political drama

Some shows are known for amazing acting, and some for stellar writing. In Treatment falls into the latter category, though the acting was top-notch, as well. Still, in essence the show was a one-room nightly play. It was simply dialogue between two to four actors. And It was riveting.

Davey Holmes won a Writers Guild Award for his work on that series. He was nominated for Pushing Daisies, a series with a completely different tone, and yet equally brilliant writing. He's also written for Damages and is involved in the forthcoming Happy Town for ABC.

Based on the strength of his script, Holmes has secured a pilot commitment from FOX for Worthy, a proposed series that would put the network dramatically into politics. The series follows a straight-arrow Arizona politician, named Worthy, who finds himself in trouble after he's in a hit-and-run and winds up blackmailed by the mob.

I know, I know, you're saying, Bob, what the hell is Waterfront?

It's (or it was) a new political drama starring Joe Pantoliano as the mayor of Providence, Rhode Island. The network ordered 13 episodes of the Warner Brothers show...but pulled the plug on the show before any of the episodes aired. The reason? CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler said she was "unhappy with the show's creative direction."

Ouch. Since other Warner Brothers shows are doing either poorly or so-so (Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, The Nine, The Class), this hasn't been a great fall for the studio.

I actually have a friend who worked on the show, so I'll try to get some info about it what happened.