Pilot Season 2014: Scoop On This Fall's (Possible) New Shows And Who's Starring In Them

Pilot season is here, meaning the networks are taking stock of their needs for 2014-15 and getting the ball rolling toward filling any gaps. With development season about to get really interesting — meaning it's time to start booking actors for these wannabe series! — we thought it might help to round up the current crop, and well as define some of the lingo that gets tossed around.

RELATED | Renewal Scorecard: What's Cancelled? What's Coming Back? What's on the Bubble?

For easy access: Review the list of pilots for ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC, and we urge you to bookmark this constantly-updated page for the latest pickup/casting intel.

PILOT | You really want get basic, eh? When a network orders (or "picks up") a pilot, they're asking its writers/producers/studio to cast and produce a close facsimile of what their series' first episode will look like. Each pilot is reviewed by network brass, then typically put into testing before a decision is made on whether it'll land on the schedule (for fall or midseason).

PLANTED SPIN-OFF | Also called a "backdoor" pilot, this is an episode of an existing series that sets up a prospective offshoot. For example, The Vampire Diaries aired an episode last April focused around Klaus, Elijah and Hayley in New Orleans, and that was a planted pilot for the spin-off The Originals. Free History Lesson: That Brady Bunch episode with new neighbor Ken Berry adopting three orphans? That was a(n ill-fated) planted pilot for a spin-off to be called Kelly's Kids.

DRAMA/COMEDY PRESENTATION | Occasionally, due to time or budget restraints, a network won't order a full pilot but a "presentation" of a not-quite-complete drama or a taste of what a sitcom would look like.

CAST-CONTINGENT/CAST CONTINGENCY | Sometimes a network will order a pilot with the caveat that production can't start until a suitable (usually "name") actor has been cast in the starring role. (A possible translation: "The premise is iffy, but a big star could really help sell us.") So you'll sometimes hear that with the casting of so-and-so, "the cast contingency has been lifted" on a pilot. (The sorta flip-side is an "if-come deal," meaning the major players are pre-signed and rarin' to go the instant the network OKs the pilot itself.)

SECOND POSITION | These are perhaps the two words that makes fans of "bubble" shows most nervous each spring, as stars from underperforming series start booking pilots (provided they get the OK from their current bosses). The term literally means that the pilot role is in second position (or priority) should their current show be renewed. Example: In spring 2011, Damon Wayans Jr. booked a lead on Fox's New Girl, but when ABC renewed Happy Endings, New Girl had to replace his character. An actor booking a second position gig doesn't always mean his/her current show is doomed... though it often tends to. Variation: A "safe second" means the pilot's bosses have been discreetly all-but-assured that the actor will be available.

UPFRONTS | This is the week in mid-May when the networks take turns unveiling their schedules for next season — including the pilots that have been ordered to series. With rare exception, if your show doesn't make the cut here, it's (gulp) officially a goner.

And now, our running update of pilots ordered for the 2014-15 TV season, going network by network....

Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2013-14 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

Agatha (Drama)

EPs | Tom Donaghy (Without a Trace), Mark Gordon and Michael McDonald

CAST | Erik Palladino (NCIS:LA), Christian Keyes (Beauty and the Beast), Bojana Novakovic (Rake), Aaron Ashmore (Smallville), Daniel Henney (Revolution)

In this character-driven procedural, a former convict turned big city criminologist is brought in to help local police crack a case involving a perplexing disappearance. The chief detective she's been hired to help is her father – and they haven't talked in fifteen years.

American Crime(Drama)

EPs | John Ridley (The Wanda Sykes Show, Third Watch), Michael McDonald

CAST | Felicity Huffman (Desperate Housewives), Timothy Hutton (Leverage), Benito Martinez (Sons of Anarchy), W. Earl Brown (Deadwood), Penelope Ann Miller (Mistresses), Richard Cabral

Set in California's Central Valley, it centers on a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the players involved. The case takes on greater meaning in the community, bringing to the forefront America's hardened views on race, class and gender politics.

An American Education (Comedy)

EPs | Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Jack Whitehall, Ben Cavey

CAST | Jack Whitehall (Bad Education), Brittany Snow (Harry's Law), Rosie Perez (Lipstick Jungle), Devin Ratray, Phil Morris, Dalpre Grayer

Based on a UK series, it follows Alfie Wickers, an unorthodox young teacher in the San Diego public school system who is a British transplant. Alfie loves his students, but his youthful, often naive enthusiasm and unconventional methods put him at odds with the test-obsessed administrators. He juggles his time between mentoring his students, bucking the system and pursuing the attractive new chemistry teacher.

The Astronaut Wives Club (Drama) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EP | Stephanie Savage (Gossip Girl)

DIRECTOR | Nick Cassavetes (The Notebook)

CAST | JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Once Upon a Time, Better With You, Gossip Girl), Odette Annable (House), Azure Parsons (True Detective), Zoe Boyle (Downton Abbey, Sons of Anarchy), Desmond Harrington (Dexter, Gossip Girl), Erin Cummings (Spartacus: Blood & Sand), Dominique McElligott (Hell on Wheels), Bret Harrison (Orange County), Aaron McCusker (Shameless, Dexter), Joel Johnstone (The Newsroom), Kenneth Mitchell (Switched at Birth, Jericho)

Black-ish (Comedy)

EPs | Kenya Barris, Anthony Anderson, Larry Wilmore, Laurence Fishburne, Helen Sugland, Tom Russo, Peter Principato, Paul Young, Brian Dobbins

CAST | Anthony Anderson (Guys With Kids), Tracee Ellis Ross (Girlfriends), Yara Shahidi (Scandal), recurring star Laurence Fishburne (Hannibal)

An upper-middle class black man struggles to raise his children with a sense of cultural identity despite constant contradictions and obstacles coming from his liberal wife, old-school father and his own assimilated, color-blind kids.

