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Over at ABC, 3 new drama pilots have been picked up.
And guess what, out of the three, one of them is brought to you by Jerry Bruckheimer TV and the other by McG.
The Bruckheimer-produced one is currently untitled and is penned by Mark Friedman.
I’m sure you’re on the verge of your seat, waiting for me to reveal the content of this amazing ground-breaking show.
Don’t hold your breath on that last one there.
The show is about a team of amateur detectives resolving cases around unidentified victims.
Sounds mysterious and edgy.
The McG one is called Limelight and is written by Gossip Girl‘s K.J. Steinberg.
The show centers around teachers and students of a performing arts college in NYC.
Limelight is supposed to be loosely based on Pharrell Williams’ life.
Fame meets Un Paso Adelante meets hip-hop, right?
As for the third one, by Michael Seitzam, the show is called Empire State and is about a modern-day Romeo and Juliet where two families on each end of the social ladder, one blue collar, the other very wealthy, clash when a romance occurs.
Hasn’t this been tried before?
Speaking of ABC, Bill Lawrence has confirmed that Scrubs will stop after its eight season (that means this one).
We will also learn the Janitor’s name in the finale, and if you want to know what it is right here right now, go google the name of Clone High‘s janitor.
It’s the same.
Oh, and if you’re still not on board for Leverage, read TV Squad’s ten reasons why it is the best new show this season.
We continue in our marvelous adventures of pilot picking with ABC, who just greenlit 2 more comedy pilots.
The first, still unnamed, is from Scrubs‘ Tad Quill and centers on two friends, one who just had a baby, the other whom’s wife just left him.
The second pilot is Let It Go by Will & Grace‘s Alex Herschlag, and stars Gilmore Girls‘ Lauren Graham.
Graham plays a self-help guru telling women to move on with their lives as they get dumped, yet when her boyfriend leaves her, she doesn’t follow her own advice. Yet again, Mitch Hurwitz is exec producing this one.
CBS has also ordered 3 pilots, this time dramas, in addition to that NCIS spin-off.
The Unit‘s Frank Military brings a show about a team of federal prosecutors in Manhattan’s U.S. Attorney’s office.
Back revolves around a man reported missing for eight years after 9/11 who comes back home to his family. CSI: Miami‘s Dean Widenmann wrote the pilot.
And last but not least we have a pilot by Criminal Mind‘s Ed Bernero, Jim Clemente & Tim Clemente named Washington Field. As the title indicates, the show centers on the FBI’s Washington Field Office and its elite experts travelling around the globe and dealing with events concerning U.S.A.’s national interest.
Finally, some good news for our advertising friends. The economy’s “death spiral” is not going to affect Upfront Week. The various network presentations should be roughly the same as last year.
This is interesting seeing as last year’s presentations were already “scaled back from previous years”.
Don’t worry, no one wants to buy ad time, but we’ll keep the show going for you guys.