Well, it's something, although I'm not sure about the 'comedy' in the description.

[newnumber6]

From here...

CBS has picked up two SF pilots: Babylon Fields, an hour-long zombie-themed comedy-drama, and Twilight, a drama about a vampire private eye who's dealing with the fallout from being immortal, Variety reported.

Gerald Cuesta and Michael Atkinson wrote the pilot for Babylon Fields and will serve as supervising producers. CBS described the pilot as a "sardonic, apocalyptic American comedy-drama where the dead are rising and, as a result, lives are regained, families restored and old wounds reopened." Michael Cuesta, who directed the pilot for Showtime's Dexter, will executive-produce and helm via 20th Century Fox Television.

In Twilight, the central character contends with foes in the vampire world and a budding love for a mortal. Joel Silver is executive-producing via Warner Brothers TV. Trevor Munson (Lone Star State of Mind) and Ron Koslow (Beauty and the Beast) wrote the script and will executive-produce.

Could be good, could be suck, but one thing is certain: There will be zombies.

I'd prefer comedy to be limited in zombie movies (and mostly of the black, gallows humor variety when it exists), sure Shaun of the Dead was great, but I thought they went a bit too far (particularly with the ending), and zombie apocalypses are serious business! But at least it's a comedy-drama, rather than straight comedy. And the description sounds like it could be okay. The problem is, if it isn't, it scuttles any chance for a really good zombie-apocalypse series.

As to Twilight? Sounds great, I really loved the concept... when it was called Angel. Or Forever Knight (except there he was a cop rather than a PI).

Sadly, the way TV goes Twilight will probably be a hit and Babylon Fields will send the prospect of a zombie tv series back to its grave.

Comments

[angelophile.livejournal.com]

*idly eyes icon*

You know, did they ever explain why Ultimate Hawkeye got Bullseye's powers?

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

Because it made him EXTREME!

Or so I'd assume.

Really, I kinda like it except the fingernails bit was a bit too over the top. And really, with a team as high powered as the Ultimates, a guy really needs to have more than a bow and trick arrows to fit in and be a valuable member of the team - Bullseye-esque powers to kill with almost anything are a little more worthy.

[kissingdaylight.livejournal.com]

As to Twilight? Sounds great, I really loved the concept... when it was called Angel.

Yeah, sounds like a rip-off to me.

[locker-monster.livejournal.com]

Is anyone going to watch a zombie comedy/drama? When was the last time a show had zombies as its main element? Twilight sounds interesting but only because it's an Angel rip-off. I foresee billowing black coats and much brooding in Twilight's future if it does well. ;-)

[newnumber6.livejournal.com]

I can't recall any shows that had a zombie element in the past, but that just means no network has been visionary enough to realize the awesome power of a zombie apocalypse for storytelling.

I'd certainly watch a show with zombies over a randomly chosen show without zombies! Zombies are big nowadays!

Although, as I said in the entry, the 'comedy' part of the comedy drama throws me. Hopefully it's a comedy drama in the same sense that, say, Heroes is... a lot of funny elements, but the events are more or less played straight.

I was kinda hoping for a zombie drama with a few people trying to survive after a zombie apocalypse, and using Lost-style flashbacks to reveal their pre-apocalypse lives.

[soleta-nf.livejournal.com]

ZOMBIES!!! But seriously, both of those shows look great. Good enough to give a chance, anyway!