Brett Love at TVSquad has posted a review of the Dear Harvard pilot:
[…] there was a nice surprise in Dear Harvard. […] Of the four drama pilots that I saw, this one is the closest to what I would call ready for prime time. It starts with a solid premise. The ‘Dear Harvard’ from the title is a blog kept by the main character, Honor, chronicling her quest to make it to the Ivy League. […] It’s also the best ‘pilot’ of the bunch as it really does a good job setting up what the series would be. […] The production values of Dear Harvard are really high as well. It’s one of the best looking of the pilots I have seen.
(You’ll remember that Dear Harvard is the TV pilot in which Claire Jenkins has a few songs. There’s a trailer online, but it’s being served in such a way that I can’t play it to see if any of Claire’s music appears in it.)
He suggests, as I did, that it’s obvious CW fare, but points out that that mini-network has a similarly-targeted show already scheduled. There’s obviously hope, though, so I’ll keep fingers crossed and an ear to the ground for new developments.
And developments there are…
“Harvard,” a teen drama about a young girl at an elite private school, won three awards, including the TV Guide Audience Award, which is voted by popular choice. The Anne Jarmain-produced pilot also won for best drama, and Ella Rae Peck was named best actress.
By the way, lest any regular folk think from the recent slew of posts about Claire that I’ve forsaken Lenni, fear not! There’s much good news to come from Miss Jabour… just not quite yet.