"Dark Shadows", "The Robinsons: Lost in Space", "Fearless" and now "Global Frequency" has joined the list of high-concept shows developed for The WB which have been dropped even before they've begun airing.
For a few weeks now, rumours have been spreading that the network, which had scheduled the show for mid-season, has decided to pass on Warren Ellis' comic book adaptation. Today, those wacky Atlantans - the CHUD boys got speaking with scribe John Rogers who confirmed the news which isn't as bad as it could be:
"The WB has passed on the pilot. However, they've also been real gentlemen and released it back to the studio to be taken elsewhere. Many networks hold onto pilots out of spite, fearing that if it succeeds elsewhere, they'll look bad. Luckily the WB folk value the product over politics...
I have a deep responsibility it to those people, to Warren's talent, and to the book's enormous fanbase to run this bastard out down every road I can, to get this show on the air. Midseason and summer launches, 13 episode runs, genre shows are now no longer longshots but viable strategies. DC Comics stands enthusiastically behind both the comic and the show, especially now that they've seen the pilot".
More from Rogers can be found here.
Thanks to 'The Nunz'.
