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Pilots & New Shows for 2009; FOX takes on Argentinean telenovela
Topic Started: Jan 5 2009, 09:14 PM (506 Views)
Rick
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FOX

EVA ADAMS (A.K.A. LALOLA) (FOX) - The network's domestic take on the Argentinean telenovela "Lalola" has been greenlit to pilot. Tentatively dubbed "Eva Adams," the Sony Pictures Television-based drama centers on a womanizer at a sports management firm who, under a witch's spell, turns into a beautiful woman so he can endure the harassment that women do.
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GLEE (FOX) - Dramedy about a thirtysomething Spanish teacher at an Ohio high school who has the daunting task of taking over the school's glee club, which has become a heaven for outcasts.
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ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (FOX) - domestic take on the infamous U.K. comedy
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BOLDLY GOING NOWHERE (FOX) - comedy about the day-to-day of an intergalactic spaceship.
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UNTITLED WILL ARNETT PROJECT (FOX) - "Arrested Development" alum Will Arnett has inked a seven-figure development deal with the network. The pact calls for FOX to develop a comedy around the actor.
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SAVE US THEN THE WHALES (FOX) - Asad Gardezi ("Mind of Mencia") has landed a cast-contingent pilot order from the network for a new comedy set at a politically incorrect nonprofit organization.
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ABC

FOURPLAY (ABC) - comedy about two men - Derek (Josh Cooke), who is straight, and Drew (Alan Tudyk), who is gay - who are lifelong best friends and business partners.
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FLASH FORWARD (ABC) - drama which chronicles the chaos that ensues after everyone in the world blacks out for two minutes, 17 seconds and has a mysterious vision of the future that changes lives forever.
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FINNEGAN (ABC) - drama about the organized crime/vice unit in Los Angeles, which is led by a tough female detective.
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MAID IN MANHATTAN (ABC) - dramedy that revolves around a young Latina from the Bronx working at a Manhattan hotel who tries to make it in the world.
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IN THE MOTHERHOOD (ABC) - Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace") and Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") are reportedly in talks to join Chelsea Handler as three mothers and girlfriends whose exploits are based on real-life stories of moms across the country. (ABC has ordered 13-episodes)
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AN AMERICAN FAMILY (ABC) - single-camera comedy about three families who live in the same suburb, shot documentary-style through the eyes of a Dutch filmmaker, who's returned to the neighborhood after living there as an exchange student 15-20 years ago.
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MADE OVER (ABC) - comedy about a shallow, image-obsessed cosmetics executive who has a crisis of conscience and quits her job. She subsequently joins a younger woman with completely different values to start a unique consulting company.
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18 TO LIFE (ABC) - Eighteen year-olds shouldn't get married, right? That would be crazy. But when a dare between lifelong best friends turns into a serious proposal, next-door neighbors Jessie Hill and Tom Bellow suddenly find themselves engaged. To outsiders, it may seem like a crazy move, but Jessie and Tom know that what they've got is real. Now, all they have to do is convince their parents.
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THE RETURN (ABC) - Rene Echevarria ("Medium") and drama guru Greg Berlanti have booked a new drama at the Alphabet about the impact on the world - including the White House - when aliens land.
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CBS

HEX WIVES (CBS) - hourlong dramedy about four suburban women who realize they have magical powers. Described as Charmed" meets "Desperate Housewives"
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EXIT 19 (CBS) - Rosie Perez, Ramon Rodriguez and Amy Farrington have all joined the cast of the Geena Davis-led drama pilot, about Gloria (Davis), a Manhattan homicide detective and single mom. Perez is set as Lorna, Gloria's Brooklyn-born partner on the police force, with Farrington as Gloria's neighbor and Rodriguez as a smart and flirty cop who works with Gloria and Lorna.
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HAWAII FIVE-O The new incarnation will likewise be a procedural chronicling the workings of the fictional Hawaiian state police department with Steve McGarrett's (played by Jack Lord in the original) son Chris as the top cop.
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THE KARENSKYS (CBS) - comedy about a woman who returns to her hometown when her husbands job as biology professor relocates them and is reunited with her large, eccentric family.
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UNTITLED JASON BIGGS/MITCH HURWITZ PROJECT (CBS) - hybrid single/multi-camera comedy at the Eye about adult siblings and their parents who are over-involved in one another's lives. The network has given a put pilot commitment to the project with an order for six additional scripts.
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WE NEED GIRLFRIENDS (CBS) - Bill Martin and Mike Schiff ("Cavemen") has come aboard as executive producers/showrunners of the comedy project, about three recent college grads who enter the New York dating scene after all of their girlfriends dump them at once.
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NBC

LEGALLY MAD (NBC) - David E. Kelley's dramedy about an aging partner at a Chicago law firm and his daughter who works with him as well as a host of eccentric characters around them. All actors must have singing ability. Kristin Chenoweth has been cast as Skippy Pylon.

