Pilot Season '16: 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 2016-17 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.
Fun fact: Last year, less than half of the pilots on this grid got ordered to series, and six that did have already bitten the dust.
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 2016-17 TV season, going network by network....
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Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2016-17 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):
BROKEN (Drama)
WRITER: Meaghan Oppenheimer
OTHER EPs: Reese Witherspoon & Bruna Papandrea
CAST: Anna Paquin (True Blood), Blair Underwood (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), T.R. Knight (Grey's Anatomy, 11.22.63), Charity Wakefield (The Player), Penelope Ann Miller (American Crime), Thad Luckinbill (Nikita, The Young and the Restless), Zeb Sanders (The Messengers)
A ruthless Dallas divorce attorney's life begins to unravel when her emotionally damaged, love-addicted sister resurfaces triggering self-destructive tendencies and exposing long-hidden family secrets.
CHUNK & BEAN (Comedy)
WRITER: Ed Herro, Brian Donovan
OTHER EPs: Dave Hemingson
CAST: Cyrus Arnold, Simon Belz, Adam Rodriguez (CSI: Miami), Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad), Andrew Daly (Review, Grandfathered), Hassie Harrison (Hart of Dixie), Sofia Gonzalez (Barely Famous)
A dual-family single camera comedy centered on the unlikely friendship of two misfits, Chunk and Bean, who benefit from having two very different sets of parents living next door to each other.
CONVICTION (Drama)
WRITER: Liz Friedman
OTHER EPs: Liz Friedlander, Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper
CAST: Hayley Atwell (Marvel's Agent Carter), Eddie Cahill (CSI: NY), Shawn Ashmore (The Following), Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead), Manny Montana (Graceland), Merrin Dungey (Alias, Once Upon a Time), Daniel DiTomasso (Witches of East End)
Tells the story of Carter Morrison, the brilliant but ne'er-do-well daughter of a former President, who is blackmailed into taking a job as the head of Los Angeles' newly created Conviction Integrity Unit. She, along with her team of lawyers, investigators and forensic experts, work together to examine cases where there's credible suspicion that the wrong person may have been convicted of a crime.
THE DEATH OF EVA SOFIA VALDEZ (Drama)
WRITER: Charise Castro Smith
OTHER EPs: Michele Fazekas & Tara Butters
CAST: Gina Torres (Suits), Eric Close (Nashville), Melora Hardin (The Office), Raúl Castillo (Looking), Angelica Celaya (Constantine), Debra Mooney (Everwood), Marta Milans (Killer Women), Zabryna Guevara (Gotham), Alison Fernandez (Law & Order: SVU), Christina Pickles (Friends), Christian Ochoa, Jeimy Osorio
An immigrant who rose from rags to riches, Eva Sofia Valdez, is a celebrated Miami entrepreneur and a champion for immigrant rights. But her success is fueled by an insatiable ambition that could destroy her family, a vendetta against the lover who betrayed her, and ghosts from the past who threaten to reveal the dark sacrifices Eva Sofia made to attain the American Dream. MacBeth with a Cuban twist.
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (Drama) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES
WRITER: David Guggenheim
OTHER EPs: Amy B. Harris, Simon Kinberg, Mark Gordon
CAST: Kiefer Sutherland (24), Maggie Q (Nikita), Kal Penn (House), Italia Ricci (Chasing Life), Natasha McElhone (Californication), Adan Canto (The Following), LaMonica Garrett (Sons of Anarchy), Tanner Buchanan (The Fosters)
Centers on a lower level United States Cabinet member who is suddenly handed the presidency after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union address kills everyone above him in the Presidential line of succession.
WRITER: Samm Hodges, Michael Killen
OTHER EPs: Jimmy Miller, Sam Hansen, Kathy Dziubek
CAST: Allison Tolman (Fargo), Lucas Neff (Raising Hope), Mo Collins (Parks and Recreation), Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Barry Rothbart
Based on the web series of the same name, it follows a down-on-her-luck woman named Nan whose devoted dog speaks its mind in confessional-style interviews.
DREAM TEAM (Comedy)
WRITER: Kari Lizer, Bill Wrubel
CAST: Justin Long (New Girl), Michelle Buteau (Enlisted), Michael Mosley (Sirens), Lindsey Kraft (Getting On), Wynn Everett (Marvel's Agent Carter), Wanda Sykes (black-ish), Carlos Leal
Marty Schumacher coached his last Club soccer team for ten years, ultimately taking them to the National Championships. He now has to start from scratch with a diverse group of 8-year-olds, and their disparate parents.
THE FLUFFY SHOP (Comedy)
WRITER: Tim Doyle, Jay Lavender
OTHER EPs: Gabriel Iglesias, Joe Meloche, Becky Clements, Marty Adelstein
CAST: Gabriel Iglesias, Richard Gant (Men of a Certain Age), Gloria Garayua (Cougar Town), Paul Walter Hauser (Kingdom) Tyler Hilton (One Tree Hill), Tommy Savas (State of Affairs), Juliocesar Chavez
Iglesias plays a stepfather and boss to his family and friends, while he navigates his home life during the few days he spends off the road each week.
HAIL MARY (Comedy)
WRITER: Brian Gallivan
OTHER EPs: Seth Gordon, Tariq Jalil
CAST: Casey Wilson (Happy Endings), Retta (Parks and Recreation), Sarah Baker (Go On), Jackee Harry (Baby Daddy), Gareth Reynolds, Tom Stourton
A young small town mayor named Mary Wolf has dysfunctional siblings, a dying father, disgruntled citizens, a nearly bankrupt town, and the mafia breathing down her neck. Only a miracle can help her. So... she fakes one. Based on the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation series.
