After a late start, a busy broadcast season is brewing. Here is a guide to the 2015’s new kids on the block.
Competition is in the air as major scripts are being pushed by networks, streaming services Hulu, Netflix and Amazon, as well as basic and premium cable. Here is a list of the scripts that have been plucked from the piles of hundreds and pushed through for production. The comedic and dramatic contenders for the 2015-2016 season so far (with as much info as possible) are…
ABC
Comedy
The Brainy Bunch
Logline: Through a combination of genetics and dynamic home schooling, Kip and Mona Lisa Mitchell find themselves raising extraordinarily intelligent kids. When Kip returns home from the military to be a stay at home dad, he experiences firsthand the challenges of parenting kids who have genius IQs, but limited life and social skills. Inspired by the book of the same title by Kip and Mona Lisa Harding.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Wendy and Lizzie Molyneux (Bob’s Burgers); EP Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Imagine TV
Format: Single-camera
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Chev & Bev
Logline: A comedy starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo as two baby boomers who are fun, relevant and living a selfish retirement when their world is turned upside down and they are suddenly left to raise their grandchildren.
Cast: Chevy Chase, Beverly D’Angelo
Team: W/EP Brad Copeland; Aaron Kaplan; D/EP Ben Taylor
Studio: ABC Studios, Kapital Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
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Delores & Jermaine
Logline: Based on the life of comedian Jermaine Fowler, who stars as a millennial with big ideas, but very little drive who moves in with his estranged grandmother — a strict, football-loving, former D.C. cop who needs his youthful enthusiasm in her life as much as he needs her old-school parenting.
Cast: Jermaine Fowler
Team: W/EP Danny Chun (The Office), Jermaine Fowler; EP Michael Rotenberg, Avi Gilbert
Studio: ABC Studios, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Dr. Ken
Logline: Ken Jeong stars in the semi-autobiographical comedy as a frustrated HMO doctor juggling medicine, marriage and parenting — and succeeding at none of them.
Cast: Ken Jeong (Community), Albert Tsai (Trophy Wife)
Team: W/EP: Jared Stern; W/co-EP: Mike O’Connell, Ken Jeong; EP John Davis, John Fox, Mike Sikowitz; D Scott Ellis
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, ABC Studios, Davis Entertainment
Format: Multicamera
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Family Fortune
Logline: A popular gym teacher in North Carolina comes out of the closet to her close-knit group of family and friends. What she doesn’t realize is that she will also have to deal with her bickering and happily divorced parents also “coming out” that they are sleeping together again. Based on comedian Fortune Feimster’s life.
Cast: Fortune Feimster
Team: W/co-EP Fortune Feimster; W/EP Matt Hubbard; EP Robert Carlock, Tina Fey, David Miner
Studio: Universal Television, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Family of the Year (aka untitled Dan Savage)
Logline: Dan Savage’s semi-autobiographical revolves around a picture-perfect family turned upside down when the youngest son comes out of the closet. What seems like the end of their idyllic life turns out to be the beginning of a bright new chapter when everyone stops pretending to be perfect and actually starts being real.
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Windsor, Casey Johnson; P Dan Savage, Brian Pines, Dan McDermott; D Todd Holland
Studio: ABC Studios, Hypomania Content, DiBonaventura Pictures Television
Format: Single-camera
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The 46 Percenters
Logline:An anti-romantic, romantic comedy about the 46 percent of the population who choose to stay married. Told through the point of view of three couples.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Sherry Bilsing-Graham (Friends, The New Adventures of Old Christine), Ellen Kreamer (The New Adventures of Old Christine)
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Gavin&Roxie&Hap Productions
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Irreversible — rolled from 2014-15 (pilot order hinges on finding a female lead)
Logline: Based on the Israeli series Bilti Hafich, the comedy centers on Andy and Sarah, a somewhat eccentric, self-absorbed couple, and their trials and tribulations, many of which they bring on themselves. The original ranks as the No. 1 original comedy on Israeli broadcast TV.
