ABC:

ABC's 2003 Pilot Season
Wed, Mar 19, 2003 12:52 PM PDT

by Daniel Fienberg
Zap2it

Having already renewed a sizeable percentage of its most solid comedy performers, ABC is looking for a few more sitcoms to build on returning shows like "Life With Bonnie" and "8 Simple Rules." However, of the dozen comedy pilots on order, the network will only have room for a handful. Among the ordered pilots, ABC hopes to build on established relationships with "Home Improvement" star Tim Allen, who will produce and narrate "These Guys," and "Spin City" star Michael J. Fox, who will produce the Craig Bierko-led sitcom "Hench at Home." The network also has two highly anticipated comedies on tap for possible midseason additions with Steve Martin's "Mr. and Mr. Nash," starring Alan Cumming and Janeane Garofalo in "Slice O' Life."

Desperate for new drama hits, ABC will start their slate with established properties. The federal marshal drama "Karen Sisco" builds on characters who were already successful in Elmore Leonard's novel "Out of Sight" and Steven Soderbergh's film of the same name, which starred Jennifer Lopez and George Clooney. ABC will try to cash in on the John Grisham name, turning his novel, "The Street Lawyer" into a weekly series (an idea CBS tried in 1995 with "The Client" ). The network is also taking part in the year's largest trend in dramas, with the Homeland Security-based "Threat Matrix" and the FBI-centric "Lines of Duty," which already has a 13-episode pick-up.

10-8 (Drama)
Studio: Spelling TV, Touchstone TV
Production Team: Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Jorge Zamacona ("Millennium")
Premise: Dramedy about rookie cops and training officers in LA sheriff's department.
Stars: Danny Nucci ("Some of my Best Friends"), Ernie Hudson ("Oz"), Mercedes Colon, Scott Winters, Travis Schuldt, Indigo ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Michael Rispoli ("The Sopranos")
Status: Pilot order

111 Gramercy Park (Drama)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Tannenbaum Co.
Production Team: Bob Brush ("Ed")
Premise: An exclusive New York apartment building and the people who live and work there.
Stars: Erica Parker, Frank Langella ("The Beast"), Peter Strauss ("Rich Man, Poor Man" ), Jaleel White ("Family Matters"), Joanna Going ("Inventing the Abbotts" ), Brittany Daniel ("That '80s Show"), Joel Grey ("Cabaret" ), Tippi Hedren ("The Birds" )
Status: Pilot order

Alaska (aka "The Circle" ) (Drama)
Studio: Touchstone TV
Production Team: John August ("Charlie's Angels")
Premise: Chilly crime investigation by an Alaskan state trooper.
Stars: Brad Johnson ("Always," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"), Michael Ironside ("Scanners" ), Dahlia Salem ("The Agency"), Gary Farmer ("Dead Man" )
Status: Pilot order

The DA (Drama)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: James Duff ("The Agency"), Greer Shephard ("Popular"), Michael Robin ("Popular")
Premise: A District Attorney partners with a private investigator to solve the murder of a co-worker.
Stars: Steven Weber ("Wings"), Sarah Paulson ("Leap of Faith"), J.K. Simmons ("Oz," "Spider-Man" ), Bruno Campos ("Jesse")
Status: Pilot order

The Flannerys (aka "Better Days" ) (Drama)
Studio: WBTV, Tollin/Robbins
Production Team: Kevin Falls ("The West Wing"), 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 ("Once and Again"), Mary Page Keller ("Emeril"), Trevor Morgan ("ER"), David Ramsey ("For Your Love"), Mira Delaney("The District," "Boston Public"), Sophia Bush ("Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," "Van Wilder" )
Status: Pilot order

