Pilot Season 2019: Scoop On This Fall's (Possible) New Shows, Who's In Them

This list will be frequently updated as more pilots are announced and cast.

Pilot season is upon us, meaning the broadcast networks are taking stock of their needs for the 2019-20 TV season and getting the ball rolling toward filling any gaps. With things about to get really interesting — it's time to start casting stars in 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 a pilot, they're asking its writers/producers/studio to cast and produce a very close facsimile of a series' first episode. Each pilot is reviewed by network brass, then typically put into testing before its fate is decided. (A "put pilot" has a greater likelihood 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. (Free History Lesson: That Brady Bunch episode with neighbor Ken Berry adopting three diverse boys? That was an ill-fated planted pilot, for a spin-off to be called Kelly's Kids.)

DRAMA/COMEDY PRESENTATION | Due to time or budget restraints, a network sometimes won't order a full pilot but a shorter "presentation" that gives a sense of what a drama or 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 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.

SECOND POSITION | AKA the two words that make fans of "bubble" shows extremely anxious 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 if their show gets renewed. The fact that an actor booked a "second position" gig doesn't always mean his/her current show is doomed... but it usually does. Variation: A "safe second" means the pilot's bosses have been discreetly 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 a goner.

And now, our running update of pilots ordered for the 2019-20 TV season, going network by network....

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ABC Logo 2015Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2019-20 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

THE BAKER AND THE BEAUTY (Drama)

WRITER: Dean Georgaris

OTHER EPs: David Frankel, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Rachel Kaplan, Peter Traugott

CAST: Nathalie Kelley (Dynasty), Victor Rasuk (Stalker, How to Make It in America), Carlos Gomez (Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders), Lisa Vidal (Being Mary Jane), Dan Bucatinsky (Scandal), Michelle Veintimilla (Gotham), David Del Rio (Grease Live!), Belissa Escobedo

Tells the story of the unlikely romance between a blue-collar baker and an international superstar. Theirs is a relationship that not only upends their own lives, but the lives of their two very different families. Based on the original Israeli series.

Vanessa WilliamsHAPPY ACCIDENT (Comedy)

WRITERS: Abraham Higginbotham, Jon Pollack

CAST: Matt Walsh (Veep), Vanessa Williams (Ugly Betty), JoAnna Garcia Swisher (Kevin... Saves the World, Once Upon a Time), Kether Donohue (You're the Worst), Elliot Knight (Life Sentence), Jessie Pinnick (Chicago Med, Shameless), Robert Smith

Centers around two Pittsburgh families — a father (Walsh) with three adult daughters, and a hotel lounge singer (Williams) and her med student son — who are forced together after a decades-old secret is revealed.

Dave AnnableHEART OF LIFE (Drama)

WRITER: Ben Queen

OTHER EPs: John Mayer, Melvin Mar, Jake Kasdan, Paul Weitz

CAST: Dave Annable (Brothers & Sisters), Harry Shum Jr. (Glee), Katie Findlay (How to Get Away With Murder), Jessica Stroup (Marvel's Iron Fist, 90210), Nick Thune (Burning Love)

Inspired by John Mayer's hit song, the show follows two sets of adult siblings from wildly different worlds who discover they're related and must reassess everything they thought they knew about their shared father. As they explore the mystery of their separate childhoods, they'll experience the difficulty in overcoming the sins of the past, and learn the joys of reuniting with long-lost family.

Heather Graham The Hypnotist's Love Story ABCTHE HYPNOTIST'S LOVE STORY (Drama)

WRITER: Katie Wech

OTHER EPs: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks, Liane Moriarty

CAST: Heather Graham (Emily's Reasons Why Not), Juliet Rylance (The Knick), Adan Canto (Designated Survivor), Liza Lapira (9KJL), Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), Nathaniel Buescher (APB)

After a string of failed romances, hypnotherapist Ellen is optimistic about her current boyfriend. But then he reveals a disturbing truth: a stalker ex-girlfriend (Graham) has been following him for years. Ellen finds herself intrigued — and oddly thrilled — by the stalker, entirely unaware that they've already met. Based on the bestselling book by Liane Moriarty.

NANA (Comedy)

WRITER: Lon Zimmet

OTHER EPs: Ted Melfi, Kimberly Quinn, Andrew Kosove, Broderick Johnson, Laura Lancaster, Katey Sagal

CAST: Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy), Bill Bellamy (Fastlane), Ben Lawson (Designated Survivor), Kimberly Quinn, Gemma Allen, Jolie Hoang-Rappaport

After the death of his wife, an obsessive, overprotective dad is forced to invite his brash and bawdy mother-in-law, Nana (Sagal), into his home to help raise the two granddaughters she barely knows in the multi-cam hybrid.

NEW YORK UNDERCOVER (Drama)

WRITER: Dick Wolf, Ben Watkins

OTHER EPs: Arthur Forney, Peter Jankowski, director Anthony Hemingway

CAST: Original series stars Malik Yoba and Luna Lauren Velez, MC Lyte (Power), Otmara Marrero (StartUp), Toby Sandeman (She's Gotta Have It), Anna Enger (Chicago Med), Octavio Pizano (If Loving You Is Wrong), MC Lyte

Picking up 20 years after the end of the '90s Fox cop drama, the revival will follow detectives Nat Gilmore and Melissa Ortiz as they investigate the city's most dangerous criminals from Harlem to Battery Park. Some cast members from the original series are expected to reprise their roles.

