TV Pilots 2018: The Complete Guide to What Lives, Dies and Still Has a Pulse
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Nathan Fillion, left, stars in ABC's 'The Rookie'; Gabrielle Union toplines NBC's 'Bad Boys' spinoff; and 'Empire' co-creator Lee Daniels is working on his first comedy pilot.
development season, the broadcast networks are gearing up for a busy pilot season as they compete with not only one another, but also with basic and premium cable and streaming services including Apple, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu — all of which are multibillion-dollar scripted pushes.
As in the past few years, the networks continue to look to reboots, family fare and procedurals to help cut through the increasing clutter, with immigration-themed comedies and dramas and light-hearted fare like The Good Doctor also hot this season.
Here's a look at the pilots in contention for the 2018-19 television season, as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW sift through hundreds of scripts and march forward in a bid to find the next breakout comedies and dramas. Bookmark THR.com/PilotSeason as well as this page as The Hollywood Reporter will update this guide throughout the season with the latest pilot orders, castings and eventual series pickups.
* Denotes casting has been completed.
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ABC Drama
A Million Little Things* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A dramedy about a group of friends who, for different reasons and in different ways, are all stuck in their lives, but when one of them dies unexpectedly, it's just the wake-up call the others need to finally start living.
Cast: James Roday, David Giuntoli (Grimm), Romany Malco, Ron Livingston, Christina Ochoa, Anne Son, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, Stephanie Szostak, Tristan Byon, Lizzy Green
Team: DJ Nash (Up All Night); EP Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor
Studio: Kapital Entertainment, ABC Studios
Location: Vancouver
False Profits* --BEING REDEVELOPED
Logline: Follows a team of down-and-out women in suburban Arizona as they fight their way to the top of the cutthroat world of a multi-level marketing cosmetics business.
Cast: Bellamy Young (Scandal), Vanessa Williams, Kosha Patel, Kapil Talwalkar, Shelley Hennig, Ben Lawson, Mark L. Young, Marcus Coloma
Team: W/EP Kayla Alpert (Confessions of a Shopaholic, Code Black); Jason Reed, Sabrina Wind (Desperate Housewives); EP/D J. Miller Tobin
Studio: ABC Studios, Jason T. Reed Productions
Location: Dallas (pilot only)
The Fix* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: After losing the biggest case of her career and being shredded by the media, former prosecutor Maya Travis (Robin Tunney, The Mentalist) has left Los Angeles for a quiet life in rural Oregon. Eight years after her devastating defeat, the killer (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Lost) strikes again, forcing Maya to return to Los Angeles to confront him one more time. Will she play by the rules, or will she do whatever it takes to get him behind bars? Part legal thriller and part confessional.
Cast: Robin Tunney (The Mentalist), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Rayner, Scott Cohen, Breckin Meyer, Merrin Dungey, Mouzam Makkar, Marc Blucas, Alex Saxon
Team: W/EP Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain (The Family), Marcia Clark; EP David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks; EP/D Larysa Kondracki
Studio: ABC Studios, Mandeville
Location: Los Angeles
For Love* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Five years ago, Hope Castille's (Lex Scott Davis) fiancé was killed. This morning she received a phone call from him. An epic love triangle set against a grounded, secret world of magic in present day New Orleans.
Cast: Lex Scott Davis, Ethan Peck, Jon Ecker, Luke Arnold, Jon Ecker, Rachel Skarsten, Isabella Russo, Chloe Wepper, Wole Parks
Team: W/EP Michael Cooney (Identity); EP Kim Moses; EP/D John Dahl
Studio: ABC Studios
Location: New Orleans
Get Christie Love* --PASSED OVER
Logline: An action-packed, music-driven drama that centers on Christie Love (Kylie Bunbury, Pitch), an African-American CIA agent who leads an elite ops unit. She transforms into whomever she needs to be to get the job done, especially when it's down to the wire and the stakes are life and death. The high-adrenaline missions of the drama are anchored by an emotional mystery about Christie's first love — unearthing the truth about this relationship will be the biggest mission impossible of her life. Inspired by the TV movie and subsequent series starring Teresa Graves that aired on ABC in the 1970s.
Cast: Kylie Bunbury, Khandi Alexander, Camille Guaty, Thomas Cocquerel, Shea Buckner, Juan Javier Cardenas, Steven Weber, Lisseth Chavez, Dennis Oh
Team: W/EP Courtney A. Kemp (Power); EP Vin Diesel, Debra Martin Chase; EP/D Stephen Williams
Studio: Universal Television, Lionsgate Television, One Race TV, Martin Chase Productions, End of Episode
Location: New York
Grand Hotel* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Set at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach. The upstairs/downstairs drama revolves around Santiago Mendoza (Demian Bichir), who owns the hotel, and his second wife Gigi (Roselyn Sanchez) and their adult children, who enjoy the spoils of success. Based on the Spanish format, it explores the wealthy guests and the hotel's scandals, secrets and escalating debt.
Cast: Demian Bichir, Roselyn Sanchez (Devious Maids), Denyse Tontz (The Fosters), Chris Warren, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Shalim Ortiz, Bryan Craig, Anne Winters, Lincoln Younes, Feliz Ramirez, Justina Adorno
Team: W/EP Brian Tanen (Atypical, Devious Maids); EP Eva Longoria, Ben Spector, Ramon Campos, Teresa Fernandez-Valdez; EP/D Ken Olin
Studio: ABC Studios, Unbelievable, Beta
Location: Miami
The Rookie* — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: Inspired by a true story, The Rookie centers on John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), the oldest rookie in the LAPD. At an age where most are at the peak of their career, Nolan cast aside his comfortable, small-town life and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of being a cop. Now, surrounded by rookies 20 years his junior, he must navigate the dangerous, humorous and unpredictable world of a "young" cop, determined to make his second shot at life count.
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Melissa O'Neil, Eric Winter, Afton Williamson, Richard T. Jones, Alyssa Diaz, Mercedes Mason, Titus Makin
Team: W/EP Alexi Hawley (Castle); Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper, Michelle Chapman, Jon Steinberg, Nathan Fillion; EP/D Liz Friedlander
Studio: ABC Studios, the Mark Gordon Co.
Location: Los Angeles
The Mission* (formerly Safe Harbor) --PASSED OVER
Logline: When a San Francisco police captain is arrested for corruption, the lives of the cops under his command don't stop. The ensemble must navigate their own colorful and complicated lives on the beat and off, while focusing on a local gang about to make the streets more dangerous. Infused with humor, the drama is described as a different kind of cop show.
Cast: Lynn Collins, Wood Harris, Aasif Mandvi, Kris D. Lofton, Josh Randall, Vannessa Vasquez, Alexander Karim, Chris Conroy, Aidan Wotjak-Hissong, Jee Young Han
Team: W/EP Jason Richman (Detroit 187); EP David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks; EP/D Michael Offer
Studio: ABC Studios, Mandeville
Location: Vancouver
Salvage* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: Ex-cop Jimmy Hill (Toby Kebbell) just wants to be left alone after moving back to his small Gulf Coast Florida hometown. But when a local murder is linked to the sunken treasure of a lost Spanish galleon, he’s drawn into the investigation by an idealistic deputy and pitted against the powerful town patriarch, outside criminal agents, and his own father.
Cast: Toby Kebbell, Charity Wakefield, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jim Belushi, Will Patton, Jim Kaplan, Lacretta, Emily Althaus, Joelle Carter, Evan Parke
Team: W/EP Don Todd (This Is Us)
Studio: ABC Studios
Location: South Carolina
Staties* --PASSED OVER
Logline: After being unceremoniously fired by the NYPD, Detective Eliza Reyes (Annie Ilonzeh) arrives in Marshfield, Oregon, a town nestled in the forests and beaches of the Pacific Northwest. But it's anything but glorious to Eliza, who has taken a humiliating step down from her former job where she blew up a city block after disobeying the direct orders of her boss. Now forced to wear a uniform that bears a striking resemblance to Dudley Do-Right, Eliza has joined the Staties, aka The Oregon State Police, the primary law enforcement organization in the state. Her partner, Sam Knight (Andy Karl), is an eccentric cop who talks to trees and sees creatures where they don't exist. The good news is that they help him solve crimes.
Cast: Andy Karl (Law & Order: SVU), Annie Ilonzeh, David Zayas, Jennifer Aspen, Alexander Sokovikov, Ava Capri, Justin Johnson Cortez, Ava Capri
Team: W/EP Matt Partney, Corey Evett (Code Black); EP Michael Seitzman, Christina Davis; EP/D Rob Bowman
Studio: ABC Studios, Maniac Productions
Location: Portland
Take Two — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: Take Two revolves around Ella (Rachel Bilson), the former star of a hit cop series who is fresh out of rehab following a bender of epic proportion. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing rough-and-tumble private investigator Eddie (Eddie Cibrian) as research for a potential comeback role. Although lone wolf Eddie resents the babysitting gig, high-spirited Ella proves herself to be surprisingly valuable, drawing on her acting skills and 200 episodes of playing a detective. When the press touts Ella's role in solving a high-profile case, Eddie finds his phone ringing off the hook with new clients looking to hire the pair.
Cast: Rachel Bilson, Eddie Cibrian, Aliyah O'Brien, Alice Lee
Team: W/EP Andrew Marlowe, Terri Edda Miller (Castle); EP Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin
Studio: ABC Studios, Tandem Productions, StudioCanal, Milmar Pictures
Location: Vancouver
The Finest* (formerly untitled Holmes sisters) --PASSED OVER
Logline: Chronicles the lives of five African-American sisters, all officers in the NYPD, as they face the challenges of their high-risk jobs while juggling the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood and family.
Cast: Amirah Vann (Underground), Tisha Campbell-Martin, Frances Turner, Michael Beach, Zoe Robins, Aubin Wise, Eric Balfour, Dorian Missick, Gerard Celasco, Leigh-Ann Rose
Team: W/EP Pam Veasey (CSI); EP Robin Roberts; EP/D Regina King
Studio: ABC Studios, Rock'n Robin Productions, Royal Ties
Location: New York
Whiskey Cavalier* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A high-octane hourlong action dramedy that follows the adventures of tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: "Whiskey Cavalier," played by Scott Foley) who, following an emotional breakup, is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge (codename: "Fiery Tribune," played by Lauren Cohan). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny, heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.
Cast: Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams, Vir Das
Team: W/EP Dave Hemingson (The Catch); EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold; P Scott Foley; EP/D Peter Atencio
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer Productions
Location: Los Angeles
ABC Comedy
The Greatest American Hero* --PASSED OVERhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...t-american-hero-nabs-abc-pilot-pickup-1078587
Logline: Inspired by the 1980s TV show the comedy centers around Meera (New Girl's Hannah Simone), a 30-year-old woman who loves tequila and karaoke and has spent her life searching and failing to find meaning, much to the chagrin of her traditional Indian-American family. An inexplicable event occurs that will change the course of Meera’s life forever: She is entrusted with a super suit to protect the planet. Meera may have finally found purpose, but the world has never been in more unreliable hands.
Cast: Hannah Simone (New Girl), George Wendt, Gia Sandhu, Zenobia Shroff, Shoniqua Shandai, Dennis Andres, Ellie Reed, Humphrey Ker
Team: W/EP Rachna Fruchbom; EP Nahnatchka Khan, Mandy Summers, Tawnia McKiernan; EP/D Christine Gernon
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios, Fierce Baby
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Man of the House* --PASSED OVER
Logline: A multicamera hybrid family comedy about two recently divorced sisters who decide to move in together to raise their kids under one roof. The oldest kid and only son is left to figure out what manhood means in a world where he’s now completely surrounded by females.