Clementine (Drama)

EPs | Dean Georgaris (The Manchurian Candidate), Ilene Staple, Mark Gordon (Criminal Minds, Grey's Anatomy), Nick Pepper

CAST | David Strathairn (Alphas), Sarah Snook, Edwin Hodge (Cougar Town), Kevin Alejandro (Arrow, True Blood), Kathleen Munroe (Alphas), Nick Gehlfuss (Shameless), Mykelti Williamson (Justified)

A habitual criminal digs into the mystery of her origins after she becomes the target of a group of zealots who fear she possesses latent supernatural abilities that she will one day harness for either profound good or monstrous evil.

The Club (Drama) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | David O. Russell (American Hustle), Susannah Grant (A Gifted Man), Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly

CAST | Betsy Brandt (The Michael J. Fox Show), Boris Kodjoe (Undercovers), Callie Hernandez, Chris Conroy

An upstairs/downstairs soap centered on a private country club.

Damaged Goods (Comedy)

EP | Lauren Iungerich (Awkward)

CAST | Anna Camp (Pitch Perfect, True Blood, The Good Wife), Steve Talley (Pretty Little Liars), Justin Hartley (Revenge), Kellee Stewart (My Boys), Ben Lawson (Neighbours), Jennifer Aspen (GCB), Kyle Jones

A look at the sexual politics that have changed between men and women in this post-feminist era.

Exposed (Drama)

EPs | Charles Randolph, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Jenny Gilbertsson, Berna Levin

CAST | Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ben Barnes (The Chronicles Of Narnia franchise),Sandrine Holt (House of Cards, Hostages), Pedro Pascal (Game of Thrones), Brian F. O'Byrne (Prime Suspect, FlashForward), Fran Kranz (Dollhouse), Peter De Jersey

Adapted from Liza Marklund's best-selling novels, it centers on an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth, including making questionable alliances.

Far East Orlando (Comedy)

EPs | Nahnatchka Kahn (Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23), Jake Kasdan, and Melvin Mar

CAST | Constance Wu, Hudson Yang

It's the 90's and hip hop loving Eddie is growing up in suburban Orlando, raised by an immigrant father who is obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother who is often bewildered by white culture. With his father owning and operating an All-American Steakhouse chain, this loving family of FOB ("fresh off the boat") Taiwanese Americans try to live the American dream while still maintaining their cultural identity and sense of family.

Forever (Drama)

EPs | Matt Miller (Chuck), Dan Lin, Jennifer Gwartz

CAST | Ioan Gruffudd (Ringer), Judd Hirsch (Damages, Numb3rs), Alana de la Garza (Law & Order), Joel David Moore (Bones), Barbara Eve Harris, Donnie Keshawarz

Dr. Henry Morgan is New York City's star medical examiner, but what no one knows is Henry studies the dead for a reason: He is immortal. With the help of detective Jo Martinez, the show peels back the layers of Henry's colorful and long life through their cases.

Galavant (Comedy)

EPs | Dan Fogelman (The Neighbors)

CAST| Joshua Sasse (Rogue), Vinnie Jones (Elementary), Karen David, Mallory Jansen, Luke Youngblood (Community), guest star Timothy Omundson (Psych)

A musical fairy tale that centers on handsome Prince Galavant and his quest for revenge over the king who stole his one true love.

How to Get Away (Drama)

EPs | Peter Nowalk (Grey's Anatomy), Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers

CAST | Viola Davis, Matt McGorry (Orange Is the New Black), Liza Weil (Scandal, Gilmore Girls), Aja Naomi King (The Black Box), Charlie Weber (90210), Katie Findlay (The Carrie Diaries), Billy Brown (Hostages), Tom Verica (American Dreams), Jack Falahee, Alfred Enoch, Karla Souza

A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot that will rock the entire university and change the course of their lives.

Irreversible (Comedy)

EPs | Segahl Avin (Bilti Hafich), Peter Tolan (Rescue Me), Michael Wimer, Reshet TV

CAST | David Schwimmer (Friends), Jessica Knappett, Iris Bahr

Based on the Israeli series Bilti Hafich, it centers on Andy and Sarah, a somewhat eccentric, self-absorbed couple, and their trials and tribulations — most of which they bring upon themselves.

Keep It Together (Comedy)

EPs | Kevin Hart, Dave Becky, Neil Goldman and Garrett Donovan (Community)

CAST | Romany Malco (Weeds), Ryan Michelle Bathe (Army Wives), Jayson Blair (The New Normal), Bresha Webb, Jeff Ross, recurring guest star Kevin Hart

Based on Kevin Hart's life and stand-up, it takes a candid look at the post-divorce life of a couple trying to forge a friendship for the sake of their kids, despite differences.

Manhattan Love Story (Comedy)

EPs | Jeff Lowell (Two and a Half Men), Peter Traugott

CAST | Jake McDorman (Shameless), Nicolas Wright (Accidentally on Purpose), Chloe Wepper, Analeigh Tipton, Jade Catta-Preta, Kurt Fuller

A romantic comedy that exposes the unfiltered internal monologues of a young couple embarking on a new relationship.

Saint Francis (comedy)

EPs | Chris Moynihan, Ron West and Kelly Kulchak

CAST | Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds), Henry Simmons (NYPD Blue), Spencer Grammer (Ironside, Greek), Jeremy Luke (Mob City), Sharon Gless (Burn Notice)

A blue-collar, no-nonsense, Long Island Cop and family man butts heads with the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister gets pregnant out of wedlock.