THE JURY (Drama)
WRITER: VJ Boyd & Mark Bianculli
OTHER EPs: Carol Mendelsohn & Julie Weitz
CAST: Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Jeremy Sisto (Wicked City, Suburgatory), Eve Harlow (Heroes Reborn), Adina Porter (The 100), Brandon Jay McLaren (Graceland), Ben Esler (Hell on Wheels), Brian Howe (Masters of Sex, Justified), Jayne Taini (Ray Donovan), Kevin Rankin (Gracepoint), Nikki DeLoach (Awkward), JD Pardo (Revolution)
Dubbed 12 angry Men meets Serial, the drama follows a single murder trial as seen through the eyes of the individual jurors, exploring the biases and experiences that influence the jurors' judgment, and how their preconceptions change along the way.
MARVEL'S MOST WANTED (Drama)
WRITER: Paul Zbyszewski
OTHER EPs: Jeffrey Bell, Jeph Loeb
CAST: Adrianne Palicki, Nick Blood, Delroy Lindo (Blood & Oil, The Chicago Code), Oded Fehr (Covert Affairs), Fernanda Andrade (Red Widow)
The Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. spinoff follows Bobbi (aka Mockingbird) and ex-husband Lance, who are on the run with no friends, no S.H.I.E.L.D. and a long list of enemies looking to claim a bounty on their heads. Able to trust no one but each other, Bobbi and Hunter form an uneasy alliance with Dominic Fortune, a rogue adventurer with a wealth of resources and even more adversaries, who agrees to protect them so long as they help him with his own agenda. While on dangerous missions that take them to every corner of the globe, the two heroes will help anyone in need, all while trying to uncover the conspiracy that put their own lives in jeopardy.
MODEL WOMAN (Drama)
WRITER: Helen Childress
OTHER EPs: Rosalie Swedlin, Scarlett Lacey
CAST: Andie MacDowell (Cedar Cove), Steven Weber (iZombie), Jamie Barber (NCIS, Battlestar Galactica), Dan Byrd (Cougar Town), Chris Mason (The Fades), Caitlin Carver (The Fosters), Nicole Ari Parker (Rosewood), Kaley Ronayne (Gotham), Madeline Blake
A fictionalized family soap inspired by Robert Lacey's book, Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty. Set in the late 1970's during the notorious Model Wars, the show is centered on Bertie Geiss – a tempestuous matriarch and uncompromising businesswoman at the helm of an internationally renowned modeling agency.
NOTORIOUS (Drama)
WRITER: Josh Berman, Allie Hagan
OTHER EPs: Mark Geragos, Wendy Walker, Kenny Meiselas, Jeff Kwatinetz, Josh Barry, Brian Gersh
CAST: Daniel Sunjata (Graceland), Piper Perabo (Covert Affairs), Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights), J. August Richards (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Ryan Guzman (Heroes Reborn), Kevin Zegers (Gracepoint), Kate Jennings Grant (Alpha House), Sepideh Moafi (Black Box), guest star Dilshad Vadsaria (Revenge, Greek)
Inspired by the true-life stories of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker, the series is a provocative look at the unique, sexy, and dangerous interplay of criminal law and the media.
PEARL (Comedy)
WRITER: Andrew Reich
CAST: Candice Bergen (Boston Legal), Zach Knighton (Happy Endings), Kathleen Rose Perkins (Episodes), Richard Masur (The Good Wife), Ren Colley, Halina James
When a larger-than-life family matriarch finds out she has cancer, she becomes intent on controlling and orchestrating every aspect of her family's life before she dies.
PRESENCE (Drama)
WRITER: John Ridley
OTHER EPs: Michael McDonald
CAST: Rick Gonzalez (Rush), Colin Woodell (The Originals), Stephanie Sigman, Marcus Anderson
Follows Presence Foster, a former Army Counter Insurgency Operative who finds herself navigating a widely divergent and highly colorful cross-section of Los Angeles as she unintentionally begins a career as an unlicensed P.I.
THE SECOND-FATTEST HOUSEWIFE IN WESTPORT (Comedy)
WRITER: Sarah Dunn
OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan
CAST: Katy Mixon (Mike & Molly), Carly Hughes, Ali Wong (Black Box, Are You There, Chelsea?), Diedrich Bader (Veep), Julia Butters (Transparent), Johnny Sequoyah (Believe), Daniel DiMaggio (Supergirl)
A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with "perfect" wives and their "perfect" offspring.
SPARK (Drama)
WRITER: Michael Cooney
OTHER EPs: Ian Sander, Kim Moses
CAST: Antonia Thomas, Lena Olin (Alias), Tom Brittney (Outlander), Tracy Ifeachor (The Originals), Alex Lanipekun (BBC's Spooks), Austin Hébert (Bonnie & Clyde), Rege-Jean Page (Roots), Rachel Hurd-Wood
Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, this genre soap centers on the battle for power between two rival families and a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires.
SPEECHLESS (Comedy)
WRITER: Scott Silveri
OTHER EPs: Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar
CAST: Minnie Driver (About a Boy), Mason Cook (Legends), Cedric Yarbrough (The Goldbergs), John Ross Bowie (The Big Bang Theory)
A family with a special-needs child is good at dealing with the challenges it faces and excellent at creating new ones.
SQUARE ROOTS (Comedy)
WRITER: Vijal Patel
CAST: Bernard White (The Brink, Silicon Valley), Katie Walder (How I Met Your Mother), Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement), Noureen DeWulf (Grandfathered, Anger Management), Nina Wadia (EastEnders), Callan Farris
A man from a family of logic driven engineers is determined to use his "gift" to help the people he loves with their everyday issues, whether they like it or not.
