Mark
10-05-07, 08:26 AM
AMERICAN FAMILY (aka JAY SCHERICK & DAVID RONN PROJECT)
Sony Pictures Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David Ronn (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jay Scherick (EP, W-Pilot)*, John Fortenberry (D-Pilot), Reyna Karp (CD)*, Susan Vash (CD)*
Cast: Stephanie Childers (series regular), Charles Esten as Larry (series regular), Colin Ford as Caleb (series regular), Raymond Ochoa as Will (series regular), Ashley Rickards as Julia (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a dysfunctional family.
CARPOOLERS
ABC Television Studio, DreamWorks SKG, 3 Arts Entertainment
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Bruce McCulloch (EP, W-Pilot), Justin Falvey (EP N/W), Darryl Frank (EP N/W), David Miner (EP N/W), Anthony Russo (D-Pilot)*, Joe Russo (D-Pilot)*, Suzanne Goddard-Smythe (CD)
Cast: Faith Ford as Leila (series regular), Fred Goss as Gracen (series regular), TJ Miller as Marmaduke (series regular), Jerry Minor as Aubrey (series regular), Allison Munn as Cindy (series regular), Jerry O’Connell as Laird (series regular), Tim Peper as Dougie (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera ensemble comedy about a group of guys in the same carpool group.
CAVEMEN
ABC Television Studio, Management 360
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Joe Lawson (EP, W-Pilot), Guymon Casady (EP N/W), Josh Gordon (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*, Daniel Rappaport (EP N/W), Will Speck (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy based on the Geico caveman ads that centres on three men from pre-historic times who confront prejudice while attempting to live as regular guys in modern Atlanta.
FAMILY OF THE YEAR (aka ERICA RIVINOJA PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Wounded Poodle Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Pam Brady (EP), Erica Rivinoja (EP, W-Pilot), Michael Lehmann (D-Pilot), Barbara Stordahl (CD)*, Angela Terry (CD)*
Cast: Jennifer Coolidge (series regular), Tommy Dewey as Boots (series regular), Shana Dowdeswell as Tatum Sue Holloway (series regular), Robert Vaughn as Monty Holloway (series regular), Dina Waters as Barbara (series regular)
Logline: A family comedy series about the Holloways, who, for the last 15 years, have been named Family of the Year in their dusty New Mexico home town. But a few minutes spent behind the scenes should convince any potential pageant judge that they deserve to win the award for Dysfunctional Family of the Year, exacerbated when a competing family moves onto their turf.
DAVE HEMINGSON PROJECT (aka THE CALL)
20th Century Fox Television, Real Time Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Howard Gordon (EP), David Hemingson (EP, W-Pilot), Bob Cochran (EP N/W), Joel Surnow (EP N/W), Michael Spiller (D-Pilot), Andrew Horne (P N/W), Leslie Litt (CD)
Cast: Danny Comden as Nick Adams (series regular), John Francis Daley as Tom Timlin (series regular), Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Kinky (series regular), Kal Penn as Ian (series regular), Kali Rocha as Wendy ‘Wolf’ Wolfram (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy that takes place in real time, centering on two LA paramedics who are best friends despite their differences. One is described as “Dr Doug Ross from ER if he were played by Vince Vaughn,” and the other is a man who has “an encyclopaedic knowledge of everything. The irony is it freaks him out.” Each episode will be self-contained, dealing with an emergency the partners respond to.
THE HILL (aka SHANA GOLDBERG-MEEHAN PROJECT)
Warner Bros Television, Silver and Gold Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Shana Goldberg-Meehan (EP,
W-Pilot), Andy Ackerman (D-Pilot), Lesli Gelles (CD)*, Greg Orson (CD)*
Cast: Wendie Malick as Senator Lowell (series regular), Eric Christian Olsen as Matt (series regular), Michelle Trachtenberg (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a man and woman who fall in love despite working for rival Democrat and Republican congressmen, who attempt to keep the lovebirds apart.
THE MIDDLE
Warner Bros Television, Konk Inc
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Eileen Heisler (EP, W-Pilot)*, Deann Heline (EP, W-Pilot)*, Chris Koch (D-Pilot), Brett Benner (CD)*, Debbie Romano (CD)*
Cast: Ricki Lake as Frankie (series regular), Michael Mitchell as Elvis (series regular), Brenna O’Brien as Sue (series regular), Atticus Shafer as Brick (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on a lower-middle-class family in the Midwest, a la Roseanne, about a couple who are hard-pressed to cope with the financial and emotional strain of raising three challenging kids in the sleepy backwater of Jasper, Indiana.
MISS/GUIDED
20th Century Fox Television, Katalyst Films
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Gabrielle Allan (EP, Show Runner), Karey Burke (EP N/W), Jason Goldberg (EP N/W), Todd Holland (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Ashton Kutcher (EP N/W), Caroline Williams (Co EP, W-Pilot), Lisa Miller Katz (CD)
Cast: Earl Billings as Huffy (series regular), Brooke Burns as Lisa (series regular), Judy Greer as Becky (series regular), Kristoffer Polaha as Tim (series regular), Jonathan Sadowski as Gary (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on a young woman who returns to her old high school to be its guidance counsellor. She soon discovers that the students are guiding her as much as she’s guiding them.
THE NEWS (aka RIC SWARTZLANDER PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Ric Swartzlander (EP, W-Pilot), Marc Buckland (D-Pilot), Barbara Stoll (LP), Gayle Pillsbury (CD)*, Bonnie Zane (CD)*
Cast: Tim Conlon as Reese (series regular), Jay Harrington as Judd (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy set against an affiliate news television station.
