Cancelled shows of Tomorrow: The War on Chuck Lorre

[DarkSovereignty]

That smiley belongs to me!

 

[Sawyer]

I expect my royalties will be in the mail...

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Nope

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Dark, come join the good fight. #BanSawyer

 

[DarkSovereignty]

I don't want to ban sawyer, I just want to ban what sawyer represents

 

[Sawyer]

Dark, come join the good fight. #BanSawyer

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/nbc...-becomes-the-hottest-tv-property-this-season/

NBC Buys ‘Wizard Of Oz’ Drama From Matt Arnold As Frank Baum’s Classic Becomes The Hottest TV Property This Season
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: A century after the release of L. Frank Baum’s Wizard Of Oz series, the books have become the toast of this TV development season. NBC just nabbed Emerald City, an Oz-themed drama from Siberia creator/showrunner Matthew Arnold. Two weeks ago, CBS put in development Dorothy, a medical soap inspired by the characters and themes from The Wizard of Oz. I hear there is another Oz drama making the rounds from Heroes alums Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster, with Heroes creator Tim Kring supervising. And just last month, Syfy picked up for development a miniseries titled Warriors Of Oz from director Timur Bekmambetov, a fantasy-action reimagining of the classic story. The great interest in Wizard Of Oz is not entirely unexpected as the title has been getting a lot of attention in conjunction with the upcoming 75th anniversary of the classic 1939 feature, which will include a 3D re-release of the Judy Garland starrer. It also comes on the heels of the success of Oz The Great And Powerful earlier this year.

Emerald City, which Arnold is writing and executive producing through Universal Television, is described as a dark reimagining of the classic tale of Oz in the vein of Game Of Thrones, drawing upon stories from Baum’s original 14 books. Following the success of the 1900 The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz, Baum wrote 13 sequel novels. Emerald City reunites Arnold with NBC, which acquired his mystery drama series Siberia that had been financed independently and sold internationally before finding a U.S. home on NBC as a summer series. Arnold wrote and directed the pilot and the season finale. He also co-wrote three additional episodes and directed seven of the first season’s 13 episodes. Arnold, repped by ICM Partners, David Engel at Circle Of Confusion and attorney Jennifer Levy, recently wrote and directed the supernatural thriller feature Shadow People.

 

[Shifty]

Well it sounds better than the CBS hospital soap based on the Oz characters and having 14 novels will certainly help. Not familiar with all the novels but they could adapt 2 novels a season for a seven season run.

Vulture:

The X-Files’ Chris Carter Is Developing a Mysterious New Show for AMC

Twenty years after Mulder, Scully, and Cigarette-Smoking Man entered the world, The X-Files mastermind Chris Carter remains a very busy man. During a recent conversation with Vulture to discuss the show’s anniversary — check back next week for our full Vulture Transcript — Carter surprised us with the news that he’s currently developing a series with AMC. This project is in addition to the long-gestating one-hour sci-fi drama The After, which Amazon Studios has reportedly snatched up. No stranger to divvying up his attention (remember, during the nine-season run of The X-Files, he also created Millennium, Harsh Realm, and The Lone Gunmen), Carter explained to Vulture that the idea was hatched after AMC approached him — twice — with a book and asked for his take on it. "It also owes to The X-Files and I’ve written a draft and I’m writing a second draft,” he said.

When asked if this book might be something we'd recognize, Carter answered in a vein familiar to any X-Files fan: “I’m not going to spoil it.” But he did elaborate a bit further on the AMC project, hinting, “I think that I am treading on some of this interesting ground that Bradley Manning, Edward Snowden, and Julian Assange have uncovered for us.” Another resource he's drawing from is his cable-news addiction, which currently keeps him up at night. “I’ve become very interested in the spectrum of political discourse as seen on the cable news channels that are conveniently right in a row on my cable provider’s dial," he said. "I can flip from Fox to CNN to HLN to MSNBC, and I find myself at night flipping it back and forth through them, and it’s something of an addiction. Not necessarily for the content but for the context. And I’m writing about it." As for when this Unidentified Scripted Object may eventually be landing, Carter would only say, “It’s up to the Fates. I will be done with a draft shortly so I will know more shortly.”