STILL STAR-CROSSED (Drama)
WRITER: Heather Mitchell
OTHER EPs: Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Michael Goldstein
CAST: Clara Rugaard, Grant Bowler (Defiance), Anthony Head (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Torrance Coombs (Reign), Zuleikha Robinson (Homeland, Lost), Wade Briggs (Home and Away), Sterling Sulieman (In Time), Dan Hildebrand (Sons of Anarchy), Ebonée Noel, Medalion Rahimi, Lashana Lynch
A period drama that picks up where Romeo & Juliet left off, charting the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers' tragic fate. Based on the book by Melinda Taub.
TIME AFTER TIME (Drama)
WRITER: Kevin Williamson
CAST: Josh Bowman (Revenge), Freddie Stroma (UnREAL), Regina Taylor (Dig, The Unit), Genesis Rodriguez (Entourage), recurring star Jordin Sparks (American Idol)
Using the 1979 novel and movie as a starting point, Time After Time will chronicle the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells and his Time Machine.
TOAST (Comedy)
WRITER: Scott Foley, Greg Grunberg
OTHER EPs: Shonda Rhimes
CAST: Jerrika Hinton (Grey's Anatomy), Jono Kenyon, Tessa Ferrer (Grey's Anatomy, You're the Worst), Punam Patel (Kevin From Work)
Over the course of Max & Page's wedding rehearsal dinner, their eclectic family and friends give toasts recalling anecdotes about the couple – but flashbacks reveal the toasts don't always get it right, as we watch the real story of their complicated, funny, and relatable road to marriage.
UNTITLED GOLDBERG/GUARACIO PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: David Guaracio, Adam F. Goldberg
OTHER EPs: Patrick Osbourne, Doug Robinson
CAST: Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg, Growing Up Fisher), Stephen Schneider (You're the Worst), Nicholas Coombe (iZombie), Matreya Scarrwener (Canada's Detective McLean: Ties That Bind), Jillian Bell (Eastbound & Down), Erica Tremblay
Centers on a thirtysomething bachelorette whose life is turned upside-down when she finally meets the love of her life — a divorced father with three kids. This triggers even more upheaval when the slightly unhinged imaginary friend she created as an only child suddenly reappears in her life to help her navigate the transition from single girl to a woman ready for a family.
UNTITLED WEEKS/MACKAY PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay
OTHER EPs: Andrew Reich, Siobhan Bachman
CAST: Julie Goldman, Andy Ridings (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Tattiawna Jones (Flashpoint), Christine Horn
An unapologetic lesbian and her best friend, a neurotic straight male, navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating.
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Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2016-17 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):
BULL (Drama)
WRITER: Paul Attanasio, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw
OTHER EPs: Justin Falvey & Darryl Frank, Jay McGraw
CAST: Michael Weatherly (NCIS), Freddy Rodriguez (The Night Shift), Geneva Carr (Law & Order: SVU), Christopher Jackson (Broadway's Hamilton), Jaime Lee Kirchner (Mercy)
Based on the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw during his days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time.
BUNKER HILL (Drama)
WRITER: Jason Katims
OTHER EPs: Michelle Lee
CAST: Augustus Prew (The Borgias), Dermot Mulroney (Shameless), Odette Annable (The Astronaut Wives Club), Brenda Song (Scandal, Dads), Reshma Shetty (Royals Pains), Ward Horton (One Life to Live), Aaron Jennings
Follows a young Silicon Valley tech titan who enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting edge, "new school" approach to medicine.
WRITER: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater
OTHER EPs: Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman, Adam Bernstein
CAST: Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy), Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), Dulé Hill (Psych), Dreama Walker (Don't Trust the B— in Apartment 23), Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan), Kobi Libii (Alpha House)
Centers on Sadie Ellis, a lawyer who becomes romantically involved with a client who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
DREW (Drama)
WRITER: Joan Rater, Tony Phelan
OTHER EPs: Dan Jinks
CAST: Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest), Anthony Edwards (ER), Felix Solis (The Following), Vanessa Ferlito (Graceland), Steve Kazee (Shameless), Debra Monk (Grey's Anatomy), Rob McClure
A contemporary take on the character from the iconic Nancy Drew book series. Now in her 30s, Nancy is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world.
FOUR STARS (Drama)
WRITER: Becky Mode
OTHER EPs: Sarah Timberman & Carl Beverly, RJ Cutler
CAST: Wilmer Valderrama (Minority Report, That '70s Show), Bojana Novakovic (Shameless), Bruce Greenwood (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Steven Bauer (Ray Donovan), Ana Cruz Kayne, Ashley Zukerman (Manhattan)
Two powerful rival families in the military community of Tampa, Florida make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security.
FURST BORN (Comedy)
WRITER: Dan O'Shannon, Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope
OTHER EPs: Todd Holland
CAST: Patrick Brammall (Upper Middle Bogan), Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy), Poppy Montgomery (Unforgettable), Swoosie Kurtz (Mike & Molly), Brooke Elliott (Drop Dead Diva), Kelli Goss (The Young and the Restless), Talitha Bateman (Hart of Dixie)
An extended family comedy inspired by the Australian format, Upper Middle Bogan, about a woman who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers.
THE GREAT INDOORS (Comedy)
WRITER: Mike Gibbons
CAST: Joel McHale (Community), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Kick-Ass), Stephen Fry (Bones), Susannah Fielding, Shaun Brown
An adventure reporter must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of the magazine.