Hench at Home (Comedy)
Studio: Touchstone, DreamWorks, Lottery Hill
Production Team: Michael J. Fox, Mitch Hurwitz, Danelle Black ("Spin City")
Premise: Retired NHL player moves returns home to his wife and kids.
Stars: Craig Bierko ("Sex and the City," "The Court"), Tracy Pollan ("1st to Die" ), 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 ("Haunted"), Michael Edelstein, Joanna Johnson, Emile Levisetti ("Haunted")
Premise: Soap opera star moves in with her housewife sister.
Stars: Faith Ford ("Murphy Brown"), Kelly Ripa ("All My Children," "Live! With Regis and Kelly" ), Harve Presnell ("Dawson's Creek"), Macy Cruthird
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 ("Spin City," "Spy Kids" ), Bill Duke ("The Limey" ), Robert Forster ("Jackie Brown" )
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 Bibb ("Popular"), Leslie Hope ("24"), Brian Goodman, Jeffrey Sams ("Cupid")
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 ("The Gregory Hines Show"), Sy Dukane ("Roseanne"), Nena Rodrigue ("Couples" )
Premise: Wife/mom/feminist raises household of men.
Stars: Wendie Malick ("Just Shoot Me"), Geoffrey Lewis ("Land's End" ), Michael Angarano ("Will & Grace"), Shawn Pyfrom ("State of Grace" "Ned and Stacey"), Sam Robards ("Maximum Bob")
Status: Pilot order

The Partners (Drama)
Studio: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Kerry Ehrin ("Boston Public"), Nina Rodrigue
Premise: Pair of female undercover cops.
Stars: Liz Vassey ("The Tick," "Push, Nevada"), Richard Gunn ("Dark Angel"), Rick Hoffman ("Philly," "The $treet" ), Mary Catherine Garrison ("Third Watch")
Status: Pilot order

Platonically Incorrect (Comedy)
Studio:Touchstone, Shady Acres
Production Team: Michael Bostick ("8 Simple Rules" ), Tom Shadyac ("Liar, Liar" ), Darlene Hunt
Premise: Platonic relationship between a man and woman who are friends and colleagues.
Stars: Tom Everett Scott ("Philly"), A.J. Langer ("My So-Called Life," "It's Like, You Know ..." ), Carmine Giovinazzo ("Shasta McNasty" ), Brian Scolaro, Kali Rocha
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 ("Third Watch"), Mario Van Peebles ("New Jack City," "Robbery Homicide Division"), James LeGros ("Ally McBeal"), Kadee Strickland
Status: Pilot order

Slice O' Life (Drama)
Studio: Universal Television
Production Team: Bill Diamond ("Murphy Brown," "Wings")
Premise: Janeane Garofalo stars as a producer of light, human interest segements on a news show
Stars: Janeane Garofalo ("Saturday Night Live," "The Truth About Cats and Dogs" )
Status: Midseason

Then Came Jones (Drama)
Studio: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Chris Brancato ("Boomtown"), Bert Salke
Premise: Period Western based around an El Paso brothel in 1899.
Stars: Sean Patrick Flanery ("The Dead Zone"), Melissa Gilbert ("Little House on the Prairie"), Jsu Garcia, Taylor Handley, Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Passions," "Wolf Lake", Ariel Gade
Status: Pilot order

These Guys (Comedy)
Studio: Carsey-Werner-Mandabach
Production Team: Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner, Caryn Mandabach, Tim Allen ("Home Improvement"), 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 ("Seinfeld," "The Tick" ), Currie Graham ("Suddenly Susan"), Jsu Garcia ("We Were Soldiers" ), Todd Stashwick
Status: Pilot order

Threat Matrix (Drama)
Studio: Touchstone TV, Industry Ent.
Production Team: Daniel Voll, Emile Levisetti ("Haunted"), Michael Edelstein, Keith Addis
Premise: Former spouses fight terrorism side-by-side.
Stars: Kelly Rutherford ("Melrose Place"), Jamie Denton ("Philly"), Melora Walters ("Magnolia" ), Will Lyman, Kurt Caceres ("All My Children"), Mahershalalhashbaz Ali ("Crossing Jordan")
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Armyan Bernstein Hotel Project (aka "Naked Hotel" ) (Drama)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Armyan Bernstein ("The Hurricane" )
Premise: Life in a Hamptons luxury hotel.
Stars: To Be Decided
Status: Midseason

