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[TV]
Ah, welcome back. Anyone still out there?Suppose I should re-introduce myself. I'm Mike- I used to talk about TV on regular basis in
these parts. And then a funny thing happened- reality television, that is. And then I just lost interest in the goings on in the ivory halls of the programming wizards. There was simply nothing on
Television I wanted to talk about-because it was mostly shit. Yeah- even the mighty Joss tossed Firefly into the crapper, leaving his other creations twisting in the wind. Meanwhile, Simon Callow continued his
invasion; ABC continued to pair Bachelors and Bachelorettes (all of whom break up long before the series even airs); and CBS single handedly allowed David Caruso and Arsenio Hall back on the tube. All of which lead
to a stark conclusion: if this is what the erosion of network television is going to be-then by all means have at it. We're long past the point of no return, people. The networks have given up any attempt at programming
with any intelligence in favor of whatever will get a rise out of the public- because anyone who wanted TV worth watching already has 500 digital cable channels and HBO to keep them occupied. The rest of the sheep are
watching this shit. Snobbery? Elitism? Then you explain Joe Millionaire
to me- because I'd really like a chat with someone who actually watched that and will admit to it. If just one of the 24 million people who had nothing better to do that night could explain what the hell could have
prompted you to watch it- just so I can bask in the glow of your collective stupidity. I want to understand this, really I do. But I just can't wrap my brain around the attraction to all these God-awful reality
shows. I seriously think 24's ratings jump is simply because most of the country is so busy spending the following hour trying to vote for American Idol
that they simply never bothered to change the channel. Which is just fine with me-as 24 is one of the few network shows I can still watch and not feel cheap and dirty about afterwards. And yet reality TV still
marches on, and you have to wonder when it's going to stop. It's not, unfortunately- because networks have figured out that it just costs too much money to actually produce Quality scripted shows. Comedians will still
get lame sit-coms, of course- but the scripted hour drama is getting the shaft. Sci Fi? Forget it. Networks aren't going to invest in Sci-Fi programming in the wake of Firefly and Dinotopia's failure-
they too cost too much to make, and to promote. And even judging by the severe flat lining of a show like Enterprise- even established brands can't draw viewers. Enterprise is not that good, and
Dinotopia was scheduled against Friends and Survivor- but programmers see it as another Sci Fi show that isn't catching on with an audience and costing millions to make for little results. Why
did a show like Farscape get the ax, whereas Stargate continues to limp along? In it's seventh year, Stargate's actually cheaper to continue, by using effects that were created earlier in the
series- and it's not really an effects heavy series to begin with. Virtually all the effects used on a series like Farscape or Enterprise have to be created specifically for each episode-which drives up
the cost per episode. Sci-Fi and UPN can just throw on reality shows that put more money in the coffers, and produce more of them for the cost of one Farscape episode. Networks are more willing to produce
hugely expensive miniseries or limited run series, because it will reap the biggest investment over a traditional series. Also, it might help if the programmers weren't complete idiots- don't put a high concept show
that viewers will have to have some time to invest in against a reality show that requires no investment from the viewer to understand, or a long running highly rated sitcom that has it's audience locked until it
dies. So, if you're like me- and you want quality scripted dramas and Sci Fi on the tube to fight back against these reality shows, you're gonna have to accept a few changes.
1) Effects heavy shows go back to being rare occurrences- not every concept has have massive effects to catch an audience or to be good. Buffy and Angel
have often been spared the ax because the biggest part of the cost of production comes from the payroll of it's main cast-not from the effects. 2) Smarter writing. Not every lame concept (Andromeda
anyone?) should get on the air solely because it has a star attached on the dregs of Gene Roddenberry's ashes. You're gonna have to come with something good from the get go.
I'd like a little UN-reality, please. I think you do, too. Which is why I feel there's been nothing to talk about. But I can't sit on the fence anymore and just let the tube fill up with scads of bad reality TV- when
I know the medium could be better than this. I'd rather just pull the plug and let it die. So-God help me-I'm back. I hope you are, too- because I need the help to get the sheep and the people who push the buttons to
come to our way of thinking. Because, sadly-we can't get the type of television WE want to see without those ignorant fucks. They control the remotes, but they are easily amused and can be tricked into
watching anything, obviously. So, let's give 'em a show. Make their eyeballs bleed, and sneak what we want in through the out door. Pick up your remotes, people-because it's on again.
-jm tuffley [development hell] The networks do still have a development slate for scripted programming, which is a surprise. So, here's a look at what they've got brewing for the fall season in between
reality shows.-NBC has been taking its time developing an Americanized version of the hit British sit-com Coupling.
Originally groomed as the successor to Friends (which is quite strange considering the original show is based on Friends- just with more sex added in), NBC has had the rights to the show for about three
years. The network's been keeping it in reserve since Friends has been on a year-to-year basis in that time. With the option running out and Friends finally coming to end next year, however, NBC had to
make the show or lose the rights. The series has already had many actors, writers, and producers going through its revolving doors- as the show is now on the 2003-2004 schedule- and becomes the first series commitment
for the fall season. -Meanwhile, NBC is also still eyeing the matter of Britain. Boomtown producer Graham Yost shot a pilot called Young Arthur
for last year's slate, and NBC has reportedly re-considered the prospect of making the medieval teen action/drama. The series focuses on a teenage Arthur learning to be knight (and befriending Lancelot and Guenevere) while secretly being guided to Kinghood by Merlin, and fighting against Votigern- who's plotting to off the future king. Cue teen angst with a bit of swords and sorcery. You've got a "watcher" (Merlin), some Scoobies (Lance and Guenevere, whose relations with Arthur in the pilot script damn near mirrored the initial Buffy/Xander/Willow/Angel storyline) and a BIG BAD (Vortigern). Plays a bit too close to the Hellmouth, doesn't it? It's why NBC originally passed on it- too much
Buffy, not enough Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. This year's a different story, however. Boomtown's critical success and recent ratings rebound has given Yost and his development
projects a new clout with the network. With Buffy leaving the airwaves, the final LOTR installment in theaters this fall, and with a new Potter film not due in theaters until Fall 2004- the network
may have it's desired audience wide open, and is considering whether re-tweaking the show is worth the investment. And they'd almost have to put it on Sundays, which already has tough competition. Considering NBC's
dumping what few reality shows they do have on Friday and Saturday, I doubt they'd spend the cash to do this show just to put it there. They'd almost have to put it on Sunday- where the competition's already tough,
unless the network plans to completely overhaul it's Tuesday Night (with Jane Pauley leaving Dateline, and Frasier
on its last legs- it's a definite possibility). So the gamble for NBC isn't as bad as last year-and they have a few more open spots to place such a program this year- but still enough of costly one to make them pause.