Alona Tal NYPD BlueNYPD BLUE (Drama)

WRITERS: Matt Olmstead, Nick Wootton

OTHER EPs: Director Jesse Bochco, Dayna Bochco

CAST: Newcomer Fabien Frankel (as Theo), Alona Tal (Supernatural), Rick Gomez (Justified), Ashley Thomas (24: Legacy), Sofia Barclay (Defending the Guilty), original series stars Kim Delaney and Bill Brochtrup

The revival will focus on Theo, the son of Andy Sipowicz (played in the original series by Dennis Franz), who is trying to earn his detective shield and work in the 15th squad... while investigating his father's murder.

Cobie Smulders Agents of SHIELDSTUMPTOWN (Drama)

WRITER: Jason Richman

OTHER EPs: Ruben Fleischer, Dave Bernad, Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, Justin Greenwood

CAST: Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Michael Ealy (Secrets and Lies, Almost Human), Camryn Manheim (The Practice), Adrian Martinez (No Activity), Mark Webber (SMILF), Cole Sibus, Tantoo Cardinal 

Inspired by the graphic novels, the project follows Dex Parios, a strong, assertive, and unapologetically sharp-witted army veteran working as a P.I. in Portland, Oregon. With a complicated personal history and only herself to rely on, she solves other people's messes with a blind eye toward her own.

Mike VogelTRIANGLE (Drama)

WRITERS: Jon Feldman, Sonny Postiglione

OTHER EPs: Jen Gwartz

CAST: Mike Vogel (The Brave, Under the Dome), Edwin Hodge (Mayans M.C., Chicago Fire), Mallory Jansen (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Matt Passmore (Satisfaction, The Glades), Lorenzo Richelmy (Marco Polo), Amit Shah (the UK's Crashing), Diana Bermudez, Sarah Catherine Hook

What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean, but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants — from throughout history — to survive and somehow find a way home.

UNITED WE FALL (Comedy)

WRITER: Julius 'Goldy' Sharpe

OTHER EPs: Julia Gunn, Seth Gordon

CAST: Jane Curtin (3rd Rock From the Sun), Jason Michael Snow (Black Monday), Will Sasso (MADtv), Christina Vidal (Training Day)

A multi-cultural, multi-cam family sitcom that shows how, when two people with young children and overzealous extended families truly love each other, barely anything is possible.

UNTIL THE WEDDING (Drama)

WRITER: Becky Mode

OTHER EPs: Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Alon Aranya, Nelly Feld, Avi Zvi, Ami Amir

CAST: Olivia Thirlby (Goliath), E.J. Bonilla (Bull, Unforgettable), Christian Borle (Smash), Britt Lower (High Maintenance, Man Seeking Woman), Michael Stahl-David (The Deuce, Narcos), Trent Garrett (Andi Mack, Here and Now), Liza Colon-Zayas (David Makes Man, Titans), Juani Feliz (Shades of Blue, Blue Bloods), Vered Blonstein (The Good Doctor), Michael Benjamin Washington (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, 30 Rock), Christian Coulson (Nashville)

The story of how one couple's decision to get married can affect everyone in their lives. The show will explore the intimate relationships of a group of friends/family as they are forced to reckon with their own romantic lives and come to terms with the realities of love and marriage. Based on the Israeli format.

UNTITLED BLACK-ISH SPINOFF (Comedy)

EPs: Kenya Barris

CAST: Anders Holm (Champions), Tika Sumpter (The Haves and the Have Nots), Arica Himmel, Gary Cole (The Good Fight), Ethan William Childress, Mykal-Michelle Harris, Christina Anthony

An '80s-set prequel/spinoff about a pre-teen version of Tracee Ellis Ross' matriarch Bow, to air as an episode of black-ish later this season.

UNTITLED HANK STEINBERG/CURTIS "50 CENT" JACKSON PROJECT (Drama)

WRITER: Hank Steinberg

OTHER EPs: Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson, Isaac Wright, Jr., Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan, director George Tillman, Jr.

CAST: Nicholas Pinnock (Counterpart), Indira Varma (Game of Thrones), Joy Bryant (Parenthood), Mary Stuart Masterson (Blindspot), Dorian Missick (Tell Me a Story, Luke Cage), Boris McGiver (House of Cards), Tyla Harris (Fear the Walking Dead)

A serialized legal and family drama about a prisoner who becomes a lawyer, litigating cases for other inmates while fighting to overturn his own life sentence for a crime he didn't commit. His quest for freedom is driven by his desperate desire to get back to the family he loves and reclaim the life that was stolen from him. The show will also, through the window of his ferocious struggle and his complicated relationship with a progressive female prison warden, examine the flaws and challenges in our penal and legal systems.

