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Un, dos, tres

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.

Pilot Spiral

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.

The Future's In

Remember that Jesse Alexander pilot from the other day?
Turns out NBC just ordered it, and its name is Day One.
The pitch reminded me a lot of Survivors:
A global event ravages the world and a small group of survivors band together to try to rebuild society and break the mysteries surrounding the apocalyptic event.

Amy Poheler’s show meanwhile seems to now have a name: Public Service.

On the ABC front, Shonda Rhimes got another pilot picked up, Inside the Box, this time not around doctors but journalists. The show, set in Washington, revolves around an ambitious female news producer and her colleagues.

Also greenlit was I, Claudia, about Claudia McIntire, a young prosecuting attorney that will one day be a contender for the U.S. presidency.
Sounds like Jack & Bobby meets Commander in Chief.
The pilot was penned by The Days‘ John Scott Shepherd.

The cast for Spielberg’s Tintin was announced as well as the title of the movie, The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn.
Tintin will be played by Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis will play Haddock and Daniel Craig will be Red Rackham.
Also starring are Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Mackenzie Crook, Gad Elmaleh and Toby Jones.

The writers of the first movie will be Ant-Man‘s Joe Cornish, Dr. Who‘s Steven Moffat and Shaun of the Dead‘s Edgar Wright.

This movie should be the first of a series based on Hergé’s character and made in 3-D MoCap.

Release is slated for 2011 and principal photography started yesterday.