-NBC's not the only one trying to get an Arthur show off the ground. Wes Craven is currently producing Kamelot- a pilot for the WB that puts a Sci Fi spin on the mythos. The WB has been
known to groom DC properties in recent years (as a result of the UPN/Buffy deal- that network also had an option to gain the spin off should the Frog cancel it. In response, the WB developed Smallville and
Birds of Prey to eventually fill it's shoes). No word yet if the series may be the network's attempt to spin a series off the pub's Camelot 3000- but interestingly enough, DC has plans to re-issue the
Camelot 3000 trade this fall. -Meanwhile, CSI copycat shows are springing up. NBC's shooting a pilot with soap stars Vanessa Marcil (ex-General Hospital), and Josh Duhamel (ex-All My Children)
about surveillance experts solving crimes in Las Vegas. Go back and read what I said about Young Arthur. Go ahead, I'll wait. Ok, so why would NBC openly ape CSI
when they passed on a Buffy ape last year? If Buffy and Angel were doing CSI numbers, NBC wouldn't have blinked on it last year. But cult shows seldom have that effect- ABC's the only
network that tried X-Files apes, and they died quickly. Also- tale of the tape, let's say NBC moved Crossing Jordan up an hour, and then slid this show in- this puts a serious hurt on CSI:Miami.
Even if the knock off's bad- the gamble is that it would be enough to make CBS flinch and move it to another night. Only they can't- because CBS purposely scheduled the two CSI
shows apart from each other, the void between the two shows is dotted with reality and news programs that are cheaper to make and net higher ratings than Miami. CBS would have to go head to head, or cancel it.
The first part of the season wouldn't matter- since Monday Night Football takes the night through January anyhow. Either way, it damages CBS' schedule, since it would only take viewers away from CBS' Monday
Night, which is their strongest night. It's full disclosure time. The nets have unleashed their development
hounds, and below is a network by network rundown on what the players have come up with. Let's start with who's in last place. UPNUPN will be facing an uphill battle to prove it's still a network next fall. Having
already announced that they will be cutting their entire daytime programming block, UPN is under the gun. In light of the announcement, the Nielsen folks won't rank UPN as a network next year in their ratings reports.
Which means it's over for UPN. The loss of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer
isn't doing much to help. UPN will live for another two years- dated so due to the network's recent contract with WWE and the net's commitment to Enterprise, which gets another Star Trek series in
syndication. But I'm thinking two years max. Look at the development slate, they're marking time- these shows are all pretty cheap to produce and most of them can either be moved to Viacom's cable outlets, or CBS
if any of them really take off. But they won't.So here's what they've got. All of Us (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Overbrook Production Team:
Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Betsy Borns, James Lassiter Premise: A blended family comedy loosely inspired by the home life of producers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith. Stars: Duane Martin
Status: Pilot order The Edge (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Matthew Carnahan , Scott Vila Premise: DEA and FBI agents in a town on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Stars: Nicholas Gonzalez , Paul Wasilewski Status: Pilot order Game Over (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Production Team:
David Sacks , David Goetsch , Jason Venokur , Ross Venokur Premise: Computer animation is used in a show about a suburban family's everyday life. Vocal Talent:
Patrick Warburton , E.G. Daily, Rachel Dratch , D.L. Hughley, Marisa Tomei, James Sie, Marie Matiko Status: Pilot order Hotel (Drama) Studio: Spelling TV Production Team:
Aaron Spelling , E. Duke Vincent , C. Tynan, Denise Di Novi Premise: An update of the 1980s series, set in a trendy Miami hotel. Stars: Michael Jai White, Christina Vidal Status:
Presentation only Kamelot (Drama) Studio: Miramax TV, Abandon Entertainment Production Team: Wes Craven , Ron Milbauer , Terri Hughes Premise: King Arthur in the Matrix
Stars: To Be Decided Status: Pilot order; contingent on showrunner (was at the WB) The Mullet Brothers (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team:
Bill Oakley , Josh Weinstein , Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum Premise: Two brothers who own a roofing company and like to drink beer and watch wrasslin'. Stars: To Be Decided Status:
Presentation only Newton (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Silver Pictures Production Team: Joel Silver , Craig Silverstein Premise:
A family moves to a town that's actually a testing area for high-tech gadgets. Stars: To Be Decided Status: Pilot order Old School (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Network TV
Production Team: David Tochterman , Chris Parrish Premise: Conflicts among a group of young adults. Stars: To Be Decided Status: Pilot order The Opposite Sex Studio:
Warner Bros. TV, Greenblatt Janollari Studio Production Team: Meg DeLoatch , Troy Carter, Robert Greenblatt, David Janollari Premise:
Romantic comedy about a clothing designer that looks at relationships from both male and female perspectives. Stars: Eve Status: Presentation only Vegas Dick (Drama) Studio:
20th Century Fox TV, Original TV Production Team: Rich Wilkes , Neal H. Moritz , M. Adelstein, Dawn Parouse Premise: A reformed con artist works as a detective for a casino. Stars:
To Be Decided Status: Presentation only Weapon X (aka Untitled Nanobot Project) (Drama) Studio: Viacom Productions Production Team:
Gena Matthews, Grant Scharbo, Silvio Horta Premise: A National Security Agency technician is accidentally injected with nanobots that give him super powers. Stars:
Christopher Gorham, Matt Czuchry, Marina Black Status: Pilot order, possible legal problems with Marvel Comics and Fox Television over the current name and premise of the series.
