SCI-FI SEARCHES FOR HIT IN WAREHOUSE 13.

SOURCE:The Hollywood reporter

Sci Fi Channel has given a series pickup to "Warehouse 13."


The hourlong dramedy, from Universal Cable Studios, is described as
part "X-Files," part "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and part
"Moonlighting."


It revolves around two FBI agents -- rule-bender Peter (Eddie
McClintock) and by-the-book Myka (Joanne Kelly) -- who, after saving
the life of the U.S. president, are relocated to Warehouse 13, a
location that houses supernatural objects the government has collected
over the centuries.


The cable channel originally ordered a two-hour pilot of the project,
written by "Farscape" creator Rockne O'Bannon, "Battlestar Galactica"
co-exec producer Jane Espenson and D. Brent Mote.


"13" is one of three two-hour pilots commissioned by Sci Fi in the
past year, along with the "Battlestar Galactica" prequel "Caprica" and
"Revolution." "Caprica" and "Revolution" are said to still be in
contention for a series pickup.


The order for "13" also comes on the heels of Sci Fi's greenlighting a
new "Stargate" series, "Stargate: Universe," last month.