· A day after announcing that Steven Spielberg is considering returning to the dinosaur biz, NBC has excavated the director's Nine Lives project, which was originally greenlighted by Syfy (then Sci Fi) four years ago as a miniseries. The project, written by Les Bohem (Nowhere to Run), revolves around a group of people who find a way to reunite with their loved ones in the afterlife through near-death experiences, but those journeys unleash an evil force. NBC will decide whether to push Nine Lives directly-to-series after Bohem rewrites the script. [THR]
Spike TV gambles on a sex-addicted golf caddy named Tiger, another Better Off Ted star finds pilot work, and more TV Bites after the jump.
· Spike TV has ordered a pilot based on the Tiger Woods sex scandal, which -- get this -- features a sex-addicted character named Tiger. John Schneider (Dukes of Hazzard) will play a washed-up, hard-partying former U.S. Open champion who travels the country for small-time tournaments with his trusty caddy Tiger, the aforementioned lothario. Miguel Nunez is being considered to play Tiger. The project was penned by Jason Filardi (17 Again) and Mark Perez (Accepted).
· Another Better Off Ted star has been cast in a pilot. This time, the show's star Jay Harrington will play an overachieving heart surgeon who -- 35 years after his adoption -- reunites with his birth father and "underachieving brothers" in Nathan vs. Nurture for NBC. [THR]
· The CW is developing a reality show starring Tracy Anderson, the celebrity trainer responsible for toning Madonna and Gwyneth Paltrow. The docusoap will follow Anderson as she whips celebrities into shape around New York City. [THR]
· In other CW news, the network has snapped up a pilot called Nomads from Numb3rs EP Ken Sanzel. The project, about a group of young backpackers who make some extra dough by performing "secret missions" for the CIA, will be produced by Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. [Variety]
· So far 138 million people have watched NBC's coverage of the Winter Olympics -- over a 22 percent increase from Torino's Games. [Reuters]
· In spite of the network's winning Olympics numbers, they still can't quite earn the respect of certain athletes, like Dutch speedskater Sven Kramer: