VIDEOAGE April 2024 L.A. Screenings (Continued From Page 22) 24 Monreal Narrator: Mark Harmon Cast: Austin Stowell Premise: Follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he starts his career as a new special agent at the NCIS Camp Pendleton office. Prod Co: CBS Studios Watson (straight to series) Producer: Aaron Kaplan Executive Producers: Craig Sweeney, Morris Chestnut, Sharon Moalem, Brian Morewitz, Larry Teng Cast: Morris Chestnut Premise: Watson takes place in a universe where Holmes has been killed off by his nemesis Moriarty. Watson has resumed his medical career as head of a clinic treating rare diseases, switching his focus from solving crimes to solving medical mysteries. Prod Co: CBS Studios, Kapital Entertainment FOX (DRAMA) Baywatch (Pilot pick-up) Exec Producer/Writer/Showrunner: Lara Olsen Executive Producers: Michael Berk, Douglas Schwartz, Gregory J. Bonan. Premise: Daring ocean rescues, pristine beaches, and iconic red bathing suits are back, along with a whole new generation of Baywatch lifeguards, who navigate complicated, messy personal lives in this reboot of the iconic series. Prod Co: Fremantle, Fox Entertanment Doc (Based on the Italian series, Doc - Nelle tue mani) Showrunner/Executive Producer: Barbie Kligman Executive Producers: Hank Steinberg, Erwin Stoff Cast: Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, Anya Banerjee, Scott Wolf, Patrick Walker, Molly Parker Premise: Doc centers on the brilliant Dr. Amy Larsen (Molly Parker), Chief of Internal Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the man she loves, or the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. Prod Co: Sony Pictures TV, Fox Entertainment Studios Murder in a Small Town Writer/Executive Producer: Ian Weir Executive Producer/Director: Milan Cheylov Executive Producers: Nick Orchard, Morris Ruskin, Sharon Wisnia, Jon Cotton Cast: Rossif Sutherland, Kristin Kreuk Premise: (Based on L.R. Wright’s novel) Karl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work. But he will need to call upon all the skills that made him a worldclass detective in solving the murders that continue to wash up on his shore. Prod Co: Fox Ent., Future Shack Ent., Sepia Films, Soapbox Prods, Mojo Global Arts Rescue Hi-Surf Showrunner: Matt Kester Executive Producers; John Wells, Erin Jontow, Daniele Nathanson Cast: Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, Zoe Cipres, Sea Shimooka. Premise: Follows the personal and professional lives of the lifeguards who are firstresponders, patrolling and protecting swimmers, surfers and others on the North Shore of Oahu—the most dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Prod Co: John Wells Prods, WB TV, Fox Entertainment Universal Basic Guys (animated) Creators/Executive Producers: Adam Malamut, Craig Malamut Writers: Adam Malamut, Craig Malamut Showrunner: Dan Lagana Premise: Brothers Mark and Hank Hoagies suddenly find themselves with no jobs when the Glantontown Hot Dog factory switches over to automation. Lucky for them, the town started a Universal Basic Income pilot program, giving all residents $3,000 per month with no strings attached. Prod Co: Bento Box Ent., Fox Ent., Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures TV NBC (COMEDY) St. Denis Medical Writers/Executive Producers: Justin Spitzer, Eric Ledgin Executive Producers: Simon Heuer, Ruben Fleisher Cast: Wendi McClendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Mekki Leeper, Kahyun Kim Premise: A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. Prod Co: Universal TV, Spitzer Holding Company. Untitled Reba McEntire Project (pilot) Writer/Executive Producer: Kevin Abbott Executive Producers: Reba McEntire, Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis, Julie Abbott Cast: Reba McEntire Premise: Reba inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the halfsister she never knew she had. Prod Co: Universal TV NBC (DRAMA) Dr. Wolf Writer/Executive Producer: Michael Grassi Executive Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Henrik Bastin, Melissa Aouate (Fabel), Andy Serkis, Jonathan Cavendish, Will Tennant, DeMane Davis Cast: Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alexander MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears. Premise: Revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist Oliver Wolf and his team of interns explore the last great frontier — the human mind — while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health. Inspired by the life and work of Oliver Sacks. Prod Co: Berlanti Prods, Fabel Ent., The Imaginarium, WB TV, Universal TV Grosse Pointe Garden Society (pilot order) Writer/Executive Producers: Jenna Bans, Bill Krebs Executive Producer: Casey Kyber Premise: Four members of a suburban garden club, all from different walks of life, get caught up in murder and mischief as they struggle to make their conventional lives bloom. Prod Co: Universal TV, Minnesota Logging Company Suits: L.A. (pilot order) Executive Producers: David Bartis, Doug Liman, Gene Klein Writer/Executive Producer: Aaron Korsh Premise: Ted Black, a former federal prosecutor from New York, has reinvented himself representing the most powerful clients in Los Angeles. His firm is at a crisis point, and in order to survive he must embrace a role he held in contempt his entire career. Prod Co: UCP, Hypnotic The Hunting Party Created By: JJ Bailey Writer/Executive Producers: JJ Bailey, Jake Coburn. Premise: A high-concept crime procedural about a small team of investigators who are assembled to track down and capture the most dangerous killers our country has ever seen, all of whom have just escaped from a top-secret prison that’s not supposed to exist. Prod Co: Universal TV (The pilot season line-up was compiled by Mike Reynolds) List accurate up to date of publication, March 28, 2024. Updates made after that date will be added, as the information is made available, to the online version of the story at www.videoageinternational.com.
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