ABC Buys CIA, FBI Drama Projects From ABC Studios

COMMENTS (16)

• Kirland is hell of talented. Really excited to see that pilot.

  Comment by Stef — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 12:21pm PDT  Reply to this post

• How is Safehouse any different than Archer?

  Comment by binbane — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 12:36pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • It’s dramatic rather than comedic I guess…but yeah, it does basically sound exactly like Archer (which is brilliant).

    Comment by hmm — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 12:51pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • exactly.

    Comment by ditto — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 1:02pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Well it doesn’t sound like an animated, absurdist half hour comedy so I imagine it’s pretty different! Hollier is a talented guy – curious to see how this turns out!

    Comment by Duh — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 1:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

    • Going to work for your long-estranged superspy mother isn’t inherently absurdist? Yeah, that’s exactly Archer. Animation aside, obviously.

      Though I have no doubt Hollier will make it great and entertaining.

      Comment by binbane — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 2:58pm PDT  Reply to this post

• “Murder Season, written by Moira Kirland, focuses on a gifted but troubled female FBI profiler. While working with an elite team to catch the country’s worst criminals, she struggles to hide a dark secret from her past.”

  - So either she killed her abusive ex-husband or her father was a convict. Tell me now and save me the trouble of not putting it on my DVR.

  Comment by FunkDubious — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 12:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Or Alias. Or any number of familiar projects. With the exception of Hyde (which I know nothing about except the concent of dual identities/same body) NOTHING sounds good on this list. The title Murder Season needs to go, if nothing else.

  Comment by rj — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 1:09pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Murder Season sounds more than slightly similar to The Inside as well.

  Comment by Paul G. — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 1:31pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Let me say that again. CHRIS HOLLIER rules. CHIPE!

  Comment by chris hollier rules — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 1:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Sounds like more shows that sound exactly like other shows. How are viewers supposed to be attracted enough to even bother to check them out?

  Comment by bunchajunk — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 5:36pm PDT  Reply to this post

• He joins a group of agents headed by his long-estranged superspy MOTHER….? Are you kidding me?!

  I get it, I get it — TV is primarily geared toward women but come the fuck ON, people! This sounds calculated (and not in a good way) and therefore borderline insulting.

  Comment by Classic Liberal — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 7:30pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Interesting developments, but can’t imagine these two projects (whatever the odd name) will be able to hold a candle to material based on Jeffrey Archer’s bestsellers (300 million copies sold in the world apparently). Though Sheldon Turner is great. He wrote Up In The Air, which was very entertaining.

  Comment by Robert — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 8:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Psst hey ABC, Adrian Pasdar’s character from Castle.

  Comment by Jacetoon — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 8:31pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • You nailed it Jacetoon. Hopefully the female lead will be more interesting and be able to act.

    Comment by leftword — Wednesday September 21, 2011 @ 8:41am PDT  Reply to this post

• Anxiously await Chris Hollier’s “Safehouse”!! “POE” will make it one day, as well!

  Comment by complete Chris Hollier fan — Tuesday September 20, 2011 @ 11:29pm PDT  Reply to this post