TV Pilots 2007 -8 Season - TV Programmes

spaintv · 25-02-2007, 12:31

US Tv bosses are already looking through an extensive list of TV pilots in an attempt to find the next BIG Hit for the upcoming 2007/8 season. Here is a listing by network. What do you all think? Which Pilots would you like to see becominging fully fledged TV shows? Which ones have a ridiculous premise?

THE CW

Gossip Girl
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/Alloy
Production Team: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Bob Levy, Leslie Morgenstein
Based on the best-selling book series about the lives of rich youngsters and their parents in New York City

Gravity (presentation)
Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV/DreamWorks TV
Production Team: Caleb Kane, Charles Segars, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey
Follows in cinema verite style a sexy ensemble of rookie cops and their training officers in Los Angeles beginning with the rookies' first day

Reaper
Production Co.: Touchstone TV/Mark Gordon Co.
Production Team: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Mark Gordon, Deborah Spera
Comedic drama about a 21-year-old slacker who becomes the devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls escaped from hell

Untitled South Africa
Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV/Company Pictures
Production Team: Michael Rauch, Charlie Pattinson, George Faber
New York veterinarian moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by his father-in-law. Based on the ITV series "Wild at Heart"

Untitled Tom Wheeler (presentation)
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/Class IV
Production Team: Tom Wheeler, Steve Pearlman, Andrew Plotkin
Comedic drama about two cheeky graduate students who use their skills to help solve crimes

Fox

The Apostles
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Chuck Pratt
Cop drama with soapy elements that follows officers in Simi Valley, Calif., in their off-duty time with their families

Canterbury's Law
Production Co.: Sony Pictures TV/Apostle
Production Team: Dave Erickson, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico
Rebellious female defense attorney pushes the boundaries of the law to protect innocent clients

The Cure
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/Weed Road Pictures
Production Team: Patrick Massett, John Zinman, Akiva Goldsman, Stephanie Koff, Brittany Lovett, Danny Cannon
Group cuts through the red tape of medical bureaucracy -- often at their own peril -- to get care to those who need it most

K-Ville
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Jonathan Lisco
Cops in post-Katrina New Orleans face the challenges of enforcing the law in a city whose infrastructure has been completely upended

New Amsterdam
Production Co.: Regency TV/Scarlet Fire/Sarabande/Laha
Production Team: Allan Loeb, Christian Taylor, Steven Pearl, David Manson, Lasse Hallstrom, Leslie Holleran
Man (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) cursed with immortality works as a New York homicide detective

NSA Innocent
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV/Realtime Prods.
Production Team: Bob Cochran, David Ehrman, Jon Cassar, Joel Surnow, Howard Gordon
Family man winds up recruited by the NSA as a spy within the defense contracting company he works for

Philadelphia General
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Samantha Goodman, Andrew Stern, Barry Josephson, Eileen Gallagher, Ann McManus, P.J. Hogan
Comedic drama about the lives and loves of a team of nurses in a big-city hospital

Sarah Connor Chronicles
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/C-2 Pictures
Production Team: Josh Friedman, David Nutter, James Middleton, Mario Kassar, Andrew Vajna, Joel Michaels
Based on the characters from the "Terminator" franchise, it follows Connor (Lena Headey) and her son John (Thomas Dekker) in present-day Los Angeles as they fight attackers from the future in a battle for survival of the human race

Supreme Courtships
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV/Adelstein Prods.
Production Team: Gary Tieche, Marty Adelstein, Michael Thorn
Soapy comedic drama about the personal and professional lives of six Supreme Court clerks and the judges they work for

Them
Production Co.: CBS Par TV/Circle of Confusion Prods.
Production Team: Jonathan Mostow, David Eick, John McNamara, David Engel, David Alpert, Lawrence Mattis
Centers on an extraterrestrial sleeper cell that has infiltrated the human race. The cell's mission is compromised when its members begin to express human emotions. Based on the graphic novel

NBC

The Bionic Woman
Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio
Production Team: David Eick, Laeta Kalogridis, Bruno Heller, Michael Dinner
Re-imagination of the 1970s series with focus on women's place in the world today

Chuck
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Josh Schwartz, Chris Fedak, McG, Peter Johnson
Unlikely hero undertakes missions every week while still working at the "Geek Squad"; a comedic Jason Bourne

Ft. Pit
Production Co.: Sony Pictures TV/Apostle
Production Team: Peter Tolan, Michael Chernuchin, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico
Drama with comedic elements set at one of the worst police precincts in Brooklyn with rampant crime where bad cops are sent to live out their careers and rookie cops with no connections are stationed; James Badge Dale, Michael Rispoli co-star

