Pilot Season '17: Scoop On This Fall's (Possible) New Shows, Who's In Them

Pilot season is upon us, meaning the broadcast networks are taking stock of their needs for 2017-18 and getting the ball rolling toward filling any gaps. With things about to get really interesting — meaning it's time to start booking actors for these wannabe hits! — TVLine presents its annual round-up of who's planning what, and well as our guide to the lingo that gets tossed around.

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 intel.

PILOT | When a network orders (or "picks up") a pilot, they're asking its writers/producers/studio to cast and produce a facsimile of what a series' first episode will look like. Each pilot is reviewed by network brass, then typically put into testing before its fate is decided. (A "put pilot" has a greater guarantee of going to series, as there is a significant financial penalty if it does not.)

PLANTED SPIN-OFF | Also called a "backdoor" pilot, this is an episode of an existing series that sets up a prospective offshoot. For example, Chicago Fire took us inside a hospital in Season 3, and that was a planted pilot for Chicago Med. (Free History Lesson: That Brady Bunch episode with neighbor Ken Berry adopting three diverse orphans? That was an ill-fated planted pilot, for the spin-off Kelly's Kids.)

DRAMA/COMEDY PRESENTATION | Due to time or budget restraints, a network sometimes won't order a full pilot but a "presentation" of a not-quite-complete drama or sitcom.

CAST-CONTINGENT | Sometimes a network will order a pilot with the caveat that production can't start until a suitable (read: "name") actor has been cast in a lead role. (One translation: "The premise is iffy, but a big star could 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 picks up the pilot.)

SECOND POSITION | AKA the two words that make fans of "bubble" shows nervous each spring, as stars from low-rated series start booking pilots (provided they get the OK from their current bosses). The term literally means that a pilot role is in second position/priority should their show get renewed. An actor booking a second position gig doesn't always mean his/her current show is doomed... though it usually does. Variation: A "safe second" means the pilot's bosses have been discreetly all-but-assured that the actor will be available.

UPFRONTS | 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 officially a goner.

And now, our running update of pilots ordered for the 2017-18 TV season, going network by network....

Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2017-18 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

CHARLIE FOXTROT (Comedy)

WRITER: Sam Sklaver

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor

CAST: Jason Biggs (Orange Is the New Black), Ana Ortiz (Devious Maids, Ugly Betty), Swoosie Kurtz (Mike & Molly), Robert Baker (Grey's Anatomy)

Captain Charlie Taylor, a cautious, lovable dentist stationed at Fort Bragg, promises to look after his brother's impulsive fiancée and her two misfit teens while his brother is deployed in Iraq.

THE CROSSING (Drama)

WRITERS: Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie

OTHER EPs: Jason Reed

CAST: Steve Zahn (Mad Dogs), Sandrine Holt (MacGyver, House of Cards), Jay Karnes (The Shield), Simone Kessell (Of Kings and Prophets), Grant Harvey (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Kelley Missal (One Life to Live), Marcuis W. Harris (Vice Principals), Tommy Bastow (EastEnders), John D'Leo, Rob Campbell

Refugees from a war-torn country start showing up to seek asylum in an American town. Only the country these people are from is America and the war they are fleeing is 250 years in the future. The local sheriff with a past, a federal agent, and a mother in search of her missing refugee daughter drive this allegory with a surprising conspiracy at the center.

DECEPTION (Drama)

WRITER: Chris Fedak

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Martin Gero, Sarah Schechter

CAST: Jack Cutmore-Scott (Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life), Vinnie Jones (Galavant), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Lenora Crichlow (A to Z, Being Human), Ilfenesh Hadera (Billions), Justin Chon (Dr. Ken),

When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, illusion, and influence — the FBI. He'll become the world's first consulting illusionist, helping the government solve crimes that defy explanation and trap criminals and spies by using deception.

DOOMSDAY (Drama)

WRITERS: Mark Bianculli, VJ Boyd

OTHER EPs: Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz

CAST: Taye Diggs (Empire, Murder in the First), Jack Davenport (Smash), Claire Holt (The Originals), Rachelle Lefevre (Under the Dome), Dan Byrd (Cougar Town), Rochelle Aytes (Mistresses)

The thriller tells the tale of a government think tank comprised of the most creative minds in science and entertainment who are tasked with thinking up man-made disasters and their possible solutions in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

THE GOOD DOCTOR (Drama)

WRITER: David Shore

OTHER EPs: Daniel Dae Kim, Sebastian Lee, David Kim, Erin Gunn, Lindsay Goffman

CAST: Freddie Highmore (Bates Motel), Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Hill Harper (Covert Affairs, CSI: NY), Nicholas Gonzalez (Pretty Little Liars, Sleepy Hollow), Antonia Thomas (Misfits), Chuku Modu (Game of Thrones), Irene Keng (Harry's Law), Beau Garrett (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce)

Follows a young surgical whiz with Savant syndrome. After being recruited by a renowned hospital to work in its pediatric unit, questions arise about whether his struggles to connect with patients will impact his ability to save lives.

THE GOSPEL OF KEVIN (Drama)

WRITERS: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters

CAST: Jason Ritter (Parenthood), JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Once Upon a Time), Cristela Alonzo (Cristela), J. August Richards (Notorious, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), India de Beaufort (Blood & Oil, One Tree Hill), Dustin Ybarra (The Goldbergs), Chloe East (Liv and Maddie: Cali Style)

A light one hour about Kevin, a down-on-his-luck man who is tasked by God with a mission to save the world.