Cast: Justin Long
Team: W/EP/D Segahl Avin (Bilti); EP Peter Tolan, Michael Wimer
Studio: Reshet TV (Divorce: A Love Story), Sony Pictures Television, Fedora Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location: New York
The King of 7B
Logline: An agoraphobic recluse ventures outside for the first time in 20 years when he spies what could be his soul mate moving into the building across the street. Prentiss Porter will embark on an incredible journey of discovery right outside his front door in this ensemble comedy.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Howard Franklin (The Big year); EP Dan Fogelman; D/EP David Frankel (Entourage); EP/showrunner Ben Karlin (Modern Family, Daily Show)
Studio: ABC Studios, Rhode Island Ave. Productions
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Uncle Buck
Logline:Based on John Hughes’ 1989 movie about a childish man who learns how to be an adult by taking care of his brother’s kids in a very childish way.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Steven Cragg, Brian Bradley (Happy Endings, MadTV); EP Will Gluck
Studio: ABC Studios, Universal Television, Will Packer Productions
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Johnny Knoxville
Logline: Narrated by Johnny Knoxville and based on his life, the family comedy follows the exploits of 12-year-old Johnny navigating the “outlaw culture” of his family and small hometown of Knoxville, Tenn., and documents the childhood experiences that inspired him to become one of the greatest pranksters of a generation.
Cast: Narrated by Johnny Knoxville
Team: W/EP Victor Fresco (My Name Is Earl); EP Johnny Knoxville, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky; D Michael Fresco
Studio: ABC Studios, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Judah Miller project
Logline:When a Tony-winning mother and a risk averse, cerebral father are blessed with a son who is a natural born competitive athlete, they are forced outside their parental comfort zones and into the high-octane world of youth sports.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Judah Miller (American Dad); EP Tom Lassally, Jonathan Berry; D Alex Hardcastle
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled NBA project
Logline: A buddy comedy set in the world of the NBA about a rookie who doesn’t speak English and a translator who doesn’t speak basketball.
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Windsor, Casey Johnson (Trophy Wife); EP Dan Fogelman, Mike Tollin, Peter Gruber, Aaron Kaplan; D John Fortenberry
Studio: ABC Studios, Rhode Island Ave. Productions; Mandalay Sports Media, Kapital Entertainment, NBA
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Drama
The Adversaries
Logline:When the patriarch of a New York legal dynasty becomes embroiled in a trial of his own, his federal prosecutor daughter must decide which side she will fight on.
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Zabel (ER)
Studio: ABC Studios
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The Advocate
Logline:Tough, resourceful and at the top of her game, a type-A businesswoman has a medical scare, only to be dangerously misdiagnosed. She experiences firsthand the hazards of the healthcare system. Shocking her friends and family, she leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant and relentless advocate for anyone caught in the chaotic and ever-changing maze that is modern medicine. Inspired by the life of writer Sheldon Turner’s former agent, Byrdie Lifson-Pompan.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air); EP Jennifer Klein; consulting producers Clear Health Advisors’ Dr. Valerie Ulene and Byrdie Lifson-Pompan; D/EP Michael M. Robin
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Vendetta Productions
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Boom
Logline: The biggest oil discovery in American history (bigger than Texas and as big as Saudi Arabia) has triggered a geopolitical shift and an economic boom in North Dakota on a scale not seen since the American 1849 Gold Rush. The drama tracks the epic pilgrimage of a young, ambitious couple to the oil fields of the Bakken seeking their fortune and a better life —a classic tale with modern twists. As viewers follow their trials and tribulations in a modern-day “Wild West,” they negotiate a colorful ensemble of roughnecks, grifters, oil barons, criminals, and fellow prospectors against a stark and beautiful backdrop.
