TV Pilots 2016: The Complete Guide
Following yet another development season that started late and featured a new round of reboots, the broadcast networks are again gearing up for a busy pilot season as they compete with not only one another, but with basic and premium cable as well as streaming services including Netflix, Amazon and Hulu — all of whom are making major scripted pushes.
The networks continue to look for intellectual property to help cut through the increasing clutter and, after such success stories as Fox's Empire, are turning to soapy fare in addition to tried-and-true procedurals and medical dramas. Also hot this development season were military and crime dramas in the vein of popular podcast Serial.
Here's a look at the pilots in contention for the 2016-17 television season, as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW sift through hundreds of scripts and move forward in a bid to find the next breakout comedies and dramas.
The Hollywood Reporter will be updating the grid throughout pilot and casting season, so be sure to bookmark this page and come back for the latest news.
(Note: Not included are limited/event and miniseries or other projects earmarked for the summer.)
ABC
Comedy
Chunk & Bean
Logline: 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. Inspired by the lives of writers Ed Herro and Brian Donovan.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Brian Donovan, Ed Herro; EP Dave Hemingson; EP/D Chris Koch
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: 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. Inspired by the lives of writers Ed Herro and Brian Donovan.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Brian Donovan, Ed Herro; EP Dave Hemingson; EP/D Chris Koch
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
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Downward Dog
Logline: Based on the web series of the same name, centers on a woman, Nan (Allison Tolman) and her dog. The twist is that it features a Modern Family-style confessional device — for the dog.
Cast: Allison Tolman, Lucas Neff
Team: W/EP Samm Hodges, Michael Killen; EP Jimmy Miller, Sam Hansen, Kathy Dziubek
Studio: ABC Studios, Legendary Television
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: Based on the web series of the same name, centers on a woman, Nan (Allison Tolman) and her dog. The twist is that it features a Modern Family-style confessional device — for the dog.
Cast: Allison Tolman, Lucas Neff
Team: W/EP Samm Hodges, Michael Killen; EP Jimmy Miller, Sam Hansen, Kathy Dziubek
Studio: ABC Studios, Legendary Television
Format: Single-camera
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Dream Team
Logline: 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 eight-year-olds, and their disparate parents.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Kari Lizer, Bill Wrubel (Will & Grace); EP/D Marc Buckland
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Kari's Logo Here, Here Comes Scrappy
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: 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 eight-year-olds, and their disparate parents.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Kari Lizer, Bill Wrubel (Will & Grace); EP/D Marc Buckland
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Kari's Logo Here, Here Comes Scrappy
Format: Single-camera
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The Fluffy Shop
Logline: The semi-autobiographical comedy follows actor-comedian Gabriel Iglesias as a stepfather and boss to his family and friends as he navigates his home life during the few days he spends off the road each week.
Cast: Gabriel Iglesias
Team: W/EP Tim Doyle (Last Man Standing), Jay Lavender; EP Gabriel Iglesias; Joe Meloche; Becky Clements, Marty Adelstein
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Multicamera
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Logline: The semi-autobiographical comedy follows actor-comedian Gabriel Iglesias as a stepfather and boss to his family and friends as he navigates his home life during the few days he spends off the road each week.
Cast: Gabriel Iglesias
Team: W/EP Tim Doyle (Last Man Standing), Jay Lavender; EP Gabriel Iglesias; Joe Meloche; Becky Clements, Marty Adelstein
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Multicamera
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Hail MaryLogline: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 Corp. series Braunschlag, created by David Schalko.
Cast:
Team: Writer/EP Brian Gallivan (The McCarthys); EP/D Seth Gordon; EP Tariq Jalil
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, Intrigue
Format: Single-camera
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Cast:
Team: Writer/EP Brian Gallivan (The McCarthys); EP/D Seth Gordon; EP Tariq Jalil
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, Intrigue
Format: Single-camera
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Pearl
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Andrew Reich (Friends)
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Andrew Reich (Friends)
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
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The Second Fattest Housewife in Westport
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Sarah Dunn (Spin City); EP Aaron Kaplan; EP/D Ruben Fleischer
Format: Single-camera
Studio: ABC Studios, Kapital Entertainment
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Sarah Dunn (Spin City); EP Aaron Kaplan; EP/D Ruben Fleischer
Format: Single-camera
Studio: ABC Studios, Kapital Entertainment
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Speechless
Logline: A family with a special-needs child is good at dealing with the challenges it faces and excellent at creating new ones.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Scott Silveri (Friends), EP Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar (Fresh Off the Boat)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: A family with a special-needs child is good at dealing with the challenges it faces and excellent at creating new ones.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Scott Silveri (Friends), EP Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar (Fresh Off the Boat)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
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Square Roots
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Vijal Patel (The Middle)
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Vijal Patel (The Middle)
Studio: ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera
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Toast
Logline: Over the course of Max and 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 the comedy explores the real story of their complicated, funny and relatable road to marriage.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Scott Foley, Greg Grunberg; EP Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers
Studio: ABC Studios, Shondaland
Format: Hybrid
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Logline: Over the course of Max and 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 the comedy explores the real story of their complicated, funny and relatable road to marriage.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Scott Foley, Greg Grunberg; EP Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers
Studio: ABC Studios, Shondaland
Format: Hybrid
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Untitled Goldberg/Guaracio
Logline: Centers on a 30-something 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.
Cast:
Team: Adam F. Goldberg, David Guaracio (The Goldbergs); EP Patrick Osbourne, Doug Robinson; D Shawn Levy
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Happy Madison, ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera with CGI
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Logline: Centers on a 30-something 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.
Cast:
Team: Adam F. Goldberg, David Guaracio (The Goldbergs); EP Patrick Osbourne, Doug Robinson; D Shawn Levy
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Happy Madison, ABC Studios
Format: Single-camera with CGI
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Untitled Weeks & Mackay
Logline: An unapologetic lesbian and her best friend, a neurotic straight male, navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating.