Hannah SimoneUNTITLED HANNAH SIMONE PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITERS: Hannah Simone, Matt Fusfeld, Alex Cuthbertson

CAST: Hannah Simone (New Girl), Jane Leeves (The Resident, Hot in Cleveland), Alanna Ubach (Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce), Deniz Akdeniz (Once Upon A Time), Art Malik (Borgia, Homeland), Liza Treyger (Horace and Pete), Hank Chen

Hannah and her Indian-American immigrant father have always been close, but after she admits to herself that she's in a dead-end job and he reveals his marriage is over, they're starting over together and each finding a new path in the single-cam comedy. This new chapter will either make them crazy close... or just crazy.

UNTITLED JESSICA GAO PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITER: Jessica Gao

OTHER EPs: Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Samie Kim Falvey

CAST: Holly Chou (The Big Sick), Cindy Cheung (13 Reasons Why), Stephen Park (In Living Color), Kelly Hu (Arrow), Helen Hong (The Thundermans), Ki Hong Lee (The Maze Runner), Ashley Park (Tales of the City), John Gemberling (Broad City)

The single-cam comedy is about Janet Zhao, a first generation Chinese-American woman who struggles to set healthy boundaries with her crazy, exhausting family. When her wealthy grandmother dies and names Janet the sole inheritor, she suddenly finds herself the unwilling new matriarch of the family she's spent her life trying to keep at arm's length.

Leslie Odom JrUNTITLED LESLIE ODOM JR. PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITER: Saladin Patterson

OTHER EPs: Leslie Odom Jr., Touré Roberts, Sarah Jakes-Roberts, Kerry Washington, Pilar Savone

CAST: Leslie Odom Jr. (Smash), Kelly Jenrette (Grandfathered), Alexis Fields (Moesha), Hailey Kilgore (The Village), Lilah Richcreek (Grace & Frankie), Milan Carter, Kezii Curtis, Brandon Severs, Somali Rose

Inspired by real life progressive pastors Touré and Sarah Roberts, the multi-cam comedy revolves around Omari (Odom Jr.) and Hope, who together run a modern ministry and share an even more eclectic and chaotic home life with a combined four children.

WOMAN UP (Comedy)

WRITER: Zoe Lister-Jones

OTHER EPs: Liz Meriwether, Jason Winer, Jon Radler

CAST: Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia), Tawny Newsome (Brockmire, Bajillion Dollar Propertie$), Gabrielle Elyse (Snatchers), Kym Whitley (Young & Hungry), Leon Thomas (Insecure), Bryce Charles (black-ish), Abby Quinn, Tate Moore

Two former teen moms have worked their asses off to see their daughters all the way through high school graduation. And now, at 35, they're ready to make up for the youth they never had in the single-cam comedy.

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CBS Logo 2015Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2019-20 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

ALIVE (FKA FRANKENSTEIN) (Drama)

WRITER: Jason Tracey

OTHER EPs: Rob Doherty

CAST: Ryan Phillippe (Shooter), Katrina Law (Arrow), Aaron Staton (Mad Men), Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Bull, Impastor)

Ryan Phillippe Frankenstein PilotA San Francisco homicide detective is mysteriously brought back to life after being killed in the line of duty, but as he resumes his old life and he and his wife realize he isn't the same person he used to be, they zero in on the strange man behind his resurrection — Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

BOB HEARTS ABISHOLA (Comedy)

WRITERS: Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Al Higgins, Gina Yashere

CAST: Billy Gardell (Mike & Molly), Folake Olowofoyeku (Transparent), Christine Ebersole (Royal Pains), Maribeth Monroe (The Good Place), Shola Adewusi (The Kennedys), Barry Shabaka Henley (Bosch), Matt Jones (Mom)

After having a heart attack, Bob (Gardell) falls in love with his Nigerian nurse (Olowofoyeku) and sets his sights on getting her to give him a chance.

BROKE (Comedy)

WRITER: Alex Herschlag

OTHER EPs: Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein, Ben Silverman, Guillermo Restrepo, Gonzalo Cilley, Marcia Lucia Hernandez Frieri, Jaime Camil

CAST: Jaime Camil (Jane the Virgin), Pauley Perrette (NCIS), Natasha Leggero (Another Period), Izzy Diaz (Telenovela)

When an outrageously wealthy trust fund baby is cut off by his father, he and his wife move into her estranged sister's Reseda condo, forcing the two siblings to reconnect, in the multi-cam comedy.

Patricia Heaton CBS Pilot Carol's Second ActCAROL'S SECOND ACT (Comedy)

WRITERS: Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins

OTHER EPs: Patricia Heaton, Adam Griffin, David Hunt, Rebecca Stay, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor

CAST: Patricia Heaton (The Middle), Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Bonnie Dennison (Third Watch), Ito Aghayere (Instinct, Master of None), Jean Luc Bilodeau (Baby Daddy)

In the multi-cam comedy, after raising her two children and retiring from teaching, Carol Chambers embarks on a unique second act: she's going to become a doctor.

Courthouse Marg HelgenbergerCOURTHOUSE (Drama)

WRITER: Greg Spottiswood

OTHER EPs: Leonard Goldstein, Mike Robin

CAST: Marg Helgenberger (CSI), Jessica Camacho (Taken, The Flash), Wilson Bethel (Marvel's Daredevil, Hart of Dixie), J. Alex Brinson (Travelers), Simone Missick (Luke Cage), Lindsay Mendez (Broadway's Carousel), Ruthie Ann Miles (Broadway's The King & I)

A show that pulls back the curtain on the court system and follows the dedicated, chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of the judges, assistant district attorneys, and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks, cops and jurors to bring justice to the people of Los Angeles.

