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Status: Pilot for CBS sitcom, taped April 29, 2001, not picked up (see Enterprise)
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April 26
Today's crop of rumors--non Trek!
Thursday April 26 12:53 AM ET
By Army Archerd, Daily Variety Senior Columnist
Late changes on ``Late Boomers'' since Burt
Reynolds' departure last weekend: Scott
Bakula in talks Wednesday to replace Reynolds, and Michele Lee, who was to
have played Reynolds' ex-wife, was let go. Lee's casting involved her taking
days off her smash performance in B'way's ``Tales of the Allergist's Wife'' to
wing to L.A. pilot rehearsals.
found on Yahoo News...
These next two emails arrived the day I moved. I was hustling to get them posted before I packed up the computer so the movers could put it on the truck. Good thing I woke up early!
April 27
Audience Wanted for Scott Pilot
Hi! This is Susan at the audience company that is looking for
Scott Bakula fans in the Los Angeles area to come to his new TV show
pilot.
We need to get the word out to as many fans as possible ASAP to help make this
show a success! Details are listed below. Please post/forward this notice to as
many people that you can who may be interested in coming to a taping on that
day.
Thank you!
Show title: "Late Boomers"
Starring: Markie Post, Scott Bakula, Robert Urich
Date: 4/29/01
Time: 5pm
Location: CBS Studio Center, Radford Ave. Studio City, CA USA
this came in from Susan@AudiencesUnlimited.com
Actually it looks like I got two...
From: Tickets <tickets@audiencesunlimited.com>
Subject: latebloomers
To: pashworth@mindspring.com
Hello Webmaster...
Enjoyed looking at your site!
In case you didn't know, Scott Bakula has been cast in a new
comedy for CBS called "LATE BOOMERS"
Co-stars include: Adam Arkin, Robert Urich, Markie Post
and Joe Regalbuto.
Filming at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, CA
Sunday, April 29. Free studio audience tickets are currently
available on our website:
http://www.tvtickets.com
Thank you!
Steve
A.U. Ticket Dept.
May 10
Latest "Boomers" Rumors
(not that we care, apologies to Janice who may have two reasons to
watch TV this fall)
Some highlights from The Hollywood Reporter’s
story this morning
speculating on next week’s autumn schedule announcements :
CBS:
[snip]
Likely half-hours:
"Ellen, Again" (as in DeGeneres)
"Late Boomers" (the other Bakula series)
yesterday’s New York Daily News "Plugged In" column:
>>>Mike Burns, the spokesman for ex-Creative Artists
Agency boss Michael Ovitz’s production and talent management company, said
Ovitz’s television production company has eight pilots on the boards right
now, three of which he argued have a good shot at being picked up by the
networks.....[snip]...... (#2 is) "Late Bloomers" (sp), a show about
four ex-football players starring former "Murphy Brown" star Scott
Bakula….. >>
both posts
thanks to Helene
(okay, so they will have to get another
star..
Pam--May 11)
May 30
Inside Late Boomers -- from Robert Urich
the following Q
& A can be found at RobertUrich.com and was asked by Janice, who I met
at the Hamilton Benefit. Here are the portions of Robert Urich's answer to her
question that relate to Scott.
Question: Janice - I
just had the awesome pleasure of watching the filming of the pilot for Late
Boomers. My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed it and would be very surprised if
it is not picked up. The experience brought forth several questions:
1.
When was Scott Bakula brought it? I heard it was just the Wednesday before the
shoot.
2. Was his role extensively rewritten
for him after Burt Reynold's departure? There
were a couple of scenes that appeared to have been written with Scott in mind.
Answer: Thank
you so much for your comments on the pilot "Late Boomers". The first
time I read the script I felt the same way. I laughed out loud. Scott was
brought in On Friday, April 27th and as you know, we filmed it in front of a
studio audience on Sunday, April 29th. The role wasn't re-written for him and I
think he did an amazing job in just two and a half days
thanks to Janice!
Well, every
now and then, having a website is a good thing. :-) You get to do good things
for people. The following reports are sort of a byproduct. I met Sue via email,
when she wrote to thank me for posting about Love Letters. It was her first time
meeting Scott and she had only learned about the play five days earlier, when
she found my site. (That was kind of exciting! Aside from the fact, that it was
the first time I'd met him as well. <g>) I met Janice at the Hamilton
Benefit in February. She was sitting in front of me. She told me she was a fan
of Robert Urich, David Soul, Scott (and two other actors, one of which might be
Harrison Ford). When I found out from Audiences Unlimited that Robert Urich was
going to be in the pilot as well as Scott, I emailed her to let her know.
