Cable pilot orders

(w) = writer (d) = director

HBO

Drama

TITLE: Last of the Ninth (not going forward)
TEAM: David Milch (w), Bill Clark, Ilene Landress, Carl Franklin (d)
SYNOPSIS: Cop drama set in the New York City Police Dept circa 1972 that centers on an older detective's (Winstone) mentoring of a young detective (Lotan) returned from Vietnam in a department fiscally crippled, under attack by revolutionaries, and which has been brought by allegations of systemic corruption into public disrepute
CAST: Ray Winstone, Jonah Lotan, Michael Gaston, Lily Rabe, Michael Raymond-James, Fredric Lehne and Clifton Powell

TITLE: 1% (not going forward)
TEAM: Executive producers: Michael Tolkin (w), Guymon Casady, Alexander Hertzberg, Gregg Fienberg, Alan Taylor (d).
SYNOPSIS: Set at an Arizona biker club.
CAST:: Donal Logue, Kim Dickens, W. Earl Brown, Marisa Ryan, Abraham Benrubi, James LeGros Timm Sharp, Lucy Punch.

TITLE: Boardwalk Empire (will film in late spring)
TEAM: Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Terence Winters (w), Martin Scorsese (d)
SYNOPSIS: Based on Nelson Johnson's book "Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City." Revolves around the now-gambling mecca's early 20th Century origins.
CAST: Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Michael Shannon, Kelly Macdonald, Vincent Piazza

TITLE: Treme
TEAM: David Simon (w), Eric Overmyer (w), Nina Noble
SYNOPSIS: Post-Katrina-themed drama that chronicles the rebuilding of New Orleans through the eyes of local musicians.
CAST: Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Rob Brown, Kim Dickens, Khandi Alexander

HBO

Comedy

TITLE: Suburban Shootout
TEAM: Michelle Ashford (w), Barry Sonnenfeld (d), Philip Clarke, Laurence Bowen
SYNOPSIS: Based on a BBC series, a dark comedy about a woman who moves to an idyllic town and finds herself in the middle of two gangs of homicidal housewives vying for control.
CAST: Judy Greer, Kelly Preston, Kerri Kenney, Rachael Harris, Mary Birdsong and Michael Weaver

TITLE: Driving Around With Joni
TEAM: Jhoni Marchinko (w)
SYNOPSIS: About a 40-year-old widow and the friendships she develops while spending her days driving around Los Angeles with her French bulldog.

TITLE: Hung (picked up to series)
TEAM: Dmitry Lipkin (w), Colette Burson (w), Alexander Payne (d), Michael Rosenberg, Noreen Halpern, John Morayniss
SYNOPSIS: A well-endowed former high school legend turned struggling middle-aged high school basketball coach (Jane) figures out a way to use his best asset.
CAST: Thomas Jane, Jane Adams, Sianoa Smit-McPhee, Charlie Saxton and Kristin Bauer.

TITLE: Bored to Death (picked up to series)
TEAM: Jonathan Ames (w), Sarah Condon, Dave Becky, Stephanie Davis, Troy Miller, Alan Taylor (d)
SYNOPSIS: Following a painful breakup with his girlfriend, a struggling thirtysomething writer (Schwartzman) with a drinking problem in Brooklyn decides to emulate his heroes from the novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett. He takes out an ad pretending to be a private detective and starts taking cases -- solving some and making others worse.
CAST: Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Zach Galifianakis

TITLE: Washingtonienne
TEAM: Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Condon, Stacy Traub, Susanna Fogel (w), Joni Lefkowitz (w)
SYNOPSIS: A comedy about young women dating and working in Washington D.C., based on Jessica Cutler's book, "The Washingtonienne."
CAST: Rachael Taylor, Amanda Walsh, Bitsie Tulloch

TITLE: How to Make it In America (picked up to series)
TEAM: Ian Edelman (w), Stephen Levinson, Mark Wahlberg, Rob Weiss and Julian Farino (d)
SYNOPSIS: Two enterprising downtown twenty-somethings (Greenburg, Rasuk) hustle their way through New York City determined to achieve the American Dream.
CAST: Bryan Greenberg, Victor Rasuk

TNT

Drama

TITLE: The Line (picked up to series)
STUDIO: Warner Horizon TV
TEAM: Jerry Bruckheimer, Danny Cannon (d), Doug Jung (w), Jonathan Littman
SYNOPSIS: Character-based police drama that follows a squad of young undercover LAPD officers as they walk the line between doing their job and being seduced into the easy money and corruption of the crime world.