Cast: Alyson Hannigan, Leslie Bibb, Jake Short, Jenny Ortega, Reece Caddell, Jimmy Kimmel (narrator)
Team: W/EP Frank Pines (Baby Daddy), Vijal Patel (Black-ish); EP Gail Berman, Joe Earley, Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone; EP/D Richie Keen
Studio: ABC Studios, The Jackal Group, Simpson Street
Format: Hybrid multi/single-camera
Location:
Most Likely To* --PASSED OVER
Logline: In high school, Liz Cooney (Lesli Margherita) had everything and Markie McQueen had nothing. 20 years later, they’re reunited under the same roof as single moms and unlikely housemates.
Cast: Yvette Nicole Brown (The Mayor), Donald Faison, Lesli Margherita (Homeland), Laya DeLeonHayes, Ashton Arbab, Mia Allan, Ella Allan, Max Jenkins
Team: W/EP Diablo Cody; EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Single Parents* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A group of dysfunctional single parents lean on each other as they raise their kids, look for love, and ultimately realize survival is only possible with the help of each other.
Cast: Taran Killam, Leighton Meester, Brad Garrett, Jake Choi, Kimrie Lewis, Marlow Barkley, Tyler Wladis, Sadie Hazelett, Grace Hazelett, Devin Trey Campbell
Team: W/EP/creator J.J. Philbin; EP/creator Liz Meriwether; EP Katherine Pope; EP/D Jason Winer
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Steps* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Four adults in three houses raise three kids after two divorces together. Based on the Swedish format, Bonus Family.
Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Barry Rothbart, Kyle Bornheimer, Julie Hagerty, Cameron Boyce, Madeleine McGraw
Team: W/EP Kristin Newman; EP David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks; EP/D Todd Holland
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Southern Hospitality* (formerly Three Rivers, Four Rivers) --PASSED OVER
Logline: Rebecca (Annaleigh Ashford, Masters of Sex) left her family’s Texas ranch years ago to work at an upscale hotel in New York, but after being promised ownership of the ranch by her smooth-talking cowboy dad Beau (John Larroquette), she’s back and ready to utilize her big city tactics to turn their rustic ranch into a destination spot oozing Southern hospitality. Getting her siblings to fall in line with her vision will be the real thorn in Rebecca’s side. And that’s going to be even harder once Beau reveals a life-changing family secret.
Cast: Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex), John Larroquette, Stephanie Styles, Shakira Barrera, Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Team: Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer (Friends, Trial and Error)
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Bobby Bowman* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Inspired by Bowman's childhood growing up with a father with mental illness, the comedy revolves around a dysfunctional family that perseveres despite their differences and finds happiness in unexpected places.
Cast: Brooke Elliott (Drop Dead Diva), Carson White, Johnny Sneed, Brenna D'Amico, Lilla Crawford, Will Kindrachuk
Team: W/EP Bobby Bowman (My Name Is Earl); EP Dawn Ostroff, Jon Koa, Greg Walter
Studio: ABC Studios, Conde Nast Entertainment, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Justin Noble* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Based on the book and blog How May We Hate You, the workplace ensemble comedy centers on two guest service associates at a high-end resort and the co-workers and guests that they are stuck with for eight to 16 hours a day.
Cast: Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls), Elizabeth Ho, Angela Kinsey, Derek Richardson, Jason Michael Snow, Nicole Byer
Team: W/EP Justin Noble (Brooklyn Nine-Nine); EP Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling, Will Gluck, Richard Schwartz; P Kat Dennings
Studio: CBS Television Studios, ABC Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled Kenya Barris —STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER / PUSHED OFF-CYCLE
Logline: A dysfunctional family comedy about a stuck-in-his-ways and opinionated fading TV star who moves in with his progressive daughter, her girlfriend and the child they are raising together.
Cast:Alec Baldwin
Team: W/EP Kenya Barris, Julie Bean; EP Alec Baldwin
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled Tim Doyle project* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: The comedy is set in the 1970s and revolves around an Irish-Catholic family with a working-class dad, traditional mom and eight boisterous sons who navigate changes big and small during one of America's most turbulent decades.
Cast: Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead), Mary McCormack, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore, Sam Straley, Caleb Martin Foote, Andy Walken, Sawyer Barth, Santino Barnard
Team: W/EP Tim Doyle (Last Man Standing); EP/D Randall Einhorn
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
CBS Drama
Cagney and Lacey* --PASSED OVER
Logline: In this reboot of the iconic series, two female police detectives and friends keep the streets of L.A. safe.
Cast: Sarah Drew (Grey's Anatomy), Michelle Hurd (Blindspot), Ving Rhames
Team: W/EP Bridget Carpenter (11.22.63, Friday Night Lights); EP/D Rosemary Rodriguez
Studio: CBS Television Studios/MGM Television
Location: Los Angeles
Chiefs* --PASSED OVER
Logline: The professional and personal lives of three driven, successful, but very different women who are each chiefs of police of their own precincts in L.A. county.
Cast: Jorja Fox (CSI), Alana De La Garza, Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico), Michael Trucco, Demetrius Grosse
Team: W/EP David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights); EP Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz; co-EP/D Zetna Fuentes
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studio, CBS Television Studios
Location: Los Angeles
The Code* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: The military's brightest minds take on the country's toughest challenges — inside the courtroom and out — where each attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator — and a Marine.
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Dave Annable, Phillipa Soo (Hamilton), Anna Wood, Ato Essandoh, Raffi Barsoumian
Team: W/EP Craig Turk; W/EP/showrunner Craig Sweeny (Limitless); EP Craig Turk, Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman; EP/D Marc Webb
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Location: New York
FBI* — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: Explores the inner-workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Cast: Missy Peregrym (Rookie Blue), Jeremy Sisto (Law & Order), Zeeko Zaki (Six), Connie Nielsen, Ebonee Noel
Team: W/EP/showrunner Craig Turk (The Good Wife); EP Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Arthur W. Forney; EP/D Niels Arden Oplev (Mr. Robot)
Studio: Universal Television, CBS Television Studios, Wolf Films
Location: New York
God Friended Me* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Questions of faith, existence and science are explored in what is described as a humorous, uplifting drama about an outspoken atheist (Brandon Micheal Hall, The Mayor) whose life is turned upside down when he is "friended" by God on Facebook. Unwittingly, he becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.
Cast: Brandon Micheal Hall (first position to ABC's The Mayor), Joe Morton (Scandal), Javicia Leslie, Suraj Sharma, Violett Beane
Team: W/EP Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt (Alcatraz); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; EP/D Marcos Siega
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Location: New York
L.A. Confidential* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: James Ellroy's novel gets a 2018 treatment in terms of tone, music and style. The paths of three homicide detectives, a female reporter and an up-and-coming actress intersect while the detectives pursue a sadistic serial killer among the secrets and lies of glamorous and gritty 1950s Los Angeles.
Cast: Brian J. Smith (Sense8), Walton Goggins, Mark Webber, Shea Whigham, Alana Arenas, Sarah Jones
Team: W/EP Jordan Harper (Gotham); EP Arnon Milchan; EP/co-showrunner Anna Fricke; EP/D Michael Dinner
Studio: New Regency, Lionsgate Television, CBS Television Studios
Location: Los Angeles
Magnum P.I.* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: An update of the classic television series set in Hawaii, the reboot follows Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator.
Cast: Jay Hernandez (Bad Moms), Zachary Knighton, Perdita Weeks, Stephen Hill
Team: W/EP Peter Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim (Hawaii Five-0); EP John Davis, John Fox (The Blacklist); Danielle Woodrow, EP/D Justin Lin
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Studio: CBS Television Studios, Universal Television, Davis Entertainment
Location: Hawaii
Main Justice* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Inspired by the life and work of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The U.S. Attorney General takes viewers into the tumultuous world of the Department of Justice where he takes on the biggest legal and investigative cases in the country.
Cast: Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo), Timothy Hutton, Peter Gallagher, Deborah Ayorinde, Aubrey Dollar
Team: W/EP Sascha Penn (Survivor's Remorse); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Eric Holder; EP/D David Semel; EP/showrunner Sunil Nayar (CSI: Miami)
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Location: New York
Murder*
Logline: A fresh take on the investigative drama, the potential series explores crime through the unique and often conflicting perspectives of cops and killers, witnesses and victims, friends and family. Shot like a true crime documentary, the series invites the audience inside the emotional journey of an investigation, allowing them to discern the truth and judge the suspects' guilt or innocence for themselves.
Cast: Michael Chiklis, Teyonah Parris (Survivor's Remorse), Luna Lauren Velez, Pallavi Sharda, Leonard Roberts, Andrea Demetriades, Jennifer Mudge
Team: W/EP Amanda Green (Lethal Weapon); EP Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon); co-EP Lindsey Liberatore; EP/D Anthony Hemingway
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Television Studios, Lin Pictures
Location: New York
Red Line* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: After a white cop in Chicago mistakenly shoots and kills a black doctor, we follow three different families that all have connections with the case as the story is told from each perspective.
Cast: Noah Wyle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Noel Fisher, Michael Patrick Thornton, Vinnie Chhibber, Howard Charles, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Aliyah Royale, Elizabeth Laidlaw
Team: W/co-EP Caitlin Parrish (Supergirl), Erica Weiss; EP Ava DuVernay, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Location: Chicago (pilot only)
CBS Comedy
Fam* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A woman's (Nina Dobrev) dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé (Tone Bell) and his upstanding family are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister (Odessa Adlon) comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father.
Cast: Nina Dobrev, Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Team: Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom); EP David Rosenthal, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling; EP/D Scott Ellis
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Welcome to the Neighborhood* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness.
Cast: Josh Lawson, Dreama Walker, Cedric the Entertainer, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears, Tichina Arnold, Hank Greenspan
Team: W/EP Jim Reynolds (Big Bang Theory); EP Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling; EP/D James Burrows
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
History of Them* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: A multicultural ensemble about how two friends, Luna (Ana Villafane) and Adam, meet and fall in love, using the couple’s social media as a guide.
Cast: Ana Villafane, Lisa Vidal, Felix Solis, Amit Shah, Caitlin McGee, Chris Powell, Brett Dier; Miranda Cosgrove narrates.
Team: W/EP Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time), EP Marc Provissiero, EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, CBS Television Studios, Glo Nation, Odenkirk Provissiero
Format: Multicamera/hybrid
Location:
I Mom So Hard*
Logline: Based on the popular web series of the same name, two moms show how their friendship gets them through being wives and mothers.
Cast: Kristin Hensley, Jen Smedley, Freddie Prinze Jr., David Flynn, Tymberlee Hill, Cooper Friedman
Team: W/EP Michelle Nader (2 Broke Girls); co-writers Kristin Hensley, Jen Smedley; EP Rob Thomas, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge; EP/D Don Scardino
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Television Studios, Spondoolie Productions
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Murphy Brown — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: A current-day 13-episode revival of the network's classic comedy. As the series approaches its 30th anniversary, the revival returns to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate.
Cast: Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Grant Shaud, Jake McDorman, Nik Dodani
Team: W/EP Diane English; EP Candice Bergen; EP/D Pam Fryman (pilot)
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Bend in the Road Productions
Format: Multicamera
Location: New York
Pandas in New York*
Logline: A family of Indian doctors with a successful group practice in New York City embark on a project to arrange their youngest son's life, unaware he's made plans of his own.
