Trade Round-Up: Maybe The Donald's Not As Hot As We Thought
· OK, maybe it's not quite as "Must See TV" as NBC would have liked: Variety thinks Joey and The Apprentice's ratings numbers weren't anything to blow Donald Trump's combover back. [Variety, sub. req'd.]
· Canadian Ivan Reitman will produce film version of Canadian cult TV hit Trailer Park Boys, which "features three dope-smoking ex-convicts living among friends and family." We're floored, having had no idea that Canada had trailer parks, dope, or jails. [THR]
· With Michael Eisner not stepping down as Disney CEO until 2006, his replacement candidates prepare for two long years of hair-pulling, bloodletting, and the occasional hot-oil wrestling match to prove their worth to the cackling lame duck. [THR]
· Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick get an ABC pilot deal for 1/4Life, a drama focused on friends living in Chicago undergoing post-college mid-20's crises; think of it as thirtysomething before receding hairlines and erectile dysfunction set in. [Variety, sub. req'd.]