Pilot Season '15: 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 2015-16 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 | You really want to 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 a series' first episode will look like. Each pilot is reviewed by network brass, then typically put into testing before its fate is decided.

PLANTED SPIN-OFF | Also called a "backdoor" pilot, this is an episode of an existing series that sets up a prospective offshoot. For example, Arrow once aired a pair of episodes focused on this lad named Barry Allen, and that was a planted pilot for The Flash. 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 | 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 starring role. (One translation: "The premise is iffy, but a big star could really 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 | These are the two words that makes fans of "bubble" shows most 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 the pilot role is in second position (or priority) should their show wind up renewed. 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 | 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 2015-16 TV season, going network by network....

Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2015-16 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

THE 46 PERCENTERS (Comedy)

WRITERS: Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer

CAST: Angela Kinsey (The Office), Nazneen Contractor (Covert Affairs), Jason Antoon (No Ordinary Family)

An anti-romantic, romantic comedy about the 46 percent of the population who choose to stay married, told through the perspective of three couples.

THE ADVERSARIES (Drama)

WRITER: David Zabel

CAST: Terry O'Quinn (Lost), Christine Lahti (Jack & Bobby), Lenny Platt (One Life to Live), Kristen Hager (Being Human), Enuka Okuma (Rookie Blue), Christine Evangelista (Chicago Fire)

When the patriarch of a New York legal dynasty becomes embroiled in a trial of his own, his federal prosecutor daughter must decide which side she will fight on.

THE ADVOCATE (Drama)

WRITER: Sheldon Turner

OTHER EPs: Jennifer Klein

CAST: Kim Raver (24), Joy Bryant (Parenthood), Coby Bell (Burn Notice)

A type-A business woman has a medical scare, only to be dangerously misdiagnosed, and experiences firsthand the hazards of our healthcare system.  Shocking her friends and family, she leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant and relentless advocate for anyone caught in the chaotic and ever-changing maze that is modern medicine.

BOOM (Drama)

WRITERS: Josh Pate, Rodes Fishburne

OTHER EPs: Tony Krantz

CAST: Don Johnson (Nash Bridges, Miami Vice), Scott Michael Foster (Chasing Life), Chace Crawford (Gossip Girl), Rebecca Rittenhouse (Red Band Society), India de Beaufort (Jane By Design), Delroy Lindo (Believe), Caitlin Carver (The Fosters), Yani Gellman (Pretty Little Liars), Amber Valletta (Revenge)

A modern-day story about the biggest oil discovery in American history, one which triggers an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the 1849 Gold Rush. The series tracks the pilgrimage of a young, ambitious couple as they brave a modern "Wild West," negotiating an ensemble of roughnecks, grifters, oil barons, criminals and fellow prospectors.

THE BRAINY BUNCH (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITERS: Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux

OTHER EPs: Imagine

CAST: Melanie Griffith, James Roday (Psych), Majandra Delfino (Roswell)

When Kip Mitchell returns home from the military and becomes a stay-at-home dad, he quickly realizes that he and wife Mona Lisa might have raised their kids to be too smart — and completely socially inept.

THE BROAD SQUAD (Drama)

WRITER: Bess Wohl

OTHER EPs: Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz, Len Goldstein, Aaron Kaplan

CAST: Rutina Wesley (True Blood), Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under), Michael Gaston (The Mentalist), Kenneth Mitchell (Switched at Birth, Jericho), Morgan Spector (Allegiance), Alberto Frezza, Charlotte Spencer

Inspired by true stories, a look at the first four women to graduate from Boston's Police Academy in 1978.

CHEV AND BEV (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Brad Copeland

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan

CAST: Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Aly Michalka (iZombie), Maulik Pancholy (30 Rock)

Two baby boomers who are fun, relevant and living a selfish retirement when their world is turned upside down and they are suddenly left to raise their grandchildren.

DELORES & JERMAINE (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITER: Jermaine Fowler, Danny Chun

OTHER EPs: Michael Rotenberg, Avi Gilbert

CAST: Jermaine Fowler, Whoopi Goldberg, Christina Moore (90210)

Based on his real-life experiences, comedian Jermaine Fowler stars as a millennial with big ideas, but very little drive. He moves in with his estranged grandmother, a strict, football-loving, former D.C. cop who needs his youthful enthusiasm in her life as much as he needs her old-school parenting.

DR. KEN (Comedy)

WRITERS: Jared Stern, Mike O'Connell, Ken Jeong

OTHER EPs: John Davis, John Fox, Mike Sikowitz

CAST: Ken Jeong (Community), Albert Tsai (Trophy Wife), Dave Foley (Hot in Cleveland), Suzy Nakamura (Go On), Tisha Campbell-Martin (Martin), Jonathan Slavin (Better Off Ted), Krista Marie Yu (The Thundermans)

Ken Jeong is a frustrated HMO doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting, and succeeding at none of them.