The characters:
Steven Pearle (" the sensitive Frick to Gordon's slick Frack"),
Janette Harris ("on the constant verge of a nervous breakdown"),
Joe Matty ("no reason for anybody to like him; everybody does"),
Skippy Pylon ("she can go from The Flying Nun to Mommy Dearest in a nano-second")
Paige Gideon ("deceiving good looks, sneaks up on people with her cheeky humor, often caustic.")
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PRETTY LITTLE MISTAKES (NBC) - drama based on the novel of the same name by Heather McElhatton. Show follows a female protagonist as she decides between college or travel following graduation from high school.
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MOGULETTES (NBC) - "Bergdorf Blondes" author Plum Sykes and writer/producer Amy Harris ("The Comeback") are set to team for a new half-hour comedy about the lives of jet-setting twentysomething women who have already become captains of industry.
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PARTRIDGE FAMILY, THE (NBC) - reimagined take on the classic comedy in which a struggling, sort of well-meaning mom pimps her kids in order to create a wholesome-slash-sexy cash cow
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PLAY OR BE PLAYED (NBC) - legal drama about the unapologetic lawyers at a prestigious new york law firm who will do whatever it takes to win their high-profile cases and outmaneuver one another. Barry Sonnenfeld ("Pushing Daisies") will produce and direct.
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ICE (NBC) - drama about the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement division of Homeland Security. Said agency is tasked with being on the lookout for the trafficking of everything that crosses the U.S. borders, "from arms, drugs and counterfeit money to weapons of mass destruction, stolen antiquities and even human slaves."
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TOP GEAR (NBC) - This Emmy award-winning television phenomenon follows three friends as they attempt to perform outrageous challenges and stunts through the crazy transformations they make to their cars. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CELEBRITY COME DINE WITH ME (NBC) - reality series in which celebrities play host to a dinner party for four of their famous friends, after which it will be judged on presentation, food and entertainment value with the winner receiving $20,000 for the charity of their choice
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LOST & FOUND (NBC) - drama about a quirky, offbeat female (Katee Sackhoff) LAPD detective who, after butting heads with the higher-ups, is sent as a punishment to the basement to work on john doe and jane doe cases
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JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (NBC) - drama based on the famed Greek myth. expected to be shot entirely on green screen.
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CABLE/SYNDICATED

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (USA) - Emily Rose ("Brothers & Sisters") has been tapped for the lead role on the drama pilot, about a top trauma surgeon who, upon returning from a tour of duty in Iraq, finds herself working at a dysfunctional military hospital.
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WIZARD'S FIRST RULE (Syndication) - Kenneth Biller ("Star Trek: Voyager") has been tapped as the showrunner of the upcoming syndicated drama, based on Terry Goodkind's book series about a woodsman (Craig Horner) who transforms into a magical leader and joins with a mysterious woman (Bridget Regan) to stop a bloodthirsty, sinister tyrant. The series has been cleared on stations covering more than 95% of the country.
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THE AMAZING MRS. NOVAK (Lifetime) - Amy Pietz ("Aliens in America"), Tom Verica ("American Dreams") and Kristen Dattilo ("The Chris Isaak Show") are the first to be cast in the drama pilot, about a supermarket manager who unexpectedly becomes the governor of New Jersey.
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PERFECT 10 (ABC Family) - drama set in the world of competitive gymnastics,
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THE END OF STEVE (Showtime) - Matthew Perry-led comedy, about an unhappy, egomaniacal TV talkshow host in Rochester, New York who's seeking redemption both personally and professionally.

Edited by Rick, Jan 5 2009, 09:16 PM.
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Mason


None of these particularly interest me...except maybe Hex Wives, depending upon who's cast in that.
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King
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None of them sound amazing, but I Am just glad that more scripted shows are coming. I am tired of reality shows.
Edited by King, Jan 6 2009, 03:53 AM.
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Rick
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GLEE (FOX) - Dramedy about a thirtysomething Spanish teacher at an Ohio high school who has the daunting task of taking over the school's glee club, which has become a heaven for outcasts.


Ryan Murphy producing and writing. Jayma Mays, Jane Lynch and Jessalyn Gilsig in the cast!? I am super excited about it.


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IN THE MOTHERHOOD (ABC) - Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace") and Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") are reportedly in talks to join Chelsea Handler as three mothers and girlfriends whose exploits are based on real-life stories of moms across the country. (ABC has ordered 13-episodes)


Another one I am super excited about. Mullaly, Hines and Chelsea frickin Handler. Hell yeahs

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LEGALLY MAD (NBC) - David E. Kelley's dramedy about an aging partner at a Chicago law firm and his daughter who works with him as well as a host of eccentric characters around them. All actors must have singing ability. Kristin Chenoweth has been cast as Skippy Pylon.


Just because Kristin is in it, I'll watch



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I am gonna give the Mullally show a try. Also, maybe that Flash Forward thing and Eva Adams.
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GLEE (FOX) - Dramedy about a thirtysomething Spanish teacher at an Ohio high school who has the daunting task of taking over the school's glee club, which has become a heaven for outcasts.


Ryan Murphy producing and writing. Jayma Mays, Jane Lynch and Jessalyn Gilsig in the cast!? I am super excited about it.


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IN THE MOTHERHOOD (ABC) - Megan Mullally ("Will & Grace") and Cheryl Hines ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") are reportedly in talks to join Chelsea Handler as three mothers and girlfriends whose exploits are based on real-life stories of moms across the country. (ABC has ordered 13-episodes)


Another one I am super excited about. Mullaly, Hines and Chelsea frickin Handler. Hell yeahs

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LEGALLY MAD (NBC) - David E. Kelley's dramedy about an aging partner at a Chicago law firm and his daughter who works with him as well as a host of eccentric characters around them. All actors must have singing ability. Kristin Chenoweth has been cast as Skippy Pylon.


Just because Kristin is in it, I'll watch



Jessalyn Gilsig IS my life. I love that bitch.

And Handler? I NEED to watch that show, NOW!
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Anything with Chelsea Handler i'll be watching..Can't wait for that show..And i might watch David Kelly's new show for Kristen C..
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WIZARD'S FIRST RULE (Syndication)


The title of this has been changed to "Legend of the Seeker" and the show is already airing a 13 episode commitment in certain markets.(I only know this because a friend of mine got cable to see this show, and he's disappointed.)
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