Sea of Fire (Drama)

EPs | Jenna Bans (Scandal), Rob Golenberg, Alon Aranya, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks, Robert Kievit, Frank Ketelaar

CAST | Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Jack Davenport (Smash), Michael Trucco (BSG, Killer Women), Lilli Birdsell (The Walking Dead), Christina Chang (Nashville), Jeffrey Nordling (24, Killer Women), Keir Gilchrist (United States of Tara), Amanda Detmer (Necessary Roughness), Morgan Taylor Campbell (The Killing)

When three teenage girls star in a pornographic film, it tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance, a murder and host of other secrets boiling under the surface in a small town. Based on the Dutch series Vuurzee.

Secrets & Lies (Drama) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Barbie Kligman, Tracey Robertson, Nathan Mayfield

CAST | Ryan Phillippe, Natalie Martinez (Under The Dome), Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland (Private Practice), Indiana Evans (Lifetime's Blue Lagoon reboot), recurring players Charles Dutton, Steven Brand (Magic City) and Kate Ashfield (Shaun of the Dead)

A family man finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. He has no choice but to try to find the real killer as his marriage, his kids, his reputation, and his sanity are all at stake.

Selfie (Comedy)

EP | Emily Kapnek (Suburgatory)

CAST | Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), John Cho (Sleepy Hollow), David Harewood (Homeland), Tim Peper, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Allyn Rachel

A self-obsessed twentysomething woman is more concerned with "likes" than being liked. After suffering a very public and humiliating breakup, she becomes the subject of a viral video and suddenly has more social media "followers" than she ever imagined — but for all the wrong reasons. She enlists the help of a marketing expert at her company to help repair her tarnished image.

Strange Calls (Comedy)

EPs | Donick Cary (New Girl), Ruben Fleischer, Aaron Kaplan, Tracey Robertson, Nathan Mayfield

Good-hearted, bumbling Boston cop Toby Banks is exiled to night duty on Nantucket island, where strange, unexplainable occurrences become the norm nine months out of the year. Working out of a creaky lighthouse on the outskirts of town, he is teamed with Gregor, the eccentric lighthouse keeper and local paranormal authority. The two make an unlikely crimefighting duo dealing with the "strange calls" that come into the station at night. Based on an Australian series.

Untitled Brian Gallivan Project (Comedy)

EPs | Brian Gallivan, Will Gluck, Richie Schwartz

CAST | Molly Shannon (Enlightened, SNL), Paul F. Tompkins, Tessa Albertson

Centers on an overworked father dreaming of being "on vacation all year" who decides to uproot his family from the city and move them to New Hampshire, where they open a group of tourist cottages but rarely, if ever, feel like they're on vacation.

Untitled Richard LaGravenese Project (Drama)

EPs | LaGravenese (The Fisher King), Erwin Stoff, Ilene Staple and Wren Arthur

CAST | Katie Holmes, Rufus Sewell (Eleventh Hour), Melissa George (The Good Wife, Alias), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Smash), Oded Fehr (Covert Affairs), Britne Oldford (Ravenswood)

Set in New York City, it revolves around the love and rivalry between two equally matched, powerful socialites who play out their obsessive attraction and seduction of each other through their manipulation of others.

Warriors (Drama)

EPs | Chris Keyser (Party of Five)

CAST | Morena Baccarin (Homeland), Eloise Mumford (The River), Greg Grunberg (Heroes), Don Hany (Australia's Serangoon Road), Courtney B. Vance (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), Steve Kazee (Elementary), Justina Machado (Private Practice), Hampton Fluker (The Blind Side), Abbie Cobb (Suburgatory)

The series will follow the best and brightest of active duty military doctors and nurses as they practice trailblazing medicine on critically wounded warriors returning home from Afghanistan, on military families and veterans, as well as administering to Washington's government elite.

The Whispers (Drama)

EPs | Dawn Olmstead, Soo Hugh (Under the Dome), Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Steven Spielberg

DIRECTOR | Mark Romanek (Never Let Me Go, Locke & Key)

CAST | Barry Sloane (Revenge), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes), Derek Webster (Revolution), Lily Rabe (American Horror Story), Brianna Brown (Devious Maids, Homeland)

Based on a Ray Bradbury short story, it chronicles the race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource against us.

The Winklers (Comedy)

EPs | Max Winkler, Rob Reinis and Jake Johnson, The Walcott Company

CAST | Judith Light (Dallas), Eva Amurri Martino (Californication), Josh Sussman (Glee), Joseph A. Nunez (NCIS), Domenick Lombardozzi

Based on the Winklers lives, this multi-cam comedy (which may star Henry Winkler) centers on an emotionally reserved construction worker who learns about love, life and hugs while unexpectedly living with his oversharing in-laws.

Battle Creek (Drama) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad), David Shore (House), Mark Johnson (Breaking Bad)

DIRECTOR | Bryan Singer (House)

CAST | Dean Winters (Law & Order: SVU), Josh Duhamel (Las Vegas), Kal Penn (House), Janet McTeer (The White Queen), Damon Herriman (Justified), Aubrey Dollar, Edward Fordham Jr.

Two detectives with very different worldviews are teamed up and must answer the question: Are cynicism, guile and deception enough to clean up the semi-mean streets of Battle Creek, Mich., in the face of a complete lack of resources; or is the exact opposite true – it takes naïveté, trust and a boatload of resources?

CSI: Cyber (Drama)

EP | Anthony E. Zuiker (CSI), Carol Mendelsohn, Ann Donahue, Mary Aiken

CAST | Patricia Arquette (Medium), Gil Bellows (Ally McBeal)

Centers on Avery Ryan, Special Agent in Charge at the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI in Quantico, VA. Ryan is tasked with solving high-octane crimes that start in the mind, live on-line, and play out into the real world.