Ken Jeong The Emperor of Malibu CBSTHE EMPEROR OF MALIBU (Comedy)

WRITERS: Kevin Kwan, David Sangalli

OTHER EPs: Showrunners Michelle Nader and Christina Lee, Danielle Stokdyk

CAST: Ken Jeong (Dr. Ken), Max Willems, Taylor Louderman (Broadway's Mean Girls), Deborah S. Craig (The Blacklist)

When the son of a Chinese billionaire announces his engagement to an American woman, his outrageous family descends upon the couple to win their son back and test drive the American dream in the multi-cam comedy.

Mike Colter CBSEVIL (Drama)

WRITERS: Robert King, Michelle King

OTHER EPs: Liz Glotzer

CAST: Mike Colter (Marvel's Luke Cage, The Good Wife), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Katja Herbers (Westworld), Aasif Mandvi (Younger, The Brink)

A skeptical female clinical psychologist joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions and other extraordinary occurrences, to see if there's a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

FBI: MOST WANTED (Drama)

WRITERS: Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer

OTHER EPs: Arthur W. Forney, Peter Jankowski

CAST: Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Alana de la Garza (Law & Order), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Game of Thrones), Kellan Lutz (Twilight)

Airing as an episode of FBI, the potential spinoff centers on the division of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the notorious criminals on the FBI's Most Wanted list.

Edie Falco CBS Drama Pilot TommyTOMMY (FKA NANCY) (Drama)

WRITER: Paul Attanasio

OTHER EPs: Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey

CAST: Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie, The Sopranos), Michael Chernus (Patriot, Orange Is the New Black), Adelaide Clemens (Rectify), Russell G. Jones (The Americans), Joseph Lyle Taylor (Sneaky Pete), David Fierro (The Knick), Olivia Lucy Phillip

When a former high-ranking NYPD officer becomes the first female Chief of Police for Los Angeles, she uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to navigate the social, political, and national security issues that converge with enforcing the law.

OUR HOUSE (Comedy)

WRITER: Brendan O'Brien

OTHER EPs: Nick Stoller, Conor Welch

CAST: Katherine Heigl (Suits, Grey's Anatomy), Malcolm Barrett (Timeless), Nancy Lenehan (People of Earth), Phil Hendrie (F Is for Family)

A devoted mom and dad are committed to raising their children with the love and support the mom never got as a kid, but discover how difficult that is with her insane parents and siblings back in the picture in the multi-cam hybrid.

THE REPUBLIC OF SARAH (Drama)

WRITER: Jeff King

OTHER EPs: Leo Pearlman, Jeff Grosvenor, Marc Webb

CAST: Sarah Drew (Grey's Anatomy), Carlos Leal (The Last Ship), Jonathan Slavin (Speechless), Kirsten Nelson (Psych), James Lesure (Las Vegas), Kimberly Guerrero (Longmire), Daniel Ings (Instinct), Annie Funke (Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders)

A small New Hampshire town is thrust onto the world stage when the discovery of a valuable resource within its borders compels the residents to declare themselves an independent nation, setting the unlikely young mayor and her cabinet of inexperienced locals on the path of running a brand new country.

SUPER SIMPLE LOVE STORY (FKA THE US PROJECT) (Comedy)

WRITER: Mike Royce

OTHER EPs: Nick Stoller, Conor Welch

CAST: Parker Young (Imposters, Suburgatory), Vanessa Marano (Switched at Birth), Laura Marano (Austin & Ally), Ronny Chieng (The Daily Show), Susan Wokoma (Chewing Gum)

A story — told through interviews and vignettes spanning 10 years — about how an unlikely couple becomes an unlikely family.

Sophia BushSURVEILLANCE (Drama)

WRITER: David C. White

OTHER EPs: Matt Reeves, director Patricia Riggen

CAST: Sophia Bush (Chicago P.D.), Matthew Modine (Stranger Things), Dennis Haysbert (24), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Affair), Raphael Acloque (24: Legacy)

This spy thriller follows Bush's Maddy, the head of communications for the NSA, who is torn between protecting the government's secrets and her own.

Jennifer Morrison CBS PilotUNDER THE BRIDGE (Drama)

WRITER: Rina Mimoun

OTHER EPs: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed

CAST: Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Justin Kirk (Weeds), David Ajala (Supergirl), Sarayu Blue (I Feel Bad), Reggie Lee (Grimm)

When a scandal rocks the medical practice she runs with her husband and their friends, a surgeon rises to the occasion and takes the lead in trying to mend both the practice and her own marriage.

