Broadcasting Pilot Season continues to grow.
After the pandemic wiped out Pilot Season 2020, ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW featured a mix of drama and comedy from before COVID-19 and scripts developed during the quarantine. Emerging shows from Pilot Season 2020+ are now on the air – watch CBS’ Ghosts and ABC’s Magic years – and on deck for mid-season.
At the same time, five broadcast networks have significantly reduced the number of scripts they are buying. Gone are the days when the Big Four bought 300 comedy and drama scripts each. As the line between hits and misses has disappeared, networks are becoming more and more patient with their scripted investments and looking at data like lagged viewing and streaming performance. postponed for 30 days.
The pandemic has also forced broadcast networks to develop ways in which they approach the pilot season. Casting nearly 100 dramas and comedies, competing with cable networks and streamers for top talent, locations and directors is a thing of the past. Instead, five broadcast networks have moved – like cable and streaming – to a year-round growth model. So while the traditional TV schedule remains, the networks have now taken a big leap towards pilot orders and, in some cases, May’s mass orders. We normally publish this guide every year in January, but considering early orders, we’ll post it soon as additional pilot pickups are expected to arrive before the end of the year.
With all of the above in mind, here’s a look at the pilots vying for the 2022-23 broadcast season as ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW sift through scripts and move forward in an effort to find the best. the next breakout hit.
Bookmark THR.com/PilotSeason, as well as this site, like The Hollywood Reporter Will update this guide throughout the season with the latest pilot, cast, and series pickup orders.
ABC COMEDY
Son-in-law
Logline: The comedy about a salt-faced man who is seeking the delicate parental approval of his new fiancée – even as he is a difficult man to impress a father. wife to her daughter’s longtime boyfriend.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Ajay Saghal (Carmichael program); EP Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar (Doogie Kamealoha)
Studio: 20th Television
Format: Single camera
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ABC DRAMA
Law of LA
Logline: An update on NBC’s Emmy-winning drama shows McKenzie Brackman’s venerable law firm reinvent itself as a litigation firm specializing only in the most high-profile cases, pushing boundaries and sparking fires. .
Actors: Blair Underwood, Corbin Bernsen
Team: W/EP Marc Guggenheim, Ubah Mohamed (The Legend of Tomorrow); EP Dayna Bochco, Jesse Bochco, Blair Underwood; D / EP Anthony Hemingway
Studio: 20th Television, Steven Bochco Productions
Location:
Untitled Alaskan leopard drama
Logline: The film revolves around a star journalist (Swank) who moves to Alaska for a fresh start after a career-killing mistake and finds personal and professional redemption after joining a newspaper. Daily subway in Anchorage.
Actors: Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry (Scandal)
Team: W/EP/D Tom McCarthy; EP Bert Salke, Melissa Wells, Hilary Swank, Kyle Hopkins, Ryan Binkley
Studio: 20th TV, Co-lab21, Slow Pony
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CBS COMEDY
No orders yet.
CBS DRAMA
The game never
Record line: The game never revolves around survivalist Colter Shaw (Justin Hartley, This is us), who roams the country as a “reward seeker” and uses his tracking skills to solve mysteries as he struggles with his own fractured family.
Actor: Justin Hartley
Team: W/EP Michael Cooney (Accuracy); EP Justin Hartley; D/EP Ken Olin (This is us)
Studio: 20th Television
Location:
True lie (launched from last season)
Logline: Shocked to discover that her bland and unremarkable computer consultant husband (Steve Howey) is a skilled international spy, an unfinished suburban housewife ( Ginger Gonzaga) is thrust into a life full of danger and adventure when she is recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they attempt to revive their passionless marriage. Based on the 1994 James Cameron film.
Actor: Steve Howey (Shameless), Ginger Gonzaga (Joke), Omar Miller, Erica Hernandez, Mike O’Gorman
Team: W/EP Matt Nix; EP James Cameron, Mary Viola, Rae Sanchini; EP/D McG
Studio: 20th Television Station, Lightstorm Entertainment, Fairy Sounds and Visions, Flying Milk Glass Production
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FOX COMEDY
Grimsburg – animation straight to series order (for 2023)
Logline: Revolves around Marvin Flute (Jon Hamm), a brilliant detective who is unable to break up his own family. Now that he’s back in Grimsburg, a town where everyone has a secret or three, Flute will follow every instruction to atone for the ex-wife he doesn’t stop loving, even if it means is to hang out with a guy he never bothers to get to know.
Actor: Jon Hamm
Team: W/co-EPs Catlan McClelland, Matthew Schlissel; EP Jon Hamm, Gail Berman, Hend Baghdady, Connie Tavel; EP/showrunner Chadd Gindin (cleveland program)
Studio: Fox Entertainment, Bento Box Entertainment
Krapopolis – animation straight in series order (for 2022)
Logline: Set in ancient Greece and following a family of humans, gods and monsters trying to run one of the world’s first cities.
Actors: Hannah Waddingham, Richaro Ayoade, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy, Duncan Trussell
Team: W/EP Dan Harmon; EP / showrunner Jordan Young
Studio: Fox Entertainment, Bento Box Entertainment
FOX DRAMA
Accused – straight to batch order
Logline: Based on a BAFTA-winning British show created by Jimmy McGovern, the anthology opens in a courtroom with a scene of a defendant being charged, followed by reverse cuts to reveal how these people are. caught up in the extraordinary situations in which they find themselves. . Each season will focus on a different crime.
Cast:
Team: W/EP Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa (Countryside), David Shore; EP Glenn Geller, Erin Gunn, Jacob Cohen-Holmes, Sita Williams, Jimmy McGovern, Roxy Spencer
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Fox Entertainment
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The last police
Logline: The film follows a small-town police detective (Blu Hunt, New mutant) who, as an asteroid races to an apocalyptic collision with Earth, believes she was chosen to save humanity. Meanwhile, her skeptical partner (Reno Wilson, Good girls) couldn’t decide what he would enjoy more: the failure of her illusions or the apocalypse itself. Based on the novel by Ben Winters The last policeman.
Actors: Blu Hunt, Reno Wilson, Maximiliano Hernandez, Dawnn Lewis, Derek Phillips, Courtney Dietz, Troy Kotsur
Team: W/EP/D Kyle Killen; EP Ben Winters, Scott Pennington
Studio: 20th Television, Fox Entertainment, Chapter Eleven, Anonymous Content
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NBC COMEDY
López vs. Lopez
Logline: A working-class family comedy about dysfunction, reconnection, and all the pain and joy in between.
Actors: George Lopez, Mayan Lopez
Team: W/EP Debby Wolfe (The Conners, One Day at a Time); EP Bruce Helford (ABC’s George Lopez), George Lopez, Katie Newman, Michael Rotenberg; P Mayan Lopez
Studio: Universal Television, Mohawk Productions, Travieso Productions, Mi Vida Loba, 3 Arts
Format: Multicamera
Location:
Hungry
Logline: A group of friends on the food issues support group help each other as they search for love, success, and the perfect thing in the fridge that will make everything better.
Actors: Demi Lovato, Valerie Bertinelli, Anna Akana, Alex Brightman, Ashley Kelly, Jay Klaitz, Rory O’Malley, Christian Magby
Team: W/EP Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Scooter Braun, Scott Manson, James Shin
Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills, SB Projects
Format: Single camera
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NBC DRAMA
No official orders yet.
THE CW DRAMA
No official orders yet.
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