Now that we know what the 2012-2013 landscape looks like, let's look at a handful of pilots for potential series that didn't make the grade, either for the fall or midseason...

2012

May

NBC CANCELED 'HARRY'S LAW' FOR THE CRIME OF SKEWING 'OLD' By Ed Bark

No TV network worries in the least about being accused of the latter. And there's really no upside for a TV critic to upbraid NBC for canceling one of its very few hits, Harry's Law, because it didn't appeal to the "right" audience...

2012

May

'AMERICA'S GOT TALENT' READY FOR SEASON SEVEN WITH HOWARD STERN By Ed Bark

Entering to the strains of "Hail to the Chief," Howard Stern considered it his due. "I'm the big star of the show. You'll see," he told a media gathering Thursday in New York, with the proceedings also piped out to interested out-of-town TV writers. The show is NBC's America's Got Talent, which launches Season 7 on Monday, May 14 with Stern replacing Piers Morgan and joining holdover judges Howie Mandel and Sharon Osbourne. Stern, 58, and now a self-described "elder statesman" of broad

2012

May

MEET THE PERFECT IMPERFECT PAIR ON 'COMMON LAW' By Ed Bark

Nice 'n' breezy does it. USA Network's newest series, Common Law, is reminiscent of the network's other successes: Royal Pains, Psych, Burn Notice, White Collar and Suits...

2012

May

'NEW GIRL' STAR JAKE JOHNSON REFLECTS ON THE SHOW'S FIRST SEASON By Ed Bark

Jake Johnson's very first pilot, New Girl, hit Fox running in September and became this season's first and really only instant hit. The actor reflects on the show's debut season, and his passion for Chicago sports...

2012

May

ABC AND UNIVISION TO LAUNCH NEW 24-HOUR NETWORK By Ed Bark

An "uncompromising" current events and lifestyle network aimed at Hispanics - but in English - is set for a 2013 launch, ABC and Univision jointly announced Monday. The 24-hour network, yet to be named, is aimed at tapping the burgeoning U.S. Hispanic population, which currently makes up 16 percent of the country's population and is expected to almost double by 2050, according to an ABC News publicity release. "Our mission is clear," ABC News president Ben Sherwood (pictured at far left w

2012

May

MICK JAGGER TO HOST SNL; FOX MATCHES SINGLE CELEBRITIES ON NEW DATING GAME SHOW By Ed Bark

Saturday Night Live has landed iconic Mick Jagger to host the iconic show's May 19 season finale. He'll also be the musical guest, marking his third time in that capacity. Jagger (pictured with Jimmy Fallon, right) also has participated in a handful of SNL sketches over the years, but this will be his inaugural stint as ringmaster. *** The sly, cunning Fox network isn't joking with The Choice, a new celebrity dating game show that will feature swivel chairs and "the world's most eligibl

2012

May

ABC LOOKS TO 'GLASS HOUSE' FOR SUMMER RATINGS; CAST CHANGE ON 'DUETS' By Ed Bark

ABC will be tearing a big page from CBS' summertime playbook with its own transparent version of Big Brother. The Glass House, scheduled to premiere on Monday, June 18, locks 14 backstabbing contestants in a "totally wired, state-of-the-art house," with a grand prize of $250 grand at stake. The network notes that players will have to curry favor with their online "social networks" to stay ahead of the game. Because viewers can vote to "decide everything from what players wear and eat to t

2012

Apr

EMBARRASSMENT OF EXCESSES: WASHINGTON'S PROM NIGHT By Ed Bark

The "Fair and Balanced" news network gave equal time to Lindsay Lohan and Kim Kardashian, inviting both to Saturday night's White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington. White House Correspondents? That's something of a really big joke these days at what's now derided as "prom night" for the people who allegedly cover government goings-on..

2012

Apr

'SURVIVOR' VILLAIN FLIPS TO A&E By Ed Bark

Survivor's brusque bad boy Russell Hantz brings the reality drama home on Flipped Off, another "Real Life" concoction from A&E.

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