spratt89

USA Orders 2 New Shows

USA will debut two new shows this year, including a legal drama from Bourne trilogy producer Doug Liman.
The network has given series orders to A Legal Mind starring Gabriel Macht (Love and Other Drugs) and Patrick J. Adams (Lost) and Necessary Roughness starring Callie Thorne (Rescue Me).

Legal Mind (Universal Cable Productions) is about a top Manhattan corporate lawyer (Macht) who hires a street-smart college dropout (Adams) to team on legal cases — even though only one of them has a law degree. Mind is created by Aaron Korsh (The Deep End); Gene Klein (Covert Affairs) is producer and Liman is exec producer.

“Legal Mind comes from an edgier place than we have in the past,” notes Jeff Wachtel, president of programming at USA.
Necessary Roughness (Sony Pictures TV and Universal Cable Productions) is about a Long Island divorcee (Throne) who gets a job as a therapist for a pro football team and soon finds herself landing all sorts of high-profile clients. It’s from writer-producers Liz Kruger and Craig Shaprio (Miami Medical).
“It’s in some ways a more purely emotional show,” Wachtel says. “There are no bombs and bullets.”

The duo have quite a reputation to live up to. USA has enjoyed a ridiculously strong track record for launching new shows and is the top-rated cable network for five years running. Each of the new dramas will debut with a 90-minute premiere followed by 11 one-hour episodes. For those keeping count, USA now has 10 original dramas.

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spratt89

ABC's 'Charlie's Angels' Casts First Angel

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the first new Charlie's angel: I hear General Hospital co-star Annie Ilonzeh has landed one of the 3 leads in ABC's Charlie's Angels pilot. The project, from Sony Pictures TV and Drew Barrymore's Flower Films, is a modern take on the Angels set in Miami and centers on a new trio of young and sexy private eyes - Kate, Abby and Marisa - working for a wealthy mystery man. Ilonzeh will play Kate, a very smart and very athletic ex-cop and a master of martial arts. She is the most serious of our 3 Angels but also knows how to let her hair down and have a great time. Ilonzeh, best known for her role as Maya Ward on General Hospital, recently did arcs on HBO's Entourage and the CW's Melrose Place.

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spratt89

Wednesday 19th January

8:00PM

American Idol	25.00 Million
The Middle	8.31 Million

8:30PM

Better With You

6.36 Million

9:00PM

American Idol	27.10 Million
Criminal Minds	12.02 Million
Modern Family	10.94 Million
Chase	4.35 Million

9:30PM

Cougar Town

5.67 Million

10:00PM

Blue Bloods	12.29 Million
Law & Order SVU	6.97 Million
Off The Map	5.78 Million
Hot In Cleveland	2.95 Million
Are We There Yet	3.60 Million

10:30PM

Are We There Yet	2.01 Million
Retired At 35	3.80 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 4-1-2011 06:22 ]

spratt89

Thursday 20th January

8:00PM

American Idol	22.50 Million
The Big Bang Theory	13.58 Million
Community	4.74 Million

8:30PM

S#! My Dad Says	10.29 Million
Perfect Couples	4.15 Million

9:00PM

CSI	14.30 Million
Bones	10.90 Million
The Office	8.28 Million
Royal Pains	4.43 Million

9:30PM

Parks & Recreation

6.18 Million

10:00PM

The Mentalist	14.60 Million
30 Rock	5.28 Million
Fairly Legal	3.87 Million

10:30PM

Outsourced

3.59 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 1-22-2011 08:01 ]

spratt89

Super! Wonder Woman Pilot Lands At NBC

Your (Diana) Prince may come after all, comic-book fans.

David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman pilot has landed at NBC, just weeks after the high-profile project appeared to have stalled, Deadline reports.
Earlier this month, all the majors took a pass on the series, due to its being shopped around late in the game plus its presumably big-ticket price tag. But with the NBC-Comcast deal now done, the Peacock’s purse strings grew a bit looser.

Just last week, Kelley said that despite that brief hiccup, he and his team were “optimistic that we’re going to do it,” noting, “We’ve got a script that [Warner Bros. TV] and DC are very excited about.”

Kelley’s take on Wonder Woman presents Diana Prince as an L.A.-based “corporate executive and modern woman” also juggling her side job as a vigilante crimefighter, says Deadline.

Earlier this week, Kelley’s latest legal dramedy, Harry’s Law, premiered solidly for NBC.

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spratt89

Fox Picks Up 'Exit Strategy' Pilot Starring Ethan Hawke; Antoine Fuqua To Direct

Fox has handed a pilot order to the Ethan Hawke-starring drama Exit Strategy. Antoine Fuqua, who directed Hawke in his Oscar nominated performance in Training Day, is on board to direct the pilot, from 20th Century Fox TV and Kurtzman and Orci's 20th TV-based K.O. Paper Products. Exit Strategy, which is being written by David Guggenheim (Safe House), was originally set up at Fox in September with a put pilot commitment. After months of discussions, Hawke came on board in December to star and produce. He, in turn, invited Fuqua to direct the pilot. In addition to  Training Day, Fuqua directed Hawke in Brooklyn's Finest. Fuqua will also exec produce the pilot.

