More Pilots For Ya........

Hmmmm.......doncha just love a man in uniform?

Yep.

Oooops, I digress.

Happy Wednesday y'all.

Well, as promised.....I have 2 more interesting TV pilots to fill ya in on today.

The first one is generating some buzz because the 2 stars are TV favorites, and they both come from well-loved and established shows.

#1

BACK TO YOU (FOX)

(This one has a blind 13-episode commitment, the pilot already
filmed in early April)

DESCRIPTION:
In the 90s, the local TV news scene in Pittsburgh was dominated by one team: CHUCK DARLING (Kelsey Grammer, "Frasier," "Cheers") and KELLY CARR (Patricia Heaton, "Everybody Loves Raymond"). They had that elusive quality all news teams need:
chemistry ...... at least on-screen. Off-screen, Chuck was a bit of an egomaniacal womanizer, and Kelly a bit of an uptight know-it-all.

So -- when Chuck got the call to move up to a larger market, no tears were shed. Now, after an embarrassing newscast tirade ends up on the Internet, Chuck finds himself on the downswing career-wise. He's even questioning whether his lifestyle of chasing women and living in hotels is as exciting as it used to be. When he gets the call to return to Pittsburgh, to reunite with Kelly and try to take the newscast back to No. 1, it's an offer he can't refuse.

Now back in Pittsburgh, Chuck has a couple of new co-workers: MONTANA DIAZ HERRERA (Aimee Garcia, "A Lot Like Love"), the perky, sexy, somewhat inept weather anchor, and RYAN CHURCH (Paul Campbell, "Battlestar Galactica"), the overstressed news director. There are also familiar faces like MARSH McGINLEY (Fred Willard, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy," "Everybody Loves Raymond"), the affable, endlessly inappropriate sports anchor, and GARY CREZYZEWSKI, pronounced Kre-shoov-ski (Ty Burrell, "In Good Company," "Out of Practice"), the perennially put-upon field reporter who always seems to get left out in the snow.

But mostly, there's Kelly-- now a single mom to 10-year-old GRACIE (Laura Marano, "Without a Trace"). There was magic between them once. Can they find it again?

BACK TO YOU is written and executive-produced by Steven Levitan ("Just Shoot Me!," "Frasier," "Wings") and Christopher Lloyd ("Frasier," "The Golden Girls").

PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:· Ayda Field as Montana Diaz Herrera· Fred Willard as Marsh McGinley· Josh Gad as Ryan Church· Kelsey Grammer as Chuck Darling· Laura Marano as Gracie Carr· Patricia Heaton as Kelly Carr· Ty Burrell as Gary Crezyzewski

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I do think this one sounds like it could be funny........

I really like Kelsey when he is at his bombastic best. He can be boorish, funny, smart and charming.



I also know some people are on the fence about Patty Heaton, but I think this sounds like a good role for her. I can see she and Kelsey sparring and playing well off of each other.



Hey.....they're both Emmy winners, it's worth a sample.

Also, I get a kick out of Fred Willard --



Watching him play an "endlessly inappropriate" anything, is usually better than most sitcom actors on TV right now.

Have you ever seen Best In Show? His take on the announcer at the dog show is priceless. Rent that baby!

OK........so keep an eye out this Fall for "Back To You" on FOX.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for this one. We'll see if they can create some
"Must-See TV" for me.


#2

DIRTY SEXY MONEY (ABC) ...........Doncha just love the title?

STATUS: currently in development (2007-2008 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE: ordered to pilot

DESCRIPTION:
Power, privilege and family money are a volatile cocktail. Living proof: The Darlings of New York City, so absurdly wealthy they put the "upper" in Upper East Side.

This preeminent family's five spoiled adult brats (one of them a Presidential candidate) are always getting mixed up with the wrong people, including freeloading spouses, illegal immigrants and transvestite hookers. It will take a miracle to keep this Kennedy-esque clan out of the tabloids and out of jail.

That miracle comes in the form of Nick George. As a boy, Nick watched his father surrender his freedom and family as the Darling's trusted consigliere(that's family lawyer, to you and me). Burned by his own boyhood encounters with the family, Nick did a 180 and became a lawyer for the disadvantaged. But the passing of his dad thrusts the daunting responsibility of protecting the Darlings' secrets onto Nick. When the family's patriarch offers him an ungodly salary, Nick isn't sure if it's the chance of a lifetime - or a life sentence.

In no time, Nick finds himself racing to plead with cops, hush the tabloids and furiously try to wipe the mud off the esteemed Darling reputation. With new disasters every week, hopefully Nick has the stamina for a marathon. Three-time Emmy nominee Peter Krause ("Six Feet Under," "Sports Night"), Emmy-winner Donald Sutherland, and two-time Oscar nominee Jill Clayburgh ("Ally McBeal," Starting Over, An Unmarried Woman) star in this younger, sexier, redheaded stepchild of Dallas and Dynasty.

Emmy and Pulitzer-nominated Craig Wright ("Brothers & Sisters," "Lost," "Six Feet Under") and executive producer Greg Berlanti ("Brothers & Sisters," "Everwood") use over-the-top situations and razor-sharp satire to illustrate how scads of money can create a great American family... and demolish it.


PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:· Donald Sutherland as Tripp Darling· Glenn Fitzgerald as Brian Darling· Jill Clayburgh as Letitia Darling· Laz Alonso as Colin Davidson· Natalie Zea as Karen Darling· Peter Krause as Nick George· Samaire Armstrong as Juliet Darling· Seth Gabel as Jeremy Darling· Victoria Pratt as Naomi Leeds· William Baldwin as Senator Patrick Darling· Zoe McLellan as Lisa George


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OK...........this is one I really wanna watch. I sure hope it makes it to the Fall schedule.

I love that they are callin' this -- a "redheaded stepchild" to "Dallas" and "Dynasty".

Oh yeah...........I'm there, baby!

I also love Peter Krause -- "Sports Night" is one of my all-time favorite shows (the eps are now on DVD, I'd highly recommend it..........and I ain't no sports nut, by the way! It's just good stories, a great cast and really smart writing. Aaron Sorkin at his best.)



I think Peter will be great in the role of Nick, trying to pick-up the pieces of this very wealthy (and wacky) NYC family.

And how about Donald Sutherland as the patriarch?


Awesome............love him, love his voice. He really plays a good baddie.

And just guess who is playin' the young politico brother with presidential aspirations?

None other than that handsome Baldwin brother........Billy (that's "William" to you).



Hmmmm..............

I'm thinkin' they can get big brother Alec to do a cameo as a ruthless, muckraking tabloid reporter -- out to expose all of the dirty Darling family secrets.



("Pilot.........did somebody say, Pilot?")



Let's see......then maybe the family lawyer/Nick character -- digs up some good dirt on the reporter(guest-star Alec) instead --(Oh, I dunno.......custody battle transcripts, cell phone records -- something like that).

I'm seein' it.

Hey Alec -- give the producers a call.......

You're so great on the phone --you'd be awesome, baby!

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Well.........that's all of my "pilot talk" for today.

Tune in tomorrow -- I have a few more goodies to gab about.

Later,

Cagey :)