FAMILY FORTUNE (Comedy)

WRITER: Matt Hubbard, Fortune Feimster

OTHER EPs: Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, 3 Arts

CAST: Fortune Feimster (Chelsea Lately), Annie Potts (Designing Women), Parker Young (Enlisted, Suburgatory), Lacey Chabert (Party of Five), Chris Redd

Centers on a popular gym teacher in Georgia who comes out of the closet to her close-knit group of family and friends. At the same time, her bickering, divorced parents also "come out" that they are sleeping together again.

IRREVERSIBLE (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Segahl Avin

OTHER EPs: Peter Tolan, Michael Wimer

CAST: Justin Long (New Girl)

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

THE KING OF 7B (Comedy)

WRITER: Howard Franklin

OTHER EPs: Dan Fogelman

CAST: Craig Ferguson, Marin Hinkle (Two and a Half Men), Amir Talai (American Dad!)

After seeing (who he believes to be) his soulmate across the street, noted recluse Prentiss Porter decides to leave his apartment for the first time in 20 years.

KINGMAKERS (Drama)

WRITER: Sallie Patrick

CAST: Gus Halper, Colm Feore (Revolution), Parminder Nagra (The Blacklist), Kristin Bauer van Straten (Once Upon a Time, True Blood), Khary Payton (Teen Titans)

When his sister is found dead during her freshman year at an elite Ivy League university, a young man adopts a new identity to infiltrate the school and its century-old secret society – consisting of privileged students, ambitious faculty, and high-profile alums – in order to investigate her death.

L.A. CRIME (Drama)

WRITER: Stephen Baigelman

OTHER EPs: Mandeville Television

CAST: Erika Christensen (Parenthood), Taissa Farmiga (American Horror Story), Darrell Britt-Gibson (The Wire), Adam Rothenberg (Ripper Street), Holley Fain (Grey's Anatomy), Anne Winters (Tyrant), Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl)

A character-driven, true-crime procedural that explores sex, politics and popular culture across various noteworthy eras in L.A. history.  Season one focuses on two LA cops in search for a Bonnie & Clyde-esque serial killing team amidst the rock-and-roll, coke-infused revelry of the 1980s Sunset Strip.

MIX (Drama)

WRITER: Jennifer Cecil

OTHER EPs: Le Train Train, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack

CAST: Camille Guaty (Scorpion, Prison Break), Britne Oldford (Ravenswood), Sam Page (House of Cards), Walter Perez

A one-hour dramedy that explores the realities of modern-day families — multi-cultural, multi-generational, built through divorces, affairs and adoptions — set against the backdrop of a revered family restaurant at a crossroads.

OF KINGS AND PROPHETS (Drama)

WRITERS: Adam Cooper, Bill Collage

OTHER EPs: Jason Reed, Reza Aslan and Mahyad Tousi

CAST: Simone Kessell (Terra Nova), Oliver Rix, Maisie Richardson-Sellers (The Originals), Mohammad Bakri (Tyrant), James Floyd

An epic Biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny.

QUANTICO (Drama)

WRITER: Josh Safran

OTHER EPs: The Mark Gordon Company

CAST: Aunjanue Ellis (NCIS: Los Angeles), Dougray Scott (Hemlock Grove), Tate Ellington, Priyanka Chopra

A group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia. As we intercut between their hidden pasts and their present training, we also flash-forward to the near future, where one of the recruits will turn out to be a sleeper terrorist.

RUNNER (Drama)

WRITER: Michael Cooney

OTHER EPs: Ian Sander, Kim Moses, Jon Cowan, Peter Horton

CAST: Paula Patton (Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol), Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), Brent Sexton (The Killing), Chris Johnson (The Vampire Diaries), Megan Dodds

Lauren Marks believes she is leading a perfect life, until it is ripped apart by one simple twist of fate. To uncover the truth she must follow a trail of lies that take her into the world of cartels and the illegal gun trade between the US and Mexico.

SMOKE AND MIRRORS (fka THE CATCH) (Drama)

WRITER: Jennifer Schuur

OTHER EPs: Shondaland's Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers

CAST: Mireille Enos (The Killing), Damon Dayoub (NCIS), Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill), Rose Rollins (The L Word), Jacky Ido, Jay Hayden, Elvy Yost

Unbeknownst to her slippery fiancé, a bride-to-be — who investigates fraud for a living — is not all she claims to be.  And when the fiancé's expertly planned con collides with her perfectly constructed lies, they plunge into a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Based on an idea by novelist Kate Atkinson and Helen Gregory.