Untitled Tim Kelleher Project (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Tim Kelleher , Tony Krantz Premise:
Twentysomethings making the transition from single life to raising families. Stars: To Be Decided Status: Pilot order Untitled Mutant Enemy project Studio:
Fox Televison/ BBC Television ???? Production Team: Joss Weadon Premise: The continuation of the Buffy-verse, pending the fate of Angel and remaining Sunnydale residents.
However there has been movement in the Ripper department (the BBC has commissioned a mini-series development and is interested in co-producing), so this may become "the spinoff". And then there could still be the
Faith series. Or Fray, based on Weadon's still unfinished Dark Horse Comics series. Don't ask us, but you probably won't see it until midseason-if at all at this pont, due to the two-year theory.
Stars: Whoever doesn't move over to Angel, should it return. In the case of Ripper, Anthony Stewart Head. But don't bet on it. CBS doesn't want the expense of getting another Buffy verse show, and
doesn't need the franchise anymore- it'd be too expensive to produce if allowed to continue on cable, and unless ME spikes the coffee, it's not gonna be on CBS. WBThe WB is also under the gun- due to UPN's non-network status, they get last place as a default. All About the Andersons (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Marco Pennette , James Widdoes , Anthony Anderson, Adam Glass Premise: A struggling actor with a young son moves back in with his parents. Stars:
Anthony Anderson , Roz Ryan , John Amos , and Paul Bartholomew Status: Pilot order Are We There Yet? (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Production Team: Mark Burnett , Jason Venokur, Ross Venokur, David Goetsch Premise:
The adventures of an American family traveling through Europe. Stars: John Higgins ,Maggie Welsh, Dan Byrd, Abigail Spencer, Kenan Thompson Status: Pilot orderChasing Alice (Drama)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, First Move Prods Production Team: Scott Lobdell, Susanne Daniels Premise:
Scotland Yard sleuth comes to New York City searching for her sister in a loose take-off on "Alice in Wonderland." Stars: Theresa Russell Status: Pilot order Coming Home (Comedy)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Tannenbaum, Co. Production Team: Betsy Thomas, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum Premise: A teen girl is raised by her three older siblings. Stars:
Kyle Howard Status: Pilot order The Courtship of Eddie's Father (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Pariah Production Team: Jay Kogen , Gavine Polone Premise:
Fresh take on the 1970s sitcom (itself based on a 1963 film) about a boy trying to find a wife for his widowed father. Stars: Ken Marino, Josh Hutcherson Status:Pilot order Dicks
(Drama) Studio: Sony Pictures TV, Jersey TV Production Team: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, John Landgraf , Zach Helm Premise:
Twentysomething slackers in LA become private investigators. Stars: Cory Gums , Judy Greer , Rhea Perlman Status: Pilot order Exit 9 (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Eric Zicklin Premise: A family show centered around a 14-year-old boy navigating his way through his first year of high school, and his 16-year-old troublemaker sister. Stars:
Alex Linz Status: Pilot order Family Curse (formerly "Shadow Walkers" ) (Drama) Studio: Regency TV Production Team:
Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey, Greg Coote, Jeff Hayes, Billy Brown, Dan Angel Premise: An archeologist and his family track down creatures from myth and folk tales. Stars:
Ted McGinley, Lindsay Frost , Brian Sites , Britt Irvin Status: Pilot order Family Friends (Comedy) (aka "Like Family" ) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team:
Warren Littlefield, Kenny Schwartz , Rick Weiner Premise: Mother and teenage son move in with her African-American best friend. Stars:
Mack Slaughter , Holly Robinson Peete , Kevin Michael Richardson , Megalyn Echikunwoke Status: Pilot order Fearless (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Bruckheimer TV Production Team:
Jerry Bruckheimer, Jeremy and Jonathan Littman Premise: A girl without the gene for fear becomes an FBI agent. Stars:
Rachael Leigh Cook , Eric Balfour , Ian Somerhalder , Bianca Lawson , Leo Fitzpatrick Status: Pilot Order The Help (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team:
Ron Leavitt , Marty Adelstein Premise: Focuses on the servants of a very rich family in the vein of "Upstairs, Downstairs." Stars: Antonio Sabato Jr., Al Santos , Keri Lynn Pratt
Status: Pilot Order Immediate Family (Drama) Studio: Spelling TV Production Team: Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Stephen Tolkin, Brad Isaacs Premise:
Single career woman, with her friends, becomes a surrogate family to her sister's orphaned kids. Stars: Lori Laughlin Status: Pilot order Jack (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Thomas Schlamme Premise: The teen years of a future President of the United States. Stars: To Be Determined Status: Pilot order Kid Mayor Studio:
Sony, Happy Madison Production Team: Adam Sandler, Adam Resnick , Jack Giarraputo , Doug Robinson Premise: A 19-year-old becomes mayor of a small town. Stars:
Harry Groener , Ben Feldman , Samm Levine , Christine Ebersole Status: Pilot order MacGyver Studio: Paramount Network TV Production Team: Henry Winkler, John Rich, Stephen Downing
Premise: MacGyver's 23-year-old nephew rights wrongs and blows things up using chewing gum, a paper clip, a hair net and some duct tape. Stars: Jared Padalecki , Kiele Michelle Sanchez , Ron Canada
Status: Pilot order (was at UPN) Ravens (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Tollin/Robbins Production Team: Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola , Mark Schwahn Premise:
Estranged half-brothers in a small town. Stars: Craig Sheffer, Chad Michael Murray, Moira Kelly, James Lafferty Status: Pilot order Sixteen to Life (Comedy) Studio:
20th Century FOX TV Production Team: Rob Lotterstein and Ellen Idelson, Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis Premise: 16-year-old blue collar girl works at a country club and takes care of her father.
