TV Pilots/Development Scorecard
Follow all of the development action during upfront season with Variety Insight’s up-to-the-minute listings of pilot and series orders.
The network-by-network listings for major broadcast and cable channels are searchable by title and genre, and include detailed information on production auspices and creative teams.
| Network | Title | Studio | Eps, Writers, Director | Logline | Status |
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Drama
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THE BIG SKY | A+E Studios,20th Century Fox Television | David E. Kelley (EP, W-Pilot), C.J. Box (Author, EP N/W), Ross Fineman (EP N/W), Matthew Gross (EP N/W), Paul McGuigan (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | In this procedural thriller based on the novel The Highway by CJ Box, private detective Cassie Dewell partners with ex-cop Jenny Hoyt on a search for two sisters who have been kidnapped by a truck driver on a remote highway in Montana. | Series Pick Up |
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Comedy
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ADOPTED | ABC Studios,Kimmelot | Daril Fannin (EP, W-Pilot), Jimmy Kimmel (EP, W-Pilot), Shawn Vance (EP, W-Pilot), Scott Lonker (EP N/W), Marc Buckland (D-Pilot) | When a Green Beret returns home to Texas from military service, he and his family struggle with the challenges of adopting his new brother, a 12-year-old Russian boy. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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BARGATZE, NATE PROJECT | 20th Century Fox Television,Brillstein Entertainment Partners | Nate Bargatze (EP, W-Pilot), Jerrod Carmichael (EP, W-Pilot), Ari Katcher (Co EP, W-Pilot), Dan Shaki (Co EP, W-Pilot), Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (EP, Show Runner), Alex Murray (EP N/W), Tim Sarkes (EP N/W), Drew Goddard (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | Based on the life and comedy of Nate Bargatze, the multi-camera comedy series follows Nate and his wife who choose to move from California to Nate's native Tennessee, where his parents still live, to raise their six-year-old daughter. | Terminated Pilot |
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Comedy
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HOME ECONOMICS | Lionsgate Television,ABC Studios,The Tannenbaum Company | Michael Colton & John Aboud (EP, W-Pilot), Topher Grace (EP N/W), Eric Tannenbaum (EP N/W), Kim Tannenbaum (EP N/W), Peter Atencio (D-Pilot) | A single camera comedy series about three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent, one middle-class, and one barely holding on. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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KAPNEK, EMILY AND HOLLAND, DEAN PROJECT | ABC Studios,Specifica Productions | Emily Kapnek (EP, W-Pilot), Dean Holland (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | A single camera, half hour comedy described as a "love story with a twistรขยย centering on New York City teenager Lennon Cochrane, whose life is turned upside down when she stumbles on a family secret. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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KIDS MATTER NOW | CBS Television Studios,20th Century Fox Television | Shana Goldberg-Meehan (EP, W-Pilot), Christine Gernon (D-Pilot) | In this multi-camera comedy, a diva boss with no patience for working parents adopts a baby and has a change of heart, casting her mother-of-three assistant as an unlikely mentor and upending the office dynamics. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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MY VILLAGE | Sony Pictures Television,ABC Studios | Kari Lizer (EP, W-Pilot), Pamela Fryman (D-Pilot) | An empty-nester mom wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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PROSPECT | ABC Studios | Sherry Bilsing & Ellen Plummer-Kreamer (EP, W-Pilot), Randall Einhorn (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | A comedic western about an idealistic young woman who moves to the frontier to be a schoolteacher. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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VALLEY TRASH | Universal Television,20th Century Fox Television,Fierce Baby Productions | Niki Schwartz-Wright (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), Nahnatchka Khan (EP), Jennifer Carreras (EP N/W), Chris Koch (D-Pilot) | In this single camera comedy, the Harmans, a scrappy, blue collar family living in the deep Valley, suddenly experience a major culture clash when their fourteen-year-old daughter, Abby, gets accepted to a prestigious LA private high school filled with students and parents who want nothing to do with her, her family or their 818 area code. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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WORK WIFE | ABC Studios,Ryan Seacrest Productions,Milojo Productions | David Windsor & Casey Johnson (EP, W-Pilot), Albert Bianchini (EP N/W), Mark Consuelos (EP N/W), Kelly Ripa (EP N/W), Ryan Seacrest (EP N/W), Andrea Shay (EP N/W), Nina Wass (EP N/W), Todd Holland (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | In this single camera comedy inspired by the real-life partnerships of producers Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest and writers Casey Johnson and David Windsor, WORK WIFE tells the story of a platonic male/female team whose professional success, personal friendship and ability to share deodorant makes their lives work. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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HARLEM'S KITCHEN | ABC Studios,Mandeville Films | Zahir McGhee (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), David Hoberman (EP N/W), Todd Lieberman (EP N/W), Marcus Samuelsson (EP N/W), Laurie Zaks (EP N/W), Stephen Williams (D-Pilot) | An ensemble family drama set in a fine dining restaurant in Harlem. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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NPS | 20th Century Fox Television,A+E Studios | Kevin Costner (EP, W-Pilot), Aaron Helbing (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), Jon S. Baird (EP N/W), Ivan Cohen (EP N/W), Ken Halsband (EP N/W), Rod Lake (EP N/W) | The elite special agents of the Investigative Services Branch are tasked with solving the most complex and heinous crimes committed within the diverse and majestic National Parks of the ISBรขยยs Pacific West region. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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NYPD BLUE | ABC Studios,20th Century Fox Television | Matt Olmstead & Nicholas Wootton (EP, W-Pilot), Jesse Bochco (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | The new series follows Andy Sipowiczรขยยs son, Theo, as he tries to earn his detective shield and work in the 15th squad while investigating his fatherรขยยs murder. | Terminated Pilot |
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Drama
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REBEL | Sony Pictures Television,ABC Studios,Davis Entertainment,Trip the Light Productions | Krista Vernoff (EP, W-Pilot), Erin Brockovich-Ellis (EP N/W), John Davis (EP N/W), John Fox (EP N/W), Alexandre Schmitt (EP N/W), Tara Nicole Weyr (D-Pilot) | REBEL is inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich today. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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THE BRIDES | Warner Bros. Television,ABC Studios,Berlanti Productions | Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (EP, W-Pilot), Greg Berlanti (EP N/W), Sarah Schechter (EP N/W), Maggie Kiley (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | A sexy contemporary reimagining of รขยยDracula,รขยย THE BRIDES is a family drama with a trio of powerful female leads at its heart. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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THIRTYSOMETHING(ELSE) | ABC Studios,MGM Television,Bedford Falls Company | Marshall Herskovitz (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), Edward Zwick (D-Pilot, EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot) | A sequel to the groundbreaking series รขยยthirtysomething,รขยย the show will follow an ensemble of new faces playing the grown-up, 30-something children of the original cast. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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TRIAGE | 20th Century Fox Television,Erica Messer Productions,OutEast Entertainment | Caitlin Foito (EP N/W), Courtney Hazlett (EP N/W), Steven Marrs (EP N/W), Jon Chu (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | A character-driven medical drama that follows a pioneering surgeon, Finley Briar, over three distinct decades at the same hospital. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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TRIANGLE | ABC Studios,Random Hill Productions | Jon Harmon Feldman (EP, W-Pilot), Sonny Postiglione (EP, W-Pilot), Jennifer Gwartz (EP N/W), McG (D-Pilot) | What if the Bermuda Triangle was not a watery grave in the middle of the ocean, but a land lost in time that has trapped travelers over the course of human history? When a family is shipwrecked in this strange land, they must band together with a group of like-minded inhabitants -- from throughout history -- to survive and somehow find a way home. | Terminated Pilot |
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Drama