UNCLE BUCK (Comedy)

WRITERS: Steven Cragg, Brian Bradley

OTHER EPs: Will Packer

CAST: Mike Epps (Survivor's Remorse), Nia Long (House of Lies), James Lesure (Men at Work)

A childish African-African man learns how to be an adult by taking care of his brother's kids in a very childish way. Based on the 1989 movie starring John Candy.

UNTITLED DAN SAVAGE PROJECT (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITERS: David Windsor, Casey Johnson

OTHER EPs: Dan Savage, Brian Pines, Dan McDermott

CAST: Jay R. Ferguson (Mad Men), Martha Plimpton (Raising Hope), Noah Galvin

A picture perfect family is turned upside down when the youngest son comes out of the closet. What seems like the end of their idyllic life turns out to be the beginning of a bright new chapter when everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real. Loosely based on the life of gay activist and author Dan Savage.

UNTITLED JENNA BANS PROJECT (Drama)

WRITER: Jenna Bans

OTHER EPs: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks

CAST: Zach Gilford (Friday Night Lights), Joan Allen (The Missing), Andrew McCarthy (Pretty in Pink), Alison Pill (The Newsroom), Liam James (The Way, Way Back), Rarmian Newton (Dance Academy), Rupert Graves (V for Vendetta), Madeleine Arthur (Supernatural), Alex Steele (Degrassi: The Next Generation)

Centers on a politician's son who shows up nearly 10 years after his presumed death and rocks the local community. His reappearance, naturally, has repercussions for the neighbor jailed for his murder and the police officer that handled the case.

UNTITLED JOHNNY KNOXVILLE PILOT (Comedy)

WRITER: Victor Fresco

OTHER EPs: Johnny Knoxville, Michael Rotenberg

CAST: Julie Ann Emery (Better Call Saul), Brad Carter (Ascension)

Courtesy of narration from the man himself, Johnny Knoxville recalls life growing up in the "outlaw culture" of Knoxville, Tenn., and how it shaped him into one of the most notorious pranksters of our time.

UNTITLED JUDAH MILLER PROJECT (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Judah Miller

OTHER EPs: Tom Lassally, Jonathan Berry

CAST: Megan Hilty (Smash), Greg Grunberg (Masters of Sex, Alias), Mary Lynn Rajskub (24), Efren Ramirez (Napolean Dynamite), Tony Rock

A Broadway starlet and her brainiac husband are thrust into the world of youth sports when they find themselves with an athletically gifted son.

UNTITLED NBA PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITERS: David Windsor, Casey Johnson

OTHER EPs: Dan Fogelman, Mike Tollin, Peter Guber, Aaron Kaplan

CAST: Skylar Astin (Ground Floor), Jami Gertz (The Neighbors), Ving Rhames, Matthew Glave (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce), Blondy Baruti

A buddy comedy set in the world of the NBA about a rookie who doesn't speak English and a translator who doesn't speak basketball.

ANGEL FROM HELL (Comedy)

WRITER: Tad Quill

CAST: Jane Lynch (Glee), Maggie Lawson (Psych)

When Amy enters Allison's life and claims to be her guardian angel, they form an unlikely friendship and Allison can't be sure if Amy is an angel or just nuts.

CODE BLACK (Drama)

WRITER: Michael Seitzman

OTHER EPs: David Semel, Marti Noxon, Linda Goldstein-Knowlton, Ryan McGarry

CAST: Marcia Gay Harden (Trophy Wife), Maggie Grace (Lost), Ben Hollingsworth (Cult, The Tomorrow People), Bonnie Somerville (Cashmere Mafia)

Medical drama set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most. Based on the feature documentary produced and directed by Ryan McGarry.

CRIMINAL MINDS SPINOFF (Drama)

WRITER: Erica Messer

OTHER EPs: Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper

CAST: Gary Sinise (CSI: NY), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Tyler James Williams (The Walking Dead), Daniel Henney (Revolution)

Focuses on a division of the FBI that helps American citizens who find themselves in trouble abroad.

DOUBT (Drama)

WRITER: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater

OTHER EPs: Sarah Timberman, Carl BeverlyCAST: Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), KaDee Strickland (Private Practice), Dulé Hill (Psych), Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan), Dreama Walker (Don't Trust the B—- in Apt. 23), Teddy Sears (Masters of Sex)A smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm shockingly gets romantically involved with one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.

FOR JUSTICE (Drama)

WRITER: Rene Balcer

DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay (Selma)

OTHER EPs: Robert DeNiro, Jane Rosenthal, James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout, Berry WelshCAST: Phylicia Rashad (The Cosby Show), Anika Noni Rose (The Good Wife), Rachel Boston (Witches of East End), Tim Blake Nelson (Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?), Mario Van Peebles, Leonardo Nam

An FBI agent who works in the Criminal Section of the Department of Civil Rights Division finds herself caught between the radical family she was born into and the professional family she has chosen. Based on James Patterson's debut novel The Thomas Berryman Number.

