As the countdown to next week's upfront presentations began, NBC on Thursday handed out series pickups to five pilots for the 2006-07 season, including the Jeff Goldblum drama Raines and the John Lithgow-Jeffrey Tambor buddy comedy 20 Good Years. Also picked up Thursday were the dramas Heroes and Friday Night Lights and the comedy The Singles Table. A pickup of the untitled Tina Fey project also was said to be imminent once a few deal-related issues are sorted out, sources said. NBC declined comment on its new series orders. The peacock is the first of the broadcast networks set to unveil its fall lineup next week, with its presentation to advertisers set for Monday at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
- 5/12/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
ABC got busy putting the pieces of its 2006-07 schedule together Wednesday, handing series orders to the dramas The Nine, Six Degrees and Day Break and comedies In Case of Emergency, Help Me Help You and Notes From the Underbelly. NBC, which will kick off the broadcast networks' upfront week Monday, was widely expected to make the bulk of its series pickups Wednesday but did not. Pilots that are expected to get a formal series greenlight today or Friday include the dramas Friday Night Lights, Heroes and Raines and the untitled Tina Fey comedy. The comedies 20 Good Years, Community Service and The Singles Table are understood to be in contention for the remaining NBC comedy slots. Sources said NBC is passing on Andy Barker, P.I., Conan O'Brien's single-camera gumshoe comedy starring Andy Richter, and the project will be shopped to Fox.
- 5/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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