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Celeb News: PILOT SEASON: Late Pickups, Early Casting.............
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PILOT SEASON: Late Pickups, Early Casting.............
Deadline.com is reporting a late and paniced Pilot season!
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Pilot pickup season finally got in full swing on Friday with seven orders, four at CBS and three at NBC. That is as many as the broadcast networks had ordered since the first of the year combined as network executives are lamenting the fact that scripts are coming in late this season, delaying pilot orders. Pilot casting, on the other hand, has already started. Part frustration over late scripts, part desire to get a jump on talent led to active pilot casting on a half dozen projects last month, before any had been ordered to pilot. The number expanded further in the first two weeks of January. CBS, for instance, did not formally greenlight the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama Hostages to pilot last week until Toni Collette was locked in as the lead.
With the fall producing only three series that can qualify as hits, NBC’s Revolution, the CW’s Arrow and CBS’ Elementary, the networks are back to the drawing board and appear on track to order a number of pilots that will be on par with last year’s haul of 89 (including presentations). That could mean dozens of offers for Damages star Rose Byrne who has emerged as the hottest commodity this pilot casting season, attracting virtually every female lead offer. (She appears more inclined to do comedy but has not ruled out headlining drama if the right project presents itself.)
As network brass take a breather for the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday before what is expected to be an avalanche of pilot pickups tomorrow, here is where each stands. (As usual, there will be some curve balls but maybe not as many as in previous years as the January spec market has been pretty tame this time, so the networks will be choosing predominantly from their development slates.)
One of the biggest surprises this year is how aggressive CBS has been. By this time last year, the network had only ordered one pilot, Jon Favreau’s single-camera spec Tweaked, which was never made. This year, the network already has 9 pilots in contention for next season, including the NCIS: LA planted spinoff.
As six comedy pilots have been already greenlighted, the network is almost done with its half-hour orders, with a couple of more scripts probably getting a pickup. I hear among the hopefuls are David E. Kelley’s single-camera comedy starring Robin Williams, Hilary Winston’s Bad Teacher, Kari Lizer’s multi-camera project, Tad Quill’s firefighter single-camera comedy starring David Walton and another single-camera vehicle, Jason Winer, Tami Sagher and Kourtney Kang’s Nerds In Love.
With the network’s orders skewing heavily towards single-camera (four out of six pilots ordered so far), it appears certain that next season CBS will launch its first single-camera comedy series since 2008′s Worst Week. Competition on the comedy side will be fierce as Chuck Lorre’s latest comedy Mom, starring Anna Faris is likely to get on the schedule, along with a new series from Raising Hope and My Name Is Earl creator Greg Garcia after, in an unusual move, the network gave pilot orders to both of his scripts. This past season, the network picked up only two new comedy series, the now-defunct Partners and Friend Me. With How I Met Your Mother secured to come back and CBS working on extending veteran Two And A Half Men, the network may not have many comedy needs unless it decides to expand its Thursday comedy block to two hours.
On the drama side, given CBS’ track record with ordering every planted spinoff from its successful procedural franchises to series (CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, NCIS: LA and Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior), the proposed NCIS: LA spinoff is all but assured a spot on the schedule. With Elementary certain to be renewed after a high-profile outing after the Super Bowl, shelf space will once again be tight for next season, with CSI: NY as the only obvious target for cancellation. The older-skewing Vegas also is on shaky ground but may find refuge on Fridays. CBS will likely pick up 3-4 more drama pilots in addition to Hostages, The Ordained and the NCIS: LA spinoff. The strongest candidate among the rest is the Beverly Hills Cop sequel series from Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy, which has Brandon T. Jackson cast as the lead and $10 million on the line for the network in penalty/license fees. Green light for the project is expected to come as early as tomorrow. Other potential hourlong candidates include Howard Gordon/Alex Gansa’s Anatomy Of Violence, David Mamet’s Have Gun Will Travel reboot, Hart Hanson’s Backstrom, Michael Seitzman’s Intelligence, Dana Stevens’ Reckless, Barbara Hall’s Difficult Women, Craig Turk’s Legacy, Sam Baum’s Surgeon General project and two legal dramas, one from David Magee and one from Danny Strong and David O. Russell.
NBC has been as aggressive as usual with 10 pilots + one presentation (comedy starring Jessica Simpson) already ordered, almost half of what its haul is expected to be (10-12 comedy pilots, 10 dramas). NBC also is the only network to have a new fall 2013 series already picked up, the family/workplace comedy starring Michael J. Fox. Its needs are not as great this year as The Voice successfully expanded to two cycles a season, and the network is likely to bring back at least three first-year series, drama Revolution and comedies Go On and The New Normal, joined by the new Michael J. Fox comedy. Two of NBC’s four drama pilots, medical drama After Hours and mystery The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives, were off-cycle orders. After Hours had been garnering some heat for a potential early series order but NBC may wait to see all of its pilots before making any series decisions.
