Ron Howard project wins pilot

By David Knox on January 29, 2010 / Filed Under News 10

Pilot fever continues in the US with more projects getting the go-ahead, as follows:

FOX
- Untitled single-camera comedy from producer Ron Howard which is a workplace comedy set at an Internal Revenue Service district office.

NBC
- Rex is Not Your Lawyer, featuring David Tennant is now looking doubtful. “The sets are on fold-and-hold,” says an insider. “They will still be available if the show is picked up for the fall.”

- Justice is from Conan O’Brien‘s production company and described as a new take on a law show with a larger-than-life character at the centre, it follows an ex-Supreme Court justice who quits the Court to start his own legal practice.

- Pink House from writers Rick Weiner and Kenny Schwartz (American Dad) centres on two male friends who move to Los Angeles post-college.

- The Cape is set in a fictionalised version of Los Angeles, it centers on a former cop framed for a crime who becomes the Cape, a masked hero, to clear his name and reunite with his son.

- Outsourced is a single-camera office comedy that centres on a recently demoted manager of a novelties company who is shipped off to India to manage a ragtag group of customer service reps.

CW Network
- Nikita, is based on La Femme Nikita, about a young criminal trained to be an assassin by a top-secret government organisation. In this version, Nikita goes rogue, and a new assassin is trained to replace her. Executive Produced by McG.

- Untitled family drama set on a Wyoming horse farm from Gilmore Girls producers.

ABC Family
- Huge is described as Glee meets Ugly Betty and revolves around six teens and the staff at Wellness Canyon, a weight-loss camp.

- Pretty Little Liars, follows four estranged best friends who are reunited one year after their best friend and queen bee of the group, Alison, goes missing -only to discover they’re receiving messages from an anonymous “A” who knows all their secrets.

Source: Hollywood Reporter, EW.com,

10 Comments »

  1. Justin January 29, 2010 at 5:33 pm -

    I thought Saddle Club actually Craig lol.

  2. Craig January 29, 2010 at 4:36 pm -

    Don’t forget Ron Howard has the NBC drama Parenthood premier March 2nd in the US, staring Gilmore Girls Lauren Graham.

    Speaking of Gilmore Girls…

    The first thing I thought of when I heard about the new project from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman Palladino was McLeod’s Daughters!

  3. Ben January 29, 2010 at 2:54 pm -

    Fingers crossed Ronny can produce another show equal to that of Arrested Development! Maybe they should get Mitchell Hurwitz on board…

  4. brisvegas January 29, 2010 at 1:42 pm -

    lol @ The cape.

    I’m looking forward to the Ron howard show, hopefully fox won’t mess it about like they did with Arrested development.

    Everything else is same-same but different – more cop shows, more lawyer shows….

  5. newtaste January 29, 2010 at 1:40 pm -

    Outsourced is based on a 2006 movie of the same name.

  6. Justin January 29, 2010 at 1:06 pm -

    Do you know what companies are producing these pilots? So we know what networks they would go to here.

  7. TomK January 29, 2010 at 12:48 pm -

    i’m assuming Outsourced is an American version of Mumbai Calling?

  8. Edu January 29, 2010 at 11:47 am -

    I would love to see Nikita, it’ll be kicking arse!!

  9. GuanoLad January 29, 2010 at 11:45 am -

    There’s already been a TV series based on the movie La Femme Nikita. It was only cancelled in 2001.

  10. mikeys January 29, 2010 at 10:52 am -

    Ron Howard + the shows premise = awesome news!

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