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, Emily Deschanel ("Providence"), Michael DeLuise ("NYPD Blue," "21 Jump Street"), Gerald McRaney ("Major Dad," "Simon & Simon")
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Flett-Giordano/Ranberg Project (Comedy)
Studio: Paramount, Touchstone, Storyline
Production Team: Ann Flett-Giordano and Chuck Ranberg ("Frasier"), Craig Zadan and Neil Meron ("Chicago" )
Premise: Conservative guy falls in love with the daughter of a gay couple.
Stars: Reid Scott ("American Dreams," "That '70s Show"), Maggie Lawson ("Inside Schwartz"), John Benjamin Hickey ("Changing Lanes" ), Chris Sieber ("Two of a Kind"), Lenny Clarke ("The Job")
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Henchy/Pennette Project (aka "I'm With Her" ) (Comedy)
Studio: WBTV, Tollin/Robbins
Production Team: Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Marco Pennette ("Caroline in the City"), Chris Henchy ("Spin City")
Premise: Romantic comedy inspired by Henchy's relationship with wife Brooke Shields.
Stars: Teri Polo ("Sports Night," "Meet the Parents" ), David Sutcliff ("Grapevine"), Danny Comden ("Urban Legend" )
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Jenny McCarthy Project (Comedy)
Studio: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Donald Beck ("The PJs")
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 ("The Wayne Brady Show"), Robin Bartlett ("Mad About You"), Geoff Shults ("7th Heaven") Dan Lauria ("The Wonder Years")
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 ("The Parent 'Hood"), Arnetia Walker ("Nurses"), Keith David ("Agent Cody Banks" ).
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Scherick/Ronn Project (Comedy)
Studio: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Jay Scherick ("Spin City"), David Ronn ("Couples" ), 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 ("Tom Hertz" ), Brad Grey ("The Sopranos")
Premise: A shy New Yorker marries into a family of boisterous Kansans.
Stars: Emily Rutherford ("The Ellen Show"), Meredith Monroe ("Dawson's Creek"), Breckin Meyer ("Inside Schwartz"), Josh Braaten ("Dumb and Dumber" ), Nancy Lenehan ("Catch Me If You Can" ), Sandy and Derek Waters ("The District")

Status: Pilot order

UPN:

UPN's 2003 Pilot Season
Wed, Mar 19, 2003 12:56 PM PDT

by Rick Porter
Zap2it

UPN wasn't very aggressive in its development of new shows last spring, and it's been paying the price for that decision this season. When the network's new drama "Haunted" failed after only a few weeks, the net had to scramble to find a replacement for it, and the comedy "Abby" isn't exactly an ideal companion for "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."

The No. 6 network is being more active this time around, ordering a dozen pilots and making an effort to sign up strong talent behind the camera (e.g., Will Smith, Wes Craven, the Carsey-Werner-Mandabach team). The shows have disparate themes, but they focus on UPN's mission of becoming a destination for young adults.

One wild card is a possible "Buffy" spinoff, long rumored to be in the works. UPN is keeping mum about details, which is why it's not listed below.

All of Us (Comedy)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Overbrook
Production Team: Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Betsy Borns ("Three Sisters," "Friends"), James Lassiter ("Getting Personal"
Premise: A blended family comedy loosely inspired by the home life of producers Will and Jada Pinkett Smith.
Stars: Duane Martin ("Deliver Us from Eva" ), Chene Lawson ("Undressed" )
Status: Pilot order

The Edge (Drama)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Matthew Carnahan ("Fastlane"), Scott Vila
Premise: DEA and FBI agents in a town on the U.S.-Mexico border.
Stars: Nicholas Gonzalez ("Resurrection Blvd." ), Paul Wasilewski ("Wolf Lake")
Status: Pilot order

