Abrams Shops Off 3 Pilots for 2011!

Lost wrapped up it's six year run last May, Fringe's third season begins tonight, and Abrams' most casual series to date Undercovers debuted last night, but Abrams certainly isn't finished with television by a long shot. Terry O'Quinn and Michael Emerson of Lost fame are teaming up with the most successful producer in expert television again for Odd Jobs, a drama about two former Special Op agents who... do something. Not much is known about the show yet, but it's a safe bet that we'll be seeing John Locke and Ben Linus onscreen together again soon, as the pilot has just been sold to NBC.

The other two shows that J.J. has shopped off already are Alkatraz, the previously reported FOX drama set in the titular prison, and a new crime series from Chris Nolan's brother Jonah, who helped scribe The Dark Knight, called Person of Interest. Jonah Nolan's series is the first Abrams has sold to CBS. Everything's being kept tight under wraps, but Abrams certainly has his hands full for the next year, backing three new series as well as his own directorial effort, Super 8.

J.J. Abrams Producing "Alkatraz" Drama!

It's pretty interesting news whenever J.J. Abrams signs on to produce a pilot, which almost always gets picked up, and occasionally is directed by Abrams himself. That seems to be what's happening now with Alkatraz, a drama pilot penned by Elizabeth Sarnoff, one of the writers of Lost. Abrams is set to produce the project, but nothing more as of now. We'll have to wait to see what becomes of it, but it sounds like something different from anything he's ever done. It could be a thriller in the vein of Prison Break, but I don't think it will be. As of now, we're mostly in the dark.