Cast:
Team: W Josh Pate (Moonlight), Rodes Fishburne; EP Tony Krantz; D Josh Pate; co-EP Rodes Fishburne
Studio: ABC Studios
Location:
Broad Squad
Logline: Inspired by true stories, the drama follows the first four women to graduate from Boston’s Police Academy in 1978.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Bess Wohl; EP Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz, Len Goldstein, Aaron Kaplan; P Alexandra Lyndon; D/EP Coky Geirdroyc
Studio: ABC Studios, Fake Empire, Kapital Entertainment
Location:
The Catch
Logline: Centers on a gutsy female forensic accountant who exposes fraud for a living and has finally found fulfillment both at work and in love until a case comes along that threatens to turn her world upside down.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jennifer Schur; EP Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers; co-EP Helen Gregory, Kate Atkinson; EP/D Julie Anne Robinson
Studio: ABC Studios, Shondaland
Location:
Flesh and Blood (aka untitled Jenna Bans)
Logline: The return of a local politician’s young son, formerly presumed dead after disappearing more than a decade earlier, sends shockwaves through his tight knit family. But as the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his community, the neighbor sitting in jail for his murder is released and the cop responsible is forced to re-examine what truly happened so many years ago.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jenna Bans (Scandal); EP David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks; D Paul McGuigan
Studio: ABC Studios, Mandeville Television
Location:
Kingmakers
Logline: When his sister is found dead during her freshman year at an elite Ivy League university, a young man adopts a new identity to infiltrate the school and its century-old secret society — consisting of privileged students, ambitious faculty and high-profile alums — in order to investigate her death.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Sallie Patrick (Revenge, Life Unexpected); D James Strong
Studio: ABC Studios
Location:
L.A. Crime
Logline: A character-driven, true-crime procedural that explores sex, politics and popular culture across various noteworthy eras in L.A. history. Season one focuses on two LA cops in search for a Bonnie & Clyde-esque serial killing team amidst the rock-and-roll, coke-infused revelry of the 1980s Sunset Strip.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Steven Baigelman; D/EP Tom Shankland
Studio: ABC Studios, Mandeville Television
Location:
Mix
Logline: A one-hour dramedy that explores the realities of modern-day families — multicultural, multigenerational, built through divorces, affairs and adoptions — set against the backdrop of a revered family restaurant at a crossroads.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jennifer Cecil (Private Practice); EP Rashida Jones, Will McCormack; D Daniel Barnz
Studio: Warner Bros Television, Le Train Train
Location:
Of Kings and Prophets
Logline: An epic Biblical saga of faith, ambition and betrayal as told through the eyes of a battle-weary king, a powerful and resentful prophet and a resourceful young shepherd on a collision course with destiny.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Adam Cooper, Bill Collage (Exodus); EP Jason Reed, Reza Aslan, Mahyad Tousi; D Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Studio: ABC Studios
Location:
Quantico
Logline: A group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia. As we intercut between their hidden pasts and their present training, we also flash-forward to the near future, where one of the recruits will turn out to be a sleeper terrorist responsible for the most devastating terrorist attack on U.S. soil since 9/11.
Cast: Tate Ellington
Team: W/EP Josh Safran (Gossip Girl), EP Mark Gordon; D Marc Munden
Studio: ABC Studios, Mark Gordon Co.
Location:
Runner — originally developed by Fox and rolled from 2014-15
Logline: Based on the Turkish series Son, Lauren Marks believes she is leading a perfect life. A woman’s perfect life is ripped apart by one simple twist of fate; to uncover the truth she must follow a trail of lies that take her into the world of cartels and the illegal gun trade between the U.S. and Mexico.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Michael Cooney (Identity); EP Peter Horton, Ian Sander, Kim Moses; EP/showrunner Jon Cowan; D/EP Michael Offer
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Location:
CBS
Comedy
Angel From Hell
Logline: When Amy enters Allison’s life and claims to be her guardian angel, they form an unlikely friendship and Allison can’t be sure if Amy is an angel or just nuts.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Tad Quill (Samantha Who); D/EP Don Scardino
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: TBD
Location:
The Half of It
Logline: Newly divorced dad revels in the fact that he now gets to keep half his stuff, which is more than he ever had when he was married.
Cast:
Team: W/EP: Mike Gibbons (The Late Show With James Corden)
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Joe Time
Logline: Joe is a family man who struggles with the fact that everyone around him is pursuing their dreams and enjoying their lives more than he is.
Cast: Duane Martin (All of Us), Eric Petersen (Kirstie)
Team: W/EP Bill Wrubel (Modern Family); D/EP James Burrows
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Here Comes Scrappy
Format: Multicamera
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Life in Pieces
Logline: A comedy, written on spec, about one family told through separate stories of its different family members.
