July is pilot season for SPT

July 27, 2007 The studio has landed four pilot orders: one — which is still being negotiated — at Lifetime for a drama from “Lost” co-creator Jeffrey Lieber; one at CBS for a comedy from writer Mike Sikowitz; one at Spike TV for a two-hour backdoor pilot from producer Neal Moritz and writer John Herzfeld; and one at A&E for a drama from “Cane” creator Cynthia Cidre and producers Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly. n Sikowitz’s “My Best Friend’s Girl,” which received a cast-contingent order, is a multicamera comedy about two best guy friends owning a bike shop together whose relationship becomes complicated when one starts dating the other’s ex-wife. When another relationship-based multicamera comedy, the SPT-produced “Rules of Engagement,” became an out-of-the-gate hit for CBS last midseason, Adilman sent the script to CBS, but with very few open half-hour slots on the schedule, the network took a pass.

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