Cuz-Bros (Comedy)

EPs | David Caspe (Happy Endings), Erik Sommers, Jamie Tarses

CAST | Geoff Stults (Enlisted), Parker Young (Enlisted), Debra Jo Rupp (That 70s Show), Andrea Anders (Mr. Sunshine), Ian Gomez (Cougar Town)

A successful, suave ladies man's perfect life gets turned upside down when his mess of a cousin needs a place to stay.

Good Session (Comedy)

EPs | Matt Miller (Chuck) and John Hamburg

CAST | James Roday (Psych), Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Tracey Ullman, Ana Nogueira (The Michael J. Fox Show)

A happy couple decides to see a therapist to help them decide if they should have a baby but quickly discover they have more to discuss.

How I Met Your Dad (Comedy)

EPs | Carter Bays and Craig Thomas (How I Met Your Mother), Emily Spivey (Up All Night)

DIRECTOR | Rob Greenberg (How I Met Your Mother)

CAST | Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash), Anders Holm (The Mindy Project), Nick D'Agosto (Masters of Sex), Andrew Santino (Mixology), Tiya Sircar (The Crazy Ones), Drew Tarver

A"kindred spirit" of How I Met Your Mother, ittells the story of a relationship from a female point of view and features brand-new characters.

Madam Secretary (Drama)

EPs | Barbara Hall (Homeland), Morgan Freeman, Lori McCreary and Tracy Mercer

CAST | Tea Leoni (The Naked Truth), Tim Daly (Private Practice), Bebe Neuwirth, Geoffrey Arend (Body of Proof), Patina Miller, Erich Bergen, Evan Roe, Katherine Herzer

Potential series about the personal and professional life of a maverick female Secretary of State as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life.

The McCarthys (Comedy)

EPs | Brian Gallivan (Are You There, Chelsea?), Will Gluck (The Michael J. Fox Show), Richie Schwartz

CAST | Jack McGee (Common Law), Joey McIntyre (Boston Public), Laurie Metcalf (Roseanne), Jimmy Dunn, Kelen Coleman (The Newsroom)

Story about a big Irish Catholic, sports-crazed Boston clan and the gay son whose greatest sin is not his sexuality but his desire to spend less time with his family.

The Mistake (Comedy)

EPs | Shana Goldberg-Meehan (Friends), Scott Silveri (Friends), David Mandel, Andy Ackerman

CAST | Julianna Guill

A couple who had just "finished" raising their kids discovers they are pregnant.

More Time With Family (Comedy)

EPs | Josh Goldsmith & Cathy Yuspa, Tom Papa, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck, Dave Becky & Josh Lieberman

CAST | Tom Papa, Alyson Hannigan (How I Met Your Mother), Joe Pantoliano (The Sopranos), Nancy Lenehan (Veep)

Tom Papa stars as a husband and father making a career change to spend more time with his family.

NCIS: New Orleans (Drama)

EPs | Gary Glasberg, Mark Harmon

CAST | Scott Bakula (Men of a Certain Age), CCH Pounder (The Shield), Zoe McLellan (JAG), Lucas Black, recurring guest star Paige Turco (The 100)

The New Orleans NCIS office handles cases from Pensacola through Mississippi and Louisiana to the Texas panhandle; to air as a spring episode of NCIS.

The Odd Couple (Comedy)

EPs | Matthew Perry, Joe Keenan (Frasier)

CAST | Matthew Perry (Go On, Friends), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Georgia King (The New Normal), Sarah Baker (Go On), Wendell Pierce (The Michael J. Fox Show, Treme), Lindsay Sloane (Weeds)

The multi-camera comedy project follows two mismatched roommates: the messy Oscar Madison (Perry) and neat freak Felix Unger (Lennon).

Red Zone (Drama)

EPs | Nikki Toscano, Kerry Ehrin

CAST | Anthony LaPaglia (Without a Trace), Kim Dickens (Friday Night Lights), Kevin Rahm (Mad Men), Aimee Garcia (Dexter), Sepideh Moafi (Black Box), Shanley Caswell

When a terrorist event rocks Washington, D.C., a retired CIA operative is pulled back into action, forced to investigate closer to home where the next generation of terrorists are being bred.

Save the Date (Comedy)

EPs | Jackie & Jeff Filgo

CAST | Maggie Lawson (Psych), Michelle Trachtenberg (Gossip Girl), Julie White (Go On), Tom Bennett (Family Tree), Brian Howe (Hart of Dixie), Jay R. Ferguson (Mad Men)

35 and newly single, Kate drunkenly books a wedding venue and is now faced with the task of meeting the right man in time.

Scorpion (Drama)

EPs | Nick Santora (Prison Break, Breakout Kings), Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (Sleepy Hollow)

CAST | Katherine McPhee (Smash), Robert Patrick (True Blood, Last Resort), Elyes Gabel (Body of Proof, Game of Thrones), Eddie Kaye Thomas (American Pie), Jadyn Wong (Being Erica), Ari Stidham

Follows an eccentric genius and his international network of super-geniuses as they form the last line of defense against the complex threats of the modern age.

Stalker (Drama)

EP | Kevin Williamson (The Following)

CAST | Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Maggie Q (Nikita), Mariana Klaveno (Devious Maids), Victor Rasuk (How To Make It in America)

A psychological thriller that centers on a pair of detectives who handle stalking incidents for the Threat Management Unit of the LAPD.

Taxi-22 (Comedy) EPs | Dennis Erdman, Clark Peterson, Patrick Huard, François Flamand, Nancy Sanders, Mark Armstrong, Ted Quill Based on the hit French Canadian comedy, it follows a misanthropic NYC cab driver who is politically incorrect in the vein of Archie Bunker.

Untitled Jim Gaffigan Project (Comedy)

EPs | Jim Gaffigan, Peter Tolan (Rescue Me), Michael Wimer, Alex Murray

CAST | Jim Gaffigan (My Boys), Ashley Williams (How I Met Your Mother), Adam Goldberg (NYC 22, The Unusuals)

The adventures of a happily married and harried NYC father of five.

