What annoys me ...

 Cliffhanger Endings To Episodes That Are Never Resolved!

 They have always bugged me to no end. Why bother writing a cliff hanger if you never plan on following up on it? Two of the worst offenders:

1) Lost - In a dramatic ending, Jack asks Ana Lucia to train an army to presumably take on the others. After this, the issue of the army is never mentioned, and Ana Lucia is later killed off and forgotten about.

2) 24 - A pivotal character, Charles Logan, flatlines in an ambulance after being stabbed by his ex-wife. No mention of Charles, nor his wife, is ever made again.

FOOTBALL WIVES

Football Wives is one of 15 drama pilots competing for about 7 spots on ABC's schedule. It was arguably ABC's most antipcated pilot - unitl plans for a potential Grey's Anatomy spin-off surfaced. The pilot, which is currently in pre-production and will be begining filming shortly, is based on popular British series Footballer's Wives. Don't count on it being too close to the British series however, as Football Wives will be somewhat different, it will feature similar, though not identical, storylines in the pilto, but as the show goes on, it will take its own course, completely seperate from the British series. Also expected it to be heavily toned down to meet tough US Censorship standards.

PLOT

The show is set in Orlando, Florida, and follows the lives of Brian and Donna Reynolds, once struggling students at Syracause University, their lives are changed forever after Brian is drafted to play in the NFL for the Orlando Stingrays, and is given a multi-million dollar contract. The couple must adapt to the rich life overnight, and it ain't gonna be easy. The show also features a large ensembe of other 'football wives' and their husbands.

CAST

Football Wives has already announced that several talented actors have joined the pilot. While most characters from Football Wives are presented, there are some notable absentees, notably Conrad, Amber and Hazel, all left out apparently because ABC didn't want 'LGBT themes' to be present in this particular show. ABC also requested that the characters have their last names 'Americanized'

Donna Reynolds
Played by Lost star Kiele Sanchez, Donna is the main character of Football Wives. Brian's wife and high school sweet heart, she's described in casting sides as being young, sweet, and uneasy with her new wealth. She's also hiding a secret from Brian - they have an illegitimate child from their high school days, who Brian is unaware of him. Unfortunatley for Donna, the child's adoptive parents have tracked Donna down, and are black mailing her.
Brian Reynolds
Donna's husband, a former University student who has recently joined the Orlando Stingrays, and has become a millionaire overnight, and will be subject to much temptation in his new life. The role is currently uncast.

MY VIEW
So far, Football Wives has a strong script (though being somewhat campy) a talented and well-known cast, and promising hype building it, which should increase its chances of being picked up for a series order. Though note that last year, pilots 20 Quesitons and Secrets of a Small Town had all of those (Secrets of a Small Town was infact the highest testing drama of the fall season, behind Heroes) though no reason was ever given for those shows not being picked up, I wouldn't have being surprised if cost was a factor. It also seems like Football Wives will be a costly show, which could hurt its chances of being picked up. However, I hope this show is picked up. I'm pleased with all the casting choices so far, and if the casting was up to me, I'd also cast Maggie Grace as Nicole Holt, and Penny Johnson Jerald as Jackie Johnson.

If you have any questions about Football Wives, feel free to post them below, and I'll see if I can help. Next week, I'll be posting some infomation about another ABC pilot, Mr and Mrs Smith. Thanks for reading.