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1 Kate Walsh Gets "Grey's" Spinoff
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2 TV Preview: "The Black Donnellys"
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3 Christopher Guest, Mitchell Hurwitz Teaming Up for Pilot
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4 Quiz: Can You Spot the Fake TV Pilots?
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5 Spot the Fake TV Pilots: The Answers!
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6 What We Could Be Watching: New York TV Fest Pilots
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7 Can You Spot the Fake Pilots?
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8 Spot the Fake Pilot, Part II: Reality Edition!
Looks like even pilots are uncomfortable with naked body scanners. Last week, a pilot for ExpressJet Airlines, Michael Roberts, refused a full-body scan and a pat down at the Memphis International Airport, calling it an "assault" on his person, CNN reports. Apparently he had never been subjected to a request to go through the body scanners at an airport before and described pat downs as Read more
Some of you were superstars at my quiz about fake TV pilots last week, so I decided to try to stump you again. Once again, the questions below are descriptions of TV shows that could be coming soon to a major network or cable channel near you. Once again, some of the shows are honest-to-pete real series or pilots, while others are mere ideas in my mind. Here's the new twist: This time, all the Read more
With the writers' strike over and the Upfronts just two months away, networks are starting to check out their pilots for the Fall TV season. We've heard a lot about how this year might be different (fewer pilots overall, more networks waiting till midseason to launch their new shows), but one thing is the same: A whole bunch of ridiculous-sounding pilots are already on the docket. Some of the Read more
If the new crop of fall pilots that will premiere in a week or two is making you wring your hands over the current state of television, you might want to check out some of the alternative pilots screened at the recent New York Television Festival. The festival brought in 28 independent (read: non-network) pilots to compete in categories including drama, comedy and unscripted shows. Three of the Read more
I never thought I'd post anything from The Man Show (groan), but in the name of funny-- here goes. The hosts of the show dressed as pilots, played drunk, and paraded themselves around an airport to have a pranking good time with passengers and other pilots preparing for flight. How far did they take it? Let's just say that the "pretend crash" into the baggage carts was far enough. Read more
How good were you at picking out the fake TV pilots? Whether you were a hapless viewer or a network executive, don't fear — I've got your answers right here. To see which shows could be coming soon to a TV near you, and which I made up just for kicks, read more Read more
The networks are prepping their pilots for the Fall TV season, and every year, there seem to be more and more ridiculous shows in development. In the coming weeks, I'll be looking at some of the big trends and trying to predict which pilots will make it to air. But for now, I've taken some of the more unbelievable descriptions of this Fall's potential shows and mixed them in with some fakes. Can Read more
Here's something to snap you out of that post-Oscars funk: "Arrested Development" creator Mitchell Hurwitz and Waiting for Guffman writer/director Christopher Guest are teaming up to make a comedy pilot for ABC. According to Zap2it, Guest will be directing Hurwitz's adaptation of a British show called "The Thick of It," which — no surprises here — is filmed like a mockumentary. My inner Read more
I'm just going to say this up front: NBC's "The Black Donnellys" is a little like "The Sopranos," if all of Tony Soprano's associates were incredibly attractive young men. Between the good-looking cast and the cinematic, almost epic look of the pilot, "The Black Donnellys," which premieres tonight, is definitely doing just fine in the eye-candy department. The show, which is taking over the Read more
You've probably figured out by now that Kate Walsh (aka Dr. Addison Montgomery) is one of my favorite things about "Grey's Anatomy." So I am very interested in the news that the late-addition-turned-regular is set to star in her own "Grey's" spinoff on ABC. According to a Wall Street Journal story published Wednesday, the still-untitled series is being developed by "Grey's" creator Shonda Rhimes Read more