Cast: Colin Hanks, Betsy Brandt
Team: W/EP Justin Adler (Better Off Ted); EP Aaron Kaplan; D/EP Jason Winer
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Kapital Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location:
The Mistake — rolled from 2014-15
Logline: A couple who just “finished” raising their kids discover they are pregnant.
Cast:
Team: W/EP: Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Scott Silveri (Friends), David Mandel (Seinfeld); EP/D: Andy Ackerman
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Silver and Gold Productions, Woltz International Pictures
Format: MulticameraLocation: Los Angeles
Super Clyde — redeveloped from 2013
Logline: A meek, unassuming fast-food worker finds his calling.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Greg Garcia (The Millers)
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Amigos de Garcia
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Taxi-22 — previously developed for HBO; rolled from 2014-15
Logline: The series centers on a misanthropic and politically incorrect NYC cab driver, and is based on the French-Canadian hit series of the same title.
Cast: John Leguizamo
Team: EP/W Tad Quill; EP Francois Flamand & Patrick Huard (rights holders), Nancy Sanders, Mark Armstrong, Dennis Erdman & Clark Peterson, James Gandolfini; co-EP John Leguizamo, Jeff Golenberg, Sam Maydew
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled O’Shannon/Warren comedy
Logline: A group of friends and family at three different times in their lives.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Dan O’Shannon (Modern Family); W/SP Peter Warren; EP Dennis Erdman, Clark Peterson; EP Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum; D/EP Pam Fryman
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Format: TBD
Location:
Untitled Tommy Johnagin comedy
Logline: A standup comic raising a family in the small Midwestern town where he grew up. Inspired by the life of comedian Tommy Johnagin.
Cast: Tommy Johnagin
Team: W Tommy Johnagin, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker; EP Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker; co-EP Tommy Johnagin
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Drama
Code Black
Logline: A medical drama set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation — L.A. County Hospital — where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most. Based on the feature documentary produced and directed by Ryan McGarry.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Michael Seitzman (Intelligence); EP/D David Semel; EP Marti Noxon, Linda Goldstein-Knowlton, Ryan McGarry
Studio: ABC Studios
Location:
Criminal Minds spinoff — airs as backdoor pilot in mid-February
Logline: Focuses on a division of the FBI that helps American citizens who find themselves in trouble abroad.
Cast: Gary Sinise, Anna Gunn, Tyler James Williams (The Walking Dead), Daniel Henney
Team: W/EP Erica Messer; EP Mark Gordon, Nick Pepper
Studio: ABC Studios, CBS Television Studios, Mark Gordon Co.
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Doubt
Logline: A smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm shockingly gets romantically involved with one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
Cast: Laverne Cox
Team: W/EP Tony Phelan, Joan Rater (Grey’s Anatomy); EP: Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly
Studio: CBS Television Studio
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For Justice
Logline: An FBI agent who works in the criminal section of the Department of Civil Rights Division finds herself caught between the radical family she was born into and the professional family she has chosen. Based on James Patterson’s debut novel The Thomas Berryman Number.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Rene Balcer (Law & Order); EP Robert DeNiro, Jane Rosenthal, James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout; co-EP Berry Welsh; D/EP Ava DuVernay (Selma)
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Location:
LFE
Logline: A high-octane medical procedural centering on second-year residents at New York City’s top hospital as they attempt to balance their god complexes with their humanity.
Cast:
Team: W/co-EP Paul Downs Colaizzo; EP Dan Jinks; D/EP David Slade; EP/showrunner David Marshall Grant
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Location:
Limitless
Logline: Follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Craig Sweeny (Elementary, Medium); EP/D Neil Berger; EP Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Heather Kadin; Bradley Cooper, Todd Phillips, Ryan Kavanaugh, Tucker Tooley, Tom Forman; co-EP Andrew Marcus, Ray Ricord; P Leslie Dixon, Scott Kroopf; D/EP Marc Webb
Studio: CBS Television Studios, K/O Paper Products, Relativity Media
Location:
Rush Hour
Logline: Based on the New Line feature film trilogy, a stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer is assigned to a case in Los Angeles where he’s forced to work with a cocky African-American LAPD officer who has no interest in a partner.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Bill Lawrence, Blake McCormick; EP Arthur Sarkissian, Brett Ratner, Jeff Ingold; D/EP Jon Turteltaub
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Doozer
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Sneaky Pete
Logline: Upon leaving prison, a 30-something con man takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of a cellmate. “Sneaky Pete” then hides out from his debtors while working for his new “family’s” bail bond business. There, he uses his considerable charm and criminal prowess to take down bad guys far worse than himself, partnering with a very attractive female “cousin” who has her suspicions about his real motives.
