Every week, IndieWire asks a select handful of TV critics two questions and publishes the results on Tuesday. (The answer to the second, “What is the best show currently on TV?” can be found at the end of this post.)
This week’s question: Which is your favorite scripted TV show about sports? Old and current shows are fair game.
June Thomas (@junethomas), Slate
I was a big fan of the Freeform show “Make It or Break It,” about the lives of a group of elite gymnasts working toward their dream of competing in the Olympics. Even typing that sentence, I know how hokey it sounds, and yes, it touched on all the clichés about women’s gymnastics – eating disorders, overburdened parents, inappropriate relationships with coaches – but you know what, all those things bubble up in the real sport with depressing regularity.
The show had more than its fair share...
This week’s question: Which is your favorite scripted TV show about sports? Old and current shows are fair game.
June Thomas (@junethomas), Slate
I was a big fan of the Freeform show “Make It or Break It,” about the lives of a group of elite gymnasts working toward their dream of competing in the Olympics. Even typing that sentence, I know how hokey it sounds, and yes, it touched on all the clichés about women’s gymnastics – eating disorders, overburdened parents, inappropriate relationships with coaches – but you know what, all those things bubble up in the real sport with depressing regularity.
The show had more than its fair share...
- 10/24/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
News
Bryan Singer will direct the pilot of Battle Creek, the upcoming CBS series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. CBS has already ordered 13 episodes, but the director of a pilot episode ends up determining the look and feel of the entire series. That will be the fourth time Singer has directed a pilot, the first being House. (He also directed the Football Wives and Mockingbird Lane pilots, which didn’t become series.)
Y Tu Mama Tambien vet Diego Luna will star in the El Rey Network’s Matador, a series from the creators of Sleepy Hollow that follows a famous soccer player who uses his celebrity status as a cover for his work as a CIA agent.
Diego Luna, rocking the retro look in Milk.
How did Twitter engineers react to Ellen‘s Oscar night selfie? Panic for the poor twitter servers.
Katie Findlay has joined the cast of...
Bryan Singer will direct the pilot of Battle Creek, the upcoming CBS series from Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan. CBS has already ordered 13 episodes, but the director of a pilot episode ends up determining the look and feel of the entire series. That will be the fourth time Singer has directed a pilot, the first being House. (He also directed the Football Wives and Mockingbird Lane pilots, which didn’t become series.)
Y Tu Mama Tambien vet Diego Luna will star in the El Rey Network’s Matador, a series from the creators of Sleepy Hollow that follows a famous soccer player who uses his celebrity status as a cover for his work as a CIA agent.
Diego Luna, rocking the retro look in Milk.
How did Twitter engineers react to Ellen‘s Oscar night selfie? Panic for the poor twitter servers.
Katie Findlay has joined the cast of...
- 3/4/2014
- by Lyle Masaki
- The Backlot
NBC has recently ordered a pilot for a reimagining of the '60s TV show The Munsters and now Bryan Singer, helmer of such films as X-Men and Superman Returns, is negotiating a deal to direct it as well as produce. Based on a script by Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies), the show is "described as an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama." Those familiar with the original show will know the word "drama" hardly categorizes the zany antics of its characters, so, based on that, expect vast changes. This won't be Singer's first experience with TV as he's previously directed the pilots for House and Football Wives. The show was in development for last season with Guillermo del Toro attached, but it eventually stalled out and del Toro moved on to Pacific Rim. While the reimagining could be drastically different from the original, it's worth...
- 12/1/2011
- by Aaron
- FilmJunk
NBC's reworking of "The Munsters" has added another high-profile Bryan behind the scenes.
Bryan Singer ("Superman Returns," "X-Men") will direct the pilot and serve as an executive producer alongside creator Bryan Fuller, Deadline reports. The pilot will be Singer's first directorial effort for TV since 2007, when he helmed the un-picked-up pilot of "Football Wives" for ABC.
Singer also directed the pilot and third episode of "House" and remains an exec producer of the show. He was an exec producer of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" as well.
Fuller's vision for "The Munsters" is as an hour-long show, not the half-hour comedy the 1960s series was. We're guessing it will have a lot of the same sweet-sad vibe of Fuller's previous shows ("Pushing Daisies," "Wonderfalls" and "Dead Like Me"), along with striking visual elements.