HOUSEHOLD NAME (Comedy)

WRITER: Michael Saltzman

OTHER EPs: Amy Poehler, Brooke Posch, Michael Pelmont, Dave Becky

CAST: Carol Burnett, Timothy Omundson (Galavant, Psych), Mary Holland (Blunt Talk), Matt Oberg (The Real O'Neals, Hart of Dixie)

The multi-camera sitcom follows a family who can only move into their dream house if they agree to cohabitate with the actress who currently lives there (Burnett) until her death.

JALEN VS. EVERYBODY (Comedy) – PASSED OVER

WRITER: Nahnatchka Khan

OTHER EPs: Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar, Mandy Summers

CAST: Jalen Rose, Anna Maria Horsford (The Bold and the Beautiful), Marla Gibbs (The Jeffersons),  Rich Sommer (Mad Men), Kelly Jenrette (Grandfathered), Laysla de Oliveira, Jessica McKenna

A single-camera comedy following former NBA player and current ESPN personality Jalen Rose as he juggles his career responsibilities with the challenges of being a single dad.

LAS REINAS (Drama)

WRITER: Dean Georgaris

OTHER EPs: Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper

CAST: Daniella Alonso (Animal Kingdom, Revolution), Sonia Braga (Alias), John Corbett (Parenthood, Sex and the City), Matt Davis (The Vampire Diaries), Eric Winter (Witches of East End), Amanda Warren (The Leftovers), Shalim Ortiz (Heroes)

Detective Sonya De La Reina is forced to confront her past when a case compels her to reconnect with her estranged family – the most powerful criminal outfit in Miami. Thrust back into the world she thought she had left behind, Sonya must walk the murky line between the law and her family, and question her true destiny as a De La Reina.

LIBBY & MALCOLM (Comedy)

WRITERS: Kenya Barris, Vijal Patel

OTHER EPs: Felicity Huffman, Courtney B. Vance, Brian Dobbins

CAST: Felicity Huffman (American Crime), Courtney B. Vance (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Jahi Winston (Feed the Beast), Caitlin McGee (Shades of Blue)

Explores how today's "politics of division" plays out between two opposing pundits who also happen to be husband and wife. (Think James Carville and Mary Matalin.) Bitter work rivals on their show Black & Wright, the couple has to turn conflict into compromise at home when it comes to raising their kids.

LOSING IT (Comedy)

WRITER: DJ Nash

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor

CAST: Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men), Natalie Morales (The Grinder, Parks and Recreation), Sam Huntington (Being Human)

A single-camera comedy about three adult siblings and their parents who – between their minds, their marriages, their freedom, and life – are all losing it in different ways.

MARVEL'S INHUMANS (Drama) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITER: Scott Buck

CAST: Anson Mount (Hell on Wheels), Iwan Rheon (Game of Thrones), Serinda Swan (Graceland), Ken Leung (Lost), Ellen Woglom (Outlaw), Eme Ikwuakor (Extant), Isabelle Cornish (Home and Away), Mike Moh (Empire), Sonya Balmores (Beyond the Break)

The eight-episode series will explore the never-before-told epic adventure of Black Bolt and the royal family.

RAISED BY WOLVES (Comedy)

WRITER: Diablo Cody

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, original series creators Caitlin Moran and Caroline Moran

CAST: Georgia King (Vice Principals), Craig T. Nelson (Parenthood), Izabella Alvarez (Westworld), Talia Jackson, Cooper J. Friedman (Colony, Girl Meets World)

Adapted from the UK comedy of the same name, the single-camera project follows Sheila Gable, who is described as "one tough mother struggling to support her five opinionated, eccentric kids on a shoestring budget in a Midwestern town."

SALAMANDER (Drama)

WRITERS: Jeff Pinkner, Andre Nemec, Josh Applebaum and Scott Rosenberg

CAST: Allison Miller (Terra Nova, Go On), John Leguizamo (Bloodline), Larenz Tate (Game of Silence, Rescue Me), Neil Sandilands (The 100), Elaine Tan (Hand of God)

Based on the Belgian series in which a brilliant but misanthropic engineer recruits a skeptical Homeland Security agent to help him track a mysterious bank robber whose theft of 66 specific safety deposit boxes, belonging to the elite and powerful, sets in motion a series of blackmails that may be linked to a greater conspiracy.

SPLITTING UP TOGETHER (Comedy)

WRITER: Emily Kapnek

OTHER EPs: Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Mette Heeno, Mie Andreasen, Hella Joof

CAST: Jenna Fischer (The Office), Oliver Hudson (Nashville), Diane Farr (Numb3rs, Rescue Me)

Based upon the original Danish series created by Mette Heeno, the single-cam comedy is the story of a couple whose marriage is reignited by their divorce.

START UP (Comedy)

WRITER: Matt Tarses

OTHER EPs: Zach Braff, John Davis

DIRECTOR: Zach Braff

CAST: Zach Braff (Scrubs), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Tiya Sircar (The Good Place), Hillary Anne Matthews (New Girl), guest star Chris Sacca (Shark Tank)

Based on the podcast of the same name, Alex Schuman is an inquisitive journalist, husband, and father who dives headfirst into the brave new world of entrepreneurship when he quits his stable job and starts his own business.

