Fuck you, Levin. Fuck you.
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impy'Fearless' Is None of That for WB
(Tuesday, January 13 01:31 PM)
By Rick Porter
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Taking a page from the FOX playbook, The WB has dumped the drama series "Fearless" before anyone, save some industry types and the nation's TV critics, got to see it.
The outcome was widely assumed when the network pulled the show from its fall schedule, saying producer Jerry Bruckheimer wanted more time to develop the concept. Jordan Levin, The WB's co-CEO, officially signed its death warrant Tuesday (Jan. 13) at the TV Critics Association press tour.
"Fearless," based on a series of books by Francine Pascal, starred Rachael Leigh Cook ("She's All That") as a young FBI agent genetically incapable of feeling fear. The chief criticism of the series was that Cook's character came off more affectless than fearless.
"We tried ... but we just couldn't find someone who could crack that concept," Levin says.
Although it has a breakout show in the teen-Superman saga "Smallville," The WB has had trouble in the past two seasons developing high-concept series. Last season's "Birds of Prey" and this year's "Tarzan" both died after only a handful of episodes ("Tarzan" is technically on hiatus, but few people expect it to return).
"One Tree Hill" took "Fearless'" spot on the fall schedule and has been performing marginally, although the network has picked up a full season of the family drama. "Fearless" joins an ignominious roster of shows -- including FOX's "The Grubbs," "Septuplets" and "Manchester Prep" -- that have been announced as part of network lineups in recent years but have never made it to the air.
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(Tuesday, January 13 01:31 PM)
By Rick Porter
LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Taking a page from the FOX playbook, The WB has dumped the drama series "Fearless" before anyone, save some industry types and the nation's TV critics, got to see it.
The outcome was widely assumed when the network pulled the show from its fall schedule, saying producer Jerry Bruckheimer wanted more time to develop the concept. Jordan Levin, The WB's co-CEO, officially signed its death warrant Tuesday (Jan. 13) at the TV Critics Association press tour.
"Fearless," based on a series of books by Francine Pascal, starred Rachael Leigh Cook ("She's All That") as a young FBI agent genetically incapable of feeling fear. The chief criticism of the series was that Cook's character came off more affectless than fearless.
"We tried ... but we just couldn't find someone who could crack that concept," Levin says.
Although it has a breakout show in the teen-Superman saga "Smallville," The WB has had trouble in the past two seasons developing high-concept series. Last season's "Birds of Prey" and this year's "Tarzan" both died after only a handful of episodes ("Tarzan" is technically on hiatus, but few people expect it to return).
"One Tree Hill" took "Fearless'" spot on the fall schedule and has been performing marginally, although the network has picked up a full season of the family drama. "Fearless" joins an ignominious roster of shows -- including FOX's "The Grubbs," "Septuplets" and "Manchester Prep" -- that have been announced as part of network lineups in recent years but have never made it to the air.
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