Cast:
Team: W/Co-EP Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay; Supervisor/EP Andrew Reich; EP Siobhan Bachman
Format: Single-camera
Studio: ABC Studios, Kindle Entertainment
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Logline: An unapologetic lesbian and her best friend, a neurotic straight male, navigate their dysfunctional, co-dependent friendship and the world of dating.
Cast:
Team: W/Co-EP Ed Weeks & Hannah Mackay; Supervisor/EP Andrew Reich; EP Siobhan Bachman
Format: Single-camera
Studio: ABC Studios, Kindle Entertainment
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Drama
Conviction
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP: Liz Friedman (Jessica Jones); D/EP: Liz Friedlander (The Following); EP Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper
Studio: ABC Studios, Mark Gordon Co., eOne
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP: Liz Friedman (Jessica Jones); D/EP: Liz Friedlander (The Following); EP Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper
Studio: ABC Studios, Mark Gordon Co., eOne
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The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez
Logline: 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. Described as MacBeth with a Cuban twist.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Charise Castro Smith (Devious Maids); EP Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters
Studio: ABC Studios
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Logline: 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. Described as MacBeth with a Cuban twist.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Charise Castro Smith (Devious Maids); EP Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters
Studio: ABC Studios
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Designated Survivor (straight to series)
Logline: Centers on a lower-level U.S. cabinet member (Kiefer Sutherland) who is suddenly appointed president after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the presidential line of succession. The series is described as a family drama wrapped around a conspiracy thriller about an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation.
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Natasha McElhone, Maggie Q, Kal Penn, Italia Ricci, Adan Canto
Team: W/EP David Guggenheim (Safe House); EP Simon Kinberg, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzan Bymel; EP/showrunner Amy B. Harris; EP/D Paul McGuigan
Studio: ABC Studios, Mark Gordon Co. Studios, eOne
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Logline: Centers on a lower-level U.S. cabinet member (Kiefer Sutherland) who is suddenly appointed president after a catastrophic attack during the State of the Union kills everyone above him in the presidential line of succession. The series is described as a family drama wrapped around a conspiracy thriller about an ordinary man in an extraordinary situation.
Cast: Kiefer Sutherland, Natasha McElhone, Maggie Q, Kal Penn, Italia Ricci, Adan Canto
Team: W/EP David Guggenheim (Safe House); EP Simon Kinberg, Kiefer Sutherland, Suzan Bymel; EP/showrunner Amy B. Harris; EP/D Paul McGuigan
Studio: ABC Studios, Mark Gordon Co. Studios, eOne
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The Jury
Logline: The anthology series is described as 12 Angry Men meets podcast Serial, The Jury 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.
Cast: Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Jeremy Sisto
Team: W/EP VJ Boyd; W/co-EP Mark Bianculli; EP Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz; D Neil Burger
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Carol Mendelsohn Productions, ABC Studios
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Logline: The anthology series is described as 12 Angry Men meets podcast Serial, The Jury 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.
Cast: Archie Panjabi (The Good Wife), Jeremy Sisto
Team: W/EP VJ Boyd; W/co-EP Mark Bianculli; EP Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz; D Neil Burger
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Carol Mendelsohn Productions, ABC Studios
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Marvel's Most Wanted
Logline: A second spinoff from Agents of SHIELD, the drama follows the adventures of Bobbi Morse (aka Mockingbird) and Lance Hunter.
Cast: Adrianne Palicki, Nick Blood, Delroy Lindo
Team: W/EP Paul Zbyszewski; EP Jeffrey Bell, Jeph Loeb
Studio: ABC Studios, Marvel Television
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Logline: A second spinoff from Agents of SHIELD, the drama follows the adventures of Bobbi Morse (aka Mockingbird) and Lance Hunter.
Cast: Adrianne Palicki, Nick Blood, Delroy Lindo
Team: W/EP Paul Zbyszewski; EP Jeffrey Bell, Jeph Loeb
Studio: ABC Studios, Marvel Television
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Model Woman
Logline: A fictionalized family soap inspired by Robert Lacey's book, Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty. Set in the late 1970s 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Helen Childress (Reality Bites); EP Rosalie Swedlin, Scarlett Lacey; EP/D Richard Shepard
Studio: TriStar Television, ABC Studios
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Logline: A fictionalized family soap inspired by Robert Lacey's book, Model Woman: Eileen Ford and the Business of Beauty. Set in the late 1970s 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Helen Childress (Reality Bites); EP Rosalie Swedlin, Scarlett Lacey; EP/D Richard Shepard
Studio: TriStar Television, ABC Studios
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Notorious
Logline: Inspired by the true-life stories of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker, the drama is a provocative look at the unique, sexy and dangerous interplay of criminal law and the media.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Josh Berman (The Mob Doctor); W/co-EP Allie Hagan; EP Mark Geragos, Wendy Walker, Kenny Meiselas, Jeff Kwatinetz, Josh Barry; EP/D Michael Engler
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, The Firm
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Logline: Inspired by the true-life stories of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker, the drama is a provocative look at the unique, sexy and dangerous interplay of criminal law and the media.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Josh Berman (The Mob Doctor); W/co-EP Allie Hagan; EP Mark Geragos, Wendy Walker, Kenny Meiselas, Jeff Kwatinetz, Josh Barry; EP/D Michael Engler
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, The Firm
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Presence (unlic)
Logline: Centers on a former Army veteran Presence Foster (Stephanie Sigman) who finds herself interacting with a widely divergent and highly colorful cross-section of Los Angeles as she unintentionally begins a career as an unlicensed private investigator.
Cast: Stephanie Sigman, Rick Gonzalez
Team: W/EP John Ridley; EP Michael McDonald
Studio: ABC Studios, International Famous Players Radio Picture Corp., Stearns Castle
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Logline: Centers on a former Army veteran Presence Foster (Stephanie Sigman) who finds herself interacting with a widely divergent and highly colorful cross-section of Los Angeles as she unintentionally begins a career as an unlicensed private investigator.
