Ten rookies make cut for ABC

May 17, 2009 After adding five new scripted series during the strike-impacted 2008-09 season, ABC is back in a reboot mode, ordering 10 new series -- six dramas and four comedies -- and keeping several more pilots for midseason consideration. ABC's high concept-heavy drama slate include two new crime dramas -- the Bruckheimer-produced amateur sleuths show "The Forgotten" and murder mystery "Happy Town," from the creative team behind "October Road"; legal drama, "The Deep End"; as well as two 1980s adaptations, "Eastwick," based in the movie with Jack Nicholson and "V," based on the NBC miniseries. "Forgotten" marks the first scripted series on ABC by Bruckheimer, while the order for "Eastwick" extends the perfect record for director David Nutter, who has gone 15-for-15, with every pilot the has directed so far picked up to series.

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