[DemforBush]

I don't watch much tv to begin with, but boy howdy do these sound awful.

#1 will probably be especially bad. A show about a Republican pundit? Yeah, I'm sure that will be handled with even-handedness. *rolls eyes*

"S--t My Dad Says" is funny stuff on Facebook, but I don't see how it's going to translate to a tv series, even with the mighty Shatner on board (Happy belated 79th, Bill!)

The only reason to tune in to the remake of Hawaii Five-O is for the off chance of seeing Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) in a bikini.

[353FMG]

I can truly say that I have not watched one second of the ten shows mentioned and I don’t plan to do so in the future.

[kaylar]

10. "Kindreds" (NBC) A grouchy patent lawyer and a group of oddball associates work at a quirky law practice. Yeah, we like Kathy Bates, Ben Chaplin, and Brittany Snow but this seems like the most predictable David E. Kelley show yet. We can do without another "Ally McBeal."

Hollywood agent pitching this : "It's just like House, but with lawyers!"

Good grief...I thought all the movies remaking old(er) tv series were bad enough, then the "live action" remakes of cartoon, now we're recycling TV series while the originals aren't even canceled? Now that's what I call a "vast wasteland".

[absolootezer0]

#1 will probably be especially bad. A show about a Republican pundit? Yeah, I'm sure that will be handled with even-handedness. *rolls eyes*

considering its starring someone who's "claim to fame" is playing an ultra-lib, jewish, roomate/ best friend of a gay man. (there's a name for that, but would prolly get the comment pulled)

[KarlInOhio]

There haven't been a set of pilots less likely to come back for a second mission since the Kamikazes.

[JeffChrz]

Spin the TV Pilot wheels!

Wheel #1: professions: medical, law firm, police
Wheel #2: location: New York, Los Angeles, Boston, current hip location (Seattle, Miami, Las Vegas)
Wheel #3: story perspective: young-1st-job-hire, old-been-there-done-that, underling (secretary, nurse, etc.)

Throw in some minorities and non-straight characters.

That describes 98% of network dramas since 1970.

[TomGuy]

8 out of 10 would be pulled before the 4th episode aired.

None sound like winners.

Hawaii, Five-O? Dear Lord [Jack, that is. There is only one Steve McGarrett. Just like there is only one TV Perry Mason. Immitations need not apply.]

[Gay State Conservative]

I've been saying “no” to network programming since Steve left Married With Children.

[TokuMei]

What’s a TV?

[Jack Wilson]

My favorite sitcoms have been the ones that must have sounded like crap when originally shopped to the networks.

Bunch of guys hang around a bar talking: Cheers

Four friends hang around at an apartment or coffee shop: Seinfeld

[TankerKC]

Will it be a good as  Monty  starring Henry Winkler as a “Conservative talk-show host, a la Rush Limbaugh”? It made it to 4 episodes back in ’94.

[GeronL]

I hate 99% of TV

[GeronL]

Sitcoms all seem to be about people telling lame sex jokes.

Nothing I want to see.

[BossLady]

I was so bored by American TV that I ordered a code free DVD player and just bought the complete 'Spooks' TV series from Amazon.UK - also called 'MI-5' shown cut to shreds on PBS once a week. The series ROCKS!!!!! I have several more UK series on deck that I will be ordering as well.

(I ordered a code free dvd player AND the complete series from the UK AND still had over $75 savings over buying the series repackaged as MI-5 from Amazon.US!!!)

[Nepeta]

There can only be one Hawaii Five-O.

Without Jack Lord and his strange hair--it did not move--it is not Hawaii Five-O.

Without those huge, lousy-steering Mercurys barely making it around corners when driven professionally for chase scenes, it is not Hawaii Five-O.

[Ramius]

Cringeworthy perhaps... but honestly it’s impossible to predict whether a show can work from just the pitch.

Imagine the pitch for Seinfeld, or the Bob Newhart show... and it would’ve sounded like a dud. Everything depends on the subtle mix of cast, chemistry and writing talent. Even the worst premise can be a great show if it’s done right. Likewise the best of premises can be fouled up.