Weekend Update: The Latest Pickups and Passes
The latest pre-upfronts news:
ABC
Drama pickups:
Dirty Sexy Money and
Eli Stone (both from
Everwood's
Greg Berlanti); the
Grey's Anatomy spin-off
Private Practice, the
Sex and the City-esque
Cashmere Mafia;
Pushing Daisies,
Women's Murder Club;
Big Shots (
Dylan McDermott,
Michael Vartan,
Christopher Titus and
Joshua Malina as CEOs/wannabes).
Comedies:
Cavemen;
Sam I Am (
Christina Applegate as an amnesiac);
Carpoolers.
Other notes:
October Road and
Notes from the Underbelly will return mid-season with 13-episode runs. (
Today's News)
FOX
Drama pick-ups: The
Terminator-inspired sci-fi-er
The Sarah Connor Chronicles;
K-Ville (concerning cops in post-Katrina New Orleans);
New Amsterdam (about an immortal homicide detective).
Comedies:
Kelsey Grammer and
Patricia Heaton's
Back to You (FKA
Action News);
Gilmore Girls creator
Amy Sherman-Palladino's
The Return of Jezebel James (starring
Parker Posey);
The Rules of Starting Over (courtesy of the Farrelly Brothers) (
Today's News).
NBC
Drama pick-ups:
Lipstick Jungle, an hour-long drama based on the novel by
Candace Bushnell (
Sex and the City) and starring
Brooke Shields (as a movie-studio exec),
Kim Raver (as the boss of a pop-culture mag) and
Lindsay Price (as a fashion mogul) (
Today's News).
Renewals: The original
Law & Order has been renewed, while
Criminal Intent will move to the USA Network (
TV Guide News Report).
Related Links
Other Links:
- Law & Order, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Notes from the Underbelly, October Road, Lipstick Jungle, Big Shots, Cashmere Mafia, Dirty Sexy Money, Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, Women's Murder Club, Carpoolers, Cavemen, Samantha Who?, Eli Stone
