Barry Sonnenfeld directing new ABC comedy pilot

Two years ago Sonnenfeld directed the pilot for Pushing Daisies, realising the world of The Pie Hole and Coeur d’Coeurs in all of its surreal multicoloured glory. Now he’s set to return to directorial duties at ABC once again for the pilot of a new half-hour comedy, currently untitled, about a stressed out mother who [...]

New NBC projects from Bryan Fuller…

When I’d heard that Bryan Fuller was returning to Heroes, I felt a little fanboyish gurgle of delight. Maybe, just maybe Fuller could rescue the show from spiralling ever deeper into abject mediocrity. After all, Fuller was the man behind shows like Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, Dead Like Me AND had been an executive producer of [...]

Bored To Death promo; short but sweet

I’d heard about this upcoming series a while ago and promptly forgot all about it, until this promo surfaced. The HBO series stars Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Zach Galifianakis and Heather Burns so there are certainly no complaints to be made against the cast, whilst the plot sounds, um… slightly generic, to be honest. BUT, [...]

Midnight Mass to be picked up for adaptation by NBC

Midnight Mass, a DC Comics series about a husband and wife team or supernatural crime fighters, has been snapped up by NBC for adaptation into a live-action series. I’m by no means an expert on comic books, so I couldn’t tell you whether the comics themselves are particularly interesting, but the part of the story [...]