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Thought-provoking science fiction is in short supply on network TV in the U.S. — so it's a hopeful sign that NBC has ordered a pilot for Beautiful People. In this near-future-set show, human-appearing robots live among us, as the perfect slaves. What could possibly go wrong? More »
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Sad that David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman show got the thumbs down from NBC? Now you can see what you missed! A batch of stills from the pilot have leaked, showing off Adrienne Palicki's shorts, business meetings and jet! More »
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In an interview with the New York Times ABC's Paul Lee and NBC's Bob Greenblatt (both new studio presidents) admit that 2010's new TV shows were completely devoid of any fresh ideas. More »
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NBC has jumped this week's upfront celebration early! They've already released photos and clips from their two new Fall 2011 genre shows: the magical cop procedural Grimm and the alternate reality drama Awake (starring Lucius Malfoy)! Watch them now! More »
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NBC's Wonder Woman just got a lot more Lynda Carter. We've already seen two versions of Adrianne Palicki's super suit (one with blue boots and later with jegglings). Turns out there's one more version, with 70s-style hot pants! More »
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We didn't get a fifth season of Heroes, but in some ways it feels as though we did. NBC has been giving us The Event and The Cape, two shows that feel like Tim Kring's deformed stepchildren, in the Heroes time slot. More »
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A mere two weeks after every network passed on it, David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman has been lassoed in by NBC. The pilot features Diana Prince as a harried crime fighter/corporate executive saving Los Angeles from itself. More »
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We've been on the fence about NBC's new superhero series The Cape, but these new villain snaps, along with some interesting casting news, have given us new hope. More »
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Tonight is the pilot of NBC TV series The Event, which is this season's most promising new science fiction show. We've watched the pilot, and here are four spoiler-free reasons you should watch too. More »
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Remember when Zombieland was almost a CBS TV series? Looks like network TV is still interested in the undead. NBC wants to make a "fun buddy cop procedural" starring a vamp and a human, policing zombies. [Deadline and zombie-liquorice] More »
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We've seen the pilot for NBC's The Event, and while we still don't know what the titular Event is, we're impressed by this politically-charged thriller, which contains shades of Lost and 24. Spoilers inside. More »
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NBC's Chuck will be following in the footsteps of Alias, swapping daddy issues for mom mysteries. The search for Chuck's mom will drive the fourth season, producers told Comic Con. Spoilers ahead... More »
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Even though we highly doubt there will be another Lost-type TV show for some time, NBC's certainly angling its new series, The Event that way — with a 24 twist. Will these new clips make you watch the series? More »
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The purported first twenty pages of Undercovers — J.J. Abrams' married spy thriller debuting on NBC this fall — were leaked to the Italian website Il Post. What's the show about? Sexy espionage action and unsexy married life. Spoilers on. More »
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The penultimate episode of the third season brings lots of revelation, awesomeness, evil portent, and Yvonne Strahovski in tanktops. Too bad it came wrapped in a Chuck's-a-moron shell. More »
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Word on the street is that NBC is approaching the producers of their recently canceled superheroic drama about some kind of closure event, a climactic good-bye movie. Should they even bother? More »
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Watch Martha Jones' sister kick a whole lot of ass in our first clip from J.J. Abrams' new spy show Undercovers. It looks frankly amazing. And there's also a tense clip from NBC's new 24-esque conspiracy show The Event. More »
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Is NBC turning our torment into entertainment? Rumored sitcom Our Show pokes fun at our cancelled-show grieving process. Here's the premise: "a group of sci-fi fanboys in a small town shoot their own version of a canceled TV show." [SpoilerTV] More »
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NBC's president of primetime entertainment, Angela Bromstad, has been talking about next year's television season, as well as the future of both Chuck and Heroes... and it's not necessarily the news either show might've expected. More »
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Heroes ended its fourth season with dismal ratings and weak reviews, but NBC still might bring the troubled mutant soap opera back for one more year. Here are five reasons why. More »
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Production Weekly is reporting that Tim Kring is working on a new series for NBC, whose working title is III, about alternate world war. Does this mean that Heroes has gone to the great cathode ray tube in the sky? More »