Walton GogginsTHE UNICORN (Comedy)

WRITERS: Bill Martin, Mike Schiff

OTHER EPs: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling, Peyton Reed

CAST: Walton Goggins (Justified), Rob Corddry (Childrens Hospital),  Michaela Watkins (Casual), Omar Benson Miller (Ballers), Maya Lynne Robinson (The Conners)

A widower is eager to move on from the most difficult year of his life, only to realize he's utterly unprepared to raise his two daughters on his own, and equally unprepared for the dating world where, to his shock, he's suddenly a hot commodity in the multi-cam comedy.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN (Comedy)

WRITER: Mike Metz

OTHER EPs: Gail Berman

CAST: Michael Angarano (This Is Us), Briga Heelan (Great News), Michael Cassidy (People of Earth, The O.C.), Adhir Kalyan (Rules of Engagement), Taylor Dearden (Sweet/Vicious), Ana Villafañe (South Beach)

Evan sets out with his group of 20-something friends to accomplish a list of challenges he wrote for himself years ago in an effort to turn around his banal life in the hybrid comedy.

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logo-cw-300120106082443Our running update of pilots ordered for the 2019-20 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

BATWOMAN (Drama)

WRITER: Caroline Dries

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Geoff Johns, director David Nutter

CAST: Ruby Rose (Arrowverse "Elseworlds" crossover), Dougray Scott (Snatch, Hemlock Grove), Rachel Skarsten (Reign), Meagan Tandy (Teen Wolf), Camrus Johnson (Marvel's Luke Cage), Nicole Kang (YOU), Elizabeth Anweis (9-1-1, NCIS: LA)

Arrowverse Crossover PhotosArmed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city's criminal resurgence. But don't call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham's symbol of hope.

Brooke Shields CW PilotGLAMOROUS (Drama)

WRITER: Jordon Nardino

OTHER EPs: Damon Wayans Jr., Kameron Tarlow

CAST: Ben J. Pierce (Fuller House), Brooke Shields (Jane the Virgin, Suddenly Susan), Jade Payton (iZombie), Pierson Fodé (The Bold and the Beautiful), Peyton List (Bunk'd, Jessie), Susan Santiago (Longmire, How to Get Away With Murder), Chester Lockhart (Todrick), Brady Dalton Richards

A gender non-conforming recent high school graduate lands the gig of a lifetime interning at a cosmetics company whose products he panned on YouTube.

Jane Virgin CancelledJANE THE NOVELA (Drama)

WRITER: Valentina Garza

OTHER EPs: Gina Rodriguez, Jennie Snyder Urman, Ben Silverman, Joanna Klein, Emily Gipson, Jorge Granier, Gary Pearl, director Brad Silberling

CAST: Jacqueline Grace Lopez (East Los High), Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), Hunter Parrish (Weeds), Ivonne Coll (Jane the Virgin), Remy Hii (Marco Polo), Holland Roden (Teen Wolf), Benito Martinez (13 Reasons Why, American Crime)

A telenovela anthology series in the tradition of Jane the Virgin, where each season is based on a different fictional novel "written by" Jane Villanueva and narrated by the author herself. The first installment takes place at a Napa Valley Vineyard, where family secrets (and family members) don't stay buried for long.

Lucy Hale Katy KeeneKATY KEENE (Drama)

WRITERS: Robert Aguirre-Sacasa, Michael Grassi

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater

CAST: Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Ashleigh Murray (Riverdale), Jonny Beauchamp (Penny Dreadful), Julia Chan (Saving Hope), Camille Hyde (American Vandal), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens), Zane Holtz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Make It or Break It), Katherine LaNasa (Imposters, Satisfaction)

The Riverdale spinoff follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene and singer/songwriter Josie McCoy — as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City. This musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio.

Tyler Posey The Lost BoysTHE LOST BOYS (Drama)

WRITER: Heather Mitchell

OTHER EPs: Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz, Bill Bindley, Rebecca Franko, director Catherine Hardwicke

CAST: Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Kiele Sanchez (Kingdom), Medalion Rahimi (NCIS: Los AngelesStill Star-Crossed), Dakota Shapiro (Valley of the Boom), Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone), Cheyenne Haynes (Camping), Haley Tju (Bella and the Bulldogs), Rio Mangini (Everything Sucks), Del Zamora (Sneaky Pete)

Welcome to sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat...and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla's eternally beautiful and youthful undead.

UNTITLED NANCY DREW PROJECT (Drama)

WRITERS: Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage

OTHER EPs: Lis Rowinski

CAST: Newcomer Kennedy McMann, Freddie Prinze, Jr. (24, She's All That), Leah Lewis (Charmed, The Good Doctor), Tunji Kasim (Nearly Famous), Maddison Jaizani (Into the Badlands), Alex Saxon (The Fosters), Alvina August (Siren, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), guest star Pamela Sue Martin (Nancy Drew)

Set in the summer after her high school graduation,18-year-old Nancy Drew thought she'd be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.

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FoxOur running update of pilots ordered for the 2019-20 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

ADAM & EVE (Comedy)

WRITER: Jon Beckerman

OTHER EPs: Claude Meunier, Luc Wiseman

CAST: Odette Annable (Supergirl), Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars)

Based on the French-Canadian format, the single-cam comedy follows one couple at three stages of their relationship — young and passionate, middle-aged with kids, and navigating retirement. It's a comedy about the big questions: What makes a marriage last? Do people ever really change?  And, after 40 years together, why can't we pick a place for dinner without it turning into a whole, you know, "thing"?