TITLE: Bunker Hill
STUDIO: Warner Horizon TV
TEAM:  Jon Avnet (d), Walon Green (w), Donnie Wahlberg
SYNOPSIS: Explores the crime, corruption and deceit in the Bunker Hill section of Boston and centers on Mike Moriarty (Wahlberg), who left his Boston home for a covert job overseas and never expected to be back home as a cop protecting the streets he grew up on.
CAST: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan

TITLE: Men of a Certain Age (picked up to series)
TEAM:  Ray Romano (w), Mike Royce (w), Rory Rosegarten, Cary Hoffman
SYNOPSIS: Explores the bonds of male friendship through the eyes of three college buddies, Joe (Ray Romano), Owen (Andre Braugher) and Terry (Scott Bakula), who are in their 40s
CAST: Ray Romano, Andre Braugher, Scott Bakula, Brian White

TITLE: Time Heals (picked up to series)
STUDIO: Sony
TEAM: John Masius (w)
SYNOPSIS: Centers on Nancy Hawthorne (Jada Pinkett Smith), a director of nursing at Charlotte Mercy Hospital in North Carolina.
CAST: Jada Pinkett Smith, Christina Moore, David Julian Hirsh, Jeffrey Nordling

TITLE: Night and Day (not going forward)
STUDIO: Joel Surnow's company
TEAM: Joel Surnow, Todd Robinson (w)
SYNOPSIS: Gritty drama about Dan Hollister (William Fichtner), an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms who works for a special task force.
CAST: William Fichtner, Conor O'Farrell

Lifetime

Drama

TITLE: The Amazing Mrs. Novak (not going forward)
STUDIO: Warner Horizon/Kudos
TEAM: Vanessa Taylor (w), Carolyn Bernstein, Jane Featherstone and Stephen Garrett
SYNOPSIS: Centers on Trish Novak (Pietz), a supermarket manager who unexpectedly becomes the governor of New Jersey; Based on the six-part U.K. series "The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard."
CAST: Amy Pietz, Tom Verica, Kristen Dattilo

TITLE: Mistresses (not going forward)
STUDIO: Fox 21
TEAM: Melissa Carter (w)
SYNOPSIS: About a quartet of thirtysomething women who have been friends since college. Based on the BBC drama. 
CAST: Holly Marie Combs, Brooke Burns and Rochelle Aytes, Camille Sullivan and Sarah Glendening landed the two remaining leads on

TITLE: Drop Dead Diva (picked up to series)
STUDIO: Sony
TEAM: Josh Berman (w)
SYNOPSIS: Supernatural-themed drama about a vapid model whose mind is put in the body of a brilliant but frumpy lawyer.

ABC Family 

Drama

TITLE: The Middleman (series order)
STUDIO: ABC Family
TEAM: Javier Grillo-Marxuach (w)
SYNOPSIS: Based on Grillo-Marxuach's graphic novels for Viper Comics, the light drama centers on as a twentysomething struggling artist (Natalie Morales) recruited by a secret agency to fight comic book-type villains and a sci-fi superhero (Matt Keeslar) who serves as her guide.
CAST: Matt Keeslar, Natalie Morales

ABC Family

Comedy

TITLE: 10 Things I Hate About You (10-episode order)
STUDIO: Prodco, Inc.
TEAM: Carter Covington (w), Gil Junger (d)
SYNOPSIS: Single-cam comedy based on the movie "10 Things I Hate About You," about the Stratford sisters -- the strong-willed Kat and social butterfly Bianca.

TITLE: Ruby and The Rockits (10-episode order)
STUDIO: ABC Studios
TEAM: Shaun Cassidy (w), Ed Yeager (w), Marsh McCall, Ted Wass (d)
SYNOPSIS: Multi-cam comedy about Patrick Callahan, a former teen idol who has chosen to lead a quiet life with his wife and two sons. But when his former Rockits band mate and brother, David, shows up unexpectedly with his new-found teenage daughter in tow, the Callahan family's life becomes anything but normal.
CAST: Alexa Vega, Austin Butler, Patrick Cassidy, David Cassidy

TITLE: Happy Campers
STUDIO: ABC Family
TEAM: Carter Covington (w)
SYNOPSIS: Chronicles the experiences of a family on a cross-country road trip that includes teenager Dylan (Kay Panabaker), her father (French Stewart), his new wife (Rebecca McFarland) and her kids (Alessandra Toressani, Ryan Malgarini).
CAST: Kay Panabaker, Rebecca McFarland, Alessandra Toressani, Ryan Malgarini, Beth Littleford

TITLE: Roommates (series order)
STUDIO: Acme Prods.
TEAM: Robin French & Kieron Quirke (w), Michael Hanel, Mindy Schultheis
SYNOPSIS: A group of friends living as roommates.

Showtime

Comedy

TITLE: The End of Steve
STUDIO: Sony Pictures TV
TEAM: Matthew Perry, Peter Tolan
SYNOPSIS: Egomaniacal local talk-show host (Perry) on a reluctant path to redemptionCAST: Matthew Perry

TITLE: Nurse Jackie (picked up to series)
STUDIO: Showtime, Lionsgate TV
TEAM: Liz Brixius (w), Linda Wallem (w), Evan Dunsky (w), Wallem, Brixius, Caryn Mandabach
SYNOPSIS: Dark comedy about a strong-willed, iconoclastic New York nurse (Falco) juggling the frenzied grind of an urban hospital and an equally challenging personal life.
CAST: Edie Falco

