"mikeha" <harrisonm7@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:1114701058.022560.54370@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> How many new shows is CBS planning on for this fall? How many
> timeslots do they have open for new shows? With that information we
> should be able to determine the likelyhood for JoA renewal.
Aside from "JAG", we won't know for sure what other dramas will be
cancelled
until the upfronts. Of course, none of the "CSI"s are leaving yet, and
neither are "Cold Case" or "Without a Trace", but "Juding Amy" is on the
fence because of its older audience. Meanwhile, "Numb3rs" is holding its
own against NBC's "L&O: Trial by Jury". According to Zap2it, CBS has 11
drama pilots on its slate. Here are the premises of the nine that have
titles, from
http://tv.zap2it.com/tveditorial/tve_main/1,1002,801%7C94413%7C1%7C,00.html:
3 Lbs.: Medical drama about brain surgeons.
American Crime: A prosecutor and new mother tries to balance work and
family.
Commuters: Explores the messed-up lives of suburban couples who commute to
work in New York City.
Conviction: A former defense attorney, now a prosecutor, uses
reconstructions of crimes to win cases.
Lancaster: The mayor of a mid-sized city remains popular despite his shady
dealings.
Love Monkey: Four friends, including a record-company executive, deal with
dating and marriage; based on a novel by Kyle Smith.
Quantico: Follows members of the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (a la
"Silence of the Lambs").
Threshold: Scientists and the military come into contact with an alien
life
form.
The Unit: The lives of special-forces soldiers and their families; based
on
book "Inside Delta Force" by Eric Haney.
The two untitled drama pilots are one about a s****ts agent and a magazine
editor, and a newlywed who communicates with the dead. The latter stars
Jennifer Love Hewitt, one of my favorites actresses, but given her track
record in TV series (her four-year stint on "Party of Five" was longer
than
her six other TV projects put together, including two unsold pilots), I
can't see this one getting on the air.
That's a lot of pilots for a network with room for only two or three new
dramas (maybe four if CBS cancels "60 Minutes Wednesday"), but none look
to
have the family appeal that JoA does.
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