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TV Show: TV Upfronts (2012-2013 Season)
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What about that Ashley Tisdale show?
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What about that Ashley Tisdale show?
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The last update I saw about it was
"On the multi-camera side, early frontrunner PARTNERS continues to do well, with LOUIS CK/SPIKE FERESTEN, DORF/FALCONE and BERLANTI/MALINS all in the mix and SUPER FUN NIGHT getting mixed reaction."
(Shes in the Louis CK pilot)
from http://atrl.net/?p=9463015
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NBC Picks Up Comedies 1600 Penn and Animal Practice
NBC has picked up two more comedies for fall, the ensemble White House farce 1600 Penn and the Justin Kirk-fronted workplace comedy Animal Practice.
The Washington D.C.-set 1600 Penn centers on a dysfunctional first family and stars Bill Pullman, Jenna Elfman and Josh Gad. Animal Practice, meanwhile, finds Kirk playing Dr. George Coleman, a House-like veterinarian who loves animals but usually hates their owners.
That brings to six the number of new shows NBC has already ordered for fall, joining previously greenlit comedies Save Me (starring Anne Heche), Go On (starring Matthew Perry) and The New Normal, as well as serial thriller Revolution from J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke.
NBC will formally unveil its fall schedule to advertisers next Monday.
http://tvline.com/2012/05/07/1600-pe...nbc-fall-2012/
NBC isn't playing with their comedies next season
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ANALYSIS: NBC Bets On Single-Camera Comedies And J.J. Abrams
NBC went on a comedy pickup spree today, ordering four new series to join previously ordered Go On. That includes 1600 Penn, The New Normal, Save Me and Animal Practice. All five are single-camera, the format that has completely dominated NBC’s comedy slots since the network’s last big multi-camera comedy series, Will & Grace, got off the air in 2006. The quintet includes one workplace comedy, Animal Practice, a genre that has dominated NBC’s Thursday comedy block for the last few years. It also features two family comedies, a genre NBC had been looking to get into, both with a twist and an edge to them: a blended family of a gay couple and a surrogate (The New Normal) and a dysfunctional First Family living in the White House (1600 Penn). The remaining two comedies, Save Me and Go On, have a somewhat cable sensibility as they are centered on a flawed/wounded central character. Missing from the list of NBC comedy pickups so are multi-camera sitcoms. NBC was very bullish on the multi-camera format earlier this pilot season, with 30% of its pilot orders going to traditional sitcoms. Despite being shut out today, multi-camera comedies will still likely have some presence on NBC’s schedule next year. There are three multi-camera pilots that are still in contention, with NBC expected to make a decision shortly. The Jimmy Fallon-produced Guys With Kids, which already is staffing, is considered the frontrunner. If multi-camera freshman Whitney is indeed going away, its is logical to assume that NBC would pick up a companion for Guys between the two other multi-camera pilots still in the running, Daddy’s Girls, which has been gaining momentum, and early standout Lady Friends, which has lost some steam. (Also a possibility for midseason is singe-camera magical family comedy Isabel. The remaining NBC pilots, Friday Night Dinner, Sarah Silverman, Hilary Winston and Downwardly Mobile, are no longer in contention.)
NBC is expected to launch a number of series in August, following the coverage of the Summer Olympics, with several newly picked up comedies, including Go On, Save Me and The New Normal, among those eyed for an August debut. NBC is expected to give short orders to its returning comedies, and word is the same may apply to at least some of the new comedy series, which normally start with 13 episodes and, in success, get picked up for 9 more. With an unofficial August start of the season, NBC’s schedule could resemble that of a cable network, with (almost) a year-round original programming and shorter series runs.
Never bet against J.J. Abrams. Despite the massive penalty attached to his NBC drama project Revolution, it was the second to last one to get a pilot order at the network in early February. Then the pilot, written and executive produced by Eric Kripke, had a great difficulty casting, in the end moving Billy Burke from a supporting role to the lead, and was one of the the last NBC drama pilots to go into production. But today, like in the “last will be first” Bible verse, Revolution became the first NBC drama pilot to receive a series order. It brings Abrams back to the network where he most recently fielded the short-lived spy drama Undercovers. The pickup also assures that Abrams will have three series on the air next season: Revolution and the recently renewed Person Of Interest on CBS and Fringe on Fox (for final season). Revolution was one of two pilots Abrams’ Bad Robot had this season. The other, the CW’s Shelter, is not expected to go forward.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/anal...-early-orders/
"The remaining NBC pilots, Friday Night Dinner, Sarah Silverman, Hilary Winston and Downwardly Mobile, are no longer in contention."
