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2012 pilots

Lonemagpie

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Most of them are same-old same-old of course. Hospital shows, lawyer shows, the same cookie-cutter sitcoms. The only one that really grabs me is Ralph Lamb, while Frontier might make an interesting replacement for Deadwood, and Midnight Sun might be OK. The Selection looks like such a knockoff of the Hunger Games...

Don't even get me started on the remake of OFAH - though Christopher Lloyd as Granddad might make it worth a look as a curio
 
Not a whole lot caught my attention skimming through that list, it all sounded pretty familiar, I think I've seen it before.

The Crimson Tide ripoff might be interesting, but I kind of wonder how that would work as a TV show... doesn't seem like the best idea ever. Untitled JJ Abrams post-apocalyptic whatever sounds ok, always up for some good old fashioned fall of civilization programming.

I saw the title "Trooper" and I thought, hey, maybe that like... a sci-fi thing about a dude in an interstellar war and... nope... mother turning into New York State Trooper. I really should have seen that coming.

Yeah, just not much to get excited about. Even if I could hand pick the pilots that go to series I don't think there'd be much of a freshman class of shows that appeal to me.
 
Lonemagpie said:
Don't even get me started on the remake of OFAH - though Christopher Lloyd as Granddad might make it worth a look as a curio
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I suspect it will be almost unrecognisable as the same show.

Apparently, the phrase "why do only fools and horses work?" originates from the US, which surprised me.

The lyrics of the opening and closing theme music wouldn't translate well, of course.

Stick a pony in me pocket
I'll fetch the suitcase from the van.
'Cos if you want the best uns,
but you don't ask questions,
Then brother, I'm your man.
'Cos where it all comes from is a mystery,
It's like the changing of the seasons,
and the tides of the sea.
But here's the one that's driving me berserk,
Why do only fools and horses work?
La la la la, la la la la la, la la la la

We've got some half price cracked ice
and miles and miles of carpet tiles
TVs, deep freeze and David Bowie LPs
Ball games, gold chains, whatsanames, and at a push
Some Trevor Francis track suits
From a mush in Shepherds Bush
Bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush, bush!
No income tax, no VAT
no money back, no guarantee
Black or white, rich or broke we'll cut prices at a stroke...
God bless Hooky Street.
Viva Hooky Street
Long live Hooky Street
C'est magnifique, Hooky Street
Magnifique, Hooky Street
Hooky Street
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I see John Barrowman has a show, which is cool. Another one of those shows seems to have a larger hispanic cast. Last Resort sounds like a comedy, not a drama.

I got bored and stopped reading after that.
 
An american Only Fools n Horses :wtf:

How dare you thats enough to start a war :lol:

Gotham - If its not about Batman then its going to need a name change pronto.
 
Good timing, this is the time of year when the buzz starts buzzing (however be warned in previous years, the buzz hasn't turned out to be anything like 100% accurate.) :D

I'm mainly interested in sf/f and historical series.

Beautiful People (NBC) - I'm up for another AI-as-civil-rights-metaphor show.

The Frontier (NBC) - It's not just a wagon train Western, it also apparently has supernatural elements.

666 Park Avenue (ABC) - Sounds like American Horror Story but with Terry O'Quinn as a servant of Satan (just a guess, but I think it's a good one.)

The Selection (CW) - A blatant ripoff of The Hunger Games, but I won't hold that against them. Sounds like it could be a lot of fun.

Do No Harm (NBC) - To the degree it's sci-fi-y rather than a dreary doctor show, I might like it.

LA Noir (TNT) - Not broadcast, but this year TNT has synched their upfronts to the big boys' schedule. This one sounds incredible and I'm really rooting for it.

I've gotten into the habit of ignoring broadcast comedies across the board. The heavy hand of the FCC just ruins comedy for me, compared with what cable can get away with. Animal Kingdom (NBC) is the one exception this year, because I like the lead actor, that guy from Weeds.

FOX seems to be lining up with CBS as a network with nothing to watch. I might try the Kevin Bacon series, but eh. Too many serial killers this year.

Now onto my quibbles...

The Last Resort (ABC) - It's getting strong positive buzz but I just don't see how they're going to maintain the storyline. If something wacky has happened in Washington DC (coup? alien infiltrators?) then I don't want the story stuck on some tropical island when the real drama is elsewhere!

Revolution (being renamed) (NBC) - JJ Abrams' latest sci fi opus doesn't seem to be getting buzz. Maybe a good thing; it just sounds like The Walking Dead sans zombies, which means, without the part that makes the story exciting. If JJ wants to do TV, he should talk to CBS about reviving Star Trek.

Midnight Sun (NBC) - Titus Welliver as the bad guy is always welcome, but this has all the earmarks of another wannabee Lost misfire.

Gilded Lilys (ABC) - Good luck to Shondra Rhimes but the kind of fancy costume drama that works on PBS isn't necessarily going to attract broadcast-level numbers. Also, I find it weird that she hasn't included any non-white characters in the main cast. I'm not being PC, I'm just amazed that she's ignoring such an obvious source of drama as race relations 100 years ago. Maybe that's too hot a potato for ABC.
 
I'd forgotten about LA Noir, as it wasn't in the Hollywood Reporter set - I'm looking forward to that one. (Anyone remember Michael Mann's "Crime Story"?)

Revolution sounded to me not so much like The Walking Dead without walking dead, but just Jericho rebooted.
 
Here's some stuff on TNT's pilots. The HR story didn't include TNT because they haven't been synched with broadcast in the past:

TNT this year is on the same development cycle with the broadcast networks, evaluating its four drama pilots for series pickups tied to the network’s upfront presentation during the broadcast upfront week. I hear David E. Kelley’s medical drama CHELSEA GENERAL is hot, with Frank Darabont’s LA NOIR and Carol Mendelsohn’s SCENT OF THE MISSING also in the mix.
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Prairie Dog sounds like fun. I'll likely check that one out as well as Frontier. I don't have TNT, but LA Noire sounds amazing considering it's based on the game.
 
Owain Taggart said:
Prairie Dog sounds like fun. I'll likely check that one out as well as Frontier. I don't have TNT, but LA Noire sounds amazing considering it's based on the game.
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Is it based on the game, though? I thought that difference in spelling was significant. Or has there been some deal made on account of the similarity of titles?
 
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