Preview Part Three
An extra long third part of the preview to look the latest purchases from ITV, SKY One and a sneek BBC peak.
ITV's top purchase is Pushing Daisies. This was the highest regarded of all the new Fall pilots, It comes from Barry Sonnenfield and stars among others our very own Anna Friel. I won't explain the premise, just enjoy the fabulous preview.
ITV have also picked up Swingtown which stars former This Life star Jack Davenport. Its the tale of swinging couples in the seventies. It looks great but rather left field for CBS. There had been speculation it would head for Showtime if CBS didn't pick it up. The danger of course may be that the network waters it down too much. It won't premiere until 2008.
ITV have also added Cane to their collection. This Jimmy Smits vehicle is the saga of a large Cuban family. It looks good but once again you have to wonder if the older CBS audience are really going to take to it. ITV will screen it on one of their digital channels.
ITV are also set to secure the rights to the re-imagined Bionic Woman starring ex-EastEnder Michelle Ryan, I thought the preview looked pretty ordinary but changed my mind once Katee "Starbuck" Sackhoff shows up in it. In the hands of the Battlestar Galactica team you have to have faith, but will it play at 9pm on a Wednesday on NBC? Might be asking too much of it.
Finally ITV are set to buy Gossip Girl for ITV2. There's been a bidding war for this show which comes from OC showrunner Josh Schwartz. Wherever it ends up I won't be watching.
Journeyman is the title of the new SKY One pick-up from NBC and looks like it might well be applied to the series as a whole. Kevin McKidd stars as a man who travels in time and then has to explain his absences to his family. You can hear it now "no, I'm not having an affair I was fighting the civil war". Sounds all a bit Quantum Leap familiar to me.
Finally The Tudors. This blockbuster new Showtme series has already aired in the US and been renewed for a second season
ITV's top purchase is Pushing Daisies. This was the highest regarded of all the new Fall pilots, It comes from Barry Sonnenfield and stars among others our very own Anna Friel. I won't explain the premise, just enjoy the fabulous preview.
ITV have also picked up Swingtown which stars former This Life star Jack Davenport. Its the tale of swinging couples in the seventies. It looks great but rather left field for CBS. There had been speculation it would head for Showtime if CBS didn't pick it up. The danger of course may be that the network waters it down too much. It won't premiere until 2008.
ITV have also added Cane to their collection. This Jimmy Smits vehicle is the saga of a large Cuban family. It looks good but once again you have to wonder if the older CBS audience are really going to take to it. ITV will screen it on one of their digital channels.
ITV are also set to secure the rights to the re-imagined Bionic Woman starring ex-EastEnder Michelle Ryan, I thought the preview looked pretty ordinary but changed my mind once Katee "Starbuck" Sackhoff shows up in it. In the hands of the Battlestar Galactica team you have to have faith, but will it play at 9pm on a Wednesday on NBC? Might be asking too much of it.
Finally ITV are set to buy Gossip Girl for ITV2. There's been a bidding war for this show which comes from OC showrunner Josh Schwartz. Wherever it ends up I won't be watching.
Journeyman is the title of the new SKY One pick-up from NBC and looks like it might well be applied to the series as a whole. Kevin McKidd stars as a man who travels in time and then has to explain his absences to his family. You can hear it now "no, I'm not having an affair I was fighting the civil war". Sounds all a bit Quantum Leap familiar to me.
Finally The Tudors. This blockbuster new Showtme series has already aired in the US and been renewed for a second season
posted by insider | 6:24 AM
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Gossip Girl returns Kristen Bell to TV after the demise of Veronica Mars, and therefore you can bet I will be watching.
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