A new drama from Revolution executive producer JJ Abrams, an untitled Alfonso Cuarón project, already has been looking to cast its young lead. Also rumored to be in contention for pilot orders at the network are Anthony Zuiker’s take on Alice In Wonderland, two other ABC Studios projects based on popular character(s), Cleopatra, from Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and writer Michael Seitzman, which I hear may turn into a two-hour movie/backdoor pilot, and a contemporary Hatfields & McCoys from writer John Glenn and producer Charlize Theron. Also in the running are Rand Ravich’s Washington DC thriller, the Carlton Cuse-produced adaptation of comic Sixth Gun and Ben Ripley’s Vanishing Point, which has Angela Bassett attached to star.
NBC’s 6 comedy picks to date skew heavily towards single-camera (6 to 1). They include one project from Greg Daniels, written by Robert Padnick. That may not be it for The Office boss, who has been very prolific this development season. His Owen Ellickson-penned project starring The Office‘s Craig Robinson is among those talked about. Another Universal TV-produced comedy with talent attached, Matt Hubbard’s half-hour starring Community‘s Donald Glover is also hot, with a pickup likely to raise questions about Community‘s future. Other projects in the NBC rumor mill include Liz Tucillo and Bill Lawrence’s Ali In Wonderland, J.J. Philbin’s The High Life, Hilary Winston’s Girls On Film, Mike Sikowitz’s Chuey & Dan and Matt Tarses’ Threesome. SNL honcho Lorne Michaels has a couple of multi-camera contenders, including one penned by SNL writer John Mulaney and one starring the show’s Keenan Thompson.
Fox and ABC have been surprisingly slow out of the gate this year. Fox, in particular, has only ordered one pilot so far, the Untitled Dan Goor/Mike Schur comedy starring Andy Samberg, vs. 5 pilots on deck at this time last year. The network is in dire need of hits as none of its fall shows broke through. (Fox’s last and best hope for a successful debut is midseason drama The Following, which premieres tonight.) Fox is looking to pick up about 6 drama pilots and 7-8 comedy pilots. Expected to get the green light as soon as tomorrow is legal drama Rake after star Greg Kinnear signed off on the pilot script, supervised by showrunner Peter Tolan. Also hot at Fox are Karyn Usher’s Delirium, Ruben Fleischer’s US Marshal drama from writer Paul Zbyszewski, Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci’s Sleepy Hollow, Chris Morgan’s Gang Related, Graham Yost’s The Bridge and maybe one of Jason Katims’ two hourlong projects.
On the comedy side, Bill Lawrence’s I Suck At Girls, Alec Sulkin/Wellesley Wild/Seth MacFarlane’s Dads and the untitled Andrew Gurland/Justin Hurwitz scripts are hot. Also getting attention are David Rosen’s Gavin And Stacey, Sherry Bilsing & Ellen Plummer’s To My Future Assistant, Allyn Rachel & Patrick Carlyle’s Couple Time, Steve Dildarian’s The Commuters, Michael Showalter & Christina Lee’s My Boss Is My Roommate, Jon Zack & Chris Spain’s Sands Of Time, Kay Cannon’s Wrecking Crew and Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith’s live comedy Live From Our Living Room.
ABC got off to a fast start — greenlighting Adam F. Goldberg’s How the Hell Am I Normal? just before the holiday break in December. But since then, the network has only picked up one more pilot, comedy Mixology. They join three off-cycle pilots, the first Marvel project to get to a pilot stage, Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D, which ABC topper Paul Lee recently hinted is likely to go to series, and comedies Trophy Wife, starring Malin Akerman; and Rebel Wilson’s Super Fun Night, a single-camera redo of the multi-camera CBS pilot from last season. ABC, which traditionally orders the most pilots, likely will claim the most volume again, with 10-13 comedy and 10-12 drama pilots. On the comedy side, the Cullen Brothers’ Safe At Home has already been making firm casting offers. Other talked about projects include Jeff Astroff’s Fat, Forty And Fired, Bill Lawrence’s Feel The Force, Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky’s adaptation of the British comedy Pulling, Scott Marder’s Big Children, Abby Gewanter’s Now What?, Casey Wilson & June Diane Raphael’s The Housewives and Robert Horn’s Smotherhood.
Drama-wise, David Shore’s legal drama Doubt is looking at casting choices for the lead. Other hopefuls include Hannah Shakespeare’s Killer Women, Kyle Killen’s Influence, David Zabel’s Betrayal, Byron Balasco’s Venice, Noah Hawley’s End Game, Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts’ No Rest For the Wicked, Matt Lopez’s The Royals, Sera Gamble/Greg Berlanti’s medical drama, Ron Moore’s A Knight’s Tale and Steve Maeda’s See Of Fire.