TEN DAYS IN THE VALLEY (Drama) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITER: Tassie Cameron

OTHER EPs: Jill Littman, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross

CAST: Kyra Sedgwick (The Closer), Erika Christensen (Parenthood), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Felix Solis (The Good Wife), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (American Odyssey, Hunted), Francois Battiste (The Family, The Good Wife), Currie Graham (Westworld, Longmire), Nelson Lee (NCIS: New Orleans, The Night Shift), Abigail Pniowsky (Arrival), Josh Randall (Pitch, Quarry), Ali Stroker (Glee), Ella Thomas (Ballers, NCIS: Los Angeles), Beth Triffon (Dr. Ken, The Middle), Mark L. Young (Code Black)

The ten-episode series centers on TV producer Jane Sadler, whose young daughter goes missing, mirroring the cop drama she produces.

THE TRUSTEE (Comedy)

WRITERS: Jay Scherick, David Ronn

OTHER EPs: Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman

CAST: Meaghan Rath (New Girl, Being Human), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), Michael Cudlitz (The Walking Dead), Lance Gross (Sleepy Hollow), Tim Kang (The Mentalist), David Warshofsky (The Mentalist), L. Scott Caldwell (Mercy Street), Berto Colon (Orange Is the New Black)

In this comedic one-hour female buddy cop project, a driven but stubborn detective finds unlikely help from her precinct's trustee, a larger than life ex-con finishing out her prison sentence doing menial tasks for the police department. Though these two have completely opposing views on crime and punishment, a highly entertaining and successful partnership is born.

UNIT ZERO (Drama)

WRITER: Lindsey Shockley

OTHER EPs: Kenya Barris, Toni Collette

CAST: Toni Collette (United States of Tara), Rob Huebel (Childrens Hospital), Peter Cambor (NCIS: Los Angeles), Jamey Sheridan (Arrow), Kimberly Hébert Gregory (Vice Principals), Dana Powell (Modern Family), Parvesh Cheena (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, A to Z), Ayden Mayeri (New Girl)

The action-dramedy follows Jackie Fink, a brilliant but unassuming CIA engineer/single mom as she leads a team of desk jockeys into the field as secret agents. Overlooked in the workplace, their invisibility makes them perfect for the CIA's most covert missions.

UNTITLED BLACK-ISH SPINOFF (Comedy)

EP: Kenya Barris

CAST: Yara Shahidi, Chris Parnell (Suburgatory), Trevor Jackson (American Crime), guest star Matt Walsh (Veep)

Airing as a spring episode of black-ish, the backdoor pilot follows Dre and Rainbow's eldest daughter Zoey (Shahidi) as she heads to college.

UNTITLED CITY MAYOR PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITER: Jeremy Bronson

OTHER EPs: Daveed Diggs, Jamie Tarses & Scott Stuber, James Griffiths

CAST: Brandon Micheal Hall (Search Party), Lea Michele (Scream Queens), Yvette Nicole Brown (The Odd Couple, Community), Bernard Jones (Meet the Browns)

When an outspoken, idealistic rapper runs for office as a publicity stunt and actually gets elected, he surprises everyone (including himself) when he has a natural knack for the job and slowly transforms City Hall

UNTITLED GOLDBERG & FIREK PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITERS: Adam F. Goldberg, Marc Firek

OTHER EPs: Doug Robinson, Seth Gordon

CAST: Bryan Callen (The Goldbergs), Tim Meadows (The Goldbergs), Nia Long (Third Watch), Rachel Crow, Summer Parker (Saints & Sinners)

The Goldbergs spinoff set in the 90s, following two high school teachers who become unlikely father figures to the kids at their Philadelphia school.

UNTITLED MARC CHERRY PROJECT (Drama)

WRITER: Marc Cherry

OTHER EPs: Reba McEntire, Sabrina Wind, Mindy Schultheis, Michael Hanel

CAST: Reba McEntire (Reba), Saamer Usmani (Reign), Jack Coleman (Heroes), Amanda Detmer (Necessary Roughness), Ryan McPartlin (Chuck),  Emily Rose (Haven), W. Earl Brown (Preacher, Deadwood), Ben Esler (Hell on Wheels), Natalie Hall (Star-Crossed, All My Children), Saidah Ekulona (Impastor), Roslyn Ruff (Madam Secretary)

Ruby Adair, the sheriff of colorful small town Oxblood, Kentucky, finds her red state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime. Together they form an uneasy alliance as Ruby takes the agent behind the lace curtains of this southern gothic community to meet an assortment of bizarre characters, each with a secret of their own.

UNTITLED PAUL DAVIES PROJECT (Drama)

WRITER: Paul Davies

OTHER EPs: Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers

CAST: Britne Oldford (The Path, Hunters), Ben Rappaport (Mr. Robot, The Good Wife), Hope Davis (American Crime), Anna Deavere Smith (Nurse Jackie), Wesam Keesh (Awkward), Vondie Curtis-Hall (Marvel's Daredevil), Regé-Jean Page (Roots), Lyndon Smith (Parenthood), Ben Shenkman (Royal Pains)

Takes place in the Southern District of New York Federal Court, known as the "Mother Court," and would follow attorneys for the prosecution and defense "as they handle the most high profile and high stakes case in the country, all as their personal lives intersect."

UNTITLED SINGLE DAD PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITERS: Dannah Phirman, Danielle Schneider

OTHER EPs: Sarah Haskins, Emily Halpern

CAST: Rob Riggle (Modern Family), Lombardo Boyar (Murder in the First), Amy Hill (UnREAL)

A multi-cam comedy about an intellectual but emotionally challenged single dad, who moves to Queens with his two young daughters and forms an unlikely family with the other residents in their apartment building.

Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2017-18 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

9J, 9K, AND 9L (Comedy)

WRITERS: Dana Klein, Mark Feuerstein

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling, Dana Honor

CAST: Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains), David Walton (About a Boy), Liza Lapira (Don't Trust the B—- in Apartment 23), Matt Murray (Rookie Blue), Linda Lavin (The Good Wife), Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan), guest star Paul Feig

A family comedy inspired by a time in Mark Feuerstein's adult life when he lived in apartment 9K in the building he grew up in, sandwiched between his parents' apartment, 9J, and his brother, sister-in-law and their baby's apartment, 9L, and his attempts to set boundaries with his intrusive but well-meaning family.

BROTHERED UP (Comedy)

WRITER: Mark Gross

CAST: D. L. Hughley (The Hughleys), Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement), John C. McGinley (Scrubs), Merrin Dungey (Once Upon a Time, Alias), Nishi Munshi (The Originals), Glynn Turman (House of Lies)

An emotionally guarded African American cop gets partnered with an emotionally available Pakistani cop and are forced to find a way to connect as they patrol a Detroit neighborhood.

DISTEFANO (Comedy)

WRITERS: Craig Thomas, Carter Bays, Chris Distefano

OTHER EPs: Brian Bockrath, Pamela Fryman

CAST: Chris Distefano, Diane Guerrero (Orange Is the New Black), Annie Potts (The Fosters, Designing Women), Chazz Palminteri (Rizzoli & Isles)

The "hybrid" comedy centers around Izzy and Chris, two 20-somethings raising their newborn daughter and merging their meddling families – one Puerto Rican, one Italian. Inspired by the comedy of Chris Distefano.

HANNAH ROYCE'S QUESTIONABLE CHOICES (Comedy)

WRITER: Matt Tarses

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Wendi Trilling, Dana Honor, Fiona Clark

CAST: Alice Eve (Star Trek Into Darkness), Kyle Howard (My Boys), James Earl (Scream Queens), Tyler Labine (Reaper)

A single-camera comedy that centers on a woman who has made some interesting choices throughout her life – namely, having three different kids with three different men – but all have led her to having a very unique, loving, blended family.

LIVING BIBLICALLY (Comedy)

WRITER: Patrick Walsh

OTHER EPs: Johnny Galecki, Spencer Medof, Andrew Haas

CAST: Jay R. Ferguson (The Real O'Neals), Ian Gomez (Supergirl, Cougar Town), Lindsey Kraft (Getting On), Tony Rock (Everybody Hates Chris)

A multi-cam comedy about a modern day man at a crossroads in his life, who decides to live according to the Bible. Based on the bestselling book by A.J. Jacobs.

ME, MYSELF & I (Comedy)

WRITER: Dan Kopelman

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor

CAST: Bobby Moynihan (Saturday Night Live), John Larroquette (The Librarians), Brian Unger (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Sharon Lawrence (Rizzoli & Isles, NYPD Blue), Kelen Coleman (Big Little Lies), Jaleel White (Family Matters)

A single-camera comedy examining one man's life over a 50-year span. The show will focus on three distinct periods in his life — as a 14-year-old in 1991, a 40-year-old in present day, and a 65-year-old in 2042.

THE GET (Drama)

WRITER: Bridget Carpenter

CAST: Amy Brenneman (The Leftovers, Private Practice), Brad Garrett (Fargo, Everybody Loves Raymond), Michael Rady (UnREAL, Jane the Virgin), Emayatzy Corinealdi (Hand of God), Jeananne Goossen (Nashville), Alex Fitzalan

A team of tireless internet journalists pursue and expose stories of injustice using their unconventional investigative techniques in today's anything-goes world of reporting.

INSTINCT (fka Killer Instinct and Dr. Death) (Drama)

WRITER: Michael Rauch

OTHER EPs: Alex Kurtzman & Heather Kadin, Alan Cumming, James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout

CAST: Alan Cumming (The Good Wife), Naveen Andrews (Lost), Bojana Novakovic (Shameless), Khandi Alexander (CSI: Miami), Daniel Ings (Lovesick, The Crown)

A former CIA operative who has since built a "normal" life as a gifted professor and writer is pulled back into his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer on the loose. Based on the soon-to-be-published James Patterson book.

MISSION CONTROL (Drama)

WRITER: Andy Weir

OTHER EPs: Courtney Conte & Quan Phung, Simon Kinberg & Aditya Sood, Charles Eglee

CAST: David Giuntoli (Grimm), Poppy Montgomery (Unforgettable), Peyton List (Frequency), Ricardo Chavira (Jane the Virgin, Desperate Housewives), Levi Fiehler (The Fosters), Wunmi Mosaku (In the Flesh)

The next generation of NASA astronauts and scientists juggle both their personal and professional lives during a critical mission with no margin for error.

PERFECT CITIZEN (Drama)

WRITER: Craig Turk

CAST: Noah Wyle (Falling Skies, ER), Kristin Chenoweth (Pushing Daisies), Lenny Platt (Quantico), Stephanie Szostak (Satisfaction), Shanley Caswell (NCIS: New Orleans), Brian Stokes Mitchell (Mr. Robot), Adrienne Warren

After his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal, the former General Counsel for the NSA embarks on a new career at a storied law firm in Boston, facing the reality that while half the country thinks he's our greatest patriot, the other half thinks he's a traitor.