Cast: Ashley Tisdale, Nishi Munshi, Hina Abdullah, Dan O'Brien, Bernard White, Gita Reddy, Dhruv Singh, Mike Castle
Team: W/EP Ajay Sahgal; EP Aaron Kaplan; EP/D Andy Ackerman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
25* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Twenty-something Kyle (Matt Shively) comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend (Emily Osment) from camp they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle’s surprise, even though he came to town looking for “the one,” he might end up with much more than that.
Cast: Emily Osment, Tom Maden, Matt Shively, Denee Benton, Jessie Ennis
Team: W/EP Hilary Winston (Bad Teacher); EP Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, CBS Television Studios
Format: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled Austen Earl and Tim McAuliffe -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A 30-something couple, tired of their mundane life, start to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop star (Felix Mallard), who is drawn to their super normal suburban life, moves in.
Cast: Damon Wayans Jr., Amber Stevens West, Felix Mallard, Chris Parnell
Team: W/EP Tim McAuliffe, Austen Earl; EP Ben Winston, Michael Rotenberg, Jonathan Berry; EP/D Phill Lewis
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Fulwell 73, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Fox Comedy
Bless This Mess (off-cycle order, shoots in June)
Logline: A newlywed couple gives up their drab and unfulfilling lives in NYC and moves to Nebraska to live a simpler life. It doesn’t work out like they planned.
Cast: Lake Bell, Dax Shepard, Ed Begley Jr.
Team: W/EP Liz Meriwether; W/EP/D Lake Bell; EP Katherine Pope, Dax Shepard
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV
Format: Single-camera
Location:
The Cool Kids* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Cool Kids revolves around three guy friends in a retirement community (David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan, Martin Mull) who are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel (Vicki Lawrence) who’s ready to challenge their place. Described as high school with 70-somethings.
Cast: Vicki Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan, Martin Mull
Team: W Charlie Day, Paul Fruchbom; EP/showrunner Kevin Abbott, EP Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton; Nick Frenkel; EP/D Don Scardino; co-EP Paul Fruchbom
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, FX Productions, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Daddy Issues* --IN CONTENTION FOR MIDSEASON
Logline: Loosely based on Erin Foster's life, the comedy revolves around Andi (Foster), a single 30-something who refuses to settle down, and her playboy dad (Don Johnson). Andi's world is turned upside down when she discovers her dad has fallen in love with her best friend (Janina Gavankar).
Cast: Erin Foster (Barely Famous), Don Johnson, Janina Gavankar, Jane Leeves, Christine Woods, Mike O'Gorman, Gemma Allen
Team: W/EP Erin Foster; EP Liz Meriwether, Oly Obst, Josh Lieberman; EP/D Kat Coiro
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Dan the Weatherman --BEING REDEVELOPED/IN CONTENTION FOR MIDSEASON
Logline: After getting fired from his cushy job as a weatherman at the local TV station, Dan (Thomas Lennon) finds it’s not enough to be a charming white man in this world. He reluctantly ends up at the neighboring Spanish TV station.
Cast: Thomas Lennon, Ashley Williams, James Earl, Daniel Stern
Team: W/EP Steve Dildarian (Life and Times of Tim); EP Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements; EP/D Seth Gordon
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Tomorrow Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Our Family* (formerly Our People) -- PASSED OVER
Logline: Based on the Israeli format Nevsu: A Young Multi-Cultural Couple, the comedy revolves around a man from a bombastic African family, who don't have a word in their native language for "privacy,” and his fiancee from a Midwestern family (Beth Behrs) who try to build a normal life together. Although nobody can agree what that "normal" means.
Cast: Beth Behrs, Lea Thompson, Charles Parnell, Saidah Arrika, Matthew Glave, Skai Jackson,Bernard David Jones (The Mayor) Biniam Bizuneh
Team: W/EP Vali Chandrasekaran (Modern Family, 30 Rock); EP Lee Daniels, Pam Williams, Marc Velez, Yossi Vassa, Shai Ben-Atar and Liat Shavit; EP/D Trent O'Donnell
Studio: Endemol Shine, 20th Century Fox Television, Lee Daniels Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Rel* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Lil Rel, a prideful, self-made success who lives by the code to "always believe in yourself and great things will come," finds that attitude put to the test when he learns his wife is having an affair with his own barber. He tries to rebuild his life post-divorce as a long-distance single father on the South Side of Chicago who is on a quest for love, respect and a new barber. Inspired by Lil Rel's life.
Cast: Lil Rel Howery (The Carmichael Show), Sinbad, Jordan L. Jones, Jessica Moore
Team: W/EP Kevin Barnett and Josh Rabinowitz (The Carmichael Show), Lil Rel; EP/showrunner Mike Scully (Carmichael Show); EP Jerrod Carmichael; EP/D Gerry Cohen
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Fox Drama
Mixtape* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: A romantic musical drama that looks at a disparate group of interconnected people in contemporary Los Angeles through the lens of the music that defines who they are. Mixtape captures the different stages of love, exploring if time can heal a broken heart and if love can withstand life's tragedies.
Cast: Jenna Dewan Tatum, Raul Castillo (Looking), Callie Hernandez, Madeline Stowe, Campbell Scott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Evan Whitten, Jahmil French, Megan Ferguson
Team: W/EP Josh Safran (Quantico, Smash); EP Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle; co-EP Ali Krug; EP/D Jesse Peretz
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Annapurna Television
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled David Elliot/Danny Strong* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A legal drama set at a wrongful conviction firm. Led by a fierce and fearless female lawyer (Rachelle Lefevre) with a hunger for justice, the team reopens investigations, putting their own lives in danger to exonerate the innocent that were ‘proven’ guilty. The lead's motivation comes from her infamous past; as a young adult she was found guilty and later exonerated in a high-profile case in which she became a tabloid sensation, household name and national celebrity. While a hero and a victim to some, her bold and bullish tactics garner her some enemies — one of whom will do anything to see her go down for a crime we know she did not commit. The drama will follow her defending others as she fights to maintain her own innocence.
Cast: Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Russell Hornsby (Grimm), Rachelle Lefevre, Riley Smith, Brian d'Arcy James, Clare O'Connor, Francis Guinan, Persia White, Shanesia Davis, Karin Anglin, Caitlin Mehner, Nikki M. James, Meg Thalken, Grace FaheyTeam: W/EP David Elliot (Four Brothers); EP Danny Strong, Stacy Greenberg; EP/D Patricia Riggen
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Danny Strong Productions
Location:
No Apologies* --BEING REDEVELOPED/IN CONTENTION FOR MIDSEASON
Logline: FBI special agent Hazel Otis (Katie Holmes) is in the midst of investigating a domestic terrorism threat when a personal indiscretion — an affair with a prominent general (James Tupper) — shatters her life and threatens her career at the FBI. Now labeled "the mistress," Hazel Otis — wife, mother, patriot — begins to rebuild her personal life and professional reputation.
Cast: Katie Holmes, James Tupper, Rose Rollins, Mark Moses, Ian Harding, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Christian Camargo, Paul Walter Hauser
Team: W/EP Ilene Chaiken (Empire), Melissa Scrivner Love; EP Judy Smith, Oly Obst; EP/D Sanaa Hamri
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts Entertainment
Location: Chicago
Gone, Baby, Gone* -- PASSED OVER
Logline: Based on the Dennis Lehane's Gone, Baby, Gone novel. Armed with their wits, their street knowledge and an undeniable chemistry, private detectives Patrick Kenzie (The Originals' Joseph Morgan) and Angela Gennaro (Peyton List, Frequency) right wrongs the law can’t in the working-class Boston borough of Dorchester.
Cast: Joseph Morgan (The Originals), Peyton List (Frequency), Christine Lahti, Laysla De Oliveira, April Bowlby, Haaz Sleiman
Team: W/EP Robert Levine (Jericho, Judging Amy); EP Dennis Lehane; EP/D Phillip Noyce
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Miramax Television
Location:
The Passage (redeveloped from last season)* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Based on the best-selling trilogy by Justin Cronin,the drama begins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller and morphs into a post-apocalyptic saga with vampires. The potential series spans over a century and focuses on a young girl named Amy who must save the human race.A character-driven thriller about a secret government medical facility experimenting with a dangerous virus that could either cure all disease or cause the downfall of the human race. The drama focuses on a 10-year-old girl named Amy Bellafonte who is chosen to be a test subject; and Brad Wolgast, the federal agent who becomes her surrogate father.
Cast: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Vincent Piazza, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Saniyya Sidney, Brianne Howey, Jamie McShane, Caroline ChikezieGenesis Rodriguez, BJ Britt, Jennifer Ferrin
Team: W/EP Elizabeth Heldens (Friday Night Lights); EP Matt Reeves (Felicity, Let Me In), Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Adam Kassan; co-producer: Justin Cronin; EP/D Marcos Siega, Jason Ensler
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 6th & Idaho, Scott Free
Location: Atlanta
NBC Comedy
Abby's* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Abby's is an unlicensed bar in San Diego where the regulars enthusiastically enforce a unique set of rules that give them a sense of community and allow them to avoid the frustrating behavior found at other establishments.
Cast: Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation), Neil Flynn (The Middle), Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts, Kimia Behpoornia
Team: W/EP Josh Malmuth (Superstore, New Girl); EP Mike Schur, David Miner; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Bright Futures*
Logline: Revolves around a group of friends stumbling through the transition from the clueless, immature 20-somethings they are now to the successful professionals they're destined to be.
Cast: Emily Ratajkowski, Shameik Moore, Calum Worthy, Jimmy Tatro, Lilly Singh
Team: W/EP Hale Rothstein; W/co-EP Danny Segal, Isaac Schamis; EP Kenya Barris
Studio: ABC Studios, Khalabo Ink Society
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Friends-in-Law* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Brian (Devere Rogers) and Jake (James Davis) are polar opposites who must quickly figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends decide to get married.
Cast: James Davis, Devere Rogers, John Gemberling, Nicole Parker
Team: W/EP Brian Gallivan (The McCarthys); EP Tom Werner; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Guess Who Died* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Norman Lear has shown that the secret to longevity is to continue learning and growing at every point in life, but especially when society expects you to slow down. Based on his personal experiences and in partnership with the authentic, irreverent voice of Peter Tolan, the comedy is a humorous and inspiring look at the shared joys and challenges we all experience at any stage of life.
Cast: Holland Taylor, Hector Elizondo, Christopher Lloyd, Adrian Martinez, Beth Lacke
Team: W/EP Norman Lear, Peter Tolan; EP Brent Miller
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, The Cloudland Co., Act III Productions
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Like Family* -- PASSED OVER
Logline: Aubrey (Kether Donohue, You're the Worst) and Artie (Brandon Mychal Smith, You're the Worst) formed the tightest of sibling-like bonds growing up together in foster care, but are discovering that such closeness makes adulthood even more complicated.
Cast: Brandon Mychal Smith, Kether Donohue (You're the Worst), Blake Anderson, Rebecca Mader
Team: W/EP Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
So Close* -- PASSED OVER
Logline: At crossroads in their separate lives, hopeless romantics Riley (Sasheer Zamata) and Kyle (Sean Kleier) are close to settling for the wrong partner, unaware that they live only blocks apart and may be each other's soul mates.
Cast: Sasheer Zamata, Sean Kleier, Punam Patel, Sabrina Carpenter, Dan Bucatinsky, Julie Klausner
Team: W/EP Greg Malins (Friends, Life in Pieces); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
I Feel Bad* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A half-hour comedy that shows one woman's hilarious unfiltered take on the side effects of trying to have it all. Inspired by Orli Auslander's book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything.
