Cancelled shows of Tomorrow: No Soap Operas Allowed

[Shifty]

i think it was AMC's fault. I watch AMC all the time and I didn't even know season 2 had started until the season finale.

they need to market the show better.

Funny cause they always air ads for their shows and I saw The Killing's second season advertised. I bailed after three episodes but returned for the season finale which was pretty good.

 

[Shifty]

2013 looks to be one of the better years to debut new dramas.

THE AMERICANS FX
BATES MOTEL A&E
CROSSBONES NBC
DA VINCI'S DEMONS STARZ
DRACULA NBC
THE FOLLOWING FOX
HANNIBAL NBC
HEMLOCK GROVE NETFLIX
HOUSE OF CARDS NETFLIX
LA NOIR TNT
MASTERS OF SEX SHOWTIME
ORPHAN BLACK BBC AMERICA
RAY DONOVAN SHOWTIME
RIPPER STREET BBC AMERICA
UNDER THE DOME CBS

 

[MadVillainy]

What is Hemlock Grove about?

 

[Shifty]

Some of the less discussed new shows of 2013

Hemlock Grove

(from Netflix's press release, March 2012) "Hemlock Grove," a gripping tale of murder, mystery and monsters set in a ravaged Pennsylvania steel town, starring Famke Janssen and Bill Skarsgard and produced by Gaumont International Television, will be available for Netflix members to watch instantly, beginning early in 2013.

"Hemlock Grove" starts with the body of a young girl, mangled and murdered in the shadow of the former Godfrey steel mill. Some suspect an escapee from the White Tower, a biotech facility owned by the former steel magnates. Others believe the killer could be Peter, a 17-year-old Gypsy kid from the wrong side of the tracks, who tells his classmates he's a werewolf. Or it could be Roman (Skarsgard), the arrogant Godfrey scion, whose sister Shelley is disturbingly deformed and whose mother, Olivia (Janssen), the otherworldly beautiful and controlling grand dame of Hemlock Grove. As the crime goes unsolved and outlandish rumors mount, Peter and Roman decide to find the killer themselves, confronting unspeakable truths about themselves and Hemlock Grove as the mystery unfolds.

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Aaron Douglas as Sheriff Sworn
· Bill Skarsgard as Roman Godfrey
· Dougray Scott as Norman Godfrey
· Famke Janssen as Olivia Godfrey
· Freya Tingley as Christina Wendall
· Kandyse McClure as Dr. Chausser
· Landon Liboiron as Peter
· Lili Taylor
· Penelope Mitchell as Letha Godfrey
· Tiio Horn as Destina Rumaneck

CREW INFORMATION:
· Brian McGreevy as CRTR/EP/BOOK
· Deran Sarafian as EP
· Eli Roth as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Eric Newman as EP
· Lee Shipman as CRTR/EP
· Mark Verheiden as EP
· Michael Connolly as EP

Orphan Black

(from BBC America's press release, October 2012) Start of production on BBC AMERICA's new original series Orphan Black was announced today. The enthralling new (10 x 60) drama from Temple Street Productions stars previously announced Tatiana Maslany (Cas & Dylan, Picture Day) in the lead role of Sarah, an outsider and orphan whose life changes dramatically after witnessing the suicide of a woman who looks just like her.

Joining the principal cast is Maria Doyle Kennedy (The Tudors, Downton Abbey), Dylan Bruce (As The World Turns, The Bay), and Jordan Gavaris (Degrassi, Unnatural History). The series is shooting on location and in studio in Toronto, Ontario through February 2013. After witnessing a woman's suicide, Sarah assumes her identity hoping that cleaning out the dead woman's bank account will solve all of her problems. Instead, the street smart chameleon is thrust headlong into a kaleidoscopic mystery. She makes the dizzying discovery that she and the dead woman are clones... but are they the only ones? With an assassin hot on her trail, Sarah is racing for answers. Rounding out the principal cast is: Kevin Hanchard (The Listener, Republic of Doyle), Michael Mando (Territories, Les Bleus De Ramville), Elizabeth Saunders (Saving Hope), and Ron Lea (Saving Hope, Saw IV).