Journeyman
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Kevin Falls, Alex Graves
Epic fantasy about a man who travels back in time to alter and fix the lives of people in trouble, but by recalibrating the past, he sometimes alters the future

Life
Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio
Production Team: Rand Ravich, Farr Shariat, David Semel
Offbeat drama about an ex-cop (Damian Lewis) who rejoins the force after being wrongly imprisoned for years

Lipstick Jungle
Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio
Production Team: DeAnn Heline, Eileen Heisler, Candace Bushnell
Trio of power-hungry, rich professional women will do anything in their power to maintain their status in New York. Based on Bushnell's novel.

M.O.N.Y.
Production Co.: NBC Uni TV Studio/Fatima Prods./Airwaves Entertainment
Production Team: Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson
Surprising and unlikely everyman becomes mayor of New York. He shoots from the gut, makes mistakes and hopefully wins the hearts of the city's residents

Untitled Shore/Blake
Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio
Production Team: David Shore, Peter Blake
Light ensemble drama with procedural elements that centers on a female cop played by Famke Janssen, surrounded by an ensemble cast

CBS

Babylon Fields
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Michael Atkinson, Gerald Cuesta, Michael Cuesta
Sardonic, apocalyptic comedic drama in which the dead are resurrected and try to resume their former lives. As a result, lives are regained, families restored and old wounds are reopened

Demons
Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV
Production Team: Barbara Hall, Joe Roth, Nina Lederman
Ex-Jesuit priest/psychlogist performs exorcisms, fighting the demons in his life and the lives of others

Los Duques
Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV
Production Team: Cynthia Cidre, Jonathan Prince, Polly Anthony, Jimmy Iovine
Follows the lives of three generations of a powerful Latin American family in South Florida who work in the rum business

Protect and Serve
Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio
Production Team: Gary Scott Thompson, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin
Follows the lives of street cops in suburban Los Angeles as they deal with the trials and tribulations of police life on and off the job

Untitled Barry Schindel (presentation)
Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV/Scott Free Prods.
Production Team: Barry Schindel, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David Zucker
Follows the private lives and cases of a team of dedicated public defenders; Janeane Garofalo, Rachel Carpani co-star

Skip Tracer
Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV
Production Team: Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green, Tucker Tooley, Stephen Dorff
Centers on a so-called skip tracer -- a guy who finds people who have tried to disappear -- who works in Los Angeles; Dorff stars

Swingtown
Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV
Production Team: Mike Kelley, Alan Poul
Revolves around married couples in 1970s suburbia who explore partner-swapping and open marriages

Twilight (presentation)
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Trevor Munson, Ron Koslow, Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio
Private investigator/vampire struggles with the repercussions of immortality, vampire adversaries and his love for a mortal

Viva Laughlin!
Production Co.: SPT/BBC Worldwide Prods./CBS Par TV/Seed Prods.
Production Team: Bob Lowry, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Paul Telegdy, Peter Bowker, Gabriele Muccino
Musical about a family man who dreams of opening a casino in Laughlin, Nev. Based on BBC's "Viva Blackpool!"

ABC

Cashmere Mafia
Production Co.: Sony TV/Darren Star Prods.
Production Team: Darren Star, Gail Katz,
Kevin Wade, Susie Fitzgerald
Four successful female executives, friends since college, rely on one another as they juggle the demands of career, family and high ambitions in New York

Dirty Sexy Money
Production Co.: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Craig Wright, Greg Berlanti
Idealistic young lawyer inherits the job of representing a rich, powerful and ethically flexible family after his father's unexpected death

Eli Stone
Production Co.: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Greg Berlanti, Marc Gugenheim
Thirtysomething attorney (Jonny Lee Miller) begins to have larger-than-life visions that compel him to do unusual things; Victor Garber co-stars

Untitled Jon Feldman
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Jon Feldman
Revolves around four high-powered CEOs or CEOs-to-be who socialize at the same exclusive golf club; Michael Vartan stars

Football Wives
Production Co.: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Marco Pennette, Chris Brancato, Bert Salke, Bryan Singer, Maureen Chadwicke, Eileen Gallagher, Ann McManus
U.S. version of the ITV series "Footballers Wives" that focuses on wives of professional football players; Gabrielle Union co-stars

Judy's Got a Gun
Production Co.: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Michelle King, Robert King, Stu Bloomberg
Suburban woman balances being a single mother with being a detective investigating bizarre suburban crimes