REAL LIFE (Comedy)

WRITER: Hilary Winston

OTHER EPs: Craig Thomas, Carter Bays

CAST: Rebecca Rittenhouse (Blood & Oil, Red Band Society), guest star Ryan Hansen (2 Broke Girls, Veronica Mars), Brett Harrison (Breaking In, Reaper), Kristen Johnston (The Exes, 3rd Rock From the Sun), Brenda Song (Pure Genius), Lucas Hazlett (Wrecked)

The "hybrid" format comedy chronicles the relationship of two twentysomethings — one man, one woman — who go from being co-workers on opposite coasts to working in the same office.

S.W.A.T. (Drama)

WRITER: Aaron Rahsaan Thomas

OTHER EPs: Shawn Ryan, Justin Lin, Marney Hochman, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, Danielle Woodrow

DIRECTOR: Justin Lin

CAST: Shemar Moore (Criminal Minds), Jay Harrington (Code Black, Better Off Ted), Kenny Johnson (Bates Motel), Peter Onorati (Murder in the First), Lina Esco (Kingdom), Levi Fiehler (The Fosters), Alex Russell

Inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the '70s TV series, the procedural follows a locally born and bred S.W.A.T. lieutenant torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he's tasked to run a highly trained unit that is the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles.

UNTITLED JENNY LUMET PROJECT (Drama)

WRITER: Jenny Lumet

OTHER EPs: David Marshall Grant, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Katie Couric

CAST: Sharon Leal (Supergirl), Brad William Henke (Orange Is the New Black), Zach Appelman (Sleepy Hollow), Sheaun McKinney (Vice Principals), Grace Rex (The Good Wife), Omar Metwally (The Affair, Mr. Robot), Kevin Daniels (Modern Family, Sirens)

An elite team of investigators for the Northeast Regional U.S. Hate Crimes Unit solve a myriad of crimes against humanity as they confront their own biases.

UNTITLED PAUL ATTANASIO PROJECT (Drama) — PUSHED TO OFF-SEASON

WRITER: Paul Attanasio

OTHER EPs: Rodrigo Garcia, Leonard Goldberg, David Barrett

CAST: David Castaneda (Switched at Birth), Roberto Aguire (Pretty Little Liars)

The multi-generational members of a Mexican-American family with deep roots in San Diego intertwine personally and professionally due to their powerful careers in law enforcement.

UNTITLED SEAL PROJECT (Drama)

WRITER: Ben Cavell

OTHER EPs: Chris Chulack, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly

CAST: David Boreanaz (Bones), Jessica Paré (Mad Men), Max Thieriot (Bates Motel), Neil Brown Jr. (Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency), A.J. Buckley (CSI: NY), Toni Trucks (Franklin & Bash)

Follows the lives of the elite Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask.

WISDOM OF THE CROWD (Drama)

WRITER: Ted Humphrey

OTHER EPs: Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Dror Mishani, Shira Hadad

CAST: Jeremy Piven (Entourage), Monica Potter (Parenthood), Richard T. Jones (American Horror Story, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Blake Lee (Mixology), Natalia Tena (Game of Thrones), Jake Matthews (Bosch)

Inspired by the notion that a million minds are better than one, a tech innovator creates a cutting edge crowd-sourcing hub to solve his own daughter's murder, as well as revolutionizing crime solving in San Francisco. Based on the Israeli format of the same name.

YOUNG SHELDON (Comedy) – STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITERS: Chuck Lorre, Steve Molaro

OTHER EPs: Todd Spiewak, Jim Parsons

DIRECTOR: Jon Favreau (Iron Man)

CAST: Iain Armitage (Big Little Lies), Zoe Perry (The Family), Lance Barber (The Comeback), Raegan Revord (Modern Family), Montana Jordan, narrator Jim Parsons

The single-camera Big Bang Theory prequel follows Sheldon Cooper at the age of 9, living with his family in East Texas and going to high school.

Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2017-18 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

BLACK LIGHTNING  (Drama)

WRITERS: Mara Brock Akil, Salim Akil

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter

CAST: Cress Williams (Hart of Dixie), Nafessa Williams (Code Black), China Anne McClain (House of Payne), Christine Adams (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Jefferson Pierce made his choice: he hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with one daughter hell-bent on justice and the other a star student being recruited by a local gang, he'll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend Black Lightning.

DYNASTY (Drama)

WRITERS: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Sallie Patrick

OTHER EPs: Original series creators Esther and Richard Shapiro

CAST: Nathalie Kelley (The Vampire Diaries), Elizabeth Gillies (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll), Grant Show (Melrose Place), Sam Adegoke (Switched at Birth), Robert Christopher Riley (Hit the Floor), Rafael de la Fuente (Empire), Brianna Brown (Devious Maids), Alan Dale (Once Upon a Time, The O.C.)

"A modernized reboot that follows two of America's wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children," as told "primarily through the perspectives of two women at odds: Fallon Carrington — daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington — and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into this WASP family and America's most powerful class."

INSATIABLE (Drama)

WRITER: Lauren Gussis

OTHER EPs: Ryan Seacrest, Nina Wass, Todd Hoffman, Dennis Kim

CAST: Debby Ryan (Jessie), Dallas Roberts (The Good Wife), Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs), Erinn Westbrook (Awkward), Michael Provost (Six), Sarah Colonna (Chelsea Lately), Kimmy Shields (Big Little Lies), Irene Choi (Community) and recurring player Alyssa Milano (Mistresses, Charmed)

When a disgraced, dissatisfied civil lawyer-turned-beauty pageant coach takes on a vengeful, bullied teenager as his client, he has no idea what he's about to unleash upon the world.

