NBC has officially pulled the plug on Jimmy Smits’ struggling rookie procedural Outlaw. The Friday-night legal drama, which was already on a production hiatus, will be replaced by a second hour of Dateline. The final four episodes will air Saturdays at 8 pm beginning this week. Any questions?
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Monday, October 11, 2010
It's Official: NBC axes 'Outlaw'
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
NBC putting ‘Outlaw’ on production hiatus
NBC is putting struggling Friday night drama "Outlaw" on a production hiatus due to its low ratings.
Here's what that means: The network is suspending production on future episodes, but plans to air its remaining "Outlaw" episodes. The network has five episodes total.
If the network sees a ratings rise, production could resume.
Given the show's clear trajectory across its preview episode and Friday night airings so far, however, it's unlikely the show will survive.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Jay Mohr Gets Serious on NBC's Outlaw
No joke. Funny guy Jay Mohr (Gary Unmarried, Ghost Whisperer) is taking on a very serious role on NBC's new legal drama, Outlaw. In the fourth episode, Jay will face off against series star Jimmy Smits' man of the people, Cyrus Garza, in a case involving a mother who leaves her baby locked in a car, resulting in the unfortunate tot's demise.
NBC is keeping mum as to whether Cyrus or Jay's character, Henry Ashford, will be representing the bad mother. The network says it will be a weekly guessing game as to which side of the law Outlaw Smits attaches himself.
Friday, July 30, 2010
NBC: Mistakes a ’self-fulfilling prophecy,’ ‘30 Rock’ live, early premieres, ‘Idol’
Suddenly, NBC seems like the stable one.
With ABC rocked by entertainment president Steve McPherson's abrupt departure, and Fox in the midst of "Idol"-pocalypse as the network scrambles to play judges roulette, NBC's usually high-drama press tour executive session seemed downright serene.
"We're trying to rebuild, and we recognize some of the mistakes that we've made over the past several years," said entertainment chairman Jeff Gaspin. ""We put a lot more money into development this year. We believe we have a lot more stability in the network than in quite some time."
Gaspin reflected on the changes at the network this past year, during which the network briefly turned its 10 p.m. hour over to Jay Leno and lost long-time talent Conan O'Brien to TBS.
"We made too many changes too quickly from a position of weakness," Gaspin said. "And so it was a self-fulfilling prophecy. The goal is to rebuild, get stronger. And then, if we need to make changes at that point, it will be several years down the line. We'll have more information, but we won't be working from such a position of weakness, which really jeopardized some of the decisions that we made."
After the panel, when asked about making any new late night changes, Gaspin said, "I'm done with late night for now. I'm going to focus on primetime."
Given Simon Cowell's departure from Fox's ratings titan "Idol," Gaspin said he said there may be an opportunity for rivals next year.
"I do think 'Idol' could pose an opportunity but I don't think it's specific to a music show," he said. "We don't have to be afraid necessarily to put a good show up against it."
One critic expressed some concern about NBC's most promising fall pilot, "The Event," which critics have worried might suffer the same fate as ABC's similarly ambitious "FlashForward."
"We are going to do everything in our power to guard against the 'FlashForward' [problems]," said entertainment president Angela Bromstad. "We take those lessons very seriously. Audiences and critics will be rightly be skeptical."
Critics also inquired about midseason superhero drama "The Cape" and whether the network learned any lessons from "Heroes."
"'Heroes' was a great show and we had four tremendous years with that and it was a very good business for us," Bromstad said. "One of the things that we found was so much about the discovery of their powers in the first year, this is really more of a procedural and this character in 'The Cape' doesn't have super powers."
Regarding Steve Carell leaving "The Office" at the end of next season, Bromstad said the writers have a plan in place to weave his departure into the show's storyline that will build a mystery around who his replacement will be.
Gaspin added that there's no plans to move another Thursday comedy, "Community," even though CBS' top-rated "Big Bang Theory" was going into its slot this fall.
"'Big Bang' is a great show, and it's going to do very well on Thursday night," Gaspin said. "I'm hopeful that there's room for two comedies. Their audiences are somewhat different, but 'Community' has been there for the year. The audience is accustomed to watching it there. We're going to wait and see what happens."
The executives were asked a couple times about McPherson's departure, with one critic awkwardly asking if the duo have any "experience" with sexual harassment.
"Me? No," said programming president Angela Bromstad, drawing laughs. "I have no inside information about anything going on at ABC."
"I've not had any experience with it personally, and not been involved in any case of it," said Gaspin.
Also, NBC made a few announcements:
-- With the traditional September premiere week turning into a particularly intense shoot-out this year with nearly every new program premiering during the same week, NBC is launching a couple shows early with a sneak preview of Jimmy Smits legal drama "Outlaw" after the Wednesday finale of "America's Got Talent." Also, the second season of "Parenthood" will launch early, Sept. 14, after the second-to-last episode of "Talent."
-- The "30 Rock" cast will perform a live episode on Oct. 14.
-- Terrence Howard will join the increasingly notable cast of "Law & Order: LA" alongside Alfred Molina, Skeet Ulrich and Corey Stoll.
-- Rob Lowe now a full-time cast member on "Parks & Recreation."
-- Peter Berg and Sarah Aubrey's production company, renewed its overall development deal with Universal Media Studios. Deal includes a pilot for UK import "Prime Suspect."
Friday, July 23, 2010
Melora Hardin Joins New NBC Drama Outlaw & Returns To 'The Office' For A Story Arc
I hear Melora Hardin is set to join NBC’s new drama series Outlaw in a key recurring role. She has also closed a deal to return to The Office for a multi-episode arc.
Outlaw stars Jimmy Smits as Cyrus Garza, a U.S. Supreme Court justice who quits the bench and returns to private practice. Hardin will play Claire Sax, a powerful senior partner in an elite law firm and love interest to Garza. Hardin replaces Gina Gershon who played the role in the pilot.
On The Office, Hardin will reprise her character Jan Levinson, Michael Scott’s unstable ex-girlfriend. With Jan and another Michael former love, Holly (Amy Ryan), both returning to The Office, Michael might be tying up some loose ends in what will be Carell’s final season on the comedy series. Hardin, repped by the Paul Kohner Agency and Framework, recently released her first studio album and next stars in the upcoming WWE comedy feature Knucklehead.
It's been a busy week for major recasting on newly picked up broadcast series as many of them are heading into production. In the past couple of days NBC and CBS set new leads on Harry's Law (Nate Corddry), Friends with Benefits (Zach Cregger) and $#*! My Dad Says (Jonathan Sadowski).