Cast:
Team: W/EP David Shore (Battle Creek, House); EP/co-writer (story) Bryan Cranston; EP James Degus; co-EP Erin Gunn
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Location:
Supergirl — series commitment
Logline: Born on the planet Krypton, Kara Zor-El (Melissa Benoist) escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she has been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be. Based on characters from DC Comics.
Cast: Melissa Benoist (Glee), Mehcad Brooks (True Blood)
Team: W/EP Ali Adler, Greg Berlanti; EP Sarah Schechter
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
Location:
FOX
Comedy
Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life
Logline: Celebrates the mistakes and misadventures people make during the years after college before settling down.
Cast: Beaghan Rath (Being Human)
Team: W/EP Jay Lacopo; EP Gail Berman
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, The Jackal Group
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Detour
Logline: Inspired by the real life story of Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo, a rock star who made the unexpected choice at the age of 30 to quit his band and go back to college.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Steve Franks; EP Willie Mercer, Chris Henze, Rivers Cuomo, Dan Field
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
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Fantasy Life
Logline: When a hard-working guy (Kevin Connolly) lands his ultimate dream job hosting a fantasy football show, he’s forced to navigate office politics while becoming the star he never thought he could be. Based on ESPN analyst Matthew Berry’s best-selling book Fantasy Life.
Cast: Kevin Connolly, Vanessa Williams
Team: W/EP Tim McAuliffe; EP Michael Rotenberg, Jonathan Berry, Greg Walter, Troy Zien, Kevin Connolly, Matthew Berry; D/EP Mark Cendrowski
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera hybrid
Location:
48 Hours ‘Til Monday
Logline: Centers on a husband’s desperate struggle to not let every weekend go completely to hell.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Charlie Grandy (The Mindy Project); EP Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan
Studio: Universal Television, TBD Productions
Format: Single-camera
Location:
The Grinder
Logline: Rob Lowe stars as beloved TV lawyer Dean Sanderson (aka “The Grinder”). When his long-running hit series comes to an end, he finds himself at a crossroads in life and decides to move back to his small hometown thinking he has the experience to take over his family’s law firm.
Cast: Rob Lowe
Team: W/EP Jarrad Paul, Andrew Mogel (Yes Man, Liar Liar); EP Nicholas Stoller; D/EP Jake Kasdan; EP Rob Lowe
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Scream Queens — 15-episode straight-to-series order for fall (anthology)
Logline: Anthology series revolving around a college campus that’s rocked by a series of murders. New settings and storylines will be featured in subsequent seasons of the anthology series.
Cast: Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele, Joe Manganiello, Abigail Breslin, Keke Palmer, Ariana Grande, Nick Jonas, Billie Lourd
Team: W/EP Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk; EP Ian Brennan, Dante Di Loreto; D Murphy
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Dana Klein
Logline: A family comedy told from the point-of-view of a working mother (Jenna Elfman) who is in constant competition with her perfect, stay at home sister-in-law.
Cast: Jenna Elfman
Team: W/EP Dana Klein (Friends With Better Lives); EP Aaron Kaplan; D/EP Pam Fryman
Studio: 20th Century Fox, Kapital Entertainment
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Untitled John Stamos comedy
Logline: Stamos stars as a version of himself: a longtime bachelor whose life is upended after he learns he’s a father and grandfather.