NICE GIRLS DON’T GET THE CORNER OFFICE (aka JOSH STERNIN & JEFFREY VENTIMILIA PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Joshua Sternin (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jeffrey Ventimilia (EP, W-Pilot)*, Brian Grazer (EP N/W), David Nevins (EP N/W), Gail Mancuso (D-Pilot), Julie Richardson (P N/W), Lois P Frankel (Author, P N/W), Deborah Barylski (CD)*, G Charles Wright (CD)*
Cast: Flex Alexander as Eric (series regular), Caroline Chikezie as Rachel (series regular), Kathryn Hahn as Price (series regular), Jayma Mays as Angela (series regular), Matthew Morrison as Brody (series regular)
Logline: A comedy based on Lois P Frankel’s book of the same name. For every professional woman who wants to get ahead but feels she is at an impasse, Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office comes to the rescue. When overlooked for that special assignment or promotion, many women look for someone else to blame. Frankel presents a different view in her career primer that helps women identify habits they learned as girls that may be holding them back, such as couching statements in a question, smiling inappropriately, tilting the head while speaking, and others. The series will follow the struggles of a ‘nice girl’ trying to make it in the corporate world.
THE OWNERS
Weekend Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Fred Goss (EP, W-Pilot)*, Nick Holly (EP, W-Pilot)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on an ensemble of young adults approaching 30 who are connected through their pets.
VICTORIA PILE PROJECT
CBS Paramount Network Television, ABC Television Studio
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Victoria Pile (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Chris Godsick (EP N/W), Sharon Bialy (CD)*, Sherry Thomas (CD)*
Cast: Stephen Mangan as Detective Little (series regular), Kathleen Rose Perkins as Zoe Sherman (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series set against a police precinct.
GABE SACHS & JEFF JUDAH PROJECT (fka LAW DOGS)
ABC Television Studio, Sachs Judah Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jeff Judah (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gabe Sachs (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gary Halvorson (D-Pilot), Gayle Pillsbury (CD)*, Bonnie Zane (CD)*
Cast: Geoffrey Arend as Ethan (series regular), Ayda Field as Elise (series regular), Kym Whitley as Theresa (series regular), Ashley Williams as Julie (series regular), Scott Wolf as Josh (series regular)
Logline: A soapy comedy that follows the personal and professional lives of young lawyers in a Chicago law office who find themselves competing with one another to become a partner in the firm.
SAM I AM (aka THE MEMORY TRACE, aka CECELIA AHERN & DON TODD PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio, Brillstein-Grey Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Cecelia Ahern (W-Pilot), Don Todd (EP, W-Pilot), Peter Traugott (EP N/W), Robert Duncan McNeill (D-Pilot), Tammy Billik (CD)
Cast: Christina Applegate (series regular), Jennifer Esposito as Angela (series regular), Melissa McCarthy as Dena (series regular), Tim Russ as Frank (series regular), Jean Smart (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy about a woman who wakes from a coma after a car accident with amnesia. She’s able to function in the world but unable to remember a single fact about her life. Forced to become a detective with herself as a client, she investigates her family, her boyfriend, everyone she knows — and discovers she was a horrible person.
SEE JAYNE RUN (aka ALANA BURGI SANKO PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Alana Burgi Sanko (EP, W-Pilot), Becky Clements (EP N/W), Peter Traugott (EP N/W), Will Mackenzie (D-Pilot), Alexis Frank Koczara (CD)*, Christine Smith Shevchenko (CD)*
Cast: Kurt Fuller as Harold (series regular), Ava Gaudet as Jessica (series regular), Jarrad Paul as Neil (series regular), Steve Rannazzisi as Paul (series regular)
Logline: A female-driven, single-camera workplace comedy set against the world of investment banking. When high-powered banker Jayne Doherty returns to work after having a baby, she fully expects to “knock everyone’s socks off and still get home for a bedtime story.”
THE THICK OF IT
Sony Pictures Television, BBC Worldwide Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Mitch Hurwitz (EP, W-Pilot), Armando Iannucci (Creator, EP), Paul Telegdy (EP N/W), Christopher Guest
(D-Pilot), Allison Jones (CD)
Cast: Michael McKean (series regular), Oliver Platt (series regular), Rhea Seehorn as Ollie (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera US adaptation of the BBC4 comedy series that follows the workers in the office of a low-level Congressman in Washington, DC. In the British series, struggling to stay abreast of a heavy workload, a government minister is kept afloat by the ‘spin’ generated by his advisors, usually working in response to the government’s scary director of communications. The office conscience is embodied by the female press officer, although she still blithely issues press releases she knows to be spurious.
TRAVELING IN PACKS (aka JHONI MARCHINKO PROJECT)
Warner Bros Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jhoni Marchinko (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot), Ken Miller (CD), Nikki Valko (CD)
Cast: Shawnee Smith as Ivy (series regular), Virginia Williams as Carol (series regular)
Logline: An ensemble comedy about three friends living together in the same house.
1321 CLOVER
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Cast Contingent Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Paul Corrigan (EP, W-Pilot)*, Brad Walsh (EP, W-Pilot)*, Walt Becker (D-Pilot), Jeff Greenberg (CD)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on a family that agrees to be the subject of a documentary.
ATLANTA
CBS Paramount Network Television, Nuance Productions
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Paul Reiser (EP, W-Pilot), Craig Knizek (EP N/W), Harold Ramis (D-Pilot), Jay Roach (D-Pilot), Marci Liroff (CD)
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr as Eric (series regular)
Logline: A romantic comedy series centering on two people who meet at a funeral in Atlanta. Billed as a “brutal romantic comedy,” it’s about a man and a woman, both in their early 30s, both “single with money.” They’re good at the game and both (almost) ready for the next challenge. Upon meeting, they’re each intrigued and attracted, despite the evidence pointing to nothing but trouble. Unfortunately, neither of them is good at doing what’s good for them.
