my, isn’t this bones-y!

TNT ordered a cast-contingent pilot of a drama series Rizzoli.  Here are some interesting facts:

• The show is based on a series of mystery novels.
• It centers on the unlikely partnership between a medical examiner and a cop.
• The showrunner, Janet Tamaro, used to write for Bones.

At first glance, it sounds like the case of somebody who saw a successful format and ran with it.  But here’s what you might not know.  The main characters are both female, for one, which is interesting.  Unlike blatant Bones rip-off Castle, this show doesn’t seem from the get-go to be pushing sexual tension, although I’ve never even heard of the books, so who knows?

Also, Janet Tamaro didn’t just write for Bones, she wrote “Aliens in a Spaceship,” y’all, the episode that introduces the Gravedigger.  The LiveJournal community 206_bones has done a fan survey on favorite episodes every year for the the last three years, and that’s been named the favorite three times in a row.  ”Aliens in a Spaceship” is to Bones fans what 30 Rock is to Emmy voters.  (She also wrote “The Man in the Mud,” which I also love because of my inappropriate feelings for Lance Sweets.)

Oh, and while we’re at it, she also wrote the Lost episode “Do No Harm,” the Jack-centric episode where Boone dies and Kate delivers Aaron in the jungle.

I’m kind of just excited that this woman could get her own show.