Cast: John Stamos
Team: W/EP Danny Chun (The Office); EP Dan Fogelman (Galavant), Stamos
Studio: ABC Studios, Rhode Island Ave Productions, St. Amos
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Drama
Frankenstein
Logline: Revolves around Ray Pritchard, a morally corrupt retired cop, who is given a second chance at life when he is brought back from the dead. Now younger and stronger, Pritchard will have to choose between his old temptations and his new sense of purpose.
Cast: Adhir Kalyan
Team: W/EP Rand Ravich (Life), Howard Gordon; Co-EP Hugh Fitzpatrick; D/EP Michael Cuesta
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Teakwood Lane
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Luther — cast contingent
Logline: Based on the format and from the same creators of the successful and award-winning BBC series. Centers on John Luther, a near-genius murder detective whose brilliant mind can’t always save him from the dangerous violence of his passions.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Neil Cross; EP Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Jane Tranter, Julie Gardner,Idiris Elba
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, BBC Worldwide Productions, Chernin Entertainment
Location:
Minority Report
Logline: Ten years after the end of Precrime in Washington, D.C., one of the three Precogs struggles to lead a “normal” human life, but remains haunted by visions the future, when he meets a detective haunted by her past, who just may help him find a purpose to his gift.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Max Borenstein (Godzilla); EP/Showrunner Kevin Falls; EP Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank; D Mark Mylod
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Amblin Television, Paramount Television
Location:
Rosewood
Logline: This close-ended, investigative series centers around the brilliant Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr., the top private pathologist in all of Miami. As owner of one of the most sophisticated, state-of-the-art independent labs in the country, he finds the secrets in bodies that others usually miss. Despite being constantly surrounded by death Rosewood is obsessed with life and savors every moment. His eternal optimism will frustrate the cynical female detective he often works with, but she can’t argue with the results that his unique perspective provides.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Todd Harthan (Psych); EP Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen; D Richard Shepard
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Temple Hill Entertainment
Location:
Studio City
Logline: The story of a young singer’s path to stardom as she comes of age living with her songwriter father (Will & Grace‘s Eric McCormack) — who turns out to be a drug dealer to the stars. Inspired by Krista Vernoff’s real-life experience.
Cast: Eric McCormack
Team: W/EP Krista Vernoff (Grey’s Anatomy); EP John Wells, Andrew Stearn; D/EP Sanaa Hamri
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, John Wells Productions
Location:
NBC
Comedy
Cuckoo
Logline: Based on the British series, a daughter comes back from a summer abroad married to a charming but infuriating eccentric named Cuckoo, much to her father’s annoyance.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Robin French, Kieron Quirke, Tim Long; EP Ash Atalla; showrunner Tim Long (The Simpsons); EP Bob Simonds
Studio: Lionsgate Television, Roughcut
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Go Jerrod Go
Logline: Inspired by the stand-up comedian’s life and relationships with his girlfriend and family.
Cast: Jerrod Carmichael, Amber West, Loretta Devine, David Alan Grier
Team: W/EP Jerrod Carmichael, Nick Stoller; EP Ravi Nandan; D Scott Ellis
Studio: Universal Television
Format: Multicamera
Location: Los Angeles
How We Live
Logline: An anthropologist blogger moves to the suburbs with his wife and quickly discovers the fascinating habitat and mating rituals of a new undiscovered species: his suburban friends and neighbors.
Cast: Lindsay Price, Chris Klein, Jared Gertner
Team: W/EP Steven Cragg & Brian Bradley (Happy Endings); EP David Janollari
Studio: Universal Television, David Janollari Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
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People Are Talking
Logline: Examines sex, race and everything else your parents told you never to talk about.