BIG BANG THEORY
Warner Bros Television, Chuck Lorre Productions
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Chuck Lorre (EP, W-Pilot), Bill Prady (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot), Mike Collier (LP), Ken Miller (CD), Nikki Valko (CD)
Cast: Iris Bahr as Gilda (series regular), Kaley Cuoco as Penny (series regular), Johnny Galecki as Leonard (series regular), Simon Helberg as Wolowitz (series regular), Kunal Nayyar as Koothrappali (series regular), Jim Parsons as Sheldon (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series centering on a young woman and two nerdy male physicists who have a lot to learn about the real world.
THE CAPTAIN
CBS Paramount Network Television, John & Anders
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: John Hamburg (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Amy McIntyre Britt (CD)*, Anya Colloff (CD)*
Cast: Valerie Azlynn as Astrid (series regular), JoAnna Garcia as Hope (series regular), Chris Klein as Marty (series regular), Fran Kranz as Josh (series regular), Al Madrigal as Jesus (series regular), Jeffrey Tambor as Saul (series regular), Raquel Welch (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy centering on a former Best Short Film Academy Award winner who tries to get his life back on track after a series of disappointing post-Oscar years by moving into the fabled El Capitan apartment building in Hollywood. Looking for peace, quiet and a fresh start, he instead finds himself living amongst a vivid collection of eccentrics and dreamers.
GENERATIONS
NBC Universal Television Studio, Dreamworks SKG
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Cast Contingent Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Cheryl Holliday (EP, W-Pilot), Justin Falvey (EP N/W), Darryl Frank (EP N/W), Susan Vash (CD)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A comedy series about a younger guy who starts living with his grandfather in a retirement community.
GIANTS OF RADIO
20th Century Fox Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Jason Winer (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Jon Berg (EP N/W), Todd Komarnicki (EP N/W), Matt Weinberg (EP N/W)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series set in a radio station.
ROB GREENBERG PROJECT (fka EX-MEN)
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Rob Greenberg (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Suzy Mamann-Greenberg (P N/W), Tracy Lilienfield (CD)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a guy who is completely shell-shocked when his long-time girlfriend jilts him at the altar. He then meets a group of divorced men in a pre-furnished apartment complex for people who need temporary living space.
I’M IN HELL
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Aron Abrams (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gregory Thompson (EP, W-Pilot)*
Cast: Jason Biggs (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a wealthy guy in the financial industry who dies. When he learns that hell is full, he finds himself living out his days in hell on Earth. Back on Earth, he has none of his former wealth and status and must reinvent himself.
MAX MUTCHNICK & DAVID KOHAN PROJECT
Warner Bros Television, Komut Entertainment
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David Kohan (EP, W-Pilot)*, Max Mutchnick (EP, W-Pilot)*, James Burrows (D-Pilot), Tracy Lilienfield (CD)
Cast: Jessica Capshaw as Melanie (series regular), Brian Austin Green as Noah (series regular), Vanessa Lengies as Tessa (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a pair of successful fantasy novelists who are currently in a state of writer’s block. One is gay and his relationships are a series of one-night stands; the other is straight and he’s going through a traumatic divorce. The only person who can mediate between them is their long-suffering assistant.
THE RICH INNER LIFE OF PENELOPE CLOUD (aka JEFF GREENSTEIN PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio, CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jeff Greenstein (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot), Reyna Karp (CD)*, Susan Vash (CD)*
Cast: Erick Avari as Dr Hakim (series regular), Nicholas D’Agosto as Ivy (series regular), Marisa Tomei as Penelope Cloud (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a woman who is attractive, erudite, imperious, sarcastic, dryly funny and more than a little intimidating. A novelist, critic and guest lecturer at Berkeley, she’s struggled for 15 years to deliver the follow-up to her acclaimed first novel, and has blotted out her frustration with a cocktail of antidepressants. She’s also managed to fail in romantic relationships with both men and women. Her editor and ex-lover is now expecting a baby with his new, much younger wife, and as for her ex-girlfriend, well, she discovered she prefers men, so they became best friends instead. She also volunteers as Big Sister to a taciturn Hispanic girl, but becomes so frustrated at their inability to communicate that she tries to return her. Nothing in her life is working – but then, at the urging of her new therapist, she decides to kick the drugs and her emotions reawaken.
THE STUMPS OF HOLLYWOOD (fka FUGLY, aka GREG GARCIA PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Amigos De Garcia Productions
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Auspices: Gregory Thomas Garcia (EP, W-Pilot), Todd Holland (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Dava Waite Peaslee (CD)
Cast: Nikki Cox (series regular), Tony Gentile (series regular), Michael Rapaport (series regular), Marissa Jaret Winokur as Tammy (series regular)
Logline: A hybrid multi- and single-camera comedy series described as The Beverly Hillbillies meets The Swan, in which two unattractive identical twin sisters and their homely brother inherit enough money to give one sister an extreme makeover. They all move to Hollywood to cash in on their newly good-looking sister.
UP ALL NIGHT (aka SCOTT SILVERI PROJECT)
Warner Bros Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Scott Silveri (EP, W-Pilot), Andy Ackerman (D-Pilot), Collin Daniel (CD), Brett Greenstein (CD)
Cast: Josh Meyers (series regular), JD Walsh (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a group of people who hang out in an after-hours bar, from midnight until six in the morning.
DASH4CASH (aka DASH 4 CASH)
CBS Paramount Network Television, Grammnet Productions
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Boyce Bugliari (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jamie McLaughlin (EP, W-Pilot)*, Kelsey Grammer (EP N/W), Steve Stark (EP N/W), Betty Thomas (D-Pilot), Jeff Meshel (CD)*, Kevin Scott (CD)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series set behind the scenes of an Amazing Race-type reality series.
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (fka GATEKEEPERS)
CBS Paramount Network Television, Hazy Mills
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Meredith Lavender (EP, W-Pilot)*, Marcie Ulin (EP, W-Pilot)*, Sean Hayes (EP N/W), Todd Milliner (EP N/W)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy about a group of assistants to highly successful people in different industries who all share an apartment in New York City.
