Freaky Friday? After widespread reports earlier this month that NBC passed on David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman adaptation, Deadline reported late Friday that the network has indeed ordered a pilot. It’s among several pick ups made today by Bob Greenblatt, the network’s new head of entertainment.
The Wonder Woman series was first reported in October; Deadline describes Kelley’s version of the iconic DC superhero as “a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life.” Kelley’s legal dramedy Harry’s Law premiered earlier this week on NBC to better than expected ratings; his past hits include The Practice and Ally McBeal.
A previous Wonder Woman TV series starring Lynda Carter ran on ABC and later CBS from 1975 to 1979. In recent months, the character has undergone radical changes to her history and costume, with speculation that the moves were made to make the character more easily adapted to other media.
It’s been an eventful day of NBC, along with the surprise announcement that tonight was Countdown host Keith Olbermann’s last broadcast with MSNBC. The network’s acquisition by Comcast is set to close in a week.
January 21st, 2011 at 10:50 pm
YES! YES! YES!!!
Now don’t screw it up NBC.
January 21st, 2011 at 11:15 pm
So in her secret identity of Diana Prince, she’s going to be a lawyer trying to get past her crush on Steve Trevor?
January 22nd, 2011 at 8:31 am
Sounds a little like Ally McBeal as Wonder Woman to me. Still, I’m excited that there’s going to be something!
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:01 am
Brought to you by the same network that brought you HEROES and THE CAPE….is that a good thing?
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:20 pm
Better NBC than ABC. I have not watched ABC since they stopped offering full episodes of V on their website.
January 22nd, 2011 at 10:52 pm
@JillPantozzi: After his horrible bad-touching of ‘Life on Mars’ (and ‘Harry’s Law’ achieving the impossible and making KATHY FRAKING BATES BORING), I’m more worried about Kelly than NBC.
January 24th, 2011 at 10:34 am
“a vigilante crime fighter in L.A. but also a successful corporate executive and a modern woman trying to balance all of the elements of her extraordinary life.”
Is it just me, or is this the elevator-pitch for Power Girl, not Wonder Woman?
January 25th, 2011 at 6:26 pm
It’s not just you, DuckPuppy. HTat sounds like Powergirl to me, too. If this show is a hit, how soon until they end up changing Diana Prince from secret agent to corporate exec in the comic?