Kristen Wiig Maya Rudolph Bless the HartsBLESS THE HARTS (Animated Comedy) — ORDERED STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITER: Emily Spivey

OTHER EPs: Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Kristen Wiig, Seth Cohen, Aubrey Lee

VOICE CAST: Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, Ike Barinholtz

Follows a group of Southerners who are always "broke as a joke" and struggling for the American dream of status and wealth. What they don't realize is that they're already rich... in friends, family and laughter.

DEPUTY (Drama)

WRITER: Will Beall

OTHER EPs: Director David Ayer, Chris Long, Cedar Park

CAST: Stephen Dorff (True Detective), Yara Martinez (Jane the Virgin), Brian Van Holt (Cougar Town), Bex Taylor-Klaus (Arrow), Mark Moses (Desperate Housewives), Siena Goines (Grey's Anatomy, Jericho), Shane Paul McGhie (Sacred Lies)

Deputy Bill Hollister is a career lawman who's very comfortable kicking down doors and utterly lost in a staff meeting. But when the LA County Sheriff drops dead, Bill becomes acting sheriff of Los Angeles County, in charge of 10,000 sworn deputies policing a modern Wild West.

Duncanville Amy Poehler Rashida JonesDUNCANVILLE (Animated Comedy) — ORDERED STRAIGHT TO SERIES

WRITERS: Mike Scully, Julie Scully

OTHER EPs: Amy Poehler, Dave Becky

VOICE CAST: Amy Poehler, Rashida Jones, Wiz Khalifa

Revolves around a 15-year-old boy named Duncan and his friends and family — including his mother, Annie, who is constantly trying to prevent her son from ruining his life.

Kim Cattrall Filthy RichFILTHY RICH (Drama)

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Tate Taylor

OTHER EPs: John Norris, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo

CAST: Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Gerald McRaney (This Is Us), Steve Harris (The Practice), Melia Kreiling (Salvation, Tyrant), Aubrey Dollar (Battle Creek, Women's Murder Club), Corey Cott (The Good Fight), Mark L. Young (Ten Days in the Valley), David Denman (The Office), Olivia Macklin (LA to Vegas), Benjamin Levy Aguilar

A larger-than-life Southern Gothic dramedy about two strong, sharp women who will go to any length to protect their loved ones and get their due. When the wealthy CEO of the world's largest Christian network dies in a plane crash, his wife and adult children are stunned to discover he has grown, illegitimate kids who are also in his will. When the matriarch of the family tries to pay them to go away, these newly legitimized heirs have very different ideas and insist on not only staying in town, but becoming part of the family empire. (Based on the New Zealand series of the same name.)

Maggie Lawson GeniusesGENIUSES (Comedy)

WRITER: Lon Zimmet

CAST: Maggie Lawson (Psych), Jason Biggs (Orange Is the New Black), Tisha Campbell-Martin (Dr. Ken, My Wife and Kids)

A multi-cam family comedy about a blue-collar couple in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses.

Rachel Bilson Fox Pilot LovestruckLOVESTRUCK (Drama)

WRITER: Tom Kapinos

OTHER EPs: Director Sanaa Hamri, Sharon Levy, Francois-Xavier Demaison, Nicolas Coppermann

CAST: Rachel Bilson (Hart of Dixie), Steve Kazee (Nashville, Shameless), Andie MacDowell (Cedar Cove), Kathleen Turner (Californication), Richard Roxburgh (Rake), Usman Ally (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Beth Riesgraf (Leverage), Jeffery Self (Search Party), Linda Park (Bosch), Madeline Wise

A structurally inventive dramedy, in which the entire first season takes place over the course of single night at a wedding. As we get to know the wedding party, we'll learn surprising reveals about both their present and past. We'll see that things aren't always what they seem and explore the complicated bonds of love, friendship and family at different stages of life. Inspired by the series Quadras, from Endemol Shine France.

John SlatteryNEXT (Drama)

WRITER: Manny Coto

OTHER EPs: Directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, Charlie Gogolak

CAST: John Slattery (Mad Men), Eve Harlow (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Michael Mosley (Sirens), Jason Butler Harner (Ozark), Elizabeth Cappuccino (Jessica Jones)

A propulsive, fact-based thriller grounded in the latest A.I. research, neXt features a brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO who joins a Homeland Cybersecurity Agent and her team to stop the world's first artificial intelligence crisis: the emergence of a rogue AI with the ability to continuously improve itself.  Marrying pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don't yet understand, the series also presents us with a villain like we've never seen before, one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.

PATTY'S AUTO (Comedy)

WRITER: Darlene Hunt

OTHER EPs: Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman, consulting producer Patrice Banks

CAST: Carra Patterson (The Arrangement), Sarah Levy (Schitt's Creek), Paola Lázaro (Lethal Weapon), Joanna Adler (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), Jonathan Sadowski (Young & Hungry)

Inspired by Patrice Banks' Girls Auto Clinic (an auto repair shop with all female mechanics), the multi-camera ensemble comedy centers on Patty and the eclectic women who work for her.

