Exclusive: NBC’s Secret Pilot Code Cracked!

By theTVaddict on May 7th, 2010

Are you a writer or producer on pins and needles because your pilot was not one of the four lucky ones already given the green light by NBC? Well, depending on how things turn out in the next minute or so, we’ve got some news you may find very, very interesting.


Step 1: Open your internet browser.

Step 2: Enter the title of your show in the address bar like so http://www.twitter.com/nbc[insert your show here] (Example: http://www.twitter.com/NBC_Undercovers.)

Step 3: Take a deep breath… because you’re about to find out just how much NBC likes your pilot. No really. If they’ve already gone ahead and reserved the twitter name — as they have for Summer Glau’s THE CAPE (@NBC TheCape), David E. Kelley’s KINDREDS (@NBCKindreds), THE ROCKFORD FILES (@NBCRockford), Matthew Broderick’s BEACH LANE (@NBCBeachLane), Jerry Bruckheimer’s CHASE (@NBCChase) and THE STRIP (@NBCTheStrip) — your chances of getting a green light come the Peacock’s official May 17th UpFront in New York City just got that much better! Congratulations.

Oh, and should you wish to thank us for this wonderful bit of news, how about sending a little scoop our way next season instead of that Michael Ausiewhathisname!

[Update] Despite NBC’s assertion to Variety that “NBC has apparently already registered Twitter accounts for its fall 2010 series contenders,” our non-existent research staff has yet to find twitter accounts for numerous NBC pilots including FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS, THE ADAM CAROLLA SHOW, NATHAN VS. NURTURE, OUR SHOW, PERFECT COUPLES, THE PINK HOUSE and THIS LITTLE PIGGY to name a few. But on the plus side, we theTVaddict.com got our first ever-mentioned in Variety. So go us!

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  • Laughing my ass off

    That’s ridiculous for you to make that claim. How do you know that NBC has reserved these twitters? What if it’s someone that’s planning to do a fansite. LOL

  • Tara

    Oddly there seems to be no @NBCOutsourced and they already piciked that up.

  • SloanePeterson

    It's not working for me.

  • amrie

    Outsourced's Twitter is @OutsourcedNBC (so it's backwards), but it's really there!

  • SloanePeterson

    The twitter page you link to for Undercovers is also not the official page. It's @NBC_Undercovers.

    I'm taking this with a grain of salt, since it seems there's no consistent formatting for NBC and thus all of these are questionable.

  • bvdsmith

    NBC already passed on Beach Lane. So this is wrong.

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  • glossy1

    How do you know about Beach Lane? I thought they hadn't presented it yet.

  • david_levy

    “Beach Lane” stars Matthew Broderick, not Nathan Lane.

  • ayannahurst

    Am just curious about why we don't hear anything anymore about NBC comedy pilot “Our show” headed by Larry Charles. It was announced last November, but I hardly read anything about it anymore! I thought it sounded intriguing…..a semi-scripted show with a sci-fi theme.

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  • SloanePeterson

    Our Show: http://twitter.com/ourshownbc
    Perfect Couples: http://twitter.com/nbcperfect
    Friends With Benefits: http://twitter.com/nbcfwb
    The Pink House: http://twitter.com/nbcpinkhouse
    Next: http://twitter.com/nbc_next
    Garza (formerly Rough Justice): http://twitter.com/nbcGarza

    Other unfound shows are likely under different titles (or are being discussed as midseason options, per NBC's release).

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  • tvcon

    to be honest the twitters don't mean anything. i even found one for this little piggy and adam carrolla.

  • SloanePeterson

    Agreed. Just throwing it out for the benefit of TV Addict.

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  • http://twitter.com/dosomethingelse DJ Kwak Kwak

    Let’s review.  ”Chase,” “Harry’s Law,” and “The Cape” were picked up, along with “Friends With Benefits,” “Outsourced,” “Perfect Couples, “Love Bites,” “The Paul Reiser Show,” “Undercovers,” “The Event,”  ”Law & Order: Los Angeles,” “Outlaw,” and “School Pride.” 

    Wow, every show except the woefully-rated “Harry’s Law” got axed!