Synopsis of several new TV shows next season
01-26-04, 08:51 AM
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Synopsis of several new TV shows next season
stolen from www.darkhorizons.com
ABC
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"The Middleman" - Oscar-winning writer Chris McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") is behind this new drama about a man who straddles the line between good and evil. Its described as a 21st century take on "The Equalizer" in which the lead is viewed as a crook by the cops and a cop by the crooks
"43 Minutes" - Drama following a SWAT team. Each episode would play out in real time over the final 43 minutes of a crisis situation. From Graham ("Boomtown") and Christopher Yost.
"Desperate Housewives" - Darkly comic and offbeat soap that opens with the show's narrator, a female resident of a neighborhood cul-de-sac, committing suicide. She then tells the story of the amoral, insidious and incredibly secretive lives of the inhabitants (as well as her own dark secret) from beyond the grave.
"111 Gramercy Street" - An "Upstairs, Downstairs" style theme. The new version focuses on three nannies and their employers in an upscale New York apartment building. From Sally Robinson (HBO's "Iron Jawed Angels").
CBS
"C.S.I. New York" - "New York" will focus on the lives of two main characters, a man and a woman who work together as investigators, instead of a large ensemble cast. The two yet-to-be cast characters will be featured on this season's second-to-last episode of "C.S.I.: Miami," set to air in May, in which investigators from "Miami" will be called to New York to investigate a murder involving a Miami resident.
"Numbers" - From Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions. About an MIT mathematician who's enlisted by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes.
"Untitled Terri Hughes Project" - Drama which revolves around a bounty hunter and his two sons, who join the family business.
NBC
"HUB" - A quirky drama set at Los Angeles International Airport
"Pearl City" - The ensemble drama tracks a group of detectives in Oahu, Hawaii. Jon Avnet ("Boomtown") is on board to direct the pilot, which received a production greenlight this week. Jeff Eastin ("Rush Hour 3") is writing and executive producing.
"Medium" - Based on the true story of Allison DuBois, a research medium and criminal profiler, and revolves around her struggles to balances her psychic abilities with being a wife and mother. Glenn Gordon Caron's ("Now & Again") drama at the Peacock has a title and a greenlight to produce a pilot
"Revelations" - Six-hour limited series which focuses on the final showdown between God and Satan as foretold in the Bible's book of Revelations. David Seltzer ("The Omen") and Gavin Polone ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") are the executive produces of the project
FOX
"The Big Island" - Drama which tracks a group of twentysomething employees who work at a luxury hotel on Hawaii's Big Island. From Peter Elkoff's ("Mr. Beautiful").
"Ricochet" - Takes a "Memento"-like backward approach to storytelling as each episode starts out with the climax, with the rest of the show retracing the steps that led to said moment. Rene Echevarria ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Jeff Kline ("That Was Then") are the executive producers of the project
"Hollywood Division" - Drama which revolves around young undercover detectives who infiltrate a Hollywood high school posing as students (a la "21 Jump Street") to investigate things like a drug trafficking ring. Barry Schindel ("Law & Order") and Rob Port ("10-8") are behind the project.
WB & UPN
"Dark Shadows" - By "ER" and "The West Wing" producer John Wells, based on the old vampire soap opera from the 60's.
"Nikki & Nora" - About two female private eyes. (OR) About two lesbian private detectives based in New Orleans. Written by Leonard Dick ("Hack," "Fastlane").
"Veronica Mars" - About a teenager who helps out at her dad's agency. (OR) Drama about a spoiled teen girl who reunites with her estranged, down-on-his-luck father and ends up helping with his detective agency. From writer-producer Rob Thomas ("Cupid") and Joel Silver.
"Beck & Call" - Follows the lives of three personal assistants living in New York. (OR) A drama set in the New York fashion world, as seen through the personal lives of the industry's executives and assistants. Dan Bucatinsky ("All Over the Guy") wrote the pilot
"Fly Girls" - Focuses on the star of a sci-fi series who somehow becomes endowed with real super powers
Other
"Lilac Lane" - Drama series from famed playwright/director Neil LaBute ("In the Company of Men," "Possession"). LaBute is expected to write, produce and direct each installment of the series, which tracks a young male college professor who finds himself disgraced and unemployed after having an affair with a co-ed with things getting even darker when the woman he slept with turns up missing
"Frankenstein" - The series is expected to take place in present-day Seattle with both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster surviving the past two centuries thanks to genetic engineering on both subjects. The two are then discovered by a female cop and her partner through a routine homicide investigation. Over the course of the pilot, Frankenstein's monster joins forces with the cops and will combat Dr. Frankenstein and his other creations in successive weeks. From Martin Scorsese and author Dean Koontz.