HELL ON EARTH (aka JACK AMIEL & MICHAEL BEGLER PROJECT)
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jack Amiel (EP, W-Pilot)*, Michael Begler (EP, W-Pilot)*, Barbie Block (CD)*, Sally Stiner (CD)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a snobby high school girl who gets a second chance on earth after being killed by a bus and sent to purgatory.
MILF & COOKIES (aka RANDI MAYEM SINGER PROJECT)
CBS Paramount Network Television, Overbrook Entertainment
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Randi Mayem Singer (EP, W-Pilot), James Lassiter (EP N/W), Miguel Melendez (EP N/W), Jada Pinkett Smith (EP N/W), Will Smith (EP N/W), Stacey Pianko (CD)*, Orly Sitowitz (CD)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy about single mothers in an apartment building who come together to find they are not alone and can rely on one another for help in raising their teenage children.
ACTION NEWS
20th Century Fox Television, Levitan/Lloyd Productions, Grammnet Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Series Pick Up
Auspices: Steve Levitan (EP, W-Pilot)*, Christopher Lloyd II (EP, W-Pilot)*, Steve Stark (EP N/W), Liz Marx (CD)
Cast: Ty Burrell (series regular), Paul Campbell as Nate (series regular), Aimee Garcia as Montana Stevens (series regular), Kelsey Grammer as Chuck Tatham (series regular), Patricia Heaton as Patty Carr (series regular), Fred Willard as Marsh McGinley (series regular)
Logline: A comedy centering on a womanising news anchor who gets fired after a public meltdown. He returns to his old job as an anchor in Buffalo, NY and discovers that his co-anchor is a woman he had a one-night stand with 10 years ago — and that they have a daughter.
ANIMALS (aka ROBERT SMIGEL PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Happy Madison
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Greg Cohen (EP, W-Pilot), Robert Smigel (EP, W-Pilot), Jack Giarraputo (EP N/W), Doug Robinson (EP N/W), Adam Sandler (EP N/W)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A satirical animated comedy series that views human relationships through animal protagonists.
THE BEAST
CBS Paramount Network Television, FremantleMedia Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Tucker Cawley (EP, W-Pilot), James Widdoes (D-Pilot), Marissa Ross (CD)*, Alyson Silverberg (CD)*
Cast: Steve Howey (series regular)
Logline: A comedy based on the UK series Beast, created by Simon Nye. It’s set in a workplace and centres on a charming and womanising veterinarian who hates animals but loves the perks his job provides.
FRANGELA
ABC Television Studio, Brillstein-Grey Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Frances Callier (EP, W-Pilot)*, Angela V Shelton (EP, W-Pilot)*, David Zuckerman (EP, W-Pilot), Dan Pasternack (EP N/W), Peter Traugott (EP N/W), David Steinberg (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Franco E Bario (LP), Lorna Johnson (CD)
Cast: Michael Boatman as Adam (series regular), Frances Callier as Frances (series regular), Mo Collins as Judy (series regular), Garrett Morris as Dave (series regular), Angela V Shelton as Angela (series regular)
Logline: A female ‘buddy’ comedy based on the comedy act of Angela Shelton and Frances Callier, centering on two best friends and their not always PC take on the world. The show also stars Garrett Morris (All of Us, The Jamie Foxx Show, SNL) as the superintendent of the apartment building the two women live in. Mo Collins (MadTV) will play Callier’s boss, while Michael Boatman (Spin City) will play her husband. Frances and Angela are real-life best friends. To say that they know everything about improvisational comedy is an understatement. Besides performing stand-up in LA, they have performed live with Funny Black People at the LA Second City. They also recently closed their hit show An Evening with the Afro-Saxon’s at ImprovOlympic West. Frances and Angela both starred and wrote on their award-winning animated show Hey Monie! for Oxygen and BET. Together they have starred in the US version of BBC show Three Non-Blondes for VH1 (pilot).
VICTOR FRESCO PROJECT (fka DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE)
20th Century Fox Television, Garfield Grove Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Victor Fresco (EP, W-Pilot), Marc Buckland (D-Pilot), Laura Adler (CD)*, Jill Anthony (CD)*
Cast: Andrea Parker as Susan (series regular)
Logline: This comedy depicts the life of a family of over-achievers as seen through the eyes of their 10-year-old son.
HACKETT (aka DENISE MOSS PROJECT)
Sony Pictures Television, 25C Productions
Right Coast Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Denise Moss (EP, W-Pilot), Carl Beverly (EP N/W), Sarah Timberman (EP N/W), Barry Sonnenfeld (D-Pilot), Robin Lippin (CD)
Cast: Jim Rash as Eugene (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a brilliant, bitter and misogynistic former literary luminary who ends up teaching English at a lower-rung public high school in Ohio.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM (aka TIM)
Warner Bros Television, Werner-Gold-Miller
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Steve Dildarian (EP, W-Pilot), Eric Gold (EP N/W), Jimmy Miller (EP N/W), Tom Werner (EP N/W), Ruth Lambert (CD)*, Robert McGee (CD)*
Cast: Steve Dildarian as Tim (voice talent), Matt Johnson as Rodney (voice talent), Nick Kross as Stu (voice talent), Bob Morrow as Debbie (voice talent), Cheri Oteri (voice talent), MJ Otto as Amy (voice talent), Kurtwood Smith as Boss (voice talent)
Logline: An animated comedy series that explores the life of a 20-year-old man.
ME & LEE (aka LEE & ME)
Lionsgate Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Matthew Salsberg (EP, W-Pilot), Jenji Kohan (EP N/W), Steven Pearl (EP N/W), Paul Dinello (D-Pilot), Allan Loeb (CO)
Cast: Lee Majors as Lee (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a guy suffering from chronic back pain who gets more than he bargains for when he undergoes ‘bionic’ surgery in a secret lab. He is rehabilitated by (Bionic Man) Lee Majors and subsequently has Majors’ voice in his head.