Life on Mars
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: David E. Kelley, Stephen Garrett, Jane Featherstone
Detective whose girlfriend has just been kidnapped finds himself transported back to the 1970s. Based on the BBC series

Marlowe
Production Co.: Touchstone TV
Production Team: Sean Bailey, Greg Pruss, Carol Wolper, Dan Platt, Phil Clymer
Procedural crime drama centered on the Philip Marlowe character set in present-day Los Angeles

Untitled Rina Mimoun
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV
Production Team: Rina Mimoun
Revolves around a family of Southern lawyers

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Production Co.: Regency TV/Dutch Oven
Production Team: Simon Kinberg, Doug Liman, Dave Bartis
Based on the hit feature about a married couple who are spies

Pushing Daisies
Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV, Jinks/Cohen Prods.
Production Team: Bryan Fuller, Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
Detective show/romance/fairy tale about a guy who can touch the dead and bring them back to life

Suspect
Production Co.: Sony Pictures TV/25 C Prods.
Production Team: Ed Zuckerman, Guy Ritchie, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly
Stylish, fast-paced procedural drama uncovering the perpetrator by tracing the suspects

Women's Murder Club
Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV
Production Team: Liz Craft, Sarah Fain, Brett Ratner, James Patterson, Joe Simpson, Shawn Ryan
Four girlfriends solve tough murder cases. Based on James Patterson's series of mystery books

Sci-FI

Miniseries Development
Diamond Age
Based on Neal Stephenson’s best-selling novel The Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, this six-hour miniseries is executive produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov of Smokehouse Productions. A prominent member of a conservative futuristic society grows concerned that the culture stifles creativity, and commissions a controversial interactive book for his daughter, which serves as her guide through a surreal alternate world. When the primer’s provocative technology, which adapts to the reader’s responses, falls into the hands of a young innocent, the girl’s life is accidentally reprogrammed with dangerous results. Neal Stephenson will adapt his own novel for this project, the first time the Hugo and Nebula winning author has written for the small screen.

Scripted Development
Avery House
When her husband is offered a job as Dean of a small college, Lee Avery and her family relocate to the quaint New England town of Brighton. Before long, they find the perfect home – a large Victorian estate left vacant for years. Lee believes that with a little hard work, she can convert the house into a flourishing bed and breakfast. Lovely and bucolic as a Norman Rockwell painting, the Avery’s new home seems picture perfect. But before long, Lee discovers that their house may not be as vacant as they had believed. In alternatively enlightening, humorous and often frightening fashion, both guests and family members are confronted by their innermost thoughts, fears and desires, which miraculously come to life in Avery House. But unbeknownst to Lee, the rejuvenation of the old house has sent shockwaves through the town, re-opening old wounds, unearthing long-buried secrets and slowly unraveling the very fabric of the seemingly idyllic hamlet. The two-hour pilot for this mysterious dramedy about wish fulfillment is being produced by Mark Burnett and Tagline Entertainment’s Kelly Kulchak and Ron West; written by Dava Savel. NBC Universal Television Studio serves as the production company.

Untitled Darren Star/ Mike Werb Project
In a world where techno-crime is a greater threat than terrorism, four unlikely convicts are given new identities - and technologically enhanced bodies. Now working for a covert wing of the U.S. Government, their mission is to take on the FBI’s other Top Ten list - emerging threats from science run amok. This sleek 90-minute actioner, where technological breakthroughs cut both ways, will be executive will be executive produced by Mike Werb (Face/Off) and Darren Star (Sex and the City) and written by Mike Werb. Susie Fitzgerald will co-executive produce. Darren Star Productions will produce the project in association with Sony Pictures Television.

Revolution
Alone in an outpost in the farthest reaches of the galaxy, the heroic pioneers of a U.S. space colony find themselves under siege, victims of ever mounting hostilities from their own homeland, Earth. Without being able to clearly distinguish friend from foe, these extraordinary citizens face daring challenges and must rely on their values of service and community to persevere. Ed Redlich (Without A Trace, Shark) and John Bellucci serve as creators, writers and executive producers of this thought-provoking series. Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) is also attached as executive producer and will direct the two-hour pilot. CBS Paramount Network Television is producing the series.

Middletown
A unique small town in Middle America, filled with eccentric characters, becomes the last battlefield for planet Earth in this sly action adventure. When a nefarious – if humorless – race of aliens decide to make Middletown their Ellis Island, a group of homespun, unexpected heroes-in-the-making must band together to stop them. Coke Sams and Matt Lindahl serve as writers with Jerry Offsay executive producing this two-hour pilot for Fox TV Studios.