Cast: Sarayu Blue (No Tomorrow), Paul Adelstein, Zach Cherry, James Buckley, Johnny Pemberton
Team: W/EP Aseem Batra; EP Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, Josh Maurer; P Kelly Pancho, Kim Lessing; consulting producer Orli Auslender
Studio: Universal Television, Paperkite, CannyLads, 3 Arts
Format: Single-cam
Location:
NBC Drama
The Enemy Within* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A character-driven investigative thriller set in the world of counterintelligence. It revolves around former CIA agent Erica Wolfe (Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter), the most notorious traitor in modern history and most-hated woman in America whom the FBI releases from federal super-max prison, enlisting her to help stop some of the most dangerous acts of espionage threatening the U.S. today.
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Morris Chestnut, Raza Jaffrey, Kelli Garner
Team: W/EP Ken Woodruff (Gotham, The Mentalist); EP Vernon Sanders; EP/D Mark Pellington
Studio: Universal Television
Location:
The Gilded Age— STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: The Gilded Age in 1880s New York City was a period of immense social upheaval, of huge fortunes made and lost, and of palaces that spanned the length of Fifth Avenue. In the series, Marian Brook is the wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family who will embark on infiltrating the wealthy neighboring family dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish and available son Larry, and his ambitious wife Bertha, whose “new money” is a barrier to acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set. Marian is about to experience a whole new world springing up right outside her front door.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Julian Fellowes; EP Gareth Neame
Studio: Universal Television
Location:
The InBetween (formerly The Betwee, In Between Lives) --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A mysterious young woman (Harriet Dyer) reluctantly uses her gift of clairvoyance to help a veteran LAPD detective and a damaged ex-FBI outsider solve the most unnerving and challenging cases the city encounters. This eerie ability also opens the door for her to see and talk to the dead, who are seeking help for unresolved problems, whether she likes it or not.
Cast: Harriet Dyer, Yusuf Gatewood (The Originals), Cindy Luna
Team: W/EP Moira Kirland (Madam Secretary); EP David Heyman, Nancy Cotton
Studio: NBC International, Universal Television, Heyday Television
Location: Vancouver
L.A.'s Finest* (formerly the untitled Bad Boys spinoff) --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: Free-spirited former DEA agent Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union, reprising her role from Bad Boys II) has a fresh start in her new job as an LAPD detective. She is partnered with Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom who can't help but look at Syd's freedom with some grass-is-greener envy. These two have totally different lifestyles and approaches, but they both are at the top of their fields in the action-packed, character-driven procedural.
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Ernie Hudson, Ryan McPartlin, Zach Gilford, Duane Martin
Team: W/EP Brandon Sonnier, Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Jeff Gaspin, Jeff Morrone, Doug Belgrad, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba; EP/D Anton Cropper
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Primary Wave, 2.0 Entertainment
Location: Los Angeles
Manifest -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: In this character-driven, high-concept mystery thriller, a plane disappears from radar and returns years later after being untraceable and presumed lost at sea. No time has passed for those on the plane, but for their loved ones at home, many years have gone by. The series follows their personal lives as well as the larger mystery and purpose that is their destiny.
Cast: Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time), Melissa Roxburgh (Valor), J.R. Ramirez, Athena Karkanis, Parveen Kaur, Luna Blaise
Team: W/EP Jeff Rake (Mysteries of Laura); EP Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke; co-EP Jackie Levine; EP/D David Frankel
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Compari Entertainment
Location: New York (pilot only)
No Way Back* (formerly Suspicion) -- PASSED OVER
Logline: A Hitchcockian thriller about how far one man will go to save the people he loves. After Danny Goldman accepts a handshake loan from his new friend and millionaire neighbor, he gets a visit from the FBI and learns that the decision is one he will regret for the rest of his life. Coerced to work as an informant for the FBI to earn back his freedom, Danny is forced to infiltrate a world of violence and corruption while trying to protect his family. Based on the book by Joseph Finder.
Cast: Derek Luke, Raul Esparza, Jeri Ryan, Paula Newsome, Kearran Giovanni
Team: W/EP Jessica Goldberg (The Path); EP Rachel Kaplan, Peter Traugott, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Joseph Finder
Studio: Universal Television, Keshet
Location: Boston (pilot only)
New Amsterdam* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Inspired by Dr. Eric Manheimer's memoir Twelve Patients: Life & Death at Bellevue Hospital, it's a character-driven medical drama that revolves around the new director of Bellevue Hospital (The Blacklist's Ryan Eggold), whose maverick approach disrupts the status quo while always prioritizing patient care. Located in Manhattan, Bellevue is the only hospital in the world that has the capability to treat Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers Island and the president of the United States all under one roof.
Cast: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Tyler Labine, Jocko Sims (first position to TNT's The Last Ship), Freema Agyeman, Anupam Kher
Team: W/EP David Schulner (Emerald City, Do No Harm); EP Peter Horton; P Eric Manheimer; D Kate Dennis
Studio: Universal Television, Pico Creek Productions
Location: New York
The Village* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Despite differences in age, race, culture and lifestyle, the residents of a Manhattan apartment building find that the more their lives intertwine, the more complex and compelling their connections become, thus proving life’s challenges are better faced alongside family, even if it’s the one you make wherever you find it. All under one roof we will meet a recovering war vet, a pregnant teenage girl and her single mom, a cop with an unexpected love interest, a woman hiding a terrifying secret from her husband and a millennial lawyer who might find his grandfather is the best and worst roommate he ever could have hoped for.
Cast: Moran Atias, Michaela McManus, Frankie Faison, Jerod Haynes, Grace Van Dien, Warren Christie, Daren Kagasoff, Lorraine Toussant, Dominic Chianese
Team: W/EP Mike Daniels (Sons of Anarchy, Taken), Jessica Rhoades
Studio: Universal Television
Location: New York
The CW
Charmed* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Described as a fierce, funny and feminist reboot of the original series, the drama centers on three sisters (Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery and Madeleine Mantock) in a college town who discover they are witches. Between vanquishing supernatural demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch's work is never done.
Cast: Melonie Diaz (Fruitvale Station), Sarah Jeffery (Shades of Blue), Madeleine Mantock (The Tomorrow People), Ser'Darius Blain, Rupert Evans, Charlie Gillespie, Ellen Tamaki
Team: W/EP Jessica O’Toole, Amy Rardin (Jane the Virgin); EP/story by Jennie Urman; EP/D Brad Silberling; EP Ben Silverman
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Location: Vancouver
Dead Inside* --PASSED OVER
Logline: After surviving an explosion that killed her hotshot detective big brother (Freddie Stroma, UnREAL), an underachieving beat cop (Lyndon Smith, Parenthood) starts seeing his ghost, flipping their sibling dynamic on its head and allowing her to truly live her life for the first time, as they work together to help crime victims both living and dead, and figure out the unfinished business keeping his spirit on Earth.
Cast: Freddie Stroma, Lyndon SmithJoey King, Hayley Marie Norman, Christine Ko, Erica Cerra, Myles Bullock
Team: W/EP Katie Lovejoy (Dracula); EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold; EP/D Michael Patrick Jann
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer Productions
Location: Vancouver
The End of the World as We Know It* --PASSED OVER
Logline: When a prison spaceship carrying the universe's most deadly aliens crashes in Southern California, two young women (Gage Golightly) with bigger dreams than working at a kids' pizza place in the Valley are recruited by a space cop to hunt down the escaped criminals, who have camouflaged themselves as eccentric Angelenos. Based on the book The End of the World as We Know It by Iva-Marie Palmer.
Cast: Josh Helman, Gage Golightly, Quinta Brunson, Liam Garrigan
Team: W/EP Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker (Powerless); EP Rob Thomas, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo; EP/D Glen Winter
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Ehsugadee Productions, Spondoolie Productions, Alloy Entertainment
Location: Vancouver
In the Dark* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A flawed and irreverent blind woman is the only "witness" to the slaying of her drug-dealing friend. After the police dismiss her story, she sets out with her dog, Pretzel, to find the killer while also managing her colorful dating life and the job she hates at Breaking Blind — the guide dog school owned by her overprotective parents.
Cast: Perry Mattfeld, Brooke Markham, Keston John, Kathleen York, Derek Webster, Austin Nichols
Team: W/EP Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom); EP Ben Stiller, Jackie Cohn, Nicky Weinstock; EP/D Mike Showalter
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Red Hour Films
Location: Toronto
Playing Dead* --PASSED OVER
Logline: A dysfunctional family dramedy about a mortician (Tyler Ritter) and his son whose lives are turned upside down when the woman (Clara Lago) who abandoned them 15 years ago returns and asks them to fake her death.
Cast: Tyler Ritter, Clara Lago, Luke Youngblood, Curran Walters, Sigrid Owen
Team: W/EP Rina Mimoun, Josh Reims (Hart of Dixie); EP Tariq Jalil, Lucas Carter
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Intrigue Entertainment
Location: Toronto
Skinny Dip* --PASSED OVER
Logline: After her husband (Ben Aldridge) tries to kill her on what she thought was a romantic cruise to celebrate their second wedding anniversary, a woman (Sarah Wright Olsen) teams with a jaded ex-cop (Matt Barr) to exact her own twisted brand of revenge on her cheating spouse, and winds up uncovering a wider conspiracy in the process. Based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen.
Cast: Sarah Wright Olsen, Matt Barr (Valor), Ben Aldridge, Richard Esteras, KJ Smith, Brent Sexton
Team: W/EP Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency); EP Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Keshet Studios
Location:
All American* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: When a rising high school football player (Daniel Ezra) from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds — Compton and Beverly Hills — begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger.
Cast: Daniel Ezra, Taye Diggs, Samantha Logan, Bre-Z, Greta Onieogou, Monet Mazur, Michael Evans, Karimah Westbrook, Cody Christian
Team: W/EP April Blair (Reign); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; P Robbie Rogers; consultant Dane Morck; EP/D Rob Hardy
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Location: Los Angeles
Roswell, New Mexico* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance. Based on the Roswell High book series by Melinda Metz.
Cast: Jeanine Mason (Grey's Anatomy), Nathan Parsons (The Originals), Lily Cowles, Michael Vlamis, Tyler Blackburn (Pretty Little Liars), Heather Hemmens, Michael Trevino (The Vampire Diaries),Trevor St. John, Karan Oberoi
Team: W/EP Carina Adly MacKenzie (The Originals); EP Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Lawrence Bender, Kevin Kelly Brown; EP/D Julie Plec
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Amblin Television, Bender Brown Productions
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wayward Sisters (aired as a planted episode of Supernatural)* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Wayward Sisters tells the story of Supernatural fan-favorite recurring player Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes) and a group of troubled young women, all of them orphaned by supernatural monster attacks and tragedies. Under Mills' protection, they emerge as a supreme monster-fighting force.
Cast: Kim Rhodes, Briana Buckmaster, Kathryn Newton, Katherine Ramdeen, Clark Backo, Yadira Guevara-Prip
Team: W/EP Robert Berens, Andrew Daab; EP Robert Singer, Phil Sgriccia, Robert Berens
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Location: Vancouver
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Nathan Fillion, left, stars in ABC's 'The Rookie'; Gabrielle Union toplines NBC's 'Bad Boys' spinoff; and 'Empire' co-creator Lee Daniels is working on his first comedy pilot.
development season, the broadcast networks are gearing up for a busy pilot season as they compete with not only one another, but also with basic and premium cable and streaming services including Apple, Netflix, Amazon and Hulu — all of which are multibillion-dollar scripted pushes.
