‘This American Life’ seg inspires HBO project
HBO has teamed with Rob Thomas, Ira Glass and Owen Wilson to develop a drama series inspired by a "This American Life" segment about a man who deals with a midlife crisis by rescuing two kidnapped kids...
View ArticleDaniels, Ferrell pilots ordered by NBC
NBC ordered three singlecam comedy pilots Friday from Universal Television, including a pair from producers Will Ferrell and Greg Daniels.
View ArticleNBC Can’t Find its ‘Donor Party’ Man
A network pilot order does not a pilot make, especially when casting issues trip up production on a fledgling project. Such is presently the case with NBC comedy pilot “Donor Party,” which was ordered...
View ArticleFox Loads Up on Funny Men with Five Comedy Orders
Fox has picked up five guy-centric comedies, including the much-anticipated Andy Samberg-Andre Braugher detective vehicle “Brooklyn Nine Nine.” The series orders include Seth MacFarlane’s live-action...
View ArticlePilot Directors Soar But “Regular” Episodes Do Heavy Lifting
A television pilot is like a first date. It’s a sales pitch where a great first impression hopefully sets up weeks — if not years — of loyal companionship. A pilot is shiny, exciting and dressed to the...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD’
Marvel/ABC pilot picks up where "Avengers" left off, but doesn't pack quite the same punch.
View Article‘Iron Man’ Writers Enter Sci-Fi Mystery TV Project for Alcon, ‘The Expanse’
"Iron Man" and "Children of Men" scribes Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby will script the pilot, based on the bestselling novels written by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.
View ArticleBen Affleck to Direct Crime Drama Pilot at Fox
“Batman” biz aside, Ben Affleck is keeping busy in a different sector of the industry: television. Affleck has partnered with Glenn Gordon Caron for Boston crime drama “The Middle Man,” for which Fox...
View ArticleTV Review: ‘The Crazy Ones’
Robin Williams completes a rather lengthy journey back to his TV comedy roots with “The Crazy Ones,” which casts him as a wacky advertising genius — the sort of creativity-can’t-be-shackled type that...
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