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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hallelujah”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Deadline reported today that ABC Studios has signed Jesse Martin to a talent hold deal that, although it could end up with him being cast in a different ABCS project, is largely in place s...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots The word was that Stephen Gaghan’s pilot METRO was in serious consideration for NBC’s schedule until the very end (conventional wisdom has it that the final choice came down to Metro...

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THE SKED: “Locke and Key” At Comic-Con

>Remember what we were saying about busted pilots not being a waste of time? It’s been reported that the Fox pilot Locke & Key will receive a full screening and panel at next month’s Comic-Con. It...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Bad Mom”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots It’s entirely possible that BAD MOM wouldn’t have worked as a network TV series. It represented an unusual attempt for a broadcast network (ABC) to step into the “edgy...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Poe”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots We round out our survey of some of the more notable busted pilots of the season with the distinctive POE, produced by Warner Bros Television for ABC and written by Chris Hollier (a former writer...

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THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Locke & Key”

>The FOX pilot LOCKE & KEY is a very effective hour of creepiness, but it’s not that hard to understand why the network didn’t put the project on its schedule. The show screams “cult hit” at be...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Weekends At Bellevue”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots It was widely rumored in the weeks before the networks announced their new schedules at the Upfronts that WEEKENDS AT BELLEVUE was destined to hit the air on FOX. In fact, even its timeslo...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “17th Precinct”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Remember the Sideways universe in the last season of Lost? (I feel your pain; bear with me.) In particular, remember the storyline where Sawyer and Miles were tough LA detectives, li...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Grace”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots For those who like Six Degrees of Separation-ish linkages: the protagonist of ABC’s busted pilot GRACE is Michael Grace, an aging, womanizing choreographer who bears some resemblance...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Family Album”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots FAMILY ALBUM was one of the more buzzed-about FOX pilots of this past development season, and although it’s not on the network’s announced schedule, Deadline reports that it’s ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Homegrown”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots The pilot for HOMEGROWN, produced for CBS by Warner Bros Television, seems determined to hit as many dysfunctional-but-loving-family cliches as it can. We have one grouchy alpha male in a ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Exit Strategy”

>See A Word About Busted Pilots On paper, EXIT STRATEGY looked like one of the hot FOX pilots this past season, a high-profile (Ethan Hawke’s first TV project) espionage thriller in the vein of 24 that could inherit that ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Smothered”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots SMOTHERED, which was produced for ABC by Warner Bros Television, falls into the category of “not as bad as you’d think.” The concept is Predictable Sitcom 101:&nbs...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Vince Uncensored”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Not even the presence of Michael Chiklis and Elizabeth Perkins could make VINCE UNCENSORED endurable. Deservedly consigned by CBS to its trash-bin, this isn’t one of those pilots yo...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Council of Dads”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Peter Tolan, who with Denis Leary created Rescue Me, knows something about the comedy that emerges when when men try to assert their masculinity in the most idiotic ways. So you can ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hallelujah”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Metro”

THE SKED: “Locke and Key” At Comic-Con

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Bad Mom”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Poe”

THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Locke & Key”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Weekends At Bellevue”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “17th Precinct”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Grace”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Family Album”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Homegrown”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Exit Strategy”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Smothered”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Vince Uncensored”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Council of Dads”

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