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Pilots (Part Three): Brit Imports, Musicals, and the Supernatural

March 02, 2007

Our final installment in the TV Lover PIlot report are the remainders -- the weird shows that networks take a chance on hoping to discover the next great thing.

British imports abound in this year’s line-up with many networks turning across the Atlantic for fresh ideas with proven ratings.

ABC’s “Life on Mars” focuses on a baffled detective who wakes up in the 70s. “The Thick of It” tracks the trouble a Congressman and his staff get into and was written by “Arrested Development” writer, Richard Day. Lastly, they plan to bring over an adaptation of “Football Wive$” (the American title will have an “s”), a drama of the darker side of being married to an athlete.

Here's one we're excited about. CBS is hoping all has been forgiven since 1990's "Cop Rock" and have plans to try a musical series called “Viva Laughlin,” about a family attempting to run a Las Vegas casino.

NBC’s “I’m With Stupid” follows a man so desperate for a roof over his head that he moves into a home for the disabled. While their “The IT Crowd,” lets you in on what the IT guys really do all day.

Comments

Joshua wrote:

"The Sarah Connor Chronicles"? What the heck could this show be about. There won't be any Terminators in it. Every time they met one of those there's a movie! Is it just lots of shots of them stting in a trailer saying: " Remember that time that robot came back from the future to kill me? That was pretty crazy." Where would the conflict be? Let me guess, they fight other groups and some secret organization that wants to bring about the bleak, robot-y future.I really hope this never makes it to air.

posted at March 11, 2007 11:07 PM

Dave wrote:

"Twilight?" Of course, that's a typo... you meant to say they're doing a re-make of "Forever Knight," right? Re-make... knock-off, fine line.

posted at March 12, 2007 07:00 PM

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