Rex Is Not Your Lawyer

[Qalbert]

http://popwatch.ew.com/2009/11/04/da...ot-doctor-who/

David Tennant gets a pilot: If anyone can save NBC, it's The Doctor, right?
by Michael Slezak
Categories: Doctor Who, Sci-Fi, Television

Anyone who’s had the pleasure of seeing David Tennant as the titular Doctor Who — from seasons 2-4 of the BBC’s most recent incarnation of the classic British show — knows the man can do anything: Free the Ood, make Billie Piper swoon, foil the Daleks‘ plans to pretty much destroy the universe. But now the dishy Scotsman is taking on an even more daunting task by shooting a pilot, Rex Is Not Your Lawyer, for (dun dun dunnnn) NBC. Seriously, with not-so-hot ratings for its “all-Leno, all-the-frakkin-time” strategy, the peacock sometimes looks like it’s halfway across the rainbow bridge and about to frolic with the dodo. As of this moment, in fact, my DVR has only two NBC series (The Office and 30 Rock) set as “series recordings.”

A Tennant-led Rex, however, could change that. The IMDb pages for writers Andrew Leeds and David Lampson don’t tell me much, but the show’s premise — a panic-attack-prone attorney teaches his clients to represent themselves — sounds like it has the potential to showcase Tennant’s dramedy chops, and bonus points will be distributed if his debonair accent doesn’t get lost in baggage on its way across the pond. Watch the opening of the wickedly good Doctor Who episode “Midnight” (and find the remainder of the episode after the jump) and tell me if you think NBC deserves a rousing chorus of “right on chaps!” and “cheerio!” for signing Tennant to a deal. I, for one, think (or at least hope) this move signals a turnaround for the network

DAVID MOTHERFUCKING TENNANT BITCHES

[Qalbert]

http://tv.ign.com/articles/105/1050710p1.html
If Heroes is finally canceled Mohinder will be a regular on this.

[xopher]

They'll make him change his accent

I want Scottish or British flavor Tennant.

American is going to be weird.

[Qalbert]

http://tv.ign.com/articles/105/1053255p1.html

December 8, 2009 - We reported last week that Sendhil Ramamurthy, Heroes' Mohinder, had joined in David Tennant's (Doctor Who) NBC pilot, Rex Is Not Your Lawyer. And then we speculated a ton about whether or not this was a sign that, even though Ramamurthy was cast in second position to Heroes, that Heroes might not return for a 5th season.

Now comes word, thanks to Eonline.com's Kristin Dos Santos, that Ramamurthy has pulled out of the Rex pilot due to scheduling conflicts with Heroes. Jerry O'Connell (Stand By Me, Crossing Jordan) has now been cast in the role, as Rex's lawyer friend, instead. Could this spell hope for a Heroes' return next fall?

[xopher]

Too bad Heroes sucks now

Mohinder is a fool to pull out from working with David fucking Tennant. This could have given them a good reason to write Mohinder out of the show. Which probably would have made Heroes better.