Described as a high octane procedural, Exit Strategy centers on a team of 5 experts associated with the CIA who are deployed when a CIA operation goes bad to extract the ones involved before it's too late. Hawke will play the team leader, the architect of exit strategy who also empathizes with the people they extract and would rather die than let them get hurt. Each episode will tackle a different crisis in a different country. Exit Strategy is envisioned as a potential successor to Fox's signature drama 24. Like 24, the action in Exit Strategy will also unfold in real-time. And like 24's Kiefer Sutherland, Hawke would segue from the feature world to take on the lead in Exit Strategy, his first series. Kurtzman, Orci and KOPP's Heather Kadin are executive producing the project, with Guggenheim co-executive producing. This is the second pilot order for Kurtzman and Orci this season. They're also behind Fox's Locke & Key.

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kellemanske

I'm curious for this show, but I hope it won't be completely like 24 because then each extraction would be spread over so many episodes that it is to frustrating (for me) to watch. Though I am looking forward to a high action show, I hope it can stay original and doesn't fall back on the same thing every time.

spratt89

Friday 21st January

8:00PM

Medium

7.70 Million

9:00PM

Fringe

4.80 Million

10:00PM

Gods Of The Arena

1.10 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 2-18-2011 00:35 ]

spratt89

Sunday 23rd January

7:30PM

American Dad

4.80 Million

8:00PM

The Simpsons

6.50 Million

8:30PM

Bob’s Burgers

4.84 Million

9:00PM

Big Love	1.12 Million
Californication	0.430 Million

9:30PM

Cleveland Show	5.20 Million
Episodes	0.330 Million

10:00PM

Hawaii Five-0

15.60 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 1-31-2011 23:12 ]

spratt89

Monday 24th January

8:00PM

House	10.44 Million
Chuck	6.18 Million
90210	1.70 Million
Pretty Little Liars	3.17 Million

9:00PM

Lie To Me	7.66 Million
The Cape	5.89 Million
Gossip Girl	1.59 Million
Being Human	2.13 Million
Greek	0.900 Million

10:00PM

Harry's Law	10.37 Million
Castle	9.10 Million
Skins	1.58 Million

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arksongbird80

I am so glad harry's law is doing so well.  I would hate for it to be cancelled.  I really enjoy it.  I'm not afriad for castle.  I think castle doesn't just fine on his own!

spratt89

Tuesday 25th January

8:00PM

One Tree Hill

1.80 Million

9:00PM

Hellcats

2.16 Million

10:00PM

The Game	4.64 Million
White Collar	3.89 Million
Southland	2.20 Million
Lights Out	0.819 Million

11:00PM

Lets Stay Together

N/A

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 1-27-2011 00:17 ]

spratt89

Wednesday 26th January

8:00PM

American Idol

23.77 Million

9:00PM

American Idol	26.63 Million
Criminal Minds	12.85 Million
Chase	4.14 Million

9:30PM

Cougar Town

5.08 Million

10:00PM

Blue Bloods	11.96 Million
Off The Map	5.09 Million
Hot In Cleveland	2.30 Million
Are We There Yet	3.20 Million

10:30PM

Are We There Yet	3.00 Million
Retired At 35	1.49 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 4-1-2011 06:22 ]

spratt89

Exclusive: Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor Round Out TV's New Charlie's Angels

Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor are close to putting on angel wings.

The Friday Night Lights alumna and the Transformers babe are nearing deals to play the remaining two titular private eyes in ABC’s Charlie’s Angels pilot. They join the previously cast Annie Ilonzeh (General Hospital) to form a new trio of sexy sleuths – Marisa (played by Kelly), Kate (Ilonzeh) and Abby (Taylor).

Producing studio Sony Pictures TV and Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films went through an exhaustive search for the three leads in this Angels series reboot. Kelly was a name the producers kept coming back to, and they are now reworking the role to tailor it to her. In the current breakdown, Marisa is described as a former U.S. Marine, a weapons expert trained in all forms of hand-to-head combat, and a neat freak.

Taylor’s Abby is the youngest and sassiest of the Angels. The beautiful and privileged daughter of a notorious Wall Street crook, she is an expert con artist herself, as well as a Krav Maga expert.

Kelly has kept busy since leaving FNL two years ago. Most recently, she has recurred on NBC’s Parenthood, which is produced by the same company as FNL, Imagine TV. She can next be seen on the big screen opposite Gossip girl Leighton Meester in the thriller The Roommate, opening February 4.