I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND (Comedy)
WRITER: Jeff & Jackie Filgo
OTHER EPs: Matt LeBlanc, Michael Rotenberg
CAST: Matt LeBlanc (Episodes), Jenna Fischer (The Office), Matt Cook (Clipped), Grace Kaufman (The Last Ship), Diana Maria Riva (Telenovela), Jessica Chaffin (Episodes)
A contractor learns that raising his kids is more challenging than expected when his wife goes back to work.
THE KICKER (Comedy)
WRITER: Jack Burditt
OTHER EPs: Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner
CAST: Geoff Stults (Enlisted), David Spade (Rules of Engagement), Joanna Garcia Swisher (Once Upon a Time), J.B. Smoove (Curb Your Enthusiasm)
An oddball athlete drives family, friends and strangers insane after he unexpectedly finds himself cut from his professional football team.
MACGYVER (Drama)
WRITER: Paul Downs Colaizzo
OTHER EPs: Michael Clear, Henry Winkler, James Wan
CAST: Lucas Till (X-Men), George Eads (CSI), Addison Timlin (Califorication), Michelle Krusiec (Hawaii Five-0)
A reimagining of the television series of the same name, following a 20-something MacGyver as he gets recruited into a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
MY TIME/YOUR TIME (Comedy)
WRITER: Hilary Winston
OTHER EPs: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
CAST: Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Nicholas Braun (10 Things I Hate About You), Utkarsh Ambudkar (The Mindy Project), Izzie Steele, Langston Kerman
Chronicles the relationship of a young couple as they begin dating long distance. Based on the web series 7P/10E.
REAL GOOD PEOPLE (Comedy)
WRITER: Stephnie Weir
OTHER EPs: Greg Garcia, Alix Jaffe
CAST: Nick Zano (Minority Report, One Big Happy), Lenora Crichlow (A to Z), Lindsey Gort (The Carrie Diaries), Betsy Beutler (You're the Worst), Ross Kimball (Chicago Med), David Keith (Reckless, The Class), Julie White (Go On), Beth Hoyt
A conservative, small town family is forced to reconcile their values when they discover their children's lives are less than perfect.
SENSORY (Drama) WRITER: David Zabel OTHER EPs: Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Roger Freet Two-hander centered around a veteran neurologist and her protégé who has mirror-touch synesthesia, a neurological trait that causes him to experience other people's sensations. Inspired by the true story of neurologist Joel Salinas.
SUPERIOR DONUTS (Comedy)
WRITER: Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan, Bob Daily
OTHER EPs: Mark Teitelbaum, John Montgomery
CAST: Jermaine Fowler, Brian d'Arcy James (Smash), David Koechner (The Office), Megyn Price (Rules of Engagement), Maz Jobrani (Better Off Ted), Sarah Stiles (Broadway's Hand to God)
Based on the play by Tracy Letts, it follows the relationship between the owner of a donut shop, his new young employee and their patrons in a gentrifying neighborhood of Chicago.
TRAINING DAY (Drama)
WRITER: Will Beall
OTHER EPs: Antoine Fuqua, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed
CAST: Justin Cornwell (Chicago P.D.), Bill Paxton (Big Love), Drew Van Acker (Pretty Little Liars), Katrina Law (Arrow), Julie Benz (Defiance, Dexter), Lex Scott Davis (Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart)
In this reimagining that begins 15 years after the film left off, an idealistic young African-American police officer is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with a seasoned, morally ambiguous Caucasian detective.
UNTITLED KEVIN JAMES PROJECT (Comedy) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES
WRITER: Kevin James, Rock Reuben, Bruce Helford
OTHER EPs: Jeff Sussman
CAST: Kevin James (The King of Queens), Erinn Hayes (Childrens Hospital), Taylor Spreitler (Melissa & Joey), Ryan Cartwright (Alphas, Bones), Lenny Venito (The Neighbors), Gary Valentine (The King of Queens)
A newly retired police officer looking forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids discovers he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.
WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND (Comedy)
WRITER: Dan Kopelman
OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan
CAST: Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl), Alyssa Milano (Charmed), Matt Murray (Kevin From Work, Rookie Blue), Dougie Baldwin
Two 40-something parents who were wild and reckless teenagers now face their worst nightmare—raising three teenagers of their own.
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Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2016-17 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):
FREQUENCY (Drama)
WRITER: Jeremy Carver
OTHER EPs: Toby Emmerich, John Rickard, Dan Lin, Jennifer Gwartz
CAST: Peyton List (The Flash, The Tomorrow People), Riley Smith (Nashville), Mekhi Phifer (ER), Lenny Jacobson (Nurse Jackie), Anthony Ruivivar (Banshee, American Horror Story), Devin Kelley (Resurrection), Daniel Bonjour (The Walking Dead)
In this reimagining of the New Line Cinema film, a female police detective discovers she is able to speak via a ham radio with her estranged father, also a detective, who died in 1996. They forge a new relationship while working together on an unresolved murder, but unintended consequences of the "butterfly effect" wreak havoc in the present day.
NO TOMORROW (Drama)
WRITER: Corrine Brinkerhoff
OTHER EPs: Scott McCabe & Tory Stanton
CAST: Tori Anderson (The L.A. Complex), Joshua Sasse (Galavant), Amy Pietz (The Nine Lives of Chloe King), Sarayu Blue (The Real O'Neals), Jesse Rath (Defiance)
When a risk-averse female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, it leads to comedic and poignant results as they embark on a quest to fulfill their individual bucket lists.
