So anyway, there are a number of them in here that won’t work.
For instance:
Daddy’s Girls
Logline: Revolves around a young woman who returns home from overseas to find her father in a serious relationship with the “mean girl” from her high school.
Untitled Hilary Winston
Logline: A shy and focused woman leans on her co-workers in a bid to come out of her shell and plot revenge after being dumped by her fiancé.
Whatever you think of these two as tv shows, I think it’s clear that their concepts just can’t stretch out to two seasons of 22 episodes or beyond. Now, put them in a British format of, say, two six-episode seasons, and you might be able to tell a neat little story.
Groupon is headquartered in Chicago. They’ve got an office in Palo Alto but not LA, as far as I know. So if they can’t even get the facts of the premise straight, I don’t hold out any hope on the series itself.
I would totally watch Gilded Lily. I’d love to see a full American take on British costume-thing territory, and there could be a surprise visit by a cowboy or something!
Plus, they’d have an excuse to squeeze in the phrase ‘Gay Nineties’ as often as they could.
666 Park Ave.
I like the supernatural and Dave Annable.
Gilded Lilys
Period pieces are sometimes fun, and it has Brigid Brannagh
Gotham
yay, urban fantasy! Of course I’m hoping more Lost Girl and True Blood than The Dresden Files (show) and The Gates
Yeah, that’s about it. And I think we should breathe a sigh of relief that there’s no black comedy set in abortion clinic amongst the offerings so we won’t need to sue FOX or FX this season. Though, Scrapin’ By sounds a lot less dismal than a lot of these proposed sitcoms, doesn’t it?
CBS asked the BBC Sherlock showrunners to help them with an American version of their excellent show. Moffat & Gatiss refused–I think they’re rather busy with various projects. So CBS decided to go ahead, anyway. Their Sherlock is Johnny Lee Miller–who recently did Frankenstein on stage in London; he & Benedict Cumberbatch shared roles, alternating as The Doctor & The Monster. Of course, Cumberbatch plays the BBC’s Sherlock–but that’s just a coincidence! Watson will be female & Asian & it’s set in NYC (& will no doubt be “darker & edgier”)–so there’s no copying going on here, at all…
(CBS just dropped Quean–because, despite tweaking the story, they were risking legal problems for ripping off The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.)
Gilded Lillys sounds like Hotel Babylon set in the Gay 90’s–more like The Duchess of Duke Street than Downton Abbey. With John Barrowman? I’d actually watch that…
Other than the fact it sounds like a rip-off of USA Network’s “Covert Affairs”, it stars Bradley Whitford and Ali Carter, so I think we have some possibilities there.
I think they should have gone with the other part of that episode for a story idea-Marcel, the incurable humping monkey, would make for a great 1/2 hour comedy.
Maybe she can move in with three of the male ones?
Oh, and don’t make them her co-workers?
And while you’re at it, replace Hilary Winston with, oh, what’s her name, I think her sister Emily is on Bones? (Yes, I know it’s Zooey Deschanel)
Still think it has no chance?
The original premise was tried with George C. Scott (Fox’s Mr. President), wasn’t it?