Taylor, meanwhile, starts a recurring role on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy next week, playing Callie’s obstetrician — and a possible love interest for Karev.
Smallville alums Alfred Gough and Miles Millar penned the script for the Charlie’s Angels pilot and are executive-producing with Leonard Goldberg (an EP of the original series), Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen.

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bala

Wow it's now sounding much better

spratt89

Thursday 27th January

8:00PM

American Idol	22.27 Million
Community	4.64 Million
The Vampire Diaries	3.76 Million

8:30PM

S#! My Dad Says	8.86 Million
Perfect Couples	3.53 Million

9:00PM

Bones	12.15 Million
The Office	7.93 Million
Royal Pains	4.34 Million
Nikita	2.65 Million

9:30PM

Parks & Recreation

6.18 Million

10:00PM

30 Rock	4.92 Million
Fairly Legal	4.09 Million

10:30PM

Outsourced

4.15 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 1-29-2011 11:25 ]

spratt89

Friday 28th January

9:00PM

Fringe

4.60 Million

10:00PM

Gods Of The Arena

1.14 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 2-18-2011 00:35 ]

spratt89

The New Generation Of 'Dallas': Jordana Brewster Cast As Lead In TNT's Reboot

EXCLUSIVE: Meet the first new star of Dallas - Jordana Brewster has been tapped for a lead role in the TNT pilot, the first new cast member to join the reboot of the classic soap.

The pilot, from writer Cynthia Cidre and Warner Horizon, centers on the offspring of bitter rivals and brothers J.R. and Bobby Ewing - J.R.'s son, John Ross, and Bobby and Pam Ewing's adopted son, Christopher - who clash over the future of the Ewing dynasty while the fate of Southfork itself weighs in the balance. Brewster will play Elena, the gorgeous daughter of the ranch's cook who is locked into a love triangle with Christopher and John.

Brewster joins Dallas alums Linda Gray and Patrick Duffy who are set to reprise their roles from the original series as Bobby and Sue Ellen, respectively. After months of negotiations, fellow Dallas star Larry Hagman, who played the Machiavellian J.R., recently stated that he had verbally committed to the project but is yet to sign a deal, something that could happen next week. Hagman had been holding out for money, prompting the studio and the network to come up with a Plan B, with Cidre writing an alternative pilot script  in which Hagman’s J.R. is only represented through flashbacks from the original series. Brewster, repped by CAA and Management 360, has recurred on Chuck and Dark Blue and next reprises her role as Mia Toretto in the upcoming The Fast and the Furious sequel Fast Five.

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Am I the only one who thinks this Dallas reboot idea is stupid.

spratt89

Sunday 30th January

9:00PM

Big Love	1.03 Million
Californication	0.645 Million

9:30PM

Episodes

0.558 Million

[ Last edited by spratt89 at 2-2-2011 10:46 ]

spratt89

ABC Family Greenlights 3 New Series - One Comedy And Two Dramas

New ABC Family president Michael Riley is making his first new series pickups today, ordering 3 new shows, the Raven Symone comedy The Great State of Georgia and 2 dramas, The Nine Lives of Chloe King and Switched at Birth. The orders to all 3 are for 10 episodes, including the pilot.

The Great State of Georgia, from ABC Studios, centers on Georgia (Raven Symone), an exuberant curvy performer from the south, and her science geek best friend Jo (Majandra Delfino) who try to make headway in New York City. The pilot was written by author Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes) and Jeff Greenstein (Desperate Housewives). This marks the return to sitcoms for Symone, who made her debut in the genre at age 2 on The Cosby Show. It also brings a companion piece to ABC Family's hot original sitcom Melissa & Joey.

Nine Lives is based on Alloy's Nine Lives of Chloe King series of 3 young-adult novels by Celia Thomson. Alloy Entertainment is producing the pilot, about Chloe King (Skyler Samuels), a teenager  with heightened abilities (super speed, agility, hearing…claws) who discovers she’s being pursued by a mysterious figure. Dan Berendsen (Hannah Montana: The Movie) penned the script and is executive producing with Alloy's Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo. This marks the second Alloy series on ABC Family along with hit Pretty Little Liars, which was recently renewed for s second season. Alloy had two hourlong pilots in the running, Nine Lives and The Lying Game. I hear that, while not picked up at this time, The Lying Game remains in contention, with ABC Family and Alloy looking at budget and other issues to make a series order possible.

Switched at Birth, written and executive produced by Lizzy Weiss (Blue Crush), is  a one-hour drama about two teen girls who discover that they were accidentally switched at birth. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and two brothers, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing as a child due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a poor neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

In its most aggressive development cycle to date, ABC Family last fall ordered 6 pilots, one comedy, Georgia, and 5 dramas. Surprisingly, among those not going to series is the drama pilot from Brenda Hampton, creator-executive producer of ABC Family's flagship series The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

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