NBC Picks Up David E. Kelley's 'Wonder Woman', Michael Patrick King's Drama

Wonder Woman will fly this pilot season after all. New NBC entertainment president Bob Greenblatt capped a day of high-profile pilot pickups with a surprise order to David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman reboot. Additionally, he formally greenlighted another hourlong project from an A-list showrunner, Michael Patrick King's Mann's World. Both shows hail from Warner Bros. TV. Meanwhile, the commitment to the J.J. Abrams/WBTV-produced drama Odd Jobsstarring Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn, whose script came in very late, is being rolled to next season when it will be applied to the same or new Bad Robot project. And Greenblatt has passed on the Josh Schwartz/WBTV supernatural drama Ghost Angeles starring Rachel Bilson.

WBTV took Kelley's Wonder Woman spec out to the networks in the first week of January. At the time, NBC was the most interested but, with Greenblatt still on the sidelines, the network couldn't commit to the type of license fee that the studio was seeking in order to do the show Kelley had envisioned, and WBTV decided to shelvethe project. With Greenblatt now firmly taking the reins and Kelley just delivering one of the most promising new series for NBC this season, Harry's Law, NBC stepped up to greenlight Wonder Woman. The project is described as a reinvention of the iconic D.C. comic in which Wonder Woman -- aka Diana Prince -- is a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life.

Mann's World, which King will also direct, is a one hour drama following the complicated life of Allan Mann, a celebrity hair stylist in glamorous Los Angeles as he navigates the complexities of his business, his family life, and his goal to stay relevant in a world that moves quickly. The project is already casting.

The orders for Wonder Woman and Mann's World come hours after Greenblatt greenlighted musical pilot Smash, based on an idea by and executive produced by Steven Spielberg.

'Jersey Shore' Cannot Be Stopped, Sets Series High 8.9 Million Viewers

Setting another series record, last night’s Jersey Shore on Thursday averaged 8.9 million viewers, that’s a 3% increase over the 8.6 million for last week’s Thursday episode.


I will admit i contribute to this monster of a show. It seems like there is no stopping it and it will be around for a long time. These kids aren't going away anytime soon, so hater better start getting used to them :  ) 8.9 Million viewers, next week it will get over 9 million for sure.

If only I could be placed in a reality show such as this one and within 1 year be a household name and make $10Million... One can dream right?  

BEING HUMAN premiers to GREAT numbers!!!

via press release:
SYFY’S NEW ORIGINAL DRAMA BEING HUMAN SINKS ITS TEETH INTO NEARLY 2 MILLION VIEWERS AT 9PM AND 3.8 MILLION VIEWERS OVERALL
MOST WATCHED SYFY WINTER SCRIPTED PREMIERE SINCE 2005
SYFY’S FIRST EVER ORIGINAL SERIES LAUNCH ON A MONDAY NIGHT SETS RECORD FOR YOUNG FEMALE VIEWERS IN THE 18-49 DEMO
NEW YORK – January 18, 2011 – Syfy’s new original drama series Being Human got off to a supernatural start Monday night at 9:00PM ET/PT with a 1.6 HH rating and 1.961 million total viewers (1.005 million Adults 18-49 and 984,000 Adults 25-54), and becoming the channel’s most watched scripted winter series launch since 2005.
The series about a vampire, werewolf and ghost who share a Boston brownstone and the secret of their true natures, set a network record forSyfy.  Of the 1 million Adults 18-49 tuning in, 58% (582,000) were women — the highest percentage of female viewers ever for a Syfyoriginal scripted series telecast
Overall, with repeat airings on Syfy at 10:02PM and 11:02PM on a highly competitive night, Being Human reached an unduplicated audience of 3.8 million total viewers for the series’ debut episode (1.867 million Adults 18-49 and 1.967 million Adults 25-54).

• • The premiere of Being Human marks the largest female audience (18 to 49) for any original scripted series telecast onSyfysince episode 104 of Warehouse 13 (July 28, 2009).
  • The premiere of Being Human attracted 272,000 Women 18-34 representing the largest female audience in that demo for anySyfy scripted original series in over three years and the third highest audience in the demo for any scripted original series telecast in the network’s history

I am happy for Being Human- I think it is a good show and look forward to seeing its growth w/ viewers. Lets see next week if it can build on this initial success.