Cast: Stephanie Sigman, Rick Gonzalez
Team: W/EP John Ridley; EP Michael McDonald
Studio: ABC Studios, International Famous Players Radio Picture Corp., Stearns Castle
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Spark
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Michael Cooney (Center Stage); EP Ian Sander, Kim Moses
Studio: ABC Studios
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Michael Cooney (Center Stage); EP Ian Sander, Kim Moses
Studio: ABC Studios
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Still Star-Crossed
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Heather Mitchell (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal); EP Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Michael Goldstein; EP/D Michael Offer
Studio: ABC Studios, Shondaland
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Heather Mitchell (Grey's Anatomy, Scandal); EP Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Michael Goldstein; EP/D Michael Offer
Studio: ABC Studios, Shondaland
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Time After Time
Logline: Based on the novel Time After Time, written by Karl Alexander, the drama uses the 1979 novel and movie as a starting point and chronicles the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells and his time machine.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Kevin Williamson
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Outerbanks
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Logline: Based on the novel Time After Time, written by Karl Alexander, the drama uses the 1979 novel and movie as a starting point and chronicles the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells and his time machine.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Kevin Williamson
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Outerbanks
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Untitled Meaghan OppenheimerLogline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/co-EP Meaghan Oppenheimer (Fear the Walking Dead); EP Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea
Studio: ABC Studios, Pacific Standard
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Cast:
Team: W/co-EP Meaghan Oppenheimer (Fear the Walking Dead); EP Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea
Studio: ABC Studios, Pacific Standard
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CBS
Comedy
The Great IndoorsLogline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Mike Gibbons (Tosh.0)
Format: Multicamera
Studio: CBS Television Studios
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Cast:
Team: W/EP Mike Gibbons (Tosh.0)
Format: Multicamera
Studio: CBS Television Studios
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I'm Not Your Friend
Logline: A contractor (Matt LeBlanc) learns that raising his kids is more challenging than expected when his wife goes back to work.
Cast: Matt LeBlanc
Team: W/EP Jeff & Jackie Filgo (That '70s Show); EP Matt LeBlanc, Michael Rotenberg; EP/D James Burrows
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: Multicamera
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Logline: A contractor (Matt LeBlanc) learns that raising his kids is more challenging than expected when his wife goes back to work.
Cast: Matt LeBlanc
Team: W/EP Jeff & Jackie Filgo (That '70s Show); EP Matt LeBlanc, Michael Rotenberg; EP/D James Burrows
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: Multicamera
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The Kicker
Logline: An oddball athlete drives family, friends and strangers insane after he unexpectedly finds himself cut from his professional football team.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jack Burditt; EP Tina Fey, Robert Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt); EP David Miner
Studio: Universal Television, Little Stranger, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
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Logline: An oddball athlete drives family, friends and strangers insane after he unexpectedly finds himself cut from his professional football team.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jack Burditt; EP Tina Fey, Robert Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt); EP David Miner
Studio: Universal Television, Little Stranger, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
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My Time/Your Time
Logline: Based on Avital Ash's web series 7P/10E, the comedy the relationship of a young couple (Jane Levy) as they begin dating long distance.
Cast: Jane Levy (Suburgatory)
Team: W/EP Hilary Winston; EP Carter Bays, Craig Thomas; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Gifted and Talented Camp, Bays Airlines, Chocolate Cow Entertainment
Format: Hybrid
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Logline: Based on Avital Ash's web series 7P/10E, the comedy the relationship of a young couple (Jane Levy) as they begin dating long distance.
Cast: Jane Levy (Suburgatory)
Team: W/EP Hilary Winston; EP Carter Bays, Craig Thomas; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Gifted and Talented Camp, Bays Airlines, Chocolate Cow Entertainment
Format: Hybrid
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Superior DonutsLogline: Based on the play by Tracy Letts, series follows the relationship between the owner of a donut shop, his new young employee and their patrons in a gentrifying neighborhood of Chicago.
Team: W/EP Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Bob Daily; EP Mark Teitelbaum, John Montgomery
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: Multicamera
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Team: W/EP Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Bob Daily; EP Mark Teitelbaum, John Montgomery
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: Multicamera
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Untitled Butler/Hope/O'ShannonLogline: An extended family show inspired by the Australian format Upper Middle Bogan about a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Dan O'Shannon, Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope
Studio: CBS Television Studios, ABC Studios, Dark Toy Entertainment
Format: Hybrid
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Cast:
Team: W/EP Dan O'Shannon, Robyn Butler, Wayne Hope
Studio: CBS Television Studios, ABC Studios, Dark Toy Entertainment
Format: Hybrid
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Untitled Kevin James (13-episode production commitment)
Logline: A newly retired police officer (Kevin James) looks forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids (Taylor Spreitler) but figures out he faces more challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.
Cast: Kevin James, Taylor Spreitler
Team: W/EP Bruce Helford, Rock Reuben; EP Jeff Sussman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Hey Eddie Productions
Format: Multicamera
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Logline: A newly retired police officer (Kevin James) looks forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids (Taylor Spreitler) but figures out he faces more challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.
