STATE OF AFFAIRS: Monday 10PM on NBC starting November 17 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: Star and Executive Producer Katherine Heigl, who developed the series for herself and pitched it to all the networks, hoping to spark a bidding war (which never really happened). Series creator and pilot director Joe Carnahan, a […]
Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. SLEEPY HOLLOW: Monday 9PM on FOX – If Nothing Else Is On… For what’s supposed to be an original series, SLEEPY HOLLOW feels awfully familiar. Part of it, of course, is that writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are doing a spin on the Washington Irving classic […]
A TO Z: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC starting October 2 – If Nothing Else is On… PLAYERS: Series creator Ben Queen (he wrote the script for Cars 2). Non-writing producers Rashida Jones and Will McCormick. Stars Cristin Milioti and Ben Feldman. Supporting performers Henry Zebrowski, Lenora Crichlow and the voice of Katey Sagal. Pilot director […]
We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now. Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions. Among other things, with revenues from […]
STALKER: Wednesday 10PM on CBS THE FACTS: From the grisly mind of The Following‘s Kevin Williamson, a procedural about an LAPD squad that specializes in tracking down dangerous stalkers. Maggie Q runs the unit, and Dylan McDermott is the cocky new arrival from New York who immediately gets on her wrong side; both of […]
ABC’s fall line-up is a mix of the audacious and the not-so-much. UPDATED with reactions to trailers, which are available here. ABC needed to shake things up for next season, and to an extent it has, although even if things go well, there will be more to do. It’s relying on its […]
MANHATTAN LOVE STORY: Tuesday 8:30PM on ABC starting September 30 – Change the Channel PLAYERS: Series creator Jeff Lowell, who’s been a writer/producer on sitcoms going back to Cybill two decades ago, but who’s creating a series himself for the first time. Stars Jake McDorman and Analeigh Tipton. Pilot director Michael Fresco. Brillstein Entertainment […]
SCORPION: Monday 9PM on CBS THE FACTS: A group of nerdy genius goofballs works with the government to solve high-tech emergencies–based on a true story. Elyes Gabel is Walter O’Brien, the leader of the nerd squad, Robert Patrick is their exasperated supervisor, and Katharine McPhee is the token normal girl, a waitress with a […]