Untitled David Marshall Grant Project (Drama)

EP | David Marshall Grant (Brothers & Sisters), Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (Justified), Arik Kneller, Yona Wiesenthal, Eilon Ratzkovsky and Oren Jakobi (The Quinn-tuplets), Avi Armoza, David Garrett and Givora Yaholom

CAST | Jamie Lee Curtis (New Girl), Ashton Holmes (Revenge), Nick Jandl, Cameron Scoggins, Anna Brewster

Medical soap that follows quadruplets — three brothers and a sister — who grew up on a reality show.

Untitled Taylor Elmore/Ben Cavell Project (Drama)

EP | Taylor Elmore (Justified), Ben Cavell (Justified), John Cusack (Being John Malkovich), Kevin McCabe, Sarah Timberman and Carl Beverly (Justified)

CAST | Charlie Cox (Boardwalk Empire), Maggie Grace (Californication), David Morse (Treme, House), Sophie Okonedo, A.J. Buckley (CSI: NY, Supernatural) Joseph Lyle Taylor, guest star John Cusack

Revolves around the power and money associated with the world of finance.

The Flash (Drama)

EPs | Greg Berlanti (Arrow), Andrew Kreisberg, Geoff Johns, David Nutter, Melissa Kellner Berman

DIRECTOR | David Nutter (Arrow)

CAST | Grant Gustin (Glee), Jesse L. Martin (Law & Order), Danielle Panabaker (Shark), Rick Cosnett (The Vampire Diaries), Candice Patton (The Game), Tom Cavanagh (Ed), John Wesley Shipp (the 90s The Flash), Carlos Valdes, guest star Patrick Sabongui, recurring star Michelle Harrison (Emily Owens, MD)

Based upon characters published by DC Comics, through a freak accident, scientist Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) is given the power of super speed that transforms him into the Fastest Man Alive.

Identity (Drama)

EPs | Corinne Brinkerhoff (The Good Wife), Alex Kurtzman & Roberto Orci (Sleepy Hollow), Heather Kadin, Rob Golenberg & Alon Aranya

CAST | Ahna O'Reilly (How I Met Your Mother), Matt Bar (Hellcats), Mehcad Brooks (Necessary Roughness), Patricia Wettig (Brothers And Sisters), Manish Dayal (90210), Stephen Hagan

When a young woman in need of a transplant learns she is related to a powerful family whose son is her only hope for a donor organ, the CIA approaches her to investigate the family's involvement in domestic terrorism and to infiltrate their rarified world.  Her loyalty, morality and ethics are tested as she's forced to slowly build a case against the family who saved her life.

iZombie (Drama)

EPs | Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars), Diane Ruggiero, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge

CAST | David Anders (Once Upon a Time, Alias), Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill), Rose McIver (Once Upon a Time), Malcolm Goodwin (Breakout Kings), Alexandra Krosney (Last Man Standing), Nora Dunn (Entourage), Rahul Kohli

A med student-turned-zombie takes a job in the coroner's office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity, but with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse's memories. With the help of her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she solves homicide cases in order to quiet the disturbing voices in her head.  Based on the characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, and published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.

Jane the Virgin (Drama)

EPs | Jennie Snyder Urman (Emily Owens, 90210), Ben Silverman, Gary Pearl, Jorge Granie

CAST | Gina Rodriguez (The Bold and the Beautiful), Yael Grobglas (Reign), Brett Dier (Diary of a Wimpy Kid), Andrea Navedo (One Life To Live), Justin Baldoni (Single Ladies, Everwood), Ivonne Coll (Switched at Birth), Jaime Camil

A series of surprising and unforeseen events causes a hard-working, religious young Latina woman to be accidentally artificially inseminated. Adapted from the successful Venezuelan telenovela.

The Messengers (Drama)

EPs | Eoghan O'Donnell (Teen Wolf), Basil Iwanyk (The Expendables), Kent Kubena, Ava Jamshidi

CAST | Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill), Sofia Black-D'Elia (Gossip Girl), Joel Courtney (Super 8), Diogo Morgado (The Bible)

When a mysterious object crashes down to earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have been deemed responsible for preventing the impending Apocalypse.

Supernatural: Bloodlines (Drama)

EPs | Andrew Dabb (Supernatural), Eric Kripke, Robert Singer, Jeremy Carver, McG

DIRECTOR | Robert Singer (Supernatural)

CAST | Nathaniel Buzolic (The Originals), Bryce Johnson (Pretty Little Liars), Lucien Laviscount (Episodes, Skins), Sean Faris (Pretty Little Liars), Danielle Savre (Heroes), Stephen Martines (Burn Notice, The Closer), Melissa Roxburgh (Arrow)

Airing in the spring as a "planted pilot" episode of Supernatural, the series explores the clashing hunter and monster cultures in the Windy City.

Backstrom (Drama) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Hart Hanson (Bones), Leif G.W. Persson, Niclas Salomonsson, Rainn Wilson, Josh Levy

CAST | Rainn Wilson (The Office), Kristoffer Polaha (Ringer), Dennis Haysbert (24), Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen (Blue Mountain State), Thomas Dekker (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Genevieve Angelson (House of Lies)

Offensive, irascible Detective Everett Backstrom tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior while leading his team, the Serious Crimes Unit, as they navigate Portland's most sensitive cases.

Cabot College (Comedy)

EPs | Matt Hubbard, Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, Pam Fryman, David Miner

DIRECTOR | Pam Fryman (How I Met Your Mother)

CAST | Bonnie Dennison (Third Watch), Jack Cutmore-Scott, Brandon Jones, Margaret Cho (Drop Dead Diva), Ely Henry, Asif Ali

A women's college begins accepting men for the first time in its history.