Johnny Midnight
When an aimless, shiftless and uninspired slacker discovers he possesses unique powers, which can keep the world safe from malevolent forces, our reluctant hero must make a hard choice to embrace or abandon his remarkable craft. Guess which way he’s leaning? John Sullivan will write and Howard Deutch (The Replacements) will executive produce and direct the two-hour pilot for this quirky, human dramedy.

Starcrossed
In the tradition of The Larry Sanders Show, Starcrossed, a high touch, high-tech comedy, obliterates the fourth wall with its behind-the-scenes antics. Throwing in a bitter dose of Galaxy Quest cynicism for good measure, David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis) will draw on his own experiences to pen this quirky half-hour about life behind the camera at a long-running sci-fi space soap. Jane Loughman and John G. Lenic are serving as executive producers, with NBC Universal Television Studio on board as the production entity.

umbongo · 25-02-2007, 12:51

Them, Babylon Fields and Demons sound great, but the rest? Blah. What is with all of these legal and cop dramas?!

The Untitled Darren Star Project, Revolution and Middletown also sound very promising.

spaintv · 25-02-2007, 13:28

No1 up for commenting? lol

Dancc · 25-02-2007, 14:39

NSA Innocent, Them and Babylon Fields sound good. But it's quite a poor list this year really. Bit disappointed.

quackaquacka · 25-02-2007, 14:47

There's an awful lot based on British shows!

A lot of them sound a bit rubbish, really, but I quite like the sound of Pushing Daisies, Babylon Fields and NSA Innocent.

Mr Baxter · 25-02-2007, 16:00

Reaper sounds like axed shows called 'Brimstone' and 'The Collector'

umbongo · 25-02-2007, 16:07

^ Not to mention Dead Like Me!

Chief_Wahoo · 25-02-2007, 16:14

Just from the vague plot descriptions,I would like to see how the following pan out......

Reaper (sounds scarily like Constantine though,one of the worst movies ever made)
Wild At Heart (US)
Canterbury's Law
The Cure
Them
The Bionic Woman
Journeyman (although it sounds a bit too much like Quantum Leap)
Lipstick Jungle (could be classic lowbrow trash!)
MONY
Demons (will battle it out with Reaper as to which series gets made)
Cashmere Mafia (see Lipstick Jungle!)
Football Wives
Womens Murder Club (surely a change of name will be in the offing?)
Middletown( I was a big fan of 'V' when it came out)
Johnny Midnight
Starcrossed

Thanks for the info.I will keep an eye out and hopefully download a few shows.Any idea when they will be aired?

Squiggle · 25-02-2007, 16:18

I see a pattern here. Apparently many of you are into SciFi type shows.

Hey, whatever floats your boat.

I'm kinda of looking forward to seeing Denis Leary's productions. You know that his take will be different and subversive. There's some other ones that I am curious about, but the Denis Leary ones are high on my list to check out if they are given the green light.

Delta2113 · 29-07-2007, 12:34

K-ville!

umpa lumpa · 29-07-2007, 12:42

K-ville and Journeyman sound god to me.

Delta2113 · 02-08-2007, 21:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Delta2113

K-ville!

- I see five agree with my choice!

Fox Mulder · 02-08-2007, 23:08

Bionic Woman re imagination WTF ,my guess it will be canned after 2 episodes,can't see Michelle McManus being kept on even if it survives to a second season, Via Loughlin may do well though.

rayofsunshine · 03-08-2007, 09:01

i can imagine wild at heart US being shown as Wild at heart UK has been broadcasted in a lot of different countries, even though its a sunday night sit down slot. I would like to see how Gossip Girl works out.

bradleyspencer1 · 03-08-2007, 09:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fox Mulder

Bionic Woman re imagination WTF ,my guess it will be canned after 2 episodes,can't see Michelle McManus being kept on even if it survives to a second season....

Michelle McManus?? Aint she the fat Scottish bird who won Pop Idol or whatever it was?

77amy77 · 03-08-2007, 10:46

Pushing Daisies is fantastic, but may prove a little too quirky to get high ratings.

From what I've heard so far, I don't think there are any shows this season that are guaranteed successes.