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Dylan Bruce
· Elizabeth Saunders
· Jordan Gavaris
· Kevin Hanchard
· Maria Doyle Kennedy
· Michael Mando
· Ron Lea
· Tatiana Maslany as Sarah

CREW INFORMATION:
· David Fortier as EP
· Graeme Manson as CRTR/EP
· Ivan Schneeberg as EP
· John Fawcett as CRTR/EP/DIR (Pilot)

Ripper Street

(from BBC America's press release, November 2012) In the aftermath of the Jack the Ripper murders, can anyone keep order in the blood stained London Streets? The eight-part BBC AMERICA co-production created by Richard Warlow, set in and around Victorian London, stars Matthew Macfadyen (Anna Karenina, MI-5, Pride and Prejudice), Jerome Flynn (Game of Thrones), Adam Rothenberg (Alcatraz), Myanna Buring (The Twilight Saga, White Heat) and David Dawson (Luther, Secret Diary of a Call Girl). Haunted by the failure to catch London's most evil killer, Inspector Edmund Reid (Macfadyen) now heads up the notorious H Division, the toughest district in London's East End. Charged with keeping order in the chaotic streets of Whitechapel, Inspector Reid is soon drawn deep into the seedy criminal underworld of Victorian London - where fear always lurks that each new murder could mark the return of The Ripper. Ripper Street premieres Saturday, January 19, 9:00pm ET.

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Adam Rothenberg
· David Dawson
· Jerome Flynn
· Matthew Macfadyen
· Myanna Buring

CREW INFORMATION:
· Greg Brenman as EP
· Richard Warlow as CRTR
· Simon Vaughan as EP
· Will Gould as EP

 

[Prison Mike]

I'm looking forward to both Netflix series. I like the format of putting the whole season out there at once rather than waiting each week for a new episode.

 

[Sawyer]

Pilot Season Preview: Most Wanted Actors/Actresses

"Sure, we'd love to get the ratings that The Walking Dead gets... so lets cast the one of the show's most hated characters!"

I mean, Sarah Wayne Callies seems like a very attractive, intelligent woman, and probably alot more tolerable than her character on TWD, but the logic the TV Line writer uses just seems strange to me. If anything, I'm betting she gets a supporting role somewhere down the line.

 

[Mace Dolex]

Watching 'Guys With Kids', ugh! how is this show not cancelled yet, everything seems so cliche like a leftover sitcom from the TGIF lineup.

Hmm lets see we got three thirtysomething guys raising their kids, sounds familiar? yeah sort of like Full House except the kids on this show are still toddlers so the guys have to act dumb to get a laugh.

All that's missing is a wacky next door neighbor.

 

[Sawyer]

Watching 'Guys With Kids', ugh! how is this show not cancelled yet, everything seems so cliche like a leftover sitcom from the TGIF lineup.

Hmm lets see we got three thirtysomething guys raising their kids, sounds familiar? yeah sort of like Full House except the kids on this show are still toddlers so the guys have to act dumb to get a laugh.

All that's missing is a wacky next door neighbor.

That's where you went wrong.

 

[Mace Dolex]

^ 30 minutes of my life that I will never get back.

 

[Sawyer]

Oh Golden Globes nominations.... you are not to be taken seriously.

The Best Television Series — Comedy Or Musical category makes me want to vomit.

 

[Shifty]

Oh Golden Globes nominations.... you are not to be taken seriously.

The Best Television Series — Comedy Or Musical category makes me want to vomit.

That has to be the worst list of noms in a long time. Modern Family will take home the prize. The awards are just a mess as always.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/hel...ons-heat-up-at-syfy-as-network-nears-pickups/

‘Helix’, ‘The Almighty Johnsons’ Heat Up At Syfy As Network Nears Pickups
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

I hear Syfy is zeroing in on scripts for its next round of green lights, which may come next week. I hear among the top contenders for a pickup are Helix, from Battlestar Galactica developer/executive producer Ron Moore, and The Almighty Johnsons. I hear Syfy are contemplating straight-to-series orders in lieu of traditional pilot pickups, and that the network may make greenlight decisions in conjunction with existing series renewals.