We're still not sold on whether it will work, but we are rather curious to see what a Fuller-Singer "Munsters" might look like.
Bryan Singer ("Superman Returns," "X-Men") will direct the pilot and serve as an executive producer alongside creator Bryan Fuller, Deadline reports. The pilot will be Singer's first directorial effort for TV since 2007, when he helmed the un-picked-up pilot of "Football Wives" for ABC.
Singer also directed the pilot and third episode of "House" and remains an exec producer of the show. He was an exec producer of ABC's "Dirty Sexy Money" as well.
Fuller's vision for "The Munsters" is as an hour-long show, not the half-hour comedy the 1960s series was. We're guessing it will have a lot of the same sweet-sad vibe of Fuller's previous shows ("Pushing Daisies," "Wonderfalls" and "Dead Like Me"), along with striking visual elements.
We're still not sold on whether it will work, but we are rather curious to see what a Fuller-Singer "Munsters" might look like.
- 11/30/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
In 2010 when talk first started to surface about a new version of The Munsters, it was to be a collaboration [1] between Guillermo del Toro and Bryan Fuller (Dead Like Me, Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies). The show stalled out and when NBC eventually asked Fuller to rework the pilot script [2] into something edgier, Guillermo del Toro was already moving forward with Pacific Rim. A new name from the roster of geek-friendly film directors has joined the production, however. Bryan Singer will now act as executive producer of the new Munsters, and he'll direct the pilot, too. Deadline [3] says that Singer is in talks for the jobs right now, and reports that Fuller's new pilot script "calls for striking visuals mixed with all the classic Munsters archetypes." Singer has exec producer and pilot experience with House, and he directed ABC's Football Wives pilot, too. So this isn't his first brush with TV by any means.
- 11/30/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me executive producer Bryan Fuller recently signed a deal with NBC for a pilot to the '60s cult comedy The Munsters, starring the great, late Fred Gwynne as the Frankenstein monster-inspired Herman Munster and his monster family. The Munsters reboot became a lot more interesting with news late yesterday via The Hollywood Reporter of Bryan Singer boarding as director and executive producer. Singer, best known as the director of X-Men and X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns and The Usual Suspects; worked in television before. Singer directed the pilots for House and Football Wives and executive produced House and Dirty Sexy Money.
- 11/30/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Bryan Singer To Direct NBC’s The Munsters Pilot!
Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me executive producer Bryan Fuller recently signed a deal with NBC for a pilot to the '60s cult comedy The Munsters, starring the great, late Fred Gwynne as the Frankenstein monster-inspired Herman Munster and his monster family. The Munsters reboot became a lot more interesting with news late yesterday via The Hollywood Reporter of Bryan Singer boarding as director and executive producer. Singer, best known as the director of X-Men and X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns and The Usual Suspects; worked in television before. Singer directed the pilots for House and Football Wives and executive produced House and Dirty Sexy Money.
- 11/30/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Pushing Daisies, Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me executive producer Bryan Fuller recently signed a deal with NBC for a pilot to the '60s cult comedy The Munsters, starring the great, late Fred Gwynne as the Frankenstein monster-inspired Herman Munster and his monster family. The Munsters reboot became a lot more interesting with news late yesterday via The Hollywood Reporter of Bryan Singer boarding as director and executive producer. Singer, best known as the director of X-Men and X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns and The Usual Suspects; worked in television before. Singer directed the pilots for House and Football Wives and executive produced House and Dirty Sexy Money.
- 11/30/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Exclusive: NBC’s The Munsters will be brought to you by The Bryans. X-Men and Superman Returns helmer Bryan Singer is finalizing a deal to direct and executive produce Bryan Fuller’s reboot of the 1960s comedy, which recently received a pilot order by NBC. Universal Television is producing the project, described as an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama. Singer, who had been interested in the project since before it got the greenlight by NBC two weeks ago, will executive produce with Fuller. After originally developing The Munsters last season, Fuller redeveloped it with NBC’s new executive team this summer and delivered his new script at the beginning of this month. Like Fuller’s previous series, Pushing Daisies, The Munsters calls for striking visuals mixed with all the classic Munsters archetypes, and NBC had been looking for a top director to create the...
