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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Like <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Smallville</i>, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Graysons</i> will be an hour-long drama focusing on Dick Grayson&rsquo;s pre-Robin years as he struggles with all the problems that beset teenagers growing up in contemporary society.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117993158.html?categoryid=14&amp;cs=1&amp;query=The+Graysons">Variety</a> </i>reports that Souders and Peterson have come up with an &nbsp;&ldquo;original take&rdquo; on the character, but did not mention if it has anything to do with Bob Kane-created Robin, who was a member of a family of acrobats known as &ldquo;The Flying Graysons.&rdquo;</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">According to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Variety</i> the CW is looking at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Graysons</i> as a potential replacement for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Smallville</i>, if that saga of the young Clark Kent ends its eight-year TV run after this season, or, if <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Smallville </i>continues, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">The Graysons</i> could be &ldquo;a strong companion piece.&rdquo;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Sources at the CW told <em>Variety</em> that they were pleased that Warner Brothers would allow them to create a show based on the mega-hot Batman franchise, a decision that&nbsp;CW officials took as a vote of confidence in the fledgling TV network.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Of course those who remember <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Aquaman</i> know that ordering a pilot does not guarantee a series commitment.</p></div></td></tr></table></div> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.microsoft.com/ajax/jquery/jquery-1.4.2.js"></script>
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