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COMEDY
ANIMAL KINGDOM
single-camera
Studio: Universal Television/American Work
Writer/Executive Producer: Brian Gatewood
W/EP: Alex Tanaka
EP/Directors: Anthony and Joe Russo
EP: Ravi Nandan
EP: Scot Armstrong
Logline: A single-camera office comedy centered on a “House”-like veterinarian, who loves animals but usually hates their owners (especially the new woman who runs the clinic).
Cast: Justin Kirk, Tyler Labine, Bobby Lee, Amy Huberman
1600 PENN
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Writers/EP Josh Gad, Jon Lovett; Director/EP Jason Winer
Logline: What happens when you’re the most ordinary family in the world but your father is the president of the United States? A modern family-type of show set in the White House where all the kids are far from perfect.
Cast: Josh Gad, Bill Pullman, Jenna Elfman, Martha MacIsaac (replaced Brittany Snow), Andre Holland, Amara Miller
FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER
single-camera
Studio: Universal Television/Deedle Dee Prod/3 Arts/ Big Talk
W/EP: Greg Daniels
EP/D: Ken Kwapis
EP: Howard Klein
Logline: Based on the UK format, this single-camera comedy about a quirky family that has dinner together every Friday night is adapted by Emmy-winning creator Greg Daniels
Cast: Tony Shalhoub, Allison Janney, Kevin Bigley, Gil Ozeri, Aya Cash, Gary Anthony Williams
GO ON
single-camera
Studio: Universal Television
W/EP: Scott Silveri
EP/D: Todd Holland
EP: Karey Burke
Logline: While an irreverent yet charming sportscaster tries to move on from loss, he reluctantly finds surprising solace from the members of his mandatory group therapy sessions.
Cast: Matthew Perry, Laura Benati, Julie White, Suzy Nakamura, Allison Miller (second position to Terra Nova), Khary Payton
UNTITLED HILARY WINSTON
single-camera
Studio: Sony Pictures TV
W/EP: Hilary Winston
EP: Jamie Tarses
EP: Julia Franz
Logline: After being dumped by her fiancé, a shy, focused woman leans on her co-workers to help her come out of her shell and plot her revenge.
Cast: Sarah Wright, Mena Suvari, Kyle Howard, Aubrey Dollar, Freddie Prinze Jr., Joanna Kerns
ISABEL
single-camera
Studio: Universal Television, Kapital Entertainment & Sphere Media & Dark Toy
W/EP: Howard Busgang and Tom Nursall
EP/D: Todd Holland
EP: Aaron Kaplan
EP: Jocelyn Deshenes
EP: Karey Burke
Logline: Marcia Gay Harden and Kevin Nealon are the parents in this comedy centering on an otherwise normal middle-class family that wrestles with the challenges of everyday life while raising a 10-year-old daughter who just might have some magical qualities.
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Nealon, Sophia Schloss, Abigail Mavity, Skyler Gisondo
SUSAN 313 (form. THE SARAH SILVERMAN PROJECT)
Studio: 20th & Imagine Television
Executive Producer/Writer/Star: Sarah Silverman
EP/W: Dan Sterling
EP/W: Jon Schroeder
EP/Director: Ken Kwapis
EP: Ron Howard and Brian Grazer
EP: Francie Calfo
Logline: Sarah Silverman stars as a 30something woman who tries to return to her old life (and apartment) after a breakup, ready to pick up where she left off. Of course things aren’t going to be quite that simple.
Cast: Sarah Silverman, Harris Wittels, June Raphael, Tig Notaro, Ken Leung, Jeff Goldblum (guest star)
SAVE ME (Sony and Original Film & Television)
(single camera)
W/EP: John Scott Shepherd
EP/D: Scott Winant
EP: Neal Moritz
EP: Vivian Cannon
Logline: Anne Heche stars as a woman who lets herself – and her marriage – go until she undergoes an “awakening” that transforms her spiritually and physically into a desirable and outspoken woman who just might be channeling god.
