J.J. Abrams is slowly taking over TV

[Jangler]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/thriller-jj-abrams-supernatural-nbc-pilot-286805

NBC has given pilot orders to Revolution, a dramatic thriller from J.J. Abrams and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke.

CW Orders Dramas from J.J. Abrams, Mark Harmon and 'Vampire Diaries' ProducerDescribed as an epic adventure thriller, the Warner Bros. Television project follows a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist.

The project marks Abrams' second pilot order this season, coming just days after the CW ordered Shelter from the Lost creator and One Tree Hill creator Mark Schwahn. That project is is set at an historic New England summer resort where the new and returning staff attend to the practical, emotional and often comical needs of the guests while navigating friendships, rivalries and romances of their own.

The drama also gives Abrams projects in various stages at all of the broadcast networks except ABC: CBS has given a full-season order to rookie drama Person of Interest; and Fox's Alcatraz has been a solid performer on Mondays. Abrams' last NBC project, CIA drama Undercovers, failed to catch on with viewers last season.

Person of Interest is the best new network show of the season.

[Guest Irv]

he needs to focus on making star trek 12

[Jangler]

he needs to focus on making star trek 12

one year away.

[Razzy]

I'm not a JJ fan. His stuff is usually somewhat entertaining, but always very lacking in focus when it comes to plot.

[tarheelblue89]

Posted something about the show with Kripke a while back. Supernatural and Lost are my all time two favs. Have loved almost everything Abrams has done.

[charlotte49er]

Abrams is today, what Irwin Allen was to the 60's & 70's.

It was difficult to tune into TV in the 60's & 70's without seeing an Irwin Allen TV show.

Lost in Space

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

The Time Tunnel

Land of the Giants

Code Red!

Swiss Family Robinson

And about at least a dozen TV movies around the 60's and into the 70's.

Not to mention all the movies he did in the 60's-80's.

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Five weeks in a Baloon

The Lost World

The Posiden Adventure

Beyond the Posiden Adventure

Swarm!

Towering Inferno

Irwin Allen was offen called the "Master of Disaster!" :D

[Penalty Flag]

... And then there was Undercovers.

[Kuech Da Sneak]

Get back at me when he can dominate subscription services.

I like the guy, but Network and HBO/Showtime/etc are a totally different beast. At network he can do as many pilots as he pleases, and throw crap at a wall until it sticks.