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May 14th, 2009 5:36 pm
Competition tightens on The CW
With The CW’s recent drop of Sunday night programming from their schedule, competition has become even tighter for hopeful pilots and old faves for the green network.
Joanna Garcia stars as Megan Smith in The CW's 'Privileged'.
With The CW’s recent drop of Sunday night programming from their schedule, competition has become even tighter for hopeful pilots and old faves for the green network.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, ‘Melrose Place’ and ‘Vampire Diaries’ are now both considered lock for next season, while Ashton Kutcher’s ‘The Beautiful Life’, ‘Life Unexpected’ ‘Parental Discretion Advised’ (previously knows as ‘Light Years’) and our favourite dramedy this season ‘Privileged’ are all fighting it out for the third spot on the CW’s sched.
‘Valley Girls’ (AKA the “Gossip Girl’ spin-off) is apparently back in the running as a mid-season replacement.
So who do you think should take out the third opening on The CW next season? Here’s a run down of the three contenders.
The Beautiful Life
An hourlong drama which revolves around a group of male and female models sharing a residence in New York. It stars Mischa Barton, Corbin Bleu and Elle Macpherson.
The pilot was written by former-model-turned writer Adam Giaudrone. Mike Kelley(‘Swingtown’) will serve as the showrunner with Aston Kutcher as executive producer.
Source: Wikipedia
Life Unexpected Parental Discretion Advised
An hourlong dramedy being described as ‘Juno’ meets ‘Gilmore Girls’. It revolves around a teenage girl who has spent most of her life in foster homes. She searches for—and finds—her birth parents, only to discover they haven’t spoken to each other since she was born. Mum is a commitment-phobic radio host, while dad is a slacker bar owner. They form an unlikely family unit.
The pilot was written by Liz Tigelaar (‘What About Brian’, ‘Brothers and Sisters’) and was directed by Gary Fleder (‘Life on Mars’). Both serve as executive producers.
Source: Wikipedia
Privileged
A hourlong dramedy based on the novel “How To Teach Filthy Rich Girls” by Zoey Dean. It revolves around Yale-grad Megan Smith, who lands the job as the in-house tutor for cosmetics mogul Laurel Limoges’s granddaughters Rose and Sage Baker.
It was developed for television by Rina Mimoun (‘Everwood’, ‘Gilmore Girls’, ‘Pushing Daisies’), who also serves as showrunner and executive producer with Bob Levy and Leslie Morgenstein.
