Primetime Pilot Panic: NBC’s Hot List

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• Do you sleep Nikki?

  Happy about Community. Joel McHale is poised to become a huge star.

  Comment by smk — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 3:52am PDT  Reply to this post

• Actually, “Day One” IS shooting. I stumbled onto the set over a week ago, and they were doing 4 days of filming in one location in LA.

  Comment by B — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 4:00am PDT  Reply to this post

• Day One will probably be 13 eps starting in Jan-Feb 2010. It’s good counter programming for things like American Idol and DWTS, but it’s not something you’d do 22-24 hours a year of. Also it has big international potential.

  Mercy was the cheapest drama pilot they shot this year and directed by the guy who did the pilots for 30 Rock and Rescue Me. It has a real shot because it’s very low cost.

  Parenthood is a month away from having a real cut of episode one. Ordering it, no matter how good the selected scenes and dailies are, is a leap of faith.

  Trauma will go, for sure, but when and where do you schedule it? Also: how come nobody’s talking about that show’s writer, who is a real out-of-nowhere success story?

  The very pretty and funny Sophie Winkleman is the star of Charlotte Payne (and a vet of the brilliant UK sitcom Peep Show) and in real life she’s supposedly about to marry into the British royal family. That’s some great PR juice for a series like this.

  Off Duty seems like something that could get a LOT better in subsequent episodes.

  Comment by INterested Observer — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 5:33am PDT  Reply to this post

• ‘B’ Day One was filming the pilot episode. It will most likely become a mini series for NBC rather that an official pick-up.

  Comment by anon — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 7:14am PDT  Reply to this post

• Why does David E. Kelley get the benefit of the doubt? He’s a complete hack. Another wacky lawyer show? How original. Same with Dick Wolf. The ONLY successful shows he’s creatd are the Law & Order shows. Everything else he’s done has been a complete flop. I think it’s really pathetic that NBC is picking up these two shows when they’re pretty much guaranteed to be duds.

  Comment by M — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 7:25am PDT  Reply to this post

• Since they picked up the Wells’ crap now they have to pick up all the old guard’s crap. Kelly, Wolf…. Why don’t we just all go back to the future.

  Comment by Sad state of affairs — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 7:54am PDT  Reply to this post

• I still say that having Jay Leno occupy it’s 10pm slot five days a week is a huge mistake. That’s why NBC would never hire me – I’m too intelligent. Apparently, they only want dumbasses working for the network.

  Comment by JD — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 8:26am PDT  Reply to this post

• The Trauma trailer looks like a Third Watch teaser. Is it? Did they just cut and paste.

  Comment by Frannie get your gun — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 8:38am PDT  Reply to this post

• We’re supposed to get excited about helicopters crashing? They were doing that every freakin’ week on ER for the last three seasons.

  Comment by Nick — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 8:56am PDT  Reply to this post

• Can they really sustain Trauma?

  Comment by Matt — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 9:14am PDT  Reply to this post

• What about the other networks?

  Comment by Wanna-Writer-Be — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 10:25am PDT  Reply to this post

• Jay Leno WILL be just fine! He WILL have his loyal solid core base who WILL follow him to his new show. There is his babyboomer solid base who has kept him Number One for years and years and that will not change at all!

  I am glad that some shows got picked up like Southland. I will take a wait and see attitude on Parks and Rec. I hope that improvements in writing and creativity will help this sitcom to thrive in the coming episodes.

  The new shows will have to prove themselves and to the viewership.

  Comment by LindaTNo1 — Monday May 4, 2009 @ 10:50am PDT  Reply to this post