CBS swears it's trying to get away from procedurals, but I just don't believe them. The Hollywood Reporter says the network has ordered a pilot for a law drama, produced by Barry Schindel (Numb3rs) and powerhouse movie producers Ridley and Tony Scott. The untitled show is about "the lives, relationships, cases and careers of a team of public defenders." Sounds like NBC's failed Conviction, but on the other side of the table.Schindel pitched a similar show, called Law Dogs, to NBC in 2003 but it didn't even get a pilot order. Schindel says he never gave up, that this is "a show that needed to be done."
Skeet Ulrich is coming to series television in a nuclear-apocalypse drama called Jericho. The drama, produced by Ridley and Tony Scott (executive producers of Numb3rs), is about a small town that becomes isolated from the rest of the world after a nuclear disaster. Ulrich plays the son of the town's mayor, who becomes an unlikely leader as chaos ensues. Skeet comes to television after a starring role in Spielberg's Into the West last summer on TNT.
'Tis the season to kiss television networks' butts. January is a big month in Los Angeles, when writers and producers
are pitching their show ideas to all the networks. This week, networks placed their orders for a whole bunch of new
dramas, including some created by well-knowns such as J.J. Abrams and Ridley and Tony Scott. Here is a list of some
shows we know about so far:
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