TITLE: The United States of Tara (picked up to series)
STUDIO: DreamWorks Television
TEAM: Diablo Cody (w); Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Craig Gillespie (d)
SYNOPSIS: Toni Collette stars as Tara, a wife and mother who has multiple-personality syndrome; John Corbett plays her husband, a contractor who lives a life of stress and tries to read as much as he can about her condition
CAST: Toni Collette

Showtime

Drama

TITLE: Possible Side Effects
STUDIO: Havoc, Goldsmith-Thomas Prods.
TEAM: Tim Robbins (w/d), Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Daniel Thomas
SYNOPSIS: Project centers on the Hunts, a dysfunctional family running a pharmaceutical company, and examines the political, scientific and bureaucratic machinery that makes up the drug industry
CAST: Josh Lucas

USA Network

Drama

TITLE: Operating Instructions (90-minute)
STUDIO: Conaco/Universal Cable Prods.
TEAM: Conan O'Brien, David Kissinger, Judd Pillot (w), John Peaslee (w)
SYNOPSIS: A top female trauma surgeon returns home from two tours in Iraq to take a post as head of surgery at a military hospital. It marks USA's third pilot pickup this year following "Royal Pains" and "White Collar."

TITLE: White Collar (90-minute)
STUDIO: Fox TV Studios
TEAM: Jeff Eastin (w), Bronwen Hughes (d)
SYNOPSIS: Centers on Neal Caffrey (Bomer), a brilliant con artist who, against his will, partners with the head of FBI's white-collar crime unit (DeKay) to solve cases.
CAST: Matthew Bomer, Tim DeKay

TITLE: Royal Pains (90-minute)
STUDIO: The firm/Universal Cable Prods.
TEAM: Rich Frank, Paul Frank, Andrew Lenchewski (w), Jace Alexander (d)
SYNOPSIS: Centers on a doctor (Fuerstein) on call to the rich and famous
CAST: Mark Feuerstein

Spike TV

Drama

TITLE: Untitled two-hour pilot
STUDIO: MGM Television Entertainment
TEAM: Dana White, Tom Lynch, Chris Bertolini (w), Walter Hill (d)
SYNOPSIS: Revolves around the explosive fallout when a Boston mob boss vacates his position and rival factions face off in a battle to control the streets

Comedy

TITLE: Peep Show
STUDIO: Pangea, Objective
TEAM: David Richardson, Dylan Kidd (d), Sam Bain (w), Jesse Armstrong (w), Chris Coelen, Karrie Wolfe, Brian
SYNOPSIS: Single-camera comedy is a modern-day "Odd Couple" centering on Jeremy (Rob Chester Smith), a slacker with misguided musical ambitions, and Mark (Brad Morris), his uptight, office-drone roommate, who are living together and trying to survive the many unexpected hurdles life throws at them. Adapted from a British series.
CAST: Rob Chester Smith, Brad Morris

Comedy Central

Comedy

TITLE: Alligator Boots
STUDIO: Jackhole Prods.
TEAM: Kanye West, Rhymefest, Daniel Kellison
SYNOPSIS: Hip-hop meets the Muppets
CAST: Different celebrity guest host every week; West hosts the pilot would produce and perform the music with Rhymefest.

TITLE: Purgatory
STUDIO: 3 Arts Entertainment
TEAM: Bill Burr, Jeff Cesario, David Becky
SYNOPSIS: Bill Burr would explore one theme in each episode through stand-up, sketch comedy and digital shorts
CAST: Bill Burr

TBS

Comedy

TITLE: Untitled Dave Caplan comedy
STUDIO: Sony Pictures TV
TEAM: Dave Caplan
SYNOPSIS: Newly separated Claire (Valerie Bertinelli) raises two teens while running a lumber business
CAST: Valerie Bertinelli, Anjelah Johnson, Juliette Goglia, Nadia Dajani, Kevin G. Schmidt, Dean Collins

Comments

[Neva]

It looks like the fall season of TV is going to be really bad. They had some good shows, but they canceled them. What's wrong with them??

[andrea]

put back the spanish one with valderama and the one by joel surnow he is the best writer!!!!!!!! anything he does keeps you on the edge of your seat !!!!!!! you still are not representing the real people of america !!!!!!!!! to many white people !!!!!! you need minority families !!!!

[andrea]

where are the portuguese(from the azores), chinese, jewish, muslim, israeli, russian, bulgarian, romanian middle class family character drama pilots !!!!!!!! you all in hollywood don't get it !!!!!!! this is what people want !!!!!!!!!!! remember the soap opera ryan's hope look how long that stayed on tv !!!!!!!!!!!

[in the biz]

What is HBO thinking ? NOT carrying forward with The Lst of the Ninth, David Milch's latest ? He is the best writer in TV. Huh ?

[ctmm]

looks like no tv to watch for atleast a year or 2!!!

[ctmm]

there is no good SCIFI like starttrek ENTERPRISE bring back same cast& crew

[Jenn]

Yea!!! Matthew Perry is back!!!! I wish it was on regular tv and not Showtime but I will subscribe to it for him.

[Matilda]

The End Of Steve will not now be shown on Showtime. I hope another station will take it because I think Matthew Perry is a great actor.