WB Scales McG's 'Mountain'; ABC, NBC Add Pilots In the latest round of pilot orders at the networks, The WB has ordered a drama from "The O.C." executive producer McG. ABC has asked for a new cop show from Steven Bochco's company, and NBC likes a comedy from network execs-turned-producers Jamie Tarses and Karey Burke.McG is executive producing a pilot called "The Mountain" for The WB, according to The Hollywood Reporter. It tells the story of a young man who inherits a mountaintop resort when his father dies.Stephanie Savage, McG's producing partner and writer of the "Chrismukkah" episode of "The O.C.," wrote the pilot script and will also serve as an executive producer, as will director David Barrett ("Without a Trace," "Jake 2.0").ABC, which is saying goodbye to "NYPD Blue" after next season, is staying in business with Bochco on a pilot called "Blind Justice." It stars Ron Eldard ("House of Sand and Fog," "ER") as a cop who's blinded on the job. "Blue" scribes Nicholas Wootton and Matt Olmstead are writing the pilot and executive producing with Bochco.NBC's order for the Tarses-Burke comedy is contingent on casting. R. Lee Fleming ("Friends," "She's All That") penned the script about a 33-year-old guy who returns to college after his wife leaves him for his best friend.
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