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Category Archives: pilots

PreAirs

Just when I was getting ready to complain that none of the pilots were being leaked this season, the torrents are starting to appear: True Blood, Fringe, Pretty Handsome, Do Not Disturb, Life on Mars are out there now.
True Blood, Fringe and Life on Mars seem like major properties to me and I find it […]

More Sci Fi: Fringe

J.J. Abrams‘ series Fringe has been picked up by Fox, probably for mid-season. The series is a sci-fi cop show with elements of romance and plenty of action. The female lead is an FBI agent who investigates Fringe science phenomena:
OLIVIA: They gave him the resources to do whatever work he wanted, which was […]

Story2Oh! at CaseCamp

I’m presenting Story2Oh! tonight at CaseCamp. CaseCamp is a marketers-meet-technology forum in which four cases are presented and discussed.
On tonight’s bill: TD bank, RedFlag Deals, a cool little YouTube project to help with Sick Kids fundraising and of course, my dirty little storytelling project.
There are a bunch of rules for how to present to […]

A Sad Day for You

I’m feeling a little sad for you right now because there’s a good chance you’re never going to see my favourite pilot of the year. Sabbatical created and written by Peter Mitchell is not just a perfect little piece of screenwriting, it’s also the foundation for what could be a creepy and story-rich television […]

quarterlife

quarterlife is premiering on NBC so maybe it’s time to take a look at what they’ve been doing on the web.
quarterlife is the product of writer-heroes Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick who gave us two landmark tv series: thirty-something and My So Called Life. Their web drama series has been available since November. […]

Murdoch Mysteries

Murdoch Mysteries, which premiered in Toronto last night and around the country on other nights this week, knows just what kind of a show it is and shares that information with us right up front in the teaser.
The opening episode “Power” written by RB Carney, is a typisode; just an ordinary episode of the series […]

Good News

Everyone’s eulogizing the pilot today. I’m trying not to take the move to eliminate pilots personally. I start a blog to write about pilots and then they decide to stop making them. It’s crazy talk to think there’s a connection. This has nothing to do with karma.
Right?
Let’s focus on the good […]

Viewing Report

Many of you Americans may be feeling the early stages of drama withdrawal. Sure, The Wire is happening and yes, there are still a few trickles of American excellence on the networks, like Friday Night Lights. But it’s dwindling and very soon it won’t be enough to get you through the night.
You may […]

Story2Oh! News

The Story2Oh! fan page is up on Facebook.  Become a fan to get all the Facebook updates quickly.
Don’t forget to check out the Story2Oh! blog which is gearing up to give you the background details on the project.
The Story2Oh! characters walk amongst us already.  They want to be friends!
Lots more Story2Oh! news coming this week.

The Border

The Border pilot, written by Janet McLean, has a complicated feel to it. At first I didn’t think I’d be able to break it down. There are so many quick cuts, so many characters, I felt bewildered.
But MacLean is building a bewildering world; a world in which nothing is as it seems and […]