As in the past few years, the networks continue to look to reboots, family fare and procedurals to help cut through the increasing clutter, with immigration-themed comedies and dramas and light-hearted fare like The Good Doctor also hot this season.
Here's a look at the pilots in contention for the 2018-19 television season, as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW sift through hundreds of scripts and march forward in a bid to find the next breakout comedies and dramas. Bookmark THR.com/PilotSeason as well as this page as The Hollywood Reporter will update this guide throughout the season with the latest pilot orders, castings and eventual series pickups.
* Denotes casting has been completed.
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ABC Drama
A Million Little Things* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A dramedy about a group of friends who, for different reasons and in different ways, are all stuck in their lives, but when one of them dies unexpectedly, it's just the wake-up call the others need to finally start living.
Cast: James Roday, David Giuntoli (Grimm), Romany Malco, Ron Livingston, Christina Ochoa, Anne Son, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, Stephanie Szostak, Tristan Byon, Lizzy Green
Team: DJ Nash (Up All Night); EP Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor
Studio: Kapital Entertainment, ABC Studios
Location: Vancouver
False Profits* --BEING REDEVELOPED
Logline: Follows a team of down-and-out women in suburban Arizona as they fight their way to the top of the cutthroat world of a multi-level marketing cosmetics business.
Cast: Bellamy Young (Scandal), Vanessa Williams, Kosha Patel, Kapil Talwalkar, Shelley Hennig, Ben Lawson, Mark L. Young, Marcus Coloma
Team: W/EP Kayla Alpert (Confessions of a Shopaholic, Code Black); Jason Reed, Sabrina Wind (Desperate Housewives); EP/D J. Miller Tobin
Studio: ABC Studios, Jason T. Reed Productions
Location: Dallas (pilot only)
The Fix* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: After losing the biggest case of her career and being shredded by the media, former prosecutor Maya Travis (Robin Tunney, The Mentalist) has left Los Angeles for a quiet life in rural Oregon. Eight years after her devastating defeat, the killer (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Lost) strikes again, forcing Maya to return to Los Angeles to confront him one more time. Will she play by the rules, or will she do whatever it takes to get him behind bars? Part legal thriller and part confessional.
Cast: Robin Tunney (The Mentalist), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Adam Rayner, Scott Cohen, Breckin Meyer, Merrin Dungey, Mouzam Makkar, Marc Blucas, Alex Saxon
Team: W/EP Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain (The Family), Marcia Clark; EP David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks; EP/D Larysa Kondracki
Studio: ABC Studios, Mandeville
Location: Los Angeles
For Love* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Five years ago, Hope Castille's (Lex Scott Davis) fiancé was killed. This morning she received a phone call from him. An epic love triangle set against a grounded, secret world of magic in present day New Orleans.
Cast: Lex Scott Davis, Ethan Peck, Jon Ecker, Luke Arnold, Jon Ecker, Rachel Skarsten, Isabella Russo, Chloe Wepper, Wole Parks
Team: W/EP Michael Cooney (Identity); EP Kim Moses; EP/D John Dahl
Studio: ABC Studios
Location: New Orleans
Get Christie Love* --PASSED OVER
Logline: An action-packed, music-driven drama that centers on Christie Love (Kylie Bunbury, Pitch), an African-American CIA agent who leads an elite ops unit. She transforms into whomever she needs to be to get the job done, especially when it's down to the wire and the stakes are life and death. The high-adrenaline missions of the drama are anchored by an emotional mystery about Christie's first love — unearthing the truth about this relationship will be the biggest mission impossible of her life. Inspired by the TV movie and subsequent series starring Teresa Graves that aired on ABC in the 1970s.
Cast: Kylie Bunbury, Khandi Alexander, Camille Guaty, Thomas Cocquerel, Shea Buckner, Juan Javier Cardenas, Steven Weber, Lisseth Chavez, Dennis Oh
Team: W/EP Courtney A. Kemp (Power); EP Vin Diesel, Debra Martin Chase; EP/D Stephen Williams
Studio: Universal Television, Lionsgate Television, One Race TV, Martin Chase Productions, End of Episode
Location: New York
Grand Hotel* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Set at the last family-owned hotel in multicultural Miami Beach. The upstairs/downstairs drama revolves around Santiago Mendoza (Demian Bichir), who owns the hotel, and his second wife Gigi (Roselyn Sanchez) and their adult children, who enjoy the spoils of success. Based on the Spanish format, it explores the wealthy guests and the hotel's scandals, secrets and escalating debt.
Cast: Demian Bichir, Roselyn Sanchez (Devious Maids), Denyse Tontz (The Fosters), Chris Warren, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Shalim Ortiz, Bryan Craig, Anne Winters, Lincoln Younes, Feliz Ramirez, Justina Adorno
Team: W/EP Brian Tanen (Atypical, Devious Maids); EP Eva Longoria, Ben Spector, Ramon Campos, Teresa Fernandez-Valdez; EP/D Ken Olin
Studio: ABC Studios, Unbelievable, Beta
Location: Miami
The Rookie* — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: Inspired by a true story, The Rookie centers on John Nolan (Nathan Fillion), the oldest rookie in the LAPD. At an age where most are at the peak of their career, Nolan cast aside his comfortable, small-town life and moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of being a cop. Now, surrounded by rookies 20 years his junior, he must navigate the dangerous, humorous and unpredictable world of a "young" cop, determined to make his second shot at life count.
Cast: Nathan Fillion, Melissa O'Neil, Eric Winter, Afton Williamson, Richard T. Jones, Alyssa Diaz, Mercedes Mason, Titus Makin
Team: W/EP Alexi Hawley (Castle); Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper, Michelle Chapman, Jon Steinberg, Nathan Fillion; EP/D Liz Friedlander
Studio: ABC Studios, the Mark Gordon Co.
Location: Los Angeles
The Mission* (formerly Safe Harbor) --PASSED OVER
Logline: When a San Francisco police captain is arrested for corruption, the lives of the cops under his command don't stop. The ensemble must navigate their own colorful and complicated lives on the beat and off, while focusing on a local gang about to make the streets more dangerous. Infused with humor, the drama is described as a different kind of cop show.
Cast: Lynn Collins, Wood Harris, Aasif Mandvi, Kris D. Lofton, Josh Randall, Vannessa Vasquez, Alexander Karim, Chris Conroy, Aidan Wotjak-Hissong, Jee Young Han
Team: W/EP Jason Richman (Detroit 187); EP David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks; EP/D Michael Offer
Studio: ABC Studios, Mandeville
Location: Vancouver
Salvage* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: Ex-cop Jimmy Hill (Toby Kebbell) just wants to be left alone after moving back to his small Gulf Coast Florida hometown. But when a local murder is linked to the sunken treasure of a lost Spanish galleon, he’s drawn into the investigation by an idealistic deputy and pitted against the powerful town patriarch, outside criminal agents, and his own father.
Cast: Toby Kebbell, Charity Wakefield, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Jim Belushi, Will Patton, Jim Kaplan, Lacretta, Emily Althaus, Joelle Carter, Evan Parke
Team: W/EP Don Todd (This Is Us)
Studio: ABC Studios
Location: South Carolina
Staties* --PASSED OVER
Logline: After being unceremoniously fired by the NYPD, Detective Eliza Reyes (Annie Ilonzeh) arrives in Marshfield, Oregon, a town nestled in the forests and beaches of the Pacific Northwest. But it's anything but glorious to Eliza, who has taken a humiliating step down from her former job where she blew up a city block after disobeying the direct orders of her boss. Now forced to wear a uniform that bears a striking resemblance to Dudley Do-Right, Eliza has joined the Staties, aka The Oregon State Police, the primary law enforcement organization in the state. Her partner, Sam Knight (Andy Karl), is an eccentric cop who talks to trees and sees creatures where they don't exist. The good news is that they help him solve crimes.
Cast: Andy Karl (Law & Order: SVU), Annie Ilonzeh, David Zayas, Jennifer Aspen, Alexander Sokovikov, Ava Capri, Justin Johnson Cortez, Ava Capri
Team: W/EP Matt Partney, Corey Evett (Code Black); EP Michael Seitzman, Christina Davis; EP/D Rob Bowman
Studio: ABC Studios, Maniac Productions
Location: Portland
Take Two — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: Take Two revolves around Ella (Rachel Bilson), the former star of a hit cop series who is fresh out of rehab following a bender of epic proportion. Desperate to restart her career, she talks her way into shadowing rough-and-tumble private investigator Eddie (Eddie Cibrian) as research for a potential comeback role. Although lone wolf Eddie resents the babysitting gig, high-spirited Ella proves herself to be surprisingly valuable, drawing on her acting skills and 200 episodes of playing a detective. When the press touts Ella's role in solving a high-profile case, Eddie finds his phone ringing off the hook with new clients looking to hire the pair.
Cast: Rachel Bilson, Eddie Cibrian, Aliyah O'Brien, Alice Lee
Team: W/EP Andrew Marlowe, Terri Edda Miller (Castle); EP Rola Bauer, Tim Halkin
Studio: ABC Studios, Tandem Productions, StudioCanal, Milmar Pictures
Location: Vancouver
The Finest* (formerly untitled Holmes sisters) --PASSED OVER
Logline: Chronicles the lives of five African-American sisters, all officers in the NYPD, as they face the challenges of their high-risk jobs while juggling the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood and family.
Cast: Amirah Vann (Underground), Tisha Campbell-Martin, Frances Turner, Michael Beach, Zoe Robins, Aubin Wise, Eric Balfour, Dorian Missick, Gerard Celasco, Leigh-Ann Rose
Team: W/EP Pam Veasey (CSI); EP Robin Roberts; EP/D Regina King
Studio: ABC Studios, Rock'n Robin Productions, Royal Ties
Location: New York
Whiskey Cavalier* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A high-octane hourlong action dramedy that follows the adventures of tough but tender FBI super-agent Will Chase (codename: "Whiskey Cavalier," played by Scott Foley) who, following an emotional breakup, is assigned to work with badass CIA operative Francesca "Frankie" Trowbridge (codename: "Fiery Tribune," played by Lauren Cohan). Together, they lead an inter-agency team of flawed, funny, heroic spies who periodically save the world (and each other) while navigating the rocky roads of friendship, romance and office politics.
Cast: Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, Ana Ortiz, Tyler James Williams, Vir Das
Team: W/EP Dave Hemingson (The Catch); EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold; P Scott Foley; EP/D Peter Atencio
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer Productions
Location: Los Angeles
ABC Comedy
The Greatest American Hero* --PASSED OVERhttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/l...t-american-hero-nabs-abc-pilot-pickup-1078587
Logline: Inspired by the 1980s TV show the comedy centers around Meera (New Girl's Hannah Simone), a 30-year-old woman who loves tequila and karaoke and has spent her life searching and failing to find meaning, much to the chagrin of her traditional Indian-American family. An inexplicable event occurs that will change the course of Meera’s life forever: She is entrusted with a super suit to protect the planet. Meera may have finally found purpose, but the world has never been in more unreliable hands.
Cast: Hannah Simone (New Girl), George Wendt, Gia Sandhu, Zenobia Shroff, Shoniqua Shandai, Dennis Andres, Ellie Reed, Humphrey Ker
Team: W/EP Rachna Fruchbom; EP Nahnatchka Khan, Mandy Summers, Tawnia McKiernan; EP/D Christine Gernon
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, ABC Studios, Fierce Baby
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Man of the House* --PASSED OVER
Logline: A multicamera hybrid family comedy about two recently divorced sisters who decide to move in together to raise their kids under one roof. The oldest kid and only son is left to figure out what manhood means in a world where he’s now completely surrounded by females.