THE HALF OF IT (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITER: Mike Gibbons

CAST: Jon Dore (How To Live With Your Parents), Morgan Krantz (Switched at Birth)

Newly divorced dad revels in the fact that he now gets to keep half his stuff, which is more than he ever had when he was married.

HAPPY LIFE (fka JOE TIME) (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITER: Bill Wrubel

CAST: Steven Weber (Chasing Life), Minnie Driver (About a Boy), Duane Martin (All of Us), Eric Petersen (Kirstie), Rita Moreno (Happily Divorced), Alli Kinzel, Noland Ammon

Joe is a family man who struggles with the fact that everyone around him is pursuing their dreams and enjoying their lives more than he is.

LFE (Drama)

WRITERS: Paul Downs Colaizzo

OTHER EPs: Dan Jinks

CAST: Daniel Sharman (The Originals), Melissa Leo (Treme), Ana Kayne (Rescue Me), Annie Funke

A medical procedural about second-year residents at a top NYC hospital who struggle to "balance their god complexes with their humanity."

LIFE IN PIECES (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Justin Adler

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan

CAST: Colin Hanks (Fargo), Betsy Brandt (Breaking Bad), James Brolin (Castle), Thomas Sadoski (The Newsroom), Angelique Cabral (Enlisted), Dianne Wiest (In Treatment), Dan Bakkedahl (The Mindy Project), Zoe Lister Jones

A comedy about one family told through the separate stories of its different family members.

LIMITLESS (Drama)

WRITER: Craig Sweeny

OTHER EPs: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Neil Berger, Bradley Cooper

CAST: Jake McDorman (Greek), Jennifer Carpenter (Dexter), Hill Harper (Covert Affairs), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (Grimm)

Picking up where the 2011 film left off, the drama follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.

THE MISTAKE (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITERS: Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Scott Silveri, David Mandel

OTHER EPs: Andy Ackerman

CAST: Julianna Guill (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce)

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

RUSH HOUR (Drama)

WRITERS: Bill Lawrence & Blake McCormick

OTHER EPs: Arthur Sarkissian, Brett Ratner, Jeff Ingold

CAST: Jon Foo, Justin Hires (21 Jump Street, Key & Peele), Aimee Garcia (Dexter), Jessika Van, Page Kennedy (Backstrom)

A stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer is assigned to a case in Los Angeles where he's forced to work with a cocky African-American LAPD officer who has no interest in a partner. (Based on the feature film.)

SNEAKY PETE (Drama)

WRITERS: David Shore, Bryan Cranston

OTHER EPs: James Degus, Erin Gunn

CAST: Margo Martindale (The Millers), Giovanni Ribisi, Peter Gerety (Prime Suspect), Shane Mcrae

Upon leaving prison, a thirtysomething con man takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of a cellmate. "Sneaky Pete" then hides out from his debtors while working for his new "family's" bail bond business. There he uses his considerable charm and criminal prowess to take down bad guys far worse than himself, partnering with a very attractive female "cousin" who has her suspicions about his real motives.

SUPER CLYDE (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Greg Garcia

CAST: Charlie McDermott (The Middle), Mark Addy (Still Standing)

A meek, unassuming fast-food worker finds his calling.

 

SUPERGIRL (Drama)

WRITERS: Ali Adler, Greg Berlanti

OTHER EPs: Sarah Schechter, Andrew Kreisberg

CAST: Melissa Benoist (Glee), Mehcad Brooks (Desperate Housewives), Laura Benanti (Nashville), Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal), Chyler Leigh (Grey's Anatomy), David Harewood (Selfie, Homeland) and guest stars Helen Slater (the film Supergirl), Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and Jeremy Jordan (Smash)

Kara Zor-El escaped her home planet of Krypton amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she has concealed the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now, at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.

TAXI-22 (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Tad Quill

OTHER EPs: Francois Flamand & Patrick Huard, Nancy Sanders, Mark Armstrong, Dennis Erdman & Clark Peterson, James Gandolfini, John Leguizamo, Jeff Golenberg, Sam Maydew

CAST: John Leguizamo, Lenny Venito (The Neighbors)

Centers on a misanthropic and politically incorrect NYC cab driver. Based on the French-Canadian series of the same name.

UNTITLED O'SHANNON/WARREN PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITERs: Dan O'Shannon, Peter Warren

OTHER EPs: Dennis Erdman, Clark Peterson, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum

CAST: Adam Brody (The O.C.), Kelly O'Sullivan (Sirens), Tyler Labine (Reaper), Janina Gavankar (The Mysteries of Laura)

A group of friends and family at three different times in their lives.

