NBC picks up ‘The Cape,’ ‘Outsourced’

Posted by keithpatrick on Jan 28, 2010 in News

NBC on Thursday picked up two more pilots: drama “The Cape” and comedy “Outsourced.”

“The Cape,” from “Empire” creator Tom Wheeler, is a light drama with a comic book sensibility.

Set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles, it centers on a former cop framed for a crime who becomes the Cape, a masked hero, to clear his name and reunite with his son.

The project, from UMS and BermanBraun, was originally set up at NBC in the fall with a premium script commitment.

Wheeler wrote the script and is exec producing with Lloyd Braun and Gail Berman.

NBC originally developed “Outsourced” during the 2007-08 season.

Based on George Wing and John Jeffcoat’s movie, the single-camera office comedy centers on a recently demoted manager of a novelties company who is shipped off to India to manage a ragtag group of customer service reps.

Robert Borden (“The Drew Carey Show”) penned the script and is exec producing with Wing, Jeffcoat and Ken Kwapis, who has been with the project since its inception.

Kwapis, one of the main directors on NBC’s “The Office” who also helped the pilot for the Emmy-winning comedy, is also set to direct the pilot for “Outsourced.”

Chuck’s Third Season First Look

Posted by keithpatrick on Dec 16, 2009 in News

Maybe I’m the only person who sees those trailers for Chuck’s return to NBC next month and realizes how much he’s missed the tousled-hair semi-spy, but see if this five-minute teaser for the newly-upgraded-intersect new season tickles your fancy.