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NBC’s ‘Prime Suspect’ Gets Order For 6 More Scripts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday October 12, 2011 @ 12:34pm PDTTags: Maria Bello, NBC, Prime Suspect, TV Script Order
Nellie Andreeva

NBC is solidifying its support for well-received but struggling new drama Prime Suspect with a six-script order. It follows similar script pickup for sophomore dramedy Harry’s Law yesterday. Prime Suspect is NBC’s only new fall scripted series whose fate has not been determined. The network recently gave comedies Up All Night and Whitney full-season orders and canceled drama The Playboy Club and comedy Free Agents. Such a script order allows producers to keep a series in continuous production if the network gives it an episodic back order. After a slow start, Prime Suspect held steady last Thursday (1.5/4), when virtually all other shows were down. The cop drama starring Maria Bello is getting additional sampling on Monday where its repeats replaced Playboy this week.

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‘Harry’s Law’ Gets Order For 6 More Scripts

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 11, 2011 @ 3:32pm PDTTags: David E. Kelley, Harry's law, NBC, TV Script Order
Nellie Andreeva

NBC has given struggling sophomore dramedy Harry’s Law an order for six additional scripts. Because the series was a midseason replacement last year, its original second-season order was for 13 episodes. While short of a back episodic order, the script … Read More »

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