Cast: Kevin James, Taylor Spreitler
Team: W/EP Bruce Helford, Rock Reuben; EP Jeff Sussman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Sony Pictures Television, Hey Eddie Productions
Format: Multicamera
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Untitled Stephnie Weir
Logline: A conservative, small town family is forced to reconcile their values when they discover their children’s lives are less than perfect.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Stephnie Weir (The Millers); EP Greg Garcia; co-EP Alix Jaffe
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Amigos de Garcia Productions
Format: Multicamera
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Logline: A conservative, small town family is forced to reconcile their values when they discover their children’s lives are less than perfect.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Stephnie Weir (The Millers); EP Greg Garcia; co-EP Alix Jaffe
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Amigos de Garcia Productions
Format: Multicamera
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What Goes Around Comes Around
Logline: Two 40-something parents who were wild and reckless teenagers now face their worst nightmare — raising three teenagers of their own.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Dan Kopelman (Malcolm in the Middle); EP Aaron Kaplan; D/EP Tim Story
Studio: Warner Bros Television, Kapital Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: Two 40-something parents who were wild and reckless teenagers now face their worst nightmare — raising three teenagers of their own.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Dan Kopelman (Malcolm in the Middle); EP Aaron Kaplan; D/EP Tim Story
Studio: Warner Bros Television, Kapital Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
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Drama
Bull
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Paul Attanasio (House), Dr. Phillip C. McGraw; EP Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Jay McGraw
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Stage 29 Productions, Amblin Television
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Paul Attanasio (House), Dr. Phillip C. McGraw; EP Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Jay McGraw
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Stage 29 Productions, Amblin Television
Location:
Bunker Hill (redeveloped from last year)
Logline: A young Silicon Valley tech titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, "new school" approach to medicine.
Team: W/EP Jason Katims; EP Michelle Lee; EP/D David Semel
Studio: Universal Television, CBS Television Studios, True Jack Productions
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Logline: A young Silicon Valley tech titan enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, "new school" approach to medicine.
Team: W/EP Jason Katims; EP Michelle Lee; EP/D David Semel
Studio: Universal Television, CBS Television Studios, True Jack Productions
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Doubt (redeveloped from last season)
Logline: Centers on Sadie (Katherine Heigl), a smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who shockingly gets romantically involved with one of her clients, who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Steven Pasquale, Dule Hill, Laverne Cox, Kobi Libbi, Elliott Gould, Dreama Walker
Team: W/EP Tony Phelan, Joan Rater (Grey's Anatomy); EP Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman; EP/D Adam Bernstein
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Timberman/Beverly Productons
Location: New York
Logline: Centers on Sadie (Katherine Heigl), a smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who shockingly gets romantically involved with one of her clients, who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Steven Pasquale, Dule Hill, Laverne Cox, Kobi Libbi, Elliott Gould, Dreama Walker
Team: W/EP Tony Phelan, Joan Rater (Grey's Anatomy); EP Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman; EP/D Adam Bernstein
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Timberman/Beverly Productons
Location: New York
Drew
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Joan Rater, Tony Phelan (Grey's Anatomy); EP Dan Jinks
Studio: CBS Television Studios
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Joan Rater, Tony Phelan (Grey's Anatomy); EP Dan Jinks
Studio: CBS Television Studios
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Four Stars
Logline: Two powerful rival families in the military community of Tampa, Florida make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Becky Mode (A Gifted Man); EP Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly; EP/D RJ Cutler
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Timberman/Beverly Productions
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Logline: Two powerful rival families in the military community of Tampa, Florida make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Becky Mode (A Gifted Man); EP Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly; EP/D RJ Cutler
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Timberman/Beverly Productions
Location:
MacGyver
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Paul Downs Colaizzo; EP Michael Clear, Henry Winkler; EP/D James Wan
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Atomic Monster
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Paul Downs Colaizzo; EP Michael Clear, Henry Winkler; EP/D James Wan
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Atomic Monster
Location:
Sensory
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Zabel (ER), EP Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Roger Freet
Studio: CBS Television Studios, TriStar Television
Location:
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Zabel (ER), EP Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Roger Freet
Studio: CBS Television Studios, TriStar Television
Location:
Training Day
Logline: Described as a reimagining that begins 15 years after the 2001 film left off, the reboot centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with a seasoned, morally ambiguous Caucasian detective.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Will Beall (Castle, Gangster Squad); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed; EP/D Antoine Fuqua
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Fuqua Films
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Logline: Described as a reimagining that begins 15 years after the 2001 film left off, the reboot centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with a seasoned, morally ambiguous Caucasian detective.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Will Beall (Castle, Gangster Squad); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed; EP/D Antoine Fuqua
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Fuqua Films
Location:
Fox
Comedy
The Enforcers
Logline: 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 misue.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer (Friends); EP/D Gail Mancuso
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: 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 misue.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer (Friends); EP/D Gail Mancuso
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
The Mick
Logline: The comedy revolves around a hard-living, foul-mouthed woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, Conn., to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who has fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what everyone else already knows: other people's children are awful.
Cast:
Team: W/EP John Chernin, Dave Chernin (It's Always Sunny); EP Nick Frenkel, Oly Obst; D/EP Randall Einhorn
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: The comedy revolves around a hard-living, foul-mouthed woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, Conn., to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who has fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what everyone else already knows: other people's children are awful.
Cast:
Team: W/EP John Chernin, Dave Chernin (It's Always Sunny); EP Nick Frenkel, Oly Obst; D/EP Randall Einhorn
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Son of Zorn (animated/live-action pilot presentation) -- SERIES ORDER
Logline: 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.
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Cheryl Hines, Tim Meadows, Artemis Pebdani, Johnny Pemberton
Team: W/EP Phil Lord, Chris Miller; EP Reed Agnew, Eli Jorne, Seth Cohen; co-EP/D Eric Appel
Format: Single-camera/animated
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Logline: 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.
