What network is carrying the new TV program “The Philanthropist”?
“The Philanthropist,” premiering tonight on NBC, is a gorgeous-looking bit of earnest junk whose pilot bears the estimable names of Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson (“Oz,” “Homicide: Life on the Street”) as executive producers. Fontana also wrote the script — from a “concept developed by” Charlie Corwin and Jim Juvonen — and reportedly worked on a few more before he and Levinson departed the show over a question of tone. (The network wanted it to be more fun; you can see their warring approaches on screen.) The series is being described as an “eight-part drama,” which is a nice way of saying it won’t be back to prey on your conscience in the fall, or ever. Sources: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/06/ready-for-the-philanthropist.