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spaintv Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gibraltar (UK Territory) EU Services: UK / Spain / Gibraltar / SKY Posts: 1,856	TV Pilots 2007 -8 Season US Tv bosses are already looking through an extensive list of TV pilots in an attempt to find the next BIG Hit for the upcoming 2007/8 season. Here is a listing by network. What do you all think? Which Pilots would you like to see becominging fully fledged TV shows? Which ones have a ridiculous premise? THE CW Gossip Girl Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/Alloy Production Team: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Bob Levy, Leslie Morgenstein Based on the best-selling book series about the lives of rich youngsters and their parents in New York City Gravity (presentation) Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV/DreamWorks TV Production Team: Caleb Kane, Charles Segars, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey Follows in cinema verite style a sexy ensemble of rookie cops and their training officers in Los Angeles beginning with the rookies' first day Reaper Production Co.: Touchstone TV/Mark Gordon Co. Production Team: Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters, Mark Gordon, Deborah Spera Comedic drama about a 21-year-old slacker who becomes the devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls escaped from hell Untitled South Africa Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV/Company Pictures Production Team: Michael Rauch, Charlie Pattinson, George Faber New York veterinarian moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by his father-in-law. Based on the ITV series "Wild at Heart" Untitled Tom Wheeler (presentation) Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/Class IV Production Team: Tom Wheeler, Steve Pearlman, Andrew Plotkin Comedic drama about two cheeky graduate students who use their skills to help solve crimes Fox The Apostles Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Chuck Pratt Cop drama with soapy elements that follows officers in Simi Valley, Calif., in their off-duty time with their families Canterbury's Law Production Co.: Sony Pictures TV/Apostle Production Team: Dave Erickson, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico Rebellious female defense attorney pushes the boundaries of the law to protect innocent clients The Cure Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/Weed Road Pictures Production Team: Patrick Massett, John Zinman, Akiva Goldsman, Stephanie Koff, Brittany Lovett, Danny Cannon Group cuts through the red tape of medical bureaucracy -- often at their own peril -- to get care to those who need it most K-Ville Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Jonathan Lisco Cops in post-Katrina New Orleans face the challenges of enforcing the law in a city whose infrastructure has been completely upended New Amsterdam Production Co.: Regency TV/Scarlet Fire/Sarabande/Laha Production Team: Allan Loeb, Christian Taylor, Steven Pearl, David Manson, Lasse Hallstrom, Leslie Holleran Man (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) cursed with immortality works as a New York homicide detective NSA Innocent Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV/Realtime Prods. Production Team: Bob Cochran, David Ehrman, Jon Cassar, Joel Surnow, Howard Gordon Family man winds up recruited by the NSA as a spy within the defense contracting company he works for Philadelphia General Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Samantha Goodman, Andrew Stern, Barry Josephson, Eileen Gallagher, Ann McManus, P.J. Hogan Comedic drama about the lives and loves of a team of nurses in a big-city hospital Sarah Connor Chronicles Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV/C-2 Pictures Production Team: Josh Friedman, David Nutter, James Middleton, Mario Kassar, Andrew Vajna, Joel Michaels Based on the characters from the "Terminator" franchise, it follows Connor (Lena Headey) and her son John (Thomas Dekker) in present-day Los Angeles as they fight attackers from the future in a battle for survival of the human race Supreme Courtships Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV/Adelstein Prods. Production Team: Gary Tieche, Marty Adelstein, Michael Thorn Soapy comedic drama about the personal and professional lives of six Supreme Court clerks and the judges they work for Them Production Co.: CBS Par TV/Circle of Confusion Prods. Production Team: Jonathan Mostow, David Eick, John McNamara, David Engel, David Alpert, Lawrence Mattis Centers on an extraterrestrial sleeper cell that has infiltrated the human race. The cell's mission is compromised when its members begin to express human emotions. Based on the graphic novel NBC The Bionic Woman Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio Production Team: David Eick, Laeta Kalogridis, Bruno Heller, Michael Dinner Re-imagination of the 1970s series with focus on women's place in the world today Chuck Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Josh Schwartz, Chris Fedak, McG, Peter Johnson Unlikely hero undertakes missions every week while still working at the "Geek Squad"; a comedic Jason Bourne Ft. Pit Production Co.: Sony Pictures TV/Apostle Production Team: Peter Tolan, Michael Chernuchin, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico Drama with comedic elements set at one of the worst police precincts in Brooklyn with rampant crime where bad cops are sent to live out their careers and rookie cops with no connections are stationed; James Badge Dale, Michael Rispoli co-star Journeyman Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Kevin Falls, Alex Graves Epic