Pilots package: Back on auto pilot
Other network 2009-10 pilots: ABC, NBC, Fox
2008-2009 Pilot orders: Fox, CBS, ABC, CW, NBC
(w) = writer (d) = director
Drama
TITLE: Back
STUDIO: CBS Paramount
TEAM: Dean Widenmann (w), Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Mark Pellington (d)
SYNOPSIS: A man returns home to discover he was reported missing eight years earlier, following 9/11. He must reconnect with his family and a world that has moved on without him.
CAST: Skeet Ulrich, Sherry Stringfield, DB Woodside, Emily Meade, Jimmy Jax Pinchak, John C. McGinley
The Eastmans
> Warner Bros. TV
> Margaret Nagle (w), Jason Ensler (d)
> A medical show centered on a complicated family of doctors.
> Saffron Burrows, Jesse Bradford, Gaby Hoffman, Jacqueline Bisset, Donald Sutherland, David Wilson Barnes
The Good Wife
> CBS Paramount
> Robert King (w), Michelle King (w), Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, David Zucker, Charles McDougall (d)
> Female-driven law show about a politician's wife who pursues her original career as a defense attorney.
> Julianna Margulies, Archie Panjabi, Christine Baranski, Chris Noth, Matt Czuchry, Josh Charles, Graham Phillips
House Rules
> ABC Studios
> Michael Seitzman (w), Mark Gordon, Deborah Spera, Dan Minahan (d)
> Follows the freshman class of Congress as they begin their careers in Washington.
> Zoe McLellan, Warren Christie, Denzel Whitaker, Sean Bridgers, Tawny Cypress, Kristin Bauer, Eion Bailey, Anna Chlumsky
I Witness
> CBS Paramount
> Pam Veasey (w), Trey Callaway (w)
> A detective/professor uses her psycho-physiological skills to solve crimes.
A Marriage
> Bedford Falls
> Marshall Herskovitz (w), Ed Zwick (w, d)
> Anatomy of a marriage that works.
> Bruce Greenwood, Miranda Otto, Kay Panabaker, Nick Eversman
Miami Trauma
> WBTV/Bruckheimer TV
> Jeffrey Lieber (w), Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman
> Medical show set in Miami focusing on a dedicated team of trauma surgeons who race to save critically injured patients.
> Lana Parrilla, Elisabeth Harnois, Jeremy Northam, Richard Coyle
NCIS spinoff (backdoor pilot)
> CBS Paramount
> Shane Brennan (w), Tony Wharmby (d), James Whitmore (d)
> Spinoff of the crime procedural.
> Chris O'Donnell, LL Cool J, Louise Lombard, Peter Cambor, Daniela Ruah
Three Rivers
> CBS Paramount
> Carol Barbee (w), Curtis Hanson, Carol Fenelon, Ted Gold, Dan Attias (d)
> Medical show about organ transplants seen through three points of view: the doctors, the donors and the recipients.
> Christopher J. Hanke, Justina Machado, Alex O'Loughlin, Katherine Moennig, Daniel Henney, Julia Ormond
Untitled U.S. Attorney
> CBS Paramount
> Frank Military (w), Mimi Leder
> Legal ensemble revolving around a team of federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan.
> Jason Clarke, Lennie James, Melissa George, Rachel Nichols, Laz Alonso, David Giuntoli, Lennie James
Washington Field
> CBS Paramount
> Ed Bernero (w), Jim Clemente (w),
Tim Clemente (w), Jon Cassar (d)
> Set in the elite Washington field office of the FBI that protects national interests, a team of agents with exceptional and diverse skills is called together for only the most critical cases.
> Cole Hauser, Matthew Yang King, Eddie Cibrian, Teri Polo, Adam Jamal Craig, Gina Torres
Comedy
Accidentally on Purpose (multicamera)
> CBS Par/BermanBraun
> Claudia Lonow (w), Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, Pamela Fryman (d)
> About a movie critic who gets pregnant after a fling with a younger man, and the unconventional family that comes from the mistake. Based on Mary F. Pols' autobiographical novel.
> Jenna Elfman, Jon Foster, Ashley Jensen, Grant Show, Lennon Parham
Ace in the Hole (multicamera)
> CBS Par/BermanBraun/Jackhole Industries
> Adam Carolla (w), Kevin Hench (w), Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun, James Dixon, Daniel Kellison
> Centering on a husband and father who works as a driving instructor.
> Adam Carolla
At Last (multicamera, cast-contingent)
> Warner Bros. TV
> Shana Goldberg-Meehan (w)
> Lucy and James, in their mid-30s, decide to get married but realize they have baggage, like friends and exes.
Big D (multicamera)
> Warner Bros. TV
> Jackie Filgo (w), Jeff Filgo (w)
> A New York couple moves to his hometown of Dallas, where his Southern belle mother makes life complicated for his East Coast wife.
> Deanne Dunagan, Missy Pyle, Nat Faxon, Chris Parnell, Kelen Coleman, Ben Koldyke
The Fish Tank (multicamera)
> Sony TV
> Cathy Yuspa (w), Josh Goldsmith (w)
> A teenager finds himself living the dream when his parents give him the house to himself five days a week.
> Drake Bell, Andrew Caldwell
Good Girls (multicamera, push)
> CBS Par/Katalyst
> Sherry Bilsing-Graham (w),
Ellen Kreamer (w), Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke
> Revolves around two women and childhood friends trying to reinvent themselves after making youthful mistakes.
Happiness Isn't Everything (multicamera)
> Sony/Tantamount/CBS Par
> Mitch Hurwitz (w), Jim Vallely (w), Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Andy Ackerman (d)
> Jason Biggs, Richard Dreyfuss, Ben Schwartz
The Karenskys (multicamera)
> UMS, BermanBraun
> Linwood Boomer (w), Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun
> A woman returns to her hometown when her husband's job relocates them.
> Mather Zickel, Sasha Alexander, Jack Thompson, Annie Potts, Desi Lydic, Todd Stashwick, Tinsley Grimes
Waiting to Die (multicamera)
> Sony/Tantamount/CBS Par
> Will Sasso (w), Chad Kultgen (w), Ted Wass (d)
> Buddy comedy about two simple guys who are happy with their life -- no matter how bad it might look from the outside.
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