nbc passes on wonder woman

In somewhat shocking news, especially considering all of the ballyhooing NBC did, the latest iteration of Wonder Woman isn’t getting picked up for the fall season. The series was supposed to empower the character as a “modern woman” who just so happened to run a billion dollar corporation AND fight crime in American Apparel sparkly blue leggings.

From Dlisted:

“Entertainment Weekly said that test audiences weren’t really into David E. Kelley’s idea of Wonder Woman as a powerful CEO who crime fights at night and has real lady problems. Just picture Wonder Woman crying into a bowl of raw cookie dough as Vonda Shepard sings a torch song. NBC also had their doubts about the costume. When the Internet ripped it into a million pieces, the costume department tried to fix it, but it wasn’t enough.”

Personally, I’m not too sad to see this one skipped. While it’s nice to see empowering woman on film, David E. Kelley’s vision just didn’t do it for me. That and Adrianne Palickwas a little too… porny? Call me a snob, but for me it’s either AMC shows like Mad Men or trash on Bravo. I just can find anything I like in the middle, especially when surgically enhanced cleavage and laughable costumes are involved.

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