Cast: Tone Bell, Bresha Webb
Team: W/EP DJ Nash (Growing Up Fisher); EP Will Packer, Korin Huggins
Studio: Universal Television, Will Packer Productions
Format: Multicamera
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Problem Child
Logline: Inspired by the 1990 Jason Ritter film, a family show about the cat-and-mouse game between a set of parents and their brilliant but mischievous child.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Scot Armstrong (Hangover Part II); EP Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Brian Grazer, Robert Simonds
Studio: Universal Television, TBD Entertainment, Imagine TV, STX Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location
Sharing
Logline: A workplace comedy about the different groups of people working side by side in a shared office space.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jeremy Bronson (The Mindy Project); co-EP/story by Damian Lanigan; EP Jimmy Fallon, Rick Schwartz
Studio: Universal Television, Eight Million Plus
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Strange Calls — redeveloped from ABC in 2014, 2012
Logline: Based on the Australian format, an affable but down on his luck young police officer is transferred to a rural town where — with the help of a peculiar, elderly night watchman — he starts to realize the town has a bizarre supernatural underbelly.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Blake McCormick (Cougar Town); EP Aaron Kaplan, Tracey Robertson, Nathan Mayfield; D/EP Jason Winer
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Kapital Entertainment, Hoodlum
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Superstore
Logline: A comedy about a group of employees at a big box store who quickly learn that there’s much more to their ho-hum jobs — like love, friendship, and the surprises of everyday moments – than they thought.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Justin Spitzer (The Office); EP/D Ruben Fleischer; EP David Bernad
Studio: Universal Television, The District
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Take It From Us
Logline: Centers on a couple who tells their son the lessons they learned growing up in the ’90s in the hopes that he avoids making the same mistakes.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Greg Malins (Friends), Barry Schwartz (Your Family or Mine);EP Michael Rotenberg, Jonathan Berry
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Telenovela — 13-episode straight-to-series order for fall
Logline: A behind-the-scenes look at what goes into the making of a telenovela. Longoria leads the cast as Ana Maria, the star of Latin America’s most beloved telenovela, who strives to stay on top in a world where the drama off-camera is better than it is on-camera.
Cast: Eva Longoria, Amaury Nolasco, Jencarlos Canela, Diana Maria Riva
Team: W/EP Chrissy Pietrosh, Jessica Goldstein (Cougar Town); Eva Longoria, Ben Spector; D/EP Steve Pink
Studio: Universal Television, Unbelievable Entertainment
Format: Single-camera
Location:
Untitled Aseem Batra comedy
Logline: A politically incorrect comedy centered on best friends Dale and Georgie, whose relationship is upended when he starts dating the “perfect” woman.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Aseem Batra (Scrubs); EP Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Studio: Universal Television
Format: Multicamera
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Untitled Monica Potter project
Logline: A woman (Potter) juggles her busy family life as well as her three ex-husbands, which proves to be difficult when she starts dating again. (Multi)
Cast: Monica Potter (Parenthood)
Team: W/EP Sherry Bilsing-Graham (Friends), Ellen Kreamer; EP Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman; P Monica Potter
Studio: Universal Television, A Very Good Production
Format: Multicamera
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Untitled Suzanne Martin
Logline: In this multigenerational family comedy, things backfire on recent empty-nesters when their two adult daughters move back home.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner; D/EP James Burrows
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills
Format: Multicamera
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Drama
Blindspot
Logline: A beautiful woman, with no memories of her past, is found naked in Times Square with her body fully covered in intricate tattoos. Her discovery sets off a vast and complex mystery that immediately ignites the attention of the FBI who begin to follow the road map on her body to reveal a larger conspiracy of crime while bringing her closer to discovering the truth about her identity.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Martin Gero (Bored to Death); EP Greg Berlanti; D/EP Mark Pellington
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions
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The Curse of the Fuentes Women
Logline: When a magical and mysterious young man (The Following‘s Adan Canto) inexplicably emerges from the ocean, he breathes new passion into the lives of the Fuentes women – the beautiful but lonely Lola, her ailing mother Esperanza and her troubled daughter Soledad.
Cast: Adan Canto
Team: W/EP Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty); EP Andrew Maher
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Silent H
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Endgame
Logline: In the high stakes world of Las Vegas, a former sniper turned security expert is drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that forces him to complete a series of heroic challenges in order to save innocent lives
Cast:
Team: W/EP John Rogers (The Librarians); EP John Davis, John Fox (The Blacklist)
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Davis Entertainment
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Game of Silence
Logline: Centers on a rising attorney (Revolution‘s David Lyons) on the brink of success could lose his perfectly crafted life when his long lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past. Based on the Turkish format Suskunlar.