PRODIGAL SON (Drama)

WRITER: Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver

OTHER EPs: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, director Lee Toland Krieger

CAST: Tom Payne (The Walking Dead), Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex), Bellamy Young (Scandal), Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire), Halston Sage (The Orville), Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls), Aurora Perrineau (Chasing Life), Frank Harts (The Path, Billions)

Malcolm Bright has a gift. He knows how killers think, how their minds work. Why? His father was one of the worst — a notorious serial killer called "The Surgeon." That's why Bright is the best criminal psychologist around; murder is the family business. He will use his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with a manipulative mother, annoyingly normal sister, a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son, and his own constantly evolving neuroses.

RICHARD LOVELY (Comedy)

WRITER: Billy Finnegan

OTHER EPs: Kat Coiro

CAST: Thomas Lennon (The Odd Couple), Nicole Richie (Great News), Wendie Malick (Hot in Cleveland), Asif Ali (Wrecked), Nicole Sun, the voice of Jason Alexander

The single-cam comedy follows Richard Lovely, the disgruntled author of the best-selling children's book series, Mr. Mouse. He doesn't hate children, but rather just everything about them. After a publicity fiasco involving an unexpectedly savvy 9-year-old kid, Mr. Mouse appears in Richard's real life as he is forced into an unlikely father/son relationship that will change his life forever.

Brittany Snow UNTITLED ANNIE WEISMAN/JASON KATIMS PROJECT (Drama)

WRITER: Annie Weisman

OTHER EPs: Jason Katims, Jeni Mulein, Imogen Banks, Sharon Levy, director Leslye Headland

CAST: Timothy Hutton (The Haunting of Hill House, How to Get Away With Murder), Brittany Snow (American Dreams), Emily Osment (Young & Hungry) Megalyn Echikunwoke (Damien, Arrow), Mo McRae (Empire, Pitch), Victoria Cartagena (Manifest, Gotham)

Only child Julia Beckley has her life turned upside down when it's revealed that her father, a pioneering Nobel Prize-winning fertility doctor, used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children over the course of his career. Reeling from this explosive revelation, Julia discovers two new sisters — her former best friend and an ex-Olympic athlete. Against all odds, the women attempt to form an untraditional family and lean on each other as they grapple with their own identity crises. Based on the Australian series Sisters.

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NBC LogoOur running update of pilots ordered for the 2019-20 TV season, going network by network (EPs = executive producers):

BLUFF CITY LAW (Drama)

WRITER: Dean Georgaris

OTHER EPs: David Janollari, Michael Aguliar

CAST: Jimmy Smits (NYPD Blue), Caitlin McGee (Grey's Anatomy, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Barry Sloane (Six, Revenge), Michael Luwoye (The Gifted), Stony Blyden (Edge of Seventeen), Jayne Atkinson (House of Cards), MaameYaa Boafo

A character-driven legal drama that follows the lawyers of an elite Memphis law firm that specializes in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases. Led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller, they take on the toughest David-and-Goliath cases while navigating their complicated relationship.

Sarah Wayne CalliesCOUNCIL OF DADS (Drama)

WRITERS: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater

OTHER EPs: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, James Oh, Bruce Feiler

CAST: Clive Standen (Taken), Sarah Wayne Callies (Colony, The Walking Dead), J. August Richards (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Michele Weaver (Love Is___), Michael O'Neill (Scandal, Rectify), Steven Silver (13 Reasons Why), Emjay Anthony (Rake), Thalia Tran, Blue Chapman

Scott Perry's life is thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life's many challenges. (Inspired by the bestselling memoir by Bruce Feiler.)

Allison Tolman Emergence NBC Drama PilotEMERGENCE (Drama)

WRITERS: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters

OTHER EPs: Paul McGuigan, Robert Atwood

CAST: Allison Tolman (Fargo), Alexa Skye Swinton (Billions), Owain Yeoman (The Mentalist), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Robert Bailey Jr. (The Night Shift), Clancy Brown (Billions, Sleepy Hollow), Ashley Aufderheide (The Slap), Zabryna Guevara (New Amsterdam)

A character-driven genre thriller about a sheriff who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident and who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws the sheriff into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child's identity is at the center of it all.

Friends-in-Law castFRIENDS-IN-LAW (Comedy)

WRITER: Brian Gallivan

OTHER EPs: Tom Werner

CAST: Michael Urie (Ugly Betty), Zach Cregger (Wrecked), Vella Lovell (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Gil Ozeri (Big Mouth)

Brian and Jake are polar opposites who must quickly figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends decide to get married in the multi-cam comedy.

Kenan ThompsonTHE KENAN SHOW (FKA SAVING KENAN) (Comedy)

WRITER: Jackie Clarke

OTHER EPs: Kenan Thompson, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer

CAST: Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live), Andy Garcia (Ocean's Eleven)

The single-cam comedy follows a newly widowed dad determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their lives.

