The battle is on between two top rating reality singing shows as they start their new season. The Voice debuts today while the X Factor will premiere on Wednesday. NBC is pitting these two popular TV shows against each other in a bid to increase viewership. And what can fans expect from the new season? New twists in the shows, as revealed by Mark Burnett, the executive … [Read more...]
Adrianne Palicki is NBC’s Wonder Woman
As the only actress invited to audition for the part, it was reportedly hers to lose. But David E. Kelley's instincts must have been spot-on, as he's awarded actress Adrianne Palicki the lead in his new take on Wonder Woman for NBC. Palicki is best known for her ongoing roles on Friday Night Lights and Fox's recent Lone Star. But looking over her resume, it looks like she … [Read more...]
NBC’s ‘Grimm’ New Cop Show
NBC is signing up for some very unconventional new shows these days. Shows like Ron Moore's 17th Precinct, Steven Spielberg's musical Smash, and David E. Kelley's new take on Wonder Woman. They also have a period piece in the works called Poe, which features literary master Edgar Allan Poe as a detective in the 1840s. Add to that list Grimm, yet another cop procedural with a … [Read more...]
NBC Snags Spielberg Musical
Now that Glee has proven that there's room on the small screen for musicals, it's inevitable that more song-and-dance series will make their way to television screens. But I don't think anyone expected Steven Spielberg to be behind the next one. Spielberg has just sold a musical idea to NBC called Smash, which follows a group of characters as they put together a Broadway … [Read more...]
Wonder Woman Lives at NBC
Having barely just reported that David E. Kelley's new take on Wonder Woman was dead in the water, today there's news of a dramatic reversal. NBC, who was most interested in the project but couldn't make any commitments due to executive shuffling, has settled its issues with the assignment of new studio head Bob Greenblatt. One of Greenblatt's first official acts was to give … [Read more...]