Drama
Babylon Fields (20th Century Fox TV)
Executive producer: Michael Cuesta
Supervising producers/writers: Gerald Cuesta, Michael Atkinson
Director: Michael Cuesta
Premise: 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
Cast:
· Amber Tamblyn as Janine Wunch
· Jamey Sheridan as Ernie Wunch
· Kathy Baker as Shirley Wunch
· Leila Arcieri as Aimee Stanley
· Ray Stevenson as Carl Tiptree
Demons (CBS Paramount)
Exec Producers: Barbara Hall, Joe Roth, Nina Lederman
Writer: Barbara Hall
Director: Mick Jackson
Premise: Ex-Jesuit priest/psychlogist performs exorcisms, fighting the demons in his life and the lives of others
Cast:
· David Clayton Rogers as Conrad
· Harold Perrineau as Mitch
· Jaime Murray as Rebecca
· Ron Eldard as Gus
The Man (CBS Par TV)
Exec producer: Anthony Zuiker
Producers: LL Cool J, Jason Barrett
Writer: Anthony Zuiker
Director: Simon West
Premise: Drama about an undercover l.a.p.d. cop who spends the nights running sting operations to break criminal rings and the days raising his three adopted kids - an abused boy with an aggression problem, a former streetwalker girl he put in community college and a skateboarder boy who is a recovering drug addict
Cast:
· David Castro as Kiko
· Domenick Lombardozzi as Cueball
· Jessica Collins as Constance Brielle
· LL Cool J as Manny "The Man" Baxter
· Melinda Clarke as Lt. Brooke McClusky
· Mia Maestro as Dr. Lola Fiero
Protect and Serve (NBC Universal)
Exec Producer: Gary Scott Thompson
Writers: Mark Gibson, Phillip Halprin
Director: Sergio Mimica-Gezzan
Premise: 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
Cast:
· Dean Cain as Mike Borelli
· Eric Balfour as Paul Grogan
· Jessica Pare as Hope Cook
· Monica Potter as Lizzie Borelli
· Steve Harris as Dennis Harvey
· Tamala Jones as Sharon Harvey
· Thad Luckinbill as Tim "Cookie the Rookie" Cook
· Victoria Cartagena as Anita Esparza
Skip Tracer (CBS Paramount)
Exec Producers: Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess, Stephen Dorff, Tucker Tooley
Writers: Robin Green, Mitchell Burgess
Director: Stephen Frears
Premise: Centers on a so-called skip tracer -- a guy who finds people who have tried to disappear -- who works in Los Angeles; Dorff stars
Cast:
· Beverly D'Angelo as Donna King
· Diedrich Bader as Parker Tuffey
· Jackie Burroughs as Florence
· Martha Higareda as Jennifer
· Stephen Dorff as Skip Tracer
Exec Producers: Mike Kelley, Alan Poul
Writer: Mike Kelley
Director: Alan Poul
Premise: Revolves around married couples in 1970s suburbia who explore partner-swapping and open marriages
Cast:
· Aaron Howles as Bruce "B.J." Miller, Jr.
· Brittany Robertson as Samantha Saxton
· Grant Show as Tom Decker
· Jack Davenport as Bruce Miller
· Josh Hopkins as Roger Thompson
· Kyle Searles as Logan Rhode
· Lana Parrilla as Trina Decker
· Miriam Shor as Jill Thompson
· Molly Parker as Gail Sexton
· Shanna Collins as Laurie Miller
Twilight (Warner Bros. TV) *presentation
Exec Producers: Trevor Munson, Ron Koslow, Joel Silver, Gerard Bocaccio
Writers: Trevor Munson, Ron Koslow
Director: Rod Holcomb
Premise: A private investigator/vampire struggles with the repercussions of immortality, his adversaries in the vampire world, and the love he feels for a mortal.