- 11/30/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Apparently Old Spice really does attract the ladies.
Isaiah Mustafa, best known as the guy from the Old Spice ads, has just landed a recurring role on the ABC series "Charlie's Angels" according to TVLine.
Mustafa, a former professional football journeyman, began acting in film and television in 2006 on shows like "Football Wives" and "Ugly Betty." But he shot to fame for his role in the series off-beat, Emmy-winning Old Spice commercials.
Mustafa will play Detective Ray Goodson who has a romantic past with Kate, played by Annie Ilonzeh. He is expected to turn up in the series in mid- to late-October.
"Charlie's Angels" debuts Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. Et.
Isaiah Mustafa, best known as the guy from the Old Spice ads, has just landed a recurring role on the ABC series "Charlie's Angels" according to TVLine.
Mustafa, a former professional football journeyman, began acting in film and television in 2006 on shows like "Football Wives" and "Ugly Betty." But he shot to fame for his role in the series off-beat, Emmy-winning Old Spice commercials.
Mustafa will play Detective Ray Goodson who has a romantic past with Kate, played by Annie Ilonzeh. He is expected to turn up in the series in mid- to late-October.
"Charlie's Angels" debuts Sept. 22 at 8 p.m. Et.
- 8/24/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
'Football' still in ABC's game
ABC's drama "Football Wives" is going into overtime. ABC Studios, which produced the pilot based on the popular ITV series "Footballers Wives", has extended the options on the actors, an indication that the project remains in contention at ABC. "Football Wives", written by Marco Pennette and directed by Bryan Singer, was one of ABC's highest-profile pilots this past development season, and its failure to make it onto the network's schedule was considered a surprise. Revolving around the wives of professional football players, the show stars Gabrielle Union, Lucy Lawless, Kiele Sanchez, Ving Rhames and James Van Der Beek. Although ABC still has the rights to "Wives", sources said that several other networks, including NBC and Fox, have expressed interest if ABC decides to pass on it. ABC Studios is producing the project with Brancato/Salke and Shed Prods.
- 6/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Starship' troopers: 3 board Fox pic
Gabrielle Union, Ed Helms and Elizabeth Banks are joining Eddie Murphy's crew in Starship Dave for 20th Century Fox.
The fish-out-of-water comedy that reteams Murphy with his Norbit director, Brian Robbins, will see Union and Helms playing crew members of a spaceship that takes the shape of a human. Banks will play Murphy's love interest.
Shooting is set to begin in the next few weeks.
David T. Friendly is producing through his Deep River Prods. along with Jon Berg and Todd Komarnicki for Guy Walks Into a Bar. Fox vp production Steve Asbell will oversee for the studio.
Based on a script by Rob Greenberg and Bill Corbett, Starship centers on a spaceship that takes the form of a human (Murphy). It's operated by 100 human-looking, quarter-inch-tall aliens seeking a way to save their planet. Complications ensue when their captain (also played by Murphy) falls in love with an Earth woman who always picks losers to date.
Union, who plays the chief cultural officer of the miniature crew, is starring in Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls. She next appears in the television series Football Wives for ABC.
The fish-out-of-water comedy that reteams Murphy with his Norbit director, Brian Robbins, will see Union and Helms playing crew members of a spaceship that takes the shape of a human. Banks will play Murphy's love interest.
Shooting is set to begin in the next few weeks.
David T. Friendly is producing through his Deep River Prods. along with Jon Berg and Todd Komarnicki for Guy Walks Into a Bar. Fox vp production Steve Asbell will oversee for the studio.
Based on a script by Rob Greenberg and Bill Corbett, Starship centers on a spaceship that takes the form of a human (Murphy). It's operated by 100 human-looking, quarter-inch-tall aliens seeking a way to save their planet. Complications ensue when their captain (also played by Murphy) falls in love with an Earth woman who always picks losers to date.
Union, who plays the chief cultural officer of the miniature crew, is starring in Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls. She next appears in the television series Football Wives for ABC.
