For '04, Nets Eye Serialized Dramas

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While drama development for fall 2004 is still dominated by procedural shows such as Law & Order, networks are also looking for more serialized dramas, spurred by the success of Fox’s The O.C.

ABC, for example, is developing three serialized dramas, said Tom Sherman, svp of drama series. One, described as “Dynasty-meets-Seabiscuit,” centers on a horse-racing family, another on a family that owns a large media company, and the third follows a New York family who moves to Montana to run a horse ranch.

But of the 30-plus scripts in development so far, procedural shows still rule.



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