Drive is to the Amazing Race as Lost is to Survivor, except it doesn't suck.

There are teams of people, some coerced, some volunteers, who start on an illegal, hush hush, road race cross country.

There's a bit of The Long Walk in terms of the stakes involved.

It's got a bit of Jaye's bite, Web's dark, Wesley's post-baby kidnap texture (some buckets will be taken), oodles of Mal's Han-shot-first no nonsense antihero, and enough sexiness for three million LJ icons.

I think those turned off by The Inside's dark goriness and Wonderfalls' whimsy will find a happy Angel-esque place in this with the sprawling story, interestingly twisted characters, and the HSQ. Oh my, the HSQ.

I think that's all that is allowed without being shot.

Nope. Next Monday starts the season.

Uh, 2005 != 2006.

I've been getting up-fronts-gleaned gossip and spoilers for the past week and a half.

oooh. Unless you think LOST doesn't suck. No offense intended. I mean, your suckage may vary.

(Nothing very good this year, unfortunately. Mostly Lost spoilers which went and aired the night I heard about them.)

The presentation schedule for the upfronts this year for the major networks is:

Monday 5/15: NBC

Tuesday 5/16: ABC; mynetwork (what is this?)

Wednesday 5/17: CBS

Thursday, May 18: FOX; The CW

[link] (see righthand sidebar)

Some shows have already gotten picked up or canceled, though. I think some cable stations like Nick, TNT, TBS, etc. may have already done their presentations.

Well, huh. My sources are being sloppy with their vocabulary, I guess.

ooh, Allyson has whet my appetite.

ooh, Allyson has whet my appetite.

Mine too. Thanks!

Though I think I may have to annotate that a bit for people who aren't us.

Adam Baldwin's pilot, Day Break, just got ordered by ABC. Jeff Bell is supposed to be the showrunner.

ETA for series premise:

Did you ever have a day so bad you couldn't wait to get past it? The kind of day nothing goes your way, and everything turns out wrong. What would happen if you couldn't put this day behind you literally? Today Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Emilio Garza. He will offer his rock solid alibi. He will realize he's been framed. And he will run. Then he will! wake up and start the day over again. This time he'll do it differently – and will continue to – until he finds out who's framing him, gets his gang witness to court to testify, and until he saves the lives of his loved ones. Hopper has only one advantage in his favor – he remembers everything he did the "day prior" that didn't work. It's a painful way to learn because he also carries the bruises and battle scars from every mistake-filled day. Hopper must find the delicate balance between doing what's important and what's right to get through this killer day and move on to tomorrow.

It sounds like Groundhog Day meets Tru Calling or something.