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Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Odd Jobs is the working title of the upcoming TV comedic drama series to air on the NBC network. It will star Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson, who worked together on the ABC series Lost. It will be produced and directed by J. J. Abrams, with Bryan Burk as executive producer. It has been picked up as a currently untitled pilot which was written for Warner Brothers TV and is to be aired on NBC with the possibility of a season pick up. It has been billed as an hour-long drama.Emerson and O'Quinn will portray former black-ops agents who are now \"retired\" and work odd missions (or \"jobs\") to pass the time. The Associate Press said that the show focuses on \"the age and frailty of the actors.\" ABC bid heavily for it but were eventually outbid by NBC.The show will be run by frequent J. J. Abrams collaborators Andre Nemec and Josh Appelbaum, the two worked with Abrams on Alias. Emerson confirmed that he and O'Quinn were pitching the new series, after the series finale of Lost, he said of the project that it was a \"somewhat more lighthearted show that acknowledges the age and frailty of the actors involved - a show where, should one of their characters get hit in the face, you go down on the ground and don't get up for a month.\" Emerson also said that he hopes to \"bring the truth of [their] lives and as actors into whatever this show might be- in addition to the characters [they'd] play.\" Emerson and O'Quinn also told TV Guide that the couple would star as \"... suburban hit men juggling family issues.\" but also said that he wants something more \"lighthearted than LostTemplate:-\". Mike Eisenberg of NYmag.com said that \"considering Lost‍‍ '​‍s place on ABC, it wouldn't be a surprise to see Odd Jobs land on the network.\" O'Quinn responded early on that \"I really hope this works out because Michael would be in his prime in this. We'd play kind of awkward partners.\" and Emerson was on board, saying \"any excuse to work with Terry again\".Despite being picked up by NBC, further development of the show has been postponed. Michael Emerson has since joined the cast of a different J.J. Abrams series, Person of Interest."@en }

• Odd_Jobs_(TV_pilot) abstract "Odd Jobs is the working title of the upcoming TV comedic drama series to air on the NBC network. It will star Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson, who worked together on the ABC series Lost. It will be produced and directed by J. J. Abrams, with Bryan Burk as executive producer. It has been picked up as a currently untitled pilot which was written for Warner Brothers TV and is to be aired on NBC with the possibility of a season pick up. It has been billed as an hour-long drama.Emerson and O'Quinn will portray former black-ops agents who are now \"retired\" and work odd missions (or \"jobs\") to pass the time. The Associate Press said that the show focuses on \"the age and frailty of the actors.\" ABC bid heavily for it but were eventually outbid by NBC.The show will be run by frequent J. J. Abrams collaborators Andre Nemec and Josh Appelbaum, the two worked with Abrams on Alias. Emerson confirmed that he and O'Quinn were pitching the new series, after the series finale of Lost, he said of the project that it was a \"somewhat more lighthearted show that acknowledges the age and frailty of the actors involved - a show where, should one of their characters get hit in the face, you go down on the ground and don't get up for a month.\" Emerson also said that he hopes to \"bring the truth of [their] lives and as actors into whatever this show might be- in addition to the characters [they'd] play.\" Emerson and O'Quinn also told TV Guide that the couple would star as \"... suburban hit men juggling family issues.\" but also said that he wants something more \"lighthearted than LostTemplate:-\". Mike Eisenberg of NYmag.com said that \"considering Lost‍‍ '​‍s place on ABC, it wouldn't be a surprise to see Odd Jobs land on the network.\" O'Quinn responded early on that \"I really hope this works out because Michael would be in his prime in this. We'd play kind of awkward partners.\" and Emerson was on board, saying \"any excuse to work with Terry again\".Despite being picked up by NBC, further development of the show has been postponed. Michael Emerson has since joined the cast of a different J.J. Abrams series, Person of Interest.".