LOS ANGELES (Zap2it.com) - Taking a page from the FOX playbook, The WB has
dumped the drama series "Fearless" before anyone, save some industry types
and the nation's TV critics, got to see it.
The outcome was widely assumed when the network pulled the show from its
fall schedule, saying producer Jerry Bruckheimer wanted more time to develop
the concept. Jordan Levin, The WB's co-CEO, officially signed its death
warrant Tuesday (Jan. 13) at the TV Critics Association press tour.
"Fearless," based on a series of books by Francine Pascal, starred Rachael
Leigh Cook ("She's All That") as a young FBI agent genetically incapable of
feeling fear. The chief criticism of the series was that Cook's character
came off more affectless than fearless.
"We tried ... but we just couldn't find someone who could crack that
concept," Levin says.
Although it has a breakout show in the teen-Superman saga "Smallville," The
WB has had trouble in the past two seasons developing high-concept series.
Last season's "Birds of Prey" and this year's "Tarzan" both died after only
a handful of episodes ("Tarzan" is technically on hiatus, but few people
expect it to return).
"One Tree Hill" took "Fearless'" spot on the fall schedule and has been
performing marginally, although the network has picked up a full season of
the family drama. "Fearless" joins an ignominious roster of shows --
including FOX's "The Grubbs," "Septuplets" and "Manchester Prep" -- that
have been announced as part of network lineups in recent years but have
never made it to the air.
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