Thursday, February 24, 2011

Great article in Entertainment Weekly about genre pilots for upcoming season

Titled: The coolest, craziest, pilot season ever?

Talks about how the Big Four networks have never developed so many genre pilots, mainly serialized and sci-fi, as this season. ABC is rebooting Charlie's Angels, NBC is doing Wonder Woman and Grimm (retelling of fairy tales in a modern way), FOX is doing Alcatraz (similar to Lost)

The major question is why. Reason is pointing to that broadcasts need big hits and genre shows have a dedicated audience base and can become people's favorites easily (as quoted by FOX president, Kevin Reilly).

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