Interesting how that was under the radar, but Chris Carter working on a cable show has me looking forward to more news!

 

[Sawyer]

One X-Files writer working with AMC has given us Breaking Bad.

Imagine what the creator can do...

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/jay-baruchel-semi-autobiographical-comedy-goes-to-abc-with-penalty/

Jay Baruchel Semi-Autobiographical Comedy Goes To ABC With Penalty
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

In a competitive situation, a half-hour project from actor-writer Jay Baruchel has landed at ABC with a significant penalty and pre-negotiated license fees. Baruchel will co-write the 20th Century Fox TV/Tagline comedy with his writing partner Jesse Chabot. The semi-autobiographical project centers on a successful actor who eschews the fame and superficiality of Hollywood to move back home to Burlington, VT where he buys a house down the street from his mom and invites his two best friends from childhood to move in with him. CAA-repped Baruchel and Chabot will executive produce with their managers, Willie Mercer and Marc Hamou of Thrulein. Baruchel is not attached to star.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/cbs...riters-in-the-vein-of-the-movie-as-put-pilot/

CBS Nabs Comedy From ‘Horrible Bosses’ Writers As Put Pilot Based On Movie
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

In a very competitive situation with all four networks buying the project in the room, CBS has landed a single-camera comedy from Horrible Bosses writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein with a big put pilot commitment. The project, titled Punching Out, from 20th TV and studio-based Chernin Entertainment, is in the vein of R-rated 2011 comedy Horrible Bosses, about friends who conspire to murder their awful bosses — the movie grossed $210 million worldwide. Punching Out revolves around thirtysomething guys who hate their jobs and make a pact to go back to when they were happiest — working at the mall. Daley and Goldstein are writing and will executive produce with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope.

Daley and Goldstein, repped by UTA and by Hansen Jacobson, are writing the planned Horrible Bosses sequel and also penned the upcoming Sony animated feature Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2. The two also just sold comic pitch The Bus Driver to New Line, the studio behind Horrible Bosses and the Daley and Goldstein-penned Burt Wonderstone, for 7-figures. The duo are planning to debut as feature directors on their comedy Vacation. Daley comes from acting background. He co-stars on Fox’s long-running dramedy Bones and got his break on Freaks And Geeks.

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/love-american-style-cbs-comedy-reboot/

‘Love, American Style’ Gets Reboot At CBS
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has put in development Love, American Style, a contemporary version of the 1970s comedy anthology series. The new version, from CBS TV Studios and the Tannenbaum Co, is not keeping the anthology format of the original, which has proven hard to sustain these days as evidenced by such recent efforts as NBC’s Love Bites. CBS’ Love, American Style – written by Canadian scribes Jana Sinyor, creator of Being Erica, and Aaron Martin, creator of The Best Years — follows the lives of four couples who are connected through the many stages of love and their complicated relationships. Sinyor and Martin executive produce with Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Madhouse Entertainment’s Robyn Meisinger and Adam Kolbrenner. The original series, produced by Paramount TV, ran on ABC for five seasons and has enjoyed a healthy off-network syndication afterlife as a daytime staple. (Watch its opening, complete with the catchy theme song, below). There have been several previous attempts to revive the show, most recently a pilot by ABC starring Melissa Joan Hart, which didn’t go to series but aired in 1999.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/chris-carters-drama-the-after-gets-pilot-order-at-amazon/

