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Just as news broke about the "Veronica Mars" creator talking to the CW about writing a contemporary spinoff of Fox's 1990s hit "Beverly Hills, 90210," ABC on Thursday greenlighted a pilot for Thomas' new version of his own 1990s series, "Cupid."

Thomas has described the new "Cupid" as a "reinvention" of his praised but short-lived comedy series about a man who thinks he's been sent to earth by Zeus to help out romantically challenged souls.

The project, from ABC Studios and original series' producer Sony Pictures TV, has been in development at ABC since the fall and is in first position to the "90210" spinoff.


The pickup of "Cupid" puts Thomas in a position similar to the one Josh Schwartz found himself last year, when both of his projects, NBC's "Chuck" and CW's "Gossip Girl," were picked up to pilots with "Chuck" in first position. Both pilots went to series, had successful first seasons and earned second-season renewals. (In an interesting twist, "Gossip" is eyed as a potential companion to the "90210" spinoff.)

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
Another failure on the way if Rob Thomas is attached to it. And since ABC already has an over saturated amount of female skewing dramas, why did they pick it up?

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Originally posted by Ginger:

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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
Another failure on the way if Rob Thomas is attached to it. And since ABC already has an over saturated amount of female skewing dramas, why did they pick it up?

They need something to share a time slot with the Bachelor? Um, Men in Trees and October Road and Cashmere Mafia and Big Shots are likely gone and they need something to have viwership in that range? Um, somebody at ABC really liked Cupid?