The CW is yet to get on the board with traditional pilot orders, though the network already has a frontrunner for the fall schedule in The Originals, a Vampire Diaries planted spinoff. Last year, the network picked up six pilots and two presentations and is once again eyeing to greenlight about 6 hourlong pilots (no comedies). The hopefuls include the Wonder Woman origin story Amazon, which is already casting the lead, Jason Rothenberg’s The Hundred, Trey Callaway/Sean Hoodsick’s Sick, The Selection, whose new script the CW resident Mark Pedowitz a week ago said was “very well done,” Rob Thomas’ adaptation of Metropolis, and CW’s own Sleepy Hollow project.
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Are you ready for new TV shows? Which network has you most interested right now?
SOURCE: http://www.deadline.com/2013/01/pilo...se-byrne-pick/
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 why aren't the shows listed within what network there showing on, all them damn paragraphs ain't nobody go time for that 
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why aren't the shows listed within what network there showing on, all them damn paragraphs ain't nobody go time for that |
Thats exactly why I didn't post the article here last night after I read the whole thing lmao
But I love pilot season! So i read all of these articles haha I can't wait to see what rises and sinks leading up to upfronts
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Can I have a list or something,I don't have time to read all of this
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CBS:
Drama:
Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama Hostages with Toni Collete
proposed NCIS: LA spinoff is all but assured a spot on the schedule
The Ordained
Beverly Hills Cop sequel series from Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy, which has Brandon T. Jackson cast as the lead and $10 million on the line for the network in penalty/license fees
Howard Gordon/Alex Gansa’s Anatomy Of Violence
David Mamet’s Have Gun Will Travel reboot
Hart Hanson’s Backstrom
Michael Seitzman’s Intelligence
Dana Stevens’ Reckless
Barbara Hall’s Difficult Women
Craig Turk’s Legacy
Sam Baum’s Surgeon General project
two legal dramas, one from David Magee and one from Danny Strong and David O. Russell.
Comedy:
David E. Kelley’s single-camera comedy starring Robin Williams
Hilary Winston’s Bad Teacher
Kari Lizer’s multi-camera project
Tad Quill’s firefighter single-camera comedy starring David Walton
single-camera vehicle, Jason Winer, Tami Sagher and Kourtney Kang’s Nerds In Love.
Chuck Lorre’s latest comedy Mom, starring Anna Faris is likely to get on the schedule,
series from Raising Hope and My Name Is Earl creator Greg Garcia after, in an unusual move, the network gave pilot orders to both of his scripts
NBC:
Drama:
medical drama After Hours
mystery The Secret Lives Of Husbands And Wives
A new drama from Revolution executive producer JJ Abrams
an untitled Alfonso Cuarón project
Anthony Zuiker’s take on Alice In Wonderland
two other ABC Studios projects based on popular character(s), Cleopatra, from Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura and writer Michael Seitzman
contemporary Hatfields & McCoys from writer John Glenn and producer Charlize Theron
Rand Ravich’s Washington DC thriller
Carlton Cuse-produced adaptation of comic Sixth Gun
Ben Ripley’s Vanishing Point, which has Angela Bassett attached to star
Comedy:
comedy starring Jessica Simpson
the family/workplace comedy starring Michael J. Fox
project from Greg Daniels, written by Robert Padnick
Owen Ellickson-penned project starring The Office‘s Craig Robinson
Matt Hubbard’s half-hour starring Community‘s Donald Glover is also hot, with a pickup likely to raise questions about Community‘s future
Liz Tucillo and Bill Lawrence’s Ali In Wonderland
J.J. Philbin’s The High Life
Hilary Winston’s Girls On Film
Mike Sikowitz’s Chuey & Dan
Matt Tarses’ Threesome
SNL honcho Lorne Michaels has a couple of multi-camera contenders, including one penned by SNL writer John Mulaney and one starring the show’s Keenan Thompson.