LIFE SENTENCE (Drama)

WRITERS: Erin Cardillo, Richard Keith

OTHER EPs: Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold

CAST: Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Elliot Knight (American Gothic), Dylan Walsh (Unforgettable), Gillian Vigman (New Girl), Brooke Lyons (iZombie), Carlos PenaVega (Grease: Live, Big Time Rush), Jayson Blair (Young & Hungry)

When a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer finds out that she's not dying after all, she has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to "live like she was dying."

SEARCHERS (Drama)

WRITER: Jason Rothenberg

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter

CAST: Zane Holtz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Make It or Break It), Alex McGregor (Of Kings and Prophets), Jeanine Mason (Of Kings and Prophets, Bunheads), Marc Blucas (Underground, Necessary Roughness), William Miller, Josh Kidd

An action/adventure drama, it follows a pragmatic brother and free-spirited sister who are forced to team up when they learn that their late mother's terrifying and bizarre stories "may be a road map to discovering the great legends, myths, and unexplainable mysteries of the world."

VALOR (Drama)

WRITER: Bill Haber

OTHER EPs: Kyle Jarrow

CAST: Matt Barr (Sleepy Hollow), Charlie Barnett (Secrets and Lies, Chicago Fire), Christina Ochoa (Animal Kingdom), Nigel Thatch (American Dreams), Corbin Reid (How to Get Away with Murder), Melissa Roxburgh (Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow), W. Tré Davis

The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a US Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions.  The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets, and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.

Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2017-18 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

AMY'S BROTHER (Comedy)

WRITERS: Jim Cashman, Mitch Silpa

OTHER EPs: Melissa McCarthy, Ben Falcone

CAST: Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Annie Mumolo (About a Boy), Sharif Atkins (White Collar), Ursula Parker (Louie), Miguel Pinzon (Mystery Girls), Sawyer Barth

An unconventional family is formed when a successful type A man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in each other's lives but also living under one roof in the single-cam comedy.

THE BEAST (Drama) – PUSHED TO OFF-SEASON

WRITERS: Neal Baer, Dawn DeNoon

OTHER EPs: Jessica Shulman

Each week: three challenging medical cases.  In the end, two will live, one will die.  Their doctor — with a clinical fear of death — never stops fighting the odds.

BEHIND ENEMY LINES (Drama)

WRITER: Nikki Toscano

OTHER EPs: McG, Marty Bowen, Wyck Godfrey, John Davis, John Fox, Albert Page

DIRECTOR: McG

CAST: B.J. Britt (UnREAL, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Marg Helgenberger (CSI), Benito Martinez (American Crime), Colm Feore (House of Cards, Revolution), Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High), Melia Kreiling (Tyrant), Willa Fitzgerald (Scream), Dylan Bruno (Numbr3s)

Described as "loosely based on the hit movie," serving up "a military soap thriller wherein a group of U.S. soldiers find themselves trapped behind enemy lines." The "distinctly patriotic series" will present "a multi-perspective narrative" that closely follows the soldiers on the ground, and the officers and service men and women on a nearby aircraft carrier, along with intelligence officers in D.C. as they attempt to bring the heroes home safely and under the radar.

GHOSTED (Comedy)

WRITER: Tom Gormican

OTHER EPs: Adam Scott, Craig Robinson, Kevin Etten

CAST: Adam Scott (Parks and Recreation), Craig Robinson (The Office), Edi Patterson (Vice Principals), Ally Walker (Colony, Sons of Anarchy), Adeel Akhtar (The Night Manager)

In the single-camera comedy, a cynical skeptic (Robinson) and a genius "true believer" (Scott) in the paranormal are recruited by The Bureau Underground to look into the rampant "unexplained" activity in Los Angeles — all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race.

LA -> VEGAS (Comedy)

WRITER: Lon Zimmet

OTHER EPs: Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Chris Henchy

CAST: Dylan McDermott (American Horror Story), Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project), Olivia Macklin (The Young Pope), Kim Matula (UnReal)

A single-cam ensemble workplace comedy about a group of underdogs trying to find their place in the world, set on the Friday night flight from LAX to Vegas and the returning flight on Sunday, who all share the same goal: to come back a winner in the casino of life.

LINDA FROM HR (Comedy)

WRITERS: Geoff Barbanell, Itai Grunfeld

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Tracy Katsky, Dana Honor

CAST: Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls, Parenthood), Zachary Knighton (Happy Endings), Michael Landes (Special Unit 2, Lois & Clark), Ryan Michelle Bathe (This Is Us), Dominic Burgess (FEUD: Bette and Joan), Ellis Rubin

All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from HR's monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could unravel everything in this single-cam comedy.

ORVILLE (Drama) – STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITER: Seth MacFarlane

OTHER EPs: Jon Favreau, Liz Heldens

CAST: Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), Adrianne Palicki (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Penny Johnson Jerald (Castle), Scott Grimes (ER), Peter Macon (Shameless), J Lee (Family Guy), Halston Sage (Crisis)

Set 300 years in the future, the hourlong dramedy follows the adventures of the Orville, a not-so-top-of-the-line exploratory ship in Earth's interstellar Fleet. Facing cosmic challenges from without and within, this motley crew of space explorers will boldly go where no comedic drama has gone before.