Cast: Jason Sudeikis, Cheryl Hines, Tim Meadows, Artemis Pebdani, Johnny Pemberton
Team: W/EP Phil Lord, Chris Miller; EP Reed Agnew, Eli Jorne, Seth Cohen; co-EP/D Eric Appel
Format: Single-camera/animated
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Untitled Chris Case
Logline: The 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 life: fatherhood.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Chris Case (Reba); EP Chris Spencer, Evan Silverberg, Daniel Rappaport; EP/D Malcolm D. Lee
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Logline: The 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 life: fatherhood.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Chris Case (Reba); EP Chris Spencer, Evan Silverberg, Daniel Rappaport; EP/D Malcolm D. Lee
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Laura Steinel comedy
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/co-EP Laura Steinel (Red Oaks); EP Sue Naegle; EP/D Jeff Schaffer (The League)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television; Naegle Ink
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/co-EP Laura Steinel (Red Oaks); EP Sue Naegle; EP/D Jeff Schaffer (The League)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television; Naegle Ink
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Sharpe/Lord & Miller comedy (aka In Time)
Logline: Centers on three unlikely friends find an even less likely way to travel through time, irreversibly complicating their personal lives in 2016, as the great moments of the past collide with today's popular culture — with hilarious and quite disastrous results.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Julius "Goldie" Sharpe (The Grinder); EP Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Seth Cohen (Last Man on Earth)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: Centers on three unlikely friends find an even less likely way to travel through time, irreversibly complicating their personal lives in 2016, as the great moments of the past collide with today's popular culture — with hilarious and quite disastrous results.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Julius "Goldie" Sharpe (The Grinder); EP Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Seth Cohen (Last Man on Earth)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Drama
A.P.B.
Logline: 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? Inspired by the New York Times story"Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?"
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Slack (Person of Interest); EP Len Wiseman
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
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Logline: 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? Inspired by the New York Times story"Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?"
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Slack (Person of Interest); EP Len Wiseman
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location:
24: Legacy
Logline: The new take features an all-new cast of characters and will be structured in the same style of the original series. Legacy revolves around a military hero's (Corey Hawkins, Straight Outta Compton) return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back — 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.
Cast: Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto
Team: W/EP Manny Coto, Evan Katz; EP Howard Gordon, Brian Grazer; D Stephen Hopkins
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine TV, Teakwood Lane
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Logline: The new take features an all-new cast of characters and will be structured in the same style of the original series. Legacy revolves around a military hero's (Corey Hawkins, Straight Outta Compton) return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back — 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.
Cast: Corey Hawkins, Miranda Otto
Team: W/EP Manny Coto, Evan Katz; EP Howard Gordon, Brian Grazer; D Stephen Hopkins
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine TV, Teakwood Lane
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The Exorcist
Logline: A modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty’s 1971 book, the drama is a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession, and confronting the face of true evil.
Team: W/EP Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four); EP James Robinson, David Robinson, Barbara Wall; D/EP Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Morgan Creek Productions
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Logline: A modern reinvention inspired by William Blatty’s 1971 book, the drama is a propulsive, serialized psychological thriller following two very different men tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession, and confronting the face of true evil.
Team: W/EP Jeremy Slater (Fantastic Four); EP James Robinson, David Robinson, Barbara Wall; D/EP Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Morgan Creek Productions
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Pitch
Logline: Centers on a young female pitcher (Kylie Bunbury, Under the Dome) who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues.
Cast: Kylie Bunbury
Team: W/EP Dan Fogelman (Grandfathered, Galavant), Rick Singer; EP Tony Bill, Helen Bartlett; EP/D Paris Barclay
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location:
Logline: Centers on a young female pitcher (Kylie Bunbury, Under the Dome) who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues.
Cast: Kylie Bunbury
Team: W/EP Dan Fogelman (Grandfathered, Galavant), Rick Singer; EP Tony Bill, Helen Bartlett; EP/D Paris Barclay
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location:
Prison Break (straight to series)
Logline: A new chapter based on the original series about a guy determined to prove his convicted brother's innocence and save him from death row by creating an elaborate plan to escape from prison.
Cast: Wentworth Miller, Diminic Purcell
Team: W/EP/showrunner Paul T. Scheuring; EP Neal Moritz, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Olmstead
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
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Logline: A new chapter based on the original series about a guy determined to prove his convicted brother's innocence and save him from death row by creating an elaborate plan to escape from prison.
Cast: Wentworth Miller, Diminic Purcell
Team: W/EP/showrunner Paul T. Scheuring; EP Neal Moritz, Marty Adelstein, Dawn Olmstead
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
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Recon
Logline: A rookie FBI agent embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Caroline Dries; EP Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Outerbanks Entertainment
Location:
Logline: A rookie FBI agent embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Caroline Dries; EP Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Outerbanks Entertainment
Location:
Shots Fired (straight to series)
Logline: Explores the aftermath of racially charged shootings in a small town in Tennessee. Sanaa Lathan stars an expert investigator who digs into the cases, alongside a special prosecutor sent to the town by the Department of Justice. The pair must navigate the media attention, public debate and social unrest that comes with such volatile cases as they seek justice before the divided town erupts.
Cast: Sanaa Lathan
Team: W/EP Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood; EP Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo; D Prince Bythewood
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine TV, Undisputed Cinema
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Logline: Explores the aftermath of racially charged shootings in a small town in Tennessee. Sanaa Lathan stars an expert investigator who digs into the cases, alongside a special prosecutor sent to the town by the Department of Justice. The pair must navigate the media attention, public debate and social unrest that comes with such volatile cases as they seek justice before the divided town erupts.
Cast: Sanaa Lathan
Team: W/EP Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood; EP Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo; D Prince Bythewood
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine TV, Undisputed Cinema
Location:
Untitled Lee Daniels (formerly Star)
Logline: The Atlanta-set drama revolves around three girls who come together to form a band. Star details their rise to the top in a challenging business. While Empire is told from the point of view of music executives,Star will be told from the perspective of the artist.
Cast: Benjamin Bratt, Queen Latifah, Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O'Grady, Nicholas Gonzalez
Team: W/EP Lee Daniels, Tom Donaghy (The Whole Truth) (Empire); EP Pamela Oas Williams, Effie Brown; D Lee Daniels
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location: Atlanta
Logline: The Atlanta-set drama revolves around three girls who come together to form a band. Star details their rise to the top in a challenging business. While Empire is told from the point of view of music executives,Star will be told from the perspective of the artist.
