Die Upfronts 2005 - 2010 | Die Sender im Überblick

[Kasi]

Zum Abschluss ein kleiner Artikel darüber, welche Pilots es nicht geschafft haben. Ausserdem wird auch die erstaunliche Tatsache erwähnt, dass es diesen Herbst eine Menge ehemalige BH 90210 und Whedonverse - Schauspieler auf die Mattscheibe geschafft haben.

Upfronts 2005: The Pilots that Didn't Make the Cut

LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) It was only weeks ago that industry insiders were buzzing about Alicia Silverstone's FOX pilot "Queen Bee," while NBC looked ready to walk the beat with a 1970s-set cop drama based on the same real-life drug bust as "The French Connection." ABC was stoked to have the "thirtysomething" team of Ed Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz chronicling twentysomethings with "1/4life," while Bill Lawrence's ("Scrubs") "Nobody's Watching" was going to revolutionize The WB's comedy line-up.

William Goldman's classic Hollywood maxim that nobody knows anything goes moreso for pilot season buzz, where nearly every available actor, writer and director in town is attached to something and every show is a potential classic until schedules are announced.

There's no way of knowing why pilots don't get picked up. The easiest explanation would just be that an idea that sounded great in a pitch meeting became a repugnant waste of time on tape. But sometimes a network might blanch at the potentially high cost of series production. Sometimes a network's relationship with a certain production studio might sour because of negotiations over an existing series.
No amount of star power can save a doomed pilot. At CBS alone, established film and television stars like John Leguizamo, Sally Field and Eric La Salle ("Conviction"), Dylan McDermott ("3 Lbs."), Jeri Ryan and David Arquette ("Commuters") and James Van Der Beek ("Three") couldn't stick.

Some discarded pilots may be reconsidered, reimagined or recast and still find homes as midseason replacements. (NBC Entertainment President Kevin Reilly admitted that "The Book of Daniel," for example, contained many elements that the network really liked.) Others are probably dead forever. (Reilly glibly noted that nobody will hear from the Janeane Garofalo poker comedy "All In" ever again.)

One of the most entertaining subplots of this pilot season was monitoring the attempt by former "Beverly Hills, 90210" stars and featured players from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel" (commonly known as the Whedon-verse) to make it back on the small screen.

Now that the dust has settled, it's clear that the Whedon-verse won big. While "90210" vets like Brian Austin Green (ABC's "Freddie"), Lindsey Price (The WB's "Pepper Dennis") and Shannen Doherty (UPN's "Love, Inc.") found network homes, some of seminal FOX soap's biggest stars -- Jason Priestley (CBS' "Love Monkey"), Luke Perry (FOX's "Ticket to Ride") and Tiffani Thiessen (CBS' "Stroller Wars") -- are looking for work again.

Meanwhile, networks landed placements for such "Buffy" vets as Nicholas Brendon (FOX's "Kitchen Confidential"), Alyson Hannigan (CBS' "How I Met Your Mother") and Seth Green (NBC's "Four Kings") and for "Angel" favorites David Boreanaz (FOX's "Bones"), Amy Acker (CBS' "The Unit") and Christian Kane (CBS' "Close to Home").

Here's a glance at some of the other higher-profile rejections from this pilot season:

"Pros and Cons" and "The Catch" (ABC, dramas): "Lost" and "Alias" will be back again next fall and ABC has ordered "What About Brian" for midseason, but rumors that J.J. Abrams was prepared to take over the network appear to have been greatly exaggerated. Given the number of different permutations that "The Catch," a bounty hunter drama starring Abrams' buddy Greg Grunberg, has already taken, it wouldn't be surprising to see it resurface some day, but for now, Abrams will have to be satisfied with mini-domination at ABC.

"The Prince" (The WB, drama): Did Greg Berlanti do something mean to WB Entertainment President David Janollari? "Jack & Bobby" is gone. "Everwood" has been shipped off to face "CSI" on Thursday. And "The Prince," a buzzworthy pilot (also executive produced by Matt LeBlanc) starring Tim Matheson and Mariel Hemingway, didn't make the cut.

"Halley's Comet" (The WB, drama): It used to be that if David E. Kelley told your network he wanted to do a show, he didn't even need to shoot a pilot. Then again, that's how CBS ended up with "The Brotherhood of Poland, NH." The trades suggested that this medical drama was still in the running until the last minute, but Kelley's name couldn't put it over the top.

