
We’re only 10 days out of upfronts, when the network heads will unveil their new lineups for the fall in an attempt to get advertising bucks.
But, there’s little to be known about this year’s successful pilots, as some of them aren’t even finished yet.
The WGA strike pushed production on everything back, so the big question marks that are currently on our fall TV schedules are not even really filled.
Cleveland, the Family Guy spin-off we reported on earlier, is expected to get a 13 episode season off the strength of a 2 minute preview that will be shown at Fox’s upfronts.
We told you earlier to expect Sit Down, Shut Up to be the other Fox animated show to get a debut season, though no one has seen it yet.
Other shows looking good under Fox: Joss Whedon’s “Doll House,” J.J. Abrams’ “Fringe” and the Bruce Helford/Bernie Mac comedy “Starting Under.”
We’re just guessing about those (as is everyone else by the way) because of the pedigree shown by the showrunners.
As of now, the pilot closest to a lock is Cleveland, simply because they gave Seth MacFarlane two shows already, and America – for some reason – seems to love both of them.





