Administrator Toups Posted January 29, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 29, 2013 NBC: Hatfields & McCoys NBC has given a pilot order to Hatfields & McCoys, a modern-day Hatfields and McCoys drama project created by John Glenn (Eagle Eye) and produced by Charlize Theron and ABC Studios. The project, which had a significant penalty attached to it, is set in present day Pittsburgh. A startling death re-ignites the feud between these two legendary families, unleashing decades of resentment. The blue collar McCoys will put the Hatfields’ wealth and power at risk as they go to war for control of the city. Dawn Parouse Olmstead, who came up with the idea for the project, and Beau Flynn are producing with Theron’s Denver And Delilah Prods through their deal at ABC Studios. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 29, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 29, 2013 CBS: The Surgeon General CBS has added a medical drama to its mix of hourlong pilots, greenlighting The Surgeon General from Lie To Me creator/executive producer Samuel Baum. Baum wrote and executive produces the CBS TV Studios-produced project, which centers on Dr. John Sherman — the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. As “America’s Doctor,” Sherman and his team battle the powerful forces of politics and business, fighting to protect the health of everyday Americans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 29, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 29, 2013 CW: Tomorrow People [Greg] Berlanti and [Julie] Plec executive produce Tomorrow People, written/exec produced by Phil Klemmer (Chuck). In the vein of X-Men and Heroes, Tomorrow People is the story of several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, possessing special powers, including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 29, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 29, 2013 CW: Blink Written by Vera Herbert and executive produced by [David Marshall] Grant, Blink is described as a warm, quirky, humorous drama about a family whose lives are forever changed, for better and worse, when the patriarch has a car accident resulting in a coma-like syndrome where he cannot speak or move, but can see and hear all. His narration and fantasy sequences emanating from his mind provide context and a wry counterpoint to the stories and conflicts of the family and his own situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 30, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2013 NBC: Wonderland Wonderland is set in modern times and centers on Alice and a new character, Clara. Seven years ago, Clara’s life took an unexplained turn for the worse, and a mysterious stranger tells her there may be an explanation after all… an explanation that lies in the fantastical world of Wonderland. To revive her dreams and get her life back on track, Clara must wage war against Wonderland’s reigning Queen, the woman we once knew as Alice. [Executive Producer: Anthony Zuiker; Writer: Whit Anderson] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 30, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2013 ABC: Big Thunder The Western-themed Big Thunder Mountain ride is set in a mining town amid the gold rush in the American Southwest that gets hit by a natural disaster. The TV project centers on a brilliant, late 19th century New York doctor. He and his family are given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to relocate to a frontier mining town run by a powerful, but mysterious tycoon but quickly realize that not everything in Big Thunder is as it seems. The script was written by Jason Fuchs (Ice Age: Continental Drift), with Chris Morgan (Fast Five) supervising. Both executive produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 30, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2013 ABC: Gothica The Matt Lopez-penned Gothica, co-produced by the Mark Gordon Co., is described as a sexy gothic soap set in present day that weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray among others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 30, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2013 ABC: Reckless Reckless, written/exec produced by Mad Men co-executive producer Chris Black, centers on a resourceful problem solver who, when his wife is unjustly imprisoned during a political uprising overseas, resorts to entering a world of political intrigue, dangerous alliances and high emotional stakes in order to get her out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 30, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 30, 2013 ABC: Murder In Manhattan Murder In Manhattan, written by Maria Maggenti, is an hourlong dramedy set in NYC centering on a mother and daughter who team up as amateur sleuths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2013 ABC: Middle Age Rage ABC has given the green light to Middle Age Rage, a single-camera comedy pilot from veteran writer-producer Cheryl Holliday, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and ABC Studios. Written by Holliday, Middle Age Rage reflects Holliday’s personal frustration about how the average middle-age woman is treated in the world today. It chronicles what happens when a middle-aged wife and mother is fed up with feeling invisible and begins to speak up and demand the respect she feels she’s earned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2013 ABC: Untitled Andrea Abbate comedy The network has greenlighted an untitled autobiographical comedy from writer-comedian Andrea Abbate (Accidentally On Purpose), which is produced by 20th Century Fox TV and Marty Adelstein and Shawn Levy’s studio-based 21 Laps/Adelstein.......the comedy centers on Karey, the clean-nosed black sheep in a family of petty thieves, drug addicts, and narcissists. When her brother is sent to prison, she decides to raise his kids along with her adopted black son and give them the normal lives they deserve. The project is based on the real-life experiences of Abbate, who took in her brother’s son while he was in prison and adopted a 13-year-old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2013 NBC: Brenda Forever Stories from Brenda Miller’s past and present are interwoven to give a unique portrait of how a chubby, awkward, but incredibly confident 13-year-old grew up to be a 31-year-old woman who still marches to the beat of her own drum. [Writers] Andrew Leeds and David Lampson] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2013 ABC: Bad Management ABC has picked Bad Management, a single-camera comedy pilot co-written and starring Sharon Horgan, co-creator/start of the British comedy Pulling. Co-written by Horgan and Holly Walsh and executive produced by Aaron Kaplan, Bad Management centers on a slightly self-centered female boss (Horgan) at a high-end luxury goods department store who finds her ways challenged when the boss’ son comes to town and makes youth and sex the new company focus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2013 FOX: Wild Blue The Sony Pictures TV-produced Wild Blue (formerly The Bridge) is described as an upstairs/downstairs look at pressure-cooker lives of the U.S. Navy. It is a young ensemble about the working men and women on board an aircraft carrier equipped with a 500-foot landing strip, a nuclear reactor and 6000 souls on board. [writer Taylor Elmore, producers Graham Yost and Mark Johnson and director Michael Dinner.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted January 31, 2013 Author Administrator Share Posted January 31, 2013 FOX: Gang Related [Chrs] Morgan’s Gang Related, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers on a gang member who is sent in to infiltrate the San Francisco Police Department and rises through its ranks but must balance his obligations to his crime family with an increasing sense of loyalty to his new “family” — the SFPD’s Gang Task Force. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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