I am – Hercules!! Unexpected! J.J. Abrams has a new NBC show this fall called “Undercovers” that sounds on paper like a sequel to “Alias,” and now comes word that a desperate and “Lost”-deprived ABC is talking to Abrams about resuscitating his “Alias” franchise. From Wanda Two Saints at E!:

Again, it's only very initial talk at this point, but I'm told that the development folks over at the Alphabet network are considering doing a new version of Alias that would borrow some elements of the original series that starred Jennifer Garner (and Michael Vartan, Victor Garber and some guy named Bradley Cooper who must have slipped into oblivion since). But the series would most likely not include any sort of complex mythological throughline such as the Rambaldi prophecy (a storyline that lost some of the fans).

The original series, which ran five seasons, only sputtered to a close four years ago this month! “Lost” was the network’s top series this season, and a number of ABC's other biggest hourlongs – including “Desperate Housewives,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Brothers & Sisters” - have seen sharp ratings declines this season. The only ABC freshman hourlong to find renewal this year was “V,” which in adults 18-49 fell from a 5.0 last fall to a 2.1 for its 12th episode and season finale. A new "Alias" sounds just as nutty as the news that Universal is throwing money at Bryan Singer to get a big-screen "Battlestar Galactica" movie (a "Battlestar Galactica" movie that has nothing to do with the 21st century Ron Moore version) off the ground. I must say I was a huge "Alias" fan during its first season and a half, but I can't imagine anyone's too anxious to see a reprise of such a fucked-out franchise so soon after its uninspired, inglorious demise. The pilot would probably have to be as good as the original "Alias" pilot to get me back, and that 2001 "Alias" pilot was way-too-good-for-a-TV-pilot great. Find all of E!’s story on the matter here. Follow Herc on Twitter!! Follow Evil Herc on Twitter!!

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