THE PASSAGE (Drama) — POSTPONED UNTIL SUMMER

WRITER: Liz Heldens

OTHER EPs: Ridley Scott, David W. Zucker, Adam Kassan, Matt Reeves, author Justin Cronin

Based on New York Times bestseller, the project begins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller and morphs into a post-apocalyptic saga with vampires. The series spans over a century and focuses on a young girl named Amy who must save the human race.

THE RESIDENT (Drama)

WRITERS: Amy Holden Jones, Hayley Schore, Roshan Sethi

OTHER EPs: Oly Obst, Antoine Fuqua

CAST: Manish Dayal (Halt and Catch Fire, 90210), Matt Czuchry (The Good Wife), Emily VanCamp (Revenge), Bruce Greenwood (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Valerie Cruz (The Following)

An idealistic young doctor begins his first day under the supervision of a tough, brilliant senior resident who pulls the curtain back on all of the good and evil in modern day medicine.  Lives may be saved or lost, but expectations will always be shattered.

THIN ICE (Comedy)

WRITERS: Liz Meriwether, Ed Macdonald, Mark Grimmer

OTHER EPs: Katherine Pope

CAST: Bridgit Mendler (Undateable, Good Luck Charlie), Ian Harding (Pretty Little Liars), Ramona Young (The Real O'Neals), Jane Curtin (3rd Rock From the Sun), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (Law & Order: SVU)

The single-camera project centers on a woman who reclaims her dreams when she finds herself at the end of the earth — in Antarctica — surrounded by a group of brilliant misfits.

TYPE A (Comedy)

WRITER: Lesley Wake-Webster

OTHER EPs: Jason Winer

CAST: Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), Ken Marino (Party Down), Kyle Bornheimer (Casual), Steve Harris (The Practice), Andy Richter (Conan), Dulce Sloan

A single-cam office comedy about a group of consultants hand-picked to do the dirty work most professionals can't handle: layoffs, downsizing, generally delivering horrible news.  To everyone else, they're the enemy – to each other, they're family. Loosely based on the book Assholes: A Theory by Aaron James.

UNTITLED MARVEL ACTION-ADVENTURE SERIES (Drama)

WRITER: Matt Nix

OTHER EPs: Jeph Loeb, Bryan Singer

DIRECTOR: Bryan Singer

CAST: Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Amy Acker (Person of Interest), Jamie Chung (Gotham), Coby Bell (Burn Notice), Blair Redford (Switched at Birth), Sean Teale (Reign, Incorporated), Natalie Alyn Lind (The Goldbergs), Emma Dumont (Aquarius, Bunheads), Percy Hynes White (Between)

Focuses on two ordinary parents who discover their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

UNTITLED UNIVERSITY PROJECT (fka Controversy) (Drama)

WRITER: Sheldon Turner

OTHER EPs: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra, Judy Smith, Jennifer Klein, Charlie Gogolak

CAST: Archie Panjabi (Blindspot, The Good Wife), Anthony Edwards (ER), Christine Lahti (The Good Wife, Chicago Hope), Austin Stowell (Public Morals, The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Erin Moriarty (Jessica Jones), Robbie Jones (Hellcats), Vince Nappo (NCIS, Reign), Saycon Sengbloh (Scandal), Griffin Freeman (The Walking Dead, The Goldbergs)

The Junior Counsel of a prestigious Illinois university must deal with an out-of-control scandal when a young co-ed accuses several star football players of sexual assault.  From the football coaches and boosters who wield outsize influence, to a university administration under siege, the series explores the type of high-profile controversy all-too familiar on today's college campuses, as well as the corrosive, dangerous nature of institutional power.

Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2017-18 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

CHAMPIONS (Comedy)

WRITERS: Mindy Kaling, Charlie Grandy

OTHER EPs: Howard Klein

CAST: Anders Holm (The Mindy Project), Andy Favreau (Aquarius), JJ Totah (Liv and Maddie), Nina Wadia, recurring player Mindy Kaling (The Mindy Project)

The single-cam comedy centers on Vince, a charismatic gym owner with no ambition who lives with his younger brother Michael, a gorgeous idiot. Their simple life of women and working out is put on hold when the teenage son of Vince is dropped off on their doorstep by Priya (Kaling), one of his old high school flings.

FOR GOD AND COUNTRY (Drama)

WRITER: Dean Georgaris

OTHER EPs: Avi Nir, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan

CAST: Mike Vogel (Under the Dome), Anne Heche (Save Me, Men in Trees), Demetrius Grosse (Westworld, Justified), Noah Mills (2 Broke Girls), Sofia Pernas (Jane The Virgin), Hadi Tabbal, Natacha Karam

A heart-pounding look into the complex world of our bravest military heroes who make personal sacrifices while executing the most challenging and dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

GOOD GIRLS (Drama)

WRITER: Jenna Bans

OTHER EPs: Avi Nir

CAST: Retta (Parks and Recreation), Kathleen Rose Perkins (Episodes), Mae Whitman (Parenthood), Matthew Lillard (The Bridge), Manny Montana (Conviction), Reno Wilson (Mike & Molly)

Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

RELATIVELY HAPPY (fka Happy Peppers) (Comedy) – PASSED OVER

WRITERS: Max Mutchnick, Jeff Astrof

CAST: Genevieve Angelson (Good Girls Revolt), Jon Rudnitsky (Saturday Night Live), Jane Lynch (Glee), Diona Reasonover (Clipped), Derek Gaines

In the multi-cam comedy, an adult brother and sister wind up living together for the first time since they were kids, after one of them suffers a big loss. They become each other's wingmen, shoulder to cry on, best friend and punching bag as they navigate love, loss and work while helping to get each other "un-stuck."

