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ABC has greenlighted two drama pilots, one from Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Ed Bernero and one from Grey’s Anatomy executive producer Krista Vernoff. Both hail from ABC Studios.
Ed Bernero’s Partners is a police drama centered on two female police detectives who are fiercely loyal to one another since they’re also secretly sisters. Vernoff’s Grace, which she executive produces with Carrie Ann Inaba, is a dysfunctional family drama set in the world of professional dance. The orders bring the number of pilots picked up at ABC today to 3. Earlier in the day, the network officially greenlighted the Sony TV-produced Charlie’s Angels reboot.
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It’s a secret they’re sisters to the audience, the police department, or to the female detectives? Pass. They should keep this show a secret and never, ever air this thing.
Paul Lee seems to be picking up more riskier programming than Steve McPherson ever did.
What’s risky about “Cagney & Lacy” except they’re sisters or a brand spankin’ new “Charlie’s Angels”? Maybe the last one is set during the Renaissance and the girls solve art crimes. All the networks are playing it too safe and is it any wonder all paths lead to AMC or Showtime?
Both sound like interesting ideas.
Lol
At crabby’s post I meant to say.
Agent Assistant at least they are different than what ABC usually does. There’s a reason why Paul Lee turned ABC Family around.
This is exactly the same sort of development that McPherson ordered. In fact, the just ordered “Charlie’s Angels” was developed by the previous regime. McPherson was no rocket scientist as he put on “Cavemen,” which wasn’t the sort of show that ABC normally ordered either. In the past, they’d ordered comedies. USA Network already has a show very similar to ABC’s “My Sister Sam Spade.”
Vernoffs Grace is definitely something different.
“Dancing with the Stars” meets “Glee” does not constitute “different.” Maybe they should just start airing “The Middleman” on the network to see how much lower those ratings could be. “Middleman” was pretty awful.
The critics gave The Middleman rave reviews.
If Vernoff’s pilot gets picked up to series, what will her capacity on Grey’s be? If it is diminished, who will replace her in her current duuties?
Between the CSIs, the NCISs, the Law and Orders, and all the other procedurals on TV, there’s got to be at least 20 cop based shows on the air.Can’t they base shows around other professions?Lets just stop developing cop shows for a few years.
There are plenty of other careers that you can base a show around.Reporters, teachers, scientists, architects, soldiers, actors, musicians, politicians, pilots, priests, reverends, businessmen, realtors.Just give me something besides cops.
Spoken like an asst. All paths lead to cable (not just the two odd choices you used). Also, your boss’d take a network show on the air b4 cable I promise. Ed Bernero is a great showrunner btw, and why the cagney and lacy ref? Have you read this script? Thought so.
Please no more cop/law/medical dramas…or comedys for that matter. Please?
why don’t people wait to read a script or view a pilot before criticizing. you are going off a logline (which might not even be the logline the writer would provide) and deciding something is good or a piece of shit? you spend too much time on here if that’s what your doing. Go write your own pilot – or maybe the one you wrote isnt as good as you think it is.
“Fiercely loyal” and the big “secret” is that they are sisters? In 2011? LOL. So will the audience tune in each week to find if the Chief or co-workers will finally discover the secret? Really.
ABC’s female-skewing drama development hasn’t done them any favors in about five years. These two pilots don’t sound expensive but they don’t sound like they’ll grab any male viewers either.
Right, because Flash Forward really drew in huge numbers. ABC going after men is like CBS doing Viva Laughlin and Swingtown. Stick to your brand, but do the best versions of what your brand can be. ABC under McPherson made the mistake of shrinking the brand to only melodrama, camp, with an occasional sci-fi or cop show thrown in. Paul Lee can expand that while still having it be a female-skewing, intelligent network.