ilots are being screened this week, followed by pickup and scheduling decisions that will be made over the next 10 days. Here is the latest edition of Deadline’s Pilot Buzz on where I hear the various pilots stand:
ABC’s needs may have changed significantly since it ordered 23 pilots — the most of any broadcast network — in January and early February. In the past few weeks, the network went aggressively after American Idol and is in final negotiations for a reboot, which would take up a lot of real estate on the midseason schedule, and it also is negotiating for the upcoming revival of the classic ABC sitcom Roseanne. The two shows would relieve the pressure on stocking up ABC’s pipeline and likely lower the number of new and returning scripted series the network had originally planned to pick up for next season. Still, ABC has scripted needs, especially on the drama side.
Fortunately, ABC’s drama field is reportedly pretty solid this year, led by the illusionist FBI drama Deception, from Chris Fedak and Berlanti Prods., Shondaland’s Paul William Davies legal drama, David Shore’s The Good Doctor and futuristic immigration tale The Crossing.
ABC’s needs may have changed significantly since it ordered 23 pilots — the most of any broadcast network — in January and early February. In the past few weeks, the network went aggressively after American Idol and is in final negotiations for a reboot, which would take up a lot of real estate on the midseason schedule, and it also is negotiating for the upcoming revival of the classic ABC sitcom Roseanne. The two shows would relieve the pressure on stocking up ABC’s pipeline and likely lower the number of new and returning scripted series the network had originally planned to pick up for next season. Still, ABC has scripted needs, especially on the drama side.
Fortunately, ABC’s drama field is reportedly pretty solid this year, led by the illusionist FBI drama Deception, from Chris Fedak and Berlanti Prods., Shondaland’s Paul William Davies legal drama, David Shore’s The Good Doctor and futuristic immigration tale The Crossing.
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