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**Jayne Cobb** Fr Aug 06, 2010 9:54 am

Dieser Thread ist für Seriennews, für die man in naher Zukunft keinen eigenen Thread benötigen wird. Da die angekündigte Serie entweder verschoben oder gar komplett gecancelt wurde.

Star Wars: Keine Fernsehserie in naher Zukunft

Vorläufiges Ende eines sehr ambitionierten Plans: Seit fünf Jahren hat George Lucas an einer Live-Action-Fernsehserie zu „Star Wars“ gearbeitet. Es sind sogar schon Drehbücher entstanden. Doch nun zeigt sich: Die Serie ist einfach nicht mit einem TV-Budget zu realisieren.

Immer wieder ist davon die Rede gewesen, dass Star-Regisseur George Lucas - neben den im Computer animierten „Clone Wars“ - eine mit realen Schauspielern gedrehte „Star Wars“-Fernsehserie plant. Gerüchteweise hieß es, dass die Serie die zeitliche Lücke zwischen „Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith“ und „Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope“ überbrücken sollte. Als Drehort war Australien in die engere Wahl gekommen (Serienjunkies vom 05.08.2008).
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Doch nun heißt es: Kommando zurück. Denn eine „Star Wars“-Fernsehserie erscheint den Machern auf absehbare Zeit nicht realisierbar.

Die zum US-Kabelsender Syfy gehörende Webseite blastr zitiert George Lucas, der während einer Sondervorführung von „Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back“ in Chicago gegenüber dem geladenen Kinopublikum erklärte: „Wir haben die Drehbücher, aber wir wissen nicht, wie wir sie umsetzen sollen. Denn die Serie ist tatsächlich wie die „Star Wars“-Filme. Nur dass wir sie für ein Zehntel der Kosten herstellen müssten. Das ist eine große Herausforderung, viel größer, als wir uns das vorgestellt haben.“

Die weitere Entwicklung der Fernsehserie muss deshalb - zumindest vorerst - pausieren, bis die Produzenten geklärt haben, wie mit einem Fernsehbudget eine „Star Wars“-Fernsehserie machbar ist.

Quelle: serienjunkies.de

**Jayne Cobb** Mi Okt 27, 2010 3:45 pm

It's Official: NBC's 'Chase' & 'Chuck' Get Full-Season Orders, 4 Scripts For 'Undercovers'

It was UMS' pickup day at NBC yesterday when the studio's freshman series The Event, Law & Order: Los Angeles and Outsourced all received back-nine orders. Today is Warner Bros TV's turn. As expected, the studio and NBC closed deals for full-season orders to freshman drama Chase and fan favorite Chuck, now in its fourth season, which I hear received a super-sized 11 episode pickup. (Digital rights issues held up both deals from being announced at the same time as the other pickups yesterday.) Additionally, NBC and Warner Bros. TV have settled on the number of additional scripts for freshman spy drama Undercovers, 4. NBC primetime chief Angela Bromstad pointed to Chase's "potential to grow” and Chuck's loyal audience. Indeed, last night Chase delivered a small ratings uptick at 10 PM, while Chuck held steady. Both finished last in the hour among the major networks.

It is somewhat remarkable that, despite average to disappointing ratings performance by NBC's freshman class, with the exception of cancelled Outlaw all have been given full-season orders or, in the case of Undercovers, an additional script order. NBC has become the first network to decide the fate of all of its new series. Fox picked up one, Raising Hope, and cancelled one, Lone Star, with comedy Running Wilde still awaiting a decision. Besides canceling My Generation, ABC has been mum as has been ratings leader CBS, which may renew all of its freshman series. CW, which made the first move this fall with script orders to Hellcats as well as veteran One Tree Hill, is yet to followed it up with episodic/more script orders.

Quelle: deadline.com

Staffel 4 von Chuck wird dann insgesamt 24 Folgen haben (wäre dann die längste Staffel so far). Außerdem wurde auch noch The Event von 13 Folgen auf 22 Folgen aufgestockt. exalting

NBC Orders Full Seasons of ‘The Event,’ ‘Outsourced’ and ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. – October 18, 2010 – NBC has given full-season pickups to three of its new Fall 2010-11 series, “The Event,” “Law & Order: Los Angeles” and “Outsourced.” The announcement was made by Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios.

“We are pleased with the quality of ‘The Event,’ ‘Law & Order: Los Angeles’ and ‘Outsourced,’ and feel they are an important part of helping to re-build our schedule and our studio pipeline,” said Bromstad. “We believe in these new series and the creative auspices behind them.”

Through October 11, “The Event” has averaged a 3.0 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 9.1 million viewers overall in “most current” averages from Nielsen Media Research. “The Event” has generated a 30 percent improvement in the time period versus year-ago “most current” results for NBC in 18-49 rating (with a 3.0 rating vs. a 2.3) and a 47 percent increase in total viewers (9.1 million vs. 6.2 million). On a percentage basis, “The Event” was the most time-shifted new series in adults 18-49 during premiere week from among the ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox primetime lineups, with 35 percent of “The Event’s” “live plus seven day” rating being accounted for by time-shifting. Additionally, “The Event” was licensed to nearly 200 territories internationally even before its U.S. premiere, and is launching in numerous regions abroad to impressive ratings.

As of October 13, “Law & Order: Los Angeles” has averaged a 2.5 rating, 7 share in adults 18-49 and 8.7 million viewers overall in “live plus same day” averages from Nielsen. “Law & Order: L.A.” has delivered a 39 percent improvement in the time period versus year-ago “live plus same day” results for NBC in 18-49 rating (with a 2.5 rating vs. a 1.8) and a 45 percent increase in total viewers (8.7 million vs. 6.0 million).

