March/April 2013 Argument of the Page Headlinenew Author 2013-’14 Pilots L.A. Screenings 2013 ( Co n t i n u e d ) Friends with Better Lives A group of 30-something friends each think the other has it better. Jacked Up A recently retired baseball player has trouble adjusting to retirement. The McCarthys A family comedy about a loud, sports-crazed Boston clan. Mom A newly sober single mom tries to pull her life back together in California’s Napa Valley. Super Clyde Centers on a meek, unassuming fast food worker who becomes a superhero. Unauthorized Greg Garcia project A recently divorced man’s life is complicated when his parents decide to move in with him. Untitled Jim Gaffigan project The semi-autobiographical comedy revolves around the stand-up comic and his five kids. Untitled Julie Rottenberg and Elisa Zuritsky project Based on an Israeli format, a married mom struggles to balance family, life and work. Untitled Tad Quill project A recently widowed father raises his 12-yearold son while jumping back into dating. DRAMA The Advocates A lawyer and an ex-con team as “victim advocates,” going to the very edge of the law to right wrongs. Anatomy of Violence A criminal psychologist with an expertise in sociopaths partners with a female detective with whom he has a past. Backstrom An offensive, irascible detective tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior. Beverly Hills Cop Continuation of the movie franchise, focusing on Axel Foley’s police officer son who’s based in the tony California neighborhood. Hostages A Washington, D.C., surgeon is thrown into a political conspiracy (and her family into a hostage situation) after being chosen to operate on the president of the United States. Intelligence Centers on U.S. Cyber Command, a unit created around one agent with a gift: a microchip implanted in his brain that offers him access the entire electromagnetic spectrum. NCIS: Red Spin-off to popular series, follows a mobile team of agents who are forced to live and work together as they crisscross the country solving crimes. out to be defending a murder suspect whom her husband is prosecuting. Big Thunder A brilliant, late-19th-century New York doctor relocates to a frontier mining town run by a powerful but mysterious tycoon. Doubt A charming former cop and low-rent lawyer uses his street smarts to work the system for his clients. Gothica A sexy gothic soap set in modern day that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde and Dorian Gray, among others. Influence Two brothers head a unique agency designed to attack their clients’ problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation. Killer Women Based on Argentinean series Mujeres Asesinas, the drama revolves around the only woman in the Texas Rangers. Lucky 7 Seven employees of a service station in Queens find their lives changed in unexpected ways when they win the lottery. Murder in Manhattan A dramedy about a mother-daughter amateur sleuthing team. Reckless After his wife is unjustly imprisoned during a political uprising overseas and his legal plans to free her are stymied, a man turns to less-thanlegal options. The Returned The people of Arcadia find their dead loved ones returning as if not a day has gone by. S.H.I.E.L.D Based on Marvel Comics’s secret intelligence organization that has appeared in countless titles. Venice A soap about two rival families: the haves and the have-nots of Venice, California who battle for control (and the forbidden romance that ensues). CBS COMEDY Bad Teacher Based on the 2011 film about a less-thanvirtuous woman who becomes a teacher to find her next husband. The Crazy Ones A father-daughter workplace comedy set in the advertising world. Ex-Men A young guy finds camaraderie living among the more experienced guys he meets in a shortterm rental complex. The Ordained The son of a famous political family leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated. Reckless A sultry legal show set in Charleston, SC, where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a Southern city attorney struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal. Second Sight A gothic psychological thriller about a detective with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. Catching the killer depends on his insight. The Surgeon General A medical show centered on America’s top doctor. CW DRAMA Blink A dramedy about a family patriarch in a comalike state who can’t speak or move, but can see and hear. His narration and fantasy sequences offer context to the family’s stories. Company Town Chronicles the aftermath of a scandal at a Navy base that touches the lives of both civilians and military personnel. The Hundred Set 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, 100 juvenile delinquents are sent back to Earth to investigate the possibility of recolonizing the planet. The Originals A spin-off of the CW’s The Vampire Diaries revolving around the Original family in New Orleans. Oxygen Nine secret aliens are integrated into a suburban high school. Reign The tale of Mary Queen of Scots’ rise to power when she arrives in France as a 15-year-old, betrothed to Prince Francis. The Selection Set 300 years in the future, a working-class young woman is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition with 25 other women for the Royal Prince’s hand. The Tomorrow People Based on a U.K. series, young people across the globe represent the next stage in human evolution, with special powers to defeat the forces of evil. FOX COMEDY Dads From Seth MacFarlane, it centers on two successful guys in their 30s whose lives are turned upside down when their nightmare dads move in with them. Enlisted Follows three very different brothers working together at a small army base in Florida. 20
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