The Wonder Woman pilot produced by David E. Kelley has been dropped by NBC. There won’t be a series.

We could have had this on our TVs!

That’s  a shame. I was looking forward to a cool Wonder Woman TV show, especially considering all the crap that’s on TV now anyway. Not that I watch much of it. But I try to make it a point to watch good superhero TV. I used to watch Smallville, and I have every intention of trying to catch up on the latest seasons, what with all the cool hero cameos.

But still, Wonder Woman looked like it could be cool. I know Kelley has a history of good shows, and a modern take on the character could have been a blast. There were some changes to her status quo, but quite frankly, I’m cool with producers making some cosmetic changes to superheroes to make them work. It’s not like Wonder Woman has a status quo that’s set in stone, a la Superman or Batman. Heck, the last status quo I can remember was when she was Diana Prince, a secret agent for a superhuman investigation agency tasked with investigating Wonder Woman. It was stupid.

According to Deadline:

Despite some negative early speculation, the pilot was not a disaster as some suggested. People who have seen it describe it as “ambitious” and “well crafted”. But its screenings and testing were very mixed. “The audience couldn’t buy into the modernization,” one insider said. There were early signs of resistance against updating the classic franchise and the character when fans slammed the superhero’s new, contemporary costume. “It was a conceptual thing,” another insider said. “Do we need a comic book hero?”

I loved the updated costume. I also heard that Wonder Woman wore her traditional bathing-suit look in the pilot as well, so she had multiple costumes. But I have no problem at all with giving Wonder Woman pants. By all means, let her wear pants!

Now we’re just left to hope that somebody bootlegs the pilot and we can see it for ourselves. *fingers crossed*