FOX:
Drama:
legal drama Rake after star Greg Kinnear signed off on the pilot script, supervised by showrunner Peter Tolan
Karyn Usher’s Delirium
Ruben Fleischer’s US Marshal drama from writer Paul Zbyszewski
Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci’s Sleepy Hollow
Chris Morgan’s Gang Related
Graham Yost’s The Bridge
one of Jason Katims’ two hourlong projects
Comedy:
Untitled Dan Goor/Mike Schur comedy starring Andy Samberg
Bill Lawrence’s I Suck At Girls
Alec Sulkin/Wellesley Wild/Seth MacFarlane’s Dads
untitled Andrew Gurland/Justin Hurwitz scripts
David Rosen’s Gavin And Stacey
Sherry Bilsing & Ellen Plummer’s To My Future Assistant
Allyn Rachel & Patrick Carlyle’s Couple Time
Steve Dildarian’s The Commuters
Michael Showalter & Christina Lee’s My Boss Is My Roommate
Jon Zack & Chris Spain’s Sands Of Time
Kay Cannon’s Wrecking Crew
Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith’s live comedy Live From Our Living Room
ABC:
Drama:
Joss Whedon’s S.H.I.E.L.D, which ABC topper Paul Lee recently hinted is likely to go to series
David Shore’s legal drama Doubt is looking at casting choices for the lead
Hannah Shakespeare’s Killer Women
Kyle Killen’s Influence
David Zabel’s Betrayal
Byron Balasco’s Venice
Noah Hawley’s End Game
Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts’ No Rest For the Wicked
Matt Lopez’s The Royals
Sera Gamble/Greg Berlanti’s medical drama
Ron Moore’s A Knight’s Tale
Steve Maeda’s See Of Fire
Comedy:
Adam F. Goldberg’s How the Hell Am I Normal?
comedy Mixology
comedies Trophy Wife, starring Malin Akerman
Rebel Wilson’s Super Fun Night, a single-camera redo of the multi-camera CBS pilot from last season
Cullen Brothers’ Safe At Home has already been making firm casting offers
Jeff Astroff’s Fat, Forty And Fired
Bill Lawrence’s Feel The Force
Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky’s adaptation of the British comedy Pulling
Scott Marder’s Big Children
Abby Gewanter’s Now What?
Casey Wilson & June Diane Raphael’s The Housewives
Robert Horn’s Smotherhood
CW:
Drama:
The Originals, a Vampire Diaries planted spinoff
Wonder Woman origin story Amazon
Jason Rothenberg’s The Hundred
Trey Callaway/Sean Hoodsick’s Sick
The Selection, whose new script the CW resident Mark Pedowitz a week ago said was “very well done,”
Rob Thomas’ adaptation of Metropolis
CW’s own Sleepy Hollow project.
Comedy:
once again eyeing to greenlight about 6 hourlong pilots (no comedies) [SO DUMB ON THEIR PART]
Not all of these are pilots, some are presentations, some have already been picked up by networks to the pilot stage but most are waiting for a pick up to pilot
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Rebel Wilson’s Super Fun Night, a single-camera redo of the multi-camera CBS pilot from last season
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FAT AMYYY!!
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I can't wait until upfronts! And as always, I'm excited for the comedies...well sans comedies broadcast on CBS.
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Casey Wilson is filming a new pilot? Happy Endings gets another nail added to it's coffin... 
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Casey Wilson is filming a new pilot? Happy Endings gets another nail added to it's coffin... |
The Housewives, a multi-camera comedy from Saturday Night Live alumna Casey Wilson, actress/writer June Diane Raphael, Will Gluck and Sony Pictures TV, has landed at ABC with a put pilot commitment.
Written and executive produced by Wilson and Raphael, The Housewives is about three female friends in 1954. Raphael is in negotiations to play one of the three leads in the project, produced by Sony TV and Gluck’s studio-based TV production company Olive Bridge Entertainment. Richard Schwartz co-executive produces.
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Thanks Lee, I can't wait for Rebel's show I love her
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Damn things are starting to move quickly
FOX gives Seth MacFarlane live action sitcom a series order
-FULL SERIES not just a pilot pickup damn!
NBC Picks Up Family Comedy Pilot Starring Sean Hayes
NBC Orders Four Dramas & Three Comedy Pilots
-the Carlton Cuse-produced drama The Sixth Gun and comedies from Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius, Up All Night executive producer DJ Nash and The Office‘s Justin Spitzer.
AND another pickup
-The untitled drama project, produced by 20th Century Fox TV, is described as an emotionally charged action thriller set in and around the world of Washington DC.
Fox Picks Up Four Comedy Pilots
-I Suck At Girls, from Bill Lawrence; Sherry Bilsing & Ellen Plummer’s To My Assistant; Andrew Gurland & Justin Hurwitz’s House Rules; and David Rosen’s Friends And Family.
-Drama pilot pickups are expected shortly, with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci’s Sleepy Hollow and Karen Usher’s Delirium among the frontrunners.
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Please don't take my Community
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Not CBS creating a spinoff of a spinoff of a spinoff.
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ABC Picks Up Comedy ‘Pulling’, Dramas From McG, David Zabel & Brad Pitt
-The network has given the green light to comedy Pulling, from Bad Teachers scribes Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky and producer Aaron Kaplan. On the drama side, picked up are dramas Betrayal from David Zabel; Venice from McG and Byron Balasco, with McG set to direct; and The Returned, from writer Aaron Zelman, Brad Pitt’s Plan B and Brillstein Entertainment Partners.
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Excited for The Originals and S.H.E.I.L D. Also Seth MacFarlane's live action sitcom looks interesting.
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