• Variety, Thursday, November 17, 2005 4:30 PM

"All our shows will be testosterone-driven, but we want real soul and challenging characters to go with that," said the executive vice president of programming at, you guessed it, Spike TV. The cable network is unveiling its first crop of dramas in development, some from TV heavy hitters, reports Variety. Among the projects is "Amped," from "The X-Files" executive producers Frank Spotnitz and Vince Gilligan, a four-hour event series concerning a "mysterious outbreak in present-day Los Angeles." Also, actor and producer Denis Leary's Apostle Pictures is working on a private investigator show called "The Big Empty." The dramas are among the first projects to come from Spike's new programming team.

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