TV season 2010 - 2012

[Rico]

Don't forget that Wonder Woman is coming! Oh, yeah and that TNT show Falling Skies.

Yep - good points.  And that new Spielberg show - "Terra Nova" too.

[X]

And Alphas

[Rico]

FOX is cutting shows.  "Human Target" is canceled as is the cool new comedy show, "Breaking In" as well as "The Chicago Code."

Fox is brutally clear-cutting under-performing shows from its lineup, cancelling five series tonight in order to make room for new shows next fall: "Human Target" was shot down for a third season, Christian Slater is now 0 for 3 as a TV series lead because "Breaking In" was dumped, "The Chicago Code" and "Lie to Me" were just taken out and "Traffic Light" was switched off.
The moves represent an aggressive stance by Fox, which is declining to sink any further investment in modestly performing titles and opting to gamble on fresh shows instead.
"Human Target" was finally axed after undergoing a trip back to the drawing board. Though the show was considerably revamped for this season, the actioner struggled to gain ground in the ratings.
EW.com: 'Idol' boosts 'Human Target', 'Minute' surprises
"Target" averaged 7.6 million viewers and a 2.2 rating in adults 18-49 this season, including DVR use, but was down from its first season average of 2.9. "Lie to Me" is also gone -- it averaged exactly the same as "Target," and dropped the same amount from last season.
Fox also pink-slipped "Breaking In," the freshman comedy about a security team that starred Slater. The show averaged a healthy 2.9 in the ratings due to a strong premiere, but more recent episodes fell off considerably despite following "American Idol."
Fellow post-"Idol" freshman straggler "Traffic Light" is also gone.
And bummer for Jennifer Beals: Her freshman cop drama "The Chicago Code" was also cancelled.
Creator Shawn Ryan retweeted the news and wrote: "Dammit."
The cancellations come on the heels of Fox giving a series orders to "Bones" spin-off "The Finder" and to J.J. Abrams' new prison mystery drama "Alcatraz." The network also picked up two new comedies starring Zooey Deschanel and Jaime Pressly.
See the original article at EW.com.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/11/fox.cancels.shows.ew/

[Dangelus]

Fox cancelling shows?! Who'd have thought! Lol

Seriously, that is pretty big pruning, even for Fox.

[QuadShot]

What's next...you going to try to tell me NBC cancels shows too? Ha, right...:)

[stonut]

NBC picks up Awake and Grimm—but NOT Wonder Woman

13 May 2011



Despite learning harsh lessons this year with The Cape and The Event, NBC has once again picked up new shows firmly entrenched in sci-fi and fantasy for the 2011-2012 television season. Two winners of the pilot pickup lottery are Awake, an Inception-esque thriller formerly called REM, and the fairy-tale-themed Grimm.

David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman, on the other hand, did not make the cut.

Awake stars Jason Isaacs (Harry Potter) as a police detective who finds himself living in two different realities after a terrible car accident. In one his son, played by Dylan Minnette, survives. In the other his wife, played by Laura Allen, lives. Awake was created by Kyle Killen and is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series also stars B.D. Wong, Cherry Jones, Michaela McManus, Steve Harris and Wilmer Valderrama.

Grimm stars David Giuntoli as another police detective who learns that fairy-tale creatures are real, and it's his new job to protect humans from the mythological creatures. The series comes from Universal Media Studios and was created by Angel's David Greenwalt and Jim Kouf. Grimm also stars Bitsie Tulloch, Kate Burton, Reggie Lee, Russell Hornsby, Sasha Roiz and Silas Weir Mitchell.

In other NBC news, Chuck is still waiting for its official pickup, which will likely come today.

NBC will announce its fall schedule next week.

(via Deadline TV)

[bevs_plaything]

Gosh, a bit of a shocker!  I was looking forward to seeing this show.  I hope the pilot makes it to the web at some point.

[Geekyfanboy]

ABC Renews Happy Endings and Body of Proof, Orders 12 New Series Including Charlie's Angels

Michael Ausiello Michael Ausiello
Editor in Chief

Amid ABC's spring house cleaning comes a bit of good news: Freshman comedy Happy Endings has been picked up for a second season. Promising rookie procedural Body of Proof has also been renewed.