Cast: Benjamin Bratt, Queen Latifah, Jude Demorest, Ryan Destiny, Brittany O'Grady, Nicholas Gonzalez
Team: W/EP Lee Daniels, Tom Donaghy (The Whole Truth) (Empire); EP Pamela Oas Williams, Effie Brown; D Lee Daniels
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location: Atlanta
Urban Cowboy -- PASSED OVER/PRODUCED OFF-CYCLE
Logline: A modern reimagining of the classic 1980 Paramount romantic drama starring Debra Winger and John Travolta. Fueled with energetic music, it follows Kyle and Gaby, two star-crossed young lovers, as they pursue their dreams and passions through the sweat of line-dancing in honky-tonks, the grime of oil refineries and the glamour of modern Texas.
Cast: Alfonso Herrera, Nathalie Kelley, Jim Belushi, Bryana Salaz, Edward James Olmos, Lindsey Gort, Riley Smith
Team: W/EP/D Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow); EP Robert Evans, Sue Naegle, Chris Levinson; co-EP James Sikura
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Paramount TV
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Logline: A modern reimagining of the classic 1980 Paramount romantic drama starring Debra Winger and John Travolta. Fueled with energetic music, it follows Kyle and Gaby, two star-crossed young lovers, as they pursue their dreams and passions through the sweat of line-dancing in honky-tonks, the grime of oil refineries and the glamour of modern Texas.
Cast: Alfonso Herrera, Nathalie Kelley, Jim Belushi, Bryana Salaz, Edward James Olmos, Lindsey Gort, Riley Smith
Team: W/EP/D Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow); EP Robert Evans, Sue Naegle, Chris Levinson; co-EP James Sikura
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Paramount TV
Location:
Zoobiquity
Logline: Based on the best-seller by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers, the drama is a light, unconventional medical procedural that 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. (Redeveloped from 2014-15.)
Cast:
Team: W/EP Stephen Nathan, Jon Collier (Bones); EP Spencer Medof; P Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location:
Logline: Based on the best-seller by Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers, the drama is a light, unconventional medical procedural that 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. (Redeveloped from 2014-15.)
Cast:
Team: W/EP Stephen Nathan, Jon Collier (Bones); EP Spencer Medof; P Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, Kathryn Bowers
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location:
NBC
Comedy
Crunch Time
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Betsy Thomas (My Boys); EO Phil Gurin, David Janollari
Studio: Universal Television, David Janollari
Format: Game show/multicamera
Location:
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Betsy Thomas (My Boys); EO Phil Gurin, David Janollari
Studio: Universal Television, David Janollari
Format: Game show/multicamera
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Good Place (13-episode straight-to-series order)
Logline: Centers on a woman (Kristen Bell) wrestling with what it means to be good.
Cast: Kristen Bell, Ted Danson
Team: W/EP Mike Schur; EP David Miner; D Drew Goddard
Studio: Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Logline: Centers on a woman (Kristen Bell) wrestling with what it means to be good.
Cast: Kristen Bell, Ted Danson
Team: W/EP Mike Schur; EP David Miner; D Drew Goddard
Studio: Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
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Good FortuneLogline: 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.
Team: W/EP Craig Gerard, Matt Zinman; EP Rashida Jones, Will McCormack; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Le Train Train
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Team: W/EP Craig Gerard, Matt Zinman; EP Rashida Jones, Will McCormack; EP/D Pam Fryman
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Le Train Train
Format: Multicamera
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Imaginary Friend
Logline: The winner of NBC's Playground comedy initiative, centers on Wendy (Megan Neuringer), an intelligent yet unmotivated woman who discovers a special and unexpected way of dealing with her mediocre life.
Cast: Megan Neuringer, Brandon Scott
Team: W/EP Kassia Miller, EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills
Format: Single-camera
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Logline: The winner of NBC's Playground comedy initiative, centers on Wendy (Megan Neuringer), an intelligent yet unmotivated woman who discovers a special and unexpected way of dealing with her mediocre life.
Cast: Megan Neuringer, Brandon Scott
Team: W/EP Kassia Miller, EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills
Format: Single-camera
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Marlon
Logline: Loosely inspired by Marlon Wayans' life, the comedy centers on an inappropriate but loving father (Wayans) committed to successfully co-parenting with his polar opposite ex-wife.
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins
Team: W/EP Chris Moynihan; P/T Marlon Wayans; EP Rick Alvarez, Michael Rotenberg
Studio: Universal Television, 3 Arts, Wayans Brothers Entertainment
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Logline: Loosely inspired by Marlon Wayans' life, the comedy centers on an inappropriate but loving father (Wayans) committed to successfully co-parenting with his polar opposite ex-wife.
Cast: Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins
Team: W/EP Chris Moynihan; P/T Marlon Wayans; EP Rick Alvarez, Michael Rotenberg
Studio: Universal Television, 3 Arts, Wayans Brothers Entertainment
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Me & Mean Margaret
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Adam Barr (Will & Grace); EP Peter Chernin
Studio: Universal Television, Chernin Entertainment
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Logline: 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Adam Barr (Will & Grace); EP Peter Chernin
Studio: Universal Television, Chernin Entertainment
Format: Multicamera
Location:
PowerlessLogline: Set in the DC Comics universe full of superheroes, villains and people just like us, Powerless is described as an office comedy about the exceedingly average employees at an insurance company and their quest to find their own power. Based on characters from DC Comics.
Team: W/EP Ben Queen (A to Z) D/EP Michael Patrick Jann
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Team: W/EP Ben Queen (A to Z) D/EP Michael Patrick Jann
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, DC Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Sebastian
Logline: Sebastian’s (Sebastian Maniscalo) 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.
Cast: Sebastian Maniscalco
Team: W/EP Austen Earl (The Millers), Sebastian Maniscalco; EP Greg Garcia
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Amigos de Garcia
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Logline: Sebastian’s (Sebastian Maniscalo) 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.
Cast: Sebastian Maniscalco
Team: W/EP Austen Earl (The Millers), Sebastian Maniscalco; EP Greg Garcia
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Amigos de Garcia
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Sunset PPL
Logline: The winner of NBC's Playground Comedy initiative, the pilot centers on a group of millennial friends who struggle with their own made-up rules for personal and professional success.