UNTITLED PHELAN & RATER (Drama)

WRITERS: Tony Phelan & Joan Rater

OTHER EPs: Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly

CAST: TBD

A smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm gets romantically involved with one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.

UNTITLED TOMMY JOHNAGIN (Comedy/Mulit-Cam)

WRITERS: Tommy Johnagin, Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker

OTHER EPs: Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold

CAST: JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Once Upon a Time), Kevin Nealon (Weeds), Jane Kaczmarek (Malcolm In the Middle), Talia Tabin (Parks and Recreation)

Inspired by Johnagin's life, a standup comic raises a family in the small Midwestern town where he grew up.

CHEERLEADER DEATH SQUAD (Drama)

WRITERS: Marc Cherry, Neal Baer, Dan Truly

CAST: Alan Van Sprang (Reign), Gia Mantegna (The Middle), Aylin Bayramoglu (The Glee Project)

When a disgraced CIA agent-turned-teacher at an elite Washington D.C. prep school realizes that his students have high-level access through personal connections, he trains a select few to be his eyes and ears into the world of international espionage and help him earn his way back into the agency.

CORDON (Drama)

WRITER: Julie Plec

OTHER EPs: David Nutter

CAST: Chris Wood (The Vampire Diaries), Claudia Black (Farscape), Hanna Mangan Lawrence (Spartacus), Trevor St. John (One Life to Live), George Young (Singapore's The Pupil)

When a deadly epidemic breaks out in Atlanta, a large city quarantine is quickly enforced, leaving those stuck on the inside to fight for their lives. Cordon tells the story of loved ones tragically torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the cordon reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes. Based upon the original Belgian series.

DEAD PEOPLE (Drama)

WRITER: Tom Kapinos

CAST: Andrew J. West (The Walking Dead), Alexandra Chando (The Lying Game), Jaime Lee Kirchner (Mercy)

After a near-death experience, a down-on-his-luck, semi-alcoholic but roguishly charming cab driver suddenly has the ability to interact with ghosts, including his late ex-wife who he has never gotten over.

TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE (Drama)

WRITER: Joe Hill

OTHER EPs: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Heather Kadin, Mitch Galin, Jerry Golod

CAST: Kris Lemche (Haven, Ghost Whisperer)

Reinvention of the 1980s horror/fantasy/thriller anthology series.

UNTITLED ARROW/FLASH SPINOFF (Drama)

WRITERS: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim

OTHER EPs: Sarah Schechter

CAST: Brandon Routh (Arrow), Caity Lotz (Arrow), Wentworth Miller (The Flash), Dominic Purcell (The Flash), Victor Garber (The Flash), Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), Ciara Renée (Pippin)

Superhero team-up series.

48 HOURS 'TIL MONDAY (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Charlie Grandy

OTHER EPs: Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan

CAST: Jane Curtin (Unforgettable), Rob Riggle (Modern Family), Merrin Dungey (Once Upon a Time), Sarah Chalke (Scrubs), Malcolm-Jamal Warner (Major Crimes), Joe Spano (NCIS)

A show about one husband's desperate struggle to not let every weekend go completely to hell.

COOPER BARRETT'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Jay Lacopo

OTHER EPs: Gail Berman

CAST: Jack Cutmore-Scott, Meaghan Rath (Being Human), James Earl (Ground Floor)

Celebrates the mistakes and misadventures people make during the years after college before settling down.

DETOUR (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Steve Franks

OTHER EPs: Rivers Cuomo, Willie Mercer, Chris Henze and Dan Field

CAST: Ben Aldridge (Reign), Peter Gallagher (Covert Affairs), Olivia Thirlby (Bored to Death), Affion Crockett

Inspired by the real life story of Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo, a rock star who made the unexpected choice at the age of 30 to quit his band and go back to college.

FANTASY LIFE (Comedy/Multi-Cam Hybrid)

WRITER: Tim McAuliffe

OTHER EPs: Kevin Connolly, Matthew Berry, Michael Rotenberg, Jonathan Berry, Greg Walter and Troy Zien

CAST: Kevin Connolly (Entourage), Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty), James Caan (Las Vegas), Jamie Lynn Sigler (The Sopranos), Chris McDonald (Boardwalk Empire), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (7th Heaven), Kimberley Crossman

When a hard-working guy lands his ultimate dream job hosting a fantasy football show, he's forced to navigate office politics while becoming the star he never thought he could be. Based on Matthew Berry's book of the same name.

