Pilots land on net runways

March 08, 2008 ABC on Friday picked up Jason Winer's single-camera comedy "This Might Hurt," while CBS has handed out presentation orders to two dramas: "Tower," from "Cold Case" creator/executive producer Meredith Stiehm, and "Harper's Island," to be directed by "National Treasure" helmer Jon Turteltaub. Written and to be directed by Winer, "Hurt" is set at a private medical practice and revolves around the owner, a fiftysomething pediatrician with a great bedside manner but woefully old-fashioned methods; his brainy internist son, with whom he's in constant conflict; and an OB/GYN who has an inherent distrust of all men. Casting on the pilot, which is executive produced by Winer, Matthew Weinberg and Todd Komarnicki, is set to begin immediately for a mid-April shooting start.

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