Cast: Julianna Guill, Cass Buggle, Brandon Kyle Goodman
Team: W/EP Adriano Valentini, Aaron Colom
Studio: Universal Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Logline: The winner of NBC's Playground Comedy initiative, the pilot centers on a group of millennial friends who struggle with their own made-up rules for personal and professional success.
Cast: Julianna Guill, Cass Buggle, Brandon Kyle Goodman
Team: W/EP Adriano Valentini, Aaron Colom
Studio: Universal Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
The TrailLogline: 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.
Team: W/EP Jeff Astrof, Matt Miller (Forever); D Jeff Blitz
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Barge Productions, Good Session Productions
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Team: W/EP Jeff Astrof, Matt Miller (Forever); D Jeff Blitz
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Barge Productions, Good Session Productions
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Amy Poehler/Charlie Grandy
Logline: After years of partying that earned him the "black sheep" label, Karl (Nico Evers-Swindell) returns home to compete with his brother for the family throne.
Cast: Nico Evers-Swindell (Grimm), Tim Baltz, Jessie Ennis
Team: W/EP Charlie Grandy; EP Amy Poehler, Brooke Posch, Dave Becky; D Amy Poehler
Studio: Universal Television, Paper Kite, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Logline: After years of partying that earned him the "black sheep" label, Karl (Nico Evers-Swindell) returns home to compete with his brother for the family throne.
Cast: Nico Evers-Swindell (Grimm), Tim Baltz, Jessie Ennis
Team: W/EP Charlie Grandy; EP Amy Poehler, Brooke Posch, Dave Becky; D Amy Poehler
Studio: Universal Television, Paper Kite, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Dan Fogelman birthday dramedy
Logline: The hourlong dramedy is described as a unique ensemble that follows characters all born on the same day.
Cast: Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, Sterling Brown, Ron Cephas Jones, Chrissy Metz, Susan Kelechi Watson
Team: W/EP Dan Fogelman; EP Jess Rosenthal, Charlie Gogolak; D/EP John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
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Format: Hourlong
Logline: The hourlong dramedy is described as a unique ensemble that follows characters all born on the same day.
Cast: Mandy Moore, Milo Ventimiglia, Justin Hartley, Sterling Brown, Ron Cephas Jones, Chrissy Metz, Susan Kelechi Watson
Team: W/EP Dan Fogelman; EP Jess Rosenthal, Charlie Gogolak; D/EP John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location:
Format: Hourlong
Untitled Matt Hubbard
Logline: Loosely based on Hubbard's life, the comedy centers on a guy (Chris Smith) who learns to manage the expectations and strong cultural traditions of his in-laws after he moves his family to his wife's (Elizabeth Ho) hometown.
Cast: Jack McBrayer, Chris Smith, Elizabeth Ho
Team: W/EP Matt Hubbard (30 Rock); EP/showrunner Mike Schur (Parks and Recreation); EP David Miner
Studio: Universal Television, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Logline: Loosely based on Hubbard's life, the comedy centers on a guy (Chris Smith) who learns to manage the expectations and strong cultural traditions of his in-laws after he moves his family to his wife's (Elizabeth Ho) hometown.
Cast: Jack McBrayer, Chris Smith, Elizabeth Ho
Team: W/EP Matt Hubbard (30 Rock); EP/showrunner Mike Schur (Parks and Recreation); EP David Miner
Studio: Universal Television, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Tracey Wigfield
Logline: Inspired by the life of Tracey Wigfield, the comedy centers on a mother-daughter relationship that is challenged when an overly involved New Jersey mom interns at her daughter’s workplace, a cable news network.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock); EP Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner
Studio: Universal Television, Little Stranger, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Logline: Inspired by the life of Tracey Wigfield, the comedy centers on a mother-daughter relationship that is challenged when an overly involved New Jersey mom interns at her daughter’s workplace, a cable news network.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock); EP Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner
Studio: Universal Television, Little Stranger, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Vladimir Caamano
Logline: Vlad (Vladimir Caamano), 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.
Cast: Vladimir Caamano
Team: W/co-EP Vladimir Caamano, Adam Sztykiel (Undateable); EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Logline: Vlad (Vladimir Caamano), 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.
Cast: Vladimir Caamano
Team: W/co-EP Vladimir Caamano, Adam Sztykiel (Undateable); EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Drama
Chicago Law (planted spinoff of Chicago PD)
Logline: A spinoff featuring ADA characters appearing on Chicago PD.
Cast:
Team: EP Dick Wolf
Studio: Universal Television, Wolf Films
Location: Chicago
Logline: A spinoff featuring ADA characters appearing on Chicago PD.