"Hitched" (FOX, drama): This Aaron Spelling-produced drama set in a full-service Las Vegas wedding chapel may not have necessarily sounded like a great idea, but with co-stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar ("Saved by the Bell") and Tara Reid ("Saved by the Bell: The New Class") it was going to be fun to eternally call this one "Saved by the Wedding Bell." In other pilot news, Lark Voorhies remains unemployed.

"New Car Smell" (FOX, comedy): The cast -- Brooke Shields, Christopher McDonald and Dave Attell -- was intriguing. The creative team -- "Lucky" brothers Robb and Mark Cullen and "Friends" star David Schwimmer -- was reliable. Who knows what went wrong?

"Goody's" (NBC, comedy): The idea of Dick Wolf producing a comedy for the network must have seemed like a good idea at some point. However, it probably sounded less good when star Vincent Pastore ("The Sopranos") was charged with allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.

"Early Bird" (NBC, comedy): Everybody kept describing this series, about a young man who gets fired from his dream job as a TV writer and moves into a retirement community, as "Golden Girls"-esque. When did you last hear a comedy called "Golden Girls"-esque? And when did any network last attempt to program to viewers outside of the 18-49 age range? Well, it won't happen this fall either.

"Crazy" and "The Studio" (UPN, dramas): Yes, UPN is trying to be all about women these days, but high-profile pilots starring Lara Flynn Boyle and Gina Gershon probably became less viable when the netlet decided to stand by "Veronica Mars."

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[Crystal]

Na, hat schon jemand in die neuen Serien reingesehen? Ein paar ganz wenige hatte ich mir ja vorgemerkt.

Prison Break: Die 1.Folge sah vielversprechend aus. Schön durchdacht und gefilmt, nur der Gefängnis-Slang macht mir ab und zu Probleme. Vom Cast kenne ich nur "John Doe", so dass es eine relativ unvebrauchte Truppe ist. Ich werde mal weiter reinsehen. Dürfte interessant werden, wie der Hauptcharakter weiterhin die Leute um sich manipuliert, so dass tatsächlich irgendwann alles zusammenpasst. Ich weiß nur nicht, wie sie die Serie über 1 Staffel hinaus weitermachen wollen.

Bones: Jep, ich wollte mal sehen, wie sich David Boreanaz nach Angel so schlägt. Die 1.Folge war bisher eher Durchschnitt, das Konzept mit den Knochen aber auf jeden Fall interessant. Da ich ja nicht so der Krimiserien-Seher bin, war da sicher auch noch mehr neu für mich als für so manch anderen.
Ein paar Folgen werde ich wohl noch ansehen, mal sehen, wie sie das über die Folgen weiterlaufen lassen wollen. Musste eigentlich noch jemand lachen, als sich Booth als Scharfschütze outete, der so viele Leben retten will, wie er genommen hat?

Hm, das scheint's mir auch schon gewesen zu sein. The Inside gehört ja noch zu den Sommerserien. So, wie sieht's jetzt bei anderen aus, die schon mal einen frühen Blick auf den Herbst riskiert haben? Oder was habt ihr bisher in die engere Auswahl genommen?

[Kasi]

Na, hat schon jemand in die neuen Serien reingesehen? Ein paar ganz wenige hatte ich mir ja vorgemerkt.

Meine Favoriten starten alle erst im Herbst also kann ich noch nicht viel zu sagen. Gibts von Bones schon nen inoffiziellen Pilotfilm oder hast du ne Zeitmaschine Crystal? Die Serie startet doch erst im September.

[Crystal]

Zeitmaschine natürlich.
Nein, die ersten Folgen, die wohl an diverse Kritiker auf DVD verteilt wurden, sind rausgekommen. Sind zwar im 4:3-Format, aber ansonsten glaube ich nicht, dass sich da noch viel ändern wird. Weiß gar nicht, ob der Vorspann schon mit drin war... ich glaube, bei Prison Break schon mal nicht.

Das heißt natürlich jetzt auch, dass die Zeit bis zur den 2.Folgen sehr lang ist, aber ein 1.Eindruck ist doch auch schon mal nicht schlecht. Hm, ich würde dich ja jetzt nach deinen eingeplanten Serien fragen, aber ich nehme an, das sind alle, die du auch schon vorher erwähnt hast?

[Kasi]

Ah, so erklärt sich das Ganze. Aber ne Zeitmaschine wär auch nicht schlecht.

