"PILOT SEASON..IS HERE"

IN MY OPINION;

WILLIAM REYNOLDS;

"PILOT SEASON..IS HERE"

After what's been a largely forgettable fall 2015-16 season in which "TRIMMED BECAME THE NEW 'CANCELLED". Broadcast networks hope to find the next Empire or Big Bang Theory AMONG this season's 87 comedy and drama pilots. With overall orders up three year over year, despite three of the five broadcast networks pulling back on their total pickups, vertical integration continues to be the biggest story of the season. To that end, many networks bought nearly exclusively from their studio counterparts. "Personally, I believe that the ATL will get about one-third of these, as will NY and LA>