Two Beauty and the Beast Pilots: Which One Gets to Keep the Title?

Tale as old as time: Two TV rivals wind up with similar, competing shows (think ER vs. Chicago Hope). But ABC and The CW have gone a step further this winter, ordering two different pilots titled Beauty and the Beast. And should both projects go to series, neither side is going to want to give that title up — setting the stage for what could be a beastly showdown.

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Two Beauty and the Beast Pilots: Which One Gets to Keep the Title?

Tale as old as time: Two TV rivals wind up with similar, competing shows (think ER vs. Chicago Hope). But ABC and The CW have gone a step further this winter, ordering two different pilots titled Beauty and the Beast. And should both projects go to series, neither side is going to want to give that title up — setting the stage for what could be a beastly showdown.

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Pilot Season: CW Orders Medical Dramedy from Gilmore Girls Producer

The CW has ordered a pilot for a medical dramedy from Gilmore Girls' Jennie Snyder Urman.

First Cut centers on a newly minted doctor who is looking forward to leaving her nerdy past behind for a fresh start. Unfortunately, she... read more

Pilot Season: The CW Orders Arrow, The Carrie Diaries and Beauty and the Beast

The Green Arrow, Carrie Bradshaw and a certain beauty may soon be returning to television.

CW has ordered pilots for Arrow, based on DC superhero The Green Arrow, the Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries, and a contemporary update of Beauty and the Beast.

The CW developing its own Beauty and the Beast series

The hour-long drama Arrow is... read more

Despite Failures, Networks Attempt More Series Reboots

ABC's Charlie's Angels redux didn't work, and NBC's new take on Wonder Woman never even made it to air. But just like the feature film world — where everything from Footloose to Conan the Barbarian has been recently updated — TV execs continue to mine the vaults in search of more classic titles to reboot.

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The CW Developing Its Own Beauty and the Beast Series

How many beauties and beasts could we have next season?

A week after ABC bought a reimagining of the Beauty and the Beast fairy tale, The CW is developing a reboot of the '80s cult drama Beauty and the Beast, TVLine reports.

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The original series aired on CBS for three years and ...
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Premise: A cult fantasy about a lawyer who befriends---and eventually falls for---a kindly man-beast who lives in a subterranean world beneath New York City. Strange, moody and oddly romantic, the series had unusually loyal fans, but, alas, not enough of them and was gone within three years.

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