Cast: Alyson Hannigan, Leslie Bibb, Jake Short, Jenny Ortega, Reece Caddell, Jimmy Kimmel (narrator)
Team: W/EP Frank Pines (Baby Daddy), Vijal Patel (Black-ish); EP Gail Berman, Joe Earley, Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone; EP/D Richie Keen
Studio: ABC Studios, The Jackal Group, Simpson Street
Format: Hybrid multi/single-camera
Location:
Most Likely To* --PASSED OVER
Logline: In high school, Liz Cooney (Lesli Margherita) had everything and Markie McQueen had nothing. 20 years later, they’re reunited under the same roof as single moms and unlikely housemates.
Cast: Yvette Nicole Brown (The Mayor), Donald Faison, Lesli Margherita (Homeland), Laya DeLeonHayes, Ashton Arbab, Mia Allan, Ella Allan, Max Jenkins
Team: W/EP Diablo Cody; EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Single Parents* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A group of dysfunctional single parents lean on each other as they raise their kids, look for love, and ultimately realize survival is only possible with the help of each other.
Cast: Taran Killam, Leighton Meester, Brad Garrett, Jake Choi, Kimrie Lewis, Marlow Barkley, Tyler Wladis, Sadie Hazelett, Grace Hazelett, Devin Trey Campbell
Team: W/EP/creator J.J. Philbin; EP/creator Liz Meriwether; EP Katherine Pope; EP/D Jason Winer
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Steps* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Four adults in three houses raise three kids after two divorces together. Based on the Swedish format, Bonus Family.
Cast: Ginnifer Goodwin, Ryan Michelle Bathe, Barry Rothbart, Kyle Bornheimer, Julie Hagerty, Cameron Boyce, Madeleine McGraw
Team: W/EP Kristin Newman; EP David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks; EP/D Todd Holland
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Southern Hospitality* (formerly Three Rivers, Four Rivers) --PASSED OVER
Logline: Rebecca (Annaleigh Ashford, Masters of Sex) left her family’s Texas ranch years ago to work at an upscale hotel in New York, but after being promised ownership of the ranch by her smooth-talking cowboy dad Beau (John Larroquette), she’s back and ready to utilize her big city tactics to turn their rustic ranch into a destination spot oozing Southern hospitality. Getting her siblings to fall in line with her vision will be the real thorn in Rebecca’s side. And that’s going to be even harder once Beau reveals a life-changing family secret.
Cast: Annaleigh Ashford (Masters of Sex), John Larroquette, Stephanie Styles, Shakira Barrera, Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Team: Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer (Friends, Trial and Error)
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Bobby Bowman* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Inspired by Bowman's childhood growing up with a father with mental illness, the comedy revolves around a dysfunctional family that perseveres despite their differences and finds happiness in unexpected places.
Cast: Brooke Elliott (Drop Dead Diva), Carson White, Johnny Sneed, Brenna D'Amico, Lilla Crawford, Will Kindrachuk
Team: W/EP Bobby Bowman (My Name Is Earl); EP Dawn Ostroff, Jon Koa, Greg Walter
Studio: ABC Studios, Conde Nast Entertainment, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Justin Noble* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Based on the book and blog How May We Hate You, the workplace ensemble comedy centers on two guest service associates at a high-end resort and the co-workers and guests that they are stuck with for eight to 16 hours a day.
Cast: Kat Dennings (2 Broke Girls), Elizabeth Ho, Angela Kinsey, Derek Richardson, Jason Michael Snow, Nicole Byer
Team: W/EP Justin Noble (Brooklyn Nine-Nine); EP Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling, Will Gluck, Richard Schwartz; P Kat Dennings
Studio: CBS Television Studios, ABC Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled Kenya Barris —
Logline: A dysfunctional family comedy about a stuck-in-his-ways and opinionated fading TV star who moves in with his progressive daughter, her girlfriend and the child they are raising together.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Kenya Barris, Julie Bean; EP Alec Baldwin
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled Tim Doyle project* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: The comedy is set in the 1970s and revolves around an Irish-Catholic family with a working-class dad, traditional mom and eight boisterous sons who navigate changes big and small during one of America's most turbulent decades.
Cast: Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead), Mary McCormack, Christopher Paul Richards, Jack Gore, Sam Straley, Caleb Martin Foote, Andy Walken, Sawyer Barth, Santino Barnard
Team: W/EP Tim Doyle (Last Man Standing); EP/D Randall Einhorn
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
CBS Drama
Cagney and Lacey* --PASSED OVER
Logline: In this reboot of the iconic series, two female police detectives and friends keep the streets of L.A. safe.
Cast: Sarah Drew (Grey's Anatomy), Michelle Hurd (Blindspot), Ving Rhames
Team: W/EP Bridget Carpenter (11.22.63, Friday Night Lights); EP/D Rosemary Rodriguez
Studio: CBS Television Studios/MGM Television
Location: Los Angeles
Chiefs* --PASSED OVER
Logline: The professional and personal lives of three driven, successful, but very different women who are each chiefs of police of their own precincts in L.A. county.
Cast: Jorja Fox (CSI), Alana De La Garza, Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico), Michael Trucco, Demetrius Grosse
Team: W/EP David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights); EP Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz; co-EP/D Zetna Fuentes
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studio, CBS Television Studios
Location: Los Angeles
The Code* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: The military's brightest minds take on the country's toughest challenges — inside the courtroom and out — where each attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator — and a Marine.
Cast: Mira Sorvino, Dave Annable, Phillipa Soo (Hamilton), Anna Wood, Ato Essandoh, Raffi Barsoumian
Team: W/EP Craig Turk; W/EP/showrunner Craig Sweeny (Limitless); EP Craig Turk, Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman; EP/D Marc Webb
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Location: New York
FBI* — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: Explores the inner-workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Cast: Missy Peregrym (Rookie Blue), Jeremy Sisto (Law & Order), Zeeko Zaki (Six), Connie Nielsen, Ebonee Noel
Team: W/EP/showrunner Craig Turk (The Good Wife); EP Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Arthur W. Forney; EP/D Niels Arden Oplev (Mr. Robot)
Studio: Universal Television, CBS Television Studios, Wolf Films
Location: New York
God Friended Me* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Questions of faith, existence and science are explored in what is described as a humorous, uplifting drama about an outspoken atheist (Brandon Micheal Hall, The Mayor) whose life is turned upside down when he is "friended" by God on Facebook. Unwittingly, he becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.
Cast: Brandon Micheal Hall (first position to ABC's The Mayor), Joe Morton (Scandal), Javicia Leslie, Suraj Sharma, Violett Beane
Team: W/EP Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt (Alcatraz); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; EP/D Marcos Siega
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Location: New York
L.A. Confidential* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: James Ellroy's novel gets a 2018 treatment in terms of tone, music and style. The paths of three homicide detectives, a female reporter and an up-and-coming actress intersect while the detectives pursue a sadistic serial killer among the secrets and lies of glamorous and gritty 1950s Los Angeles.
Cast: Brian J. Smith (Sense8), Walton Goggins, Mark Webber, Shea Whigham, Alana Arenas, Sarah Jones
Team: W/EP Jordan Harper (Gotham); EP Arnon Milchan; EP/co-showrunner Anna Fricke; EP/D Michael Dinner
Studio: New Regency, Lionsgate Television, CBS Television Studios
Location: Los Angeles
Magnum P.I.* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: An update of the classic television series set in Hawaii, the reboot follows Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator.
Cast: Jay Hernandez (Bad Moms), Zachary Knighton, Perdita Weeks, Stephen Hill
Team: W/EP Peter Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim (Hawaii Five-0); EP John Davis, John Fox (The Blacklist); Danielle Woodrow, EP/D Justin Lin
Cast:
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Universal Television, Davis Entertainment
Location: Hawaii
Main Justice* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Inspired by the life and work of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The U.S. Attorney General takes viewers into the tumultuous world of the Department of Justice where he takes on the biggest legal and investigative cases in the country.
Cast: Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo), Timothy Hutton, Peter Gallagher, Deborah Ayorinde, Aubrey Dollar
Team: W/EP Sascha Penn (Survivor's Remorse); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Eric Holder; EP/D David Semel; EP/showrunner Sunil Nayar (CSI: Miami)
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Location: New York
Murder*
Logline: A fresh take on the investigative drama, the potential series explores crime through the unique and often conflicting perspectives of cops and killers, witnesses and victims, friends and family. Shot like a true crime documentary, the series invites the audience inside the emotional journey of an investigation, allowing them to discern the truth and judge the suspects' guilt or innocence for themselves.
Cast: Michael Chiklis, Teyonah Parris (Survivor's Remorse), Luna Lauren Velez, Pallavi Sharda, Leonard Roberts, Andrea Demetriades, Jennifer Mudge
Team: W/EP Amanda Green (Lethal Weapon); EP Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon); co-EP Lindsey Liberatore; EP/D Anthony Hemingway
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Television Studios, Lin Pictures
Location: New York
Red Line* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: After a white cop in Chicago mistakenly shoots and kills a black doctor, we follow three different families that all have connections with the case as the story is told from each perspective.
Cast: Noah Wyle, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Noel Fisher, Michael Patrick Thornton, Vinnie Chhibber, Howard Charles, Elizabeth Laidlaw, Aliyah Royale, Elizabeth Laidlaw
Team: W/co-EP Caitlin Parrish (Supergirl), Erica Weiss; EP Ava DuVernay, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Location: Chicago (pilot only)
CBS Comedy
Fam* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A woman's (Nina Dobrev) dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé (Tone Bell) and his upstanding family are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister (Odessa Adlon) comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father.
Cast: Nina Dobrev, Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Team: Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom); EP David Rosenthal, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling; EP/D Scott Ellis
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Welcome to the Neighborhood* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness.
Cast: Josh Lawson, Dreama Walker, Cedric the Entertainer, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears, Tichina Arnold, Hank Greenspan
Team: W/EP Jim Reynolds (Big Bang Theory); EP Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling; EP/D James Burrows
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
History of Them* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: A multicultural ensemble about how two friends, Luna (Ana Villafane) and Adam, meet and fall in love, using the couple’s social media as a guide.
Cast: Ana Villafane, Lisa Vidal, Felix Solis, Amit Shah, Caitlin McGee, Chris Powell, Brett Dier; Miranda Cosgrove narrates.
Team: W/EP Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time), EP Marc Provissiero, EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, CBS Television Studios, Glo Nation, Odenkirk Provissiero
Format: Multicamera/hybrid
Location:
I Mom So Hard*
Logline: Based on the popular web series of the same name, two moms show how their friendship gets them through being wives and mothers.
Cast: Kristin Hensley, Jen Smedley, Freddie Prinze Jr., David Flynn, Tymberlee Hill, Cooper Friedman
Team: W/EP Michelle Nader (2 Broke Girls); co-writers Kristin Hensley, Jen Smedley; EP Rob Thomas, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge; EP/D Don Scardino
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Television Studios, Spondoolie Productions
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Murphy Brown — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: A current-day 13-episode revival of the network's classic comedy. As the series approaches its 30th anniversary, the revival returns to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate.