FRANKENSTEIN (Drama)

WRITER: Rand Ravich

OTHER EPs: Howard Gordon

CAST: Rob Kazinsky (True Blood), Tim DeKay (White Collar), Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement), Dilshad Vadsaria (Revenge, Greek), Ciara Bravo (Red Band Society)

Ray Pritchard, a morally corrupt retired cop, is given a second chance at life when he is brought back from the dead. Now younger and stronger, Pritchard will have to choose between his old temptations and his new sense of purpose.

THE GRINDER (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITERS: Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel

OTHER EPs: Nicholas Stoller, Jake Kasdan, Rob Lowe

CAST: Rob Lowe (Parks and Recreation), Fred Savage (The Wonder Years), Mary Elizabeth Ellis (New Girl), Natalie Morales (Parks & Recreation), William Devane (24: Live Another Day)

Rob Lowe stars as beloved TV lawyer Dean Sanderson (aka "The Grinder"). When his long-running hit series comes to an end, he finds himself at a crossroads in life and decides to move back to his small hometown, thinking he has the experience to take over his family's law firm.

LUCIFER (Drama)

WRITER: Tom Kapinos

OTHER EPs: Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Len Wiseman

CAST: Tom Ellis (Once Upon a Time, Rush), Lauren German (Chicago Fire), D.B. Woodside (24), Rachael Harris (Suits), Nicholas Gonzalez (Sleepy Hollow)

Based on the DC Comics imprint Vertigo's Lucifer, it follows the Lord of Hell as he abdicates his throne and kingdom to make camp in Los Angeles, where he will help the LAPD punish criminals.

LUTHER (Drama) — PUSHED TO OFF-SEASON

WRITER: Neil Cross

OTHER EPs: Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner, Idris Elba

Based on the format and from the same creators of the successful and award-winning BBC series. Centers on John Luther, a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can't always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.

MINORITY REPORT (Drama)

WRITER: Max Borenstein

OTHER EPs: Kevin Falls, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, D Mark Mylod

CAST: Meagan Good (Deception), Stark Sands (NYC 22), Laura Regan (Mad Men), Wilmer Valderrama (That '70s Show), Daniel London, Li Jun Li

Ten years after the end of Precrime in Washington, D.C., one of the three Precogs struggles to lead a "normal" human life, but remains haunted by visions the future, when he meets a detective haunted by her past, who just may help him find a purpose to his gift.

ROSEWOOD (Drama)

WRITER: Todd Harthan

OTHER EPs: Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen

CAST: Morris Chestnut (Legends), Jaina Lee Ortiz (The After), Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate)

This close-ended, investigative series centers around the brilliant Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr., the top private pathologist in all of Miami.  As owner of one of the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art independent labs in the country, he finds the secrets in bodies that others usually miss.

SCREAM QUEENS (Horror-Comedy) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITERS: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk

OTHER EPs: Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto, D Murphy

CAST: Emma Roberts (American Horror Story), Jamie Lee Curtis (Halloween), Lea Michele (Glee), Joe Manganiello (True Blood), Abigail Breslin (Little Miss Sunshine), Keke Palmer (Masters of Sex), Nick Jonas (Kingdom), Ariana Grande, Nasim Pedrad (Mulaney), Oliver Hudson (Nashville)

An anthology series, the first season of which revolves around a college campus that is rocked by a series of murders.

STUDIO CITY (Drama)

WRITER: Krista Vernoff

OTHER EPs: John Wells, Andrew Stearn

CAST: Eric McCormack (Perception), Heather Graham (Flowers In the Attic), Florence Pugh, Jeanine Mason (Bunheads), Riley Smith (True Blood), Samantha Logan (The Fosters), Jordan Calloway (Drumline: A New Beat), Timothy Granaderos, recurring guest star Chris Daughtry (American Idol), who will also write original music

A coming-of-age drama about a young singer's path to stardom as she lives with her songwriter father — who happens to be a drug dealer to the stars.

UNTITLED DANA KLEIN PROJECT (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITER: Dana Klein

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Kapital Entertainment

CAST: Jenna Elfman (Growing Up Fisher), Matt Letscher (The Carrie Diaries), Brian Austin Green (The Wedding Band), Liza Lapira (Super Fun Night), Peter Riegert (Dads), Nancy Lenehan, Izzy Watts

A multi-camera family comedy told from the point-of-view of a working mom who is in constant competition with her perfect, stay-at-home sister-in-law.

UNTITLED JOHN STAMOS PROJECT (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Danny Chun

OTHER EPs: Dan Fogelman, John Stamos

CAST: John Stamos (Galavant), Josh Peck (Drake & Josh), Paget Brewster (Criminal Minds), Kelly Jenrette

Revolves around a longtime bachelor whose life is upended when in one fell swoop he discovers he's a father ... and a grandfather.

