Posts Tagged ‘busted pilots’
 

 

THE SKED: “Locke and Key” At Comic-Con

>Remember what we were saying about busted pilots not being a waste of time?  It’s been reported that the Fox pilot Locke & Key will receive a full screening and panel at next month’s Comic-Con.  It...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Little In Common”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots  The double meaning of “little” in the title of Fox’s busted sitcom pilot LITTLE IN COMMON is that the 3 couples at its center are brought together only because their resp...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED: BUSTED PILOT UPDATES

> According to Deadline, decisions have been made on some of the busted pilots we’ve been writing about here: LITTLE IN COMMON (pilot report here) is still at FOX, which is recasting the lead female role of Rob Corddry...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Help Wanted”

>   See A Word About Busted Pilots We’ve gotten this far without using the word “ghastly” to describe any of the busted pilots from this year’s development season, but that streak is about to end.&n...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Homegrown”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots The pilot for HOMEGROWN, produced for CBS by Warner Bros Television, seems determined to hit as many dysfunctional-but-loving-family cliches as it can.  We have one grouchy alpha male in a ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Locke & Key”

>The FOX pilot LOCKE & KEY is a very effective hour of creepiness, but it’s not that hard to understand why the network didn’t put the project on its schedule.  The show screams “cult hit” at be...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

> This year’s WONDER WOMAN pilot did not fly under the radar.  Produced by Warner Bros Television for NBC, it was the subject of speculation before it was even placed with a network, scrutiny while it was being produ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hail Mary”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots If it’s a procedural, this must be CBS.  HAIL MARY was one of the pilots that had initial buzz around town, and it boasted a casting coup with Minnie Driver in the lead (her first net...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Smothered”

>   See A Word About Busted Pilots SMOTHERED, which was produced for ABC by Warner Bros Television, falls into the category of “not as bad as you’d think.”  The concept is Predictable Sitcom 101:&nbs...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: A Word About Busted Pilots

> “Busted” pilots, for those who don’t know, are simply the ones not ordered by their commissioning networks to series.  We’re going to start taking a look at some of last year’s busted pilots...
by Mitch Salem