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WRECKAGE | ABC Studios,Timberman/Beverly Productions,Black Lamb | Jacquie Walters (Co EP, W-Pilot), Carl Beverly (EP N/W), Mark Martin (EP N/W), Keith Samples (EP N/W), Sarah Timberman (EP N/W), Marc Webb (D-Pilot, EP) | On the surface, Lillian Linden looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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B POSITIVE | Warner Bros. Television,Chuck Lorre Productions | Marco Pennette (EP, W-Pilot), Chuck Lorre (EP), James Burrows (D-Pilot) | The comedy is about a therapist and newly divorced dad who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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CLARICE | CBS Television Studios,MGM Television,Secret Hideout | Alex Kurtzman (EP, W-Pilot), Jenny Lumet (EP, W-Pilot), Heather Kadin (EP N/W), Maja Vrvilo (D-Pilot) | A deep dive into the untold personal story of brilliant and vulnerable FBI Agent Clarice Starling as she returns to the field in 1993, six months after the events of รขยยThe Silence of the Lambs. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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THE EQUALIZER | CBS Television Studios,Universal Television,Davis Entertainment,Martin Chase Productions,Flavor Unit Entertainment | Andrew W. Marlowe & Terri Miller (EP, W-Pilot), Shakim Compere (EP N/W), John Davis (EP N/W), John Fox (EP N/W), Queen Latifah (EP N/W), Richard Lindheim (EP N/W), Debra Martin Chase (EP N/W), Liz Friedlander (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | A reimagining of the classic series starring Academy Award nominee and multi-hyphenate Queen Latifah (รขยยChicago,รขยย รขยยBessieรขยย) as an enigmatic woman with a mysterious background who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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THE LINCOLN LAWYER | CBS Television Studios,A+E Studios | David E. Kelley (EP, W-Pilot), Ross Fineman (EP N/W), Adam Bernstein (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | Based on the series of bestselling novels by Michael Connelly, the show will center around Mickey Haller, an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car, as he takes on cases big and small across the expansive city of Los Angeles. | Terminated Series |
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Comedy
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GHOSTS | Lionsgate Television,CBS Television Studios,BBC Studios Los Angeles,Monumental Pictures | Joe Port & Joe Wiseman (EP, W-Pilot), Mathew Baynton (EP), Simon Farnaby (EP), Martha Howe-Douglas (EP), Jim Howick (EP), Laurence Rickard (EP), Ben Willbond (EP), Alison Carpenter (EP N/W), Debra Hayward (EP N/W), Alison Owen (EP N/W), Angie Stephenson (EP N/W) | In this single camera comedy, a struggling young coupleรขยยs dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find itรขยยs both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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JURY DUTY | CBS Television Studios,Big Talk Productions | Stephanie Furman Darrow (EP, W-Pilot), Dana Klein (EP, W-Pilot), James Acaster (EP N/W), Kenton Allen (EP N/W), Matthew Justice (EP N/W), Christine Gernon (D-Pilot) | In this hybrid comedy, a group of jurors are sequestered together until they all agree on a verdictรขยยฆand they canรขยยt even agree on lunch. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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KINGSBURY/DALEY/GOLDSTEIN PROJECT | CBS Television Studios,Kapital Entertainment,TrillTV | John Francis Daley (EP, W-Pilot), Jonathan Goldstein (EP, W-Pilot), Corinne Kingsbury (EP, W-Pilot), Dana Honor (EP N/W), Aaron Kaplan (EP N/W), Wendi Trilling (EP N/W), Pamela Fryman (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | In this multi-camera comedy, when Penelopeรขยยs career takes off at exactly the same time as her husbandรขยยs, they call on Penelopeรขยยs young single mom, Georgia, to help raise their son, but what they find is Georgia needs more raising than their kid. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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THE BIG BAD WOLFES | Universal Television | Max Mutchnick & David Kohan (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot) | In this multi-camera comedy, Frankie Wolfe is an unfiltered, irreverent, powerful businesswoman with no personal life. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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THE THREE OF US | CBS Television Studios,Fulwell 73 | Frank Pines (EP, W-Pilot), James Corden (EP N/W), Jeff Grosvenor (EP N/W), Ben Winston (EP N/W), Mark Cendrowski (D-Pilot) | In this multi-camera comedy, adult siblings who are children of divorce must circle the wagons when their sisterรขยยs husband unexpectedly announces he wants to call it quits on their marriage. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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THE UNITED STATES OF AL | Warner Bros. Television,Chuck Lorre Productions,BoomGen Studios | Maria Ferrari (EP, W-Pilot), David Goetsch (EP, W-Pilot), Chuck Lorre (EP), Reza Aslan (EP N/W), Mahyad Tousi (EP N/W), Mark Cendrowski (D-Pilot) | A comedy about the friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life in Ohio, and Awalmir (Al), the Afghan interpreter who served with his unit and has just arrived to start a new life in America. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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GOOD SAM | CBS Television Studios,Sutton Street Productions | Katie Wech (EP, W-Pilot), Jennie Snyder Urman (EP), Joanna Klein (EP N/W) | A talented yet stifled surgeon embraces her leadership role after her renowned and pompous boss falls into a coma. | Pilot Pick Up |
