ABC and AMC Pick Up Pilots Including THE WALKING DEAD, THE WHOLE TRUTH; NBC Extends Episode Orders for COMMUNITY, PARKS AND RECREATION

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The Walking Dead andThe Killingare the latest AMC dramas to receive greenlights for a pilot, according toVariety.

Meanwhile,The Killingis based on a Danish TV series calledForbrydelsen.

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Veena Sud ofCold Casefame wrote the pilot.

Cutthroatrevolves around a single mother who runs a drug cartel while blending in with high society Beverly Hills.

Sounds eerily similar to what little I know ofWeeds, though that is set in suburban America.

Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters (Reaper) will write and executive produce the dramedy.

Each show has been given an order of two to three more episodes.

This comes hot on the heels of the news that NBC had already ordered more episodes of30 RockandThe Office.

Apparently they are doing their best to fill the void with somethingactuallyfunny.