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#8 Football Wives
Who picked it up? ABC
When does it air? It won't -- ABC didn't pick up (and won't be picking up) the show!
Who stars? Eddie Cibrian, Gabrielle Union, Holly Robinson Peete, James Van Der Beek, Lucy Lawless, Ving Rhames, and others!
Why should you care? The pilot was delicious -- witty, outrageous, sexy, and fun! Sure, the dialogue was a bit corny, but that was the point. Remember how fun Desperate Housewives was two years ago? This was that fun. Lucy Lawless must find another project that lets her work her comic chops -- Xena is funny!
Why should you worry? Rumor has it that ABC dropped the show to keep the football leagues happy. We can't have entertainment kowtowing to sports. Other accounts suggest ABC was trying to save money. While this doesn't seem to be ABC (they largely believe in the high risk/high reward motto if the project looks promising), it is sad to think that such a good show was lost because of behind the scenes stuff.
Bottom line? While ABC had a good crop of pilots, too many of them looked too similar to each other. This one was different -- and it would have had men and women watching together, laughing, and drooling. The loss of Football Wives isn't a huge one, but it would have been nice to have the show brightening television screens.