Primetime Pilot Panic: NBC's Hot List

DRAMAS (2009/2010 Primetime Season)

NEW - My sources say because of the hold off on Legally Mad, there may only be two drama pilot pickups right away...

TRAUMA (Universal Media Studio/Film 44) NEW - "ALL BUT PICKED UP"...  "BIGGEST PILOT OF THE YEAR BUDGET-WISE." ... "HUGE ACTION WITH HELICOPTERS CRASHING." ... "BUT DOES JEFF ZUCKER WANT TO DO A $4 MILLION [AN EPISODE] SHOW?" (Previous: "Pete Berg...") (Text continues below video)

 

PARENTHOOD (Universal Media Studios/Imagine): NEW - "ALL BUT PICKED UP"... "THEY LOVE JASON KATIMS WHO WROTE IT" ... (Previous: "Almost a lock." "Great cast." "Tommy Schlamme directing.") 

LEGALLY MAD (Warner Bros/David E Kelley): NEW - "I HEAR IT DIDN'T COME IN SO WELL" ... "HOLD OFF" ...  "HARD TO GET A STRAIGHT ANSWER BUT DAVID KELLEY GETS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT." - (Previous: Series penalty.)

LOST & FOUND (Universal Media Studios/Wolf Films): NEW - "DICK WOLF ... BUT IT REALLY HAS TO PLAY. THEY DON'T HAVE AS MANY TIME SLOTS."

MERCY (Universal Media Studios/BermanBraun): NEW - "A LITTLE SOFT ... REACTION WASN'T GREAT."

DAY ONE (Universal Media Studios) NEW - "MORE OF AN EVENT SHOW"

COMEDIES 

NEW - My sources say NBC will pick up 3 or possibly 4 comedy pilots.

COMMUNITY (Sony TV/Krasnoff); NEW - "PICKED UP"... "HOT COMEDY WITH JOEL MCHALE, STAR OF THE SOUP" ... "VERY MUCH FITS INTO THEIR 30 ROCK/THE OFFICE LINEUP." 

OFF DUTY (Universal Media Studios/American Work):  NEW - My sources say it's in competition with CHARLOTTE PAYNE. One or both may get picked up.

100 QUESTIONS FOR CHARLOTTE PAYNE (Universal Media Studios/Tagline Pictures): NEW - Jim Burrows directing... My sources say it's in competition with OFF DUTY. One or both may get picked up.