"The Enforcers" - ames Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential") has signed on with Kerry McCluggage's Craftsman Films to develop a new L.A.-based cop series.
ABC
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"The Middleman" - Oscar-winning writer Chris McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") is behind this new drama about a man who straddles the line between good and evil. Its described as a 21st century take on "The Equalizer" in which the lead is viewed as a crook by the cops and a cop by the crooks
"43 Minutes" - Drama following a SWAT team. Each episode would play out in real time over the final 43 minutes of a crisis situation. From Graham ("Boomtown") and Christopher Yost.
"Desperate Housewives" - Darkly comic and offbeat soap that opens with the show's narrator, a female resident of a neighborhood cul-de-sac, committing suicide. She then tells the story of the amoral, insidious and incredibly secretive lives of the inhabitants (as well as her own dark secret) from beyond the grave.
"111 Gramercy Street" - An "Upstairs, Downstairs" style theme. The new version focuses on three nannies and their employers in an upscale New York apartment building. From Sally Robinson (HBO's "Iron Jawed Angels").
CBS
"C.S.I. New York" - "New York" will focus on the lives of two main characters, a man and a woman who work together as investigators, instead of a large ensemble cast. The two yet-to-be cast characters will be featured on this season's second-to-last episode of "C.S.I.: Miami," set to air in May, in which investigators from "Miami" will be called to New York to investigate a murder involving a Miami resident.
"Numbers" - From Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions. About an MIT mathematician who's enlisted by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes.
"Untitled Terri Hughes Project" - Drama which revolves around a bounty hunter and his two sons, who join the family business.
NBC
"HUB" - A quirky drama set at Los Angeles International Airport
"Pearl City" - The ensemble drama tracks a group of detectives in Oahu, Hawaii. Jon Avnet ("Boomtown") is on board to direct the pilot, which received a production greenlight this week. Jeff Eastin ("Rush Hour 3") is writing and executive producing.
"Medium" - Based on the true story of Allison DuBois, a research medium and criminal profiler, and revolves around her struggles to balances her psychic abilities with being a wife and mother. Glenn Gordon Caron's ("Now & Again") drama at the Peacock has a title and a greenlight to produce a pilot
"Revelations" - Six-hour limited series which focuses on the final showdown between God and Satan as foretold in the Bible's book of Revelations. David Seltzer ("The Omen") and Gavin Polone ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") are the executive produces of the project
FOX
"The Big Island" - Drama which tracks a group of twentysomething employees who work at a luxury hotel on Hawaii's Big Island. From Peter Elkoff's ("Mr. Beautiful").
"Ricochet" - Takes a "Memento"-like backward approach to storytelling as each episode starts out with the climax, with the rest of the show retracing the steps that led to said moment. Rene Echevarria ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Jeff Kline ("That Was Then") are the executive producers of the project
"Hollywood Division" - Drama which revolves around young undercover detectives who infiltrate a Hollywood high school posing as students (a la "21 Jump Street") to investigate things like a drug trafficking ring. Barry Schindel ("Law & Order") and Rob Port ("10-8") are behind the project.
WB & UPN
"Dark Shadows" - By "ER" and "The West Wing" producer John Wells, based on the old vampire soap opera from the 60's.
"Nikki & Nora" - About two female private eyes. (OR) About two lesbian private detectives based in New Orleans. Written by Leonard Dick ("Hack," "Fastlane").
"Veronica Mars" - About a teenager who helps out at her dad's agency. (OR) Drama about a spoiled teen girl who reunites with her estranged, down-on-his-luck father and ends up helping with his detective agency. From writer-producer Rob Thomas ("Cupid") and Joel Silver.
"Beck & Call" - Follows the lives of three personal assistants living in New York. (OR) A drama set in the New York fashion world, as seen through the personal lives of the industry's executives and assistants. Dan Bucatinsky ("All Over the Guy") wrote the pilot
"Fly Girls" - Focuses on the star of a sci-fi series who somehow becomes endowed with real super powers
Other
"Lilac Lane" - Drama series from famed playwright/director Neil LaBute ("In the Company of Men," "Possession"). LaBute is expected to write, produce and direct each installment of the series, which tracks a young male college professor who finds himself disgraced and unemployed after having an affair with a co-ed with things getting even darker when the woman he slept with turns up missing
"Frankenstein" - The series is expected to take place in present-day Seattle with both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster surviving the past two centuries thanks to genetic engineering on both subjects. The two are then discovered by a female cop and her partner through a routine homicide investigation. Over the course of the pilot, Frankenstein's monster joins forces with the cops and will combat Dr. Frankenstein and his other creations in successive weeks. From Martin Scorsese and author Dean Koontz.