Cast:
· Alex O'Laughlin as Mick
· Amber Valletta as Corinne
· Rade Sherbedgia as Josef
· Shannon Lucio as Beth
Exec Producers: Cynthia Cidre, Jonathan Prince, Polly Anthony, Jimmy Iovine
Writer: Cynthia Cidre
Director: Christian Duguay
Premise: The third project will put Smits back in front of the camera, a CBS Paramount/ABC Television Studio co-production for CBS currently known as the "Untitled Cynthia Cidre Project" in which Smits and El Sendero Productions has agreed to come on board to both star and produce. Written by Cynthia Cidre ("Mambo Kings," "A Killing In A Small Town") who will also produce the pilot along with Jonathan Prince, this multi-generational, Latin family saga explores the evolution of the American Dream ... past, present and future, and the intense rivalry between two families who have built an empire in the sugar and rum industries. Also serving as producers are Cidre, Prince, Polly Anthony and Jimmy Iovine.
Cast:
· Alona Tal as Rebecca King
· Eddie Matos as Henry Duque
· Hector Elizondo as Pancho Duque
· Jimmy Smits as Alex Vega
· Lina Esco as Katie Vega
· Michael Trevino as Jaime Vega
· Nestor Carbonell as Frank Duque
· Paola Turbay as Isabel Vega
· Polly Walker as Ellis Samuels
· Rita Moreno as Amalia Duque
· Sam Carmen as Artie Vega
Untitled Barry Schindel project [Law Dogs] (CBS Paramount) *presentation
Exec Producers: Barry Schindel, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David Zucker
Writer: Barry Schindel
Director: Adam Bernstein
Premise: Ensemble drama about the lives, relationships, cases and careers of a team of public defenders.
Cast:
· Janeane Garofalo as Gloria Fontaine
· Josh Cooke as Matt Harper
· Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Evan Marlowe
· Rachael Carpani as Carly Owen
Exec Producers: Bob Lowry, Hugh Jackman, Paul Talegdy, John Palermo, Peter Bowker
Writer: Bob Lowry
Premise: Musical drama following Ripley Holden and his family as they attempt to run a casino in Laughlin, Nev.
Cast:
· Carter Jenkins as Jack Holden
· D.B. Woodside as Marcus Henckman
· Ellen Woglom as Cheyenne Holden
· Eric Winter as Peter Carlyle
· Hugh Jackman as Guest Star
· Lloyd Owen as Ripley Holden
· Madchen Amick as Natalie Holden
· Melanie Griffith as Bunny Baxter
· P.J. Byrne as Jonesy
COMEDY
1321 Clover (CBS Paramount)
Exec Producers: Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh
Writers: Paul Corrigan, Brad Walsh
Director: Walt Becker
Premise: Documentary style laffer about a typical suburban family.
Cast:
· Amanda Detmer as Sharon
· Logan Grove as Tyler
· Paul F. Thompkins as Rob
Atlanta (CBS Par TV) *cast contingent
Exec producer: Paul Reiser
Writer: Paul Reiser
Director: Harold Ramis
Premise: Two people who first meet each other at a funeral - and now can't seem to stay away from each other
Cast:
· Christine Woods as Angela
· Dondre Whitfield as Marcus
· Freddie Prinze, Jr. as Eric
· Leslie Bibb as Jessica
The Big Bang Theory (Warner Bros. Television)
Exec Producers: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady
Writers: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady
Director: James Burrows
Premise: Comedy about two brilliant theoretical physicists who meet a woman who shows them how little they know about real life
Cast:
· Iris Bahr as Gilda
· Jim Parsons as Sheldon
· Johnny Galecki as Leonard
· Kaley Cuoco as Penny
· Kunal Nayyar as Koothrappali
· Simon Helberg as Wolowitz
The Captain (CBS Paramount)
Exec Producer: John Hamburg
Writer: John Hamburg
Director: John Hamburg
Premise: Single-camera comedy about a young writer whose life changes when he moves into a legendary old hollywood apartment building
Cast:
· Al Madrigal as Jesus
· Chris Klein as Marty
· Fran Kranz as Josh
· Jeffrey Tambor as Saul
· JoAnna Garcia as Hope
· Raquel Welch as Charlene
· Valerie Azlynn as Astrid
Ex Men (CBS Par TV)
Exec producer: Rob Greenberg
Writer: Rob Greenberg
Director: Rob Greenberg
Premise: A newly single dude who finds support from a gang of more "experienced"' guys.
