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Fall 2012: Ladies to Look Out For

G.L.O.C. | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Network, Sit-Coms, Lily Tomlin, Sarah Chalke, Elizabeth Perkins, 2012 Tv Comedies, Women Comedy, Fall 2012 New Comedies, TV Pilots, Fall 2012 Tv Schedule, Comedy News

With over a dozen new comedies added to the lineups, we have a lot to look forward to this fall. The networks are rolling out trailers and we're seeing some favorite familiar faces and promising newcomers.

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Ashton Kutcher Gets A New 'Punk'd'

Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Deon Cole's Black Box, TV Canada, Deon Cole, Tbs, Tv Previews, TV News, Tbs Comedy, TV Pilots, Ashton Kutcher, Who Gets the Last Laugh, TV News

"Cougar Town" isn't the only new show coming to TBS -- the network has ordered two new comedy series, "Deon Cole's Black Box" starring the "Conan" wri...

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Piloting the Television Landscape

Molly Fosco | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: PIlot Season, TV Pilots, County Tv Show, Karyn Usher Spy Pilot, County Pilot, Karyn Usher, TV Pilot Season, Los Angeles News

It's pilot season in Hollywood! The entertainment industry is a buzz with the latest news on who's been cast in each network's newest television endeavor.

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Trouble In 'Cougar Town'? Star Books New TV Gig

Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Max Adler, Lady Friends Nbc, Kari Lizer, TV News, Josh Hopkins Pilot, PIlot Season, Max Adler Glee, Reality-Free, Cougar Town, Sean Patrick Thomas, TV Canada, Video, Josh Hopkins Cougar Town, TV Pilots, Josh Hopkins, Lady Friends, TV News

Josh Hopkins has joined the cast of "Lady Friends," Kari Lizer 's new NBC comedy pilot, reports TV Guide. But before you break out your Big Carl to m...

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Excerpts From Hot New Sitcom: Leave it to Nietzsche

Doug Lieblich | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Television, Sitcoms, Philosophy, Entertainment, Ayn Rand, TV Pilots, Pilots, Friedrich Nietzsche, Ukelele, Comedy, Family, Nihilism, Hollywood, TV Canada, Comedy News

Every year, hundreds of pilot scripts jockey for a coveted position on a network's primetime lineup. One such script, was the highly lauded pilot Leave it to Nietzsche.

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CBS Finds Its Sherlock Holmes ... In Angelina Jolie's Ex?

EW.com | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: PIlot Season, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Tv Pilot, Elementary Pilot, Jonny Miller, TV Canada, TV Pilots, Cbs, Elementary Cbs, Jonny Lee Miller, TV News

CBS has found its Sherlock Holmes. The network has tapped Jonny Lee Miller to play the iconic detective in its modern-day reboot of the character....

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'Scrubs' Alum Sarah Chalke Books New Pilot

TVLine | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: TV Canada, TV News, How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, Tv Casting, Casting, TV Pilots, Abc, Pilots, TV Spoilers, Sarah Chalke, Maggie Furlong, TV News

'Scrubs' alumn Sarah Chalke has landed the lead in an ABC multi-camera sitcom pilot called "How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life." ...

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Kevin Bacon Coming To TV!

Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Kevin Bacon Fox, Kevin Bacon Kyra Sedgwick, TV News, The Closer, Kevin Bacon Tv Show, Reality-Free, Kevin Williamson, Kyra Sedgwick, TV Canada, Television, Kevin Bacon, TV Pilots, Fox, TV Pilot Season, Video, TV News

Now that Kyra Sedgwick has ended her seven-season run on TV, it seems fitting that her Hollywood husband Kevin Bacon would finally make his serious pr...

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How to Save Your New Favorite Show Without Even Trying: Pilot Week

Kris LoPresto | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: TV Pilots, Fall TV Preview, Pilot Sitcoms, Fall TV, Whitney Nbc, Outsourced NBC, Fall TV Season, Pilot Week, Entertainment News

What if you could pick the shows you want to see on television instead of some chairman of a network?

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The Bloodiest, Most Depressing Part Of The TV Industry

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 07.06.2011

Read More: PIlot Season, TV Pilots, Television, Television Industry, Tv Pilots 2011, Media News

NEW YORK — Jack Donaghy, the boss on NBC's comedy "30 Rock," had had enough of TV inefficiencies and waste. "Do you know what the business mode...