fantasy about a man who travels back in time to alter and fix the lives of people in trouble, but by recalibrating the past, he sometimes alters the future Life Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio Production Team: Rand Ravich, Farr Shariat, David Semel Offbeat drama about an ex-cop (Damian Lewis) who rejoins the force after being wrongly imprisoned for years Lipstick Jungle Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio Production Team: DeAnn Heline, Eileen Heisler, Candace Bushnell Trio of power-hungry, rich professional women will do anything in their power to maintain their status in New York. Based on Bushnell's novel. M.O.N.Y. Production Co.: NBC Uni TV Studio/Fatima Prods./Airwaves Entertainment Production Team: Tom Fontana, Barry Levinson Surprising and unlikely everyman becomes mayor of New York. He shoots from the gut, makes mistakes and hopefully wins the hearts of the city's residents Untitled Shore/Blake Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio Production Team: David Shore, Peter Blake Light ensemble drama with procedural elements that centers on a female cop played by Famke Janssen, surrounded by an ensemble cast CBS Babylon Fields Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Michael Atkinson, Gerald Cuesta, Michael Cuesta Sardonic, apocalyptic comedic drama in which the dead are resurrected and try to resume their former lives. As a result, lives are regained, families restored and old wounds are reopened Demons Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV Production Team: Barbara Hall, Joe Roth, Nina Lederman Ex-Jesuit priest/psychlogist performs exorcisms, fighting the demons in his life and the lives of others Los Duques Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV Production Team: Cynthia Cidre, Jonathan Prince, Polly Anthony, Jimmy Iovine Follows the lives of three generations of a powerful Latin American family in South Florida who work in the rum business Protect and Serve Production Co.: NBC Universal TV Studio Production Team: Gary Scott Thompson, Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin Follows the lives of street cops in suburban Los Angeles as they deal with the trials and tribulations of police life on and off the job Untitled Barry Schindel (presentation) Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV/Scott Free Prods. Production Team: Barry Schindel, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David Zucker Follows the private lives and cases of a team of dedicated public defenders; Janeane Garofalo, Rachel Carpani co-star Skip Tracer Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV Production Team: Mitchell Burgess, Robin Green, Tucker Tooley, Stephen Dorff Centers on a so-called skip tracer -- a guy who finds people who have tried to disappear -- who works in Los Angeles; Dorff stars Swingtown Production Co.: CBS Paramount Network TV Production Team: Mike Kelley, Alan Poul Revolves around married couples in 1970s suburbia who explore partner-swapping and open marriages Twilight (presentation) Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Trevor Munson, Ron Koslow, Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio Private investigator/vampire struggles with the repercussions of immortality, vampire adversaries and his love for a mortal Viva Laughlin! Production Co.: SPT/BBC Worldwide Prods./CBS Par TV/Seed Prods. Production Team: Bob Lowry, Hugh Jackman, John Palermo, Paul Telegdy, Peter Bowker, Gabriele Muccino Musical about a family man who dreams of opening a casino in Laughlin, Nev. Based on BBC's "Viva Blackpool!" ABC Cashmere Mafia Production Co.: Sony TV/Darren Star Prods. Production Team: Darren Star, Gail Katz, Kevin Wade, Susie Fitzgerald Four successful female executives, friends since college, rely on one another as they juggle the demands of career, family and high ambitions in New York Dirty Sexy Money Production Co.: Touchstone TV Production Team: Craig Wright, Greg Berlanti Idealistic young lawyer inherits the job of representing a rich, powerful and ethically flexible family after his father's unexpected death Eli Stone Production Co.: Touchstone TV Production Team: Greg Berlanti, Marc Gugenheim Thirtysomething attorney (Jonny Lee Miller) begins to have larger-than-life visions that compel him to do unusual things; Victor Garber co-stars Untitled Jon Feldman Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Jon Feldman Revolves around four high-powered CEOs or CEOs-to-be who socialize at the same exclusive golf club; Michael Vartan stars Football Wives Production Co.: Touchstone TV Production Team: Marco Pennette, Chris Brancato, Bert Salke, Bryan Singer, Maureen Chadwicke, Eileen Gallagher, Ann McManus U.S. version of the ITV series "Footballers Wives" that focuses on wives of professional football players; Gabrielle Union co-stars Judy's Got a Gun Production Co.: Touchstone TV Production Team: Michelle King, Robert King, Stu Bloomberg Suburban woman balances being a single mother with being a detective investigating bizarre suburban crimes Life on Mars Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: David E. Kelley, Stephen Garrett, Jane Featherstone Detective whose girlfriend has just been kidnapped finds himself transported back to the 1970s. Based on the BBC series Marlowe Production Co.: Touchstone TV Production Team: Sean Bailey, Greg Pruss, Carol Wolper, Dan Platt, Phil Clymer Procedural crime drama centered on the Philip Marlowe character set in present-day Los Angeles Untitled Rina Mimoun Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV Production Team: Rina Mimoun Revolves around a family of Southern lawyers Mr. & Mrs. Smith Production Co.: Regency TV/Dutch Oven