Cast: Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Grant Shaud, Jake McDorman, Nik Dodani
Team: W/EP Diane English; EP Candice Bergen; EP/D Pam Fryman (pilot)
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Bend in the Road Productions
Format: Multicamera
Location: New York
Pandas in New York*
Logline: A family of Indian doctors with a successful group practice in New York City embark on a project to arrange their youngest son's life, unaware he's made plans of his own.
Cast: Ashley Tisdale, Nishi Munshi, Hina Abdullah, Dan O'Brien, Bernard White, Gita Reddy, Dhruv Singh, Mike Castle
Team: W/EP Ajay Sahgal; EP Aaron Kaplan; EP/D Andy Ackerman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment, TrillTV
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
25* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Twenty-something Kyle (Matt Shively) comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend (Emily Osment) from camp they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle’s surprise, even though he came to town looking for “the one,” he might end up with much more than that.
Cast: Emily Osment, Tom Maden, Matt Shively, Denee Benton, Jessie Ennis
Team: W/EP Hilary Winston (Bad Teacher); EP Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, CBS Television Studios
Format: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled Austen Earl and Tim McAuliffe -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A 30-something couple, tired of their mundane life, start to reconnect with their younger, cooler selves when an emerging pop star (Felix Mallard), who is drawn to their super normal suburban life, moves in.
Cast: Damon Wayans Jr., Amber Stevens West, Felix Mallard, Chris Parnell
Team: W/EP Tim McAuliffe, Austen Earl; EP Ben Winston, Michael Rotenberg, Jonathan Berry; EP/D Phill Lewis
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Fulwell 73, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Fox Comedy
Bless This Mess (off-cycle order, shoots in June)
Logline: A newlywed couple gives up their drab and unfulfilling lives in NYC and moves to Nebraska to live a simpler life. It doesn’t work out like they planned.
Cast: Lake Bell, Dax Shepard, Ed Begley Jr.
Team: W/EP Liz Meriwether; W/EP/D Lake Bell; EP Katherine Pope, Dax Shepard
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV
Format: Single-camera
Location:
The Cool Kids* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Cool Kids revolves around three guy friends in a retirement community (David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan, Martin Mull) who are the top dogs until they’re blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel (Vicki Lawrence) who’s ready to challenge their place. Described as high school with 70-somethings.
Cast: Vicki Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan, Martin Mull
Team: W Charlie Day, Paul Fruchbom; EP/showrunner Kevin Abbott, EP Charlie Day, Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton; Nick Frenkel; EP/D Don Scardino; co-EP Paul Fruchbom
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, FX Productions, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Daddy Issues* --IN CONTENTION FOR MIDSEASON
Logline: Loosely based on Erin Foster's life, the comedy revolves around Andi (Foster), a single 30-something who refuses to settle down, and her playboy dad (Don Johnson). Andi's world is turned upside down when she discovers her dad has fallen in love with her best friend (Janina Gavankar).
Cast: Erin Foster (Barely Famous), Don Johnson, Janina Gavankar, Jane Leeves, Christine Woods, Mike O'Gorman, Gemma Allen
Team: W/EP Erin Foster; EP Liz Meriwether, Oly Obst, Josh Lieberman; EP/D Kat Coiro
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Dan the Weatherman --BEING REDEVELOPED/IN CONTENTION FOR MIDSEASON
Logline: After getting fired from his cushy job as a weatherman at the local TV station, Dan (Thomas Lennon) finds it’s not enough to be a charming white man in this world. He reluctantly ends up at the neighboring Spanish TV station.
Cast: Thomas Lennon, Ashley Williams, James Earl, Daniel Stern
Team: W/EP Steve Dildarian (Life and Times of Tim); EP Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements; EP/D Seth Gordon
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Tomorrow Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Our Family* (formerly Our People) -- PASSED OVER
Logline: Based on the Israeli format Nevsu: A Young Multi-Cultural Couple, the comedy revolves around a man from a bombastic African family, who don't have a word in their native language for "privacy,” and his fiancee from a Midwestern family (Beth Behrs) who try to build a normal life together. Although nobody can agree what that "normal" means.
Cast: Beth Behrs, Lea Thompson, Charles Parnell, Saidah Arrika, Matthew Glave, Skai Jackson,
Team: W/EP Vali Chandrasekaran (Modern Family, 30 Rock); EP Lee Daniels, Pam Williams, Marc Velez, Yossi Vassa, Shai Ben-Atar and Liat Shavit; EP/D Trent O'Donnell
Studio: Endemol Shine, 20th Century Fox Television, Lee Daniels Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Rel* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Lil Rel, a prideful, self-made success who lives by the code to "always believe in yourself and great things will come," finds that attitude put to the test when he learns his wife is having an affair with his own barber. He tries to rebuild his life post-divorce as a long-distance single father on the South Side of Chicago who is on a quest for love, respect and a new barber. Inspired by Lil Rel's life.
Cast: Lil Rel Howery (The Carmichael Show), Sinbad, Jordan L. Jones, Jessica Moore
Team: W/EP Kevin Barnett and Josh Rabinowitz (The Carmichael Show), Lil Rel; EP/showrunner Mike Scully (Carmichael Show); EP Jerrod Carmichael; EP/D Gerry Cohen
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Fox Drama
Mixtape* --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: A romantic musical drama that looks at a disparate group of interconnected people in contemporary Los Angeles through the lens of the music that defines who they are. Mixtape captures the different stages of love, exploring if time can heal a broken heart and if love can withstand life's tragedies.
Cast: Jenna Dewan Tatum, Raul Castillo (Looking), Callie Hernandez, Madeline Stowe, Campbell Scott, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Evan Whitten, Jahmil French, Megan Ferguson
Team: W/EP Josh Safran (Quantico, Smash); EP Megan Ellison, Sue Naegle; co-EP Ali Krug; EP/D Jesse Peretz
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Annapurna Television
Location: Los Angeles
Untitled David Elliot/Danny Strong* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A legal drama set at a wrongful conviction firm. Led by a fierce and fearless female lawyer (Rachelle Lefevre) with a hunger for justice, the team reopens investigations, putting their own lives in danger to exonerate the innocent that were ‘proven’ guilty. The lead's motivation comes from her infamous past; as a young adult she was found guilty and later exonerated in a high-profile case in which she became a tabloid sensation, household name and national celebrity. While a hero and a victim to some, her bold and bullish tactics garner her some enemies — one of whom will do anything to see her go down for a crime we know she did not commit. The drama will follow her defending others as she fights to maintain her own innocence.
Cast: Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men), Russell Hornsby (Grimm), Rachelle Lefevre, Riley Smith, Brian d'Arcy James, Clare O'Connor, Francis Guinan, Persia White, Shanesia Davis, Karin Anglin, Caitlin Mehner, Nikki M. James, Meg Thalken, Grace FaheyTeam: W/EP David Elliot (Four Brothers); EP Danny Strong, Stacy Greenberg; EP/D Patricia Riggen
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Danny Strong Productions
Location:
No Apologies* --BEING REDEVELOPED/IN CONTENTION FOR MIDSEASON
Logline: FBI special agent Hazel Otis (Katie Holmes) is in the midst of investigating a domestic terrorism threat when a personal indiscretion — an affair with a prominent general (James Tupper) — shatters her life and threatens her career at the FBI. Now labeled "the mistress," Hazel Otis — wife, mother, patriot — begins to rebuild her personal life and professional reputation.
Cast: Katie Holmes, James Tupper, Rose Rollins, Mark Moses, Ian Harding, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Christian Camargo, Paul Walter Hauser
Team: W/EP Ilene Chaiken (Empire), Melissa Scrivner Love; EP Judy Smith, Oly Obst; EP/D Sanaa Hamri
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts Entertainment
Location: Chicago
Gone, Baby, Gone* -- PASSED OVER
Logline: Based on the Dennis Lehane's Gone, Baby, Gone novel. Armed with their wits, their street knowledge and an undeniable chemistry, private detectives Patrick Kenzie (The Originals' Joseph Morgan) and Angela Gennaro (Peyton List, Frequency) right wrongs the law can’t in the working-class Boston borough of Dorchester.
Cast: Joseph Morgan (The Originals), Peyton List (Frequency), Christine Lahti, Laysla De Oliveira, April Bowlby, Haaz Sleiman
Team: W/EP Robert Levine (Jericho, Judging Amy); EP Dennis Lehane; EP/D Phillip Noyce
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Miramax Television
Location:
The Passage (redeveloped from last season)* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Based on the best-selling trilogy by Justin Cronin,
Cast: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Vincent Piazza, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Saniyya Sidney, Brianne Howey, Jamie McShane, Caroline Chikezie
Team: W/EP Elizabeth Heldens (Friday Night Lights); EP Matt Reeves (Felicity, Let Me In), Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Adam Kassan; co-producer: Justin Cronin; EP/D Marcos Siega, Jason Ensler
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 6th & Idaho, Scott Free
Location: Atlanta
NBC Comedy
Abby's* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Abby's is an unlicensed bar in San Diego where the regulars enthusiastically enforce a unique set of rules that give them a sense of community and allow them to avoid the frustrating behavior found at other establishments.
Cast: Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation), Neil Flynn (The Middle), Nelson Franklin, Jessica Chaffin, Leonard Ouzts, Kimia Behpoornia
Team: W/EP Josh Malmuth (Superstore, New Girl); EP Mike Schur, David Miner; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Bright Futures*
Logline: Revolves around a group of friends stumbling through the transition from the clueless, immature 20-somethings they are now to the successful professionals they're destined to be.
Cast: Emily Ratajkowski, Shameik Moore, Calum Worthy, Jimmy Tatro, Lilly Singh
Team: W/EP Hale Rothstein; W/co-EP Danny Segal, Isaac Schamis; EP Kenya Barris
Studio: ABC Studios, Khalabo Ink Society
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Friends-in-Law* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Brian (Devere Rogers) and Jake (James Davis) are polar opposites who must quickly figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends decide to get married.
Cast: James Davis, Devere Rogers, John Gemberling, Nicole Parker
Team: W/EP Brian Gallivan (The McCarthys); EP Tom Werner; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
Guess Who Died* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Norman Lear has shown that the secret to longevity is to continue learning and growing at every point in life, but especially when society expects you to slow down. Based on his personal experiences and in partnership with the authentic, irreverent voice of Peter Tolan, the comedy is a humorous and inspiring look at the shared joys and challenges we all experience at any stage of life.
Cast: Holland Taylor, Hector Elizondo, Christopher Lloyd, Adrian Martinez, Beth Lacke
Team: W/EP Norman Lear, Peter Tolan; EP Brent Miller
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, The Cloudland Co., Act III Productions
Format: Single-camera
Location: Los Angeles
Like Family* -- PASSED OVER
Logline: Aubrey (Kether Donohue, You're the Worst) and Artie (Brandon Mychal Smith, You're the Worst) formed the tightest of sibling-like bonds growing up together in foster care, but are discovering that such closeness makes adulthood even more complicated.
Cast: Brandon Mychal Smith, Kether Donohue (You're the Worst), Blake Anderson, Rebecca Mader
Team: W/EP Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
So Close* -- PASSED OVER
Logline: At crossroads in their separate lives, hopeless romantics Riley (Sasheer Zamata) and Kyle (Sean Kleier) are close to settling for the wrong partner, unaware that they live only blocks apart and may be each other's soul mates.
Cast: Sasheer Zamata, Sean Kleier, Punam Patel, Sabrina Carpenter, Dan Bucatinsky, Julie Klausner
Team: W/EP Greg Malins (Friends, Life in Pieces); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
I Feel Bad* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A half-hour comedy that shows one woman's hilarious unfiltered take on the side effects of trying to have it all. Inspired by Orli Auslander's book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything.
