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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Exit Strategy”

>See A Word About Busted Pilots On paper, EXIT STRATEGY looked like one of the hot FOX pilots this past season, a high-profile (Ethan Hawke’s first TV project) espionage thriller in the vein of 24 that could inherit that ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Bad Mom”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots It’s entirely possible that BAD MOM wouldn’t have worked as a network TV series. It represented an unusual attempt for a broadcast network (ABC) to step into the “edgy...

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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 ...

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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...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Other People’s Kids”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots For the most part, actors only get one shot in a given pilot season. Since the lion’s share of network pilots are produced during the same narrow Spring window–allowing ...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Poe”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots We round out our survey of some of the more notable busted pilots of the season with the distinctive POE, produced by Warner Bros Television for ABC and written by Chris Hollier (a former writer...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Vince Uncensored”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Not even the presence of Michael Chiklis and Elizabeth Perkins could make VINCE UNCENSORED endurable. Deservedly consigned by CBS to its trash-bin, this isn’t one of those pilots yo...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Identity”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots IDENTITY is so clearly a Jerry-Bruckheimer-for-CBS procedural that it comes as a shock to realize that it was neither produced by Bruckheimer nor developed for CBS. In fact, Mark Gordon...

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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...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “17th Precinct”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Remember the Sideways universe in the last season of Lost? (I feel your pain; bear with me.) In particular, remember the storyline where Sawyer and Miles were tough LA detectives, li...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hallelujah”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Deadline reported today that ABC Studios has signed Jesse Martin to a talent hold deal that, although it could end up with him being cast in a different ABCS project, is largely in place s...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Council of Dads”

> See A Word About Busted Pilots Peter Tolan, who with Denis Leary created Rescue Me, knows something about the comedy that emerges when when men try to assert their masculinity in the most idiotic ways. So you can ...

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THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Exit Strategy”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Bad Mom”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Homegrown”

THE SKED: BUSTED PILOT UPDATES

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Other People’s Kids”

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

THE SKED @ BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Wonder Woman”

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

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Poe”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Vince Uncensored”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Identity”

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

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “17th Precinct”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Hallelujah”

THE SKED’S BUSTED PILOT THEATRE: “Council of Dads”

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