Moore’s Helix, from Sony Picture TV where Moore is under an overall deal, is about a team of scientists investigating a possible disease outbreak at an Antarctic research facility.

The Almighty Johnsons is an adaptation of the New Zealand fantasy comedy/drama series created by James Griffin and Rachel Lang and produced by All3Media’s South Pacific Pictures. It centers on Axl Johnson, who on his 21st birthday discovers he and his family members are reincarnated Norse gods. Chris Dingess wrote the U.S. adaptation, which is being produced by Entertainment One.

Moar Ron Moore.


http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/ada...ilot-order-at-abc-with-seth-gordon-directing/

Adam F. Goldberg ’80s Comedy Gets Pilot Order At ABC With Seth Gordon Directing
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: ABC traditionally hands out a couple of early pilot orders before the holidays. The first one this year has gone to How the F Am I Normal, Adam Goldberg’s single-camera comedy produced by Sony Pictures TV and Happy Madison, whose pilot will be directed by Seth Gordon. The project, inspired by Goldberg’s experience growing up in the ’80s with a highly screwed up but loving family, already had a production commitment at the network where it moved in September after being originally set up at Fox last season. It is a family comedy set in the ’80s that centers on an in-your-face mother and hot-tempered father who love their three eccentric kids so much, they can’t bear to see them grow up.

Goldberg and Gordan are executive producing with Happy Madison’s Doug Robinson; Bill Wee is co-executive producing. How The F— marks a reunion for the auspices behind the Fox comedy Breaking In, which was co-created by Goldberg and Gordon (he directed that pilot too), and produced by Sony TV and Happy Madison. The early pilot order assures the directing services of Gordon, who is producing a slew of projects this season.

The pitch for How The F—- galvanized the marketplace when it was originally taken out in summer 2011. All major networks, including ABC, went after it. In the end, Fox won it in a complex deal that included the resurrection of then recently-cancelled Breaking In with a midseason order. With Breaking In renewed, Goldberg focused on relaunching the show. The ’80s comedy project, which had received a script commitment with penalty, was put on hold.

With no movement on the new ’80s project following Breaking In‘s cancellation this May, Goldberg this past summer met with ABC brass, who were still very high on it and were willing to give it a production commitment if it were available. Goldberg then approached Fox about releasing the script, and the network agreed. Goldberg and Gordon are with WME.

Comedy's more about execution than concept, but this sounds like it could be interesting.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Antarctic research facility you say?

 

[HighFivingMF]

SyFy, you best pick up Booster Gold.

 

[Sawyer]

Considering that Arrow's been the biggest success The CW's had in awhile, I'd be surprised if they aren't considering it, since it's by the same people and based on a DC character.

 

[wiegeabo]

what is it with NBC's hard on for the split-personality/life show?

First it was My Own Worst Enemy

Then it was Awake

Now it's Do No Harm

 

[Sawyer]

Awake was so much better than that...

 

[HighFivingMF]

It's been a month, Sawyer. Change your goddamn sig. Make it about Arrow!

 

[Sawyer]

Arrow can eat my ****, I'm not taking my sig down until NBC gives that **** a series order. If they don't, I take NBC down.

 

[wiegeabo]

uh huh, sure.

Arrow is probably better than that was anyway.

 

[Sawyer]

Do I have to cut a *****?!

 

[wiegeabo]

I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you over the sound of the show that got a full season pickup

 

[Sawyer]

I like Arrow too, you know...

 

[HighFivingMF]

I'm sorry. I couldn't hear you over the sound of the show that got a full season pickup

 

[DrDoom]

wiegeabo I LOVE the first part of your sig, cant stand getting those PM's