NBC announces their development slate
The announcements were made today by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.
On the drama side, Prime Suspect is based on the award-winning BBC series centering on a courageous female detective who investigates complex mysteries in a politically explosive big city. Casting will be announced later. The pilot is produced by Universal Media Studios and ITV. Hank Steinberg (Without A Trace) and Erwin Stoff (The Blind Side) are the executive producers.
In The Rockford Files, the successful NBC drama from the 1970s is re-imagined by executive producers David Shore (House) and Steve Carell (NBC's The Office). The title character, Jim Rockford, remains a roguish private eye who tackles the dangerous, quirky and unpredictable cases that no other detective wants to handle. The pilot is from Universal Media Studios and Carousel Productions.
The Event is a thriller with a unique storytelling device that features multiple points of view concerning a decent, regular fellow who battles against mysterious circumstances that envelope a larger conspiracy. Universal Media Studios produces the pilot that includes Steve Stark (Medium) as the executive producer; Nick Wauters (The 4400) is the co-executive producer/writer. Casting will be announced later.
In Undercovers, a domesticated husband and wife return from years in retirement and are re-activated as CIA agents. As they work together for the first time on new cases, they discover new aspects from their past - even as they re-ignite their passion for each other. J.J. Abrams (Lost, the 2009 feature film Star Trek), Bryan Burk (Lost, Star Trek) and Josh Reims (Dirty Sexy Money) are the executive producers; Abrams and Reims are the writers. The pilot is produced by Warner Bros. Television and Bad Robot Productions.
Chase is a new action-procedural drama from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer (the CSI franchise, The Amazing Race, The Pirates of the Caribbean feature films). Chase, based on a real-life group and set in the American Southwest, follows a crucial fugitive apprehension team comprised of U.S. Marshals that tracks down the nation's most notorious criminals. Tension builds as the cat-and-mouse game of the ultimate search escalates in each episode. The series is from Warner Bros. Television and Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Joining Bruckheimer as executive producers are Jennifer Johnson (Cold Case) and Jonathan Littman (CSI, Cold Case).
Kindreds , created by Emmy Award winner David E. Kelley (Boston Legal), follows a curmudgeonly ex-patent lawyer and his group of misfit associates as their lives come together to form an unconventional kind of law practice. The series is from Warner Bros. Television and David E. Kelley Productions. Kelley is the writer and executive producer.
Love Bites is an hour-long romantic comedy produced by Universal Media Studios and Working Title Films. Writer Cindy Chupack (Everybody Loves Raymond), Timothy Bevan & Eric Fellner (both for Love Actually) and Shelley McCrory are the executive producers. Casting and producer credits will be announced later.
Among the comedies is the Adam Carolla comedy project that features the humorous radio and TV personality Carolla (The Man Show) as a contractor who sets out to re-build his life following a divorce. The pilot is produced by Universal Media Studios and BermanBraun. The executive producers are Carolla, Kevin Hench (The Hammer), Jon Pollack (NBC's 30 Rock), Jimmy Kimmel (The Jimmy Kimmel Show), Gail Berman (NBC's Mercy), Lloyd Braun (NBC's Mercy), Daniel Kellison (The Jimmy Kimmel Show) and James Dixon (Ace in the Hole).
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pearwater
I think they will either cast for the Jane Tennyson role on Prime Suspect with either Christine Lahti, Jobeth Williams, or Some one with the same cache' of Glenn Close. Im going to go with Christine Lahti.
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Masta_Chiefed
Just renew Heroes, leave Conan alone, and SHUTUP NBC.
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Josh
Rufio: If you're looking for good new comedies check out Modern Family on ABC which is the best new sit-comedy of the season. It's a half-hour doc*mentary-type sitcom. Really funny.
And if you haven't got caught up the phenomenon yet, be sure to check out Glee, more of a Drama/Comedy, and it's an hour long, but very funny and energetic and well worth the time.
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Rufio
agree w/ Josh. Adam Carolla's show gonna be called Adam Un-Married?? Sounds just like Gary Unmarried. Undercovers (and maybe Chase) sounds like the only truly appealing show. what in the world happened to good comedies?!?!?! nbc hasn't had a true, successful sitcom since Friends!
get it together tv execs! time for comedies to make a return to TV. don't think it'll work? look at Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother and their predecessor Two and a Half! CBS used to live in the comedic shadow of NBC... now they are the leaders...
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Josh
I'll watch Undercovers because I've yet to be unimpressed with anything Abrams has done, but the rest all sounds boring.
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