Pilot Orders: CBS (2008-09)

Other network pilots: ABC, NBC, Fox, CW

(w) = writer (d) = director

DRAMA

TITLE: Can Openers (pilot presentation)
STUDIO: Sony Pictures TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Elle Johnson (w), Jim Serpico, Tom Seliti, Clark Johnson (d)
SYNOPSIS: Centers on a twenty-something woman (Lauren Lee Smith) and her fellow residents who fight to survive the intensely competitive boys club that is the seven-year neurosurgical residency.
CAST: Lauren Lee Smith, Omar Gooding, Jay Hernandez, Eion Bailey, Ben Feldman

TITLE: Untitled Geena Davis
STUDIO: Paramount Network TV/ABC Studiso
PRODUCTION TEAM: Jeff Bell (w), Gene Stein, Nina Wass, Marc Buckland
SYNOPSIS: Geena Davis stars as a quirky homicide detective on the mean streets of Manhattan who also is a single mom to two kids in the Long Island suburbs.
CAST: Geena Davis, Matthew Lillard, Rosie Perez, Ramon Rodriguez

TITLE: Eleventh Hour
STUDIO: Jerry Bruckheimer Television/Warner Bros./Granada
PRODUCTION TEAM: Mick Davis (w), Jonathan Littman, Jerry Bruckheimer, Danny Cannon (d), Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff
SYNOPSIS: A special science adviser to the government saves people from the worst abuses of science.
CAST: Rufus Sewell, Marley Shelton

TITLE: Harper's Island (presentation)
STUDIO: CBS Paramount Network TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Ari Schlossberg (w), Jon Turteltaub (d), Karim Zriek, Dan Shotz
SYNOPSIS: A horror story unfolds over the course of a season as a group of friends
meet on an island off the Seattle coast for a destination wedding.
CAST: Elaine Cassidy, Ryan Merriman, Samantha Noble

TITLE: The Meant to Be's (presentation)
STUDIO: CBS Paramount Network TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Glenn Gordon Caron (w)
SYNOPSIS: Romantic drama about a young woman (Amy Smart) who dies, but in order to "pass over," she must return to Earth and help people improve their lives.
CAST: Amy Smart, Ioan Gruffudd

TITLE: The Mentalist
STUDIO: Warner Bros. TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Bruno Heller (w), David Nutter (d)
SYNOPSIS: A mentalist (Simon Baker) uses his skills of observation to solve crimes as an independent detective working with the police.
CAST: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Owain Yeoman, Shaun Toub, Amanda Righetti, Tim Kang

TITLE: Mythological Ex
STUDIO: 20th Century Fox TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Diane Ruggiero (w), Jonathan Levin, Timothy Busfield (d)
SYNOPSIS: After learning from a psychic that she already has dated the man she's supposed to marry, a woman (Elizabeth Reaser) revisits all her past relationships in the hopes of finding him; based on an Israeli format.
CAST: Elizabeth Reaser, Rachel Boston

TITLE: Ny-Lon (presentation)
STUDIO: ABC Studios
PRODUCTION TEAM: Patti Carr (w), Lara Runnels (w), Rob Pursey, Armyan Bernstein, Laurie Zaks, Chris Coelen, Larry Shaw (d)
SYNOPSIS: A female New York record store clerk (Elisha Cuthbert) and a male London stock broker (Will Kemp) embark on a cross-continental romance -- based on a British series.
CAST: Elisha Cuthbert, Will Kemp, Caterina Scorsone, Johnny Whitworth

TITLE: The Tower (presentation)
STUDIO: CBS Paramount Network TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Meredith Stiehm (w), Davis Guggenheim (d)
SYNOPSIS: A group of Chicago reporters treat breaking news as cases to be both investigated and solved.
CAST: Cole Hauser, CCH Pounder, Marcia Gay Harden, Denis O'Hare

TITLE: Flashpoint (series order)
STUDIO: CTV/Avmar Entertainment/Pink Sky Entertainment
PRODUCTION TEAM: Stephanie Morgenstern. Anne Marie La Traverse, Mark Ellis, Bill Mustos
SYNOPSIS: A struggling artist is recruited by a secret agency to fight comic book-type villains; developed by and shared with
Canada's CTV.