- 3/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Cloud' on Tomei's horizon
Oscar winner Marisa Tomei has been tapped for the title role of CBS' comedy pilot The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud, lifting the contingency on the project.
Additionally, Camille Guaty and Kate Burton have been tapped to star in Fox's pilot Supreme Courtships; Lucy Punch, Christopher Denham and Geneva Carr have landed leads in Fox's comedy pilot Two Families; Jarrad Paul and Kurt Fuller have joined ABC's comedy pilot See Jane Run; and Holly Robinson Peete has joined ABC's drama pilot Football Wives.
Mae Whitman has joined NBC's drama pilot The Bionic Woman, Mo Collins has come aboard NBC's comedy pilot Wild Life, Reg Rogers has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Them, John Carroll Lynch and Tawny Cypress have been added to Fox's drama pilot K-Ville, and D.B. Woodside has been added to CBS' Viva Laughlin!
Cloud, from ABC TV Studio and CBS Par TV, centers on a brilliant, opinionated writer (Tomei), struggling to deliver the follow-up to her acclaimed first novel, who has an epiphany and tries to recapture her youthful optimism. Jeff Greenstein is the writer/executive producer. Tomei, who co-stars in Wild Hogs, recently wrapped the features Brand Hauser and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. She is repped by CAA and Management 360.
Additionally, Camille Guaty and Kate Burton have been tapped to star in Fox's pilot Supreme Courtships; Lucy Punch, Christopher Denham and Geneva Carr have landed leads in Fox's comedy pilot Two Families; Jarrad Paul and Kurt Fuller have joined ABC's comedy pilot See Jane Run; and Holly Robinson Peete has joined ABC's drama pilot Football Wives.
Mae Whitman has joined NBC's drama pilot The Bionic Woman, Mo Collins has come aboard NBC's comedy pilot Wild Life, Reg Rogers has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Them, John Carroll Lynch and Tawny Cypress have been added to Fox's drama pilot K-Ville, and D.B. Woodside has been added to CBS' Viva Laughlin!
Cloud, from ABC TV Studio and CBS Par TV, centers on a brilliant, opinionated writer (Tomei), struggling to deliver the follow-up to her acclaimed first novel, who has an epiphany and tries to recapture her youthful optimism. Jeff Greenstein is the writer/executive producer. Tomei, who co-stars in Wild Hogs, recently wrapped the features Brand Hauser and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead. She is repped by CAA and Management 360.
- 3/7/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ambrose joining 'Jezebel'
Lauren Ambrose is set to star opposite Parker Posey in Fox's comedy pilot The Return of Jezebel James, while James Van Der Beek has joined ABC's drama pilot Football Wives.
Additionally, Charles Esten will topline ABC's comedy pilot American Family, Scott Wolf has landed the lead in ABC's untitled Sachs/Judah project, and Fred Goss, Jerry Minor and Jerry O'Connell have been tapped to star in ABC's comedy pilot Carpoolers. Ray Stevenson is set for a lead role on CBS' Babylon Fields, Molly Parker and Josh Hopkins have joined CBS' drama pilot Swingtown, and Kathryn Hahn, Flex Alexander, Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays have come aboard ABC's comedy pilot Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office.
Jezebel, from Regency TV, centers on a single book editor (Posey) who can't conceive and asks her estranged younger sister (Ambrose) to carry her baby. Ambrose, who co-starred on HBO's Six Feet Under as Claire Fisher, is repped by UTA, manager Michael Garnett and attorney Harris Hartman.
Wives, from ABC TV Studio, follows the wives of professional football players.
Additionally, Charles Esten will topline ABC's comedy pilot American Family, Scott Wolf has landed the lead in ABC's untitled Sachs/Judah project, and Fred Goss, Jerry Minor and Jerry O'Connell have been tapped to star in ABC's comedy pilot Carpoolers. Ray Stevenson is set for a lead role on CBS' Babylon Fields, Molly Parker and Josh Hopkins have joined CBS' drama pilot Swingtown, and Kathryn Hahn, Flex Alexander, Matthew Morrison and Jayma Mays have come aboard ABC's comedy pilot Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office.
