I read this week that NBC has purchased a script called "Vines" about a vineyard in Napa Valley possessed with "mystical powers," and the trials and tribulations of the family that buys the "ancient" vines. Hmmm. Well, I guess that's one approach to spotlight Napa Valley on prime-time TV. NBC confirms that it did indeed buy the script but it may or may not develop it into a full-blown evening soap opera. First they have to make the pilot, and if it gets that far, then they have to find a slot for it. It's penciled in for a fall 2011 debut.
Hollywood has come calling here many times before, mostly for feature films, but only one TV series that I can remember has actually been based in Wine Country for the purpose of dramatizing the saga of a vineyard-owning family: "Falcon Crest," which originally aired on CBS during the 1980s and has come back around on syndication a time or two since. Perhaps if "Vines" becomes a hit, it can help us forget that earlier show.
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