Through October 14, “Outsourced” has averaged a 3.0 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 6.3 million viewers overall in “most current” averages from Nielsen. In the valuable adult 18-34 demographic, “Outsourced” is averaging a 3.3 rating, making it the #1 new series on ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox this fall. “Outsourced” is also heavily time-shifted, adding 19 percent to its “live plus same day” 18-49 rating when Nielsen issued “live plus seven day” results for premiere week (to a 4.29 rating from a 3.59), making it the top gainer among first-year half-hour comedies on the ABC, CBS, NBC or Fox primetime lineups.

“The Event” (Mondays, 9-10 p.m. ET) is an emotional, high-octane drama that follows Sean Walker (Jason Ritter, “The Class”), an everyman who investigates the mysterious disappearance of his would-be fiancée, Leila (Sarah Roemer, “Disturbia”), and unwittingly begins to expose the biggest cover-up in U.S. history. Sean’s quest sends ripples through the lives of an eclectic band of strangers, including newly elected U.S. President Elias Martinez (Golden Globe nominee Blair Underwood, “In Treatment”); Sophia Maguire (Emmy Award nominee Laura Innes, “ER”), who is the leader of a mysterious group of detainees; and Leila’s shadowy father (Scott Patterson, “Gilmore Girls”). Ian Anthony Dale (“Daybreak”), Clifton Collins Jr. (“Star Trek”), Taylor Cole (“The Violent Kind”), Lisa Vidal (“The Division”), Bill Smitrovich (“The Practice”) and Emmy winner Željko Ivanek (“Damages”) also star.

“The Event” is a production of Universal Media Studios and Steve Stark Productions. Evan Katz (“24″) serves as executive producer/show-runner; Steve Stark (“Medium,” “Facing Kate”) serves as executive producer; Jeffrey Reiner (NBC’s “Friday Night Lights,” “Trauma”) is director/executive producer, and Nick Wauters (“The 4400,” “Eureka”) is creator/co-executive producer.

“Law & Order: Los Angeles” (Wednesdays, 10-11 p.m. ET) fuses the classic ripped- from-the-headlines storytelling with the distinctive backdrop of L.A. The drama follows Detectives Rex Winters (Skeet Ulrich, “Jericho”) and Tomas “TJ” Jaruszalski (Corey Stoll, “Midnight in Paris”) who are members of the L.A.P.D.’s elite Robbery Homicide Division. Their boss, Lt. Arleen Gonzales, (Rachel Ticotin), is driven and meticulous. Deputy District Attorney Ricardo Morales (Alfred Molina, “The Da Vinci Code,” “Spiderman 2”) is a sarcastic realist. Oscar nominee Terrence Howard (“Hustle & Flow”) portrays methodical Deputy District Attorney Jonah Dekker and shares the position with Morales in alternate episodes. At Morales’ side is the idealistic Deputy District Attorney Evelyn Price (Regina Hall, “Death at a Funeral”). Megan Boone (“Cold Case”) plays Deputy District Attorney Lauren Stanton who works at Dekker’s side.

The series is a Wolf Films production in association with Universal Media Studios. Wolf is creator and executive producer, Rene Balcer (“Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”), Blake Masters (“Brotherhood,” “Rubicon”), Christopher Misiano (“West Wing,” “ER”) and Peter Jankowski (“Law & Order,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”) are executive producers.

“Outsourced” (Thursdays, 9:30-10 p.m. ET) is NBC’s popular new workplace comedy series centered on a catalog-based company, Mid America Novelties, which sees its call center suddenly Outsourced to India. When Manager Todd Dempsy (Ben Rappaport, off-Broadway’s “The Gingerbread House”) moves there, culture shock ensues when Todd inherits a sales team that includes: Gupta (Parvesh Cheena, “Help Me Help You”), a socially awkward employee; Manmeet (Sacha Dhawan, BBC’s “Five Days II”), a young romantic; Asha (Rebecca Hazlewood, BBC’s “Doctors”), a smart, striking woman; Rajiv (Rizwan Manji, “Privileged”), the assistant manager; and Madhuri (Anisha Nagarajan, Broadway’s “Bombay Dreams”), suffers from shyness. The series also stars Diedrich Bader (“The Drew Carey Show”) and Pippa Black (“Neighbours”).

From Universal Media Studios, “Outsourced” is executive-produced by show-runner Robert Borden (“The Drew Carey Show” “George Lopez”) and director Ken Kwapis (“He’s Just Not That Into You,” “The Office”), who developed the project through his company, In Cahoots. Victor Nelli, Jr. (“Ugly Betty”), Tom Gorai (“Outsourced” theatrical release) and David Skinner (“Outsourced” theatrical release) also serve as executive producers, and Alex Beattie serves as co-executive producer.

Quelle: tvbythenumbers.com

**Jayne Cobb** Fr Jun 30, 2017 2:55 pm

Da ich erstaunlicherweise noch keinen Thread dazu eröffnet habe, schreibe ich es erstmal hier rein:

Sense8 geht weiter, wenn auch nur als 2-stündiges Spezial, um die Handlung abzuschließen?! Netflix hatte die Seire ja leider am Ende der 2. Staffel abgesetzt, weil die Produktionskosten zu hoch waren und das Zuschauerinteresse zu gering ( thumb down

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