"The Enforcers" - ames Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential") has signed on with Kerry McCluggage's Craftsman Films to develop a new L.A.-based cop series.
01-26-04, 08:55 AM
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Actually, a lot of those sound pretty good. I'm glad that Graham Yost is bouncing back from "Boomtown" so quickly, but how long before "43 Minutes" abandons it's premise? 
01-26-04, 08:59 AM
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Originally posted by Grouch094820 & 5/17
Actually, a lot of those sound pretty good. I'm glad that Graham Yost is bouncing back from "Boomtown" so quickly, but how long before "43 Minutes" abandons it's premise?
Actually, a lot of those sound pretty good. I'm glad that Graham Yost is bouncing back from "Boomtown" so quickly, but how long before "43 Minutes" abandons it's premise?
01-26-04, 09:40 AM
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I'm glad that Graham Yost is bouncing back from "Boomtown" so quickly, but how long before "43 Minutes" abandons it's premise?
I'm glad that Graham Yost is bouncing back from "Boomtown" so quickly, but how long before "43 Minutes" abandons it's premise?
01-26-04, 03:46 PM
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Re: Synopsis of several new TV shows next season
Originally posted by Deftones
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"The Middleman" seems promising, although I hope it won't be too watered down.
01-26-04, 06:05 PM
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43 Minutes sound good, but I wonder how much new material they can come up with over the long haul.
I'll probably also give Lost, Numbers, and Ricochet a shot.
I'll probably also give Lost, Numbers, and Ricochet a shot.
01-26-04, 07:24 PM
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Has the potential to be good:
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"Desperate Housewives" - Darkly comic and offbeat soap that opens with the show's narrator, a female resident of a neighborhood cul-de-sac, committing suicide. She then tells the story of the amoral, insidious and incredibly secretive lives of the inhabitants (as well as her own dark secret) from beyond the grave.
"HUB" - A quirky drama set at Los Angeles International Airport
"Lilac Lane" - Drama series from famed playwright/director Neil LaBute ("In the Company of Men," "Possession"). LaBute is expected to write, produce and direct each installment of the series, which tracks a young male college professor who finds himself disgraced and unemployed after having an affair with a co-ed with things getting even darker when the woman he slept with turns up missing
"Dark Shadows" - By "ER" and "The West Wing" producer John Wells, based on the old vampire soap opera from the 60's.
Meh:
"111 Gramercy Street" - An "Upstairs, Downstairs" style theme. The new version focuses on three nannies and their employers in an upscale New York apartment building. From Sally Robinson (HBO's "Iron Jawed Angels").
"Revelations" - Six-hour limited series which focuses on the final showdown between God and Satan as foretold in the Bible's book of Revelations. David Seltzer ("The Omen") and Gavin Polone ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") are the executive produces of the project [This sounds like it'll be another Left Behind. At least get the name of the book your adapting right, guys.]
"The Big Island" - Drama which tracks a group of twentysomething employees who work at a luxury hotel on Hawaii's Big Island. From Peter Elkoff's ("Mr. Beautiful").
For the love of god, enough with the cop shows, already:
"The Middleman" - Oscar-winning writer Chris McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") is behind this new drama about a man who straddles the line between good and evil. Its described as a 21st century take on "The Equalizer" in which the lead is viewed as a crook by the cops and a cop by the crooks
"43 Minutes" - Drama following a SWAT team. Each episode would play out in real time over the final 43 minutes of a crisis situation. From Graham ("Boomtown") and Christopher Yost.
"C.S.I. New York" - "New York" will focus on the lives of two main characters, a man and a woman who work together as investigators, instead of a large ensemble cast. The two yet-to-be cast characters will be featured on this season's second-to-last episode of "C.S.I.: Miami," set to air in May, in which investigators from "Miami" will be called to New York to investigate a murder involving a Miami resident.
"Untitled Terri Hughes Project" - Drama which revolves around a bounty hunter and his two sons, who join the family business.
"Numbers" - From Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions. About an MIT mathematician who's enlisted by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes.
