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TV Show: TV Upfronts (2012-2013 Season)
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I am here for Revolution so far.
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Great thread!
Hm, I wonder if this means the 8th season of Weeds is really gonna be the last one.
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No doubt in my mind. I didn't expect it to get an 8th at all lol
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NBC orders Jimmy Fallon sitcom "Guys With Kids"
NBC has picked up comedy pilot "Guys With Kids" on Wednesday, according to sources, hours after ordering drama "Chicago Fire" to series and renewing "Law & Order: SVU."
"Kids" is from Universal Television and Jimmy Fallon shingle Holiday Road. Fallon is executive producer with Amy Ozols and Charlie Grandy, who wrote the pilot. Cast includes Anthony Anderson, Tempestt Bledsoe and Jesse Bradford.
Series centers on a group of dads in their thirties who don't feel mature enough to be parents, despite having kids.
"Kids" is a multi-camera comedy unlike the four single-camera half-hours the Peacock ordered Monday, including Justin Kirk starrer "Animal Practice," the White House-set "1600 Penn," gay domestic comedy "The New Normal" from Ryan Murphy, and "Save Me," a comedy starring Anne Heche as a housewife who comes to believe she's a prophet. Last month, NBC also ordered the Matthew Perry comedy "Go On."
Another multi-camera half-hour still said to be under consideration at NBC is 20th Century Fox TV's "Daddy's Girls," though its chances are likely dependent on the fate of "Whitney" or "Up All Night" renewals.
Another Universal hour expected to get a pick-up is Jason Katims' "County," in addition to a renewal for his current NBC series, "Parenthood."
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118053718
Finally a multi cam for NBC
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Guys with Kids sounds fun!
I'm still patiently waiting for ABC to renew The Middle, Modern Family, Suburgatory, and OUAT.
Lee, 666 Park Avenue is a comedy right?
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Guys with Kids sounds fun!
I'm still patiently waiting for ABC to renew The Middle, Modern Family, Suburgatory, and OUAT.
Lee, 666 Park Avenue is a comedy right?
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666 Park Avenue is a supernatural drama (with some comedic elements I imagine)
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Oh sorry Lee! I freaked out at the prospect of P&R ending, I didn't read the "multiple reports" part. So when will they release the news?
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Is Ringer officially canceled?
I know it is like obvious it will be, but has any official statement been released as of now?
All my favorite TV Shows have been renewed anyway
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Oh sorry Lee! I freaked out at the prospect of P&R ending, I didn't read the "multiple reports" part. So when will they release the news?
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Monday is NBC's upfronts presentation to advertisers. So we'll know 100% by then.
What I am hearing is that NBC is planning on ordering shorter episode orders of some of its returning shows. Parks needs 20 episodes to reach syndication levels and Community needs 17. I think both shows will get those orders to reach full syndication levels.
30 Rock will be back for a final season also. I don't think Parks or Community will be announced as final seasons if they do return.
Go back a few pages and read through the stuff I posted. I think there's an article about the NBC comedies i posted.
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Is Ringer officially canceled?
I know it is like obvious it will be, but has any official statement been released as of now?
All my favorite TV Shows have been renewed anyway
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Its dead. No official announcement yet. The CW presents its schedule next Thursday
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Mindy Kaling project, Ben Fox is My Manny and Goodwin Games
Fox just kicked off its new series pickup action with three single-camera comedy orders to the Mindy Kaling project, Ned Ben Fox is My Manny and Goodwin Games. The Mindy Kaling single-camera comedy stars her as a Young Bridget-Jones type doctor trying to navigate both her personal and professional lives. The pickup continues Universal TV’s presence on Fox — the studio also produces the network’s departing drama House. However, House was sold by Universal before its merger with NBC, so this marks the first series order for the recently-revamped Universal TV at Fox or any non-NBC network.
Dana Fox’s Ned Ben Fox Is My Manny hails from 20th TV and Chernin Entertainment. The pilot, directed by Jake Kasdan, centers on a free spirited guy (Nat Faxon) who, under the guise of being his niece’s nanny, moves in with his type “A,” tightly wound sister (Dakota Johnson) and in the process will help her re-enter the world.
Goodwin Games, from How I Met Your Mother‘s Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, is also from 20th TV. It is high-concept family comedy about a father who leaves his fortune to his 3 children only if they agree to his terms. Becki Newton, Scott Foley, Felisha Terrell and Jake Lacey star
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/fox-...nny-to-series/
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Oh my god I almost had a heart attack seeing that thread. I need more seasons of P&R.
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Originally posted by Lee!!
666 Park Avenue is a supernatural drama (with some comedic elements I imagine)
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Oh. The title made me think it would be about a dysfunctional family living in an intercity apartment invading each other's privacy...
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Oh. The title made me think it would be about a dysfunctional family living in an intercity apartment invading each other's privacy...
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"If you could make one wish, what would it be? And what would you do to get it? At 666 Park Avenue, all of your dreams and burning desires can come true: wealth, sex, love, power, even revenge. But just be careful what you wish for, because the price you pay... could be your soul. Welcome to The Drake, the premiere apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Owned by the mysterious Gavin Doran (Terry O'Quinn - Lost) and his sexy wife Olivia (Vanessa Williams - Desperate Housewives), The Drake is home to dozens of residents who are unaware they're living in the dark embrace of supernatural forces. They think their dreams are all coming true, only to find they've been lured into making, what feels like, a deal with the Devil. When a young Mid-western couple - Jane Van Veen (Rachael Taylor - Charlie's Angels, Grey's Anatomy) and Henry Martin (Dave Annable - Brothers & Sisters) - is hired to manage The Drake, they soon discover that evil, obsession, and manipulation has a home. Allow yourself to be seduced by 666 PARK AVENUE, and unravel the mysteries of this devilish new drama from Alloy Entertainment (Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Pretty Little Liars) and executive producers David Wilcox (Fringe, Life on Mars), Leslie Morgenstein (Gossip Girl, The Vampire Diaries) and Gina Girolamo (The Secret Circle, The Lying Game)."
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FOX picks up Josh Berman/Robert Wright drama
UPDATE 5:15 PM: Fox started its new drama series pickups with the Josh Berman/Robert Wright drama starring Jordana Spiro as a young female thoracic surgeon with Bridgeport roots who juggles two worlds as she juggles her career and her lifelong debt to the South Chicago mob. Still waiting to get the confirmation on the Kevin Williamson powerhouse drama pilot.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/fox-...nny-to-series/
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Mindy Kaling project is now called "It's Messy"
Ben Fox is My Manny is now "Ben & Kate"
Josh Berman/Robert Wright drama is now "The Mob Doctor"
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So happy FOX picked up the Goodwin Games
The Mob Doctor sounds interesting. All i need now is for FOX to pick of either the Teen Spy drama or The Asset.
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The Following (Kevin Williamson project) ordered by Fox
The project, from Warner Bros TV, is a thriller about ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Bacon) who leads the search to catch diabolical serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) who has created a cult of serial killers. Likely to debut in midseason.
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Kevin Williamson drama (previously named mastermind) picked up!
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FOX picks up The Following
UPDATE 5:30 PM: Here it is — the series pickup of the heavily favored Kevin Williamson drama pilot starring Kevin Bacon. Because Bacon committed to only doing 15 episodes a season, the order to the Kevin Williamson’s project will likely be for midseason. The project, from Warner Bros TV, is a thriller about ex-FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Bacon) who leads the search to catch diabolical serial killer Joe Carroll (James Purefoy) who has created a cult of serial killers.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/fox-...nny-to-series/
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So 666 Park Avenue has or hasn't been picked up?
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