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ABC
Astronauts
Drama about NASA astronauts competing for a chance to go on a mission to Mars with Jeffrey Pierce, Yvette Nipar, Chris Potter, Bobby Hosea, and Jonathan Banks.
Dinotopia
ABC has already committed to 13 episodes for midseason 2003 of this series version of the mini-series from May 2002. It is based on the bestselling books by James Gurney, which focus on a time when intelligent dinosaurs co-exist with humans. With Erik Von Detten, Shiloh Strong, Georgina Rylance, Michael Brandon, Sophie Ward, Jonathan Hyde, and Lisa Zane.
The Kingdom
ABC has already committed to a two-hour pilot and 13 additional episodes of this series based on Lars Von Trier's 1994 Danish mini-series of the same name. The show revolves around a haunted hospital built over an ancient graveyard and is being made by Stephen King.
Miracles
Drama about a Vatican investigator of the paranormal who after spending years debunking supposed miracles begins to losing his faith, with Skeet Ulrich, Angus Macfadyen, and Hector Elizondo.
Paranormal Girl
Drama focusing on a 15-year-old girl with paranormal abilities who is recruited by the F.B.I. to help solve crimes, with Sasha Barrese, Kevin Kilner, Stacey Travis, Terry Chen, Tyler Andrews, and Eddie Jemison.
That Was Then
Bess Armstrong (My So-Called Life) will play the mother of a 30-year-old man, James Bulliard (Leap Years), who suddenly finds himself transported back to a crucial week in his high school career.
Untitled John Ridley Drama Project
Centers on a family in which the parents are Wutan Temple Warriors but keep that a secret from their kids, with Lauren Tom, Byron Mann, Dante Basco, and Rona Figueroa.
Veritas
Action drama about a father-son archeology team a la the "Indiana Jones" film series, with Ryan Merriman, Alex Carter, Eric Balfour, Arnold Vosloo, and Cobie Smulders.
CBS
Untitled Lloyd and Keenan Project
Traylor Howard (Two Guys And A Girl) has landed the lead rule in this comedy from Frasier creators Christopher Lloyad and Joe Keenan. Howard plays an aspiring writer who works as the assistant to an successful author, Roger Bart. The series has a 13 episode order.
FOX
The Big Fix
Comedy about a man who led a self-centered life but is, upon his arrival in the afterlife, given the chance to go back and correct his mistakes, with French Stewart (3rd Rock From The Sun).
Eastwick
Based on the John Updike's novel of the same name about three witch sisters, with Lori Loughlin, Marcia Cross, Kelly Rutherford, Chris Evans, Jonathan Bennett, Riley Smith, and Jason O'Mara.
Firefly
Fox has already committed to a two-hour pilot and 11 additional episodes of this sci-fi drama set 400-500 years in the future in a newly established union of planets. The series centers on the crew of Serenity, a small transport spaceship of class firefly who will take any job -- legal or not -- to stay afloat and put bread on the table. With Nathan Fillion, Adam Baldwin, Alan Tudyk, Sean Maher, Gina Torres, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, and Morena Baccarin.
John Doe
About an amnesiac who mysteriously washes ashore and realizes he knows everything knowable in the world except the truth about who he is, with Dominic Purcell, Elizabeth Lackey, Azura Skye, John Marshall Jones, and Meat Loaf.
The Time Tunnel
Remake of the 1966 sc-fi series about two young government scientists on a project that allows them to travel through time, with David Conrad, Andrea Roth, Max Baker, and Rob Koherr.
Untitled Jeff Rake Project
Newcomers Paul Blackthorne, Matt Keeslar, Nick Offerman and Colleen Porch have been cast in the Secret Service drama from writer-producer Jeff Rake (The Street). Blackthorne plays veteran agent Graham Davis, who is assigned to protect the daughter of the vice president; Keeslar as Mike Pierce, an ultracompetitive agent who shows up in D.C. surprised to find himself answering to a senior agent -- his ex-girlfriend; Offerman as Joe Pendell, a field agent with a rebellious streak; and Porch as Kelly Nathanson, a street-smart senior agent.
Untitled Ricky Blitt Project
Sally Struthers (Gilmore Girls) and Gerald McRaney (Major Dad) have been cast as Johnny Galecki's parents and Samantha Mathis as his love interest in this slacker comedy from Ricky Blitt (Family Guy).