Stars: Sprague Grayden Status: Pilot order The Spaces (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Laura Ziskin Prods. Production Team:
Dan Milano , Laura Ziskin, Kevin Chinoy, Jay Daniels Premise: Slacker teenager on a 31st Century space colony. Stars: To Be Determined Status: Pilot Order Sweet Potato Queens
(Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Jill Connor Browne, Kyle Jennings, Pamela Eells , Lindy DeKoven Premise:
Based on Jill Connor Browne's bestselling books about a Southern mom and her teen daughter. Stars: Delta Burke , Katherine Cunningham-Eves, Allison Munn , Nick Zano Status: Pilot Order Tarzan
(Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Laura Ziskin, David Gerber, David Nutter , Eric Kripke Premise:
Tarzan uncles brings him to contemporary New York City where he meets police detective Jane. Stars: Travis Fimmel, Mitch Pileggi , Miguel Nunez Jr. Status: Pilot order Trash (Comedy)
Studio: Regency TV Production Team: Chris Thompson Premise: "Romeo and Juliet" -style tale of a trailer park boy and a rich girl. Stars:
Mike Erwin , Pippi , Lisa Blount, Richard Burgi Status: Pilot order Untitled Bow Wow Project (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Network TV Production Team: Felicia Henderson
Premise: A high school teacher who's the same age as his students. Stars: Bow Wow Status: Pilot order (was at UPN) Untitled Gilmore Girls Spinoff (Drama) Studio:
Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Amy Sherman-Palladino Premise: Jess deals with his estranged father. Stars: Milo Ventimiglia , Rob Estes, Sherilyn Fenn Status: Pilot order
ABCLet's face it: ABC is waiting for something to go right. Yanking Who Wants to Be a Millionaire , even though it still cranked out solid numbers was perhaps not the best idea they ever had. Neither was banishing
Dinotopia to Thursday hell. Or putting The Practice on Monday. The only reason they aren't dead last is due to The WB and UPN- and once again, without UPN to taking the bottom dweller prize, and there being
no way ABC will have a top three finish this year- they look to start the fall locked in fourth. Disney is not pleased.10-8 (Drama) Studio: Spelling TV, Touchstone TV Production Team:
Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Jorge Zamacona Premise: Dramedy about rookie cops and training officers in LA sheriff's department. Stars:
Danny Nucci,, Ernie Hudson, Mercedes Colon, Scott Winters, Travis Schuldt, Michael Rispoli Status: Pilot order 111 Gramercy Park (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Tannenbaum Co.
Production Team: Bob Brush Premise: An exclusive New York apartment building and the people who live and work there. Stars:
Frank Langella, Peter Strauss, Jaleel White, Joanna Going, Brittany Daniel, Joel Grey, Tippi Hedren Status: Pilot order Alaska (aka "The Circle" ) (Drama) Studio:
Touchstone TV Production Team: John August Premise: Chilly crime investigation by an Alaskan state trooper. Stars: Brad Johnson, Michael Ironside , Dahlia Salem , Gary Farmer
Status: Pilot order The DA (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: James Duff , Greer Shephard, Michael Robin Premise:
A District Attorney partners with a private investigator to solve the murder of a co-worker. Stars: Steven Weber, Sarah Paulson, J.K. Simmons, Bruno Campos Status: Pilot order The Flannerys
(Drama) Studio: WBTV, Tollin/Robbins Production Team: Kevin Falls, Peter O'Fallon, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins Premise:
A recovering alcoholic gives up his big-firm job and, with the help of his Irish family, becomes a lawyer in a strip mall. Stars:
Jeffrey Nordling, Mary Page Keller, Trevor Morgan, David Ramsey , Mira Delaney, Sophia Bush Status: Pilot order Hench at Home (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone, DreamWorks, Lottery Hill
Production Team: Michael J. Fox, Mitch Hurwitz, Danelle Black Premise: Retired NHL player moves returns home to his wife and kids. Stars:
Craig Bierko , Tracy Pollan, Lyndon Byers, Molly Ephraim, Nicholas Reese Art, Michael Charles Roman Status: Pilot order Hope and Faith (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone, Industry Ent.
Production Team: Keith Addis, Michael Edelstein, Joanna Johnson, Emile Levisetti Premise: Soap opera star moves in with her housewife sister. Stars: Faith Ford, Kelly Ripa, Harve Presnell
Status: Pilot Order Karen Sisco (Drama) Studio: Universal TV, Jersey TV Production Team: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, John Landgraf, Jason Smilovic Premise:
Based on Elmore Leonard's female federal marshal character played by Jennifer Lopez in the 1998 film "Out of Sight." Stars: Carla Gugino, Bill Duke, Robert Forster Status: Pilot order
Lines of Duty (Drama) Studio: DreamWorks TV, Touchstone TV Production Team: Rod Lurie Premise: New FBI agent and a Virginia mobster play cat and mouse. Stars:
David Paymer, Leslie Bibi, Leslie Hope, Brian Goodman, Jeffrey Sams Status: 13 episode pick-up Mr. & Mr. Nash (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Werner-Mandabach Production Team:
Steve Martin, Joan Stein Premise: Gay couple are professional designers by day and amateur private eyes by night. Stars: Alan Cumming Status: Midseason My Life with Men (Comedy)
