TVSquad

Ah, doesn't it feel good again to bask in the rays of the television world after the cold winter that was the Writer's Strike? During that dark time it felt like we were on the way to a broadcast schedule filled with reality shows, reality game shows, and reality shows about reality shows. Now, there isn't a day that goes by that we don't hear about a pilot greenlight by one of the networks, whether it be broadcast or cable.

This time around it's ABC and CBS who are taking up the challenge by picking up a total of three pilots. ABC is picking up a single-camera comedy pilot called This Might Hurt while CBS is picking up two dramas -- Tower and Harper's Island.

A pilot for the medical sitcom This Might Hurt (which will include some improv) has been picked up by FOX. The series will focus on a private practice where a pediatrician, an internist and an OB-GYN work together -- though presumably not at the same time, and not on the same person.

The new series was created by actor (You, Me, and Dupree; the failed CBS pilot, Giants of Radio), writer (The Wayne Brady Show) and director (Giants of Radio) Jason Winer, who, according to Variety, got the idea by spending time in a doctor's office. Also, he correctly points out that pain is funny.