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V: The New Series Update..

There are lots of rumors making the rounds about the networks’ new schedules in the days leading to the up fronts, and the latest on V comes from Variety, which is suggesting that the pilot may actually become the basis of a six – hour miniseries for mid – season.. In some ways, this might actually make more sense than rolling the dice and hoping that an audience will stick around for 22 episodes ( At a minimum ).. Actually, Kenneth Johnson thought a variation of this was the way to go in the aftermath of the airing of the original 1983 miniseries..

“After that success, NBC was very hot to do something and I said to [ Then NBC President] Brandon Tartikoff ] ‘ You cannot afford to do this show on an episodic basis.. Let me tell you how we should do it.. Give me two hours on Sunday night once a month or every six weeks, and I will give you a continuing two – hour saga that we could do four or five times over a year..’ He said, ‘ Oh, no, no, mumble, mumble..’ I said, ‘ Brandon, I’m telling you, this is the way to make it work.. We could put more money into it, Warners could get more marketing out of it, you’ll have a good thing going for you and it’ll fly..’”

More of an ” television event ” approach could be the way to go to keep an audience with an ever – shrinking attention span tuned in and actually looking forward to future installments of the saga..

According to Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood Daily, while ABC has indeed given the go-ahead for six hours of V, the studio behind the show, Warner Bros., has reportedly ” balked ” and refused to accept the order.. This sounds like something that isn’t done very often, but it could very well be because Warner believes that they have something special with the pilot and that its potential will not be fully realized with such a small order.. What this could also mean is that they’ll shop the show elsewhere, hoping for a full season or at least a 13 episode commitment.. If ABC doesn’t increase the order, it wouldn’t be surprising for the studio to go to the Sci – Fi Channel, FX or any number of other possible outlets.. All things should be known soon enough..

The Visitors has caught wind that negotiations between ABC and Warner Bros. has continued to the point where it’s likely that V will get a 13 – episode mid – season commitment, which one assumes is enough to satisfy the studio.. After all, speaking from a strictly commercial point of view, should the series not go beyond 13 episodes, it would be enough to give them a DVD box set.. As most of you are aware a lot of great shows start this way.. For example: The first season of ‘ Kyle XY ‘ had 10 episodes; ‘ Greys Anatomy ‘ had 9 episodes; even ‘ BSG ‘ had 13.. So hopefully they do get approved for the 13 episodes, at least this way people will get the feel and hopefully push for a second season.. After seeing the ‘ Pilot ‘ I believe a lot of V fans will enjoy it and keep watching, as well as bringing in a while lot more fans..

Unidentified sources said the TV network is contemplating ordering an initial run of 13 episodes of a re – imagining of the action mini – series.. The Visitors feel that when it was reported that V was getting only 6 episodes, that the reporter got it mixed up.. Here is a segment of an article:

The Reporter said in addition to considering V, ABC is negotiating for a six – episode order of the 20th Television series ‘ The Associates..’

So hopefully we will see V get a 13 episode season.. We’ve been waiting for approval of the series since we heard about the development of the pilot and the possibility of a feature film from the original series creator Kenny Johnson ( Who is not associated with the pilot or tv series ).. With the pilot in the can and the series on its way, all we’re waiting on now is confirmation that the feature film is a go..

The pilot for V: The New Series will air on the NBC later this year.. It remains unknown when the first episode of the series will air, but here at The Visitors we feel we will most likely see it on our screens January 2010..