Game Over (Comedy)
Studio: Carsey-Werner-Mandabach
Production Team: David Sacks ("The Simpsons," "3rd Rock from the Sun"), David Goetsch ("Grounded for Life"), Jason Venokur ("Grounded for Life"), Ross Venokur ("The Tick" )
Premise: Computer animation is used in a show about a suburban family's everyday life.
Vocal Talent: Patrick Warburton ("Seinfeld," "The Tick" ), E.G. Daily ("Powerpuff Girls" ), Rachel Dratch ("Saturday Night Live"), D.L. Hughley ("The Hughleys"), Marisa Tomei, James Sie, Marie Matiko
Status: Pilot order

Hotel (Drama)
Studio: Spelling TV
Production Team: Aaron Spelling ("7th Heaven," "Beverly Hills, 90210"), E. Duke Vincent ("Kingpin," "Charmed"), C. Tynan, Denise Di Novi ("The District")
Premise: An update of the 1980s series, set in a trendy Miami hotel.
Stars: Michael Jai White ("Wonderland"), Christina Vidal ("Taina" )
Status: Presentation only

Kamelot (Drama)
Studio: Miramax TV, Abandon Entertainment
Production Team: Wes Craven ("Scream" ), Ron Milbauer ("Tucker"), Terri Hughes ("Tucker")
Premise: The King Arthur legend transported to a futuristic society.
Stars: To Be Decided
Status: Pilot order; contingent on showrunner

The Mullet Brothers (Comedy)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Bill Oakley ("The Simpsons"), Josh Weinstein ("The Simpsons"), Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum
Premise: Two brothers who own a roofing company and like to drink beer and watch wrasslin'.
Stars: Loni Anderson ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), John O'Hurley ("Seinfeld"), David Hornsby ("Presidio Med")
Status: Presentation only

Newton (Drama)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Silver Pictures
Production Team: Joel Silver ("The Matrix" ), Craig Silverstein ("The Dead Zone")
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 ("Grace Under Fire"), Chris Parrish ("The King of Queens"), Michael Curtis ("Friends," "The Weber Show")
Premise: Conflicts among a group of young adults.
Stars: Natasha Lyonne ("American Pie," "Slums of Beverly Hills" ), Tessie Santiago ("Good Morning Miami")
Status: Pilot order

The Opposite Sex
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, Greenblatt Janollari Studio
Production Team: Meg DeLoatch ("One on One"), 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 ("Barbershop" )
Status: Presentation only

Vegas Dick (Drama)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Original TV
Production Team: Rich Wilkes ("XXX" ), Neal H. Moritz ("XXX," "Greg the Bunny"), M. Adelstein, Dawn Parouse
Premise: A reformed con artist works as a detective for a casino.
Stars: Vincent Ventresca ("The Invisible Man" ), Katherine Heigl ("Roswell")
Status: Presentation only

Weapon X (aka Untitled Nanobot Project) (Drama)
Studio: Viacom Productions
Production Team: Gena Matthews ("Popular," "The Chronicle" ), Grant Scharbo, Silvio Horta ("The Chronicle" )
Premise: A National Security Agency technician is accidentally injected with nanobots that give him super powers.
Stars: Christopher Gorham ("Popular"), Matt Czuchry ("Eight Legged Freaks" ), Marina Black ("Six Feet Under")
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Tim Kelleher Project (Comedy)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Tim Kelleher ("Off Centre"), Tony Krantz ("24")
Premise: Twentysomethings making the transition from single life to raising families.
Stars: To Be Decided
Status: Pilot order

CBS:

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CBS' 2003 Pilot Season
Wed, Mar 19, 2003 12:54 PM PDT

by Rick Porter
Zap2it

CBS has a lot fewer needs than several of the other networks. Its biggest hits show no sign of going away anytime soon, and its lineup has been quite stable for the past couple of seasons. Among the needs it does have are shows to shore up the 10 p.m. timeslot, particularly on Wednesday and Friday nights, and finding a Saturday anchor to replace the departing "Touched by an Angel."

The slate of pilots seem to stick to what CBS does best -- family-oriented comedies and dramas focused on solving crime. So far, a spinoff of "JAG" about the Navy's criminal investigators looks like the surest bet to make the fall schedule.