Dead Boss (Comedy)

EPs | Patricia Breen (Suburgatory), Sharon Horgan, Aaron Kaplan

CAST | Jane Krakowski (30 Rock), Amy Sedaris (Strangers With Candy), Rachel Dratch (SNL), Cedric Yarborough (Reno 911), Justine Lupe (Harry's Law), Ravi Patel (Super Fun Night), guest star David Cross (Arrested Development)

Based on the British series, it's a comedic mystery that finds overachiever Helen Stephens wrongfully convicted of murdering her boss and forced to rely on her train wreck of a sister to prove her innocence.

Empire(Drama)

EPs | Danny Strong (The Butler), Lee Daniels (The Butler), Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo

DIRECTOR | Lee Daniels (The Butler)

CAST | Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson (Person of Interest), Jussie Smollett, Bryshere Y. Gray, Malik Yoba (Revolution, Alphas), Trai Byers, Grace Gealey, Kaitlin Doubleday, recurring player Gabourey Sidibe (American Horror Story: Coven)

A unique family drama set in the world of a hip-hop empire.

Fatrick (Comedy)

EPs | Nahnatchka Khan (Don't Trust the B—- in Apt. 23), Corey Nickerson, Jeff Morton

DIRECTORS | Jim Rash and Nat Faxon (The Way Way Back)

CAST | Zach Cregger (Guys With Kids), Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), Ray Ford, Dante Hoagland

Realizing that his life isn't quite where it should be, a thirtysomething moving man and formerly fat kid is forced to face the damage caused by years of being Fatrick: a chubby little kid just trying to survive.

Gotham (Drama) – ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Bruno Heller (The Mentalist), Danny Cannon (The Tomorrow People, Nikita)

DIRECTOR | Danny Cannon (The Tomorrow People, Nikita)

CAST | Ben McKenzie (Southland), Donal Logue (Sons of Anarchy), Jada Pinkett Smith (Hawthorne), Robin Lord Taylor (Accepted, The Walking Dead), Sean Pertwee (Camelot), Zabryna Guevara (Burn Notice), Erin Richards (Breaking In), David Mazouz (Touch), Camren Bicondova, Drew Powell, Cory Michael Smith

Explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon from the Batman comics and films — who is still a detective and has yet to meet Batman — and the villains who made Gotham City famous.

Hieroglyph (Drama) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim), Anna Fricke (Being Human), Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Miguel Sapochnik

CAST | John Rhys-Davies (Lord of the Rings), Max Brown (Beauty and the Beast), Reece Ritchie, Kelsey Chow, Condola Rashad, Caroline Ford, Antony Bunsee

A notorious thief is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah, navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers.

Home (Drama)

EPs | Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Aron Eli Coleite, KristieAnne Reed

A family thriller/soap that delves into the secrets lingering behind the facade of a suburban family.

Last Man on Earth (Comedy) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Will Forte, Phil Lord and Chris Miller (The Lego Movie, 21 Jump Street)

CAST | Will Forte

The single-camera sitcom finds the comic actor playing the last man on Earth.

The Middle Man (Drama)

EPs | Ben Affleck, Glenn Gordon Caron (Medium, Moonlighting), Chay Carter

DIRECTOR | Ben Affleck

Set in 1960s Boston, it follows the story of Rudy MacAteer, an FBI agent charged with taking down the Italian Mafia, and his confidential informant, Irish-American gangster Mickey Flood. MacAteer's efforts inadvertently give rise to the Irish mob, as he finds himself bending the laws he is governed by.

Mulaney (Comedy) – ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live), Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live), Andrew Singer, Andy Ackerman, Dave Becky, David Miner

CAST | John Mulaney (Saturday Night Live), Martin Short (How I Met Your Mother), Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan), Nasim Pedrad (Saturday Night Live), Seaton Smith, Zack Pearlman

Follows an aspiring comedian coming of age in NYC under the influence of his over-the-top boss – who was a major stand-up comedian in the 1980's and '90s and now hosts a game show — his roommates and his neighbors.

No Place Like Home (Comedy)

EPs | Ricky Blitt, Johnny Galecki, Stephen McPherson

CAST | Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm in the Middle), David James Elliott (JAG), Jon Heder, Peter DaCunha (Reign), Brendan Meyer (the Canadian Mr. Young), Natasha Bassett

A stunted, set-in-his-ways thirtysomething man living with his mom finds his perfectly organized world upended when his mother/roommate gets married, and her new husband moves in along with his three teenage children.

Red Band Society (Drama)

EPs | Margaret Nagle, Steven Spielberg, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Sergio Aguero

CAST | Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters), Griffin Gluck (Back in the Game), Charlie Rowe, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Zoe Levin, Ciara Bravo, Nolan Sotillociara

A group of teenagers meet as patients in the children's wing of a hospital and become unlikely allies and friends.

Sober Companion (Comedy)

EPs | David S. Rosenthal (The Middle, 90210), Jennie Snyder Urman (Emily Owens, 90210)

CAST | Justin Long (New Girl), Nick Frost (Hot Fuzz), Dorian Brown (Wilfred), Mouzam Makkar (Communicators), Ally Maki, Mallory Mahoney

A charming but self-destructive attorney finds his world turned upside down when a court-appointed, and highly unconventional, sober companion takes control of his life.

Weird Loners (Comedy)

EP | Michael Weithorn (King of Queens)

CAST | Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings), Becki Newton (Ugly Betty), Nate Torrence (Mr. Sunshine), Meera Rohit Kumbhani

Centers on four relationship-phobic people who are unexpectedly thrust into one another's lives and form an unlikely bond in a townhouse in Queens, NY.

