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Pilots Part One: Ladies and Gentlemen

March 02, 2007

As the ‘07 pilots get underway, we thought we would give you a brief look at the new shows your favorite channels have in the works. Networks love to identify shows by the fact that they'll appeal to "women" or "men." And this year is no exception. With the cancellation of shows like "3 Lbs" and "Day Break," networks are starting to realize that their audiences may be skewing a little more feminine than they had considered.

There are a large number of shows designed to cater to female fans. Take a look at our favorites.

ABC is definitely trying to play to women with their new line up of female-centric comedies. A middle class mom in the Midwest stars in the aptly named “The Middle.” “Miss/Guided” features a gal who becomes a counselor at her old high school. They’ve tapped Jayma Mays, from “Heroes”, to play a good girl swimming in a pool of corporate sharks for the show “Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office.” A hit-and-run victim tries to remember who she is in “Sam I Am.” While “See Jayne Run” tracks an investment banker and mom trying to be both. They top it off with a story of three single gals who decide that living together is better than living alone in the new “Traveling in Packs.”

CBS is banking on “The Rich Inner-Life of Penelope Cloud,” a show about a famously pessimistic author who decides to turn over a new, and happier, leaf.

FOX is marching to a different beat. They gave an early go-ahead to “Frangela,” which stars the comedy duo Frances Callier and Angela Shelton. They’ve revamped the British comedy “The Vicar of Dibley” into “The Minister of Divine.” The show is set around a woman who decides to get in God’s good graces by becoming a minister in Georgia. “Gilmore Girls” creator, Amy Sherman-Palladino, is at it again with the story of two sisters trying to reconnect in “The Return of Jezebel James.” Of course, one sister wants the other to carry her baby. They round out their slate with a classic comedy from Liz Meriwether about four friends who’ve just gotten out of college in an untitled project.

Comments

Dan Steinmiller wrote:

LL Cool J in a tv show again - Why?

posted at March 3, 2007 01:49 PM

kacey wrote:

because he's hot.

posted at March 5, 2007 04:43 PM

martin wrote:

No, it's called affirmative action.

posted at March 6, 2007 12:33 PM

TVSeriesFinale.com wrote:

No big shock that there won't be a lot of dramatic serials this year...

posted at March 13, 2007 09:13 PM

Jessie wrote:

Is "Women's Murder Club" based on the series of books by James Patterson, 1st to Die, etc...? It sounds awfully similar. Is he involved in the project?

posted at March 23, 2007 11:09 AM

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