Production Team: Simon Kinberg, Doug Liman, Dave Bartis Based on the hit feature about a married couple who are spies Pushing Daisies Production Co.: Warner Bros. TV, Jinks/Cohen Prods. Production Team: Bryan Fuller, Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen Detective show/romance/fairy tale about a guy who can touch the dead and bring them back to life Suspect Production Co.: Sony Pictures TV/25 C Prods. Production Team: Ed Zuckerman, Guy Ritchie, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly Stylish, fast-paced procedural drama uncovering the perpetrator by tracing the suspects Women's Murder Club Production Co.: 20th Century Fox TV Production Team: Liz Craft, Sarah Fain, Brett Ratner, James Patterson, Joe Simpson, Shawn Ryan Four girlfriends solve tough murder cases. Based on James Patterson's series of mystery books Sci-FI Miniseries Development Diamond Age Based on Neal Stephenson’s best-selling novel The Diamond Age: Or a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, this six-hour miniseries is executive produced by George Clooney and Grant Heslov of Smokehouse Productions. A prominent member of a conservative futuristic society grows concerned that the culture stifles creativity, and commissions a controversial interactive book for his daughter, which serves as her guide through a surreal alternate world. When the primer’s provocative technology, which adapts to the reader’s responses, falls into the hands of a young innocent, the girl’s life is accidentally reprogrammed with dangerous results. Neal Stephenson will adapt his own novel for this project, the first time the Hugo and Nebula winning author has written for the small screen. Scripted Development Avery House When her husband is offered a job as Dean of a small college, Lee Avery and her family relocate to the quaint New England town of Brighton. Before long, they find the perfect home – a large Victorian estate left vacant for years. Lee believes that with a little hard work, she can convert the house into a flourishing bed and breakfast. Lovely and bucolic as a Norman Rockwell painting, the Avery’s new home seems picture perfect. But before long, Lee discovers that their house may not be as vacant as they had believed. In alternatively enlightening, humorous and often frightening fashion, both guests and family members are confronted by their innermost thoughts, fears and desires, which miraculously come to life in Avery House. But unbeknownst to Lee, the rejuvenation of the old house has sent shockwaves through the town, re-opening old wounds, unearthing long-buried secrets and slowly unraveling the very fabric of the seemingly idyllic hamlet. The two-hour pilot for this mysterious dramedy about wish fulfillment is being produced by Mark Burnett and Tagline Entertainment’s Kelly Kulchak and Ron West; written by Dava Savel. NBC Universal Television Studio serves as the production company. Untitled Darren Star/ Mike Werb Project In a world where techno-crime is a greater threat than terrorism, four unlikely convicts are given new identities - and technologically enhanced bodies. Now working for a covert wing of the U.S. Government, their mission is to take on the FBI’s other Top Ten list - emerging threats from science run amok. This sleek 90-minute actioner, where technological breakthroughs cut both ways, will be executive will be executive produced by Mike Werb (Face/Off) and Darren Star (Sex and the City) and written by Mike Werb. Susie Fitzgerald will co-executive produce. Darren Star Productions will produce the project in association with Sony Pictures Television. Revolution Alone in an outpost in the farthest reaches of the galaxy, the heroic pioneers of a U.S. space colony find themselves under siege, victims of ever mounting hostilities from their own homeland, Earth. Without being able to clearly distinguish friend from foe, these extraordinary citizens face daring challenges and must rely on their values of service and community to persevere. Ed Redlich (Without A Trace, Shark) and John Bellucci serve as creators, writers and executive producers of this thought-provoking series. Simon West (Lara Croft: Tomb Raider) is also attached as executive producer and will direct the two-hour pilot. CBS Paramount Network Television is producing the series. Middletown A unique small town in Middle America, filled with eccentric characters, becomes the last battlefield for planet Earth in this sly action adventure. When a nefarious – if humorless – race of aliens decide to make Middletown their Ellis Island, a group of homespun, unexpected heroes-in-the-making must band together to stop them. Coke Sams and Matt Lindahl serve as writers with Jerry Offsay executive producing this two-hour pilot for Fox TV Studios. Johnny Midnight When an aimless, shiftless and uninspired slacker discovers he possesses unique powers, which can keep the world safe from malevolent forces, our reluctant hero must make a hard choice to embrace or abandon his remarkable craft. Guess which way he’s leaning? John Sullivan will write and Howard Deutch (The Replacements) will executive produce and direct the two-hour pilot for this quirky, human dramedy. Starcrossed In the tradition of The Larry Sanders Show, Starcrossed, a high touch, high-tech comedy, obliterates the fourth wall with its behind-the-scenes antics. Throwing in a bitter dose of Galaxy Quest cynicism for good measure, David Hewlett (Stargate Atlantis) will draw on his own experiences to pen this quirky half-hour about life behind the camera at a long-running sci-fi space soap. Jane Loughman and John G. Lenic are serving as executive producers, with NBC Universal Television Studio on board as the production entity.

