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The Upfronts - Here's What's Been Picked Up So Far

Per The Futon Critic, here are the pickups so far...

NBC

The Bionic Woman - A reimagining of the 1970s series from Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick; word has it that Glen Morgan (writer and producer on The X Files and Millennium) is in talks to join the production's creative team.

Lipstick Jungle - from Sex & The City author Candace Bushnell, a dramedy about three high-powered female friends "as they weather the ups and downs of lives lived at the top of their game". (Note: Kim Raver's in this so no Audrey Raines next season on 24 - that is unless it's cancelled as quick as ABC's The Nine was.) Brooke Shields stars in this.

Life - A detective recently released from prison for a crime he didn't commit attempts to return to duty and the life he left behind.

Journeyman - A man finds himself traveling into the past - impacting people's lives, sometimes for the better, sometimes the worst. He's then able to reconnect to his long dead ex-fiance. Can he save her? If he does, will that impact his life in the present?

Chuck - A computer whiz who works at a big box retail store receives an email encoded with CIA secrets. The secrets become embedded in his brain and soon the fate of the entire world rests in his hands. (Firefly/Serenity fans - Adam Baldwin is in this.)

*Comedies*
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The I.T. Crowd - a new female office manager attempts to help two always overlooked guys get the recognition they deserve. Joel McHale (of the only show on E! worth watching, The Soup) is in this.


ABC


Perfect Gentlemen - It's about four dysfunctional CEOs who will do anything to stay on top.

Cashmere Mafia - four ambitious female friends (corporate executives) deal with all that life throws at them. Stars Lucy Liu; from Darren Star (Sex and the City). So basically Star and Candace Bushnell have two similarly themed series battling each other.

Dirty, Sexy Money - A dramedy series about a son returning to attempt to save his extremely wealthy dysfunctional family from themselves. This stars Peter Krause. (If you're thinking it - yes, I agree - it does sound like Arrested Development.)

Eli Stone - An attorney has a change of heart and starts taking up pro-bono work at his firm. He's also having hallucinations of famous people and dead relatives.

Private Practice - This is the Grey's Anatomy spinoff.

Women's Murder Club - From the best-selling James Patterson novels of the same name. Angie Harmon is the lead. It's about three best friends who solve crimes together.

Pushing Daisies - From Bryan Fuller, the creator of Dead Like Me and Wonderfalls (and currently a writer and co-executive producer on Heroes), Pushing Daisies. It's about a baker who discovers he can touch people and briefly bring them back to life. He uses this gift to help the authorities solves crimes. When he uses the gift on his childhood sweetheart, she stays alive and he then learns something new about his gift: if he ever touches her again, she'll die - and stay dead. (My understanding is that this thing is getting tremendous buzz, and as I'm a *huge* Dead Like Me and Bryan Fuller fan, I can't wait to see it.)

*Comedies*
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Carpoolers - Bruce McCullough (The Kids In The Hall) is the creator and a writer on this series about four men who carpool to work each and every morning. Anthony and Joe Russo (Emmy Award-winning directors on Arrested Development) are also involved.

Sam I Am - Christina Applegate stars as a women with retrograde amnesia who can't remember anything about her life.

Cavemen - Yep, this is the sitcom based on the GEICO commercials. Yep, ABC picked it up.


FOX


K-Ville - A cop drama about two partners in the Felony Action Squad, who track down the most wanted criminals. This series is set in post-Katrina New Orleans.

New Amsterdam - From executive producer Lasse Hallstrom (My Life As A Dog, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Chocolat) comes this series about a New York homicide detective who is 400 years old - he's immortal, thanks to him saving an Indian princess. He'll only begin aging once he falls in love.

The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Lena Headey (300, The Brothers Grimm) stars in the title role of this series, based on the Terminator film franchise. (Firefly/Serenity fans, take note - Summer Glau co-stars in this; I understand it's set directly after Terminator 2: Judgment Day)

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Back To You - Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton star as news anchors who reconnect after his fall from grace.

The Rules Of Starting Over - From The Farelly Brothers (Dumb and Dumber, Kingpin, There's Something About Mary), a comedy about a group of newly single male friends attempting to adjust to being in their 30s and starting life over.

The Return Of Jezebel James - This was created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (creator of Gilmore Girls); it's about a children's book editor (Parker Posey) who, when she finds out that she can't conceive, turns to her quirky younger sister (Six Feet Under's Lauren Ambrose) to be a surrogate mother.

I guess we'll hear all the details about the pickups for CBS and The CW next week, and also where/when the aforementioned series will air this fall.
 
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