TV SALES, PICK-UPS, ATTACHMENTS, RENEWALS & DEALS (02.02.11)

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SALES

ABC made a monster splash today, greenlighting seven new shows to pilot, on what was a very busy day for . Here they are:

ABC has ordered a pilot for hourlong drama (pka ) from writer/exec producer . , which is also exec produced by , and , centers on the young -next-generation of power brokers in Washington, DC.

ABC has handed out a pilot order to new drama from writer/exec producer . , which is based on the Israel series of the same name, centers on an elite police unit formed to combat the explosion of identity-related crime. , and also exec produce.

ABC has put in a pilot order for fantasy drama series from /exec and . , which was developed with Damon Lindelof, centers on a woman with a troubled past who is drawn into a small town in Maine where the magic and mystery of Fairy Tales just may be real. Project hit the market October, 14th, 2010, and sold a few weeks later on October, 29th.

ABC has ordered a pilot for the new horror/drama adventure from writer/exec producer . , which is also exec produced by , , , and Michael R. Perry, is pitched as being an on-going dramatic thriller about a famed adventurer who goes missing and is presumed dead somewhere deep inside the Amazon. The show will follow his friends and crew who set out down the river to look for him in a state-of-the-art vessel. Originally sold September, 2010.

ABC has also extended a pilot order to from writer/exec producer . , which will also be exec produced by , centers on the small town of Hallelujah, as it is hitting a crossroads of expansion, and the fight to stay small, as the town divides into cliques of good vs. evil, all coming together for song at the local church choir.

ABC has moved to pick up to pilot the new drama (pka ) from writer/exec producer . , which is also exec produced by and , is described as a modern day re-imagening of Alexandre Dumas, pere’s The Count of Monte Cristo. Project was snatched up just before everyone left for the holiday in December, 2010.

ABC has put up the budget to shoot a presentation pitch for new series from writer/exec producer . , which is based on the book of the same name by , and is pitched as “Desperate Housewives in Dallas.” will center on a recently divorced mother of two, who moves back to the affluent Dallas neighborhood she grew up in, to “find herself”. Instead, she finds herself in the whirling midst of salacious gossip, Botox, and fraud. and also exec produce.

CW has readied their slate for the next step in series creation, and handed out four more pilot orders to comedies today. Here they are:

CW has made, what may be a record “purchase date” to “pilot” ever by greenlighting the pilot for from /exec and . , which will also be exec produced by , and , centers on two sisters who come of age and face off against one another amidst the beginning of a zombie uprising.

CW has also ordered up a pilot for drama series from writer/exec producer . , which also exec produces, centers on a dedicated young female attorney and a former angel, turned human, who tackle cases together at the attorney’s legal aid clinic — she saves ’ butts while he saves their souls.

CW has greenlit a pilot for new laugher from writer/exec producer . , which is also exec produced by , and , centers on a young City doctor who inherits a medical practice in a small Southern town inhabited by an eclectic and eccentric group of characters.

CW has also extended a pilot order to female-driven cop drama from writer/exec producer . centers on two smart young female detectives on Chicago’s North Side who are best friends, equally adept at discussing fashion, music, pop culture as they are solving homicides.

NBC has greenlit new single-cam comedy from writer/exec producer . , which inhabits a romantic angle, centers a recently divorced “type A” single mother who tries hard not to fall for the sexy “surfer-dude” contractor she hires to re-do her kitchen.

NBC has also handed out a cast-contingent pilot order for new laugher, the from writer/exec producer . , which is also exec produced by , centers on a working mother, who never thought she’d be a mom, but now rasies her children along with her stay-at-home husband and her opinionated parents.

has finalized a deal to buy the much talked about mini-series . will begin airing in April, 2011.

CANCELLATIONS

NBC says it is not exactly a cancellation, but it’s not looking good for , which has had its order of 13 episodes down to 10.

ATTACHMENTS

has signed on to make his -directing debut as he steps in to helm the supernatural pilot for the .

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