Pilots package: Back on auto pilot
Other network 2009-10 pilots: ABC, NBC, CBS
2008-2009 Pilot orders: Fox, CBS, ABC, CW, NBC
(w) = writer (d) = director
Drama
TITLE: Eva Adams
STUDIO: Sony TV
TEAM: Kevin Falls (w), Jamie Tarses, Mark Waters (d)
SYNOPSIS: A womanizer is transformed into a woman and must endure the same types of abuse he used to dole out; based on the Argentinian telenovela "Lalola."
CAST: Rhea Seehorn, James Van Der Beek, David Denman, Kat Foster,
Steve Harris, Alex Borstein
Human Target
> WBTV/DC Comics/Wonderland
> Jon Steinberg (w), McG, Simon West (d)
> Based on the DC Comics title, the show centers on Christopher Chance, a mysterious freelancer who offers a unique form of security for hire: He assumes the identities of people in danger, becoming the "human target" on behalf of his clients.
> Mark Valley, Jackie Earle Haley, Chi McBride
Maggie Hill (working title)
> 20th/Imagine
> Ian Biederman (w), David Nevins, Stephen Hopkins (d)
> Genius comes with a price: A brilliant female surgeon endures adult-onset schizophrenia but thrives.
> Christina Cole, Denis O'Hare, Luke Mably, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Anna Rose Hopkins, Alfre Woodard, Stuart Townsend
Masterwork
> 20th TV
> Paul Scheuring (w), Jeffrey Nachmanoff (d), Matthew Fiorello, Zack Estrin
> An adrenalized race against time to recover the world's most sought-after artifacts and works of art in the vein of "The Da Vinci Code" and "National Treasure."
> Matt Passmore, Natalie Dormer, Tom Ellis
The Reincarnationist (working title)
> Warner Bros. TV/Pitt Group
> David Hudgins (w), Deran Sarafian (d), Lou Pitt , MJ Rose
> Investigators use the concept of reincarnation to solve present mysteries caused by past-life traumas.
> Nick Bishop, Kelli Giddish, Ravi Patel, Richard Schiff
Comedy
AbFab (multicamera)
> Sony/BBC/Tantamount
> Christine Zander (w), Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Ian Moffitt, Jennifer Saunders, James Burrows (d)
> Revolves around neurotic fashion publicist Eddie and her best friend Patsy, an outrageous fashion editor, who drive Eddie's sensible teen daughter up the wall with their wild behavior. Based on the British series.
> Kristen Johnson, Kathryn Hahn, Zosia Mamet, Toni Trucks
Brothers (multicamera)
> Sony TV/Tantamount
> Don Reo (w), Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Mitch Hurwitz, Ted Wass (d)
> About a former football player who is competitive with his family, especially his older bother who is in a wheelchair.
> Michael Strahan, Darryl Mitchell, Colton Dunn
Cop House (single-camera)
> 20th TV/Lost Marbles TV
> Adam Resnick (w), Marty Adelstein, Michael Thorn, Brett Ratner (d)
> About a dysfunctional "family" of psychologically damaged Philadelphia cops living in halfway house designed to rehabilitate and return them to active duty.
> Tony Hale, Rachael Harris, Ajay Naidu, Scott Caan, Curtiss I'Cook
Sons of Tucson (single-camera)
> 20th TV/J2TV
> Tommy Dewey (w), Greg Bratman (w), Harvey Myman, Jason Felts, Justin Berfield, Todd Holland (d)
> In the spirit of "Slums of Beverly Hills," a charming but misguided hustler is hired by three young brothers with considerable resources to act as their father while their real one serves prison time for a white-collar crime.
> Frank Dolce, Davis Cleveland, Tyler Labine, Natalie Martinez
The Station (single-camera, will film in June)
> 20th TV/Red Hour Films
> Kevin Napier (w), Ben Stiller (d), Stuart Cornfeld, Jeremy Kramer
> A covert CIA operative and his workmates are embedded in a South American country on a mission to install a new dictator in a banana republic with its own unique set of challenges.
> Whitney Cummings
Two Dollar Beer (hybrid)
> 20th TV/ 3 Arts
> Mike Binder (w, d), Michael Rotenberg, Jonathan Levin
> Set in Detroit, a blue-collar couple and their extended family and friends deal
with the reality of their long-standing roots in the community becoming less relevant as the rest of the world passes them by.
> Jonathan Sadowski, Kevin Simpson, Noureen DeWulf, Ricky Mabe, Michael O'Keefe, Beth Broderick, Courtney Henggeler, Frances Turner
Walorsky (single-camera, will film in June)
> 20th/American Work
> Brian Gatewood (w), Alessandro Tanaka (w), Ravi Nandan, Scot Armstrong
> In the tone of "Bad Santa," an ex-cop-turned-security guard patrols a mall in Buffalo, N.Y., doing the least work possible. But when he is assigned a young idiot partner, he is forced to get involved with the people he is assigned to protect.
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