NBC
Arthur
A look at the famed king's early years before his fateful encounter with the sword in the stone, with Paul Wasilewsk, Julian Morris, James Hoare, Stephen Billington, Tony Mandsley, Laura Rees, David Birkin, Adrian Lukis, Desmond Barrit, Patrick Gordon, Mark Tandy, and Clive Swift.
Good Morning, Miami
Mark Feuerstein has been tapped as the lead with Ashley Williams and Tessie Santiago (Queen Of Swords) also joining the cast. Feuerstein will play a young and successful TV producer who, after meeting the love of his life (Williams), is enticed to stay in Miami to save a struggling morning show. The series is from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan and has already been given a 13 episode commitment.
Untitled Greg Giraldo Project
Fellow comedian Nick Swardson has joined the cast of the Greg Giraldo (Common Law) series. Giraldo plays a comedian and single father who struggles to raise his daughter while pursuing his comedy career.
SCI-FI
Fall Pilots Not Known Yet
UPN
The Haunted
Ghosts help solve crimes, with Matthew Fox (Party Of Five).
The Twilight Zone
Remake of the anthology series, with Jeremy Piven (Cupid) and being made by Pen Densham (The Outer Limits), Jonathan Frakes (Star Trek: The Next Generation).
WB
Aces
Daniel Baldwin (Homicide: Life On The Street) stars as a professional card player whose son attends an elite private school.
Birds Of Prey
Based on the DC Comics series about female crime fighters in Batman's hometown, Gotham City. Devoid of superpowers, Black Canary and Oracle (aka Barbara Gordan, aka Batgirl) work together to fight crime. As an added twist, Oracle is crippled due to an ill-fated encounter with the Joker resulting in a bullet to the spine.
The Black Sash
Drama that follows a former cop-turned-martial arts instructor who also fights crime as a vigilante, with Russell Wong, Ray J, Missy Peregrym, Sarah Carter, Alan Simpson, and Corey Sevier.
Brats
Cynthia Geary (Northern Exposure) has signed as the female lead opposite Rob Estes in the family drama. The series features Estes as a military man who returns home to his wife (Geary) and four children after a long absence due to the Army. The series is produced by Aaron Spelling and is considered a top contender for the post-7th Heaven time slot this fall.
Do Over
A grown man gets a chance to return to the 1980s in order to relive his high school years, with Penn Badgley, Gigi Rice, Michael Milhoan, and Angela Goethals.
Everwood
A widowed brain surgeon moves his two children a picturesque Colorado town and opens a family practice.
Horrid Little Girls
Delta Burke stars as the headmistress of a girls prep school.
In My Life
Trevor Fehrman has joined the coming-of-age drama that follows the integration of a high school in Baton Rouge, La., in 1965. Wheeler-Nicholson, Mark Moses, Billy Kay and Edwin Hodge also are attached.
In My Opinion
A young, hip, advice columnist, who, knowing how these things go, could use some help sorting out her own life.
Just Like Us
Julio Oscar Mechoso will play the lead Latino family comedy.
The Lone Ranger
The tale of the masked man and his faithful sidekick gets a reworking. Chad Michael Murray (Dawson's Creek, Gilmore Girls) and Nathaniel Arcand are slated to star.
Lost In Oz
Melissa George (Thieves) is a 22-year-old from Kansas who is in the midst choosing between getting married and going to graduate school, when a tornado carries her off to Oz. Once there, the show's heroine gets political and leads a revolt against Emerald City and the great Oz himself.
Prep
Newcomer Amber Tamblyn has been the first actor cast in this comedy which follows the crazy antics of a coed boarding school.
Untitled Amanda Bynes Project
Wesley Jonathan (City Guys) will co-star in this comedy featuring the Nickeloden star.
Untitled Crazy Grandmother Project
A free-spirited grandmother moves in with her uptight daughter and two grandkids.
Untitled Jeff Davis Project
Jeff B. Davis gets his own improv gig.
Untitled Tarzan Project
Revolves around a 17-year-old Tarzan who is sent to live with his aunt in New York after being seriously injured by poachers in the African jungle.
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