BLINDSPOT (Drama)

WRITER: Martin Gero

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti

CAST: Jaimie Alexander (Thor), Sullivan Stapleton (Strike Back), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Broadchurch), Ashley Johnson (The Killing)

A beautiful  woman, with no memories of her past, is found naked in Times Square with her body fully covered in intricate tattoos. Her discovery sets off a vast and complex mystery that immediately ignites the attention of the FBI who begin to follow the road map on her body to reveal a larger conspiracy of crime while bringing her closer to discovering the truth about her identity.

CHICAGO MED (Drama)

WRITERS: Derek Haas, Michael Brandt, Matt Olmstead, Dick Wolf

CAST: S. Epatha Merkerson (Law & Order), Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead), Yaya DaCosta (Whitney), Nick Gehlfuss (Shameless), Oliver Platt (Fargo)

A planted spinoff about a hospital that will air as Episode 19 of Chicago Fire.

CUCKOO (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITERS: Robin French, Kieron Quirke, Tim Long

OTHER EPs: Ash Atalla

CAST: Michael Chiklis (American Horror Story: Freak Show), Cheryl Hines (Suburgatory), Rachel DiPillo (Jane the Virgin), Flula Borg, Griffin Gluck (Red Band Society)

Based on the British series, the comedy revolves around a daughter who returns home from a summer abroad married to a charming but infuriating eccentric named Cuckoo, much to her father's annoyance.

THE CURSE OF THE FUENTES WOMEN (Drama)

WRITER: Silvio Horta

OTHER EPs: Andrew Maher

CAST: Adan Canto (The Following), Christina Vidal, Daphne Rubin-Vega (Smash), Rachel Ticotin, Katie Sarife, Sonia Braga (Royal Pains)

When a magical and mysterious young man inexplicably emerges from the ocean, he breathes new passion into the lives of the Fuentes women – the beautiful but lonely Lola, her ailing mother Esperanza and her troubled daughter Soledad.

ENDGAME (Drama)

WRITER: John Rogers

OTHER EPs: John Davis

CAST: Wesley Snipes, Philip Winchester (Strike Back), Charity Wakefield (Mockingbird Lane), Cara Buono (Mad Men)

In the high stakes world of Las Vegas, a former sniper turned security expert is drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that forces him to complete a series of heroic challenges in order to save innocent lives.

GAME OF SILENCE (Drama)

WRITER: David Hudgins

OTHER EPs: Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz

CAST: David Lyons (Revolution), Michael Raymond-James (Once Upon a Time), Larenz Tate (Rush), Bre Blair (We Are Men), Conor O'Farrell (CSI), Demetrius Grosse (Justified, Banshee), Claire van der Boom

A rising attorney on the brink of success could lose his perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past.

HEART MATTERS (Drama)

WRITER: Jill Gordon

OTHER EPs: Amy Brenneman, Brad Silberling

CAST: Melissa George (The Slap, Alias), Dave Annable (Red Band Society, Brothers & Sisters), Jamie Kennedy, Shelley Conn (Terra Nova), Maya Erskine (Man Seeking Woman), Don Hany, Joshua Leonard, JLouis Mills

Inspired by the life of Dr. Kathy Magliato, this medical soap follows the outspoken Alex Panettiere, one of the rare female heart transplant surgeons. Alex brings an innovative eye to treating patients week to week while also balancing the complications of her professional and romantic life.

HOW WE LIVE (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITERS: Steven Cragg, Brian Bradley

OTHER EPs: David Janollari

CAST: Lindsay Price (Lipstick Jungle), Chris Klein (Wilfred), Sam Huntington (Being Human), Jared Gertner (Submissions Only), Briga Heelan (Ground Floor)

An anthropologist blogger moves to the suburbs with his wife and quickly discovers the fascinating habitat and mating rituals of a new undiscovered species: his suburban friends and neighbors.

LOVE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD (Drama)

WRITER: Diana Son

OTHER EPs: Mikkel Bondesen, Kristen Campo

CAST: Rockmond Dunbar (The Mentalist), Cynthia McWilliams (Real Husbands of Hollywood), Colin Donnell (Arrow), Monet Mazur (Castle), Cynthia McWilliams, Brian Tee, Nadine Velazquez

Race, sexuality and gender roles collide when three diverse couples put modern marriage to the test.

PEOPLE ARE TALKING (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITER: DJ Nash

OTHER EPs: Will Packer

CAST: Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Franklin & Bash), Tone Bell (Bad Judge), Bresha Webb (Grey's Anatomy), Brooke Ishibashi

A comedy examining sex, race and everything else your parents told you never to talk about.

PROBLEM CHILD (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Scot Armstrong

OTHER EPs: Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Brian Grazer

CAST: Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital), Matthew Lillard (The Bridge)

A comedy about two parents struggling to raise a hellish child, based on the 1990 John Ritter film.