COMEDY

TITLE: Untitled Mike Birbiglia's
STUDIO: CBS Paramount Network TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Mike Birbiglia, Andrew Secunda (w), Gina Mathews, Grant Scharbo,
Rob Greenberg (d)
SYNOPSIS: Birbiglia stars as a stand-up comedian who lives with his girlfriend in Brooklyn and struggles in his efforts to be a grown up, have a relationship, and do the right things in his daily life; based on
Birbiglia's blog.
CAST: Mike Birbiglia, Christine Woods, Bob Odenkirk, Phil Hendrie, Frances Conroy

TITLE: My Best Friend's Girl
STUDIO: Sony Pictures Television
PRODUCTION TEAM: Mike Sikowitz (w), Chris Koch (d)
SYNOPSIS: The relationship between two male best friends becomes complicated when one starts dating the other's ex-wife.
CAST: Tim Peper, Josh Cooke, Kristin Booth, Eric Ladin

TITLE: Oldyweds
STUDIO: Warner Bros. TV
PRODUCTION TEAM: Shana Goldberg-Meehan
SYNOPSIS: A couple in their mid-30s get engaged and find that getting married can be more complicated when you already have a full life.

TITLE: Single White Millionaire
STUDIO: Warner Bros. Television
PRODUCTION TEAM: Ricky Blitt (w)
SYNOPSIS: Multi-camera comedy about an unassuming millionaire (Fred Savage) in his thirties who is ready to settle down.
CAST: Fred Savage, Lance Barber, Zach Mills, Brooke D'Orsay, Rick Peters

TITLE: Untitled Ed Yeager
STUDIO: ABC Studios
PRODUCTION TEAM: Ed Yeager, Ric Swartzlander
SYNOPSIS: A middle-class dad (Jay Mohr) tries to navigate new waters with his kids, his ex (Paula Marshall) and his newfound romantic life with his girlfriend (Jaime King).
CAST: Jay Mohr, Paula Marshall, Jaime King

TITLE: Worst Week
STUDIO: Universal Media Studios, U.K.'s Hat Trick Prods.
PRODUCTION TEAM: Matt Tarses (w), Marc Buckland (d), Jimmy Mulville, Adam Bernstein (d)
SYNOPSIS: Young couple must navigate the politics of their soon-to-be in-laws during a family holiday -- based on the BBC series "The Worst Week of My Life."
CAST: Kyle Bornheimer, Erinn Hayes, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Lenehan, Jay Malone

**"The Kingdom" and "Ex Life" are no longer going forward at CBS

 

Comments

[Mark Hill]

To bad CBS did not green light "The Bigg Family" it would of deffantly replaced 2 1/2 Men as # 1 Sitcom

[Sam]

The Kingdom is no longer going forward? That one sounded awesome (and the best of the CBS pilots). That's too bad.

Eleventh Hour and Flashpoint sound great. Harper's Island could be good.

[cok]

The Mentalist = cheap ripoff of USA's PSYCH...

[Katie]

I like the sound of EXIT 19, it'll be interesting to see Matthew Lillard in a television show and Geena Davis is always good to watch.

[Luis PJ]

The Meant to Be's has good quality to be a semi-spin of ghost whisper.

Can Openers could use a name change but it ain't no 3lbs...

Ny-Lon & The Towers have my heart and hope they get added.

I also hope that maybe CBS gose in the steps of FOX and make some of there programs two in one television season...like what they do with Prison Break in the fall and 24 in the spring...or something of that nature and don't be afraid to invest in summer programing but none of that simple junk.

[M]

They dumped Jericho for these boring rehashes? I don't see anything particularly new or original in this list.

[Sam]

Awesome CBS picked up everything I wanted them too.

[Neva]

I won't be watching much of CBS, as they dumped my 2 shows, Moonlight and Jericho. When you have something that people want to watch, you cancel it. WHY!!!

[megan]

Oh my gosh what is up with writers....First one show is a total rip off of psych on USA...Get your own ideas not to mention we keep stealing British TV shows...Not that im against British TV its just sad that the writers cant come up with there own orginal ideas....NO MORE COP SHOWS!!!!! I mean we have enough and those are good ones...Focus on those and write something else.....

[Jason]

This information is, but it would be really helpful to know who the Casting Directors are for each pilot... or a TBD if no one is set yet.