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TV Show: TV upfronts for the 2011-2012 season
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they better keep CSI: Miami !!!
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"It seems like NBC is starting off by ordering the projects from its own studios (all 4 pilots above are from UMS) before moving onto outside suppliers, such as 20th TV, which has hot dramas REM and The Playboy Club and Warner Bros., which has the Chelsey Handler comedy in contention."
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"while Wonder Woman and Mann's World appear doubtful at the moment"
Wow WW went from a sure bet to dead in a day!
"UPDATE 5:30: And we're done. Word is that NBC won't be making more series pickups beyond the four shows from in-house studio UMS, thus prolonging the agony of producers awaiting word on the fate of their pilots until at least tomorrow. "
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NIKITAAAAAAA ![party](images/smilies/images/smilies/party.gif)
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He's done it again! Escape artist CHUCK, which has successfully cheated cancellation for the past 2 years, will be coming back to fight again next season. I hear a deal is being finalized for a 13-episode order to the NBC spy dramedy. It is unclear what that bodes for NBC's other big bubble show, LAW & ORDER: LA. After getting a second chance with a complete reboot that has largely failed, it is unclear what more NBC can do with the show. But as they say, never bet against Dick Wolf. PARENTHOOD, which has done solid business in its Tuesday 10 PM slot, is expected to return.
At least two of the CW's 3 bubble dramas, NIKITA, ONE TREE HILL and HELLCATS are expected to come back. Freshman NIKITA and veteran ONE TREE HILL, which have stronger ratings, are considered sure bets. Additionally, NIKITA is a big international seller for CW co-owner Warner Bros. TV, it has been on a ratings upswing lately, and I hear its meeting pitching next season went well. OTH continues to be solid and may be used to launch a new series, while HELLCATS has been soft in the ratings.
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Chuck!
Please make OTH come back. ![](http://statics.plurk.com/65271ac2126706bc09d31ff67c525d67.gif) Just get rid of Hellcats
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Originally posted by Razzle
Chuck!
Please make OTH come back. ![](http://statics.plurk.com/65271ac2126706bc09d31ff67c525d67.gif) Just get rid of Hellcats
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YES!! Chuck getting renewed!
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Perfect Couples got canceled, that show was horrbile.
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NIKITA ![Celestial](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRL_Smilies_All/atrlers/celestial_zps52052823.gif)
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Member Since: 1/1/2011
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Let's go through my favorite TV shows:
Glee: renewed
Nikita: If they don't renew it I'm going nuts
True Blood, Game Of Thrones and The Walking Dead are already renewed or have yet to start their new season.
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Ringer has been receiving good buzz in the last few days, despite the bad reports of last week.
I SOOOO hope this is gonna be picked up, at least for mid-season
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ABC narrows its series choices
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Dramas 'Angels,' 'Bitches,' 'Pan Am' and 'Time' in line for pickups
By Stuart Levine
With new ABC Entertainment prexy Paul Lee currently hashing out a fall lineup with his executive team, insiders have tabbed four drama pilots so far that are looking strong for a pickup.
"Pan Am," which travels back to the 1960s when the airline was an iconic brand, is on course for a series order. From creator Jack Orman, who has already been speaking to writers in anticipation of staffing up, project is from Sony Pictures Television.
With casting news that heated up the Internet and made fan boys swoon, a revamped and Miami-based "Charlie's Angels" is looking likely as well. Starring "Friday Night Lights" vet Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh and Australian actress Rachel Taylor, show would be a way for the Alphabet to connect the decades -- original skein ran from 1976-81.
Alfred Gough and Miles Millar -- the creators of the Superman-based skein "Smallville" -- are behind the project.
"Good Christian Bitches" has had strong support for awhile and also has an excellent possibility of moving forward. Exec produced by writer Robert Harling, Darren Star and Aaron Kaplan, pilot stars Leslie Bibb as a woman who returns to her hometown after her marriage ends in scandal.
And from "Lost" writers-exec producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis is fantasy-themed "Once Upon a Time." About a woman who is drawn to a town where fairy tales unlock her past, "Time" stars Lana Parrilla and Ginnifer Goodwin, who is just coming off "Big Love" at HBO.
ABC is expected to pick up more than those four, however. Other titles in contention are said to be Shonda Rhimes' "Scandal," procedural "Identity," "Poe" and "Revenge."
The comedy side is a little murkier, but the standouts so far are "Apartment 23" and the Tim Allen starrer "Last Days of Man." Allen is a proven commodity at ABC -- "Home Improvement" ran for eight years at the network -- and there is clearly a comfort zone between the Alphabet and the thesp.
Other comedies that are definitely in the mix include "Smothered" and "Suburgatory."
Lee is expected to begin making producer calls late Thursday and on Friday in anticipation of the net's upfront Tuesday in Gotham.
Over at NBC, which had a busy Wednesday with the pickups of dramas "Prime Suspect" and "Smash," as well as laffers "Whitney" and "Up All Night," more news is expected to come shortly. Over the next 24 hours, one or two more dramas should get the good word from topper Robert Greenblatt along with the comedy inspired by Chelsea Handler's "Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea."
Peacock has to make all its moves soon as its the first of the Big Four to present its wares to advertisers on Monday morning in Gotham.
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UPDATE: NBC Picks Up 'Awake', 'Playboy' & 'Grimm'
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NBC just kicked off its second day of pickups with orders to Kyle Killen's Inception-style Awake (form. REM) and Chad Hodge's 1960s The Playboy Club. Both hail from 20th Century Fox TV and have been widely expected to get the nod. NBC seems to be going studio by studio, starting off with UMS' Whitney, Up All Night, Prime Suspect and Smash yesterday, now adding 20th TV's Awake and Playboy. NBC also just picked up another UMS pilot, the fairytale-themed Grimm, which didn't make the cut yesterday but remained in contention.
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I'm excited for these 3!!
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His career kinda fell off, so that's really good for him!
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Parenthood Season 3 is a go! I'll get a source shortly
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Brothers and Sisters, where are you at? Please don't get canceled. ![weeps](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRLSmilies/52b0f867.gif)
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Originally posted by TheMusicProphet
Brothers and Sisters, where are you at? Please don't get canceled. ![weeps](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRLSmilies/52b0f867.gif)
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Here we go:
UPDATE: NBC Renews 'Parenthood' & 'Harry's Law'
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UPDATE 6:40 PM: NBC just renewed the Kathy Bates-starring Harry's Law, another solid performer that had been expected to make the cut for a second season. That will keep David E. Kelley's presence on NBC despite the expected pass on his Wonder Woman pilot. Word is Chuck's renewal may come tomorrow.
PREVIOUS: NBC just renewed the one bubble show that wasn't really on the bubble: dramedy Parenthood. With solid ratings in the Tuesday 10 PM slot, stellar DVR numbers and upscale audience, it was a shoe-in to come back. Still to come - the official pickup of Chuck, which may not come until tomorrow, and probably a renewal of Harry's Law.
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Originally posted by TheMusicProphet
Brothers and Sisters, where are you at? Please don't get canceled. ![weeps](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v232/korn0818/ATRLSmilies/52b0f867.gif)
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Sis, get into Parenthood instead. No gay characters, but SUCH better writing.
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