REDLINERS (Drama)

WRITER: Shaun Cassidy, Kelly Sue DeConnick

OTHER EPs: David Janollari

CAST: Hannah Ware (Betrayal), Greg Germann (Once Upon a Time, Ally McBeal), Jenny Wade (Wedding Band, Reaper), Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy), Jerod Haynes (Chicago Med, Sense8), Rodney To (Parks and Recreation, Wilfred), Quinn Shephard (Hostages), Alan Powell

Based on short stories by best-selling True Blood author Charlaine Harris comes a high-octane series that mixes humor, romance and espionage centering on a pair of former operatives who get reactivated and drawn into a larger conspiracy while attempting to maintain their undercover lives.

REVERIE (Drama)

WRITER: Mickey Fisher

OTHER EPs: Brooklyn Weaver, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey

CAST: Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest), Dennis Haysbert (24), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes), Kathryn Morris (Cold Case), Jessica Lu (Awkward)

A grounded and dramatic thriller about a former detective specializing in human behavior who is brought in when the launch of an advanced virtual reality program has dangerous and unintended consequences.

RISE (fka Drama High) (Drama)

WRITER: Jason Katims

OTHER EPs: Jeffrey Seller, Michelle Lee, Flody Suarez.

CAST: Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Auli'i Cravalho (Moana), Rosie Perez (Search Party, Lipstick Jungle), Marley Shelton (The Lottery), Rarmian Newton (The Family), Amy Forsyth (The Path), Casey Johnson (G.L.O.W.), Shirley Rumierk, Joe Tippett, Ted Sutherland, Taylor Richardson, recurring player Shannon Purser (Stranger Things)

Centers on a high school drama teacher and family man whose passion for the program and his students galvanizes the entire working class town. Based on Michael Sokolove's book Drama High, which itself is based on real-life drama teacher Lou Volpe.

THE SACKETT SISTERS (Comedy)

WRITER: Luke Del Tredici

OTHER EPs: Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner

CAST: Casey Wilson (Happy Endings), Busy Philipps (Cougar Town), Bradley Whitford (Transparent, The West Wing)

The Sackett family is reunited when two estranged sisters perform an act of public heroism and are forced to navigate the aftermath together in this single-cam comedy.

SHELTER (fka Salvation) (Drama)

WRITER: Warren Leight

OTHER EPs: Paul Haggis, Charles McDougall

CAST: Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters), Nikki M. James (BrainDead), JJ Feild (Turn: Washington's Spies), Latarsha Rose (Being Mary Jane), Jamie McShane (Bloodline), Nadia Gan (Mr. Robot), Paola Lazaro, Matthew James Thomas

A real time "extreme event" medical series that follows the nurses and doctors of an understaffed Brooklyn hospital that becomes the borough's last viable trauma center after a catastrophic hurricane wreaks havoc on the city. On a holiday weekend with few doctors on call, the medical staff will be pushed to make the most difficult life-and-death choices as they work to save their patients and themselves.

SPACED OUT (Comedy) – PASSED OVER

WRITER: Adam Sztykiel

OTHER EPs: Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold

CAST: Matt Shively (The Real O'Neals), Christine Woods (Hello Ladies), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly), Brett Goldstein, Ken Kirby

A single-cam workplace comedy that centers on a working class genius and his struggles to fit in with an established team all made more difficult when their job is building a rocket to Mars.

UNTITLED KOURTNEY KANG PROJECT (Comedy) — PASSED OVER

WRITER: Kourtney Kang

OTHER EPs: Nahnatchka Khan, Mandy Summers, Fred Savage

CAST: Isabella Russo, Paula Abdul, Kenneth Choi (The People v. O.J. Simpson), Rebecca Creskoff (Hung), Ben Taylor (Nashville), Cade Michael, guest star Derek Hough (Dancing With the Stars)

Explores what it's like to grow up as the only girl in the only mixed-race family in the suburbs of Philadelphia, dealing with real-world issues like race and gender while never losing focus of her life goal: to become a Laker Girl like her idol, Paula Abdul.

UNTITLED SETH MEYERS/MIKE O'BRIEN PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITER: Mike O'Brien

OTHER EPs: Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer

CAST: Patton Oswalt (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) Glenn Howerton (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia), Mary Sohn (Teachers), Lyric Lewis (The CW's MADtv), Aparna Brielle (Grimm), Nick Peine (Office Christmas Party), Jacob McCarthy

A hilariously cynical Ivy League professor loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school biology teacher where he imposes his unorthodox teaching style and uses the kids to plot out revenge on those who wronged him.

WHAT ABOUT BARB? (Comedy) – PASSED OVER

WRITERS: Joe Port, Joe Wiseman

CAST: Leah Remini (King of Queens), Jessica Gunning (Prime Suspect), Ben Lawson (The Deep End), Eddie Shin (Man in the High Castle)

Based on the 1991 movie What About Bob? — but with a female twist — a psychotherapist tries to cut ties with her most overbearing patient but is unsuccessful and gains an annoying family member in the process.

WILL & GRACE (Comedy) – STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITERS: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan

CAST: Eric McCormack, Debra Messing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally

Twelve-episode revival of the popular comedy series.