LIZ MERIWETHER PROJECT (fka ****S)
20th Century Fox Television, Dawn Parouse Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Liz Meriwether (W-Pilot),
Joe Hipps (EP N/W), Dawn Parouse
(EP N/W), Jeffrey Richman (EP N/W), Jason Winer (D-Pilot), Ron Digman (CD)*, Valorie Massalas (CD)*
Cast: Dorian Brown as Kate (series regular), Lacey Chabert as Stevie (series regular), Sarayu Rao as Rupa (series regular), Molly Stanton as Allison (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about three women who were the ‘hot girls’ of the Delta Gamma sorority who get out of college and have trouble changing their promiscuous and partying ways.
THE MINISTER OF DIVINE
20th Century Fox Television, Tiger Aspect Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Richard Curtis (EP), Suzanne Martin (EP, W-Pilot), Mark Chapman (EP N/W)*, Andrew Zien (EP N/W)*, Pamela Fryman (D-Pilot), Liz Marx (CD)
Cast: Kirstie Alley as Geraldine (series regular), Malcolm Barrett as Frank (series regular), W Earl Brown as Owen (series regular), Riki Lindhome as Alice (series regular), Jonathan Tchaikovsky as Hugo (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series based on UK series The Vicar of Dibley, starring Dawn French. The American version centres on a woman with a past who tries to make amends by returning to her hometown of Divine, Georgia, as a minister in the church. However, she retains shades of her former outrageousness and isn’t afraid to call things as she sees them.
PLAYING CHICKEN
Warner Bros Television, Werner-Gold-Miller
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Sean Anders (W-Pilot)*, John Morris (W-Pilot)*, Eric Gold (EP N/W)*, Jimmy Miller (EP N/W)*, Tom Werner (EP N/W), John Pasquin (D-Pilot), Mike Clements (P N/W), Bruce Newberg (CD)
Cast: Bill Burr as Tim (series regular), Jake Busey (series regular), Norbert Leo Butz as Jake (series regular), Marianne Muellerleile as Donna (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about two estranged brothers, one a political conservative and the other a liberal. The liberal leaves behind his teaching tenure and rent-controlled apartment in New York to take care of his brother after he is left wheelchair-bound in a jet-ski accident. Their curmudgeonly mother officiates as the brothers disagree, argue, fight, gloat and generally torture each other. But through it all these guys are family.
THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES (aka AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO PROJECT)
Regency Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Daniel Palladino (EP), Amy Sherman-Palladino (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Robin Schwartz (EP N/W), Marc Solakian (LP), Jill Anthony (CD)
Cast: Lauren Ambrose as Coco (series regular), Scott Cohen as Marcus (series regular), Ron McLarty as Donald (series regular), Parker Posey as Jezebel James (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about two single, estranged sisters, one intense and career-oriented, the other irresponsible. They come back together when the older, responsible sister learns that she cannot bear children and talks her younger sister into moving in with her and being the surrogate mother to her baby.
THE RULES FOR STARTING OVER
20th Century Fox Television, Watson Pond Productions, Conundrum Entertainment
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Kevin Barnett (EP N/W), Bobby Farrelly (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*, Peter Farrelly (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*, Brad Johnson (EP N/W), Bradley Thomas (EP N/W), Michael E Bernier (Co EP, W-Pilot)*, Chris Pappas (Co EP, W-Pilot)*, Katy McCaffrey (P N/W), Ken Miller (CD)*, Nikki Valko (CD)*
Cast: Craig Bierko as Gator (series regular), Rashida Jones as Kate (series regular), Shaun Majumder as Dr Bill (series regular), Johnny Sneed as Tommy (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a man who has to start over in his 30s after his marriage to his college sweetheart ends. He then finds himself back on the dating scene with his 30-something friends.
DAMON SANTOSTEFANO PROJECT (aka REVENGE PROJECT)
Fox 21
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Damon Santostefano (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Scott McAboy (P N/W), Tess Sanchez (CD)
Cast: Noureen DeWulf as Lizzy (series regular), Danielle Hoover as Briar (series regular), Casey Wilson as Sarah (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera, scripted and non-scripted hybrid comedy centering on three female friends who go on a road trip to seek revenge on all of the men who have done them wrong.
SKYLER’S REVOLUTION
Warner Horizon Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Skyler Stone (EP, W-Pilot), Joseph McGinty Nichol (EP N/W), Trip Taylor (EP N/W)
Cast: Skyler Stone (series regular)
Logline: An outrageous hybrid comedy, partially-scripted series centering on real people who are dispatched to live out various adventures.
ROB ROY THOMAS PROJECT
Fox 21
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Robert Roy Thomas (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Allison Kingsley (Co EP N/W), Michael Stokes (Co EP N/W)
Cast: Kevin Christy as internet strategist/office asst. (series regular), Stephen Cragg as chief of staff (series regular), Daniele Gaither as office staff worker (series regular), Brendan Hines as candidate (series regular), Danny Pudi as legislative deputy (series regular), Janet Varney as director of communications (series regular)
Logline: An improvisational comedy series set in the political arena.
TWO DREADFUL CHILDREN
20th Century Fox Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: David Hemingson (EP, W-Pilot), Mike Kim (D-Pilot), Linda Lamontagne (CD)
Cast: Sam Huntington as Tapper (voice talent), Chris Kattan as Chet (voice talent), Caroline Rhea as mother/Lori (voice talent), Meredith Roberts as Shiela (voice talent), French Stewart as Frosty (voice talent)
Logline: An animated comedy series about a pair of fraternal twins who are the children of rednecks, as well as sociopathic geniuses.
