"Do you think Letterman will do a cameo as well?"

So … we still consider Canadians people, right?

So … we still consider Canadians people, right?

Nah, it's still a pilot, and NBC still would've had the option to either tweak or not order if they didn't like it. Plus, a put-pilot committment is hardly a guarantee. If you simply type "put-pilot" into the search bar at Deadline, you'll find several shows just in the last year who had such a committment but weren't…

Nah, it's still a pilot, and NBC still would've had the option to either tweak or not order if they didn't like it. Plus, a put-pilot committment is hardly a guarantee. If you simply type "put-pilot" into the search bar at Deadline, you'll find several shows just in the last year who had such a committment but weren't…

I'm trying to think of some shows that were ordered straight to series that actually turned out good, and the only one I can come up with off the top of my head is Homicide. What are some others?

I'm trying to think of some shows that were ordered straight to series that actually turned out good, and the only one I can come up with off the top of my head is Homicide. What are some others?

Frank & Louie will serve as great bookends to each other when people look back over his career.

Frank & Louie will serve as great bookends to each other when people look back over his career.

Not only did he only direct one Deadwood episode (the pilot), but supposedly a significant amount of it was reshot by someone else after the show was picked up to series. I recall reading some interview with a crew guy on the show who said that a lot of people on the show found it funny when Hill won an Emmy for it…

Not only did he only direct one Deadwood episode (the pilot), but supposedly a significant amount of it was reshot by someone else after the show was picked up to series. I recall reading some interview with a crew guy on the show who said that a lot of people on the show found it funny when Hill won an Emmy for it…

Because she is blowing everyone away.

Because she is blowing everyone away.

Either he's being tricky, or he changed the headline at the last minute but forgot about the URL.

Either he's being tricky, or he changed the headline at the last minute but forgot about the URL.

Eli Wallach or nobody!

Eli Wallach or nobody!

Agreed. You can't call Tropic Thunder the start of the comeback because Ghost Of Girlfriends Past & Surfer Dude both came out after it. Tropic Thunder was an outlier in the midst of the descent.

Agreed. You can't call Tropic Thunder the start of the comeback because Ghost Of Girlfriends Past & Surfer Dude both came out after it. Tropic Thunder was an outlier in the midst of the descent.

My problem with that storyline is that it has nothing to do with the rest of the movie. The two other main plots, the Welles production and the redbaiting committee, are inextricably linked. The committee is painting federal theater as being communist and The Cradle Will Rock is a pro-union production, so the two…