SHARING (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Jeremy Bronson, Damian Lanigan (Story By)

OTHER EPs: Jimmy Fallon, Rick Schwartz

CAST: Christine Taylor (Dodgeball), Stephen Schneider (Chasing Life), Jack Carpenter (The Good Wife), Greta Lee (New Girl), Jerry Minor (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Community)

A workplace comedy about the different groups of people working side by side in a shared office space.

STRANGE CALLS (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Blake McCormick

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Tracey Robertson

CAST: Danny Pudi (Community), Daniel Stern, Allison Miller, Aliyah Royale

Based on the Australian format, an affable but down on his luck young police officer is transferred to a rural town where — with the help of a peculiar elderly night watchman — he starts to realize the town has a bizarre supernatural underbelly.

SUPERSTORE (Comedy/Single-Cam)

WRITER: Justin Spitzer

OTHER EPs: Ruben Fleischer, David Bernad

CAST: Ben Feldman (A to Z, Mad Men), America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), Nichole Bloom (Shameless)

A comedy about a group of employees at a big box store who quickly learn that there's much more to their ho-hum jobs — like love, friendship, and the surprises of everyday moments – than they thought.

TAKE IT FROM US (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITERS: Greg Malins, Barry Schwartz

OTHER EPs: Jonathan Berry

CAST: Stacey Farber (Degrassi: The Next Generation), Andy Ridings (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt)

A couple tells their son the lessons they learned growing up in the 90's in hopes that he avoids making the same mistakes.

TELENOVELA (Comedy/Single-Cam) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITERS: Chrissy Pietrosh, Jessica Goldstein

OTHER EPs: Eva Longoria, Ben Spector

CAST: Eva Longoria (Desperate Housewives), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Jencarlos Canela, Diana Maria Riva, Jose Moreno Brooks, Alex Meneses (Everybody Loves Raymond), Alex Meneses

A behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the making of a telenovela and its star (Longoria), who strives to stay on top in a world where the drama off-camera is better than it is on-camera.

UNVEILED (Drama)

WRITER: John Sakmar & Kerry Lenhart

OTHER EPs: Mark Burnett, Roma Downey

CAST: Liam McIntyre (Spartacus), Stephan James (Selma), Will Kemp (Petals in the Wind), Connie Nielsen (The Good Wife), Dana Davis (Franklin & Bash), Mouzam Makkar

A one-hour drama following an ensemble of flawed guardian angels who intervene in the lives of those who find themselves facing crisis in an attempt to restore their faith and, often, save their lives.

UNTITLED ASEEM BATRA PROJECT (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITER: Aseem Batra

OTHER EPs: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

CAST: Michael Cassidy (Men at Work), Christine Woods (Hello Ladies) Rizwan Manji (Backstrom)

A politically incorrect comedy centered on best friends Dale and Georgie, whose relationship is upended when he starts dating the "perfect" woman.

UNTITLED JERROD CARMICHAEL PROJECT (Comedy/Multi-Cam) — ORDERED TO SERIES

WRITERS: Jerrod Carmichael, Nick Stoller

OTHER EPs: Ravi Nandan, D Scott Ellis

CAST: Jerrod Carmichael, Amber West, Loretta Devine, David Alan Grier, Lil Rel Howery

Inspired by the stand-up comedian's life and relationships with his girlfriend and family.

UNTITLED MONICA POTTER PROJECT (Comedy/Multi-Cam) — TO BE REDEVELOPED NEXT SEASON

WRITERS: Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer OTHER EPs: Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman CAST: Monica Potter (Parenthood), Josh Hopkins (Cougar Town), Eddie Cibrian (Third Watch), Donald Faison (Scrubs, The Exes), Rory Scovel (Ground Floor), Allie MacDonald A woman juggles her busy family life as well as her three ex-husbands, which proves to be difficult when she starts dating again.

UNTITLED SUZANNE MARTIN PROJECT (Comedy/Multi-Cam)

WRITER: Suzanne Martin

OTHER EPs: Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner

CAST: Patrick Warburton (Rules of Engagement), Carrie Preston (The Good Wife), Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly), Stacy Keach (Prison Break), Carlease Burke (Switched at Birth), Mia Serafino

In this multigenerational family comedy, things backfire on recent empty-nesters when their two adult daughters move back home.

WARRIOR (Drama)

WRITER: David DiGilio

OTHER EPs: Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald

CAST: Will Yun Lee (Hawaii Five-0), Natalie Martinez (Under the Dome), Holt McCallany (Lights Out), Lance Gross, Rila Fukushima (Arrow)

In a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, a damaged heroine works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international crime lord.