Da hast Du Recht Crystal, aber ich fasse sie gerne nochmal zusammen:

Freddie, The Unit, Close To Home, Bones, Kitchen Confidential und Reunion.

Die meisten Serien sind von FOX, also is die Gefahr der schnellen Absetzung leider sehr gross.

[Kasi]

Und hier sind nun alle Serienstarts für diesen Herbst im Überblick:

NOTE: New series listed in bold. All times (ET/PT).

Monday, Aug. 29

8 p.m. "Prison Break" (FOX, two hours; moves to 9 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5)

Thursday, Sept. 8

8 p.m. "The O.C." (FOX)
9 p.m. "Reunion"

Saturday, Sept. 10

8 p.m. "Cops" (FOX)
9 p.m. "America's Most Wanted" (FOX)

Sunday, Sept. 11

8 p.m. "The Simpsons" (FOX)
8:30 p.m. "The War at Home" (FOX)
9 p.m. "Family Guy" (FOX)
9:30 p.m. "American Dad" (FOX)

Monday, Sept. 12

8 p.m. "Wife Swap" (ABC, new timeslot)

Tuesday, Sept. 13

8 p.m. "Bones" (FOX)
8 p.m. "The Biggest Loser" (NBC)
8 p.m. "Gilmore Girls" (The WB)
9 p.m. "House" (FOX)
9 p.m. "Supernatural" (The WB)

Wednesday, Sept. 14

9 p.m. "Head Cases" (FOX)

Thursday, Sept. 15

8 p.m. "Survivor: Guatemala" (CBS)

Friday, Sept. 16

8 p.m. "What I Like About You" (The WB)
8:30 p.m. "Twins" (The WB)
9 p.m. "Threshold" (CBS, two-hour premiere)
9 p.m. "Reba" (The WB)
9:30 p.m. "Living with Fran" (The WB)

Saturday, Sept. 17

11 p.m. "Mad TV" (FOX)

Sunday, Sept. 18

7:30 p.m. "King of the Hill" (FOX)

Monday, Sept. 19

8 p.m. "The King of Queens" (CBS, new timeslot)
8 p.m. "Arrested Development" (FOX, new timeslot)
8 p.m. "Surface" (NBC)
8 p.m.: "One on One" (UPN)
8 p.m. "7th Heaven" (The WB)
8:30 p.m. "How I Met Your Mother" (CBS)
8:30 p.m. "Kitchen Confidential" (FOX)
8:30 p.m.: "All of Us" (UPN, new timeslot)
9 p.m. "Two and a Half Men" (CBS, new timeslot)
9 p.m. "Las Vegas" (NBC)
9 p.m.: "Girlfriends" (UPN)
9 p.m. "Just Legal" (The WB)
9:30 p.m. "Out of Practice" (CBS)
9:30 p.m.: "Half & Half" (UPN)
10 p.m. "CSI: Miami" (CBS)
10 p.m. "Medium" (NBC)

Tuesday, Sept. 20

8 p.m. "According to Jim" (ABC)
8 p.m. "NCIS" (CBS)
9 p.m. "My Name Is Earl" (NBC)
9:30 p.m. "The Office" (NBC)
10 p.m. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC)

Wednesday, Sept. 21

8 p.m. "Still Standing" (CBS, new timeslot)
8 p.m. "The Apprentice: Martha Stewart" (NBC)
8 p.m.: "America's Next Top Model" (UPN, two-hour premiere)
8:30 p.m. "Yes, Dear" (CBS, new timeslot)
9 p.m. "Lost" (ABC, new timeslot)
9 p.m. "E-Ring" (NBC)
10 p.m. "Invasion" (ABC)
10 p.m. "CSI: NY" (CBS)
10 p.m. "Law & Order" (NBC)

Thursday, Sept. 22

8 p.m. "Joey" (NBC, one-hour premiere)
8 p.m.: "Everybody Hates Chris" (UPN)
8:30 p.m.: "Eve" (UPN, new timeslot)
9 p.m. "CSI" (CBS)
9 p.m. "The Apprentice" (NBC)
9 p.m.: "Cuts" (UPN, new timeslot)
9:30 p.m.: "Love, Inc." (UPN)
10 p.m. "Criminal Minds" (CBS, special preview)
10 p.m. "ER" (NBC)