Jezebel, from Regency TV, centers on a single book editor (Posey) who can't conceive and asks her estranged younger sister (Ambrose) to carry her baby. Ambrose, who co-starred on HBO's Six Feet Under as Claire Fisher, is repped by UTA, manager Michael Garnett and attorney Harris Hartman.
Wives, from ABC TV Studio, follows the wives of professional football players.
- 3/6/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Prinze moves to 'Atlanta'; 2 will 'Gossip'
Freddie Prinze Jr. has been tapped to star in CBS' comedy pilot Atlanta, Blake Lively and Leighton Meester are set to star in the CW's drama pilot Gossip Girl, and Charles S. Dutton will play a lead role in ABC's drama pilot Suspect.
In other castings, Kristin Chenoweth will co-star in ABC's drama pilot Pushing Daisies, Eddie Cibrian landed a role in ABC's drama pilot Football Wives, Bridget Regan has joined Fox's Supreme Courtships, and Dorian Brown will be a lead in Fox's untitled Liz Meriwether comedy pilot, lifting the contingency on the project.
Additionally, Natalie Zea has joined ABC's drama pilot Dirty Sexy Money, Tyler Labine has come aboard the CW's drama pilot Reaper, Amanda Walsh has been cast in NBC's comedy pilot The Mastersons of Manhattan, and Jim Rash has joined Fox's comedy pilot Hackett.
Atlanta, from CBS Paramount Network TV and Paul Reiser, revolves around a man (Prinze) and a woman who meet at a funeral and can't stay away from each other. Prinze's character is a funny and charming ad executive.
The actor most recently starred last season on ABC's comedy Freddie.
Girl, from Warner Bros. TV and Josh Schwartz, is based on the best-selling book series and centers on the rivalry between two rich Manhattan girls, Serena (Lively) and Blair (Meester), at a private school.
Lively, who starred in the feature "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," next appears in one of the title roles for Elvis and Anabelle, which will debut next month at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
In other castings, Kristin Chenoweth will co-star in ABC's drama pilot Pushing Daisies, Eddie Cibrian landed a role in ABC's drama pilot Football Wives, Bridget Regan has joined Fox's Supreme Courtships, and Dorian Brown will be a lead in Fox's untitled Liz Meriwether comedy pilot, lifting the contingency on the project.
Additionally, Natalie Zea has joined ABC's drama pilot Dirty Sexy Money, Tyler Labine has come aboard the CW's drama pilot Reaper, Amanda Walsh has been cast in NBC's comedy pilot The Mastersons of Manhattan, and Jim Rash has joined Fox's comedy pilot Hackett.
Atlanta, from CBS Paramount Network TV and Paul Reiser, revolves around a man (Prinze) and a woman who meet at a funeral and can't stay away from each other. Prinze's character is a funny and charming ad executive.
The actor most recently starred last season on ABC's comedy Freddie.
Girl, from Warner Bros. TV and Josh Schwartz, is based on the best-selling book series and centers on the rivalry between two rich Manhattan girls, Serena (Lively) and Blair (Meester), at a private school.
Lively, who starred in the feature "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," next appears in one of the title roles for Elvis and Anabelle, which will debut next month at the South by Southwest Film Festival.
- 2/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Shannon takes 'Manhattan'
Molly Shannon has been tapped to star on NBC's comedy pilot The Mastersons of Manhattan, while Ving Rhames is set for ABC's one-hour pilot Football Wives.
Additionally, Jayma Mays has landed the lead on ABC's comedy pilot Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, Samaire Armstrong and Zoe McLellan have joined ABC's drama pilot Dirty Sexy Money, Chi McBride is set to co-star in ABC's drama pilot Pushing Daisies, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe has landed a lead in ABC's comedy pilot The Call, Nestor Carbonell has been cast in CBS' untitled Cynthia Cidre drama pilot, Yara Martinez has come aboard Fox's drama pilot The Apostles and Jennifer Esposito has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot Sam I Am
Mastersons, from NBC Universal TV Studio, is a serialized soap revolving around two socialite sisters (Shannon, Natasha Richardson). Shannon will play the younger sister who is on trial for murder.
Shannon next will be seen in the feature Grey Matters. She also stars in Mike White's Year of the Dog, which premiered at last month's Sundance Film Festival and is slated to open in April.