TWO FAMILIES (aka BARBARA WALLACE & TOM WOLFE PROJECT)
HBO Independent Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Barbara Wallace (EP, W-Pilot)*, Tom Wolfe (EP, W-Pilot)*, Michael Engler (D-Pilot), Collin Daniel (CD)*, Brett Greenstein (CD)*
Cast: Samantha Bee as Susan (series regular), Beau Bridges as David Sr (series regular), Geneva Carr as Judith (series regular), Christopher Denham as Greg (series regular), Carlos Jacott as David 1 (series regular), Sean O’Bryan as David 2 (series regular), Lucy Punch as Irene (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about two sets of adult siblings who live together and discover that they had the same father growing up.
AREA 52
NBC Universal Television Studio, TV Repair
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Mike Armstrong (EP, W-Pilot), David Latt (EP N/W), Dean Parisot (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Jane Bartelme (LP), Jennifer McNamara (CD), Gayle Pillsbury (CD)*, Bonnie Zane (CD)*
Cast: Matthew Lillard as Col Steven Isaac (series regular), Jane Lynch as Irene Maloof (series regular), Bruce McGilll as Gen Keller (series regular), Paul Reubens as The Alien (series regular), Kelvin Yu as Private Simms (series regular)
Logline: A workplace comedy set at a secret location in the desert where an alien is secretly kept by the US government.
BUSINESS CLASS
NBC Universal Television Studio, Dutch Oven
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Bill Oakley (EP, W-Pilot)*, Josh Weinstein (EP, W-Pilot)*, David Bartis (EP N/W), Doug Liman (EP N/W), Adam Bernstein (D-Pilot)
Cast: Krista Allen as Felicity (series regular), Horatio Sanz as Terry (series regular), Jae Suh as Amy Lee (series regular), Mark Valley as Chuck (series regular), Peter Keleghan as narrator (voice talent)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a pair of sales reps who live in a world of airplanes, cookie-cutter chain hotels, Ambassadors’ Clubs and expense-account restaurants and are always on the move to put out one fire or another.
I’M WITH STUPID
NBC Universal Television Studio, Reveille, BBC Worldwide Productions
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Kenton Allen (EP), Wil Calhoun (EP, W-Pilot), Bobby Farrelly (EP N/W), Peter Farrelly (EP N/W), Ben Silverman (EP N/W), Paul Telegdy (EP N/W), Teri Weinberg (EP N/W), Linwood Boomer
(D-Pilot), Kenton North (P N/W), Bradley Thomas (P N/W), Jeff Greenberg (CD)
Cast: Kevin Daniels as Sheldon (series regular), Brianne Davis as Debbie (series regular), Bryan Dilbeck as Graham (series regular), Daryl Chill Mitchell as Sid (series regular), Teal Sherer as Leah (series regular), Lusia Strus as Jean (series regular), Christopher Thornton as Paul (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy based on a BBC series about a guy who is down on his luck and befriends a disabled man and moves into his care facility. The comedy follows the unlikely relationship between wheelchair-bound Paul, and the homeless Sheldon. The British series drew heavily on the experience of writer Peter Keeley, who has cerebral palsy.
IMPROV EVERYWHERE
NBC Universal Television Studio
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Charlie Todd (W-Pilot), Jason A Carbone (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Dave Rath (EP N/W), Kara Welker (EP N/W)
Cast: Charlie Todd (Host)
Logline: An improvisational comedy in which a group of improvisers perform stunts involving the public and volunteers.
THE IT CROWD
NBC Universal Television Studio, FremantleMedia Productions
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David Guarascio (EP, W-Pilot)*, Joe Port (EP, W-Pilot)*, Moses Port (EP, W-Pilot)*, Joe Wiseman (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gail Mancuso (D-Pilot), Graham Lineman (CO), Bonnie Zane (CD)
Cast: Richard Ayoade as Moss (series regular), Rocky Carroll as Denholm (series regular), Joel McHale as Roy (series regular), Jessica St Clair as Jen (series regular)
Logline: A hybrid multi- and single-camera comedy series based on the UK format about the geeky IT workers at a large corporation.
LIP****Z SAVES THE WORLD
NBC Universal Television Studio
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Dan Fogelman (EP, W-Pilot), Chris Koch (D-Pilot), Susan Vash (CD)
Cast: Ty Burrell as Man In Red (series regular), Jack Carpenter as Adam Lip****z (series regular), Brooklyn Decker as Rachel (series regular), Leslie Nielsen as Leslie Nielsen (series regular)
Logline: A comedy about a 17-year-old social pariah who comes to realise it is his destiny to save the world.
THE MASTERSONS OF MANHATTAN (aka GARY JANETTI PROJECT)
NBC Universal Television Studio, Charles Bros
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Gary Janetti (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot, EP N/W), John Brace (CD), Linda Lowy (CD), Jennifer McNamara (CD)
Cast: Brian Benben as Joseph (series regular), Jonathan Cake as Roger and Marshall (series regular), Natasha Richardson as Victoria Masterson (series regular), Molly Shannon as Amanda Masterson (series regular), Amanda Walsh as Laura (series regular)
Logline: A serialised comedic soap opera centering on two sisters in a socially prominent family in New York.
THIS IS CULDESAC (aka THIS IS CULDESAC, aka CUL DE SAC, aka LUKE BARATS & JOE BERETA PROJECT)
NBC Universal Television Studio
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Luke Barats (D-Pilot, W-Pilot)*, Joe Bereta (D-Pilot, W-Pilot)*, Dan Farah (P N/W)
Cast: Luke Barats (series regular), Joe Bereta (series regular)
Logline: A buddy comedy with sketches centering on the small town of Culdesac, where series leads Luke Barats and Joe Bereta play most of the residents.
WILDLIFE (aka DAVID ISRAEL & JIM O’DOHERTY PROJECT)
NBC Universal Television Studio, Conaco Productions
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David M. Israel (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jim O’Doherty (EP, W-Pilot)*, David Kissinger (EP N/W), Conan O’Brien (EP N/W), Jeff Ross (EP N/W), Tucker Gates (D-Pilot), Julie Ashton (CD)
Cast: Mo Collins as Margaret (series regular), Brooke D’Orsay as Missy (series regular), Philip Baker Hall as Arnie (series regular), Chris Sieber as Jim (series regular), Tracy Vilar as Natalie (series regular), JP Walker (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy about the employees of a wildlife park.