So now I get to share their stories with the rest of you. :-)
July 20
Scott talks Boomers
From the
TRANSCRIPT of the Television Critics
Association's Summer Press Tour
Scott cleared up a lingering mystery about Later
Boomers, a pilot episode which he shot just before joining Enterprise.
"I played a guest star — it was called Late Boomers, and it became
Boomers, and I don't know where it lies now. But
we were in negotiations on this [Enterprise] for a while, and I wasn't sure whether this was
going to happen or not for a while. And they agreed to have me on that series.
It was the actual lead in the pilot, but as a guest — strictly as a guest
star. So do it and walk away. And it worked out happily that this came through
and we were able to make a deal, and I'm here."
Report from Sue in Tucson (Dr. Sues)
Hi All! My husband and I just got back from California tonight! (Wed. eve.)
While there, we went to the taping of "Late Boomers"! Janice's report
was right on the money! The show was funny and well written! I really hope the
network runs with this one, and that Scott chooses to stay with this! What a
great
cast! They all had such a good repore with each other! Also, Chelsea was there
(3 seats in front of me!)and Scott's oldest daughter, and, of course, Jay was
there too! As for the show, I would only change one thing! Scott's mustache has
got to go!!!!!! It was too dark....too big...and it does nothing to
enhance his wonderful good looks! I love that man's face and it is a sin to
cover it up!!! :) Ha! Ha! Ha! And yes....you will all love the "saunna
scene"! At the MOST, he was wearing a g-string!! :)
thanks to Sue!
Report from Janice Starbuck, a fan of both Scott and Robert Urich, comes this
report...
Wed, 02-May-2001
What a great day! I just had to write to share my experience with you all.
Friday morning I woke to find an email from Pam who runs the Scott info web site
informing me that Audiences Unlimited was looking for audience members to attend
the shooting of the pilot for a new series, Late Boomers, starring
Scott Bakula and Robert Urich. Seeing these two actors together made her think
of me!
I immediately ordered my tickets from the tvtickets.com web site and made
flight, hotel and car reservations for my husband, Tom, and myself. Friday
afternoon I received email notification from
Audiences Unlimited that the shooting time had been moved up to 3:30.
Sunday was a beautiful day in LA. We arrived at CBS studios around 2:15.
The shooting went very smoothly. Most scenes were completed with two full takes
and one "pick-up," where they performed only a small part of the
scene.
Scott and Robert were wonderful. I really enjoyed their comedic delivery. I must
say that the entire cast was excellent. Adam Arkin is extremely handsome and
talented. Joe Regalbuto, who
played Frank on Murphy Brown was great as Scott's brother. Markie Post looked
absolutely wonderful and did a great job as Scott's two-time ex-wife.
A few scenes had been filmed on Saturday that they played back to us on
monitors. The sauna scene will be a special treat for Scott fans.
Scott plays Teddy, a retired NFL quarterback. The show is set in Chicago. Teddy
is a party kind of guy and loves the ladies -- and the ladies love him. He looks
great, although I must say I am not crazy about the mustache he sports for the
character.
Robert plays Dennis, an old teammate of Teddy's who played the game a little too
long and took few too many blows to the head during his NFL career. Dennis
provides the majority of the comic
relief for the ensemble. Dennis is now a sportscaster and is very concerned
about his looks and staying young.
Trying to be objective and looking past my obvious predisposition to love this
show, I must say that I did enjoy it. Tom and I both thought that the writing
was witty and the acting was superb. I do hope that if the show is picked up
that the writers will develop each of the characters fully. I would hate to see
the show fail because the characters are one-dimensional. I mean, I really hope
there is more to Robert's
character than just being slow and vain.
The entire experience was a blast. It did take three and one-half hours to film
the show, but it didn't seem to drag. The warm up guy was named Jim and he did a
good job of keeping the audience entertained during the lulls.
From time to time during filming, I would catch myself watching the show on the
overhead monitor rather than focusing on the action on the stage. I think it was
just hard to believe that I was right
there, not more than 30 feet from these gorgeous men I adore.
Between shots most of the actors were out of view. However, Scott was usually
visible, because he was in every scene. He was very focused and seemed to be
working on his character constantly. I'm guessing that was because he was
brought in after all the other actors and had very little opportunity to rehearse.
During curtain call I had a special thrill when Scott and Robert hugged to
congratulate each other on a job well done. I really wish that I could have
gotten a picture of that. But alas, taking pictures was strictly forbidden.
That was it. We didn't hang around to try to meet the actors because the
audience had been told not to do that. Besides, what more could I have asked
for. It was a great day.
thanks very much to Janice for the report!!--Pam