Cancelled shows of Tomorrow: The War on Chuck Lorre - Part 6

[Sawyer]

Quiet you, she was hilarious on 30 Rock.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

You say that about everyone

 

[Sawyer]

Because everyone was hilarious on 30 Rock!

 

[WorthyStevens]

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[Sawyer]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/ballet-drama-flesh-bone-ordered-658349

Ballet Drama 'Flesh and Bone' Ordered to Series at Starz
4:22 PM PST 1/26/2014 by Lesley Goldberg

"Black Swan's" Sarah Hay leads a cast of world-renown dancers in the drama from "Breaking Bad's" Moira Walley-Beckett.

Starz is adding a female-skewing drama to its roster.

The premium cable network has cast Black Swan's Sarah Hay to star in Flesh and Bone and picked up the ballet drama from Breaking Bad alum Moira Walley-Beckett to series, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The drama centers on Claire (Hay), who has a distinctly troubled past, as she joins a prestigious ballet company in New York. The dark and gritty series will unflinchingly explore the dysfunction and glamor of the ballet world. Hay's Claire is further described as a beautiful, soulful and deeply emotionally wounded young woman who possesses an innate innocence and fragility while at the same time harboring self-destructive tendencies and a vaulting ambition. She is a transcendent ballerina, capable of reaching the sublime, but her inner torment and aspirations drive her in compelling, unforeseeable ways.

Oscar nominee Lawrence Bender (Inglourious Basterds, Good Will Hunting), Kevin Brown (Roswell) and John Melfi (Sex and the City, House of Cards) will executive produce for Starz alongside Walley-Beckett, who serves as writer. Bender, Brown and Walley-Beckett all have ties to the ballet world, with Bender and Walley-Beckett both former dancers, and Brown's family comprising dancers and serving as the basis for the Oscar-nominated feature The Turning Point. Royal New Zealand Ballet artistic director Ethan Stiefel (Center Stage, Center Stage: Turn It Up) -- the artistic director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet and a principal dancer with the American Ballet Theatre from 1997-2012 -- serves as a consultant and choreographer on the series.

Hay began her training at the School of American Ballet at age 8 and later attended the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School of Ballet at the American Ballet Theatre. She was a soloist at the Dresden Semperoper Ballett company in Germany, where she performed the title role in Cinderella and starred in the Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. She danced as a member of the Corps De Ballet in Black Swan. She joins a cast that includes former American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Irina Dvorovenko, ABT soloist Sascha Radetsky, Ballet Arizona company dancer Raychel Diane Weiner and Boardwalk Empire's Emily Tyra.

“From the beginning, we all agreed this project could not go forward unless we found a world-class dancer who had the ability to convey the widest range of emotions that Moira has written,” Starz CEO Chris Albrecht said. "This is one of the most challenging and dynamic characters I have even seen and am thrilled to say we found our Claire in Ms. Hay.”

Casting director Bernard Telsey auditioned and reviewed more than a thousand dancers for the role.

Added Walley-Beckett: "Finding the perfect Claire has been an almost impossible task. It was truly like looking for a unicorn because the demands of the role are so specific and challenging. I was looking for a beautiful and transcendent ballerina who is not only a brilliant dancer but also a gifted actress, and who also possesses a fierce curiosity and enthusiasm about the brave demands of the work. Sarah Hay embodies the role of Claire just as I dreamt her."

Starz will retain all domestic and international multiplatform rights, including TV, home entertainment and digital, on Flesh and Bone. Production will begin early this year in New York for a premiere in 2015.

For Starz, Flesh and Bone joins an original scripted roster that includes Black Sails, DaVinci's Demons, Power and Outlander as the premium cable network looks to have 75 hours of original programming per year over time. The drama comes more than six months after ABC Family canceled its critical darling ballet drama Bunheads, which starred Tony winner Sutton Foster.

So, as it goes for the writing staff of Breaking Bad...

Vince Gilligan - two series orders (Better Call Saul, Battle Creek)
Peter Gould - co-showrunning Better Call Saul
Thomas Schnauz - writing for Better Call Saul
Gennifer Hutchison- writing for Better Call Saul and The Strain
George Mastras - HBO deal, showrunning Terence Winter/Martin Scorsese's new series
Sam Catlin - writing for Rake
Moira Walley-Beckett - series order for Flesh and Bone

 

[HighFivingMF]

Poor Sam Catlin.

 

[Sawyer]

Eh... Dat network TV money.

 

[Shifty]

Poor Sam Catlin.