She is repped by ICM and manager Steven Levy.
Wives, from ABC TV Studio, focuses on the wives of professional football players. In the pilot, directed by Bryan Singer, Rhames will play the GM of a football team.
Additionally, Jayma Mays has landed the lead on ABC's comedy pilot Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office, Samaire Armstrong and Zoe McLellan have joined ABC's drama pilot Dirty Sexy Money, Chi McBride is set to co-star in ABC's drama pilot Pushing Daisies, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe has landed a lead in ABC's comedy pilot The Call, Nestor Carbonell has been cast in CBS' untitled Cynthia Cidre drama pilot, Yara Martinez has come aboard Fox's drama pilot The Apostles and Jennifer Esposito has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot Sam I Am
Mastersons, from NBC Universal TV Studio, is a serialized soap revolving around two socialite sisters (Shannon, Natasha Richardson). Shannon will play the younger sister who is on trial for murder.
Shannon next will be seen in the feature Grey Matters. She also stars in Mike White's Year of the Dog, which premiered at last month's Sundance Film Festival and is slated to open in April.
She is repped by ICM and manager Steven Levy.
Wives, from ABC TV Studio, focuses on the wives of professional football players. In the pilot, directed by Bryan Singer, Rhames will play the GM of a football team.
- 2/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'CSI' actress nabs ABC pilot lead
Louise Lombard has landed the title role in ABC's drama pilot "Judy's Got a Gun".
Additionally, Sarah Clarke has been cast in NBC's untitled Shore/Blake drama pilot, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras has been added to ABC's drama pilot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Lucy Lawless has been tapped for one of the leads in ABC's drama pilot "Football Wives", Miriam Shor has joined CBS' drama pilot "Swingtown", and Fran Kranz has landed the lead in CBS' ensemble comedy pilot "The Captain".
"Judy", from Touchstone TV, centers on Judy (Lombard), a suburban woman who balances being a single mother with being a detective investigating bizarre suburban crimes. Lombard, who co-stars on CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", is repped by Paradigm and Nine Yards Entertainment.
The untitled Shore/Blake project, from NBC Universal TV Studio, is a light ensemble drama with procedural elements that centers on a female cop (Famke Janssen). Clarke will play her younger sister and best friend who sometimes gives her advice about cases. Clarke (Gersh, Levine Management) is best known for her role as Nina Myers on Fox's "24."
"Mr. and Mrs.
Additionally, Sarah Clarke has been cast in NBC's untitled Shore/Blake drama pilot, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras has been added to ABC's drama pilot "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", Lucy Lawless has been tapped for one of the leads in ABC's drama pilot "Football Wives", Miriam Shor has joined CBS' drama pilot "Swingtown", and Fran Kranz has landed the lead in CBS' ensemble comedy pilot "The Captain".
"Judy", from Touchstone TV, centers on Judy (Lombard), a suburban woman who balances being a single mother with being a detective investigating bizarre suburban crimes. Lombard, who co-stars on CBS' "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", is repped by Paradigm and Nine Yards Entertainment.
The untitled Shore/Blake project, from NBC Universal TV Studio, is a light ensemble drama with procedural elements that centers on a female cop (Famke Janssen). Clarke will play her younger sister and best friend who sometimes gives her advice about cases. Clarke (Gersh, Levine Management) is best known for her role as Nina Myers on Fox's "24."
"Mr. and Mrs.
- 2/12/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Networks pilot orders shun serial dramas
Heavily serialized dramas are out, soaps and high-concept procedurals are in, The Bionic Woman and Philip Marlowe are back, and one-hour British imports are hotter than ever.
Overall, the five networks have ordered 45 drama pilots, on par with the 47 greenlighted last year.
View 2007-08 drama pilots by network: ABC | CBS | NBC | Fox | the CW
Dubbed as "the season of serialized dramas," 2006-07 yielded only one big hit in the genre, NBC's Heroes, and one modest success, CBS' Jericho. With a number of high-profile, heavily serialized new shows such as ABC's The Nine and Six Degrees, NBC's Kidnapped and Fox's Vanished long gone, the networks opted for more close-ended dramas for next fall.