Cast: Anne Heche, Alexandra Breckenridge, Michael Landes, Heather Burns, Madison Davenport
THE NEW NORMAL
Studio: 20th & Ryan Murphy Prods.
EP/W/D: Ryan Murphy
EP/W: Allison Adler
Logline: Andrew Rannells (Book of Mormon) stars in this heartwarming blended family comedy about a gay couple and the young woman who becomes their surrogate.
Cast: Andrew Rannells, Ellen Barkin, Justin Bartha, Georgia King, Bebe Wood
NEXT CALLER PLEASE (Universal Television & Lionsgate Television)
EP: Stephen Falk
D: Marc Buckland
Logline: A single-camera gender comedy focusing on a brash alpha male DJ and his new, plucky, feminist co-host set in the offices of a satellite radio station.
Cast: Dane Cook, Collette Wolfe, Joy Osmanski, Ryan Devlin
TABLE FOR THREE (form. DADDY’S GIRLS
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV/Kapital Entertainment
multi-camera
W/EP: Dana Klein
EP: Aaron Kaplan
D: Pam Fryman
Logline: A young woman returns home from overseas to find that her father is seriously dating the “mean girl” from high school.
Cast: Scott Bakula, Christine Woods, Nicky Whelan, Brenda Song, Cedric Yarbrough
DOWNWARDLY MOBILE
multi-camera
20th Century Fox TV
W/EP: Eric Gilliland
W/EP: Roseanne Barr
EP: John Argent
Roseanne Barr and John Goodman are back together again in a comedy set in a mobile home park in which Roseanne is the outspoken proprietor and den mother to an array of characters.
Cast: Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Romy Rosemont, Mary Birdsong, Salli Richardson, Greg Cromer, Jason Antoon, Kendra Jain, Hector Duran
UNTITLED JIMMY FALLON
multi-camera
Studio: Universal Television/Holiday Road
W/EP: Charlie Grandy
EP: Jimmy Fallon
EP: Amy Ozols
D: Scott Ellis
Logline: Three 30-something guys enjoy the adventures of parenting despite the fact they haven’t grown up themselves.
Cast: Jesse Bradford, Anthony Anderson, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Tempestt Bledsoe, Zach Cregger, Courtney Henggeler
LADYFRIENDS aka UNTITLED KARI LIZER
multi-camera
Studio: Warner Bros
W/EP: Kari Lizer
D: Scott Ellis
Logline: What happens between two lifelong girlfriends when one of them gets married and there’s now a new husband in the mix?
Cast: Andrea Anders, Minnie Driver, Rachel Dratch, Danny Comden, Josh Hopkins (second position to ABC’s Cougar Town), Tymberlee Hill
DRAMA PILOTS
BAD GIRLS
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, John Wells Prods. & Shed Media U.S.
EP: John Wells
EP: Andrew Stearn
EP/W: Nancy Pimental
D: John Dahl
Logline: From the producers of SHAMELESS, and adapted from the long-running UK hit series of the same name, BAD GIRLS follows the ins-and-outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison: a scandalous female warden, her new protégé and a host of inmates – some mothers, some friends—who struggle with loyalties to people on the inside and the outside.
Cast: Jaime Pressly (second position to Fox’s I Hate My Teenager Daughter), Jurnee Smollett, Amy Smart, Karolina Wydra, Rick Gonzalez, Zoe Boyle, Tracee Ellis Ross
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE
Studio: Universal Television & ABC Studios
W/EP: Michael McDonald
EP: Robert M. Sertner
Co-EP: Kate Garwood
D/EP: Stephen Hopkins
Logline: An imaginative and thematically rich ensemble “what if” drama set 10 minutes in the future where families of mechanical human beings exist to service the human population — that is until some of the mechanicals begin to “awaken.”