I'm sure he'll get a better gig, he may already have gotten one.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/abc-pilots-2014-nahnatchka-khans-fresh-off-the-boat-saint-francis/

ABC Orders Nahnatchka Khan’s ‘Fresh Off The Boat’, Chris Moynihan’s ‘Saint Francis’
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

Don’t Trust The B—- creator Nahnatchka Khan is back on pilot duty at ABC as the network has given a pilot order to her single-camera comedy project Fresh Off The Boat. This is Khan’s second pilot pickup this season; she also has comedy Fatrick on Fox, which is on a series track. Fresh Off The Boat, which had a put pilot commitment, is written/executive produced by Khan, with Jake Kasdan also exec producing the project for 20th Century Fox TV, where both Khan and Kasdan are based. Based on Eddie Huang’s memoir, it is set in the 1990s and revolves around a Chinese family that moves to suburban Orlando. (Huang’s real-life family is Taiwanese.) It centers on hip-hop-loving Eddie, raised by an immigrant father who is obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother who is often bewildered by white culture. With his father owning and operating an All-American Steakhouse chain, this loving family of FOB (“fresh off the boat&#8221 Taiwanese Americans try to live the American dream while still maintaining their cultural identity and sense of family. This is a setup Khan can relate to as she too is a first-generation American. Kasdan’s producing partner Melvin Mar also exec produces the project, while restaurateur/TV personality Huang serves as producer.

ABC’s second comedy pilot order today also went to a creator who has had a series on ABC, Man Up‘s Chris Moynihan. His multi-camera comedy Saint Francis centers on a blue-collar, no-nonsense Long Island cop and family man who butts heads with the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister gets pregnant out of wedlock. Tagline and ABC Studios are producing the pilot, with Moynihan, Ron West and Kelly Kulchak executive producing. Moynihan, who is an actor, starred on Man Up but will not have an on-screen role on Saint Francis. This marks the second multi-camera comedy pilot for ABC this season, joining the cast-contingent order to the Kevin Hart project.

More shows from Khan! MOAR! I need another Don't Trust the B!

The second one sounds antiquated as ****.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/female-secretary-of-state-drama-cbs-pilot-order/

CBS’ Female Secretary Of State Drama From Barbara Hall & Morgan Freeman Gets Pilot Order
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

CBS has given a pilot green light to Madame Secretary, from Joan Of Arcadia creator Barbara Hall and Oscar winner Morgan Freeman. The drama, written by Hall, explores the personal and professional life of a maverick female Secretary of State as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life. CBS TV Studios is producing with Freeman’s Revelations Entertainment, with the company’s Freeman, Lori McCreary and Tracy Mercer executive producing alongside Hall. While NBC, ABC and Fox are pretty much done with their drama pilot orders, CBS is just starting. This marks the network’s first drama pilot pickup. CBS also has straight-to-series drama Battle Creek.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/cou...ohn-hamburg-matt-miller-gets-cbs-pilot-order/

Couple Counseling Comedy From John Hamburg & Matt Miller Gets CBS Pilot Order
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

CBS has given the green light to Good Session, a single-camera comedy from John Hamburg (Meet The Parents franchise) and former Chuck executive producer Matt Miller. The project, from Warner Bros. TV where Miller is under a deal, centers on a happy couple that decides to see a therapist to help them decide if they should have a baby but quickly discover they have more to discuss. Miller wrote the script, with Hamburg set to direct. The two executive produce. This is the second pilot order for Miller this season, along with drama Forever at ABC. This is CBS’ fifth pilot for next season and the third single-camera comedy.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/ellen-degeneres-lesbian-nbc-comedy-pilot-order/

UPDATE: NBC Picks Up Dating Comedy Pilot From David Janollari & Jason Bateman, Lesbian Lead Comedy From Liz Feldman & Ellen DeGeneres
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

UPDATE, 12 PM: NBC has added another comedy pilot to the mix, the single-camera Two To Go, from Universal TV and studio-based David Janollari Entertainment and Jason Bateman‘s Aggregate. Written/co-exec produced by Bryan Shukoff and Kevin Chesley (The Hard Times Of RJ Berger, which Janollari developed and launched at MTV), Two To Go centers on longtime best friends Kurt and Laura, who grapple with the challenges of modern-day dating while their group of friends try and prove that they are destined to be together. Janollari, Bateman and Jim Garavente executive produce. This is Janollari’s second pilot at NBC, joining drama Salvation. Aggregate has upcoming NBC comedy series Growing Up Fisher.