LAW & ORDER: HATE CRIMES (Drama) — ORDERED STRAIGHT TO SERIES DELAYED

WRITERS: Dick Wolf, Warren Leight

OTHER EPs: Peter Jankowski, Arthur Forney, Michael Chernuchin, Julie Martin, Mariska Hargitay, Alex Chapple

Based on New York's actual Hate Crimes Task Force, the second oldest bias-based task force in the U.S. The unit, which pledges to uphold a zero tolerance policy against discrimination of any kind, works under the NYPD's real Special Victims Unit and often borrows SVU's detectives to assist in their investigations. The first incarnation of this new unit will be introduced during an upcoming episode of SVU.

LIKE MAGIC (Comedy)

WRITERS: Bridget Kyle, Vicky Luu

OTHER EPs: Matt Hubbard, Julie Anne Robinson, Kelly Pancho

CAST: Jee Young Han (Station 19, Santa Clarita Diet), Freddie Stroma (UnREAL), Hayley Magnus (Childhood's End), French Stewart (3rd Rock From the Sun), Mike Lane (Total Eclipse)

A single-cam workplace comedy that follows an optimistic young woman pursuing her dream to be a headlining magician in the eccentric and ego-driven world of the Magic Palace.

Russell Hornsby LincolnLINCOLN (FKA THE BONE COLLECTOR) (Drama)

WRITERS: VJ Boyd, Mark Bianculli

OTHER EPs: Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan

CAST: Russell Hornsby (Proven Innocent, Grimm), Arielle Kebbel (Midnight, Texas), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Tate Ellington (The Brave, Quantico), Courtney Grosbeck (Homeland, The Bold and the Beautiful), Ramses Jimenez (Fear the Walking Dead), Brooke Lyons (Life Sentence, iZombie), Roslyn Ruff (Divorce)

Based on the bestselling book series about Lincoln Rhyme, a legendary forensic criminologist who was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs, a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the most high-profile cases in the NYPD.

Malin Akerman NBC PilotPRISM (Drama)

WRITER: Daniel Barnz

OTHER EPs: Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz, Ben Barnz

CAST: Malin Akerman (Billions), Ramon Rodriguez (The Affair), Sara Rue (Bones, Less Than Perfect), Mykelti Williamson (Chicago P.D.), Chloe Wepper (Good Trouble), David Alpay (The Vampire Diaries), Brooke Smith (Grey's Anatomy), Joe Tippett (Rise), Alex Neustaedter (Colony)

A provocative exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking: Is the right person on trial? Driven by an ensemble of complicated characters, the show lets the audience ask if truth matters less than who can tell the most compelling story.

Fran Drescher NBC PilotUNINSURED (Comedy)

WRITER: Dan Levy

OTHER EPs: Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan

CAST: Adam Pally (Happy Endings), Abby Elliott (SNL), Fran Drescher (The Nanny), Steven Weber (13 Reasons Why, NCIS: New Orleans), Jessy Hodges (Barry), Amer Chadha-Patel

Young parents Dave and Rebecca end up having to take care of Dave's parents, who have mishandled their finances and need help to pay down a sizable debt, in the multi-cam sitcom.

Kal PennUNTITLED KAL PENN & MATT MURRAY PROJECT (Comedy)

WRITERS: Kal Penn, Matt Murray

OTHER EPs: Mike Schur, David Miner, Dan Spilo

CAST: Kal Penn (Designated Survivor)

Former New York City Councilman Garrett Shah finds his calling when faced with six recent immigrants in need of his help and in search of the American Dream in the single-cam comedy.

Bradley Whitford NBC Comedy PilotUNTITLED LESLEY WAKE WEBSTER PROJECT (FKA ALL TOGETHER NOW(Comedy)

WRITER: Lesley Wake Webster

OTHER EPs: Bradley Whitford, director Jason Winer, Adam Anders, Jon Radler

CAST: Bradley Whitford (The West Wing), Anna Camp (True Blood, The Mindy Project), Will Greenberg (Wrecked), Tymberlee Hill (Marry Me), Geno Segers (Banshee), Rizwan Manji (Outsourced)

A rural church choir gets the director it never thought it needed when a salty, Ivy League music professor stumbles through their door in the single-cam comedy.

VILLAGE GAZETTE (Comedy)

WRITERS: Amber Ruffin, Shelly Gossman

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

CAST: Amber Ruffin (Late Night With Seth Meyers), Tommy Dewey (Casual)

Amber is the editor of the Benson Village Gazette. She loves fluff pieces that demonstrate the idyllic nature of life in her hometown. When the newspaper owners hire a reporter who's looking to uncover a juicy story in Benson, he threatens to unravel the happy denial Amber has been living in in the single-cam comedy.

Jane Levy NBC PilotZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST (Drama)

WRITER: Austin Winsberg

OTHER EPs: Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Tannenbaum, Jason Wang

CAST: Jane Levy (Suburgatory), Skylar Astin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Ground Floor), Alex Newell (Glee), Mary Steenburgen (The Last Man on Earth), Peter Gallagher (The O.C., Covert Affairs), John Clarence Stewart (Marvel's Luke Cage), Carmen Cusack (Sorry for Your Loss)

An innovative musical dramedy about a whip-smart but socially awkward girl in her late 20's who is suddenly able to hear the innermost thoughts of people around her as songs and even big musical numbers that they perform just for her. With this new ability at her disposal, she is able to use her "gift" to not only help herself understand people in her life, but also to help others around her.

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