RIVERDALE (Drama)
WRITER: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater
CAST: KJ Apa, Cole Sprouse (The Suite Life Of Zack & Cody), Lili Reinhart (Surviving Jack), Luke Perry (Beverly Hills, 90210), Mädchen Amick (Witches of East End), Marisol Nichols (Teen Wolf, 24), Camila Mendes, Ashleigh Murray, Madelaine Petsch, recurring stars Ross Butler, Daniel Yang and Cody Kearsley
Set in present day and based on the iconic Archie Comics characters, this surprising and subversive take on Archie and friends explores the surrealism of small-town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome façade. (Get character details.)
TRANSYLVANIA (Drama)
WRITER: Hugh Sterbakov
OTHER EPs: Jeff Pinkner, Andre Nemec, Josh Applebaum, Scott Rosenberg
CAST: Laura Brent (Legends of the Seeker), Luke Allen-Gale (Dominion), Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones) Sofia Penas (The Young & the Restless), Evan Stern
In 1880, a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father ventures from NYC to Transylvania, where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard detective. Together, they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.
UNTITLED MARS PROJECT (Drama)
WRITER: Doris Egan
OTHER EPs: Frank Marshall, Robert Zotnowski
CAST: Georgina Haig (Fringe, Once Upon a Time), Neal Bledsoe (The Mysteries of Laura), Mouzam Makkar (The Vampire Diaries, The Following), Carl Beukes (Dominion), Tongayi Chirisa (The Jim Gaffigan Show), Peter Mark Kendall (Chicago Med, The Americans), America Olivo (Chicago P.D.), Mark Leslie Ford
Explorers arrive on Mars to join its first human colony, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration/settlement to investigation/survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.
UNTITLED PARANORMAL PROJECT (Drama)
WRITER: Kevin Williamson
OTHER EPs: David Nutter (director)
CAST: Megan West (How to Get Away with Murder), Bailey Chase (Longmire) Matt Passmore (Satisfaction), Jessica Szohr (Gossip Girl)
A young woman seeks help from a parapsychologist when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena.
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Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2016-17 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):
24: LEGACY (Drama)
EPs: Howard Gordon, Manny Coto, Evan Katz
CAST: Corey Hawkins (The Walking Dead), Ashley Thomas (Black Mirror), Jimmy Smits (Sons of Anarchy), Miranda Otto (Homeland), Teddy Sears (The Flash), Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal), Anna Diop (The Messengers), Coral Pena (Blue Bloods), Charlie Hofheimer (Mad Men), Sheila Vand (State of Affairs)
Featuring an all-new cast of characters, the potential series centers on a military hero who encounters a troubled return to the U.S., compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.
A.P.B. (Drama)
WRITER: David Slack
OTHER EPs: Len Wiseman
CAST: Natalie Martinez (Secrets and Lies), Justin Kirk (Weeds), Ernie Hudson (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), Eric Winter (Witches of East End), Caitlin Stasey (Reign), Taylor Handley (The O.C.), Tamberla Perry (Boss)
A tech billionaire purchases a troubled police precinct in the wake of a loved one's murder, but can this eccentric and enigmatic figure's cutting edge approach fix the broken ways of these blue blooded veterans?
CHAD: AN AMERICAN BOY (Comedy)
WRITER: Nasim Pedrad, Rob Rosell
OTHER EPs: Nasim Pedrad, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky, Jason Winer
CAST: Nasim Pedrad (SNL), Matthew Mindler, Ariana Molkara
Follows a young teen in the throes of adolescence who is tasked with being the man of the house, which leaves him with all the responsibilities of being an adult without any of the perks.
CHARITY CASE (Comedy)
WRITER: Robert Padnick
OTHER EPs: Courteney Cox, James Griffiths
CAST: Courteney Cox (Cougar Town), Kyle Bornheimer (Angel From Hell), Isiah Whitlock Jr. (The Wire), Dan Gill (The Wedding Ringer)
Follows a billionaire's widow who inherits his charity and learns that changing the world is far less glamorous than she had imagined.
THE ENFORCERS (Comedy)
WRITER: Sherry Bilsing-Graham & Ellen Kreamer
OTHER EPs: Gail Mancuso
CAST: Niecy Nash (Scream Queens), Christine Woods (Hello Ladies), Ian Gomez (Cougar Town), Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars), Matt Oberg (The Comedians)
A female buddy comedy about two wildly different single mothers with dreams of being police officers who find themselves partnered as inspectors in the Code Enforcement Department. Instead of fighting crime, they have been relegated to handling petty code breaking, like noise complaints, tree trimming and water misuse.
THE EXORCIST (Drama)
WRITER: Jeremy Slater
OTHER EPs: James Robinson, David Robinson, Barbara Wall
CAST: Geena Davis (Grey's Anatomy), Brianne Howey (Scream Queens), Hannah Kasulka (The Fosters), Alfonso Herrera (Sense8), Ben Daniels (Flesh and Bone), Kurt Egyiawan (Beasts of No Nation)
A modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty's original 1971 book, the propulsive, serialized psychological thriller follows two very different men tackling one family's case of horrifying demonic possession, and confronting the face of true evil.
LETHAL WEAPON (Drama)
WRITER: Matt Miller
OTHER EPs: Dan Lin, Jennifer Gwartz, McG
CAST: Damon Wayans, Sr., Jordana Brewster (Dallas), Golden Brooks (Girlfriends) Keesha Sharp (American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson), Kevin Rahm (Mad Men), Clayne Crawford (Rectify), Johnathan Fernandez (Younger, Girls), Chandler Kinney
When Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Martin Riggs suffers the loss of his wife and baby, he moves to Los Angeles to start anew. There, he gets partnered with LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh, who, having recently suffered a "minor" heart attack, must avoid any stress in his life.