25-02-2007, 16:18	#9
Squiggle Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,665	I see a pattern here. Apparently many of you are into SciFi type shows. Hey, whatever floats your boat. I'm kinda of looking forward to seeing Denis Leary's productions. You know that his take will be different and subversive. There's some other ones that I am curious about, but the Denis Leary ones are high on my list to check out if they are given the green light. Last edited by Squiggle : 25-02-2007 at 16:21.

25-02-2007, 12:51	#2
umbongo Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,216	Them, Babylon Fields and Demons sound great, but the rest? Blah. What is with all of these legal and cop dramas?! The Untitled Darren Star Project, Revolution and Middletown also sound very promising.

25-02-2007, 13:28	#3
spaintv Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Gibraltar (UK Territory) EU Services: UK / Spain / Gibraltar / SKY Posts: 1,856	No1 up for commenting? lol

25-02-2007, 14:39	#4
Dancc Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Northamptonshire Services: Freeview, Virgin Broadband, Xbox Live Posts: 19,339	NSA Innocent, Them and Babylon Fields sound good. But it's quite a poor list this year really. Bit disappointed.

25-02-2007, 14:47	#5
quackaquacka Forum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Preparing for The Fishcake War Services: Shoelace tying, meditation, following SatNav instructions and Going West Posts: 9,169	There's an awful lot based on British shows! A lot of them sound a bit rubbish, really, but I quite like the sound of Pushing Daisies, Babylon Fields and NSA Innocent.

25-02-2007, 16:00	#6
Mr Baxter Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 131	Reaper sounds like axed shows called 'Brimstone' and 'The Collector'

25-02-2007, 16:07	#7
umbongo Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,216	^ Not to mention Dead Like Me!

25-02-2007, 16:14	#8
Chief_Wahoo Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 778	Just from the vague plot descriptions,I would like to see how the following pan out...... Reaper (sounds scarily like Constantine though,one of the worst movies ever made) Wild At Heart (US) Canterbury's Law The Cure Them The Bionic Woman Journeyman (although it sounds a bit too much like Quantum Leap) Lipstick Jungle (could be classic lowbrow trash!) MONY Demons (will battle it out with Reaper as to which series gets made) Cashmere Mafia (see Lipstick Jungle!) Football Wives Womens Murder Club (surely a change of name will be in the offing?) Middletown( I was a big fan of 'V' when it came out) Johnny Midnight Starcrossed Thanks for the info.I will keep an eye out and hopefully download a few shows.Any idea when they will be aired?

29-07-2007, 12:34	#10
Delta2113 Forum Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dublin Posts: 2,128	K-ville!

29-07-2007, 12:42	#11
umpa lumpa Forum Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: First house Services: 26" Pana hdtv, Sky+ multi, dvd recorder, wii, psn - wizi Posts: 2,686	K-ville and Journeyman sound god to me.

02-08-2007, 23:08	#13
Fox Mulder Banned User Join Date: May 2007 Location: edinburgh Services: no more sky pish tv,bt bb,freeview Posts: 880	Bionic Woman re imagination WTF ,my guess it will be canned after 2 episodes,can't see Michelle McManus being kept on even if it survives to a second season, Via Loughlin may do well though.

03-08-2007, 09:01	#14
rayofsunshine Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Hotel Monica Posts: 922	i can imagine wild at heart US being shown as Wild at heart UK has been broadcasted in a lot of different countries, even though its a sunday night sit down slot. I would like to see how Gossip Girl works out.

03-08-2007, 10:46	#16
77amy77 Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Manchester Services: Sky Digital Posts: 3,462	Pushing Daisies is fantastic, but may prove a little too quirky to get high ratings. From what I've heard so far, I don't think there are any shows this season that are guaranteed successes.