Friday, Sept. 23

8 p.m. "Supernanny" (ABC, new timeslot)
8 p.m. "Ghost Whisperer" (CBS)
8 p.m. "The Bernie Mac Show" (FOX, new timeslot; one hour)
8 p.m. "Dateline NBC" (NBC)
9 p.m. "Hope & Faith" (ABC, one-hour premiere)
9 p.m. "Killer Instinct" (FOX)
9 p.m. "Three Wishes" (NBC)
10 p.m. "Numb3rs" (CBS)
10 p.m. "Inconceivable" (NBC)

Saturday, Sept. 24

10 p.m. "48 Hours Mystery" (CBS)

Sunday, Sept. 25

7 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC, two-hour premiere)
7 p.m. "60 Minutes" (CBS)
7 p.m. "Dateline NBC" (NBC)
8 p.m. "Cold Case" (CBS)
8 p.m. "The West Wing" (NBC, new timeslot)
8 p.m. "Charmed" (The WB)
9 p.m. "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)
9 p.m. CBS Sunday Movie: "Martha Behind Bars" (CBS)
9 p.m. "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (NBC)
9 p.m. "Blue Collar TV" (The WB, new timeslot)
10 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
10 p.m. "Crossing Jordan" (NBC)

Tuesday, Sept. 27

9 p.m. "Commander in Chief" (ABC)
9 p.m. "The Amazing Race: Family Edition" (CBS, two-hour premiere)
9 p.m.: "Sex, Love & Secrets" (UPN)
10 p.m. "Boston Legal" (ABC, new timeslot)

Wednesday, Sept. 28

8 p.m. "George Lopez" (ABC, one-hour premiere)
9 p.m. "Criminal Minds" (CBS, time-period premiere)
9 p.m.: "Veronica Mars" (UPN, new timeslot)

Thursday, Sept. 29

8 p.m. "Alias" (ABC, new timeslot)
8 p.m. "Smallville" (The WB, new timeslot)
8:30 p.m. "Will & Grace" (NBC, live episode)
9 p.m. "Night Stalker" (ABC)
9 p.m. "Everwood" (The WB, new timeslot)
10 p.m. "Without a Trace" (CBS)

Friday, Sept. 30

8:30 p.m. "Malcolm in the Middle" (FOX, new timeslot)

Sunday, Oct. 2

7 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos" (ABC)

Tuesday, Oct. 4

8:30 p.m. "Rodney" (ABC, new timeslot)
10 p.m. "Close to Home" (CBS)

Wednesday, Oct. 5

8 p.m. "One Tree Hill" (The WB, new timeslot)
8:30 p.m. "Freddie" (ABC)
9 p.m. "Related" (The WB)

Friday, Oct. 7

9:30 p.m. "Hot Properties" (ABC)

Wednesday, Nov. 2

8 p.m. "That '70s Show" (FOX, one-hour premiere)

Wednesday, Nov. 9

8:30 p.m. "Stacked" (FOX)

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[Kasi]

FOX gibt Programm zur Mid-Season bekannt

Der US TV-Sender FOX hat nun auch sein Programm für die Mid-Season 2005/06 verkündet. Überraschungen gab es dabei nicht.

Am 15. Januar startet die Action-Serie „24“ in die fünfte Staffel. Zur Zeit laufen bei dem US-Sender verstärkt Trailer zur Serie.

Am 17. Januar immer Dienstags: „American Idol“ gefolgt von „House“.

Am 23. Januar will man ABC den Erfolg von „Dancing with the Stars“ aus dem letzten Jahr streitig machen und zeigt „Skating with Celebrities“.

Am Mittwoch gibt es dann eine weitere Folge der Casting-Show „American Idol“. Neue Episoden von „Bones“ folgen ab 25. Januaar.

Der Donnerstag bleibt „The OC“-Tag. Dazu gesellen sich am 3. Februar „That '70s Show“ und „Stacked“.

Freitags setzt man mit „The Bernie Mac Show“ und „Malcolm in the Middle“ zunächst auf Comedy. Um danach mit „Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy“ ab 6. Januar die Reality-Schiene zu fahren.

Samstag bleibt es bei den Reality-Dauerbrennern: „Cops“ und „Americas Most Wanted:America Fights Back“.

Sonntag will man grundsätzlich zum Comedy-Tag erklären und strahlt „King of the Hill“ „The Simpsons“, „The War At Home“, „Family Guy“ und „American Dad“ aus.

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