"Pearl City" - The ensemble drama tracks a group of detectives in Oahu, Hawaii. Jon Avnet ("Boomtown") is on board to direct the pilot, which received a production greenlight this week. Jeff Eastin ("Rush Hour 3") is writing and executive producing.
"Medium" - Based on the true story of Allison DuBois, a research medium and criminal profiler, and revolves around her struggles to balances her psychic abilities with being a wife and mother. Glenn Gordon Caron's ("Now & Again") drama at the Peacock has a title and a greenlight to produce a pilot
"Ricochet" - Takes a "Memento"-like backward approach to storytelling as each episode starts out with the climax, with the rest of the show retracing the steps that led to said moment. Rene Echevarria ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Jeff Kline ("That Was Then") are the executive producers of the project
"Hollywood Division" - Drama which revolves around young undercover detectives who infiltrate a Hollywood high school posing as students (a la "21 Jump Street") to investigate things like a drug trafficking ring. Barry Schindel ("Law & Order") and Rob Port ("10-8") are behind the project.
"Veronica Mars" - About a teenager who helps out at her dad's agency. (OR) Drama about a spoiled teen girl who reunites with her estranged, down-on-his-luck father and ends up helping with his detective agency. From writer-producer Rob Thomas ("Cupid") and Joel Silver.
"Nikki & Nora" - About two female private eyes. (OR) About two lesbian private detectives based in New Orleans. Written by Leonard Dick ("Hack," "Fastlane").
"The Enforcers" - ames Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential") has signed on with Kerry McCluggage's Craftsman Films to develop a new L.A.-based cop series.
Are you ****ing kidding me:
"Beck & Call" - Follows the lives of three personal assistants living in New York. (OR) A drama set in the New York fashion world, as seen through the personal lives of the industry's executives and assistants. Dan Bucatinsky ("All Over the Guy") wrote the pilot
"Fly Girls" - Focuses on the star of a sci-fi series who somehow becomes endowed with real super powers
"Frankenstein" - The series is expected to take place in present-day Seattle with both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster surviving the past two centuries thanks to genetic engineering on both subjects. The two are then discovered by a female cop and her partner through a routine homicide investigation. Over the course of the pilot, Frankenstein's monster joins forces with the cops and will combat Dr. Frankenstein and his other creations in successive weeks. From Martin Scorsese and author Dean Koontz.
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"Desperate Housewives" - Darkly comic and offbeat soap that opens with the show's narrator, a female resident of a neighborhood cul-de-sac, committing suicide. She then tells the story of the amoral, insidious and incredibly secretive lives of the inhabitants (as well as her own dark secret) from beyond the grave.
"HUB" - A quirky drama set at Los Angeles International Airport
"Lilac Lane" - Drama series from famed playwright/director Neil LaBute ("In the Company of Men," "Possession"). LaBute is expected to write, produce and direct each installment of the series, which tracks a young male college professor who finds himself disgraced and unemployed after having an affair with a co-ed with things getting even darker when the woman he slept with turns up missing
"Dark Shadows" - By "ER" and "The West Wing" producer John Wells, based on the old vampire soap opera from the 60's.
Meh:
"111 Gramercy Street" - An "Upstairs, Downstairs" style theme. The new version focuses on three nannies and their employers in an upscale New York apartment building. From Sally Robinson (HBO's "Iron Jawed Angels").
"Revelations" - Six-hour limited series which focuses on the final showdown between God and Satan as foretold in the Bible's book of Revelations. David Seltzer ("The Omen") and Gavin Polone ("Curb Your Enthusiasm") are the executive produces of the project [This sounds like it'll be another Left Behind. At least get the name of the book your adapting right, guys.]
"The Big Island" - Drama which tracks a group of twentysomething employees who work at a luxury hotel on Hawaii's Big Island. From Peter Elkoff's ("Mr. Beautiful").
For the love of god, enough with the cop shows, already:
"The Middleman" - Oscar-winning writer Chris McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") is behind this new drama about a man who straddles the line between good and evil. Its described as a 21st century take on "The Equalizer" in which the lead is viewed as a crook by the cops and a cop by the crooks
"43 Minutes" - Drama following a SWAT team. Each episode would play out in real time over the final 43 minutes of a crisis situation. From Graham ("Boomtown") and Christopher Yost.
"C.S.I. New York" - "New York" will focus on the lives of two main characters, a man and a woman who work together as investigators, instead of a large ensemble cast. The two yet-to-be cast characters will be featured on this season's second-to-last episode of "C.S.I.: Miami," set to air in May, in which investigators from "Miami" will be called to New York to investigate a murder involving a Miami resident.