A record four British drama concepts have landed pilot orders: Life on Mars and Football Wives (the latter based on Footballers' Wives) at ABC, Viva Laughlin! (based on Viva Blackpool!) at CBS and a project based on Wild at Heart at the CW. They have attracted impressive auspices, with David E. Kelley writing and executive producing Mars, Bryan Singer directing and executive producing Wives and Hugh Jackman executive producing and guest starring in and Gabriele Muccino directing and executive producing "Laughlin!"
Street cops are back in favor after disappearing from primetime following the end of ABC's NYPD Blue. CBS (Protect and Serve), NBC (Ft. Pit), Fox (K-Ville) and CW (Gravity) are all on the beat with police dramas.
Overall, the five networks have ordered 45 drama pilots, on par with the 47 greenlighted last year.
View 2007-08 drama pilots by network: ABC | CBS | NBC | Fox | the CW
Dubbed as "the season of serialized dramas," 2006-07 yielded only one big hit in the genre, NBC's Heroes, and one modest success, CBS' Jericho. With a number of high-profile, heavily serialized new shows such as ABC's The Nine and Six Degrees, NBC's Kidnapped and Fox's Vanished long gone, the networks opted for more close-ended dramas for next fall.
A record four British drama concepts have landed pilot orders: Life on Mars and Football Wives (the latter based on Footballers' Wives) at ABC, Viva Laughlin! (based on Viva Blackpool!) at CBS and a project based on Wild at Heart at the CW. They have attracted impressive auspices, with David E. Kelley writing and executive producing Mars, Bryan Singer directing and executive producing Wives and Hugh Jackman executive producing and guest starring in and Gabriele Muccino directing and executive producing "Laughlin!"
Street cops are back in favor after disappearing from primetime following the end of ABC's NYPD Blue. CBS (Protect and Serve), NBC (Ft. Pit), Fox (K-Ville) and CW (Gravity) are all on the beat with police dramas.
- 1/31/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
'Amsterdam' mapped out; Coster-Waldau cast
Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau has landed the lead in Fox's Lasse Hallstrom-directed drama pilot New Amsterdam, to which David Mason has come on board as executive producer/showrunner.
Meanwhile, Alias star Michael Vartan has been tapped to topline ABC's untitled Jon Feldman drama pilot, which is being directed by Charles McDougall, and Gabrielle Union is set to star in another ABC drama pilot, the Bryan Singer-directed Football Wives.
Amsterdam, from Regency TV, Scarlet Fire Films, Sarabande Prods. and Laha Films, centers on John Amsterdam (Coster-Waldau), a man cursed with immortality who works as a homicide detective in New York. On the pilot, Mason (FX's Thief) will executive produce alongside Allan Loeb, Christian Taylor, Hallstrom, Steven Pearl and Leslie Holleran. Coster-Waldau's English-language feature credits include Wimbledon, Black Hawk Down and Firewall. He is repped by Endeavor and Jill Littman at Handprint Entertainment.
The Feldman project, from Warner Bros. TV, revolves around four high-powered CEOs or CEOs-to-be who are all friends. Vartan will play the new CEO of a large corporation who is described as the moral center of the show.
Meanwhile, Alias star Michael Vartan has been tapped to topline ABC's untitled Jon Feldman drama pilot, which is being directed by Charles McDougall, and Gabrielle Union is set to star in another ABC drama pilot, the Bryan Singer-directed Football Wives.
Amsterdam, from Regency TV, Scarlet Fire Films, Sarabande Prods. and Laha Films, centers on John Amsterdam (Coster-Waldau), a man cursed with immortality who works as a homicide detective in New York. On the pilot, Mason (FX's Thief) will executive produce alongside Allan Loeb, Christian Taylor, Hallstrom, Steven Pearl and Leslie Holleran. Coster-Waldau's English-language feature credits include Wimbledon, Black Hawk Down and Firewall. He is repped by Endeavor and Jill Littman at Handprint Entertainment.
The Feldman project, from Warner Bros. TV, revolves around four high-powered CEOs or CEOs-to-be who are all friends. Vartan will play the new CEO of a large corporation who is described as the moral center of the show.
- 1/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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