PREVIOUS, 9:40 AM: Sixteen years after Ellen DeGeneres came out on her ABC sitcom, another broadcast comedy with a lesbian lead is inching closer to primetime. NBC has given a pilot order to a multi-camera comedy executive produced by DeGeneres. The project, titled One Big Happy, is written/exec produced by openly gay comedy scribe Liz Feldman (2 Broke Girls). In it, a gay (woman) and straight (man) best friends decide to have a baby together, but things get complicated when the man finds the love of their life. Warner Bros TV and DeGeneres’ studio-based A Very Good Production are producing, with AVGP’s Jeff Kleeman also exec producing. Feldman previously worked for two years on DeGeneres’ hit syndicated talk show and wrote for DeGeneres’ first stint as Oscar host. (DeGeneres is back on Oscar duty on March 2). NBC has a tradition with gay-themed comedies, most notably Will & Grace, and launched two half-hour series centered on gay men the last two seasons with The New Normal and Sean Saves The World.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/kevin-williamson-stalker-drama-cbs-pilot/

Kevin Williamson Stalker Drama Gets Pilot Order At CBS
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

CBS is officially in the Kevin Williamson business. The network has given a pilot order to an untitled drama from The Following creator, Warner Bros. TV and Williamson’s studio-based Outerbanks Entertainment. Written and executive produced by Williamson, the psychological thriller centers around a pair of detectives who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Management Unit of the LAPD. The project was quietly sold months ago and had stayed largely under the radar before starting to pick up heat in the past few weeks. Scream writer and Dawson’s Creek creator Williamson has a very strong track record, with all of his pilots for WBTV going to series, including The Vampire Diaries at the CW and The Following at Fox.

Moar Williamson.

 

[Wolfwood]

I'm sure it won't be as intense as the Following, but with a subject matter like stalkers, there won't be any shortage of creepiness.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/cbs-orders-romantic-comedy-pilot-from-jackie-jeff-filgo/

CBS Orders Romantic Comedy Pilot From Jackie & Jeff Filgo
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

Romantic comedies have been a hot genre this development season, and CBS just gave a pilot order to one such project, Save The Date, from That 70′s Show alums Jackie and Jeff Filgo. The comedy was developed at ABC Studios, which will co-produce the pilot with CBS TV Studios. Written and exec producer by the Filgos, Save The Date centers on Kate, 35 and newly single, who drunkenly books a wedding venue and now is faced with the task of meeting the right man in time. The format of the project will be hybrid, in the vein of How I Met Your Mother: a multi-camera comedy employing shorter scenes and no live audience. This marks spouses Jackie and Jeff Filgo’s return to CBS, where they previously worked on The New Adventures Of Old Christine. Other romantic comedy pilot this season include ABC’s Jeff Lowell and Irreversible, NBC’s A To Z, Marry Me, Mission Control, The Money Pit and Two To Go.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/nbcs-sean-saves-the-world-shuts-down-production/

NBC’s ‘Sean Saves The World’ Cancelled, Shuts Down Production
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

It’s the end of the road for NBC comedy series Sean Saves the World, which today stopped production on its freshman order. The show had received a 5-episode back order for a total of 18. Fourteen episodes have been shot, 12 have aired. NBC had already scheduled an SNL Sports Spectacular special this week, preempting its Thursday lineup, and the network brass will look at the remaining two Sean segments after the Winter Olympics. Along with fellow Thursday newbie comedy, The Michael J. Fox Show, and the entire NBC Thursday lineup, Sean Saves The World has struggled in the ratings, most recently logging a 0.7 rating in adults 18-49. Michael J. Fox had a straight-to-series 22-episode order, which was completed in December. “We like (MJ Fox Show). We like Sean Hayes’ show a lot. Creatively, we think they’re good shows, and we’re really unhappy that we can’t find an audience for them in those time periods,” NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt said at TCA a week ago. Sean Saves The World starred Sean Hayes as a divorced gay father juggling a career, a 14-year-old daughter and an overbearing mother. It joins another NBC Thursday freshman comedy, Welcome To the Family, which also was cancelled.

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[The Shape]

 

[enterthemadness]

well **** dammit i liked sean saves the world!!!!

 

[Sawyer]

Well, that explains why it's getting cancelled, then, doesn't it?

 

[Duran Man]

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/nbcs-sean-saves-the-world-shuts-down-production/

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Lucky 7
Sean Hayes...
We are Men
Back in the Game
Betrayal
Welcome to the Family

3/6

Lucky 7
Sean Hayes...
We are Men
Back in the Game
Betrayal
Welcome to the Family

5/6

 

[enterthemadness]

Well, that explains why it's getting cancelled, then, doesn't it?

Well, Haven got picked up for 26 episodes and all the remaining day time soaps got either 1 year pickups (GH, B&B) 2 year (Days) or 3 years (Y&R) so you can take your laughing icon and laugh away.

 

[The Shape]

well **** dammit i liked sean saves the world!!!!

 

[enterthemadness]

Better than the bang big theory...which I haven't been keeping up with this season...

 

[The Shape]

Better than the bang big theory...which I haven't been keeping up with this season...

People say a lot of bad things about Big Bang, but one thing is certain -- Big Bang's first few seasons absolutely **** on Sean Saves the World's first season in every way.

 

[Sawyer]

And everything else ****s on the both of them.