USA Network announces slate of "character" driven projects for 2010-2011

[katikat]

"Jeff Wachtel today announced the network development slate of seven new pilot scripts from acclaimed television and film notables..." Link

A LEGAL MIND: One of Manhattan’s top corporate lawyers goes on a recruiting trip and hires the only guy that impresses him, a brilliant but unmotivated college dropout. This early twenty something has barely coasted through life on his natural intelligence and copious amounts of marijuana. Now, as he impersonates a bright young professional, he might even become a real adult.

ROBYN: After her financier father’s fraudulent dealings are exposed, a young woman realizes she’s done nothing substantial with her own life. Initially attempting to be a do-gooder, she finds it much more satisfying (and effective) to rip off the decadent upper class. Rather than keep the proceeds for herself, though, she redistributes the wealth by giving it to the exploited underclass.

GAY WALCH PROJECT: Karyn Burke, a suburban supermom to three kids, wakes up one morning and finds her husband has left town because he was in too deep to mob boss Tommy. Now, Karen’s left to clean up his mess by paying off her husband’s gambling debt and becoming Tommy’s new “fixer.” It’s just one more priority on her weekly to do list.

STICK: Chris “Stick” Blake is a player in the NHL prominently featured in the majority of the top 10 hockey fights on YouTube. He just got suspended from his team, and now has to attend court ordered anger management classes. He’s not a bad guy… he just loses it when people are bullied. After an old friend shows up with a life-threatening problem, Stick focuses his considerable energies on solving it and discovers a new line of work?helping people that the law can’t.

INSURANCE ADJUSTER PROJECT: this project is about Bob Welsh, a crusading middle class insurance investigator who proves that sometimes the dullest jobs are the most exciting as he ferrets out high stakes dramas.

UNTITLED CULLEN BROTHERS PROJECT: Two estranged brothers end up on the same FBI task force. One brother is a by-the-book profiler who lived in his brother’s shadow. The other is a shoot-first-ask-questions later type who must now report to his brother.

THE VELVET HAMMER: Houston-native Candy Carter returns home but she’s not the same Texas debutante who left – she has two kids, she’s divorced and she’s an FBI agent. Back home, she uses her brains and beauty to help out her fellow proud Texans while getting back in touch with her Southern roots.

I like the Cullen Brothers Project (reminds me of Numb3rs and it tickles my brothers!kink) and Robyn (though that one would depend on the actress chosen). Everything else sounds rather average, just like the Facing Kate series they chose for their fall season.

What do you think?

Comments

[sharona1x2.livejournal.com]

The Cullen Brothers Project is the only one that sounds appealing at all to me. Good thing, since I probably watch too much TV already. ^_^

[spikedluv]

tickles my brothers!kink

I'm glad I wasn't the only one to have inappropriate thoughts about that show description before even seeing any of the show itself. *g*

And I agree, nothing else sounded all that exciting, and Robyn sounded to me like they were riding the coattails of Leverage. *g*

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Hehe, tell me about it. I decided to drop several shows and just pick them later up on DVD!

[katikat.livejournal.com]

Whenever I hear "brothers", my ears perk up! I want to pick up The Vampire Diaries on DVD later on this year. My viewing schedule is just too full to accommodate more shows.

I think that the Robyn show would depend on the actress chosen for the main part - I'm very picky about female characters. This year's USA shows - Covert Affairs and Facing Kate - are about female characters and Facing Kate sounds simply boring. Covert Affairs sounds interesting only because Sendhil Ramamurthy will be in it and the main character's ex-boyfriend should be blind.