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 ("Mad TV"), Alexander Chaplin ("Spin City"), Charles Esten ("On the Spot", Amanda Detmer("A.U.S.A." ), Laura Bell Bundy
Status: Pilot order

The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. (Drama)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, David E. Kelley Productions
Production Team: David E. Kelley ("Boston Public," "The Practice"), Michael Pressman ("The Guardian")
Premise: Three brothers and their families in a small New England town.
Stars: John Carroll Lynch ("The Drew Carey Show"), Randy Quaid ("Not Another Teen Movie" ), Brian Haley ("Wings"), Mare Winningham ("Georgia" ), Elizabeth McGovern ("Ordinary People"), Ann Cusack ("Maggie"), Angela Goethals ("Do Over"), Megan Henning
Status: Series commitment

Century City (Drama)
Studio: Universal TV
Production Team: Ed Zuckerman ("The Agency"), Paul Attanasio ("Homicide" ), Katie Jacobs ("Gideon's Crossing")
Premise: A legal drama set 50 years in the future.
Stars: Eric Schaeffer ("If Lucy Fell" ), Viola Davis ("Antwone Fisher" ), Ioan Gruffudd ("Horatio Hornblower" ), Kristin Lehman ("Go Fish"), Hector Elizondo ("Chicago Hope"), Nestor Carbonell ("The Tick" )
Status: Pilot order

Crazy Love (Comedy)
Studio: Touchstone TV, CBS Productions
Production Team: Bob Stevens ("Murphy Brown," "Malcolm in the Middle"), Jamie Tarses
Premise: A childless baby boomer couple adopts a girl from China.
Stars: Peter MacNicol ("Ally McBeal"), Valerie Bertinelli ("Touched by an Angel"), Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy"), Cloris Leachman ("The Last Picture Show," "Malcolm in the Middle"), William Daniels ("Boy Meets World")
Status: Pilot order

Criminology 101 (aka "Not a Clue" )(Drama)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Spyglass Entertainment
Production Team: Nell Scovell ("Presidio Med"), R. Birnbaum, G. Barber, M. Wolpert
Premise: Two women studying criminology solve cases as an extension of their class work.
Stars: Busy Philipps ("Dawson's Creek"), Marisa Coughlan ("Wasteland"), Gary Cole ("Family Affair"), Jay R. Ferguson ("Glory Dyas" ), Rick Ravanello ("Monte Walsh" )
Status: Presentation only

Expert Witness (Drama)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Firm TV
Production Team: Hart Hanson ("Judging Amy"), Keith Ablow
Premise: Ensemble drama about forensic psychologists.
Stars: Matthew Modine ("Full Metal Jacket" ), Azura Skye ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Sasha Alexander ("Presidio Med"), Enrico Colantoni ("Just Shoot Me"), Anna Deavere Smith ("Presidio Med")
Status: Pilot order

Family Show (Comedy)
Studio: Sony Pictures TV
Production Team: Matthew Carlson ("The Wonder Years," "God, the Devil and Bob")
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 ("Frasier")
Premise: A single woman's life, as narrated by her dog.
Stars: Christine Taylor ("Zoolander" ), Willie Garson ("Sex and the City"), Diane Farr ("Loveline," "The Job"), Andy Richter
Status: Pilot order

Joan of Arcadia (Drama)
Studio: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Barbara Hall ("Judging Amy")
Premise: A latter-day Joan of Arc sees God in a different form each week.
Stars: Amber Tamblyn ("General Hospital," "The Ring" ), Joe Mantegna ("First Monday"), Mary Steenburgen, Michael Welch, Jason Ritter ("Swimfan" )
Status: Presentation only

The Lunchbox Chronicles (Comedy)
Studio: Universal TV, CBS Productions
Production Team: Bill Diamond ("Wings," "Murphy Brown")
Premise: A recently widowed woman adapts to life as a single mom.
Stars: Monica Potter ("Along Came a Spider" ), Andy Richter ("Andy Richter Controls the Universe"), Susan Sullivan ("Dharma & Greg"), Bret Loehr ("Everwood"), Lyndon Smith ("Presidio Med")
Status: Pilot order