"Untitled Terri Hughes Project" - Drama which revolves around a bounty hunter and his two sons, who join the family business.
"Numbers" - From Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions. About an MIT mathematician who's enlisted by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes.
"Pearl City" - The ensemble drama tracks a group of detectives in Oahu, Hawaii. Jon Avnet ("Boomtown") is on board to direct the pilot, which received a production greenlight this week. Jeff Eastin ("Rush Hour 3") is writing and executive producing.
"Medium" - Based on the true story of Allison DuBois, a research medium and criminal profiler, and revolves around her struggles to balances her psychic abilities with being a wife and mother. Glenn Gordon Caron's ("Now & Again") drama at the Peacock has a title and a greenlight to produce a pilot
"Ricochet" - Takes a "Memento"-like backward approach to storytelling as each episode starts out with the climax, with the rest of the show retracing the steps that led to said moment. Rene Echevarria ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Jeff Kline ("That Was Then") are the executive producers of the project
"Hollywood Division" - Drama which revolves around young undercover detectives who infiltrate a Hollywood high school posing as students (a la "21 Jump Street") to investigate things like a drug trafficking ring. Barry Schindel ("Law & Order") and Rob Port ("10-8") are behind the project.
"Veronica Mars" - About a teenager who helps out at her dad's agency. (OR) Drama about a spoiled teen girl who reunites with her estranged, down-on-his-luck father and ends up helping with his detective agency. From writer-producer Rob Thomas ("Cupid") and Joel Silver.
"Nikki & Nora" - About two female private eyes. (OR) About two lesbian private detectives based in New Orleans. Written by Leonard Dick ("Hack," "Fastlane").
"The Enforcers" - ames Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential") has signed on with Kerry McCluggage's Craftsman Films to develop a new L.A.-based cop series.
Are you ****ing kidding me:
"Beck & Call" - Follows the lives of three personal assistants living in New York. (OR) A drama set in the New York fashion world, as seen through the personal lives of the industry's executives and assistants. Dan Bucatinsky ("All Over the Guy") wrote the pilot
"Fly Girls" - Focuses on the star of a sci-fi series who somehow becomes endowed with real super powers
"Frankenstein" - The series is expected to take place in present-day Seattle with both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster surviving the past two centuries thanks to genetic engineering on both subjects. The two are then discovered by a female cop and her partner through a routine homicide investigation. Over the course of the pilot, Frankenstein's monster joins forces with the cops and will combat Dr. Frankenstein and his other creations in successive weeks. From Martin Scorsese and author Dean Koontz.
01-26-04, 07:50 PM
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Re: Synopsis of several new TV shows next season
I'm in interested in:
ABC (particularly these three)
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"The Middleman" - Oscar-winning writer Chris McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") is behind this new drama about a man who straddles the line between good and evil. Its described as a 21st century take on "The Equalizer" in which the lead is viewed as a crook by the cops and a cop by the crooks
"43 Minutes" - Drama following a SWAT team. Each episode would play out in real time over the final 43 minutes of a crisis situation. From Graham ("Boomtown") and Christopher Yost.
CBS
"Numbers" - From Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions. About an MIT mathematician who's enlisted by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes.
"Untitled Terri Hughes Project" - Drama which revolves around a bounty hunter and his two sons, who join the family business.
NBC
"Pearl City" - The ensemble drama tracks a group of detectives in Oahu, Hawaii. Jon Avnet ("Boomtown") is on board to direct the pilot, which received a production greenlight this week. Jeff Eastin ("Rush Hour 3") is writing and executive producing.
FOX
"The Big Island" - Drama which tracks a group of twentysomething employees who work at a luxury hotel on Hawaii's Big Island. From Peter Elkoff's ("Mr. Beautiful").
"Ricochet" - Takes a "Memento"-like backward approach to storytelling as each episode starts out with the climax, with the rest of the show retracing the steps that led to said moment. Rene Echevarria ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Jeff Kline ("That Was Then") are the executive producers of the project
"Hollywood Division" - Drama which revolves around young undercover detectives who infiltrate a Hollywood high school posing as students (a la "21 Jump Street") to investigate things like a drug trafficking ring. Barry Schindel ("Law & Order") and Rob Port ("10-8") are behind the project.
WB & UPN
"Veronica Mars" - About a teenager who helps out at her dad's agency. (OR) Drama about a spoiled teen girl who reunites with her estranged, down-on-his-luck father and ends up helping with his detective agency. From writer-producer Rob Thomas ("Cupid") and Joel Silver.
