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ut NBC has rejected the Wonder Woman tv show. Apparently a network screening of the pilot went terribly and it started to amass bad buzz, even though Adrianna Palicki (Supernatural) certainly did a great job of driving up interest. It’s a huge project and the character was due for a comeback so it must have been something awful for them to pass on it, what with all the press it’s already received.
Jeff Reiner of The Event directed the pilot, which also starred Elizabeth Hurley, Tracie Thoms and Cary Elwes.
While this Wonder Woman will never happen, many new shows have been picked up. We’ve got the usual mix of cop dramas, ripoffs of other shows and sitcoms- here’s what you’ll see on the network.
The Playboy Club – which stars Amber Heard and Jenna Dewan as Playboy bunnies in the 1960s (Don’t care how pandering that is- sold!)
Awake – Jason Isaacs stars as a police detective who “can’t let go of any aspect of his fractured family after a car crash.”
Grimm– a cop drama set in a world in which Brother Grimm fairy tales exist. So- NBC’s Supernatural?
Whitney – a sitcom based on the stand-up of Whitney Cummings.
Up All Night – Christina Applegate stars as a working mom who has to deal with her stay at home husband, played by Will Arnett.
Smash – a musical drama from an idea by Steven Spielberg, about a group of actrors who put on a Broadway musical about Marilyn Monroe. It’s being called “A Glee for Adults”.
Prime Suspect – an adaptation of the British show of the same name which stars Maria Bello as a female detective fighing her male colleagues in a New York precinct.
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Alex Riviello, It is sad none of NBC’s new series will be…SUPER! Maybe NBC, will order a new pilot of…Wonder Woman, which is what happened years ago when, Cathy Lee Crosby’s Wonder Woman Pilot was rejected, and a new one starring Lynda Carter The New Adventures Of Wonder Woman, lasted for 3 years on 2 networks.
“the character was due for a comeback” Nobody cares about this character.
TheHonestTruth, Wonder Woman is…Long due for a comeback. Just look at both Marvel’s THOR and Captain America. One is a…GOD, the other a World War II Era Superhero. Wonder Woman is…Both. NBC passed on this concept of a Wonder Woman with her own company and 3 different characters to be. Even if WW is not set in WW2, she should be a superhero, that sides with the US, because of her love for Steve Trevor and the dedication to his country, that inspired her as well.
Will be good to see Jason Isaacs in a regular role on TV. Even if this flounders, perhaps he’ll get picked up for another turn on something awesome like Game of Thrones.
Bello deserves a shot at her own show too. Did a great job on the recent SVU mini-arc.
Wonder Woman in prime time will probably never happen. Slave Leia: The Series could have some play though.
I agree that the characer is due for a comeback, but I don’t think this was it – the script was atrocious and early reviews weren’t much kinder. Give Diana a movie instead. I AM surprised that they passed on something that already had so much publicity, though.
How has there never been a show on TV called “Prime Suspect” before?
Grimm actually sounds more like D.C. comics “Fables” then Supernatural. And it sounds cool, so I think I’ll give that a shot.
And yeah, nobody gives a shit about Wonder Woman. NO ONE.
Just like nobody gives a shit about fucking Thor. Oh, wait.
How about a show about the EDEN SINCLAIRE character from DOOMSDAY? Her high tech adventures as a bad ass London bobby? She’s my favorite female action character of the past few years, I think
The Cathy Lee Crosby project was a made for television movie. It wasn’t a pilot.
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