They're both about to take the stage for their first upfront presentations as broadcast network chiefs. But NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt and ABC president Paul Lee share a lot more similarities in their first pilot seasons, especially in their new series choices. Both opted to go with a predominantly female-skewing drama slate, a change in direction for both networks. Last year, the most heavily touted new drama series at NBC's upfront presentation was the
male-friendly sci-fi thriller
The Event. This time, that honor will likely go to the Broadway-themed and heavily female-skewing
Smash, with another high-profile new drama,
Playboy Club, also testing predominantly female. Last year, Lee's predecessor Steve McPherson bet on the superhero drama
No Ordinary Family and male cop procedural
Detroit 1-8-7. Now Lee is going with female hero action series
Charlie's Angeles and female soaps like
Good Christian Belles and
Revenge. (While passing on several male-oriented drama pilots such as sci-fi cop show
17th Precinct, Western
Reconstruction and crime/political saga
Metro, NBC picked up one male-friendly new series, the
Inception-style
Awake, while ABC passed on
Poe and
Identity to order only one new drama with a male lead,
The River, but it is in the horror ...
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They're both about to take the stage for their first upfront presentations as broadcast network chiefs. But NBC chairman Bob Greenblatt and ABC president Paul Lee share a lot more similarities in their first pilot seasons, especially in their new series choices. Both opted to go with a predominantly female-skewing drama slate, a change in direction for both networks. Last year, the most heavily touted new drama series at NBC's upfront presentation was the 
male-friendly sci-fi thriller The Event. This time, that honor will likely go to the Broadway-themed and heavily female-skewing Smash, with another high-profile new drama, Playboy Club, also testing predominantly female. Last year, Lee's predecessor Steve McPherson bet on the superhero drama No Ordinary Family and male cop procedural Detroit 1-8-7. Now Lee is going with female hero action series Charlie's Angeles and female soaps like Good Christian Belles and Revenge. (While passing on several male-oriented drama pilots such as sci-fi cop show 17th Precinct, Western Reconstruction and crime/political saga Metro, NBC picked up one male-friendly new series, the Inception-style Awake, while ABC passed on Poe and Identity to order only one new drama with a male lead, The River, but it is in the horror ... Read More »
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