MAKING HISTORY (Comedy)
WRITER: Julius "Goldie" Sharpe
OTHER EPs: Phil Lord & Chris Miller, Seth Cohen
CAST: Adam Pally (The Mindy Project), Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl), Yassir Lester (The Carmichael Show)
Three friends find a way to travel through time for truth, justice, and riches, which complicates their lives in 2016. They visit some of the greatest moments of the past as they try to resolve their personal problems, while history and pop culture comically collide.
THE MICK (Comedy)
WRITER: John Chernin, Dave Chernin
OTHER EPs: Nick Frenkel, Oly Obst
CAST: Kaitlin Olson (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia), Sofia Black D'Elia (Gossip Girl), Carla Jimenez, Thomas Barbusca, Jack Stanton
A hard-living, foul mouthed woman moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who has fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know — other people's children are awful.
PITCH (Drama)
WRITER: Dan Fogelman, Rick Singer
OTHER EPs: Tony Bill, Helen Bartlett
CAST: Kylie Bunbury (Twisted), Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Franklin & Bash), Elisabeth Shue (CSI) Ali Larter (Legends, Heroes), Mark Consuelos (Kingdom, Alpha House), Mo McRae (Murder in the First, Sons of Anarchy), Meagan Holder (Ringer), Tim Jo (The Neighbors), Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years), recurring guest star Bob Balaban (The Good Wife)
Follows a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues.
PRISON BREAK (Drama) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES
WRITER: Paul Scheuring
OTHER EPs: Marty Adelstein, Dawn Olmstead
CAST: Wentworth Miller, Dominic Purcell, Sarah Wayne Callies, Amaury Nolasco, Robert Knepper, Rockmond Dunbar, Paul Adelstein, Mark Feuerstein (Royal Pains), recurring stars Inbar Lavi (The Last Ship), Augustus Prew (The Borgias), Rick Yune (Marco Polo), Steve Mouzakis (I, Frankenstein) and Amin El Gamal
A limited, 10-episode continuation of the hit series, which picks up years after "escape artist" Michael Scofield's apparent death. Sara Tancredi has moved on with her life, raising her and Michael's child with her new husband. But when clues surface suggesting that Michael may be alive, Sara teams with his brother Lincoln to engineer the series' "biggest escape ever."
RECON (Drama)
WRITER: Caroline Dries
OTHER EPs: Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson
CAST: Tracy Spiridakos (Revolution), Nick Wechsler (Revenge), Alexander Siddig (Game of Thrones), Sarita Choudhury (Homeland), Karan Oberoi (NCIS), Amanda Warren (The Leftovers)
A rookie FBI agent embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family.
SHOTS FIRED (Drama) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES
WRITER: Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood
OTHER EPs: Francie Calfo, Brian Grazer
CAST: Sanaa Lathan (Love & Basketball), Helen Hunt (Mad About You), Richard Dreyfuss (Madoff), Stephen Moyer (True Blood), Stephan James (Selma), Aisha Hinds (Under the Dome), Tristan Wilds (90210), DeWanda Wise
An expert investigator digs into a series of shootings in a small Tennessee town. Alongside a special prosecutor sent to the town by the Department of Justice, she must navigate the media attention, public debate and social unrest that comes with such volatile cases.
SON OF ZORN (Animated/Live-Action Comedy) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES
WRITER: Phil Lord, Chris Miller
OTHER EPs: Reed Agnew, Eli Jorne, Seth Cohen, Eric Appel
VOICE CAST: Jason Sudeikis, Cheryl Hines, Tim Meadows, Artemis Pebdani, Johnny Pemberton
Centers on an animated Barbarian father who comes home for the first time in 10 years to his live-action son and ex-wife. He finds that reconnecting with his family, struggling through his mundane office job and dealing with the banality of suburban life is much harder than waging actual war in his distant, animated world.
UNTITLED CHRIS CASE PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: Chris Case
OTHER EPs: Chris Spencer, Evan Silverberg, Daniel Rappaport, Malcolm D. Lee
CAST: Becki Newton (Ugly Betty, How I Met Your Mother), Bill Bellamy (Fastlane), Joshua Carlon (Richie Rich), Steele Stebbins (Vacation), Amberia Allen (Punk'd)
This inter-racial family comedy follows Jay "Havoc" Hammond, an African American, ex-NFL lineman who recently moved in with his white wife and her two oddball sons, as he struggles to win the most challenging game of his life: fatherhood.
UNTITLED LAURA STEINEL PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: Laura Steinel
OTHER EPs: Sue Naegle, Jeff Schaffer
CAST: Judy Greer (Married), Patton Oswalt (King of Queens), Esai Morales (The Brink, NYPD Blue), Jon Daly (Family Guy), Veronica Osorio (Hail Caesar!), Lateefah Holder, Milana Vayntrub
A half-hour workplace comedy that centers around Jane, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future.
UNTITLED LEE DANIELS PROJECT (fka Star) (Drama)
WRITER: Lee Daniels, Tom Donaghy
CAST: Queen Latifah, Benjamin Bratt (Law & Order), Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O'Grady
Centers on three young women who form a musical act with the hope of making it big.
URBAN COWBOY (Drama) — NOT GOING FORWARD
WRITER: Craig Brewer
OTHER EPs: Chris Levinson, Robert Evans, Sue Naegle
CAST: Alfonso Herrera (Sense8), Nathalie Kelley (UnREAL), Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica), Jim Belushi (According to Jim), Riley Smith (True Blood)
The update of 1980 John Travolta film follows two star-crossed young lovers, as they pursue their dreams and passions through the sweat of line-dancing in honky-tonks, the grime of the oil refineries and the glamor of modern Texas.