Other
"Lilac Lane" - Drama series from famed playwright/director Neil LaBute ("In the Company of Men," "Possession"). LaBute is expected to write, produce and direct each installment of the series, which tracks a young male college professor who finds himself disgraced and unemployed after having an affair with a co-ed with things getting even darker when the woman he slept with turns up missing
"The Enforcers" - ames Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential") has signed on with Kerry McCluggage's Craftsman Films to develop a new L.A.-based cop series.
ABC (particularly these three)
"Lost" - Drama which follows a group of people stuck on a Pacific island and are forced to build a new society after surviving a plane crash. From J.J. Abrams ("Alias") and Damon Lindelof ("Crossing Jordan").
"The Middleman" - Oscar-winning writer Chris McQuarrie ("The Usual Suspects") is behind this new drama about a man who straddles the line between good and evil. Its described as a 21st century take on "The Equalizer" in which the lead is viewed as a crook by the cops and a cop by the crooks
"43 Minutes" - Drama following a SWAT team. Each episode would play out in real time over the final 43 minutes of a crisis situation. From Graham ("Boomtown") and Christopher Yost.
CBS
"Numbers" - From Ridley and Tony Scott's Scott Free Productions. About an MIT mathematician who's enlisted by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes.
"Untitled Terri Hughes Project" - Drama which revolves around a bounty hunter and his two sons, who join the family business.
NBC
"Pearl City" - The ensemble drama tracks a group of detectives in Oahu, Hawaii. Jon Avnet ("Boomtown") is on board to direct the pilot, which received a production greenlight this week. Jeff Eastin ("Rush Hour 3") is writing and executive producing.
FOX
"The Big Island" - Drama which tracks a group of twentysomething employees who work at a luxury hotel on Hawaii's Big Island. From Peter Elkoff's ("Mr. Beautiful").
"Ricochet" - Takes a "Memento"-like backward approach to storytelling as each episode starts out with the climax, with the rest of the show retracing the steps that led to said moment. Rene Echevarria ("Star Trek: The Next Generation") and Jeff Kline ("That Was Then") are the executive producers of the project
"Hollywood Division" - Drama which revolves around young undercover detectives who infiltrate a Hollywood high school posing as students (a la "21 Jump Street") to investigate things like a drug trafficking ring. Barry Schindel ("Law & Order") and Rob Port ("10-8") are behind the project.
WB & UPN
"Veronica Mars" - About a teenager who helps out at her dad's agency. (OR) Drama about a spoiled teen girl who reunites with her estranged, down-on-his-luck father and ends up helping with his detective agency. From writer-producer Rob Thomas ("Cupid") and Joel Silver.
Other
"Lilac Lane" - Drama series from famed playwright/director Neil LaBute ("In the Company of Men," "Possession"). LaBute is expected to write, produce and direct each installment of the series, which tracks a young male college professor who finds himself disgraced and unemployed after having an affair with a co-ed with things getting even darker when the woman he slept with turns up missing
"The Enforcers" - ames Ellroy ("L.A. Confidential") has signed on with Kerry McCluggage's Craftsman Films to develop a new L.A.-based cop series.
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The Frankenstein one sounds interesting (not in a good way). I had to read it a few times just to make sure I understood the basic plot. I swear, that sounds more like an old SNL skit (picture Phil Hartman) that anything else.
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Originally posted by Breakfast with Girls
...Are you ****ing kidding me:
"Frankenstein" - The series is expected to take place in present-day Seattle with both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster surviving the past two centuries thanks to genetic engineering on both subjects. The two are then discovered by a female cop and her partner through a routine homicide investigation. Over the course of the pilot, Frankenstein's monster joins forces with the cops and will combat Dr. Frankenstein and his other creations in successive weeks. From Martin Scorsese and author Dean Koontz.
...Are you ****ing kidding me:
"Frankenstein" - The series is expected to take place in present-day Seattle with both Dr. Frankenstein and his monster surviving the past two centuries thanks to genetic engineering on both subjects. The two are then discovered by a female cop and her partner through a routine homicide investigation. Over the course of the pilot, Frankenstein's monster joins forces with the cops and will combat Dr. Frankenstein and his other creations in successive weeks. From Martin Scorsese and author Dean Koontz.
)... as a native Seattleite, I've gotta ask, WHY HERE???
01-28-04, 09:42 PM
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Originally posted by Joeboo835
When will there be CSI: Minneapolis. Oh the injustice.
When will there be CSI: Minneapolis. Oh the injustice.