Chris Carter’s Drama ‘The After’ Gets Pilot Order At Amazon
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: The X Files creator Chris Carter is close to a TV return with his first pilot in more than a decade. I’ve learned that Amazon Studios has moved forward with a pilot order to The After, Carter’s project with Georgeville TV. Carter wrote and is set to direct the thriller, which takes place at the moment of apocalypse. Georgeville TV, founded by Marc Rosen and Reliance’s Motion Picture Capital, first teamed with Carter for The After last fall when the project was taken to MIPCOM by Sierra/Engine TV. The After joins another Amazon drama pilot, recently ordered Bosch, as the company is looking to launch its first hourlong series. Amazon also has Jill Soloway’s comedy pilot Transparent starring Jefferey Tambor, and football comedy The Outlaws, written by Jeremy Garelick and Jon Weinbach and executive produced by Ice Cube, also is gearing up for a pilot shoot. The After and The Outlaws were at the top of a list of hot projects at Amazon that also included Mozart in the Jungle and Koolhaus. Amazon also has five new kids pilots in production. In its first-ever pilot orders in April, the company picked up 6 kids and 8 comedy pilots, five of which — 3 kids and 2 comedy — went to series to stream later this year and in early 2014.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/fringes-joshua-jackson-to-co-star-in-showtime-pilot-‘the-affair’/

‘Fringe’s Joshua Jackson To Co-Star In Showtime Pilot ‘The Affair’
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

Fringe star Joshua Jackson is rounding out the quartet of leads of Showtime‘s drama pilot The Affair. From playwright and writer/producer Sarah Treem and co-creator Hagai Levi, The Affair is an intense and intimate exploration of two marriages and an affair that disrupts them — with all of the complex consequences that result. It centers on Noah (Dominic West), a good husband and devoted father of four whose settled, comfortable world is about to implode when he meets Allison (Ruth Wilson) who he he thinks is his soul mate. Jackson will play Cole, a hard-edged cowboy married to Allison. Their emotionally charged marriage becomes even more complicated when Allison begins an affair with Noah. Maura Tirney plays Noah’s long-time wife. The Affair marks Jackson’s followup to Fox’s praised sci-fi drama Fringe, which ended its five-season run earlier this year. On the feature side, the former Dawson’s Creek leading man most recently starred in Stephen Frears’ Lay the Favorite and in Inescapable.

 

[terry78]

This is going to be the most diverse season of tv I've seen in a while.

 

[DarkSovereignty]

Oh, there's a story that absolutely needs telling...the life of jay f***ing baruchel

 

[HighFivingMF]

Long as the last episode leads into This is the End.

 

[Shifty]

Its not looking good for Low Winter Sun, it got a 0.4 rating this past weekend while Breaking Bad had a 2.4. Too bad. Its better than The Killling and Hell on Wheels but it doesn't look like it will get a second season. Though I don't see how LWS could last 5 seasons, the other shows have the potential to get that far. The canceled Rubicon was getting 0.2 ratings at the end and around 1 million viewers.

The VMAs may have hurt the show a bit and Labor Day weekend won't help. It could do much better time shifted with people catching up later in the week like I do.

Sunday
Aug. 10 Breaking Bad (9:00) - AMC
5.915 million viewers, #1; 3.636 million adults 18-49 (2.9 rating)

Aug. 18 Breaking Bad (9:00) - AMC
4.771 million viewers, #1; 3.044 million adults 18-49 (2.4 rating)

Aug. 25 Breaking Bad (9:00) - AMC
4.848 million viewers, #2; 3.208 million adults 18-49 (2.5 rating)

Aug. 10 Low Winter Sun (10:00) - AMC
2.507 million viewers, #11; 1.362 million adults 18-49 (1.1 rating)

Aug. 18 Low Winter Sun (10:00) - AMC
1.467 million viewers, #18; 0.690 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)

Aug. 25 Low Winter Sun (10:00) - AMC
1.225 million viewers, #25; 0.527 million adults 18-49 (0.4 rating)

Saturday
Aug.10 Hell on Wheels (9:00, 120 Minutes) - AMC
2.494 million viewers, #1; 0.602 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)

Aug. 17 Hell on Wheels (9:00) - AMC
1.883 million viewers, #3; 0.610 million adults 18-49 (0.5 rating)

Aug. 24 Hell on Wheels (9:00) - AMC
1.999 million viewers, #3; 0.422 million adults 18-49 (0.3 rating)

I could see AMC canceling the show and then just label it a mini-series to get some Emmy nominations from the mini-series/movie categories. Or trying it out on Saturdays with HoW next summer. The numbers have to be an improvement on what AMC usually has on Saturdays. Mad Men ends next spring and they'll be dominate Sundays with The Walking Dead/Talking Dead but LWS bombing opens a hole for next summer.