Cast: James Murray, Patrick Heusinger, Frances Conroy, Andrea Parker, Jud Tylor, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Madisen Beatey, Cody Christian, David Conrad, Tovah Feldshuh, Ernie Hudson (guest/recurring)
CHICAGO FIRE
Studio: Universal Television/Wolf Films
W/EP: Derek Haas
W/EP: Michael Brandt
EP: Dick Wolf
EP: Danielle Gelber
EP: Peter Jankowski
Logline: From the writing team of 3:10 to Yuma comes this action-driven drama exploring the complex and heroic men and women of the Chicago Fire Department.
Cast: Jesse Spencer, Eamonn Walker, Taylor Kinney, Monica Raymund, David Eigenberg, Charlie Barnett, Lauren German, Teri Reeves, Merle Dandridge
COUNTY
Studio: Universal Television
W/EP: Jason Katims
D: Jeff Reiner
Logline: Emmy-winning creator Jason Katims takes us into the lives of a group of young doctors, nurses, and administrators, in a frenetic underfunded and morally compromising LA County Hospita
Cast: Jason Ritter, Aimee Garcia, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Imperioli, Jess Weixler, Agam Darshi, Norbert Leo Butz
DO NO HARM
Studio: Universal Television
W/EP: David Schulner
EP: Peter Traugott
EP: Rachel Kaplan
Co-EP/D: Michael Mayer
Logline: A brilliant neurosurgeon wrestles with his dangerous alter-ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and professional life.
Cast: Steven Pasquale, Phylicia Rashad, Alana De La Garza, Mousa Kraish, Michael Esper, Ruta Gedmintas
THE FRONTIER
Studio: Sony & Prospect Park
W/EP: Shaun Cassidy
EP/D: Thomas Schlamme
NW/EP: Jeff Kwatinetz
NW/EP: Josh Barry
Logline: In an intense tale of survival a group of disparate travelers embark on an incredible cross-country adventure through the west where danger stalks them at every turn.
Cast: Ethan Embry, Megan Ferguson, Jake McLaughlin, Bridget Regan, Al Weaver, Gina Bramhill, Chaske Spencer, Erik Jensen, Clancy Brown, Mustafa Shakir, Nathan Gamble
MIDNIGHT SUN
Studio: Universal Television
W/EP: Lisa Zwerling
EP: Peter Traugott
EP: Rachel Kaplan, Alon Aranya, Efrat Shmayadron, (United Studios)
EP: Minit Toovi (Hot Distribution)
EP: Noah Stollman & Oded Davidoff (creators of the original Israeli series)
Logline: This thriller follows the mysterious disappearance of a group living on a commune in Alaska. Based on an acclaimed Israeli format, a female FBI cult specialist starts an investigation that uncovers a larger conspiracy.
Cast: Julia Stiles, Titus Welliver, Michael Raymond-James, Connor O’Farrell, Emma Bell, Daniella Pineda, David Harbour, Alexia Fast, Oz Zehavi, Lucia Walters
MOCKINGBIRD LANE (THE MUNSTERS) (pushed to June)
Studio: Universal Television/Bad Hat Harry Prods.
W/EP: Bryan Fuller
EP/D: Bryan Singer
EP: John Wirth
Logline: From writer-executive producer Bryan Fuller (“Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and the director of the X Men movies comes an imaginative reinvention of “The Munsters” as a visually spectacular one-hour drama from Universal Television.
Cast: Eddie Izzard, Charity Wakefield
REVOLUTION
Studio: Warner Brothers Television Studios & Bad Robot
W/EP: Eric Kripke
EPS: J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk
D: Jon Favreau
Logline: A high octane action drama from J.J. Abrams following a group of characters struggling to survive and reunite with loved ones in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist.
Cast: Giancarlo Esposito, Billy Burke, Tracy Spiradakos, Graham Rogers, Anna Lise
NOTORIOUS
Studio: Universal Television, BermanBraun
W/EP Liz Heldens; EPs Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Gene Stein
D/EP: Peter Horton
Logline: An opulent soap in which a female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in — as the maid’s daughter — to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.
