As much as I'm a fan of Maria Del Mar, I found T City so difficult to watch. I know cancer isn't supposed to be fun or pretty, but when I turn on the tv most times, I want to be taken somewhere other than 'downerville'. Like a Victoria Secret's Xmas runway show for example...
The other news is from AMC...they're breaking into the original programming game in a big way with not just the previously mentioned edgey original series 'Mad Men' and 'Breaking Bad', but now a remake of 'The Prisoner', a cowboy miniseries called 'Last Horseman', and from Walter Hill, a Western-themed one hour series.
Another stab at a Western...yeeesh. When's the last time there was a hit series in this genre...does 'Deadwood' count? Was 'Lonesome Dove' ever considered a hit?
It's intimidating to read the pilots generally going to the Abrams or the Kelley's or the Milch's or the Walter Hill's...makes the notion of breaking in with something on your own seem so unlikely. Somehow partnering up with one of these 'names' feels like a far more plausible and realistic way in.
The furthest I've ever gotten trying to develop a series in LA was done in partnership with Richard Donner and his company. And not that there was ever that much interaction with Mr. Donner (mostly his development execs), but his name opened some doors and got it looked at.
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I've been known to prefer the darker shows on TV, but I'm with you on Terminal City. I couldn't bring myself to watch it. There's just some subjects that are too difficult to watch on a weekly basis.
THE PRISONER is a co-pro with the UK.
I believe Chris Eccleston is set to star as "The Prisoner" aka "Number Six."
Did you say something about a TV show? Oops, sorry, I was stuck on Gisele...
:)
Don't forget that Abrams and Kelley and all those other guys get pilots that never get picked up. I've worked on several. Or the "guaranteed 22 episodes" that gets cancelled before Halloween. Good times. At least those guys get paid.
There's so much crap on TV these days, and everytime there's a big hit like Lost or Heroes, the next pilot season is stuffed with a bunch of wanna be's that are too similar to what we already watch.
You know there are a bunch of talented people out there with no connections who can't get their original show made, so that someone can do a TV spin off of a crappy film.
There's so much crap on TV these days, and everytime there's a big hit like Lost or Heroes, the next pilot season is stuffed with a bunch of wanna be's that are too similar to what we already watch.
Ouch! Me?
You know there are a bunch of talented people out there with no connections who can't get their original show made, so that someone can do a TV spin off of a crappy film.
Or me? :-)
KJC
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