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ABC and NBC Order Drama Pilots; Witches and Nurses
Topic Started: Jan 22 2009, 08:28 PM (867 Views)
Nubia
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ABC, NBC pick up drama pilots
'Eastwick,' 'Mercy' get green lights
By Nellie Andreeva

Three modern-day witches and three hospital nurses have entered the fall 2009 fray as ABC and NBC handed out pilot orders to dramas "Eastwick" and "Mercy," respectively.

"Eastwick," from Warner Bros. Television, is loosely based on the 1987 feature "The Witches of Eastwick," which starred Cher, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeifer and Jack Nicholson.

Penned by Maggie Friedman ("Jack & Bobby"), the project follows three women in the town of Eastwick who embark upon lives with new powers after an enigmatic stranger comes to town.

NBC's "Mercy," Universal Media Studios, is a drama with comedic elements that revolves around three nurses bound together in friendship by the highs and lows of their personal and professional lives.

Liz Heldens ("Friday Night Lights") wrote the script and will exec produce.

NBC is on the verge of a couple of other drama pilot pickups, with Dario Scardapane's medical drama "Trauma" said to be pending and a project from Jesse Alexander said to be very close.

Edited by Nubia, Jan 22 2009, 08:29 PM.
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Mason


Mercy sounds like a Grey's rip-off with nurses instead of surgeons.
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Miss Rhi
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Eastwick and Mercy don't sound to bad....

The concept of Eastwick intrigues me more though....

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Rhiannon
Jan 22 2009, 09:00 PM
Eastwick and Mercy don't sound to bad....

The concept of Eastwick intrigues me more though....

Mercy sounds like a bore-fest.

Eastwick, however, sounds like it has potential.
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Matt
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Mercy sounds like Nightingales, a Spelling produced fluff drama/soap from the 80s. I freaking loved Nightingales, but it pissed off a bunch of nurses groups because they said it portrayed nurses as sexual manhunters and didn't treat their profession seriously. Kim Johnston Ulrich (ex-Ivy, PSNS) was one of the stars.
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these both sound pretty decent. Eastwick sounds more interesting but i will probably check both out if they came on.
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