ZOOBIQUITY (Drama)
WRITER: Jon Collier, Stephen Nathan
OTHER EPs: Spencer Medof, Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers
CAST: Marsha Thomason (White Collar), Peter Facinelli (Supergirl), Kim Raver (24, Bones), Ben Rappaport (Mr. Robot), Wesam Keesh (Awkward), Melissa Tang (Mom)
The light, unconventional medical procedural follows the unlikely pairing of a successful, driven cardiologist as she risks career suicide by teaming with a socially-challenged veterinarian who relates better to animals than people. They try to put aside their competitive natures to cure the incurable using a unique blend of cross-species medicine that's never been tried before. Based on Natterson-Horowitz and Bowers' book of the same name.
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Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2016-17 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):
THE BLACKLIST SPINOFF (Drama)
CAST: Famke Janssen (How to Get Away With Murder), Ryan Eggold (The Blacklist), Edi Gathegi (The Blacklist), Tawny Cypress (Unforgettable)
The May 12 episode of The Blacklist will serve as a backdoor pilot, with Janssen's character, Susan "Scottie" Halsted, to be introduced in the May 5 installment.
CHICAGO JUSTICE (Drama)
EPs: Dick Wolf
CAST: Philip Winchester (The Player), Joelle Carter (Justified), Nazneen Contractor (Heroes Reborn), Carl Weathers (Rocky), guest star Lorraine Toussaint (Rosewood, Orange Is the New Black), Ryan-James Hatanaka
A planted Chicago P.D. spinoff — the backdoor pilot airs as Episode 21 — set in the legal world.
CRUEL INTENTIONS (Drama)
WRITER: Roger Kumble, Jordan Ross & Lindsey Rosin
OTHER EPs: Neil Moritz, Pavun Shetty
CAST: Sarah Michelle Gellar (the original Cruel Intentions film), Taylor John Smith (American Crime), Peter Gallagher (The O.C.), Kate Levering (Drop Dead Diva), Samantha Logan (The Fosters), Sophina Brown (Ravenswood, Numb3rs), Nathalie Kelley (UnREAL), Bryce Cass
Picking up over 15 years after the end of the movie, it follows the beautiful and cunning Kathryn Merteuil as she vies for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of Bash Casey, the son of her brother, who was the late Sebastian Valmont, and Annette Hargrove. Upon discovering his late father's legacy in a hidden journal, Bash is introduced to a world of sex, money, power and corruption he never could have imagined.
CRUNCH TIME (Comedy)
WRITER: Betsy Thomas
OTHER EPs: Phil Gurin, David Janollari
CAST: Craig Ferguson (The Late Late Show), Andrea Anders (Better Off Ted), Kyle Howard (Royal Pains), Kellee Stewart (The Soul Man), Eugene Cordero (Comedy Bang! Bang!), Caitlin McGee
A hybrid game show/comedy that intercuts between a real game show and the scripted workplace that centers on an up-and-coming producer trying to wrangle the volatile host.
GOOD FORTUNE (Comedy)
WRITER: Craig Gerard, Matt Zinman
OTHER EPs: Rashida Jones, Will McCormack
CAST: Tone Bell (Truth Be Told), Beau Mirchoff (Awkward), Diane Guerrero (Orange Is the New Black), Jessy Hodges (Hindsight), Blake Lee (Mixology)
An ensemble comedy that focuses on a hyper-structured young woman whose life is upended when she starts taking advice from a mysterious fortune teller.
GOOD PLACE (Comedy) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES
WRITER: Mike Schur
OTHER EPs: David Miner
CAST: Kristen Bell (Veronica Mars), Ted Danson (CSI: Cyber), Manny Jacinto (The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story), William Jackson Harper, Jameela Jamil, D'Arcy Carden
Follows Eleanor, a New Jersey woman who comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. She decides to turn over a new leaf by learning what it actually means to be "good" or "bad," and then trying to make up for her past behavior.
HEAVENLY CREATURES (Drama)
WRITER: John Glenn
OTHER EPs: Mark Burnett, Roma Downey
Redeveloped from last season's pilot Unveiled, it follows a war hero who rediscovers his purpose in life when a celestial being offers him a chance to change the world, one person at a time
IMAGINARY FRIEND (Comedy)
WRITER: Kassia Miller
OTHER EPs: Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
CAST: Megan Neuringer (Kroll Show), Alex Newell (Glee), Brandon Scott
An intelligent yet unmotivated woman discovers a special and unexpected way of dealing with her mediocre life.
MARLON (Comedy)
WRITER: Chris Moynihan
OTHER EPs: Marlon Wayans, Rick Alvarez, Michael Rotenberg
CAST: Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins (Are We There Yet?), Bresha Webb (Truth Be Told), Diallo Riddle (Silicon Valley)
Loosely inspired by Marlon Wayans' life, this multi-camera comedy centers on an inappropriate but loving father (Wayans) committed to successfully co-parenting with his polar opposite ex-wife.
ME & MEAN MARGARET (Comedy)
WRITER: Adam Barr
OTHER EPs: Peter Chernin
CAST: Stockard Channing (The Good Wife), Gavin Stenhouse (Allegiance)
An unlikely buddy comedy that follows a fiercely candid and often offensive legendary actress and the ambitious 27-year-old lawyer forced to babysit her.