Cast:
Team: EP Dick Wolf
Studio: Universal Television, Wolf Films
Location: Chicago
Cruel Intentions
Logline: Cruel Intentions picks up more than 15 years after the 1999 movie left off. The drama 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Roger Kumble, Jordan Ross & Lindsey Rosin; D Roger Kumble; EP Neil Moritz, Pavun Shetty
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Original Film
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Logline: Cruel Intentions picks up more than 15 years after the 1999 movie left off. The drama 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Roger Kumble, Jordan Ross & Lindsey Rosin; D Roger Kumble; EP Neil Moritz, Pavun Shetty
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Original Film
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Midnight Texas
Logline: Based on the New York Times best-selling trilogy from Charlaine Harris, the drama is described as Twin Peaks meets True Blood 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Monica Owusu-Breen; EP David Janollari; EP/D Niels Arden Oplev
Studio: Universal Television, David Janollari Entertainment
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Logline: Based on the New York Times best-selling trilogy from Charlaine Harris, the drama is described as Twin Peaks meets True Blood 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Monica Owusu-Breen; EP David Janollari; EP/D Niels Arden Oplev
Studio: Universal Television, David Janollari Entertainment
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Miranda's Rights
Logline: A legal soap centering on 28-year-old Miranda Coale, who gets a shot at redemption six years after a sex scandal upended her life when she’s hired by a group of millennials living and working together in a start-up law firm.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Katie Lovejoy (The Selection); EP John Glenn
Studio: Universal Television, John Glenn Entertainment
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Taken (straight to series)
Logline: A modern-day prequel to Luc Besson's feature of the same name that starred Liam Neeson as a retired CIA operative Bryan Mills on a one-man mission to save his kidnapped daughter. The series will illustrate how a young Bryan develops his skills.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Alexander Cary (Homeland); Luc Besson, Matthew Gross, Edouard De Vesinne, Thomas Anargyros; EP/D Alex Graves
Studio: Europa Corp TV USA, Universal Television
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Logline: A legal soap centering on 28-year-old Miranda Coale, who gets a shot at redemption six years after a sex scandal upended her life when she’s hired by a group of millennials living and working together in a start-up law firm.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Katie Lovejoy (The Selection); EP John Glenn
Studio: Universal Television, John Glenn Entertainment
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Taken (straight to series)
Logline: A modern-day prequel to Luc Besson's feature of the same name that starred Liam Neeson as a retired CIA operative Bryan Mills on a one-man mission to save his kidnapped daughter. The series will illustrate how a young Bryan develops his skills.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Alexander Cary (Homeland); Luc Besson, Matthew Gross, Edouard De Vesinne, Thomas Anargyros; EP/D Alex Graves
Studio: Europa Corp TV USA, Universal Television
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Time
Logline: The 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Shawn Ryan, Eric Kripke; EP John Davis, John Fox, Marney Hochman; D Neil Marshall
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Davis Entertainment
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Logline: The 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.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Shawn Ryan, Eric Kripke; EP John Davis, John Fox, Marney Hochman; D Neil Marshall
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Davis Entertainment
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Unveiled (redeveloped from last season)
Logline: A one-hour drama following an ensemble of flawed guardian angels who intervene in the lives of those who find themselves facing crises in an attempt to restore their faith and, often, save their lives.
Cast: Stephan James (Selma), Liam McIntyre (Spartacus), Will Kemp, Connie Nielsen, Mouzam Makkar, Dana Davis
Team: W/EP John Glenn; EP Mark Burnett, Roma Downey
Studio: Universal Television, LightWorkers Media
Location: Vancouver
Logline: A one-hour drama following an ensemble of flawed guardian angels who intervene in the lives of those who find themselves facing crises in an attempt to restore their faith and, often, save their lives.
Cast: Stephan James (Selma), Liam McIntyre (Spartacus), Will Kemp, Connie Nielsen, Mouzam Makkar, Dana Davis
Team: W/EP John Glenn; EP Mark Burnett, Roma Downey
Studio: Universal Television, LightWorkers Media
Location: Vancouver
The CW
Drama
Frequency
Logline: In this reimagining of the New Line Cinema film, a female police detective in 2016 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 case, but unintended consequences of the "butterfly effect" wreak havoc in the present day.
Cast: Riley Smith (Nashville)
Team: W/EP Jeremy Carver (Supernatural); EP Toby Emmerich; John Rickard, Dan Lin, Jennifer Gwartz
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Lin Pictures
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Logline: In this reimagining of the New Line Cinema film, a female police detective in 2016 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 case, but unintended consequences of the "butterfly effect" wreak havoc in the present day.
Cast: Riley Smith (Nashville)
Team: W/EP Jeremy Carver (Supernatural); EP Toby Emmerich; John Rickard, Dan Lin, Jennifer Gwartz
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Lin Pictures
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No Tomorrow
Logline: When a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a freewheeling man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, to comedic and poignant results they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists. Based on the Brazilian format.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Corinne Brinkerhoff (American Gothic, Jane the Virgin), Scott McCabe, Tory Stanton; EP Ben Silverman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Electus
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Logline: When a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a freewheeling man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, to comedic and poignant results they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists. Based on the Brazilian format.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Corinne Brinkerhoff (American Gothic, Jane the Virgin), Scott McCabe, Tory Stanton; EP Ben Silverman
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Electus
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Riverdale
Logline: Set in present day and based on the iconic Archie Comics characters, Riverdale is a surprising and subversive take on Archie, Betty (Lili Reinhart, Surviving Jack), Veronica, Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome façade. Based on the characters from Archie Comics.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Supergirl, Glee); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
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Logline: Set in present day and based on the iconic Archie Comics characters, Riverdale is a surprising and subversive take on Archie, Betty (Lili Reinhart, Surviving Jack), Veronica, Jughead Jones (Cole Sprouse, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody) and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale's wholesome façade. Based on the characters from Archie Comics.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Supergirl, Glee); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
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Transylvania
Logline: In 1880, a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father ventures from NYC to Transylvania where she teams with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard detective. Together they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Hugh Sterbakov; EP Jeff Pinkner, Andre Nemec, Josh Applebaum, Scott Rosenberg
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Midnight Radio
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Logline: In 1880, a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father ventures from NYC to Transylvania where she teams with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard detective. Together they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Hugh Sterbakov; EP Jeff Pinkner, Andre Nemec, Josh Applebaum, Scott Rosenberg
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Midnight Radio
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Untitled Kevin Williamson paranormal drama
Logline: A young woman seeks help from a parapsychologist when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Kevin Williamson; EP/D David Nutter; P Lauren Wagner
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Outerbanks Entertainment
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Logline: A young woman seeks help from a parapsychologist when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Kevin Williamson; EP/D David Nutter; P Lauren Wagner
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Outerbanks Entertainment
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Untitled Mars drama
Logline: A team of explorers arrive on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, 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 and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Doris Egan (Reign); EP Frank Marshall, Robert Zotnowski
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kennedy-Marshall Co.
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Logline: A team of explorers arrive on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, 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 and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Doris Egan (Reign); EP Frank Marshall, Robert Zotnowski
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kennedy-Marshall Co.
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