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UPDATE 1:10 PM: The last comedy pilots to get the nod at ABC today are Suburgatory and the cross-dressing Work It. Another buzzed-about pilot, Smothered, has not been picked up but remains in contention. Among those that are not moving forward is Other People’s Kids.
UPDATE 12:50 PM: ABC picked up a third new comedy, Chris Moynihan’s Man Up.
UPDATE 12:35 PM: ABC just picked up seven new drama series, early standouts Good Christian Bitches, now Good Christian Belles, and Charlie’s Angels, as well as Once Upon A Time, Pan Am, Revenge, Shonda Rhimes’ Scandal and The River. Some are for midseason. The high-profile drama pilots not to get an order include Poe, which was an early favorite of ABC chief Paul Lee but lost traction after poor testing, and Marc Cherry’s spiritual drama Hallelujah.
PREVIOUS 12:25 PM: ABC is just now making a flurry of calls to producers. The first confirmed pickups went to comedy frontrunners Apt. 23 and the Tim Allen project, now called again Last Man Standing.
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America loves Tim Allen! I hope his show is great!
The taping was fantastic. Refreshing to watch a funny multi-cam sitcom (especially one not on CBS!)
I thought Good Christian Bitches was a great name… I thought Saints Sinners and Stilettos was a GREAT alternative. I thought Holy Heels was a good name too…
Good Christian BELLES? Yuck.
“Saints Sinners and Stilettos”? That name stinks! So does “Holy Heels”. Ewwww! I also hate the word bitch because it’s demeaning toward women–do/would you enjoy being called a bitch? I don’t.
Bitch is the female equivalent to calling a man an asshole, yet no one complains about that. This is 2011.
It’s not the equivalent of asshole, given that either sex has or can be one. It’s the equivalent of calling a man a “prick” or a “dick.” It’s not generic, and it’s not something women want thrown in their faces every day as the title of a television show. Got that, you stupid dick? Sorry, only meant by way of illustration, but now do you understand? We all can laugh off asshole, but the sexually-tinged insults are more demeaning because they’re more personal.
Count me as another vote for “Love Thy Neighbor,” but I guess Good Christian Blah had to stay as a tie-in to the novel. (I’m less bothered by the word in the novel’s title, since it wasn’t going to get the same level of pop culture distribution.)
“Good Christian Belles” is a blah name.
Someone on this blog suggested “Love Thy Neighbor.” That’s much better.
Oooh…”Love Thy Neighbor” is a great name!
Identity had such strong buzz. What happened?
and goodbye Poe…
Is that it for comedies?
What happened to Identity?
Abc was so not picking up two series with black female leads in the same year. Sad but true.
…or, just a crazy thought…identity wasn’t very good.
IDENTITY is a show that made sense. Everyone was excited to see a procedural abouut Identity Theft with ANgela Bassett.
What a big mistake!
Whatever happened to ABC’s remake of Canada’s “Being Erica?”
Man Up just got picked up too
No Poe, nothing for me to get excited about at ABC.
Cannot wait to see Apt 23!
Me too! I heard it was fantastic!
Yay, Revenge !
I hope this means Better With You gets cancelled. That was the worst show ever.
Someone clearly never saw Perfect Couples.
Oh yeah, sorry, second worst show ever.
I have a feeling that the new Charlies Angels will be just as bad as Wonder Woman was going to be.
GO PAN AM!!!!!! ABC, I like you.
All of these new series, and there’s still not much I want to watch… this is why you’re sinking, ABC. I’ll probably only watch The River and Good Christian Belles. None of the comedies interest me, though I might give Apt. 23 a shot since it tested so well.
Which ones are for midseason?
yeah for Revenge!!
Go for it Revenge!!
Do I sense man-skewing comedy hour?
I thought “IDENTITY” was a smart procedural. It would be wise for ABC
to have a great procedural to go with BODY OF PROOF.
ABC’s a Dick!
No, Hallelujah? Good cast, decent script, Marc Cherry
No Bad Mom? Love Jenna.
Come on ABC!
I agree about Hallelujah. Great script and was looking forward to the musical elements. I believe Cherry is still tied to ABC so I’m excited to see what he does next.
Very excited for Kerry Washington in Scandal!
She going to be a huge star
No Georgetown?
Guys… do you not pay attention? GEORGETOWN has been losing steam for weeks, as evidence by it NOT BEING INCLUDED IN ANY UPDATE POSTS. I’d be surprised if it was picked up, but it may be for midseason, who knows.
It is weird that it has had NO buzz, positive or negative.
The same way ABC was never going to have two shows with black female leads, they were also never going to have two DC-based soaps. Georgetown never stood a chance against Shonda Rhimes — that’s why you never heard anything about it.
Anything on LOST AND FOUND?
We have them right where we want them…