Cast: Sarayu Blue (No Tomorrow), Paul Adelstein, Zach Cherry, James Buckley, Johnny Pemberton
Team: W/EP Aseem Batra; EP Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, Josh Maurer; P Kelly Pancho, Kim Lessing; consulting producer Orli Auslender
Studio: Universal Television, Paperkite, CannyLads, 3 Arts
Format: Single-cam
Location:
NBC Drama
The Enemy Within* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A character-driven investigative thriller set in the world of counterintelligence. It revolves around former CIA agent Erica Wolfe (Jennifer Carpenter, Dexter), the most notorious traitor in modern history and most-hated woman in America whom the FBI releases from federal super-max prison, enlisting her to help stop some of the most dangerous acts of espionage threatening the U.S. today.
Cast: Jennifer Carpenter, Morris Chestnut, Raza Jaffrey, Kelli Garner
Team: W/EP Ken Woodruff (Gotham, The Mentalist); EP Vernon Sanders; EP/D Mark Pellington
Studio: Universal Television
Location:
The Gilded Age— STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER
Logline: The Gilded Age in 1880s New York City was a period of immense social upheaval, of huge fortunes made and lost, and of palaces that spanned the length of Fifth Avenue. In the series, Marian Brook is the wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family who will embark on infiltrating the wealthy neighboring family dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish and available son Larry, and his ambitious wife Bertha, whose “new money” is a barrier to acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set. Marian is about to experience a whole new world springing up right outside her front door.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Julian Fellowes; EP Gareth Neame
Studio: Universal Television
Location:
The InBetween (formerly The Betwee, In Between Lives) --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A mysterious young woman (Harriet Dyer) reluctantly uses her gift of clairvoyance to help a veteran LAPD detective and a damaged ex-FBI outsider solve the most unnerving and challenging cases the city encounters. This eerie ability also opens the door for her to see and talk to the dead, who are seeking help for unresolved problems, whether she likes it or not.
Cast: Harriet Dyer, Yusuf Gatewood (The Originals), Cindy Luna
Team: W/EP Moira Kirland (Madam Secretary); EP David Heyman, Nancy Cotton
Studio: NBC International, Universal Television, Heyday Television
Location: Vancouver
L.A.'s Finest* (formerly the untitled Bad Boys spinoff) --PASSED OVER/BEING SHOPPED
Logline: Free-spirited former DEA agent Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union, reprising her role from Bad Boys II) has a fresh start in her new job as an LAPD detective. She is partnered with Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom who can't help but look at Syd's freedom with some grass-is-greener envy. These two have totally different lifestyles and approaches, but they both are at the top of their fields in the action-packed, character-driven procedural.
Cast: Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Ernie Hudson, Ryan McPartlin, Zach Gilford, Duane Martin
Team: W/EP Brandon Sonnier, Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Jeff Gaspin, Jeff Morrone, Doug Belgrad, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba; EP/D Anton Cropper
Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Primary Wave, 2.0 Entertainment
Location: Los Angeles
Manifest -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: In this character-driven, high-concept mystery thriller, a plane disappears from radar and returns years later after being untraceable and presumed lost at sea. No time has passed for those on the plane, but for their loved ones at home, many years have gone by. The series follows their personal lives as well as the larger mystery and purpose that is their destiny.
Cast: Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time), Melissa Roxburgh (Valor), J.R. Ramirez, Athena Karkanis, Parveen Kaur, Luna Blaise
Team: W/EP Jeff Rake (Mysteries of Laura); EP Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke; co-EP Jackie Levine; EP/D David Frankel
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Compari Entertainment
Location: New York (pilot only)
No Way Back* (formerly Suspicion) -- PASSED OVER
Logline: A Hitchcockian thriller about how far one man will go to save the people he loves. After Danny Goldman accepts a handshake loan from his new friend and millionaire neighbor, he gets a visit from the FBI and learns that the decision is one he will regret for the rest of his life. Coerced to work as an informant for the FBI to earn back his freedom, Danny is forced to infiltrate a world of violence and corruption while trying to protect his family. Based on the book by Joseph Finder.
Cast: Derek Luke, Raul Esparza, Jeri Ryan, Paula Newsome, Kearran Giovanni
Team: W/EP Jessica Goldberg (The Path); EP Rachel Kaplan, Peter Traugott, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Joseph Finder
Studio: Universal Television, Keshet
Location: Boston (pilot only)
New Amsterdam* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Inspired by Dr. Eric Manheimer's memoir Twelve Patients: Life & Death at Bellevue Hospital, it's a character-driven medical drama that revolves around the new director of Bellevue Hospital (The Blacklist's Ryan Eggold), whose maverick approach disrupts the status quo while always prioritizing patient care. Located in Manhattan, Bellevue is the only hospital in the world that has the capability to treat Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers Island and the president of the United States all under one roof.
Cast: Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Tyler Labine, Jocko Sims (first position to TNT's The Last Ship), Freema Agyeman, Anupam Kher
Team: W/EP David Schulner (Emerald City, Do No Harm); EP Peter Horton; P Eric Manheimer; D Kate Dennis
Studio: Universal Television, Pico Creek Productions
Location: New York
The Village* -- ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Despite differences in age, race, culture and lifestyle, the residents of a Manhattan apartment building find that the more their lives intertwine, the more complex and compelling their connections become, thus proving life’s challenges are better faced alongside family, even if it’s the one you make wherever you find it. All under one roof we will meet a recovering war vet, a pregnant teenage girl and her single mom, a cop with an unexpected love interest, a woman hiding a terrifying secret from her husband and a millennial lawyer who might find his grandfather is the best and worst roommate he ever could have hoped for.
Cast: Moran Atias, Michaela McManus, Frankie Faison, Jerod Haynes, Grace Van Dien, Warren Christie, Daren Kagasoff, Lorraine Toussant, Dominic Chianese
Team: W/EP Mike Daniels (Sons of Anarchy, Taken), Jessica Rhoades
Studio: Universal Television
Location: New York
The CW
Charmed* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: Described as a fierce, funny and feminist reboot of the original series, the drama centers on three sisters (Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery and Madeleine Mantock) in a college town who discover they are witches. Between vanquishing supernatural demons, tearing down the patriarchy, and maintaining familial bonds, a witch's work is never done.
Cast: Melonie Diaz (Fruitvale Station), Sarah Jeffery (Shades of Blue), Madeleine Mantock (The Tomorrow People), Ser'Darius Blain, Rupert Evans, Charlie Gillespie, Ellen Tamaki
Team: W/EP Jessica O’Toole, Amy Rardin (Jane the Virgin); EP/story by Jennie Urman; EP/D Brad Silberling; EP Ben Silverman
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Location: Vancouver
Dead Inside* --PASSED OVER
Logline: After surviving an explosion that killed her hotshot detective big brother (Freddie Stroma, UnREAL), an underachieving beat cop (Lyndon Smith, Parenthood) starts seeing his ghost, flipping their sibling dynamic on its head and allowing her to truly live her life for the first time, as they work together to help crime victims both living and dead, and figure out the unfinished business keeping his spirit on Earth.
Cast: Freddie Stroma, Lyndon Smith
Team: W/EP Katie Lovejoy (Dracula); EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold; EP/D Michael Patrick Jann
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer Productions
Location: Vancouver
The End of the World as We Know It* --PASSED OVER
Logline: When a prison spaceship carrying the universe's most deadly aliens crashes in Southern California, two young women (Gage Golightly) with bigger dreams than working at a kids' pizza place in the Valley are recruited by a space cop to hunt down the escaped criminals, who have camouflaged themselves as eccentric Angelenos. Based on the book The End of the World as We Know It by Iva-Marie Palmer.
Cast: Josh Helman, Gage Golightly, Quinta Brunson, Liam Garrigan
Team: W/EP Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker (Powerless); EP Rob Thomas, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo; EP/D Glen Winter
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Ehsugadee Productions, Spondoolie Productions, Alloy Entertainment
Location: Vancouver
In the Dark* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: A flawed and irreverent blind woman is the only "witness" to the slaying of her drug-dealing friend. After the police dismiss her story, she sets out with her dog, Pretzel, to find the killer while also managing her colorful dating life and the job she hates at Breaking Blind — the guide dog school owned by her overprotective parents.
Cast: Perry Mattfeld, Brooke Markham, Keston John, Kathleen York, Derek Webster, Austin Nichols
Team: W/EP Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom); EP Ben Stiller, Jackie Cohn, Nicky Weinstock; EP/D Mike Showalter
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Red Hour Films
Location: Toronto
Playing Dead* --PASSED OVER
Logline: A dysfunctional family dramedy about a mortician (Tyler Ritter) and his son whose lives are turned upside down when the woman (Clara Lago) who abandoned them 15 years ago returns and asks them to fake her death.
Cast: Tyler Ritter, Clara Lago, Luke Youngblood, Curran Walters, Sigrid Owen
Team: W/EP Rina Mimoun, Josh Reims (Hart of Dixie); EP Tariq Jalil, Lucas Carter
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Intrigue Entertainment
Location: Toronto
Skinny Dip* --PASSED OVER
Logline: After her husband (Ben Aldridge) tries to kill her on what she thought was a romantic cruise to celebrate their second wedding anniversary, a woman (Sarah Wright Olsen) teams with a jaded ex-cop (Matt Barr) to exact her own twisted brand of revenge on her cheating spouse, and winds up uncovering a wider conspiracy in the process. Based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen.
Cast: Sarah Wright Olsen, Matt Barr (Valor), Ben Aldridge, Richard Esteras, KJ Smith, Brent Sexton
Team: W/EP Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency); EP Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Keshet Studios
Location:
All American* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: When a rising high school football player (Daniel Ezra) from South Central L.A. is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High, the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds — Compton and Beverly Hills — begin to collide. Inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger.
Cast: Daniel Ezra, Taye Diggs, Samantha Logan, Bre-Z, Greta Onieogou, Monet Mazur, Michael Evans, Karimah Westbrook, Cody Christian
Team: W/EP April Blair (Reign); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; P Robbie Rogers; consultant Dane Morck; EP/D Rob Hardy
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Location: Los Angeles
Roswell, New Mexico* --ORDERED TO SERIES
Logline: After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: he’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance. Based on the Roswell High book series by Melinda Metz.
Cast: Jeanine Mason (Grey's Anatomy), Nathan Parsons (The Originals), Lily Cowles, Michael Vlamis, Tyler Blackburn (Pretty Little Liars), Heather Hemmens, Michael Trevino (The Vampire Diaries),Trevor St. John, Karan Oberoi
Team: W/EP Carina Adly MacKenzie (The Originals); EP Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Lawrence Bender, Kevin Kelly Brown; EP/D Julie Plec
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Amblin Television, Bender Brown Productions
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wayward Sisters (aired as a planted episode of Supernatural)* --PASSED OVER
Logline: Wayward Sisters tells the story of Supernatural fan-favorite recurring player Sheriff Jody Mills (Kim Rhodes) and a group of troubled young women, all of them orphaned by supernatural monster attacks and tragedies. Under Mills' protection, they emerge as a supreme monster-fighting force.
Cast: Kim Rhodes, Briana Buckmaster, Kathryn Newton, Katherine Ramdeen, Clark Backo, Yadira Guevara-Prip
Team: W/EP Robert Berens, Andrew Daab; EP Robert Singer, Phil Sgriccia, Robert Berens
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Location: Vancouver
