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Networks Execs Cherry Pick from Each Other's Schedules Call it program envy. As much as they tout their own fall schedules as the greatest things since chocolate chip cookie dough started coming in rolls, the network honchos are just as likely to cry into their martinis about the show that shines a little brighter over on their competition.
"It's a well-done show that's a lot of fun and doesn't take itself too seriously."
"It takes a big risk that has to be executed just right to be as compelling as it is," says Braun, who calls the pilot "terrific" and "totally different" from anything else he has seen.
FOX's Entertainment President, Gail Berman, shows her WB roots (she's also an executive producer on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel") when she praises how "Smallville," the saga of a teenage Superman, a.k.a. Clark Kent, makes an old concept work in an effective way.
"I tried to get it myself," she says. "It's good for the times." Speaking in lieu of Nancy Tellem, Kelly Kahl, CBS' Executive Vice President of Program Planning and Scheduling, admitted to admiring that UPN's "Enterprise" will go "back to the nuts and bolts" of the what "Star Trek" is all about. UPN's Dean Valentine (who knows a little something about lifting from other people's line-ups) returns the favor by admitting a penchant for CBS' new drama "The Guardian." Related Shows
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