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No Talent Beyond This Point

Alexandra Bromstad | Posted 06.13.2011

Read More: Auditions, Acting, TV Pilots, Celebrities, Hollywood, Entertainment News

Young actors are potential commodities from the word go. They are not protected, encouraged, and trained, but instead sequestered, degraded, and dismissed until it will be lucrative to exploit them.

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Divorce On TV: 8 New Pilots That Feature Marital Splits In Starring Roles

Huffington Post | Ashley Reich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pilot Season 2011, Bent Amanda Peet, Tv Pilot Season 2011, Fran Drescher Happily Divorce, Happily Divorced, Tv Pilot Season 2011 Divorce, Life After Divorce, Bent, Ex Men, Divorce Tv Pilots, TV Pilots, Pilot Season 2011 Divorce, Hank Azaria, Divorce Tv Shows, Divorce News

From the looks of these 8 divorce-themed TV pilots, 2011 is shaping up to be the year of splits on the small screen. Check out our picks and weigh in-...

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Fran Drescher: 'Happily Divorced'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fran Drescher, Fran Drescher Peter Marc Jacobsen, TV Pilots, Television, The Nanny, Tv, TV Land, Fran Drescher Happily Divorced, Entertainment News

Art imitating life imitating art. Or something like that. Fran Drescher and collaborator/ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobsen are in negotiations with TV...

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Environmental Drama Takes a Fresh (and Snarky) Look at Going Green

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Boston Film Festival, Green Living, Film, Humor, Acting, TV Pilots, Los Angeles, Green News

I'm not inclined to put Al Gore's dire warnings about global warming at the top of my worry list, but I was nonetheless intrigued by a pilot for an "environmental television drama" that I recently watched.

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Six TV Pilots Filming In Chicago: Vince Vaughn, William H. Macy, John Larroquette

Chicago Sun-Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's shaping up to be an "extraordinary" year for small-screen productions in the city, with six TV pilots either shot or scheduled to be shot here in...

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Pilot Season: Trying to Figure Out TV's Next Big Hit

Annie Stamell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Werewolves, Glee, Sociology, Vampires, Middle America, Trends, India, Entertainment News, TV Pilots, Tv, The CW, Slumdog Millionaire, Modern Family, Entertainment News

Could we have predicted that Glee or Modern Family would be hits? Maybe, maybe not. Do people want to see the macro themes of our culture on TV, or are they just looking for escapism?

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This Show Doesn't Suck

Joel Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freaks and Geeks, Paul Feig, Jenji Kohan, Jessica Chaffin, Weeds, Showtime, Jamie Denbo, TV Pilots, Comedy, Los Angeles News

Once a year a network turns down a pilot that seems like a huge mistake to me. This year that show was Ronna and Bev, on Showtime. It's a weird show by two very Jewish women.

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Los Angeles Is Losing Share Of TV Pilot Production

Los Angeles Times | Richard Verrier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: TV Pilots, Los Angeles, TV Pilots Production, Tv, Media News

As if L.A. needed any more reminders of just how much production is leaving town, along comes fresh data to document the grim trend....

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"The 'Annual Inefficiency'"

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Media, Entertainment, PIlot Season, Abc, Television, TV Pilots, Ceos, Tv, Nbc, Cbs, Television Pilots, TV Networks, Entertainment News

Why do network presidents require their employees to dictate character adjustments, story fixes and, God help us, pitch jokes?

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2009 Fall TV Pilots Full Of Comic Relief

Los Angeles Times | Maria Elena Fernandez | Posted 05.25.2011

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America: Do you feel like laughing? The television industry hopes so because a slew of family, buddy and workplace comedy pilots might be coming to...

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Recession Hits Hollywood

Variety | JOSEF ADALIAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: SAG Walkout, Recession, Upfronts, TV Pilots, WGA Strike, Hollywood, Recession Hollywood, Business News

The wave of euphoria that swept over Hollywood following the end of the WGA strike has been replaced by a whole new set of emotions: anxiety, depressi...

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Extended WGA Strike Would Save Networks On Pilot Season Costs

Los Angeles Times | Meg James | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writers Guild of America Strike, TV Pilots, WGA Strike, Wga, TV Pilot Season, Writers' Strike News, Writers' Strike, Business News

The nation's major television networks say they are prepared to withstand a strike by the Writers Guild of America lasting three to four months. Some ...

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