All Stories FeedNews Archive:
New pilots from Josh Schwartz, Greg Berlanti.
Prolific writer Josh Schwartz (The OC, Chuck, Gossip Girl) has another pilot added to his CV with CBS picking up a comedy, Hitched, which centres on a young twentysomething couple that are newlyweds while still getting to know each other.
The multi-camera comedy will be co-written by Matt Miller for CBS.
CBS has also picked up an untitled multicam sitcom pilot about a widower who must juggle raising his 12 year-old son while also getting back into the dating world by Tad Quill (writer Dirty Sexy Money, Scrubs). One and a half men …
Eli Stone
Oh for a bit of fantasy on our screens. You can keep your realism and your factuals, television that surprises me is king right now. And that’s just what you get in the first episode of Eli Stone.
Long overdue to Australian screens, Seven is belatedly bringing this American drama to us over summer. Co-created by Greg Berlanti (Brothers and Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money, Everwood), this stars British actor Jonny Lee Miller as a lawyer in the title role. He seemingly has it all, a successful life, beautiful girlfriend and corporate career. …
Eli Stone to sing on Seven’s summer
Seven will finally premiere Eli Stone in Australia as part of its summer line-up.
The US drama by Greg Berlanti (Brothers and Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money, Everwood) features Jonny Lee Miller as an attorney with an inoperable brain aneurysm -and a bit of a fixation with the catalogue of George Michael. Each episode is named after a Michael song, and the pop star even makes an appearance during one of the fantasy sequences, incorporated as one of Stone’s hallucinations.
Seven will also premiere British crime drama Holby Blue and (gasp) American Gladiators.
Scrubs will …
Airdate: Greek
Greek (or even GRΣΣK) is coming to FOX8 from 8:30pm Thursday September 18.
The teen comedy / drama follows students of Cyprus-Rhodes University who partake in the school’s Greek system. Freshman Rusty Cartwright (Jacob Zachar) arrives at college and decides he no longer wants to be the boring geek from high school. He decides to pledge a fraternity.
The ABC Family drama has received good reviews for its portrayal of teenagers, including praise for depicting a gay fraternity member who struggles with the stereotyping and homophobia. It is created by Patrick Sean Smith who has …
Greg Berlanti Returns with sci fi
Greg Berlanti (Brothers and Sisters, Dirty Sexy Money, Eli Stone, Everwood, Dawson’s Creek) is developing a sci-fi project with writer Rene Echevarria for the ABC network.
Berlanti and Echevarria are behind The Return, which revolves around the impact on the world, including the White House, when aliens land.
Echevarria has written for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and executive produced The 4400 and Dark Angel. His other credits include Medium and Now and Again.
Both Berlanti and Echevarria are both on board as exec producers on The Return.
Source: Variety