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
James Badge Dale has been tapped as a lead in NBC's one-hour "Fort Pit", while Scott Cohen has come on board Fox's comedy "The Return of Jezebel James".
Meanwhile, Eric Roberts has joined the cast of NBC's breakout hit "Heroes".
"Pit", from Sony Pictures TV and Denis Leary's Apostle and writer Michael Chernuchin, is a drama with comedic elements set at one of the worst, most crime-ridden NYPD precincts in Brooklyn, where bad cops are sent to live out their careers and rookie cops with no connections are stationed.
Dale will play Bobby Bonelli, who is new to the police precinct and fresh out of the academy, where he was tops in his class.
Dale most recently co-starred in Martin Scorsese's "The Departed". His TV credits include Fox's "24." He is repped by ICM, Myrna Jacoby of MJ Management and attorney Geoff Oblath.
"Jezebel", from Regency TV and "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, revolves around two estranged sisters who reunite after one of them, Coco, agrees to carry the baby of the other one, Sarah.
Meanwhile, Eric Roberts has joined the cast of NBC's breakout hit "Heroes".
"Pit", from Sony Pictures TV and Denis Leary's Apostle and writer Michael Chernuchin, is a drama with comedic elements set at one of the worst, most crime-ridden NYPD precincts in Brooklyn, where bad cops are sent to live out their careers and rookie cops with no connections are stationed.
Dale will play Bobby Bonelli, who is new to the police precinct and fresh out of the academy, where he was tops in his class.
Dale most recently co-starred in Martin Scorsese's "The Departed". His TV credits include Fox's "24." He is repped by ICM, Myrna Jacoby of MJ Management and attorney Geoff Oblath.
"Jezebel", from Regency TV and "Gilmore Girls" creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, revolves around two estranged sisters who reunite after one of them, Coco, agrees to carry the baby of the other one, Sarah.
- 1/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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