Hulu refuses to learn from history, orders new show about cavemen
Refusing to learn the prehistoric lessons taught by ABC’s Cavemen—namely, that not even a spirited Nick Kroll performance can transform a mildly amusing Geico ad into watchable TV—Hulu has ordered a pilot for Dawn, a new drama about life in the Cenozoic. Masterminded by Without A Trace’s Hank Steinberg and Black Hawk Down’s Ken Nolan, and with a pilot directed by Maleficent’s Robert Stromberg, the show will center on a family of Neanderthals forced to question their place in the world after running into a group of Homo sapiens, the hot new species on the block. (Hot, in this case, because they’ve probably just discovered fire, and haven’t worked out all the bugs.)