Mandalynn Carlson and Stephnie Weir.
Joe & Joe & Jane was a multi-camera comedy about a conflict-avoidant children's book author caught in an ongoing tug of war between his wife and his co-author/best friend with · Dave Annable, Sally Pressman, Asif Ali, Larry Wilmore, Lauren Lapkus and Will Greenberg.
The Gates was a single-camera comedy based on the U.K. series about the hijinks that ensue when parents drop off and pick up their kids at school each day
The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives was a drama based on Josie Brown's book about the secrets and lies of three suburban California couples exposed in the aftermath of a murder
Also some updates from Variety on NBC comedies:
Might be renewed: Guys with Kids (via Variety)
not looking good: New Normal(via Variety)
may not return: Go On (via Variety)
Parks and Rec: looks to be returning (via Variety)
*Brenda Forever might have some shot at a retooling/resurrection later


Deadline just updated their article and "Brenda Forever" and "Joe, Joe, Jane" are dead, too!
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine getting that call? Oh wait this is the television industry. They probably sent a text message that said "lol sorry nope" and left it at that.
ReplyDeleteLOL, now I'm imagining a "LOL SORRY YOUR PILOT'S DEAD" text.
ReplyDeleteThanks Klutzy ;)
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. Now I'm just constantly refreshing Deadline! This is exciting. I've been waiting for something to happen and it finally is!
ReplyDeleteHa lol.
ReplyDeleteFYI: I've just sent you an invite to the Pilot Watch spreadsheet if there are any new updates ;)
Nothing I wanted canned so far.
ReplyDeleteAwesome, thanks!
ReplyDeletesame :)
ReplyDeleteI can see them sending even less to save on thumb strain! Maybe..
ReplyDelete" 86 :( "
I don't know why this popped into my head, but I just thought of of a scenario in my head.
ReplyDeleteNBC: This is a list of the shows we're going with.
Producer: Our show is on this list! Awesome!
NBC: Oh wait, no. Our bad, that's the list of show we're NOT going with.
no surprises here
ReplyDeleteHigh-concept (meaning original) starring the awesome Ellie Kemper = I was sold. Bad move, NBC.
ReplyDeleteSame here ahah, it finally arrived! Last year was actually worse for me in terms of shows I was rooting for because I had a lot of stuff on the bubble; this year I have less stakes in it (basically comedies: Go On, Community and Malibu Country, and Body of Proof), because all my other non renewed stuff is a sure thing. But it is still very exciting, and I have a lot of pilots for which I am actively rooting!
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooo, Bloodline. It had a lot of people I liked.
ReplyDeleteI forgot how stressful this was.
i guess they mean like The Selection and other pilots that stay alive get rewrites, reshoots or delayed till next pilot season and then.. well we'll see if the selection gets a happy ending soon
ReplyDeleteWhere is the variety article?
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/Variety_Cynthia
ReplyDeleteThanks
ReplyDeleteas long as Crisis, The Sixth Gun, About A Boy, Blacklist and Happiness are picked up I'll be happy
ReplyDeleteTHR says Sixth Gun is also dead.
ReplyDeleteSorry. THR reports Sixth Gun is dead.
ReplyDeleteKind of surprised about that one. Although I would have watched it, it wasn't a major favorite, so I am ok with it, and I actually feel that NBC is better of investing in more procedural type of shows for now
ReplyDeleteDeadline now reports it may air during midseason
ReplyDeleteThe Sixth Gun could have been good but could also have been an expensive flop.
ReplyDeleteThe Night Shift (Per THR) also dead.
ReplyDeleteI really hope Believe gets picked up! COME ON NBC. *crosses fingers*
ReplyDeleteso I' guessing the dramas being picked up will be Crisis, Believe, The Blacklist and either I Am Victor or Ironside (or both since Dracula and Crossbones are short seasons).
ReplyDeleteSad to see The Sixth Gun and Bloodline go. Only drama left at NBC that I'm interested in is Crisis with Gillian Anderson. Hopefully this chatter of renewing Guys With Kids over Go On is wrong.
ReplyDeleteGuys isnt competing with Go On its competing with NBC's multicamera pilots and Whitney
ReplyDeletePer Deadline, After Hours another dead one!
ReplyDeletei think that and the The Night Shift are the same but not sure
ReplyDeleteAfter Hours is dead! Too bad, I thought that one could do well for NBC if it was good
ReplyDeleteYup, they are.
ReplyDeleteFair enough. I'd still rather see a new multi-camera. The network that brought us Friends can surely do better than GWK or Whitney.
ReplyDeleteLOL, that's confusing.
ReplyDeleteAnd alright, NBC, while it's nice to hear about the dead pilots, I'd rather hear about the ones getting picked up to series and renewals/cancellations instead.
seeing how many have been killed i'd guess survivors have like an 80% chances of making it
ReplyDeleteI kind of looking forward to The Sixth Gun, especially since Carlton Cuse was on board, but I would much rather have "Believe" get picked up. So I guess I will just be grateful that it isn't dead yet!
ReplyDeleteI hope so!
ReplyDelete4TH UPDATE: The Night Shift
ReplyDeleteobituary was premature. In the flurry of passes, the pilot was
erroneously bundled with those who are definitely dead, but it appears
that no calls on it have been made yet. So if you worked on that pilot
or have clients on it, you can breath easier, at least for now.
If I am not missing anything, it is down to:
ReplyDeleteBelieve
The Blacklist
Crisis
I Am Victor
Ironside
I could actually see all 5 getting a pick up. This year they had 2 fall (Revolution, Chicago Fire) and 3 midseason (Deception, Do No Harm, Hannibal). But they also have Dracula and Crossbones which will have to air sometime. It is still possible they pick all 5 and timeshare dracula and crossbones though, since I expect them to go heavier on drama hours next year (and cut down on comedy hours).
I still see it very much in the running though. It looks like a natural pairing with the chicago fire!
ReplyDeleteThe Blacklist looks and sounds good.
ReplyDeleteSad about The Sixth Gun but I don't think it would have been a ratings success anyway
ReplyDeleteKinda surprised by Sixth Gun and Bloodline....
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