Back in the day (and pretty much still) I thought the one-two ABC Saturday night punch of The Love Boat and Fantasy Island portended the end of civilization. Though to be truthful, I'd soured on almost anything Aaron Spelling was involved with before either series came on the air...
"The Innocents is regarded as the best novel adaptation, but the opening has parallels to Dark Shadows, the cult vampire/horror afternoon serial. Shadows opened with the Dracula theme then moved into "Screw" introducing West Virginian David Selby as Quentin."
Well, at this point in '04 we already knew that the WB was moving forward with their DS pilot. But apparently the CW is holding whatever their decision will be much closer to their vest when it comes to Mark Perry's script...
If the CW operated like the other networks, we may have actually known their decision a while ago because more than likely they would have had a panel at the TCA (Television Critics Association) Upfronts because that's where/when the networks announce their plans for the next season. But for the second year in a row the CW (and only the CW) did not hold a TCA Upfront panel, mostly because they'd already announced the renewals of most of their shows...
It certainly appears the CW really wants to drag out the suspense when it comes to what pilots they plan to make...
It wasn't until I saw today's scan on the actual forum that the way the drawing is cropped and how the dialogue has been removed from the dialogue bubbles makes those bubbles -
- look like Julia and Barnabas have built a snowman with a cowlick.