NBC could be a new home for genre shows next year. The network has ordered several genre pilots for the upcoming development season.
Oh and they’ve also ordered a pilot for the reboot of The Munsters.
Anyway, here’s the description of the shows that could come out way next year.
Beautiful People is an imaginative and thematically rich ensemble “what if” drama set 10 minutes in the future where families of mechanical human beings exist to service the human population — that is until some of the mechanicals begin to “awaken.” Michael McDonald (Cougar Town, MADtv) is the writer and executive producer, Robert M. Sertner (Revenge, No Ordinary Family) is the executive producer and Stephen Hopkins (Californication, Shameless) directs the pilot. Beautiful Peopleis from Universal Television and ABC Studios.
From writer-executive producer Bryan Fuller (Pushing Daisies, Heroes), The Munsters is an imaginative reinvention of The Munsters as a visually spectacular one-hour drama from Universal Television. Bryan Singer (X-Men: First Class, House) is the director of the pilot and an executive producer; John Wirth (Terminator: Sarah Connor Chronicles) also is an executive producer.
Isabel is a comedy centering on an otherwise normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a daughter (Sophia Mitri Schloss, Grimm) who has magical abilities. Abigail Mavity and Skyler Gisondo also star. Howard Busgang (The Closer, Boy Meets World) and Tom Nursall (Single White Spenny) are the executive producers and writers. Todd Holland (Malcolm in the Middle) directs the pilot and is an executive producer. Karey Burke (Free Agents), Aaron Kaplan (Terra Nova) and Jocelyn Deschenes also are executive producers.Isabel is produced by Universal Television, Kapital Entertainment and Sphere Media.
Save Me (cast contingent) — A woman who lets herself go while in a broken marriage goes through a transformation where she becomes the best version of herself and creates miracles along the way. The single-camera project is from Sony Television and Original Film & Television. John Scott Shepherd (The Days) is the writer-executive producer and Scott Winant (Breaking Bad, True Blood, Californication) is the director and executive producer. Neal Moritz (The Big C, Prison Break) and Vivian Cannon (The Big C) also are executive producers.
“Beautiful People is an imaginative and thematically rich ensemble “what if” drama set 10 minutes in the future…”
10 minutes? We have robot slaves in 10 minutes?
It means we lack enough imagination to come up with a believable future where robot slaves could exist that wouldn’t alienate viewers and, anyway, that would be too much like “science fiction”. Everybody hates “science fiction”. This way we can make a contemporary drama… with robot slaves.
The Munsters as one hour drama? They’re smokin’ crack.
Save Me. Highway to Heaven style yawn fest?
Isabel. Sabrina Teenage Witch?
Beautiful People sounds like the BSG prequel (or sequel considering the ending).
We don’t need another reboot of Munsters and definitely not a drama. It was a social commentary with comedy (or vise versea).
Isebella better have a good reason why she has magic. Is she alone with her powers or are there others?
I don’t like the sound of “single camera project”. Reminds me of when I got sick watching Blair Witch Project from the camera shaking.