Pilot test screening results updates
5 May 2011
Cancelled Shows Hart of Dixie Person of Interest Pilot ShowsNote: these are results of the official network screenings (different than the ones reported before)
These are based on Day 1 of screenings at ABC, Fox and the CW and four days of screenings for CBS - not all pilots have been screened yet only the ones mentioned. NBC will begin test screenings today
ABC:
Identity : getting rave reviews
CHARLIE'S ANGELS,POE + Comedy SMOTHERED : solid screenings
Comedy Man Up:Mixed
FOX
Comedy I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER: just ok
ALCATRAZ: mixed
Comedy TAGGED: did not do well
CW
HART OF DIXIE : Great reaction
Cooper and Stone : mixed reaction
CBS:
Rookies, Hail Mary: did well
Persons of Interest: picking up steam despite being considered too dark
Comedy HOME GROWN: so - so
Comedy UNTITLED ROB SCHNEIDER : mixed
Comedy UNTITLED PETER KNIGHT: contendor
Source Deadline
Is it just me or does hearing something is considered "too dark" make anyone else MORE interested in Person of Interest?
ReplyDeleteNope, not just you. The darker the better!
ReplyDeleteNot exactly a surprise considering your user names.
ReplyDeleteHa, yes. That's true :)
ReplyDeleteVery excited about Poe! There also seems to be some hope for Alcatraz and Persons of Interest just caught my attention just because of the 'too dark' mention! Still hoping Locke & Key does well...
ReplyDeleteEven if the pilot for ALCATRAZ and Locke & Key aren't great, they should make it as series just so these interesting shows can be given time to find it's feet, examples being Fringe and Nikita.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's definitely better!..Are they idiots?
ReplyDeletesupposedly Locke and Key has big penalties attached so they might just resort to like a 7 episode season on Fridays or something
ReplyDeleteThe darker the better but it also means that it is not going to be your regular viewing habit. Think of Inception + Fringe :)
ReplyDeleteAfter "too serialized" for Ringer, we have "too dark" for Persons of Interest... vintage CBS. Fortunately it seems like they'll pick it up nonetheless... I just hope they won't interfer in the creative process and force the writers to make the show less dark.
ReplyDeleteSomeone pointed out to me a few days ago that I mixed up Identity (procedural about identity-related crimes) and Revenge (Sean Bean & Ashely Judd in a thriller about a kidnapping). Now I can say I litteraly hate the premise of Identity and I hope it doesn't get picked up, for the sake of the viewers and originality. ABC has forgotten about The Forgotten.
Charlie's Angels seems like a lock, I'm glad. I hope Poe will fully explore its potential (its setting, its unique character) and won't be just another random copshow with a House-like hero and a romance, we have enough of shows like that.
Everyone was confident about Alcatraz but the last few days, the show seems less and less likely to air, that's a bummer.
Which makes me wonder what kind of shows you like...
ReplyDeleteSouth Park obviously
ReplyDeleteGood man!
ReplyDeletewrong again
ReplyDeletei said u nixed up missing and revenge lol
Identity is a procedural
Revenge = count of monte christo modern female version
Missing = sean bean
Missing is not a pilot its filming 10 eps right away blind commitment so not being tested even
totally agree!
ReplyDeleteI really hope Alcatraz gets picked up..
ReplyDeleteI think you read it wrong, Deadline said "a bit dark" not "too dark", that's different.
ReplyDeleteI saw some of the UK version of Identity. It had Aiden Gillen in it it if I recall. IT was prety good for a procedural. How the US version translates though.... who knows.
ReplyDeleteI'm interested either way. My concern is that CBS may consider the show "off-brand" for the network. I have the same fear for Ringer.
ReplyDeleteI liked the US version of 11th Hour but that didn't seem to matter much, as it was canceled after only 1 season. :)
ReplyDeleteI liked Eleventh Hour too, but I think I preferred the UK original with Patrick Stewart more.
ReplyDeleteEither way, you're right on with our views of the originals not mattering.... STOOPID NETWORKS!
I hope not. I t was one of my picks to be picked up when I read the initial pilot summaries months ago.
ReplyDeleteMine too. My pilot picks seem to be holding up fairly well on every network except NBC. I should of known. NBC has notoriously bad taste. After all, this is the network that brought us Kath & Kim and the Knight Rider reboot.
ReplyDeleteMy thought exactly! If a J.J. Abrams show isn't "dark", then something's wrong, especially since Jonathan Nolan (The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises) is a co-creator.
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