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.
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Comedy
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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY | 20th Television,Warner Bros. Television,Delicious Non-Sequitur Productions | Justin Halpern & Patrick Schumacker (EP), Randall Einhorn (D-Pilot) | In this workplace comedy, a group of dedicated, passionate teachers â and a slightly tone-deaf principal â are brought together in a Philadelphia public school where, despite the odds stacked against them, they are determined to help their students succeed in life. | Series Pick Up |
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Comedy
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BALDWIN, ALEC AND GRAMMER, KELSEY PROJECT | 20th Television | Vali Chandrasekaran (EP, W-Pilot), Christopher Lloyd (EP, W-Pilot), Alec Baldwin (EP), Kelsey Grammer (EP), Matthew DelPiano (EP N/W), Adam Griffin (EP N/W), Jeffrey Morton (EP N/W), Tom Russo (EP N/W), Jason Schrift (EP N/W), James Burrows (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | Roommates in their twenties until their warring egos drove them apart, three men reunite decades later for one more run at the lives theyâve always wanted. | Terminated Series |
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Comedy
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MAGGIE | 20th Television | Justin Adler (EP, W-Pilot), Maggie Mull (EP, W-Pilot), Evan Hayes (EP N/W), Jeffrey Morton (EP N/W), Natalia Anderson (D-Pilot) | Based on the short film âMAGGIEâ by Tim Curcio, MAGGIE follows a young woman trying to cope with life as a psychic. | Series Pick Up |
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Comedy
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THE WONDER YEARS | 20th Television,Lee Daniels Entertainment | Saladin Patterson (EP, W-Pilot), Lee Daniels (EP N/W), Marc Velez (EP N/W), Fred Savage (D-Pilot, EP) | Inspired by the beloved award-winning series of the same name, âThe Wonder Yearsâ is a coming of age story set in the late 1960âs that takes a nostalgic look at a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Alabama through the point-of-view of imaginative 12 year-old Dean. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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QUEENS | ABC Signature,Windpower Entertainment | Zahir McGhee (EP, W-Pilot), Sabrina Wind (EP N/W), Tim Story (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | Estranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitchesâtheir â90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT | Kapital Entertainment,Mazo Partners,Serendipity Film Group,Roc Nation,The Middleton Media Group,Westbrook Studios | Jay Z (EP N/W), Jay Brown (EP N/W), David Clark (EP N/W), Alex Foster (EP N/W), Rosanna Grace (EP N/W), Dana Honor (EP N/W), Aaron Kaplan (EP N/W), James Lassiter (EP N/W), Michael Lohmann (EP N/W), John Powers Middleton (EP N/W), Will Smith (EP N/W), Tyran 'Ty Ty' Smith (EP N/W), Gina Prince-Bythewood (D-Pilot, EP) | The first season of this anthology series focuses on Mamie Till Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till following his brutal murder in the Jim Crow South. | Series Pick Up |
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Comedy
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ADOPTED | ABC Signature,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. | Terminated Pilot |
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Comedy
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BLACK DON'T CRACK | ABC Signature,JuVee Productions,Wilmore Films | Regina Y. Hicks (EP, W-Pilot), Larry Wilmore (EP), Viola Davis (EP N/W), Julius Tennon (EP N/W), Andrew Wang (EP N/W), Kelly Park (D-Pilot) | In this multi-camera comedy, three former sorority sisters who lost touch after college reunite during a pivotal point in their lives. | Terminated Pilot |
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Comedy
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BUCKTOWN | ABC Signature,Sara + Tom | Emily R. Wilson (EP, W-Pilot), Sara Gilbert (EP N/W), Marc Provissiero (EP N/W), Mandy Summers (EP N/W), Tom Werner (EP N/W), Betsy Thomas (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | In this multi-camera comedy, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, Amy finds refuge at her momâs house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. | Terminated Pilot |
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Comedy
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WORK WIFE | ABC Signature,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. | Terminated Pilot |
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Drama
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ACTS OF CRIME | ABC Signature,Universal Content Productions,Esmail Corp. | Sam Esmail (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Chad Hamilton (EP N/W) | ACTS OF CRIME is a unique spin on the crime procedural. | Terminated Pilot |
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Drama
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DARK HORSE | ABC Signature,Universal Television,Keshet Studios,Blackfella Films | William Jehu Garroutte (EP, W-Pilot), Darren Dale (EP N/W), Miranda Dear (EP N/W), Rachel Griffiths (EP N/W), Avi Nir (EP N/W), Alon Shtruzman (EP N/W), Peter Traugott (EP N/W) | Based on an Australian format, DARK HORSE follows Alex Irving, a passionate Indigenous woman, on her unconventional journey into politics. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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EPIC | ABC Signature,Kitsis/Horowitz | Brigitte Hales (EP, W-Pilot), Adam Horowitz & Edward Kitsis (EP N/W), James Griffiths (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | From the creators of âOnce Upon A Timeâ comes a romantic anthology series that reinvents fairy tales for a new audience. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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NATIONAL PARKS INVESTIGATION | 20th Television,A+E Studios,Anthony Hemingway Productions | Jon S. Baird (EP, W-Pilot), Kevin Costner (EP, W-Pilot), Aaron Helbing (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), Ivan Cohen (EP N/W), Ken Halsband (EP N/W), Tana Jamieson (EP N/W), Barry Jossen (EP N/W), Rod Lake (EP N/W), Anthony Hemingway (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | While the national parks are known for their sweeping, beautiful landscapes, there is also a darker, more sinister side to these parks that attract a vast array of criminal activity. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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PROMISED LAND | ABC Signature | Matt Lopez (EP, W-Pilot), Adam Kolbrenner (EP N/W), Michael Cuesta (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | An epic, generation-spanning drama about two Latinx families vying for wealth and power in Californiaâs Sonoma Valley. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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TRIAGE | 20th 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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Comedy
