I've been in the weeds with a spec the past few days (which is why my LOTB posts have been a little light), but I've still been keeping an eye on the TV business in the run-up to next week's upfronts. As is obvious to anyone who reads LifeOnTheBubble regularly, my favorite source is Nellie Andreeva over at deadline.com, who's always got the inside scoop on TV news. Rather than play catch up by reblogging a bunch of her posts from the past couple of days, here's a roundup of the ones I thought were most interesting (in reverse chronological order, starting today).
And since there's a lot of breaking news today, I'm going to be publishing this and adding to it in chunks throughout the day, so you might want to check back in later, too.
Primetime Pilot Panic - NBC Update #2 (5/12/10, 3:20p): Half hour "Perfect Couples" picked up to series; half hour "Beach Lane" dead.
Primetime Pilot Panic - Fox orders "Wilde Kingdom" -- now called "Running Wilde" (5/12/10, 3:15p): This is the Will Arnett half hour from Mitch Hurwitz et al. at Tantamount. Click through for additional producer details.
FX orders half hour "Wilfred" to series (5/12/10, 1pm) [Ed.: I misreported this as a Fox pickup previously.]
Primetime Pilot Panic - Fox Update (5/12/10, 11:30a): Fox orders 4 new series, renews "Lie To Me" and "Human Target" [Ed.: Sweet!] Includes buzz on a couple of other Fox pilots as well. 2:30p UPDATE: "Breakout Kings" is dead at Fox, may be shopped elsewhere; half hour "Breaking In" is probably dead, too. 4:15p UPDATE: Half hours "Tax Man" and "Strange Brew" reportedly now also dead.
Primetime Pilot Panic - NBC Update (5/12/10, 11:15a): General NBC update, including buzz (poor) on "Garza" and the prospect of that pilot's star (Jimmy Smits) heading to the "Law & Order: Los Angeles" spinoff.
Primetime Pilot Panic NBC Update (Tuesday, 5/11/10, 2:45p): Worth scanning, but all of the info has been updated in the last 24 hours (see above NBC Update).
TBS/TNT Update (Monday, 5/10/10, 9:05p): "Glory Daze" on the rise at TBS; "Franklin & Bash" seemingly headed to TNT.
CBS Buzz (Monday, 5/10/10, 9:05p): Half hour "Mike & Molly" looking good for a pickup; would cement Chuck Lorre's bid for sitcom world domination.
Primetime Pilot Panic - General Update (Monday, 5/10/10, 3:45p): This is a roundup of what was looking hot for Fall as of Monday afternoon. No big surprises in the past 48 hours...
NBC orders "Chase" from Bruckhimer (Monday, 5/10/10, 2:50p): No surprise here, either.
"Medium" looking good to return at CBS (5/9/10)
NBC orders three new series (5/7/10)
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