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Pilot Watch: 'Revolution' from WBTV, 'Supernatural' creator -- NBC has ordered drama pilot "Revolution" from Warner Bros. TV and Bad Robot Prods.
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Pilot Watch: Net also plucks half-hour from '70s Show' EPs -- ABC ordered a pair of comedy pilots Wednesday including one starring Reba McEntire.
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Pilot Watch: Drama based on Judith Krantz novel -- ABC has ordered the drama pilot "Scruples" from Flame Ventures LLC in association with Warner Bros. Television.
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Pilot Watch: Cabler orders six-hour miniseries about femme pol -- Greg Berlanti's hot streak has spread to cable.
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Pilot Watch: Universal TV ensembler also from Spike Feresten -- CBS has ordered a pilot for a comedy ensembler penned by Louis C.K. and ''Seinfeld'' alum Spike Feresten.
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Pilot Watch: Two comedies among the cabler's shows looking good for pickup -- Amid a steady-as-she-goes status report at the Television Critics Assn. press tour, ABC Family plans to announce green or red lights on four pilots in development shortly.
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Pilot Watch: Network riding high ratings for scripted series this season -- With last quarter breaking network records on the strength of scripted series "Warehouse 13," "Eureka," "Haven" and new skein "Alphas," Syfy has three new scripted series in development.
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Pilot Watch: 'Whitney,' 'Up All Night' get full-season orders -- NBC has put away its bunny ears and canceled "The Playboy Club."
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Pilot Watch: Lane in talks to star in McGrath's singlecam laffer -- USA Network is moving forward on the comedy side with the greenlight of two pilots, including one likely to star Nathan Lane.
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Pilot Watch: Music for Screens: Summer 2011 -- There's no denying that musical television is having its day in the sun. With shows such as "Glee," "American Idol," The Voice" and "Dancing with the Stars" among the most popular in primetime, it's no surprise that networks are greenlighting more music-based programming.
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Pilot Watch: 'Modern Family,' 'The Middle' launch in one-hour form -- ABC will look to several expanded editions of its returning series to kick off the fall season.
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Pilot Watch: Eye picks up drama 'Person of Interest,' laffer 'Girls' with more to come -- CBS got the ball rolling on its series pickups Friday, greenlighting comedy "Two Broke Girls" and drama "Persons of Interest."
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Pilot Watch: 'Happy Endings,' 'Shark Tank' renewed; 'Brothers & Sisters' ends. -- ABC has gone no-holds-barred on new series, giving pickup nods to a whopping seven dramas and five new comedies on Friday afternoon.
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Pilot Watch: 'Chelsea,' 'Free Agents,' 'Bent' ordered -- NBC is stocking up on new comedies, ordering four more half-hours on Friday.
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Pilot Watch: Peacock picks up 'Smash,' 'Prime Suspect' and 2 laffers -- NBC is putting femmes front and center in the upcoming season.
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Pilot Watch: Lee grapples with wealth of strong pilots -- ABC Entertainment Group topper Paul Lee is grappling with a high-class problem: a wealth of strong drama pilots to chose from as he sets his first primetime sked for the Alphabet.
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Pilot Watch: Debate over if sneak peeks are a smart strategy -- This pilot season, networks and studios have had to adjust to a new kind of image polishing for their development prospects long before there's even a decision on whether a pilot will be ordered to series.
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Pilot Watch: Hot prospects already emerging -- Pilot screenings have begun in earnest at the broadcast networks this week. And while it's still early in the process, a few hot prospects have emerged at the Big Four and CW, which will unveil their fall lineups during the week of May 16.
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Pilot Watch: Eye-popping money shots sell series -- To portray the interior of Hugh Hefner's original Chicago Playboy Mansion circa 1960, the producers of the NBC pilot "Playboy" secured the staid lakefront estate of former Vice President Charles G. Dawes (1865-1951) in Evanston, Illinois, and spent three weeks repainting it, redressing it and switching out the furniture.
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Pilot Watch: Local hot spots can help a crew that's on the road -- The discovery of favorite hangouts -- whether a local restaurant, diner or bar -- that can help cushion the pain of traveling.