ABC will be debuting SIX new shows in the coming months and I thought it would be a good idea to give you a peak into some of them. ABC has released promos for three of their shows and here they are!
CASTLE – debuting March 9th, 2009 at 10/9c, starring Nathan Fillion as Rick Castle a murder novelist that partners with Detective Beckett (Stana Katic) to solve murders in NYC. This show has a very comedic and light-hearted take on a normal drama!
Full article at TV Mad Man
Of its three new dramas, “Castle” — starring Nathan Fillion as a mystery novelist recruited by the NYPD to help solve crimes — clearly has the most appeal, and should benefit by airing behind “Dancing.” Its competish is a pair of other crime dramas, but this entry could benefit by its lighter touch and pick up viewers tired of “CSI: Miami.”
ABC also has high hopes for “Life on Mars” and “Private Practice,” a pair of promising shows that will get their chance to find a bigger aud behind “Lost” and “Grey’s Anatomy,” respectively.
For full article go to Variety.com
Full article by Matt Fowler on IGN
US, January 16, 2009 – If you like your procedurals to have a lighter and more romantic tone to them, along the lines of old shows like Moonlighting or The Rockford Files, then you might want to check out Castle. Granted that Nathan Fillion’s Firefly fan base will be checking out the stars new series on ABC, but the show is meant to draw in a lot of the female fans who might only know him from his stint on ABC’s hit Desperate Housewives. Fillion is playing a “bad boy” pulp crime novelist, Rick Castle, who must assist the NYPD in tracking down a copy-cat killer who is basing their murders on Castle’s novels. He’s childish and bratty, and most of the time he has to be parented by his own teenage daughter. When he’s paired up with hard-nosed Detective Kate Beckett (Stana Katic), there’s a definite sexual tension there as they head out and try to solve crimes in their own unique ways.
When asked at the recent TCA press tour why they chose to name Fillion’s character “Castle”, which gets yelled out a ton in the pilot, Producer Andrew Marlowe said that it was a “way of yelling the name and if you take away the ‘C’ away and it sounds like†¦” It was an obvious little joke based on the fact that the character is a bit of a loveable douche. Castle is suffering from writer’s block. “He’s looking for inspiration and he’s looking for a new character,” said Marlowe. Castle finds that character in Beckett, much to her annoyance. And before you think this might be reminiscent of The Hard Way, there’s a love story that is brewing underneath. There’s definitely a huge “will they or won’t they” play going on here. But there are no plans to get them in the sack right away. “We have it set on simmer right now,” Marlowe said.
… for more go to IGN
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