Studio: Touchstone TV Production Team: Denise Moss , Sy Dukane, Nena Rodrigue Premise: Wife/mom/feminist raises household of men. Stars:
Wendie Malick, Geoffrey Lewis, Michael Angarano ( "Will & Grace"), Shawn Pyfrom Status: Pilot orderThe Partners (Drama) Studio: Touchstone TV Production Team: Kerry Ehrin, Nina Rodrigue
Premise: Pair of female undercover cops. Stars: Liz Vassey, Richard Gunn, Rick Hoffman, Mary Catherine Garrison Status: Pilot order Platonically Incorrect (Comedy) Studio:
Touchstone, Shady Acres Production Team: Michael Bostick , Tom Shadyac , Darlene Hunt Premise: Platonic relationship between a man and woman who are friends and colleagues. Stars:
Tom Everett Scott, A.J. Langer, Carmine Giovinazzo Status: Pilot order The Street Lawyer (Drama) Studio: Touchstone TV Production Team:
John Grisham, David Levien, Brian Koppelman, David Gernert Premise: Based on the John Grisham novel, hot shot lawyer goes to work for the common people. Stars:
Hal Holbrook, Eddie Cibrian , Mario Van Peebles , James LeGros , Kadee Strickland Status: Pilot order Slice O' Life (Drama) Studio: Universal Television Production Team:
Bill Diamond Premise: Janeane Garofalo stars as a producer of light, human interest segements on a news show Stars: Janeane Garofalo Status: Midseason Then Came Jones (Drama)
Studio: Touchstone TV Production Team: Chris Brancato, Bert Salke Premise: Period Western based around an El Paso brothel in 1899. Stars:
Sean Patrick Flanery , Melissa Gilbert , Jsu Garcia, Taylor Handley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Ariel Gade Status: Pilot order These Guys (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Werner-Mandabach
Production Team: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach, Tim Allen, Mark Brazill (
"3rd Rock From the Sun"), Ron Zimmerman ("7th Heaven") Premise:
Tim Allen narrates as four men confront marriage, parenthood, divorce and dating. Stars: Patrick Warburton, Currie Graham Status: Pilot orderThreat Matrix (Drama) Studio:
Touchstone TV, Industry Ent. Production Team: Daniel Voll, Emile Levisetti , Michael Edelstein, Keith Addis Premise: Former spouses fight terrorism side-by-side. Stars:
Kelly Rutherford , Jamie Denton, Melora Walters, Will Lyman, Kurt Caceres Status: Pilot order Untitled Armyan Bernstein Hotel Project (aka "Naked Hotel" ) (Drama) Studio:
Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Armyan Bernstein Premise: Life in a Hamptons luxury hotel. Stars: To Be Decided Status: Pilot order Untitled Dan Finnerty Project
(Comedy) Studio: WBTV, Mohawk, Wonderland Production Team: Dan Finnerty, Bruce Helford, Deborah Oppenheimer, Bruce Rasmussen, McG Premise:
Ordinary guy finds himself as the star at his family's lounge. Stars: Dan Finnerty, Michael DeLuise, Gerald McRaney ("Major Dad," "Simon & Simon"
) Status: Pilot orderUntitled Flett-Giordano/Ranberg Project (Comedy) Studio: Paramount, Touchstone, Storyline Production Team:
Ann Flett-Giordano and Chuck Ranberg, Craig Zadan and Neil Meron Premise: Conservative guy falls in love with the daughter of a gay couple. Stars: Reid Scott, Maggie Lawson, John Benjamin Hickey
Status: Pilot order Untitled Henchy/Pennette Project (Comedy) Studio: WBTV, Tollin/Robbins Production Team: Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Marco Pennette, Chris Henchy Premise:
Romantic comedy inspired by Henchy's relationship with wife Brooke Shields. Stars: Teri Polo, David Sutcliff, Danny Comden Status: Pilot order Untitled Jenny McCarthy Project (Comedy)
Studio: Touchstone TV Production Team: Donald Beck Premise: Riches-to-rags story about a spoiled woman who must adapt when her father is sent off to jail and her money is gone.
Stars: Jenny McCarthy, Missi Pyle, Robin Bartlett, Geoff Shults, Dan Lauria Status: Pilot Order Untitled Kevin Hart Project (Comedy) Studio: Imagine TV, 20th Century FOX
Production Team: David Nevins, Brain Grazer Premise: "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" in reverse as a wealthy African-American has to move from Malibu to Philadelphia after his father loses all
his money. Stars: Kevin Hart, Faizon Love Status: Pilot order Untitled Scherick/Ronn Project (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone TV Production Team:
Jay Scherick, David Ronn, Nina Rodrigue Premise: Three adult siblings at different points in their lives. Stars: Samantha Mathis ("Mists of Avalon" ) Status: Midseason
Untitled Tom Hertz Project (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century FOX TV, Brad Grey TV Production Team: Tom Hertz, Brad Grey Premise:
A shy New Yorker marries into a family of boisterous Kansans. Stars: Emily Rutherford Status: Pilot order
FOXFor the first time in its existence FOX is in the position to make a move, and EVRYONE KNOWS IT. The Problem? Other than
24 and The Simpsons, they really don't have any solidly performing non-reality shows. They'll finish the season in third place, and with their announced opening gambit of launching new shows in late summer-
leading up to their National League Baseball playoffs/World Series coverage- it's very likely FOX could open the 2003-2004 season at Number Two without doing very much. They got the ground, what will they do with it?
