Thanks to Dale and Mr. Edmodo for the heads up.
Last year, Fox kicked off new series pickups with an order to Gotham a week before the start of upfront week. Will the network lead the pack again this year? It is a real possibility as there is another big genre Fox drama with a pre-sold title and a big commitment that had long emerged as a lock, Minority Report. Elsewhere on the drama side, music-and-drugs coming of age tale Studio City starring Eric McCormack and medical drama Autopsy aka Rosewood starring Morris Chestnut appear to be on solid footing, with Frankenstein said to possibly have a shot. The network already has Scream Queens from the creators of Glee in series production.
For a second consecutive year, a drama by a writer from Shonda Rhimes’ school of showrunning headlined by a multiple Oscar nominee is getting strong buzz heading into the home stretch. Last spring, it was Peter Nowalk’s How To Get Away with Murder starring Viola Davis, this time it is Jenna Bans‘ untitled project toplined by Joan Allen. Rhimes has a contender again via Shondaland, the Jennifer Schuur-written The Catch starring Mireille Enos. A third thriller drama with a female lead, Runner starring Paula Patton, also is said to be in serious contention. NBC’s A.D. may have crashed but another biblical drama, Kings and Prophets is in the running at ABC, working on backup scripts. Several other ABC drama pilots are getting some mention, including Broad Squad, The Advocate, Quantico, Boom and LA Crime. And then there is Marvel, which has a virtual carte blanche at the network. The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff is eying a series order, with a second project helmed by John Ridley also in the works.
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