This whole sentence is a shock to me. I thought FND and DM were locks for orders! Wow. What is going on with NBC?!
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So I assume the Secret circle's chances of being renewed are lower than 50% now?
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‘Animal Practice’ To Recast Female Lead
And we have the first recasting on a newly picked up broadcast series. I’ve learned that Amy Huberman, who played the female lead in the NBC single-camera comedy pilot Animal Practice, won’t continue on the project, which was ordered to series yesterday. The office comedy stars Justin Kirk as George, a “House”-like veterinarian, who loves animals but usually hates their owners (especially the new woman who runs the clinic). Irish actress Huberman played that woman, George’s intelligent and beautiful old girlfriend, now engaged to another, who is assigned to run the animal hospital. She landed the role in her first U.S. audition ever. The part will now be recast. Co-starring on the series are Tyler Labine and Bobby Lee.
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NBC needs to pick up Beautiful People, Midnight Sun and Notorious.
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CW update: Secret Circle and Ringer seem dead
According to sources at the CW, The Secret Circle and Ringer do not exist on any of the network's possible schedules and are considered dead. Gossip Girl, Nikita and Hart of Dixie are all likely to be renewed though most probably with shorter orders for all of them. The CW will launch several new shows in midseason. First Cut, Arrow, The Carrie Diaries, Beauty and the Beast, The Selection and Cult all seem likely to be picked up though the CW began having some doubts about Cult.
http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/05/cw-...nger-seem.html
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According to sources at the CW, The Secret Circle and Ringer do not exist on any of the network's possible schedules and are considered dead. Gossip Girl, Nikita and Hart of Dixie are all likely to be renewed though most probably with shorter orders for all of them. The CW will launch several new shows in midseason. First Cut, Arrow, The Carrie Diaries, Beauty and the Beast, The Selection and Cult all seem likely to be picked up though the CW began having some doubts about Cult.
http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/05/cw-...nger-seem.html
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Damn it... I liked The Secret Circle but I had the feeling that this would happen... Hoping that they didn't shoot a cliffhanger of a finale...
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FOX are currently making final pickup decision and could announce their pickups later today according to Variety.
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http://www.spoilertv.com/2012/05/fox...ld-happen.html
,...i like all of FOX's drama's this year. but i hope at least one of the Teen Spy drama or The Asset gets picked up. 'The Goodwin Games' is the only interesting comedy on their slate.
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NBC Renews ‘Law & Order: SVU’, Inks New Deal With Dick Wolf, Picks Up ‘Chicago Fire’
I’ve learned that NBC has closed a deal to renew Dick Wolf’s veteran procedural Law & Order: SVU for a fourteenth season. Additionally, the network has given a series order to the Wolf-produced firefighter drama pilot Chicago Fire. And I also hear the producer has signed a new deal with NBC to stay at his long-time home where he also is producing a new reality series. Chicago Fire, from Universal Television and Wolf Films, stars House‘s Jesse Spencer is described as a action-driven drama exploring the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department. Derek Haas and Michael Brandt wrote the script and are executive producing with Wolf and his executives Danielle Gelber and Peter Jankowski. Eamonn Walker, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, David Eigenberg, Charlie Barnett, Lauren German, Teri Reeves and Merle Dandridge co-star.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/nbc-...-chicago-fire/
No surprises here!
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I like to watch how this process is made, even if I don't even follow a single series. Though channels like Disney, Nick, etc. do their upfronts too during these times?
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I like to watch how this process is made, even if I don't even follow a single series. Though channels like Disney, Nick, etc. do their upfronts too during these times?
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Lots of them have done it already like MTV, E!, TV Land, etc, but yes this is the time for all Television networks upfronts. They all have to pitch their newest lineups to advertisers to get them to invest in their ad sales. The biggest focus is on the 5 main broadcast networks because they have the largest audiences and wants/needs of the advertisers.