About a Boy (Comedy) Studio: Tribeca, Working Title, Universal TV Production Team: Matthew Carlson Premise:
Based on the Nick Hornby novel about a self-absorbed man who forms a friendship with a 12-year-old boy and his mom. Stars: Patrick Dempsey Status: Presentation only Arrested Development
(Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Imagine TV Production Team: Mitchell Hurwitz, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, David Nevins Premise:
A wealthy family is forced into a new life when its patriarch is arrested for fraud and family assets are frozen. Stars: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Michael Cera, Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Tony Hale
Status: Pilot order The Big Wide World of Carl Laemke (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Bob Odenkirk Premise:
Suburban family life from the title character's point of view. Stars: Bob Odenkirk, Beth Littleford Status: Pilot order The Break (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Imagine TV
Production Team: John Stockwell, Brian Grazer, David Nevins Premise: A mainland cop moves back to his home state of Hawaii with his estranged son. Stars:
Dylan Bruno, Brooke Langton, Kris Kristofferson Status: Pilot order The Circuit (Drama) Studio: Pariah TV Production Team:
Tom Fontana , Barry Levinson, James Yoshimura, Gavin Polone Premise: A circuit court case seen through the eyes of the jury, with key elements shown in flashback. Stars: To Be Decided Status:
Pilot order Cracking Up (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Brad Grey TV Production Team: Mike White, Brad Grey Premise:
A psychology student lives in the guest house of a Beverly Hills family with some issues. Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Molly Shannon , Christopher McDonald Status: Pilot order
Heroine (formerly Untitled Feldman/Cohen project) (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Original TV Production Team: Jon Feldman , Rob Cohen, Neal H. Moritz , Marty Adelstein, Dawn Parouse
Premise: A young woman discovers she has the ability to go back in time for 24 hours at a stretch and save people's lives. Stars: Eliza Dushku , Shawn Reaves Status: Pilot order
A Minute with Stan Hooper (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Network TV Production Team: Norm Macdonald, Barry Kemp , Lori Jo Hoekstra Premise:
A New York couple moves to a small town in Wisconsin. Stars: Norm Macdonald, Penelope Ann Miller , Daniel Roebuck Status: Pilot order Mister Ed (Comedy) Studio:
20th Century Fox TV, Original TV Production Team: Jack Handey , Marty Adelstein, Neal H. Moritz , Dawn Parouse Premise: An update of the 1960s sitcom featuring a talking horse. Stars:
To Be Decided Status: Pilot order No Place Like Home (Drama) Studio: Sony Pictures TV Production Team: Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman Premise:
Families from different backgrounds are forced together when their teen children get married. Stars: Rebecca De Mornay, Jordi Vilasuso, Danielle Panabaker, Carlos Gomez, Amanda Righetti Status:
Pilot order NYPD 2069 (Drama) Studio: Paramount Network TV, Steven Bochco Productions Production Team: Steven Bochco, Nicholas Wootton, Matt Olmstead, Gregory Hoblit Premise:
A New York cop is cryogenically frozen in 2003 and re-animated in 2069. Stars: Josh Hopkins, Annie Parisse, Danny Pino, Kevin Dunn, Mark Pellegrino, Anna Gunn Status: Series commitment The O.C.
(Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: McG, Josh Schwartz, Joseph Dougherty Premise: A city kid moves to the affluent suburbs of Orange County, Calif. Stars:
Peter Gallagher, Tate Donovan, Adam Brody, Mischa Barton, Benjamin McKenzie Status: Pilot order The Pool at Maddy Breakers (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Original TV
Production Team: Ron Leavitt, Marty Adelstein, Neal H. Moritz, Dawn Parouse Premise: Three women in their late 20s face the realization that they may have peaked in high school. Stars:
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Jill Ritchie, Reagan Pasternak Status: Pilot order Skin (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Jerry Bruckheimer TV Production Team:
Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Jim Leonard Premise: A modern-day "Romeo and Juliet" set against the backdrop of politics and porn in Los Angeles. Stars:
Ron Silver, Kevin Anderson, Rachel Ticotin, D.J. Cotrona Status: Pilot order The Snobs (formerly "The Mallards" ) (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Imagine TV
Production Team: David Isaacs , Ken Levine Premise: The life of a blue-collar family that believes it deserves more from life. Stars: Greg Germann, Kat Dennings, Paget Brewster Status:
Pilot order Still Life (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Original TV Production Team: Kip Koenig, Neal H. Moritz, M. Adelstein, Dawn Parouse Premise:
A family drama told from the point-of-view of their 20-year-old son, who recently died. Stars: Jensen Ackles, David Keith, Susanna Thompson, Audrey Marie Anderson Status: Pilot order
Titletown (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Brad Grey TV Production Team: Linda Wallem, Brad Grey Premise: Families in Green Bay, Wis., who live and die with the Packers.
Stars: Curtis Armstrong Status: Pilot order Untitled Fuller/Holland Project (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Regency Production Team: Bryan Fuller , Todd Holland
Premise: An "Amelie" -like young woman has visions that cause quirky ramifications for her family. Stars: Caroline Dhavernas, Diana Scarwid , Kate Finneran Status: Pilot order
Untitled Kohn/Sliverstein Project (aka "Splitsville" ) (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein Premise:
A couple who write an advice column breaks up but continues to work together. Stars: Kristoffer Polaha , Kate Beahan, Christopher Gartin, Katharine Towne , Heather Stephens Status: Pilot order
Untitled Luis Guzman Project (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Will Gluck Premise: A donut-shop owner is the unofficial mayor of his Spanish Harlem neighborhood.
Stars: Luis Guzman, Michael McMillian Status: Pilot order Untitled Ron White Project (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Regency Production Team: Al Higgins Premise:
A man and his girlfriend run a Mexican pottery factory. Stars: Ron White, Yvonne De La Rosa, Chelsea Rendon, Melinda McGraw, Brent Sexton, J.R. Villarreal Status: Pilot order
Untitled Twins Project (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Tollin/Robbins Production Team: Michael Glouberman, Andrew Orenstein, Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola Premise:
Fraternal twins separated at birth reunite in their 20s and move in together. Stars: Carrie Butler, Stephen Tobolowsky, Meagan Fay Status: Pilot order NBCNBC is in trouble. They've been on autopilot so long, they let FOX sneak up on them. They've got one more year of guaranteed Thursday night success. When Cosby, and Cheers left the building- Seinfeld, Friends, and ER took their place. Thursday night is not