 

[Sawyer]

http://www.deadline.com/2013/08/the-walking-dead-david-morrissey-the-governor-future-line-of-sight/

‘The Walking Dead’s David Morrissey Set As The Lead Of AMC Pilot ‘Line Of Sight’
By NELLIE ANDREEVA

EXCLUSIVE: AMC has tapped a familiar face as the lead of its drama pilot Line Of Sight — The Walking Dead‘s David Morrissey. Should fans of his character on the hit zombie series, The Governor, worry about his future? Not for now, as the cable network plans to have him do both Season 4 of The Walking Dead and the Line Of Sight pilot, which share a filming location. “We are huge fans of David Morrissey and are glad he’ll be doing double duty for AMC viewers through his work on The Walking Dead and our pilot for Line Of Sight, both of which are produced in Atlanta,” the network said in a statement to Deadline. Morrissey was first signed on only for Season 3 of The Walking Dead, leading to speculation that his popular villain character may be killed off. But Morrissey was brought back for the upcoming fourth season and appeared alongside other cast members at The Walking Dead Comic Con panel last month. However, as it is with all characters on the zombie drama with extraordinarily high body count, The Governor’s future beyond Season 4 is unclear, and Morrissey’s casting as the lead of another AMC show will certainly fuel further speculation that The Governor may be facing his demise. AMC has a tradition of working with the same actors on multiple series. Lennie James, co-lead of the network’s new drama Low Winter Sun, previously co-starred on AMC’s limited series The Prisoner and has a recurring role on The Walking Dead, which has overlapped with Low Winter Sun.

Line Of Sight, from creator Blake Masters, director Jonathan Demme, Fox TV Studios and AMC Studios, tells the story of Lewis Bernt (Morrissey), a National Transportation Safety Board investigator who survives a mysterious plane crash, bringing him on an emotionally disorienting quest to discover the accident’s cause. Also cast in the pilot as a regular is Kai Lennox, who will play Tony Vie, one of the crash victims. He is repped by APA and Silver Lining, which also manages Morrissey.

Doesn't bode well for The Governor's life-expectancy.

 

[wiegeabo]

Neither did the comic

 

[Sawyer]

Well, duh, but who knows how long they could've dragged it on for.

 

[wiegeabo]

better they don't, imo

 

[Sawyer]

I agree, but frankly, alot of the stuff that came after the Governor/Woodbury saga in the comics isn't particularly strong, so I probably wouldn't argue with keeping him around for a bit longer than we'd expect.

 

[jaymes_e06]

Dark, come join the good fight. #BanSawyer

 

[Shifty]

Really like that casting choice for Line of Sight and confirmation that The Governor won't be terrorizing the cast in season five of The Walking Dead.

24's Sarah Clarke (Nina Myers) and The Practice's Lisa Gay Hamilton are also part of the cast. Clarke plays Morrissey's wife.

 

[Hunter Rider]

The numbers fore Low Winter Sun don't surprise me, I decided not to bother after the first ep. I certainly didn't prefer it to season 3 of The Killing or Hell on Wheels.

Line of Sight doesn't grab me with it's plot synopsis but a trailer could change my mind.

 

[antsman41]

Why are so many films being made into tv shows?

Also, Josh Jackson needs to make Mighty Ducks 4... and be the coach of his kid's team. QUACK QUACK QUACK!

LWS looks blah, too many cop dramas. And, a few weird twists doesn't make it intriguing. Plus, I can't watch Mark Strong in anything since SH, sadly has become too repetitive.