Ah, pilot season. That time of year when your desk tends to overflow with more scripts than you know what to do with (and you've got the rather unenviable job of having to read and report back on every single one).

And when you're reading and sifting through several dozen pilots at the same time, you begin to see some patterns emerging, and it's not all that uncommon to experience that odd sensation of deja vu.

Case in point: CBS has ordered a pilot of drama Twilight from Ron Koslow (Beauty and the Beast), Trevor Munson, and Joel Silver (Veronica Mars). The pilot, from studio Warner Bros TV, centers on a vampire who works as a private investigator and who just happens to have a thing for a mortal woman.

Wait, whah? Wasn't that a little series (and Televisionary addiction) called Angel?

You know, vampire takes over a private investigation firm, falls for a living, breathing woman. All that.

Meanwhile, FOX has ordered a pilot for drama New Amsterdam, a supernatural/police drama set in New York City (formerly known as New Amsterdam).

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Wimbledon) has been cast as the lead, an immortal man who works as a police detective whose "curse" (or "blessing") of immortality was placed on him, unwillingly, by some indigenous people (Native Americans, in this case). Said curse can only be lifted by finding his one, true love. (As in perfect happiness, maybe?)

Hmmm, I'm not too sure why all these vampires and immortals (not to mention wizards, as evidenced by The Dresden Files) seem to drift into law enforcement and private eye work, of all professions, but apparently we're seeing a real trend developing here. (Maybe preternatural sight, strength, and/or magic are handy for more than just maiming, blood-sucking, and arcane rituals.)

But, regardless of any similarities (intentional or otherwise), all that these pilots have done is remind me of how much I miss Angel, which went off the air in a blaze of glory (and fighting a vast horde of violent demony things).

Those long-promised Angel TV movies, intended to wrap up the series, never did materialize after all, and now I'm seriously pining for for the gang at Angel Investigations.

Sniffle.

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Jace is an LA-based television development and acquisitions junior exec who watches way too much television for his own good and would love a TiVo for every room in the house. (He’s halfway there.) His blog, Televisionary, can be found at televisionary.blogspot.com.

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