New TV: Mark Burnett's Dueling Dads, and More
Mark Burnett has set up at NBC
My Dad is Better than Your Dad, a game show in which fathers face off in stunt-driven challenges,
Variety reports.... FX has given
Nip/Tuck creator
Ryan Murphy a series commitment for
Queen B, a workplace drama centered on a female CEO who grooms a young girl in her ruthless image....
Homicide's Tom Fontana and
Barry Levinson are reteaming for the NBC pilot
The Philanthropist, a series that sound a bit like
The Equalizer.... After a fierce bidding war, ABC has ordered six episodes of
Section 8, a drama penned by
X-Men 3's
Zak Penn and described as a blend of
House,
X-Men and
The X-Files. OK.... ABC is teaming with hip-hop producer
Pharrell Williams and filmmaker
McG on
Limelight, a drama set at a performing arts-school.