Rubbing Charlie (Comedy)
Studio: Big Ticket Television
Production Team: Tom Palmer ("Murphy Brown," "Living in Captivity")
Premise: A doctor has no problems helping others but can't fix his own life.
Stars: Scott Wolf ("Party of Five", Jeffrey Tambor ("The Larry Sanders Show"), Wallace Langham ("Veronica's Closet"), Mary Birdsong, John Asher
Status: Pilot order

The Stones (Comedy)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV, KoMut Entertainment
Production Team: Jenji Kohan ("Gilmore Girls," "Will & Grace"), Max Kohan and David Muthcnick ("Will & Grace")
Premise: Grown siblings are shocked when their parents tell them they're getting divorced.
Stars: Jay Baruchel ("Undeclared"), Lindsay Sloane ("Grosse Pointe"), Robert Klein ("Bob Patterson"), Judith Light ("Who's the Boss?", "Law & Order: SVU" )
Status: Pilot order

Street Boss (Drama)
Studio: Viacom Productions
Production Team: Chris Haddock ("MacGyver")
Premise: Cop show centered on the man who trains undercover officers.
Stars: Joe Pantoliano ("The Sopranos"), Hill Harper ("The Court")
Status: Cast-contingent pilot order

Two and a Half Men (Comedy)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Chuck Lorre ("Dharma & Greg"), Lee Aronsohn ("Cybill"), 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 ("Spin City"), Jon Cryer ("Pretty in Pink" ), Blythe Danner ("Presidio Med")
Status: Cast-contingent pilot order

Violent Crime (Drama)
Studio: Universal TV
Production Team: Samantha Corbin ("Crossing Jordan")
Premise: Two female detectives working the violent crimes unit in Boston.
Stars: Jennifer Esposito ("Summer of Sam" ), Robert Pastorelli ("Murphy Brown"), Matthew Rhys ("The Lost World" ), Audra McDonald ("Mister Sterling"), Paul Adelstein ("Breaking News" )
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 ("CSI," "Without a Trace"), Meredith Stiehm ("ER," "Beverly Hills, 90210")
Premise: Follows a female detective who works on cases whose leads have seemingly been exhausted.
Stars: Kathryn Morris ("Minority Report" ), Justin Chambers ("The Musketeer" ), Mel Winkler ("Devil in a Blue Dress" ), John Finn ("Catch Me if You Can" ), Jeremy Ratchford ("Angel Eyes" )
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Danny Glover Project (aka "The Law & Henry Lee" ) (Drama)
Studio: Universal TV, CBS Productions
Production Team: John Wirth ("The Agency"), Walter Mosley, Ken Sullivan
Premise: The cases of a private eye in Oakland, Calif.
Stars: Danny Glover ("Lethal Weapon," "The Royal Tenenbaums" ), D.B. Woodside ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "The Court"), Bill Smitrovich ("The Practice"), Tequan Richmond
Status: Pilot order

Untitled JAG Spinoff (Drama)
Studio: Paramount Network TV
Production Team: Donald Bellisario, Don McGill ("JAG")
Premise: A spin-off from the popular drama focusing on officers in the Navy's Criminal Investigative Services division.
Stars: Mark Harmon ("The West Wing," "Chicago Hope"), Michael Weatherly ("Dark Angel"), David McCallum
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Nicole Sullivan Project (Comedy)
Studio: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Susan Dickes ("Just Shoot Me")
Premise: A newly married woman also has to deal with her husband's three brothers.
Stars: Nicole Sullivan ("The King of Queens," "Mad TV"), Eddie McClintock ("A.U.S.A." ), Kate Walsh ("The Mind of the Married Man"), Thomas Ian Nicholas ("American Pie" ), David Burke ("The Tick" )
Status: Pilot order

Untitled Staley/Long Project (Comedy)
Studio: Paramount Network TV
Production Team: Dan Staley and Rob Long ("Men, Women & Dogs")
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, Alexandra Krosney ("The Grubbs")
Status: Pilot order