Giants of Radio (20th Century Fox TV) *presentation
Exec producers: Jason Weiner, Todd Komarnicki, Jon Berg, Matt Weinberg
Writer: Jason Weiner
Director: Jason Weiner
Premise: Ensemble comedy at a radio network
Cast:
· Danny Pudi
· Jackie Tohn
· Jason Winer
· Joel McHale
· Jordan Black
· Missi Pyle
· Phil Hendrie
I’m in Hell (CBS Par TV)
Exec producers: Aron Abrams, Greg Thompson
Producers: Jason Biggs, Peter Kiernan
Writers: Aron Abrams, Greg Thompson
Director: Frank Coraci
Premise: A Wall Street maven who’s killed in a Blackberry-related car accident is assigned to “Hell on Earth” — a new life, devoid of all the trappings of his previous existence and in which Murphy’s Law is always just around the corner.
Cast:
· David Cross as Scott
· Erica Christensen as Jennifer
· Jason Biggs as Nick
· Timm Sharp as Fisher
The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud (ABC TV Studio/CBS Par TV) **cast contingent
Exec producer: Jeff Greenstein
Writer: Jeff Greenstein
Premise: A former literary star has an epihany and opts to pursue optimism rather than cynicism.
Cast:
· Angus Macfadyen as Claude
· Cynthia Watros as Eva
· Erick Avari as Dr. Hakim
· Marisa Tomei as Penelope Cloud
· Nick D'Agosto as Ivy
Stumps of Hollywood (20th Century Fox TV)
Exec Producer: Greg Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum
Writers: Greg Garcia, Alan Kirschenbaum
Director: Todd Holland
Premise: Comedy about three homely siblings in north carolina - identical twin sisters and a brother - who pool their money together to give one of the trio a dramatic makeover and then move to hollywood to take advantage of the pretty one's new looks
Cast:
· Marissa Jeret Winokur as Tammy
· Michael Rapaport as Jack
· Nikki Cox as Crystal Stump
· Tony Gentile as Nathan
Untitled Kohan/Mutchnick project (Warner Bros. Television)
Exect Producers: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick
Writers: David Kohan, Max Mutchnick
Director: James Burrows
Premise: Office buddy comedy about two friends and writing partners, one straight and one gay, and the women who work with them
Cast:
· Brian Austin Green as Noah
· Jay Mohr
· Jessica Capshaw as Melanie
· Vanessa Lengies as Tessa
Untitled Scott Silveri project [Up All Night] (Warner Bros. TV)
Exec producer: Scott Silveri
Writer: Scott Silveri
Director: Andy Ackerman
Premise: Ensemble about the folks who stay awake during the wee hours while the rest of the world sleeps.
Cast:
· Andy Ackerman as Dr. Welles
· J.D. Walsh as Matthew
· John Cho as Andy
· Josh Meyers as Farrelly
· Leslie Grossman as Erika
· Phillip C. Vaden as Ben
· Sarah Wright as Kris
Reality
Pop Dynasty (Triage Entertainment)
Exec producers: Greg Shelton, Halima Rashid, Jamie Foxx, Jermaine Jackson, Marcus King, Steve Kroopnick, Stu Schreiberg
Premise: A potential new "american idol"-esque competition designed to find a new superstar singing family (a la the jacksons)
Cast:
· Jermaine Jackson as Judge
· LaToya Jackson as Judge
· Tito Jackson as Judge
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