Babylon Fields (Drama)

EPs | Michael Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta, Michael Atkinson

CAST | Meagan Good (Deception), Skeet Ulrich (Jericho, Law & Order: LA), Virginia Madsen (Witches of East End), Kyle Schmid (Copper), recurring player S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order)

The dead are rising in Babylon, NY, and as a result, lives are regained, old wounds are reopened and families are restored — for better or worse. The newly regenerated bodies are healing faster and growing stronger than anyone else, leading to the suspicion that they might be the next step in human evolution.

A to Z (Comedy)

EPs | Ben Queen (Drive), Rashida Jones, Will McCormack

CAST | Cristin Milioti (How I Met Your Mother), Ben Feldman (Mad Men), Leonora Crichlow (Back in the Game), Christina Kirk (Girls), Henry Zebrowski

Whimsical romantic comedy set in the world of an online dating company that details the "A to Z's" of a relationship, from meeting to breakup. The ensemble navigates the complicated world of modern dating and poses the question: Is there such a thing as destiny?

Allegiance (fka Coercion) (Drama)

EPs | George Nolfi, Avi Nir

CAST | Hope Davis (The Newsroom), Scott Cohen (The Carrie Diaries, Necessary Roughness), Margarita Levieva (Revenge), Kenneth Choi (Ironside), Annie Ilonzeh (Arrow), Morgan Spector (Person of Interest)

Thriller revolving around the O'Connor family and their son, Alex, a decorated American war hero and CIA analyst who is a true patriot and loves his country and family. Unbeknownst to him, both of his parents and his sister are part of a dormant Russian sleeper cell that has just been reactivated. Once the parents are reluctantly pulled back in, the stakes rise as they are coerced into spying on their own son and turning him against his country.

Bad Judge (Comedy)

EPs | Kate Walsh, Chad Kultgen, Anne Heche, Jill Messick, Adam McKay and Will Ferrell (funnyordie)

CAST | Kate Walsh (Private Practice), John Ducey, Mather Zickel (House of Lies, Masters of Sex), Arden Myrin (MADtv), Tone Bell (Whitney), Miguel Sandoval (Medium)

It centers on a hard-living, sexually unapologetic woman who plays with the law and whose life on the edge is constantly in balance because she also happens to be a judge in the criminal court system.

Constantine (Drama)

EPs | Daniel Cerone (Dexter), David S. Goyer (Batman Begins)

CAST | Matt Ryan, Lucy Griffiths (True Blood), Harold Perrineau (Lost)

Based on the characters in DC Comics' stories about John Constantine, an enigmatic and irreverent con man-turned-reluctant supernatural detective who is thrust into the role of defending us against dark forces from beyond.

Ellen More or Less (Comedy)

EPs | JJ Philbin (New Girl), Jason Katims (Parenthood, About a Boy)

CAST | Stacey McGunnigle, Chris Diamantopoulos (Episodes, The Office), Joshua Gomez (Chuck), Michael Liu (Conviction)

An average-size woman who, after losing 100 pounds, begins reinventing herself in life and love.

Emerald City (Drama) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Matthew Arnold, Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles)

A modern and dark reimagining of the classic tale of Oz that includes lethal warriors, competing kingdoms, and the infamous wizard as we've never seen him before. A headstrong 20-year-old Dorothy Gale is unwittingly sent on a journey that thrusts her into the center of an epic and bloody battle for the control of Oz.

Feed Me (Comedy)

EPs | Sally Robinson (Lifetime's Steel Magnolias), Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas

CAST | Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds), Ethan Peck (10 Things I Hate About You), Ed Quinn (Eureka), Hart Bochner (The Starter Wife), Debra Monk (Grey's Anatomy), Toks Olagundoye (The Neighbors)

A comedic exploration of adult intimacy and desire that centers on a dysfunctional family bound by love and the restaurant they run together.

Fifth Wheel (Comedy) EPs | Mark Gordon, Andrea Shay, Jonathan Groff (Happy Endings) A multi-cam ensemble comedy of a tight-knit group of friends centers around a young woman who confronts her new reality after her last single friend gets engaged.

Lifesaver (Comedy)

EPs | Wil Calhoun (Friends), Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan

CAST | Christian Borle (Smash), Lindsay Price (Lipstick Jungle), Chris Butler (The Good Wife), Harriet Harris (Desperate Housewives), Jonathan Ryland

How do you get rid of the most maddening person in the world after he's given you a kidney?  An odd couple comedy in which two polar opposites become inextricably linked.

Love Is Relative (Comedy)

EPs | Dan Mazer (Borat), Tom Werner, Tom Lassally

CAST | Leslie Bibb (GCB), Jason Jones (The Daily Show), Utkarsh Ambudkar (Pitch Perfect), Barry Rothbart

A wife and husband begin to see their marriage in a whole new way after her newly divorced brother moves in.

Marry Me (Comedy)

EPs | David Caspe (Happy Endings), Seth Gordon, Jamie Tarses

CAST | Casey Wilson (Happy Endings), Ken Marino (Childrens Hospital), John Gemberling (Super Fun Night), Tim Meadows (SNL), Tymberlee Hill (Drunk History), Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal)

A young couple gets engaged — and they quickly realize it's harder than it looks.

Mason Twins (Comedy)

EPs | Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael, Stacy Traub

CAST | June Diane Raphael, Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital), Windell Middlebrooks (Body of Proof), Bret Ernst, Todd Grinnell

Having been estranged for 15 years, fraternal twins Pender and Lizzie Mason reconnect after Lizzie's perfect city life has fallen apart and she returns to her suburban town to find that her sister hasn't matured past her teen queen days.

