Fangtastic enough to be picked up for nine more episodes.
... Simon Cowell wants to bring his British show The X Factor to America. It's a novel concept: a show that revolves around a singing competition, where the winner receives a recording contract, judged by Simon Cowell. [The Live Feed]
... MTV still wants to air the late DJ AM's reality show about sobriety. Like it or not, death is a fantastic marketing vehicle. This has been your happy thought of the day. [THR]
... Natalie Zea, last seen guest starring on Hung, has joined FX's new Timothy Olyphant-starring series, Lawman, as a regular. Just so you know, the working title for this show was WalkerTimothy Olyphant, Texas Ranger. [THR]
... Jim Breuer is developing a sitcom for NBC about his married life. Characters will also be based on his parents and his three kids but no goat boys. [Variety]
... Lots of good news for people who work on CW shows and people who like to watch new episodes of them. One Tree Hill has been picked up for a full season. The Vampire Diaries received a new nine-script order, and Melrose Place received six. CW execs are waiting for the ratings from last night's episode of The Beautiful Life to decide whether or not it's a Glen Coco or a Gretchen Weiners. [Variety]
... Stephen Root has joined 24 in the recurring role of Ben Prady, "an officer of the Department of Corrections looking into a parolee gone missing." [THR]
... First models, now flight attendants: The CW has ordered eight episodes of Fly Girls, a show about "real, down-to-earth young women who happen to have landed in an exceptionally glamorous, high-flying career filled with exotic locations and handsome strangers." [Variety]
Ha. It'd be funny if Tony Almeida or Mandy the Assassin (Mia Kirshner) escaped prison. Can fing wait for the new season of 24.
@rogermarket nice catch. all fixed!
FAIL. You got it wrong. LOL. The CW only ordered SCRIPTS for Melrose Place and Vampire Diaries, not episodes. There's a difference. If the scripts are good and the ratings show promise, they will greenlight the scripts they ordered so they can be shot; if all goes well, they WILL get ordered, but right now, they're just script orders. :-)
Like VAMPIRE DIARIES