Re: WQ's 52-Week Season NBC Fall Sked '08

On Feb 29, 11:02 pm, WQ <w...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

The original posting looked fouled up on Google, so here's a hopefully
more readable and straightened out version of it:

Having checked out the Futon Critic's development watch page and
seeing new series projects piling up, I figured it was time to start
rolling out first drafts of my fall lineups. First up, NBC and what I
believe should be their 52-week season. On the face of it, NBC looks
like it's got a healthy batch of viable shows to choose from for next
year, but that's only on the face of it and that's all I'm going by in
formulating the kind of sked they really should have instead of the
one they're likely to have.


SUN

7:00 FOOTBALL NIGHT IN AMERICA
8:15 SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL

MON

8:00 KNIGHT RIDER - new!
The 1980s original gets a 21st century makeover.
9:00 THE PHILANTHROPIST - new!
A rebel billionaire uses his money, connections and
power to help people in need - no matter the risks.
10:00 BLUE BLOOD - new!
Harvard grad decides to continue the family tradition
and pursue a career in the NYPD.

TUE

8:00 DEAL OR NO DEAL
9:00 KATH & KIM - new!
Single-cam U.S. adaptation of the Australian sitcom
about the dysfunctional relationship between a cheerful
suburban divorcee and her self-absorbed daughter.
9:30 30 ROCK
10:00 WITHOUT BREASTS THERE IS NO PARADISE - new!
A young woman seduced by a world of easy money
agonizes that her figure is a barrier to deliverance from
poverty and a pampered life as a drug-trafficker's lover.

WED

8:00 ROBINSON CRUSOE - new!
Self-explanatory.
9:00 HEROES
10:00 FEAR ITSELF - new!
Horror anthology.

THU

8:00 MY NAME IS EARL
8:30 SERIAL FRANK - new!
Single-cam sitcom that depicts a young man whose
normal life is constantly interrupted by the many
unpredictable physical manifestations of his multiple
personas that he acts out - all unseen to others.
9:00 THE OFFICE
9:30 OUTSOURCED - new!
Single-cam sitcom based on the 2006 feature of the
same name about a customer service manager in Seattle
who's sent to India to train his replacement when his
department is outsourced.
10:00 LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT

FRI

8:00 CHUCK
9:00 DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS - new!
Christian Slater as a journalistic investigator who pushes
the envelope.
10:00 LIFE

SAT
8:00 UNTITLED JOHN STEPHENS PROJECT - new!
Cops bust vampires, zombies and other criminal demons.
9:00 TRAP TEAM - new!
A cop's career-long pursuit of an elusive serial killer.
10:00 LAW & ORDER

New Series Back-ups [shows I'm less certain about]:

JOHNNY DYNAMITE
An ex-cop travels to Las Vegas in search of his missing girlfriend,
only to discover that Satan is living there, buying and selling souls.

MAN OF YOUR DREAMS
Multi-cam comedy about a womanizer who uses his expertise to
help romantically challenged women.

PLAY OR BE PLAYED
Legal drama about the unapologetic lawyers at a prestigious New
York law firm who will do whatever it takes to win their high-profile
cases and outmaneuver one another.

THE LISTENER
A young man who can read people's thoughts, and act on them.

UNTITLED CINDY CHUPACK PROJECT
Romantic anthology featuring one to three stories each week, as
well as an animated short, all connected by the same theme.

UNTITLED COLEMAN & LEAR PROJECT
Dramedy about a mother who re-enters the work force and is pitted
against her late husband's ruthless partner in a money-charged
battle of the sexes on Wall Street.


Mid-season Returnees:

ER
LAW & ORDER: CRIMINAL INTENT
MEDIUM
THE APPRENTICE
THE BIGGEST LOSER

Also, Dateline fills in whenever and wherever needed, not as a
regular weekly series.

Rejected New Series, and reasons why:

E
Dramedy set in an ad agency that's desperate to land a major
account
--- Just one account?

KINGS
Contemporary soap loosely based on the story of King David,
the biblical King of Israel.
--- Too Jewish.

MAFIA WIVES
drama about mob wives who take over the family business
--- Why do I get this queasy feeling of Cashmere Mafia and
Lipstick Jungle busting heads?

TAPPED
Drama about a group of people who realize they are somehow
plugged into a frequency at which God is transmitting messages
to them.
--- Oh, no, not Eli Stone again!

UNTITLED DAVID HUDGINS PROJECT
Character-based procedural revolving around two brothers who
are senior partners in a medical malpractice law firm, one of
which is a doctor.
--- Who do I sue for this?

UNTITLED ERIK BORK PROJECT
Drama about an alpha female boss who shakes up a
male-dominated workplace.
--- Anything with the word 'alpha' is dead meat.

UNTITLED GIGI LEVANGIE GRAZER PROJECT
A couple in their 30s - a college professor moonlighting
as a controversial political blogger, and his wife, who works
at a private school and volunteers at a juvenile prison - who
are going though a divorce.
--- I don't understand this one.

UNTITLED HAYES MACARTHUR PROJECT
Comedy about a recently divorced father who moves in with
his two sons in an attempt to put his life back together.
--- Get rid of the 2 kids and maybe we might have a sale here.

UNTITLED JANE BUSSMANN PROJECT
Comedy about a has-been hairdresser trying to raise his kids.
--- Get rid of the kids and maybe we might have a sale here.

UNTITLED PHIL TRAILL PROJECT
Sketch comedy project which tells varied stories of 20- and
30somethings and their attitudes toward sex and relationships.
--- Broaden the scope and we might have a sale here.

UNTITLED ROBIN SCHIFF PROJECT
Drama about young performers living together in New York,
trying to find fame and success in their creative endeavors.
--- And...?

ZIP
Single-cam sitcom with Steven Webber as a con artist dad
with three kids always scheming to break into high society's
inner sanctum of Beverly Hills 90210.
--- Get rid of the 3 kids and maybe we might have a sale here.


Cancelled according to me:

1 VS 100
AMNESIA
BIONIC WOMAN
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
JOURNEYMAN
LAS VEGAS
MY DAD IS BETTER THAN YOUR DAD
SCRUBS
THE SINGING BEE
SATURDAY NIGHT REPEATS
.

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