And hey, not all of those comedies in the works are focusing on all-too-familiar premises.
Jacobs bookMy Life as an Experimenthas inspired NBC (and Jack Black!)
We know how that goes: Jacobs used to work at EW.
Like all pilots ordered for fall, nothing is assured an automatic pickup.
Mondays are particularly weak for NBC among adults 18-49, as are Wednesdays and Fridays.
All told, NBC has ordered 21 pilots.
Heres the complete list:
17th Precinct(Ron Moore).
World ruled by magic, not science (drama,pilot).
Playboy(Chad Hodge).
Special investigations L.A. (Stephen Gaghan, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope).
Grimm(Jim Kouf, David Greenwalt).
Prime Suspect (Alexandra Cunningham, Sarah Aubrey, Peter Berg).
Series adaptation of the British miniseries (drama,pilot).
REM(Kyle Killen).
The Crossing (Josh Brand, Peter Horton).
Kari Lizer project(Kari Lizer).
Free Agents(John Enbom, Karey Burke, Todd Holland).
Dan Goor project(Dan Goor, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun).
Lovelives(Chris Sheridan, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope).
A sophisticated multi-camera comedy about two couples and their challenges of love and infidelity (comedy,pilot).
I Hate that I Love You (Jhoni Marchinko).
Are you there, Vodka?
Its me, Chelsea(Chelsea Handler, Tom Werner, Dottie Dartland Zicklin, Julie Larsen).
Brave New World(Peter Tolan, Michael Wimer).
My Life as an Experiment(Cathy Yuspa, Josh Goldsmith, Jack Black).
Its based on the book by (former EW writer!)
(comedy,pilot).
Claire project(Lennon Parham, Jessica St. Clair).
Bent(Ted Quill).
Untitled Emily Spivey project(Emily Spivey).
A cast-contingent project about parenthood through the POV of an acerbic working mom (comedy,pilot).
