MAY 2 0 0 8 2 0 0 9 2009-10 Network Commissioned Pilots* L . A . S C R E E N I N G S ABC Comedy The Bridget Show A talk show host gives up her show for a guy, only to be dumped Canned About friends who are all fired from their jobs on the same day Cougar Town Centers on a newly single 40-yearold and her 17-year-old son The Law Cedric the Entertainer stars in this pilot about weekend cops working for the LAPD The Middle About a lower-middle-class Midwestern family My American Family Three very different families live in the same suburb No Heroics A group of superheroes with limited powers hang out at a bar Pryors A corporate tycoon reconnects with his family after being downsized Pulling Three women decide to live together after one of them breaks off her engagement 24 hours before the wedding This Little Piggy Two adult siblings move in with an elder brother and his family in their childhood home Untitled Anita Renfroe Project Multi-camera project based on the notion that family comes first Untitled Jeff Strauss Project A look at marriage and parenthood from the perspectives of three couples Untitled Ricky Blitt Project A man finds himself in the middle of his needy best friend, his new girlfriend and her teenage kids Untitled Tad Quill Project About two friends embarking on very different lives — one with a new baby and the other with a newly empty nest Drama Eastwick About a small town where strange things happen when a man begins pursuing three witches Empire State Modern-day Romeo and Juliet set in present-day Manhattan Flash Forward Chronicles the chaos that ensues after everyone on Earth becomes unconscious simultaneously and has strange visions of the future Happy Town Following a small town’s first crime in nearly a decade, some dark truths are revealed about the residents of Happy Town Inside the Box Centers on an ambitious female news producer and her colleagues at a Washington news bureau Limelight Revolves around the students and faculty of a performing-arts school in New York See Cate Run Follows a young prosecutor who will one day run for president Untitled Daniel Cerone Project Following the death of his estranged father, a detective learns he has a brilliant 11-yearold brother who is adept at solving puzzles Untitled Dave Hemingson Project Four recent law school graduates get the “job of a lifetime” with a boutique firm in L.A. Untitled Jerry Bruckheimer Project (or The Unknown) Amateur crime fighters seek justice V Remake of the classic miniseries CBS Comedy Accidentally on Purpose A movie critic has a fling with a younger man and gets pregnant Ace in the Hole About a husband/father who works as a driving instructor At Last Lucy and James are getting married, but have a lot of baggage Big D New York couple moves back to husband’s hometown of Dallas The Fish Tank A teenager’s parents leave him alone in the house five days a week Good Girls Two longtime female friends want to transform themselves Happiness Isn’t Everything Stars Jason Biggs The Karenskys A daughter returns to the fold of her eccentric family after her husband takes a job in her hometown Tick Tock About a single mom who decides to focus all her energy on finding love Waiting to Die Buddy comedy about two easygoing guys Drama A Marriage The dissection of a marriage Back A man who was thought dead on 9/11 returns home to a family (and world) that has moved on without him The Eastmans About a family of doctors The Good Wife Focuses on a politician’s wife who works as a defense attorney House Rules Political drama that follows a freshman Congresswoman I Witness A detective/professor uses her skills to solve crimes Miami Trauma Centers on a team of trauma surgeons Three Rivers About organ transplants as seen through the eyes of doctors, donors and recipients Untitled Frank Military Project Centers on federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan Untitled NCIS Spin-Off Spin-off of the popular CBS drama Washington Field Follows a group of experts in different fields who respond to events that concern U.S. national interests CW Drama A Beautiful Life Follows a group of young models living together in NYC Body Politic Centers on a young group of DC staffers. Light Years An estranged couple is tracked down by their now 16-year-old daughter who they gave up for adoption as teenagers Melrose Place Modern-day remake of the 1990s series Untitled Gossip Girl Spin-Off Spin-off of the popular CW series Vampire Diaries Revolves around a young woman torn between two vampire brothers FOX Comedy AbFab Remake of the hit U.K. sitcom Brothers About a former football player who is competitive with his older, wheelchair-ridden brother Cop House Set at a halfway house for disturbed police officers Sons of Tucson Three boys hire a man to act as their dad while their real one is in jail The Station About a CIA office in a small South American country Two Dollar Beer Blue-collar ensemble set in Detroit, Michigan Walorsky A security guard solves crimes at a mall in Buffalo, New York Drama Eva Adams Based on Argentine telenovela Lalola Human Target About a man who assumes the identity of people targeted for assassination Maggie Hill Follows a heart surgeon who discovers that she’s a schizophrenic Masterwork Globe-trotting adventure in the vein of National Treasure The Reincarnationist Past-life investigators solve mysteries for their clients in prior lives NBC Comedy 100 Questions for Charlotte Payne About a young female and friends living in the Big Apple Community Stripes set in a community college Off Duty Buddy comedy about cops who can’t leave their job at the station State of Romance A modern-day Pride and Prejudice Untitled Justin Adler Project Centers on a family of adult siblings Drama Day One Following a global catastrophe, neighbors put their community back together Legally Mad David E. Kelley drama that centers on a Chicago law firm Lost and Found An offbeat detective is punished and must solve John Doe and Jane Doe cases Mercy Focuses on a trio of nurses bound together by their personal and professional lives Parenthood Based on the feature film of the same name Trauma Drama that follows first response paramedics * As of May 6 V I D E O • A G E 22
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