On variety.com/pilotwatch2007 I found a list of pilots that were made but NOT picked up for the fall 2007 schedule. Some of these are so awful I thought I would share this with you (escpecially the first one - look at the cast):
COMEDY
Area 57 (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Mike Armstrong (writer), Dean Parisot, David Latt
Director: Dean Parisot
Cast:Jane Lynch, Matthew Lillard, Bruce McGill, Kelin Yu, Paul Reubens
Logline: Office comedy set at secret location in the Nevada Desert where the staff must watch after a crude, manipulative alien.
Business Class (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producrs: Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein (writers), David Bartis, Doug Liman
Director: Adam Bernstein (co-exec producer)
Cast: Horatio Sanz, Krista Allen, Peter Keleghan
Logline: The absurd and surreal adventures of two high-powered soda salesmen on a never-ending business trip
I'm With Stupid (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers:Wil Calhoun (writer), Ben Silverman, Teri Weinberg, Kenton Allen, Paul Telegdy
Director: Linwood Boomer
Cast: Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, Christopher Thornton, Kevin Daniels, Lusia Strus, Brianne Davis
Logline: An unlucky guy meets a man who uses a wheelchair...and moves into his group home.
Kath and Kim* (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Nancy Pimental (writer), Gina Riley, Jane Turner, Rick McKenna, Ben Silverman
Logline: The adventures of love and denial as only a mother and daughter could live it. Adapted from Australian format.
* Will fill in on summer sked
The Mastersons Of Manhattan (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Gary Janetti (writer)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Jonathan Cake, Molly Shannon, Amanda Walsh, Brian Benben
Logline: Serialized soap about a wealthy family in NYC, centered around two socialite sisters
Wild Life (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED**
Exec producers: David Israel and Jim O’Doherty (writers), David Kissinger, Conan O'Brien
Director: Tucker Gates
Cast: Christopher Sieber, Brooke D’Orsay, Philip Baker Hall, Mo Collins, Tracy Vilar
Logline: Workplace comedy set in an animal park
** Cast contingent
Zip (NBC U TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Ben Silverman, Marc Abrams and Michael Benson (writers)
Supervising producer: Mark Rizzo (writer)
Director: Dan Attias
Cast: Rob Heubel
Logline: In a zip code full of "haves," this is a show about the "have nots" as they hustle to join their rich counterparts.
