According to Variety, AMC is thisclose to greenlighting Breaking Bad, X-Files writer-producer Vince Gilligan's new series starring Bryan Cranston as a suburban husband and father who, upon learning he has terminal cancer, uses his chemistry-teacher know-how to remake himself into a crystal-meth dealer. Soudns like Weeds on crack. Er, meth.
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ABC has given a series commitment to The Call, a real-time medical comedy from 24 creators Joel Surnow and Bob Cochran, says the Hollywood Reporter. Unlike 24, however, The Call — which centers on a pair of best friends/unorthodox paramedics — will offer self-contained, nonserialized episodes, and no one even close to being as fab as Chloe.... X-Files exec producer Vince Gilligan has received a green light from AMC for Breaking Bad, an drama pilot about a high-school chemistry teacher who manufactures crystal meth on the side. Gee, and I thought lighting a candle without touching the wick was radical.
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TVGuide.com has learned that Sarah Joy Brown (Cold Case) has been tapped for the female lead in Amped, Spike TV's much-anticipated drama pilot about cops battling humans mutated by a mysterious virus, and penned by The X-Files' Frank Spotnitz and Vince Gilligan. Click here for more on the project, which starts filming next week.... Not only is Coupling's Rena Sofer appearing on 24 this coming season (as scooped last week by the Ausiello Report), but she has also scored a recurring role on NBC's Heroes, playing the wife of Adrian Pasdar's ambitious politician.... An Everwood reunion on ABC's Brothers & Sisters? Check out the Ausiello Report's fresh entry for more.
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Fans of one of the original ghostbusters and his most recent TV incarnation would be wise to scare up a copy of the new Night Stalker DVD boxed set hitting stores today, as it offers up not only four episodes never broadcast during the series' fall 2005 ABC run, but also revealing commentary from creator Frank Spotnitz. TVGuide.com seized this opportunity to ask Spotnitz about his Stalker's unfortunate fate, the frightfully fun show he's working on now and the next X-Files fi
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