The network, meanwhile, has given the green light to a whopping 12 new series — seven dramas and five comedies.

Comedy pick-ups include the Tim Allen-fronted Last Man Standing, the cross-dressing sitcom Work It, and the Big Apple-set Apt. 23.

New dramas include Good Christian Belles (f.k.a. Good Christian Bitches), a reboot of Charlie's Angeles, the fairytale-themed Once Upon a Time, period soap Pan Am and the Shonda Rhimes-produced hour about political consultants Scandal.

[Geekyfanboy]

ABC Pickuppalooza: Find Out the Fates of BROTHERS & SISTERS, V, HAPPY ENDINGS & More!

By theTVaddict on May 13th, 2011

ABC has just picked up a slew of very exciting new series for Fall including the much buzzed-about CHARLIE'S ANGELS reboot; A sexy 60′s set soap revolving around stewardesses and pilots entitled PAN AM; Tim Allen's return to comedy called LAST MAN STANDING; a single-camera comedy revolving around a Midwestern girl (Dreama Walker) whose big-city dreams are dashed upon the realization that her roommate is her worst nightmare (Krysten Ritter) in APARTMENT 23; A soap that accompanies a reformed "mean girl" (Leslie Bibb) who returns home to Dallas after her marriage ends in scandal called GOOD CHRISTIAN BELLES; A Count of Monte Cristo-esque soap starring Emily Van Camp titled REVENGE; A fantasy drama called ONCE UPON A TIME that follows a woman (Jennifer Morrison) who is drawn into a town where fairy tales might be real; Shonda Rhimes' SCANDAL chronicling the ups and downs of the life and work of a professional fixer (Kerry Washington); A cross-dressing comedy called WORK IT featuring two unemployed car salesmen (Amury Nolasco, Ben Koldyke) who dress as women in order to get jobs as pharmaceutical reps; SUBURGATORY which tells the tale of what happens with a New Yorker (Jane Levy) moves to the "scary" suburbs; A single-camera comedy that takes a look at what it takes to survive as a modern man titled MAN UP; And THE RIVER, that follows a crew (including LONE STAR's Eloise Mumford) through the Amazon in search of a missing adventurer. That's the good news.

The bad news is to make room for said aforementioned series' ABC officially gave pink slips to BROTHERS & SISTERS, V, NO ORDINARY FAMILY, DETROIT 1-8-7, MR. SUNSHINE, BETTER WITH YOU and OFF THE MAP. Pretty much everything but... HAPPY ENDINGS, which yes, we're gonna say it, got their happy ending with a much deserved second season vote of confidence.

[QuadShot]

Gee, Work It sounds an awful lot like the classic 80's Sitcom Bosom Buddies...And really? Charlies Angels? Nahhhh. Cancel V and The Cape, and bring us Charlies Angels? BAHHHH

[Geekyfanboy]

Sarah Michelle Gellar Series Is a Go – But There's a Twist!

Ringer, the very buzzy pilot in which Buffyverse queen Sarah Michelle Gellar plays dual roles, is sure to pack jaw-droppers, but here's one twist nobody saw coming: Originally eyed by CBS for the fall, the series instead has found a home on The CW!

As first reported by TVLine sister site Deadline.com, Ringer has received a green light, but to air on The CW (which is co-owned by CBS). It marks the first fall pickup OK'd by brand-new CW president Mark Pedowitz. And we think we like him lots already.

[Bromptonboy]

wow - a blood-bath of shows - but some of the new ones sound promising.

[Dangelus]

Big shame about V and No Ordinary Family :(

[Rico]

Going to fold this thread in with the other one I started about the TV season recap.  No shocked about no more "V" or "No Ordinary Family."  Sigh,....

[WillEagle]

To be honest most of the new shows coming out sound that great to me. I wanted to see Wonder Woman and I do want to see Terra Nova. Or I could save $90 a month and cancel my cable! I wish I could pick the channels I wanted.