ZIP
NBC Universal Television Studio, Reveille, Catapult
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Marc Abrams (EP, W-Pilot)*, Michael Benson (EP, W-Pilot)*, Ben Silverman (EP N/W), Teri Weinberg (EP N/W), Mark Rizzo (SP, W-Pilot), Daniel Attias (D-Pilot), Barbie Block (CD)*, Sally Stiner (CD)*
Cast: Rob Huebel as Trip (series regular), Alex Kaluzhsky as Pep (series regular), Carlos Lacamara as Hugo (series regular), Zach Mills as JP (series regular), Colby Paul as Nelson (series regular), Dreama Walker as Ellie (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about wealthy and not-so-wealthy neighbours living in the same zip code.
C21
Sony Pictures Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David Ronn (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jay Scherick (EP, W-Pilot)*, John Fortenberry (D-Pilot), Reyna Karp (CD)*, Susan Vash (CD)*
Cast: Stephanie Childers (series regular), Charles Esten as Larry (series regular), Colin Ford as Caleb (series regular), Raymond Ochoa as Will (series regular), Ashley Rickards as Julia (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a dysfunctional family.
CARPOOLERS
ABC Television Studio, DreamWorks SKG, 3 Arts Entertainment
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Bruce McCulloch (EP, W-Pilot), Justin Falvey (EP N/W), Darryl Frank (EP N/W), David Miner (EP N/W), Anthony Russo (D-Pilot)*, Joe Russo (D-Pilot)*, Suzanne Goddard-Smythe (CD)
Cast: Faith Ford as Leila (series regular), Fred Goss as Gracen (series regular), TJ Miller as Marmaduke (series regular), Jerry Minor as Aubrey (series regular), Allison Munn as Cindy (series regular), Jerry O’Connell as Laird (series regular), Tim Peper as Dougie (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera ensemble comedy about a group of guys in the same carpool group.
CAVEMEN
ABC Television Studio, Management 360
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Joe Lawson (EP, W-Pilot), Guymon Casady (EP N/W), Josh Gordon (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*, Daniel Rappaport (EP N/W), Will Speck (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy based on the Geico caveman ads that centres on three men from pre-historic times who confront prejudice while attempting to live as regular guys in modern Atlanta.
FAMILY OF THE YEAR (aka ERICA RIVINOJA PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Wounded Poodle Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Pam Brady (EP), Erica Rivinoja (EP, W-Pilot), Michael Lehmann (D-Pilot), Barbara Stordahl (CD)*, Angela Terry (CD)*
Cast: Jennifer Coolidge (series regular), Tommy Dewey as Boots (series regular), Shana Dowdeswell as Tatum Sue Holloway (series regular), Robert Vaughn as Monty Holloway (series regular), Dina Waters as Barbara (series regular)
Logline: A family comedy series about the Holloways, who, for the last 15 years, have been named Family of the Year in their dusty New Mexico home town. But a few minutes spent behind the scenes should convince any potential pageant judge that they deserve to win the award for Dysfunctional Family of the Year, exacerbated when a competing family moves onto their turf.
DAVE HEMINGSON PROJECT (aka THE CALL)
20th Century Fox Television, Real Time Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Howard Gordon (EP), David Hemingson (EP, W-Pilot), Bob Cochran (EP N/W), Joel Surnow (EP N/W), Michael Spiller (D-Pilot), Andrew Horne (P N/W), Leslie Litt (CD)
Cast: Danny Comden as Nick Adams (series regular), John Francis Daley as Tom Timlin (series regular), Jodi Lyn O’Keefe as Kinky (series regular), Kal Penn as Ian (series regular), Kali Rocha as Wendy ‘Wolf’ Wolfram (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy that takes place in real time, centering on two LA paramedics who are best friends despite their differences. One is described as “Dr Doug Ross from ER if he were played by Vince Vaughn,” and the other is a man who has “an encyclopaedic knowledge of everything. The irony is it freaks him out.” Each episode will be self-contained, dealing with an emergency the partners respond to.
THE HILL (aka SHANA GOLDBERG-MEEHAN PROJECT)
Warner Bros Television, Silver and Gold Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Shana Goldberg-Meehan (EP,
W-Pilot), Andy Ackerman (D-Pilot), Lesli Gelles (CD)*, Greg Orson (CD)*
Cast: Wendie Malick as Senator Lowell (series regular), Eric Christian Olsen as Matt (series regular), Michelle Trachtenberg (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a man and woman who fall in love despite working for rival Democrat and Republican congressmen, who attempt to keep the lovebirds apart.
THE MIDDLE
Warner Bros Television, Konk Inc
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Eileen Heisler (EP, W-Pilot)*, Deann Heline (EP, W-Pilot)*, Chris Koch (D-Pilot), Brett Benner (CD)*, Debbie Romano (CD)*
Cast: Ricki Lake as Frankie (series regular), Michael Mitchell as Elvis (series regular), Brenna O’Brien as Sue (series regular), Atticus Shafer as Brick (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on a lower-middle-class family in the Midwest, a la Roseanne, about a couple who are hard-pressed to cope with the financial and emotional strain of raising three challenging kids in the sleepy backwater of Jasper, Indiana.
MISS/GUIDED
20th Century Fox Television, Katalyst Films
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Gabrielle Allan (EP, Show Runner), Karey Burke (EP N/W), Jason Goldberg (EP N/W), Todd Holland (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Ashton Kutcher (EP N/W), Caroline Williams (Co EP, W-Pilot), Lisa Miller Katz (CD)
Cast: Earl Billings as Huffy (series regular), Brooke Burns as Lisa (series regular), Judy Greer as Becky (series regular), Kristoffer Polaha as Tim (series regular), Jonathan Sadowski as Gary (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on a young woman who returns to her old high school to be its guidance counsellor. She soon discovers that the students are guiding her as much as she’s guiding them.
