Bad sign for "Rex is Not Your Lawyer" and more TV news

[ghost2]

Most pilots don't get picked up anyway, so this is no big surprise. The sets for "Rex is Not Your Lawyer" (the dreadful-sounding David Tennant pilot) are coming down. Still, NBC has five extra hours to fill now that Jay Leno has moved back to late night, which would have seemed to improve Rex's chances; they must not have liked what they saw in it. Supposedly, this show is on hold but remains under consideration for the fall. Yeah, right. That's code for don't expect this one to ever make it onscreen. "On hold" has a similar meaning to "episode number has been reduced." It's now a longshot.

Speaking of which, the episode order for Numbers was reduced.

Renewed (new shows): The Good Wife, The Middle, Cougar Town, NCIS: Los Angeles, Glee, Modern Family.

Be especially concerned about: Ugly Betty, Cold Case, The Forgotten, Old Christine, Gary Unmarried, Accidentally on Purpose, Trauma (which keeps getting picked up for additional episodes despite awful ratings), Mercy, Scrubs, Better Off Ted, Medium, Melrose Place, and of course, Numbers. FlashForward, Castle, and Heroes are also in doubt. Plus, Lie to Me and/or Fringe could be out. OTOH, both might barely survive.

Comments

[nonelvis]

I won't be surprised if Rex never makes it to the screen, and am keeping my fingers crossed that some fangirl at NBC sneaks a copy of the pilot onto the interwebs. As horrible as the premise sounded, I still want to see how Tennant did.

I'll be sad if Castle goes away. It's lightweight, but I'm really enjoying it. As for Heroes: NBC needs to put it out of its misery as soon as possible. Even Robert Knepper can't save it.

[ghost2.livejournal.com]

Right now, I think Castle is more likely to be renewed than not. Of course, the decision might not be made for months and it might be doing better or worse by that point.

I have not watched Heroes since September 2008. I hear it's gotten worse since then, and that was bad enough.