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ABC WORKPLACE COMEDY | CBS Studios,20th 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. | Terminated Pilot |
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Drama
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HARLEM'S KITCHEN | ABC Signature,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. | Terminated Pilot |
Comedy
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GHOSTS | CBS Studios,Lionsgate Television,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), Trent O'Donnell (D-Pilot, EP) | GHOSTS is a single-camera comedy about Samantha (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), a cheerful freelance journalist and up-and-coming chef from the city, respectively, who throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfastâonly to find itâs inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home. | Series Pick Up |
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Comedy
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SMALLWOOD | CBS Studios | Mark Gross (EP, W-Pilot), David Hollander (EP), Brian d'Arcy James (EP N/W), Mark Cendrowski (D-Pilot) | SMALLWOOD, based on professional bowler Tom Smallwoodâs life, stars Pete Holmes as Tom, a stoic Midwest husband and dad who gets laid off from a car assembly line and makes the extraordinary decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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CSI: VEGAS | CBS Studios,Jerry Bruckheimer Television | Jason Tracey (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), Ann M. Donahue (EP), Carol Mendelsohn (EP), Craig O'Neill (EP), Anthony Zuiker (EP), Jerry Bruckheimer (EP N/W), Cindy Chvatal (EP N/W), Jonathan Littman (EP N/W), William Petersen (EP N/W), KristieAnne Reed (EP N/W), Uta Briesewitz (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | CSI: VEGAS, the sequel to the global hit âCSI: Crime Scene Investigation,â opens a brand-new chapter in Las Vegasâthe city where it all began. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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FBI: INTERNATIONAL | CBS Studios,Universal Television,Wolf Entertainment | Derek Haas (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), Rick Eid (EP), Dick Wolf (EP), Arthur W. Forney (EP N/W), Peter Jankowski (EP N/W) | FBI: INTERNATIONAL is the third iteration of the successful FBI brand that follows the elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigationâs International Fly Team. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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GOOD SAM | CBS Studios,Sutton Street Productions | Katie Wech (EP, W-Pilot), Jennie Snyder Urman (EP), Joanna Klein (EP N/W), Tamra Davis (D-Pilot) | GOOD SAM stars Sophia Bush (âChicagoâ franchise, âOne Tree Hillâ) and Jason Isaacs (STAR TREK: DISCOVERY, âHarry Potterâ films) in a drama about Doctor Sam Griffith (Bush), a gifted heart surgeon who excels in her new leadership role as Chief of Surgery after her renowned boss falls into a coma. | Series Pick Up |
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Drama
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NCIS: HAWAI'I | CBS Studios | Matt Bosack (EP, W-Pilot), Jan Nash (EP, W-Pilot), Christopher Silber (EP, W-Pilot), Larry Teng (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | The worldâs most successful television series continues on the seductive shores of the Aloha State with NCIS: HAWAI'I, where the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor, Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey), has thrived and risen through the ranks by equal parts confidence and strategy in a system that has pushed back on her every step of the way. | Series Pick Up |
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Comedy
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COOPER, SARAH AND CHUPACK, CINDY PROJECT | CBS Studios,PatMa Productions | Cindy Chupack (EP, Show Runner, W-Pilot), Sarah Cooper (EP, W-Pilot), Joan Boorstein (EP N/W), Denise Di Novi (EP N/W), Nina Tassler (EP N/W), Amy York Rubin (D-Pilot) | In this single camera comedy, three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives. | Terminated Pilot |
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Comedy
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THE THREE OF US | CBS 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 sisterâs husband unexpectedly announces he wants to call it quits on their marriage. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Comedy
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WELCOME TO GEORGIA | CBS 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 Penelopeâs career takes off at exactly the same time as her husbandâs, they call on Penelopeâs young single mom, Georgia, to help raise their son, but what they find is Georgia needs more raising than their kid. | Terminated Pilot |
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Comedy
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WILDE THINGS | Universal Television | Max Mutchnick & David Kohan (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot) | Frankie Wilde (Bowen) is a very successful and fiercely independent crisis manager whose world is turned upside down when she decides to let someone into her life for the first time â Quinn (Donenfeld), an 11-year-old girl whom she adopts and raises with the occasional help of her fragile, nervous wreck of a sister, Mary (Koenig). | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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TRUE LIES | 20th Television,Flying Glass of Milk Productions,Wonderland Sound & Vision,Lightstorm Entertainment | Matt Nix (EP, W-Pilot), James Cameron (EP N/W), Rae Sanchini (EP N/W), Mary Viola (EP N/W), McG (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when sheâs recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try to revitalize their passionless marriage. | Pilot Pick Up |
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Drama
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WAYS AND MEANS | CBS Studios,3 Arts Entertainment,PatMa Productions | Mike Murphy (EP, W-Pilot), Ed Redlich (EP, W-Pilot), Patrick Dempsey (EP N/W), Denise Di Novi (EP N/W), Tom Lassally (EP N/W), Nina Tassler (EP N/W), Phil Abraham (D-Pilot, EP N/W) | A powerful Congressional leader who has lost faith in politics finds himself working secretly with an idealistic young Congresswoman from the opposing party to subvert the hopelessly gridlocked system he helped create; together, theyâll attempt to save American politics. | Terminated Pilot |
