Wonder Woman(NBC) *Spoilers!*

[Admiral_Young]

This article suggests that the show has...or will be picked up by NBC.

http://wonderwomantv.com/5087/wonder-woman-series-order-picked-up-by-nbc/

 

[God Magnus]

This article suggests that the show has...or will be picked up by NBC.

http://wonderwomantv.com/5087/wonder-woman-series-order-picked-up-by-nbc/

I'll remain cautiously optimistic. I was happy as all get out when Knight Rider got picked up for a full season and then it went downhill quick.

 

[Gov Kodos]

DC Entertainment under Diane Nelson wants to get their products out on the market the way Marvel does. I'm sure, with her experience marketing the Harry Potter franchise, she is here to make sure stuff gets done and done. Sure no guarantee it will be good, but I'm sure the money and people are there for NBC to think this show has solid backing and be worth the risk to put on the air.

 

[Admiral_Young]

It's not just Diane pushing WW...it's also Geoff Johns. A live action WW project was on his "check list" of projects that he's over seeing that he revealed at SDCC. It will be interesting to see if WW does indeed get picked up, and if it can survive a full season.

 

[DarKush]

^
Since Johns' is pushing it I hope he's behind the scenes in a creative capacity. From the pod cast I listened to it doesn't seem like the showrunner know what to do with WW. Then again, Johns was involved with Blade the series too and I wasn't impressed with how he tackled that character.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Don't count your chickens. Deadline calls WW "doubtful."

Frankly, with all the space NBC needs to fill, if they don't pick up the show, it must be horrendous and we should be thankful we dodged a spandex-clad bullet.

 

[Admiral_Young]

I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't pick up the show.

 

[A beaker full of death]

Oh let's get serious here. It looks ridiculous. Won't last a month.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Yet they renewed Chuck, which means any show they don't pick up is so incredibly mind-bendingly awful that they don't think it could beat a pathetic 1.4/4 rating. Holy frakking FRAK!

NBC's rejects now bear the Sub-Chuck Mark of SHAME!

 

[God Magnus]

Picked up or not, I'm still interested in seeing the pilot. It could be fun or a total trainwreck.

 

[Captain Craig]

Picked up or not, I'm still interested in seeing the pilot. It could be fun or a total trainwreck.

I hope it gets picked up. I would think it has a built in awareness factor that nearly assures a big opening. Something you just about guarantee advertisers for the sake of ad sales. The first few episodes at least.

With Locke & Key gone(which I bought a trade to act as a primer) we can't lose WW also.

 

[the G-man]

Picked up or not, I'm still interested in seeing the pilot. It could be fun or a total trainwreck.

I hope it gets picked up. I would think it has a built in awareness factor that nearly assures a big opening. Something you just about guarantee advertisers for the sake of ad sales. The first few episodes at least.

With Locke & Key gone(which I bought a trade to act as a primer) we can't lose WW also.

Why not? Especially if its poorly done? If so, wouldn't it be better to have a bad show not air and leave the door open for a good one?

 

[the G-man]

It seems to me that WB/DC has to be looking at the box office for Thor, a film about a superhero with mythological roots now living in the U.S., and thinking maybe they should give the WW movie idea a second thought.

 

[Jetfire]

I hope NBC picks up Wonder Woman...they seem to have put more effort than most would in getting this thing going.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

NBC is going to have a limited tolerance for the risks of genre shows, especially since they kept Chuck, and I'd rather they go out on a limb with Grimm (best possibility of surviving long-term) and REM/Awake (most intriguing sounding genre series in their lineup, even though it probably won't survive to a second season).

I'd really rather see them pass on a non-genre show like S.I.L.A., but realistically I know it's more likely that the genre pilots will end up in the reject pile. The question now is, which ones.

Keep in mind that TV is increasingly being pitched towards women, as men continue to abandon the medium. (I guess this is karmic balance for movies being pitched to men.) Wonder Woman is too jiggly to really appeal to the female audience. And they've already got a jiggly show in Playboy, which can hide under the Mad Men halo and not seem too low-brow. My hunch is that Playboy will do better at grabbing the female audience since in essence it's a female-dominated workplace drama.

I hope NBC picks up Wonder Woman...they seem to have put more effort than most would in getting this thing going.

NBC hasn't put in the effort - the internet has done most of the PR work for them (with highly mixed results).

 

[Jetfire]

NBC hasn't put in the effort - the internet has done most of the PR work for them (with highly mixed results).

All the networks passed on it the first go around but NBC seems to feel there might be something there or they wouldn't bother...I know people are gonna say it is just a drop in the bucket for them to green light a pilot...but they wouldn't if they didn't have some idea that it could work...have people not been following this since it started?

 

[Temis the Vorta]

They've got a whole roster of pilots that they may or may not take a gamble on - they've got to look at their lineup as a whole, and also take into consideration the opinions of their sales and marketing people, advertisers and (shudder) focus groups. All the pilots represent considerable investment that may go to waste. Just because the internet isn't as interested in a show like S.I.L.A. doesn't signify anything other than the selective attention of the internet. Rumors that a show is "hot" often fail to pan out. Weekends at Bellevue was supposedly a lock at FOX and Alcatraz was supposedly a long-shot.

 

[Aragorn]

NBC hasn't put in the effort - the internet has done most of the PR work for them (with highly mixed results).

All the networks passed on it the first go around but NBC seems to feel there might be something there or they wouldn't bother...I know people are gonna say it is just a drop in the bucket for them to green light a pilot...but they wouldn't if they didn't have some idea that it could work...have people not been following this since it started?

Just because "there might be something there" with a show doesn't mean much these days with how the network executives act all schizophrenic. Look at how prized Chaos was and how hard CBS fought to get it on their network and guarantee it 13 episodes even though it didn't fit their bland crime drama formula and then they pull it after 3 episodes.

 

[Christopher]

All the networks passed on it the first go around but NBC seems to feel there might be something there or they wouldn't bother...I know people are gonna say it is just a drop in the bucket for them to green light a pilot...but they wouldn't if they didn't have some idea that it could work...have people not been following this since it started?

Networks commission lots of pilots because they believe "there might be something there." But a lot of those pilots end up getting rejected. That's what a pilot is for -- to test whether the premise really is worth the expense of producing it, whether the actual product can live up to the potential the network saw in it. If the pilot fails the test, the series isn't picked up.

However, if the Kelley pilot does get rejected, I'm hoping NBC (and more importantly, Warner Bros.) won't blame it on the concept/character of Wonder Woman. I'm hoping they'll realize that it could've worked better in different hands, and maybe try to develop a new version.

 

[Jetfire]

My point was if all the networks passed the first time and then NBC says "OK" it required more effort than those who said "No thanks". Really...that is all I was saying when I said "they(NBC) seem to have put more effort than most would in getting this thing going"...fuck it.