Tag: NBC

Fox Buys a “Character-Driven Cop Drama”

“Character-driven?” Whenever we hear that label used on a cop show procedural we think of the Helen Mirren UK version of PRIME SUSPECT. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if this could be at least half as good?

Fox Buys Detective Drama From Writer Chris Levinson And Chernin Entertainment – by Nellie Andreeva (Deadline.Com)

Fox has made a premium script deal for a character-driven cop-drama from Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV. Written by Chris Levinson (Touch), the untitled project centers on a major crimes detective who starts slowly losing his memory. Faced with the prospect of losing his career and family, the cop ends up putting his entire life under surveillance. What begins as an effort to restore missing pieces of his waking hours becomes a 24/7 window into a world where nothing is ever as it appears. WME-repped Levinson executive produces with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope. The project stems from a two-script deal Levinson inked with Chernin Entertainment last year. She most recently served as a co-executive producer on the Chernin/20th TV drama series for Fox Touch. Her series credits also include Law & Order and Lone Star.

DRACULA Coming to NBC…

…In the person of that scariest of scary Mofus – Jonathan Rhys Meyers:

“I’m ‘Enery the 8th, I am…”

NBC Orders 10-Episode Dracula Series Starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers – by Natalie Abrams

NBC is getting into the vampire business.

The network has given a 10-episode series order to Dracula, a series inspired by the classic Bram Stoker character starringThe Tudors‘ Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the titular character, NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt announced Tuesday at the Television Critics Association fall TV previews. read article

One of the Best Salesmen in the History of TV

They say that a good salesman believes in everything he sells…and everything he says. Welcome to Dick Wolf’s world:

Dick Wolf Calls ‘Chicago Fire’ a ‘Classic’ NBC Drama, by Philiana Ng

Firefighting takes a front seat in NBC’s fall drama ‘Chicago Fire,’ but it was all about Dick Wolf at the Television Critics Assoc. summer press tour. read article

Two Network Execs w/Something in Common: Trying to Justify Their Jobs

Let’s pretend these are videos and watch ’em squirm:

1st: read article

Our Last Network Executive Bio

Erm, probably. (Would you believe maybe?) We’re just doing this because we feel sorry for NBC, which needs all the positive P.R. it can buy get.

Meet Pearlena Igbokwe, NBC’s New Executive Vice President of Drama Programming
by Alanna Bennett

NBC has named its new head drama exec, and it is veteran TV executive Pearlena Igbokwe. She’s been working with Showtime for the past 20 years, during which time she worked on the development of shows like Dexter, Nurse Jackie, The Big C, and the upcoming Masters of Sex. Oh, and she also happens to be a woman of color. As someone who follows television news as if it held the same national importance as the electoral race, and who also happens to be a woman of color, this makes me pretty happy. read article