Cast: David Lyons (Revolution)
Team: W/EP David Hudgins (Parenthood, Friday Night Lights); EP Carol Mendelsohn (CSI); EP Julie Weitz; EP Timur Savci, Tariq Jalil; D/EP Niels Arden Oplev
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Carol Mendelsohn Productions
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Heart Matters
Logline: Inspired by the life of Dr. Kathy Magliato and based on her book of the same name, Heart Matters is a medical soap that follows the outspoken Alex Panttiere, one of the rare female heart transplant surgeons. Alex brings an innovative eye to treating patients week to week while also balancing the complications of her professional and romantic life.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Jill Gordon (My So-Called Life); EP Amy Brenneman, Brad Silberling; co-EP Susan Carlson, Eric Carlson, Kelly Meyer, Kathy Magliato
Studio: Universal Television
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Love Is a Four Letter Word
Logline: Race, sexuality and gender roles collide when three diverse couples put modern marriage to the test.
Cast: Brian Tee
Team: W/EP Diana Son (Blue Bloods); EP Mikkel Bondesen; Kristen Campo; D/EP George Tillman
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Fabrik
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Shades of Blue — 13-episode straight-to-series order
Logline: Centers on Harlee McCord (Jennifer Lopez), a single mother and dirty cop recruited to work undercover for the FBI’s anti-corruption task force. Part of a close-knit unit known for its conviction record, Harlee has become compromised by her colleagues — all of whom also pitch in to help raise her daughter — and finds herself faced with the moral dilemma of working against her cop brothers in order to redeem herself.
Cast: Jennifer Lopez
Team: W/EP Adi Hasak (3 Days to Kill); EP Ryan Seacrest, Nina Wass, Elaine Goldsmith Thomas, Benny Medina; showrunner/EP Jack Orman; co-ep Mike Daniels; D/EP Barry Levinson
Studio: Universal Television, Nuyorican Productions, Ryan Seacrest Productions, EGTV, H’s Films
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Unveiled
Logline: A one-hour drama following an ensemble of flawed guardian angels who intervene in the lives of those who find themselves facing crisis in an attempt to restore their faith and, often, save their lives.
Cast:
Team: W/EP John Sakmar, Kerry Lenhart (The Glades, Psych); Mark Burnett, Roma Downey
Studio: Universal Television, LightWorkers Media
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Warrior
Logline: In a grounded, contemporary multicultural and sometimes magical milieu, a damaged heroine works undercover with physical and spiritual guidance from a mysterious martial arts master to bring down an international crime lord.
Cast: Will Yun Lee
Team: W/EP David DiGilio (Crossbones); EP Walter Parkes, Laurie MacDonald; D/EP Phillip Noyce
Studio: Universal Television
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THE CW
Drama
Cheerleader Death Squad
Logline: Centers on a disgraced CIA agent-turned-teacher at a Washington, D.C., prep school. After he realizes his students have high-level access through personal connections, the teacher trains a select few to be his eyes and ears into the world of international espionage and help him earn his way back into the agency.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Marc Cherry, Neal Baer, Dan Truly; EP Sabrina Wind
Studio: CBS Television Studios
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Cordon
Logline: Examines what happens when a deadly epidemic breaks out in Atlanta and a large city quarantine is quickly enforced, leaving those stuck on the inside to fight for their lives. Tells the story of loved ones tragically torn apart, and how the society that grows inside the cordon reveals both the devolution of humanity and the birth of unlikely heroes. Based on the original Belgian series created by Carl Joos.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Julie Plec; D/EP David Nutter
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, My So Called Company, Eyeworks
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Dead People
Logline: A down-on-his-luck, semi-alcoholic but roguishly charming cab driver who, after a near-death experience, suddenly has the ability to interact with ghosts, including his late ex-wife who he has never gotten over.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Tom Kapinos (Californication)
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Bad Robot Productions, Aggressive Mediocrity
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Tales From the Darkside (anthology)
Logline: Reinvention of the horror/fantasy/thriller anthology series based on the 1980s series. Each episode will feature at least one story with a completely different cast.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Joe Hill; EP Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Mitchell Galin, Heather Kadin, Jerry Golod
Studio: CBS Television Studios, K/O Paper Products
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*Last updated 2/13/15