MIDNIGHT TEXAS (Drama)
WRITER: Monica Owusu-Breen
OTHER EPs: David Janollari
CAST: François Arnaud (Blindspot), Dylan Bruce (Orphan Black, Heroes Reborn), Sarah Ramos (Parenthood), Parisa Fitz-Henley, Yul Vasquez)
Set in Midnight, Texas, a remote town where your neighbor could be a vampire, a witch, a werewolf, and even an angel. Mystery, horror and romance combine to both enthrall and frighten any outsiders who decide to venture into this unusual place. Based on Charlaine Harris' best-selling trilogy.
MIRANDA'S RIGHTS (Drama)
WRITER: Katie Lovejoy
OTHER EPs: John Glenn
CAST: Rebecca Breeds (The Originals), Jamie Chung (Once Upon a Time), Noel Fisher (Shameless), Gail O'Grady (Revenge), John Gabriel (Young & Hungry), Monique Coleman (High School Musical), Ruffin Prentiss (Power), Parker Sawyers
A legal soap about an idealistic group of lawyers who not only work together but live together at their start-up firm.
POWERLESS (Comedy)
WRITER: Ben Queen
OTHER EPs: Michael Patrick Jann
CAST: Vanessa Hudgens (Grease: Live), Danny Pudi (Community), Alan Tudyk (Suburgatory, Firefly)
Set in the DC Comics universe full of superheroes, villains and people just like us, an office comedy about the exceedingly average employees at an insurance company and their quest to find their own power.
SEBASTIAN (Comedy)
WRITER: Austen Earl, Sebastian Maniscalco
OTHER EPs: Greg Garcia
CAST: Sebastian Maniscalco, Tony Danza (Family Law, Who's the Boss), Steve Talley (The 100, Hindsight), Owen Smith
Sebastian's old-school values, instilled by his opinionated Italian father, are constantly put to the test by his new wife, her family, and the absurdities of the modern world.
SUNSET PPL (Comedy)
WRITER: Aaron Colom & Adriano Valentini
A group of millennial friends struggle with their own made-up rules for personal and professional success.
TAKEN (Drama) — STRAIGHT TO SERIES
WRITER: Alexander Cary
OTHER EPs: Luc Besson, Matthew Gross, Edouard De Vesinne, Thomas Anargyros
CAST: Clive Standen (Vikings), Jennifer Beals (The L Word), recurring player Simu Liu
Set in the present day, the prequel to Luc Besson's big-screen franchise of the same name will follow a young Bryan as he acquires the very skills he uses to save his future daughter.
TIME (Drama)
WRITER: Shawn Ryan, Eric Kripke
OTHER EPs: John Davis, Jon Fox, Marney Hochman
CAST: Abigail Spencer (Rectify, Suits), Matt Lanter (90210), Malcolm Barrett (Better Off Ted), Goran Visnjic (ER), Claudia Doumit (Scandal), Sakina Jaffrey (House of Cards)
This high-octane drama follows an unlikely trio who travel through time to battle a master criminal intent on altering the fabric of human history with potentially catastrophic results.
THE TRAIL (Comedy)
WRITER: Jeff Astrof, Matt Miller
CAST: Nick D'Agosto (Gotham), Steven Boyer (Broadway's Hand to God), John Lithgow (How I Met Your Mother), Sherri Shepherd (How I Met Your Mother), Jayma Mays (Glee), Krysta Rodriguez (Smash)
A serialized comedy following a young big-city lawyer and his oddball defense team during a high profile murder trial in a small southern town.
UNTITLED AMY POEHLER/CHARLIE GRANDY PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: Charlie Grandy
OTHER EPs: Amy Poehler, Brooke Posch, Dave Becky
CAST: Nico Evers-Swindell (Grimm), Elizabeth Perkins (Weeds), Kevin Nealon (Weeds), Tim Baltz (Drunk History), Jessie Ennis (Veep), Tiya Sircar (The Crazy Ones), Patrick Gallagher (Glee)
After years of partying that earned him the "black sheep" label, Karl returns home to compete with his brother for the family throne.
UNTITLED DAN FOGELMAN DRAMEDY
WRITER: Dan Fogelman
OTHER EPs: Jess Rosenthal, Charlie Gogolak, John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
CAST: Mandy Moore (Red Band Society), Milo Ventimiglia (Heroes), Justin Harley (Revenge), Sterling Brown (Army Wives), Ron Cephas Jones (Mr. Robot), Chrissy Metz, Susan Kelechi Watson
The hourlong project centers on a group of people born on the same day, including a married couple expecting triplets in Pittsburgh and a handsome television actor growing bored of his fly bachelor lifestyle.
UNTITLED MATT HUBBARD PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: Matt Hubbard
OTHER EPs: Mike Schur, David Miner
CAST: Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Francois Chau (Lost), Susan Chuang (Cold Case), Concetta Tomei (Providence), Elizabeth Ho, Chris Smith
Loosely based on Matt's life, a show about a guy learning to manage the expectations and strong cultural traditions of his in-laws after he moves his family to his wife's hometown.
UNTITLED TRACEY WIGFIELD PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: Tracey Wigfield
OTHER EPs: Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner
CAST: Adam Campbell (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Mixology), Briga Heelan (Undateable), Andrea Martin (Difficult People), Kimrie Lewis-Davis (Scandal)
An already inseparable mother/daughter relationship becomes more complicated when mom accepts an internship at her daughter's workplace.
UNTITLED VLADIMIR CAAMANO PROJECT (Comedy)
WRITER: Vladimir Caamano, Adam Sztykiel
OTHER EPs: Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold
CAST: Vladimir Caamano, Josh Segarra (Sirens), Lilah Richcreek, Liche Ariza
Vlad, the son of Dominican immigrants, wants to carve his own path in life which proves difficult as his father has no desire to change their extremely co-dependent relationship.