Fall 2011-12 development: Will remakes of 'True Lies' or 'The Munsters' become great hits? Are you ready for a new take on Sherlock Holmes?

Fall 2011-12 development: Will remakes of 'True Lies' or 'The Munsters' become great hits? Are you ready for a new take on Sherlock Holmes?

by Lynette Rice

Categories: Dream Projects, Television, TV Biz, TV Pilots

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Image Credit: Chris Hatcher/PR Photos; Tony Duran/Fox; Zade Rosenthal; Everett Collection; PRN/PR PhotosEach year, the five broadcast networks develop hundreds of scripted dramas and comedies in hopes they’ll become the next NCIS and Desperate Housewives, or the latest Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory. And like every year, a great deal of them are not worth mentioning here — mostly because they involve the bland types of cops, lawyers, and doctors who you’ve already seen fighting crime or sneaking a kiss on the way to the ER.

But fascinating projects continue to pass the first smell test at the broadcast networks. The key is whether the suits take them to the next step and order them to pilot, which the networks then use in late April and early May to decide what should go the distance come fall of 2011. We’ve singled out some of the more provocative scripts that have been purchased in the last few months — and ones we hope the nets will take a gamble on and at least order to pilot. (We’ve also noted in bold what has already made the cut.)

We’ll update this as the development season goes on with dramas and comedies that have been ordered to pilot.

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Fall 2011-12 development: Will remakes of 'True Lies' or 'The Munsters' become great hits? Are you ready for a new take on Sherlock Holmes?