Friday, March 13, 2009

80s-Style Action Shows That Never Got Past A Pilot

HAT!
Curmudgeonly ex-spook uses his godlike intelligence to terrorize his clients while solving their problems. Starring Stephen Fry and Omar Epps.

FRIENDS & NEIGHBORS
Family of crooked cops lives next to a family of principled gangsters. Hilarity ensues. Large ensemble cast featuring Mr. T, Hillary Duff, Don Johnson, Dwayne Johnson, Howard Johnson, Cher, and Billy Ray Cyrus.

BURDEN OF PROOF
Sherpa-turned-D.A. Naksin "Nak" Shinabat brings New York drug-criminals to justice by day and women to his bed by night. Starring Don Johnson and Verne Troyer.

PER DIEM
Former soldiers-of-fortune-turned-day-traders solve corporate crime on Wall Street . . . any way they can. Starring Richard Hatch, Susan Sarandon and Cheech Marin.

TWO IF BY SEA
Paul Revere's great-great-great-great-great grandson and his wife are no-nonsense members of the Massachusetts Port Authority, catching drug smugglers using a speedboat named "Horse." Starring Elvis McClatchy and Donna Springboard.

CHICAGO RUMBLE
Two Chicago transit police get in over their heads. Buddy action-comedy. Filmed on-location. Starring Don Johnson and Verne Troyer.

KICKFACE
Kickface. Starring Jessica Alba. Produced by James Cameron.

COACH DETECTIVE
Steve Spurrier retires from coaching to become a private detective. Brutal violence ensues. Starring Steve Spurrier as himself.

SHAOLIN SHALOM
A rabbi cop has a crisis of faith and pursues the path of buddhism . . . and kung fu. Starring Neil Patrick Harris and Nathan Fillion.

MURDERWORLD
A post-apocalyptic cop on the edge solves crimes through old technology and past life regression therapy. Starring Amanda Bynes and featuring Ted Danson as 'Mystic Potato.'

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