Mission Control (Comedy)

EPs | David Hornsby (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Adam McKay and Will Ferrell (funnyordie)

CAST | Krysten Ritter (Don't Trust the B—- in Apt. 23), Malcolm Barrett (Better Off Ted), Jonathan Slavin (Better Off Ted), Michael Rosenbaum (Breaking In, Smallville), Tommy Dewey (The Mindy Project), Leah Renee (The Playboy Club), Julie Meyer

Set in 1962, it examines what happens when a strong woman butts heads with a macho astronaut in the race to land on the moon.

The Money Pit (Comedy) EPs | Justin Spitzer, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank Inspired by the DreamWorks movie, a humorous look at biting off more than you can chew. A newlywed couple navigates the challenges of modern romance while their house crumbles around them.

Mr. Robinson (Comedy) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Mark Cullen and Rob Cullen (Back in the Game), Howard Klein, Mark Schulman

CAST | Craig Robinson (The Office), Larenz Tate (House of Lies), Amanda Lund, Jean Smart (Harry's Law, Hawaii Five-0), Ben Koldyke (Back in the Game, How I Met Your Mother)

A talented musician adjusts to his new life as a middle school music teacher, where he maneuvers precocious kids, teacher politics, and the temptations of single moms.

The Mysteries of Laura (Drama)

EPs | Jeff Rake (Cashmere Mafia), Greg Berlanti (Arrow), Aaron Kaplan, Melissa Kellner

DIRECTOR | McG

CAST | Debra Messing (Smash), Josh Lucas (The Firm), Laz Alonso (Breakout Kings)

Based on the popular Spanish series Los Misterios De Laura, it follows the life and relationships of a female homicide detective who can handle murderous criminals — but not her evil twins.

Odyssey (Drama)

EPs | Adam Armus, Kay Foster (The Following), Peter Horton (Ironiside), Simon Maxwell, Mikkel Bondesen, Kristen Campo, Henrik Bastin

CAST | Nate Mooney (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Anna Friel (Pushing Daisies), Jake Robinson (The Carrie Diaries), Daniella Pineda (The Originals), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Lost), Peter Facinelli (Nurse Jackie), Treat Williams (Chicago Fire, Everwood)

Traffic-like thriller revolves around three families whose lives are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy.

Old Soul (Comedy)

EPs | Amy Poehler, Jonathan Fener, Josh Bycel

DIRECTOR | David Wain (Role Models)

CAST | Natasha Lyonne (Orange Is the New Black), Ellen Burstyn, Rita Moreno, Fred Willard (Modern Family), Greta Lee (Girls), Nick Thune

A young woman is trying to find herself, but in the meantime she's working as the aide to a group of opinionated elderly people.

One Big Happy (Comedy)

EPs | Ellen DeGeneres, Liz Feldman, Jeff Kleeman (The Change-Up)

CAST | Nick Zano (Mom, 2 Broke Girls, Happy Endings), Elisha Cuthbert (Happy Endings), Rebecca Corry, Kelly Brook, Chris Williams

Follows gay and straight best friends whose mission to have a baby together is complicated when one of the potential parents finds the love of his or her life.

The Pro (Comedy)

EPs | Rob Lowe, Pete Huyck, Alex Gregory (King of the Hill), Todd Holland, Karey Burke, Marc Gurvitz

CAST | Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation), Rebecca Romijn (King & Maxwell, Ugly Betty), Rob Riggle (NTSF:SD:SUV), Colton Dunn (Key & Peele), Rosa Salazar (Parenthood), Andrea Savage

Former tennis doubles champion "Big Ben" Bertrahm's career flame-out and misguided investments have left him working as the pro at a tennis and golf club, where he tries to hustle and charm his way back into America's 1%.

Salvation (Drama)

EPs | Liz Heldens (Deception), David Janollari

CAST | Ashley Judd (The Missing), Danny Huston, Ryan McPartlin (Chuck), Stark Sands, Rob Brown (Treme), Meg Steedle, Emma Dumont and Jake Picking

Set against the backdrop of a prominent Texas church where faith, family and corruption are explored in equal measure. It centers on Jennifer Strickland, who has to defend her children, church and religious beliefs after her husband dies under mysterious circumstances.

State of Affairs (Drama)

EPs | Katherine Heigl, Nancy Heigl,  Alexi Hawley, Joe Carnahan, Robert Simonds, Sophie Watts, Henry Crumpton, Rodney Faraon, Julia Franz

CAST | Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy), Alfre Woodard (Desperate Housewives), Adam Kaufman (Without a Trace), Leslie Odom Jr. (Smash), Tommy Savas (Hollywood Heights), Cliff Chamberlain, Sheila Vand

Centers on a key CIA attaché who counsels the president on high-stakes incidents around the world. She balances her intense political responsibilities with a complicated personal life.

Tin Man (Drama)

EPs | Ehren Kruger (The Ring, Transformers), John Glenn, Daniel Bobker

DIRECTOR | D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, I Am Number Four)

CAST | Patrick Heusinger (Revolution, Gossip Girl), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Chicago Hope)

Psychological crime thriller set in the near future focuses on a fugitive robot accused of first-degree murder, who may hold the key to the future of human evolution, and the young female public defender forced to fight for his cause.

Two to Go (Comedy)

EPs | Bryan Shukoff, Kevin Chesley, Jim Garavente, Jason Bateman, David Janollari

CAST | Christine Woods (Hello Ladies), Michael Stahl-David (My Generation), Angelique Cabral (Enlisted), Dana DeLorenzo, Kim Shaw

Long-time best friends Kurt and Laura grapple with the challenges of modern-day dating while their group of friends try and prove that they are destined to be together.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (fka Tooken) (Comedy) — ORDERED TO SERIES

EPs | Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner

CAST | Ellie Kemper (The Office), Robert Carlock (30 Rock), Sara Chase, Lauren Adams

Centers on a woman who escapes from a doomsday cult and starts life over in New York City.