gonna be enough, Law and Order isn't enough. NBC needs to get some new hits, before most of their old ones die off. FOX is betting they don't. But they've already gotten out of the King Arthur race- having
dropped their teenaged Excalibur entry in the face of the Wes Craven /UPN project, the Speilberg-produced HBO mini series, and the upcoming Disney film. Alligator Point (Comedy) Studio:
Paramount TV, Grammnet Production Team: Robert Peacock, Kelsey Grammer, Steve Stark Premise: The lives of a fisherman and the residents of an eccentric Florida town. Stars:
Nathan Fillion, Jamie Pressly, James McDaniel, Jim Rash, Park Overall Status: Pilot order Come to Papa (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, NBC Studios Production Team:
Greg Malins, Tom Papa Premise: An aspiring writer is stuck in his small New Jersey hometown. Stars: Tom Papa, Hal Linden, Shirley Jones Status: Pilot order Coupling (Comedy)
Studio: Reveille, NBC Studios Production Team: Phoef Sutton, Steven Moffat, Ben Silverman, Beryl Vertue, Sue Vertue Premise:
Based on the British series, six thirtysomething friends wallow in past and present relationships. Stars: Christopher Moynihan, Rena Sofer, Sonya Walger Status: Pilot order EDNY (Drama)
Studio: NBC Studios Production Team: Anthony Drazan Premise: Legal drama about New York district attorneys. Stars: William Baldwin, David Cubitt ,Jacob Vargas Status:
Pilot order Future Tense (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, NBC, Silver Pictures Production Team: Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Joel Silver Premise:
High tech law enforcement unit in the near future. Stars: Christopher Titus, Naveen Andrews Status: Pilot order Happy Family (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Production Team:
David Guarascio and Moses Port Premise: A couple can't enjoy being empty-nesters if their children keep coming back to the roost. Stars:
Christine Baranski, John Larroquette, Hamish Linklater, Susan Gibney Status: Pilot order Homeland Security (Drama) Studio: Paramount Network TV Production Team:
Christopher Crowe, Kerry McCluggage Premise: Government agency fights terrorism. Stars: Scott Glenn, Tom Skerritt, Marisol Nichols, Kal Penn Status: Pilot order HUB (Drama)
Studio: NBC Studios Production Team: Mark Gordon, Nick Thiel Premise: Lives intertwine at an international airport. Stars: To Be Determined Status: Pilot order Lyon's Den
(Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Brad Grey Production Team: Remi Aubuchon, Brad Grey, Bernie Brillstein Premise: Ensemble legal drama starring Rob Lowe. Stars:
Rob Lowe, Kyle Chandler, James Pickens Jr., David Krumholtz, Frances Fisher , Matt Craven, Rick Ravanello Status: Pilot Order Mr. Ambassador (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone, NBC Studios
Production Team: Rupert Everett, Marc Platt, Vic Levin Premise: Rupert Everett plays a British ambassador in Washington. Stars: Rupert Everett, Derek Jacobi, Megan Ward Status:
Pilot order Miss Match (Drama/Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Imagine TV Production Team: Darren Star, Jeff Rake, David Nevins, Brian Grazer Premise:
Alicia Silverstone plays a lawyer by day, matchmaker by night. Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Ryan O'Neal, JoBeth Williams, Jodi Long, David Conrad, Lake Bell, James Roday Status: Pilot Order
Once Around the Park (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Production Team: Jamie Widdoes and Flody Suarez Premise:
A divorced couple are still attracted to each other, but their children don't want them to get back together. Stars: Heather Locklear, Hart Bochner Status: Pilot order The Ortegas (Comedy)
Studio: Hat Trick Prods., Pariah TV Production Team: Gavin Polone, Wally Wolodarsky, Jimmy Mulville, Denise O'Donoghue Premise:
Sitcom/talk show hybrid about a man whose son hosts a talk show in his back yard. Based on the British series "The Kumars at No. 42." Stars: Cheech Marin, Al Madrigal, Terri Hoyos, Renee Victor
Status: Pilot order The Real Deal (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Production Team: Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline Premise: Clinton-esque Pennsylvania governor and staff.
Stars: To Be Determined Status: Pilot order The Ripples (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios, DreamWorks TV Production Team: Peter Mehlman, Jon Hayman Premise:
A couple that has been married for 4,000 years. Stars: Diane Farr, Adam Arkin Status: Pilot order Spellbound (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV Production Team:
Rob Greenberg, Suzanne Martin Premise: A warlock falls in love with a mortal woman. Stars: Richard Rucculo, Fred Willard Status: Pilot order Stuck in the Middle with You
(Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Production Team: Tim Doyle Premise: Middle class family struggles to stay middle class. Stars: Annie Potts, Timothy Busfield Status:
Pilot order Sunset Division (Drama) Studio: NBC Studios Production Team: Tim Kring Premise: Jerry O'Connell in a spinoff of "Crossing Jordan" set in Los Angeles
Stars: Jerry O'Connell Status: Pilot will air as an episode of "Crossing Jordan" Touch 'Em All McCall (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Production Team:
Jay Tarses, Norman Steinberg, Michael Brandman Premise: A retired baseball player returns to his hometown and winds up coaching a farm team. Stars: Tom Selleck Status: Pilot order
Untitled Howie Mandel Project (Comedy) Studio: Pariah TV Production Team: Howie Mandel, Mark Driscoll, Gavin Polone, Michael Rotenberg Premise:
Mandel, a comedian who does hidden camera bits on "The Tonight Show," plays a comedian who does hidden camera bits on a talk show. Stars: Howie Mandel, Eddie Jemison, Julianne Phillips
Status: Pilot order Untitled Las Vegas Project (aka "Casino Eye" ) (Drama) Studio: NBC Studios, DreamWorks TV Production Team:
Broderick Thompson, Scott Steindorff, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank Premise: Surveillance experts at a Vegas casino. Stars:
James Caan, Nikki Cox, Josh Duhamel, Vanessa Marcil , Cheryl Ladd, Molly Simms, James Lesure, Marsha Thomason Status: Pilot order Untitled Phil Hendrie Project (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios
Production Team: Peter Tolan, Phil Hendrie Premise: Radio host Phil Hendrie plays a security guard at a gated community. Stars:
Phil Hendrie, Laurie Metcalf, Christian de la Fuente, Rebecca Creskoff Status: Pilot order Untitled Tracy Morgan Project (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, NBC Studios
Production Team: Jim O'Doherty and David M. Israel, David Miner, Lorne Michaels, Marcy Carsey, Caryn Mandabach, Tom Werner, Dave Becky Premise:
Blue collar business owner and father dreams of life in New York City. Stars: Tracy Morgan, Tamala Jones Status: Pilot order Untitled Whoopi Goldberg Project (Comedy) Studio:
Carsey-Werner-Mandabach, NBC Studios Production Team: Whoopi Goldberg, Marcy Carsey, Caryn Mandabach, Tom Werner Premise: An ex-diva mixes a little charm with a lot of larceny in New York City.