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Skipping the whole pilot process... aiming for midseason
NBC Nears Series Order To Pirate Drama To Be Financed by Reliance, Written By Neil Cross And Produced By Parkes/MacDonald
So far, Reliance has been known in Hollywood for its film investments, primarily as financier of Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks Studios. Now the Indian media giant is venturing into American television, backing a new 10-episode pirate series for NBC eyed for a March premiere, which will likely be announced at the network’s upfront presentation on Monday. I’ve learned that NBC is finalizing a deal for a straight-to-series order to the period drama, which will be produced by Georgeville Television, an independent TV studio formed recently by producer and former Heyday Films executive Marc Rosen (Harry Potter) and Motion Picture Capital, the finance arm of Reliance Entertainment. GVTV has the capability to fully-finance major network and cable scripted series, with Republic of Pirates being its first project.
Luther creator Neil Cross is nearing a deal to write the project, titled Republic of Pirates, and executive produce it with Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. The drama was originally set up at NBC last June under Parkes/MacDonald Prods.’ first-look deal with the network. It became the first drama buy for then-new NBC chief Bob Greenblatt and his team last summer, with Jim Hart and Amanda Wells brought in to write it. Cross will now write the project under his recently inked overall deal with Universal TV. The series is based on the book The Republic of Pirates by Colin Woodard. Set during the 10-year “Golden Age of Piracy” from 1715 to 1725, it follows some of the world’s most notorious pirates as they forge their own rogue nation, called New Providence, which became the first democracy in the Americas.
NBC’s pending green light to Republic of Pirates comes on the heels of Starz’s straight-to-series order to Black Sails, a pirate adventure drama executive produced by Michael Bay and created by Jon Steinberg and Robert Levine. The eight-episode drama, which is already in pre-production, is set 20 years before the events in Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island and chronicles the adventures of Captain Flint and his men. Additionally, FX is developing Port Royal, produced by Graham King and Gale Anne Hurd. The fourth pirate-themed drama which had been percolating, Ridley and Tony Scott’s limited series Pyrates, is no longer in the running at Fox. When Reublic of Pirates was set up at NBC last June, Parkes/MacDonald’s president of television Ted Gold stressed to me a big distinction between it and the other pirate projects, Gold said. (Black Sails had not been announced at the time.) “The ‘pirates’ of all the other shows we know of — the ones who lived in the time of Ridley’s show and in the time of Port Royal -- were actually ‘privateers,’ private sailors and ships that were authorized by their governments to attack foreign shipping during wartime,” he said. “Our pirates are not ‘privateers’ working on behalf of other governments. They are disenfranchised or unemployed sailors who are completely self-governing and work on behalf or their own pirate nation.”
The Reliance deal would introduce a new production model for the U.S. broadcast networks, which have been looking for ways to add more original series at a lower cost. Besides its partnership with DreamWorks, for which it recently provided a second round of limited financing, Reliance made a splash a few years ago with a slew of announcements of first-look feature deals with star-driven companies headed by the likes of Brett Ratner, Jay Roach, Jim Carrey, Brad Pitt and Nicolas Cage. No major projects have come out of those pacts.
http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/nbc-...rkesmacdonald/
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'Chicago Fire' isn't lasting past one season; the promo picture already looks horrid.
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'Chicago Fire' isn't lasting past one season; the promo picture already looks horrid.
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IMO it has a good premise and will fit in well with the NBC brand. From what I've seen from others, the pilot script was pretty good. Pending a complete creative collapse, I think this will do well for NBC
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Great thread!
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Originally posted by Lee!!
NBC has picked up two more comedies for fall, the ensemble White House farce 1600 Penn and the Justin Kirk-fronted workplace comedy Animal Practice.
The Washington D.C.-set 1600 Penn centers on a dysfunctional first family and stars Bill Pullman, Jenna Elfman and Josh Gad. Animal Practice, meanwhile, finds Kirk playing Dr. George Coleman, a House-like veterinarian who loves animals but usually hates their owners.
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Hm, I wonder if this means the 8th season of Weeds is really gonna be the last one.
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