CBS greenlights NY-LON, Mythological X and Can Openers
Showbiz has gone green, and that's not just ecologically! Green is flashing all over Hollywood. CBS has given the greenlight to three more pilots, including a doctor drama, a psychic romance, and a British-based tale of international love. NY-LON (no, not nylon the fabric!), refers to the New York-London connection via air. The story, which writers Patti Carr and Lara Runnels (who both worked on 'Til Death) are translating from the U.K. version, is about a British businessman who meets a New York City record store clerk while she's in London, and then their subsequent attempts to maintain a transatlantic romance. The series ran seven episodes in England, which is not atypical. Of course, for American TV, many more episodes than that will be necessary to constitute a hit.
Mythological X will be written by Diane Ruggiero (Veronica Mars), so hopefully, she'll bring that type of wit to this story of a woman who learns, by consulting a psychic, that she's already met and discarded the love her her life! The character then needs to revisit all her ex-beaus to find Mr. Right. Jonathan Levin (Charmed) will executive produce.
Can Openers will be headed by Jim Serpico (Rescue Me), and sounds like it was probably inspired by Grey's Anatomy's success. It's about the professional and personal travails of a young woman who begins a seven-year residency as a neurosurgeon. Could there be a McDreamy in the mix?

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