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Heroes may about to get some costumed company on NBC next season. The peacock network has given the go-ahead for a pilot for a new superhero drama that promises to mix emotional fireworks with the special effect fights. More »
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NBC's late night slaughter/shuffle may have been a publicity black eye for the broadcaster, public douche outing for Jay Leno and humiliating public execution for Conan O'Brien, but that doesn't mean it's not an opportunity for you, wannabe broadcaster. More »
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Chuck should be threatened with cancellation more often. The first three episodes of the NBC spy comedy's third season have been some of the best to date, rebooting the show and bringing it into sharper focus than ever before. Spoilers! More »
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Bad news: NBC's apocalyptic series Day One, which was already downgraded from an ongoing series to a miniseries, has apparently been downgraded again — to a two-hour movie. More »
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A new year always gives us optimism for what lies ahead over the next 12 months, but that doesn't mean that there's no potential for disaster in there. Here're ten things we're crossing our fingers don't actually happen. More »
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First we thought it was all over for the faux nerd Chuck and his herd. Then we slowly grew hope that NBC's troubles meant more time for the sitcom. Turns out we were right - Chuck's getting six more episodes. More »
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With ratings falling for their hit shows, returning series canceled before the first episode of their second season and rumors of the network writing off the majority of their primetime line-up, are NBC's current woes good news for Chuck? More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5378735&view=rss&microfeed=true We've been hearing a lot about the network bidding war over J.J. Abrams' new spy-fi show, about a married couple who also work together as spies. But Abrams explains it's not an Alias-style tense drama, but more of a lark: More »
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NBC have cut Jesse Alexander's new series Day One from a 13 hour-long episode season to a four-hour mini-series. A bad sign, or the best decision for the show? According to Alexander, it's the latter, and he told us why. More »
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Midnight, Mass, the amazing Vertigo comic about a husband-and-wife team of monster hunters who recruit a new asssistant, is finally getting the adaptation it deserves: as a TV series for NBC. Please let it live up to the comic's brilliance. More »
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At an appearance at the Television Critics Association Press Tour this week, NBC's Angela Bromstad said that Kings failed because it was "too highbrow and sophisticated" to sell to their audience. But is that the show's fault, or the network's? More »
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According to NBC president Angela Bromstad, while it's unlikely that we'll see more Chuck before 2010's mid-season launch of season three, it's not impossible that season three may be longer - and later - than originally thought. More »
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This weekend was the first without a new episode of dearly-departed NBC drama Kings; sadly, while we loved the show, the rest of America didn't seem to agree. Creator Michael Green offers his take on ratings, cancellation and the show. More »
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Think you know what to expect from Heroes? Three exclusive new videos from NBC show you the different sides of the show - Romance, teen angst and the weirdest serial killer comedy you'll wish was on television every week. More »
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Fans who wondered where Chuck would be going after the end of the last season, the answer would seem to be the Fortress of Solitude. Well, metaphorically, at least, according to show producer Chris Fedak. More »
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While Bryan Fuller's latest farewell to NBC's troubled Heroes seemed like a shock when the news broke yesterday, later developments suggested that maybe everything's going just as it was originally intended to by Fuller and NBC... but what about Heroes? More »
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Heroes' fourth season is months away from starting, but already NBC is apparently making moves to distract some of its core writing staff; Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaski have been signed by the network to contracts outside the show. More »
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It seems like telepathy dramas are what funky swingle sitcoms were in the 90s. NBC's latest pretty psychics with powers show, Canada's The Listener, focuses on a lowly paramedic and his brain powers. My kingdom for something different on TV. More »
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With NBC about to announce their fall 2009 schedule later today (Well, unless they don't), do we already know the fate of secret super (Now, with extra kung-fu knowledge!) Chuck? Possibly... and it's good news. More »
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