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ABC Pickuppalooza: Find Out the Fates of BROTHERS & SISTERS, V, HAPPY ENDINGS & More!

ABC has just picked up a slew of very exciting new series for Fall including the much buzzed-about CHARLIE’S ANGELS reboot; A sexy 60′s set soap revolving around stewardesses and pilots entitled PAN AM; Tim Allen’s return to comedy called LAST MAN STANDING; a single-camera comedy revolving around a Midwestern girl (Dreama Walker) whose big-city [...]

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Pilot Watch 2011: NBC Picks Up SMASH, PRIME SUSPECT, UP ALL NIGHT & WHITNEY

Continuing to take much of the suspense out of next week’s Network UpFronts in New York City comes the news that NBC has given early season orders to four high profile pilots including the Steven Spielberg produced wannabe-GLEE musical SMASH, an Americanized version of the UK hit PRIME SUSPECT starring Maria Bello, a single-camera comedy [...]

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Reminder: A Pilot Order Does Not a Series Make!

‘Tis the season for casting pilots. And while we wouldn’t normally have anything negative to say about headlines that consistently tout the return of some of our favorite stars of TV season’s past (see: Liza Weil, Matt Long, Becki Newton, among others), we can’t help but feel that media outlets who normally break such casting [...]

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Why You Shouldn’t Fall in Love With TV Pilots Before They Hatch!

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  Every year Hollywood touts the next big thing and regales us with tantalizing teases — it is called the television “pilot” season.  Beginning in January and continuing into early May, we hear some of the biggest names in the business being cast in upcoming television shows.  There is the flush of excitement and rush [...]

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