Cast: Meagan Good, Tate Donovan, Victor Garber, Neil Jackson, Katherine LaNasa
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What is there to say? Greenblatt is totally lost. He had some fantastic pilots scripts. Sadly he was spoon fed these pilots through Jen Salke. A closed off D Girl on her best day. Hardly known for her rock solid taste and instincts.
Both these characters don’t know what they don’t know and that makes them dangerous to themselves and others.
Sadly, I totally agree…and I’m a fan of Greenblatt…Don’t know Salke…but most of the above…who’s going to watch??? We need another Sarah Silverman (Whitney) in our face?…another robots Vs humans (“Beautiful People”) and yes! let’s have Anne Heche channel God! She’s already done that when she was arrested breaking into someone’s house years ago on drugs.. Bob needs to stop buying people (the David Kelly’s, Ron Howard’s)…he needs to go back to his talent. Buying solid,good concepts and surround them with the right people. The above list is sad.
Since when have there been a lot of robots vs humans shows on broadcast TV? I mean in front of the camera…
Cant wait for Éric Kripke’s “Revolution” and Shaun Cassidy’s “Frontier”.
I would love to see all of these pilots. What I wonder is why the networks don’t put the pilots on their websites for people to watch online and comment on? That way they would have input from the audience before making their choices and could avoid costly mistakes (“Playboy Club”) and make sure to pick up a show that got an overwhelmingly positive result.
That would garner a lot of free PR. But it might be embarrassing PR, too, when everyone gets to compare what the suits reject with what they pick up.
Keep in mind what happened last year. FOX passed on Locke & Key and picked up Alcatraz and Terra Nova instead. Great call, guys…
And they wouldn’t turn the decision over to website voting. That would conflict with the goal of the May up-fronts, which is to sell the advertisers on shows. Since they, not the audience, actually pay the bills, it’s reasonable that their opinions count more.
They could simply give us the pilots in a take-it-or-leave-it way – there would definitely be no time for substantial changes – but what if everyone says no to everything? And worse – if there are definite winners, why are the suits being paid the big bucks if they’re just turning their jobs over to the internet mobs? Why not just boot the suits and let some intern put all the pilots up online and make the decision without paying a dime to anyone?
I see this is encroaching on dangerous territory now…
What i want to see go to series:
The Frontier (Shaun Cassidy) and Revolution (Eric Kripke) for sure !
maybe Midnight Sun and the Bryan Fuller’s shows.
My votes:
Animal Kingdom (only for Justin Kirk, I usually loathe broadcast comedy)
Beautiful People
Frontier (a Western on broadcast? really??? that’s kind of exciting…)
Revolution
Do No Harm and Midnight Sun, just for curiosity’s sake
Can’t wait to see what Bryan Fuller does to the Munsters…
I would definitely check out all of these except “Bad Girls.” That one definitely looks like a loser.
But the ones that I find most exciting in concept are “Revolution” and “Midnight Sun,” along with “Frontier.” Give me the fantasy, the sci-fi and the quirky shows any day — and it would be a dream come true if we could see a wholesale resurgence of the classic western.
And of course it is a foregone conclusion that we will get the absolutely wonderful-sounding “Mockingbird Lane” at some point, although certainly not for fall. I am definitely looking forward to it, and a great shame to the network if it doesn’t go to series.
I wanna see Friday Night Dinner and The Untitled Jimmy Fallen Project
Oh add Go On, 1600 Penn, And Animal Kingdom to the list of what I would like to see oh hell they may as well just order all of these pilots for short first seasons and through them all on there schedule and see how they do
I’ll be willing to check out 1600 Pen, Friday Night Dinner, and maybe Animal Kingdom on the comedy side, and County, Chicago Fire, and Beautiful People on the drama side.
Think wisely NBC…seems we are onto picking up dramas now. Most comedies seem done (according to last article). Anxiously waiting to hear what they pick up. If I was at NBC I would pick up Frontier and Beautiful People. Last thing we need is ANOTHER cop, doctor, lawyer whatever show. Frontier and Beautiful People could have cult followings, and could easily show up a Comic Con, etc…come on NBC