Stars: Whoopi Goldberg Status: Pilot order CBSHonestly, CBS doesn't have to put any of these damn
shows on- though if any of these are a lock, it's most likely the JAG spinoff. Because they can. It's a safe bet that CBS isn't going
anywhere- because even if FOX gets to number two, they don't have the stations or coverage to beat them. All Grown Up (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, LivePlanet, Bull's Eye
Production Team: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Casey Affleck, Sean Bailey, T. Nunan, J. Lacopo Premise: A group of friends comes to terms with the fact that two of them are now parents. Stars:
Michael McDonald, Alexander Chaplin Status: Pilot order The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, David E. Kelley Productions Production Team:
David E. Kelley, Michael Pressman Premise: Three brothers and their families in a small New England town. Stars:
John Carroll Lynch, Randy Quaid, Brian Haley, Mare Winningham, Elizabeth McGovern, Ann Cusack, Angela Goethals , Megan Henning Status: Series commitment Century City (Drama) Studio:
Universal TV Production Team: Ed Zuckerman, Paul Attanasio, Katie Jacobs Premise: A legal drama set 50 years in the future. Stars:
Eric Schaeffer, Viola Davis, Ioan Gruffudd, Kristin Lehman, Hector Elizondo, Nestor Carbonell Status: Pilot order Crazy Love (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone TV, CBS Productions
Production Team: Bob Stevens, Jamie Tarses Premise: A childless baby boomer couple adopts a girl from China. Stars: Peter MacNicol, Jonathan Silverman Status: Pilot order
Criminology 101 (aka "Not a Clue" )(Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Spyglass Entertainment Production Team: Nell Scovell, R. Birnbaum, G. Barber, M. Wolpert Premise:
Two women studying criminology solve cases as an extension of their class work. Stars: Busy Philipps, Marisa Coughlan, Gary Cole, Jay R. Ferguson, Rick Ravanello Status:
Presentation only; cast-contingent Expert Witness (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Firm TV Production Team: Hart Hanson, Keith Ablow Premise:
Ensemble drama about forensic psychologists. Stars: Matthew Modine, Sasha Alexander, Enrico Colantoni, Anna Deavere Smith Status: Pilot order Family Show (Comedy) Studio:
Sony Pictures TV Production Team: Matthew Carlson Premise: Parents are thrown for a loop when their teenage kids become parents. Stars: To Be Decided Status: Pilot order
Harry's Girl (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. TV, CBS Productions Production Team: Rob Greenberg Premise: A single woman's life, as narrated by her dog. Stars:
Christine Taylor, Willie Garson, Diane Farr Status: Pilot order Joan of Arcadia (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Barbara Hall Premise:
A latter-day Joan of Arc sees God in a different form each week. Stars: Amber Tamblyn, Joe Mantegna, Mary Steenburgen Status: Presentation only The Lunchbox Chronicles (Comedy) Studio:
Universal TV, CBS Productions Production Team: Bill Diamond Premise: A recently widowed woman adapts to life as a single mom. Stars:
Monica Potter, Andy Richter, Susan Sulliva, Bret Loehr, Lyndon Smith Status: Pilot order Rubbing Charlie (Comedy) Studio: Big Ticket Television Production Team: Tom Palmer
Premise: A doctor has no problems helping others but can't fix his own life. Stars: Scott Wolf Status: Pilot order The Stones (Comedy) Studio:
Warner Bros. TV, KoMut Entertainment Production Team: Jenji Kohan, Max Kohan and David Muthcnick Premise: Grown siblings are shocked when their parents tell them they're getting divorced.
Stars: Jay Baruchel, Lindsay Sloane, Robert Klein, Judith Light Status: Pilot order Street Boss (Drama) Studio: Viacom Productions Production Team: Chris Haddock Premise:
Cop show centered on the man who trains undercover officers. Stars: Joe Pantoliano, Hill Harper Status: Cast-contingent pilot order Two and a Half Men (Comedy) Studio:
Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Lapiduss Premise:
A bachelor has to change his ways when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move in with him. Stars: Charlie Sheen, Jon Cryer Status: Cast-contingent pilot order Violent Crime (Drama)
Studio: Universal TV Production Team: Samantha Corbin Premise: Two female detectives working the violent crimes unit in Boston. Stars:
Jennifer Esposito, Robert Pastorelli, Matthew Rhys , Audra McDonald , Paul Adelstein Status: Pilot order Untitled Bruckheimer/Stiehm Project (formerly "Cold Cases" ) (Drama)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Jerry Bruckheimer TV, CBS Productions Production Team: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Meredith Stiehm Premise:
Follows a female detective who works on cases whose leads have seemingly been exhausted. Stars: Kathryn Morris, Justin Chambers, Mel Winkler Status: Pilot order Untitled Danny Glover Project
(aka "The Law & Henry Lee" ) (Drama) Studio: Universal TV, CBS Productions Production Team: John Wirth, Walter Mosley, Ken Sullivan Premise:
The cases of a private eye in Oakland, Calif. Stars: Danny Glover, D.B. Woodside, Bill Smitrovich, Tequan Richmond Status: Pilot order Untitled JAG Spinoff (Drama) Studio:
Paramount Network TV Production Team: Donald Bellisario, Don McGill Premise: A spin-off from the popular drama focusing on officers in the Navy's Criminal Investigative Services division.
Stars: Mark Harmon, Michael Weatherly, David McCallum Status: Pilot order Untitled Nicole Sullivan Project (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone TV Production Team: Susan Dickes
Premise: A newly married woman also has to deal with her husband's three brothers. Stars: Nicole Sullivan, Kate Walsh Status: Pilot order Untitled Staley/Long Project (Comedy)
Studio: Paramount Network TV Production Team: Dan Staley and Rob Long Premise: A widowed mother of two boys raises her kids and works at a bar with her mother. Stars: To Be Decided
Status: Pilot order Untitled Tony Kornheiser Project (Comedy) Studio: Regency TV Production Team: Jeff Martin, Lindy De Koven Premise: Based on the life of Washington Post
sports columnist/ESPN host/father Kornheiser. Stars: Evan Peters Status: Pilot order Next: Which shows are coming back, and upfront fun. |
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