THE NEWS (aka RIC SWARTZLANDER PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Ric Swartzlander (EP, W-Pilot), Marc Buckland (D-Pilot), Barbara Stoll (LP), Gayle Pillsbury (CD)*, Bonnie Zane (CD)*
Cast: Tim Conlon as Reese (series regular), Jay Harrington as Judd (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy set against an affiliate news television station.
NICE GIRLS DON’T GET THE CORNER OFFICE (aka JOSH STERNIN & JEFFREY VENTIMILIA PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Imagine Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Joshua Sternin (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jeffrey Ventimilia (EP, W-Pilot)*, Brian Grazer (EP N/W), David Nevins (EP N/W), Gail Mancuso (D-Pilot), Julie Richardson (P N/W), Lois P Frankel (Author, P N/W), Deborah Barylski (CD)*, G Charles Wright (CD)*
Cast: Flex Alexander as Eric (series regular), Caroline Chikezie as Rachel (series regular), Kathryn Hahn as Price (series regular), Jayma Mays as Angela (series regular), Matthew Morrison as Brody (series regular)
Logline: A comedy based on Lois P Frankel’s book of the same name. For every professional woman who wants to get ahead but feels she is at an impasse, Nice Girls Don’t Get The Corner Office comes to the rescue. When overlooked for that special assignment or promotion, many women look for someone else to blame. Frankel presents a different view in her career primer that helps women identify habits they learned as girls that may be holding them back, such as couching statements in a question, smiling inappropriately, tilting the head while speaking, and others. The series will follow the struggles of a ‘nice girl’ trying to make it in the corporate world.
THE OWNERS
Weekend Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Fred Goss (EP, W-Pilot)*, Nick Holly (EP, W-Pilot)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on an ensemble of young adults approaching 30 who are connected through their pets.
VICTORIA PILE PROJECT
CBS Paramount Network Television, ABC Television Studio
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Victoria Pile (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Chris Godsick (EP N/W), Sharon Bialy (CD)*, Sherry Thomas (CD)*
Cast: Stephen Mangan as Detective Little (series regular), Kathleen Rose Perkins as Zoe Sherman (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series set against a police precinct.
GABE SACHS & JEFF JUDAH PROJECT (fka LAW DOGS)
ABC Television Studio, Sachs Judah Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jeff Judah (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gabe Sachs (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gary Halvorson (D-Pilot), Gayle Pillsbury (CD)*, Bonnie Zane (CD)*
Cast: Geoffrey Arend as Ethan (series regular), Ayda Field as Elise (series regular), Kym Whitley as Theresa (series regular), Ashley Williams as Julie (series regular), Scott Wolf as Josh (series regular)
Logline: A soapy comedy that follows the personal and professional lives of young lawyers in a Chicago law office who find themselves competing with one another to become a partner in the firm.
SAM I AM (aka THE MEMORY TRACE, aka CECELIA AHERN & DON TODD PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio, Brillstein-Grey Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Cecelia Ahern (W-Pilot), Don Todd (EP, W-Pilot), Peter Traugott (EP N/W), Robert Duncan McNeill (D-Pilot), Tammy Billik (CD)
Cast: Christina Applegate (series regular), Jennifer Esposito as Angela (series regular), Melissa McCarthy as Dena (series regular), Tim Russ as Frank (series regular), Jean Smart (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy about a woman who wakes from a coma after a car accident with amnesia. She’s able to function in the world but unable to remember a single fact about her life. Forced to become a detective with herself as a client, she investigates her family, her boyfriend, everyone she knows — and discovers she was a horrible person.
SEE JAYNE RUN (aka ALANA BURGI SANKO PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio, Brillstein-Grey Entertainment
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Alana Burgi Sanko (EP, W-Pilot), Becky Clements (EP N/W), Peter Traugott (EP N/W), Will Mackenzie (D-Pilot), Alexis Frank Koczara (CD)*, Christine Smith Shevchenko (CD)*
Cast: Kurt Fuller as Harold (series regular), Ava Gaudet as Jessica (series regular), Jarrad Paul as Neil (series regular), Steve Rannazzisi as Paul (series regular)
Logline: A female-driven, single-camera workplace comedy set against the world of investment banking. When high-powered banker Jayne Doherty returns to work after having a baby, she fully expects to “knock everyone’s socks off and still get home for a bedtime story.”
THE THICK OF IT
Sony Pictures Television, BBC Worldwide Productions
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Mitch Hurwitz (EP, W-Pilot), Armando Iannucci (Creator, EP), Paul Telegdy (EP N/W), Christopher Guest
(D-Pilot), Allison Jones (CD)
Cast: Michael McKean (series regular), Oliver Platt (series regular), Rhea Seehorn as Ollie (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera US adaptation of the BBC4 comedy series that follows the workers in the office of a low-level Congressman in Washington, DC. In the British series, struggling to stay abreast of a heavy workload, a government minister is kept afloat by the ‘spin’ generated by his advisors, usually working in response to the government’s scary director of communications. The office conscience is embodied by the female press officer, although she still blithely issues press releases she knows to be spurious.
TRAVELING IN PACKS (aka JHONI MARCHINKO PROJECT)
Warner Bros Television
Network: ABC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jhoni Marchinko (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot), Ken Miller (CD), Nikki Valko (CD)
Cast: Shawnee Smith as Ivy (series regular), Virginia Williams as Carol (series regular)
Logline: An ensemble comedy about three friends living together in the same house.
1321 CLOVER
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Cast Contingent Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Paul Corrigan (EP, W-Pilot)*, Brad Walsh (EP, W-Pilot)*, Walt Becker (D-Pilot), Jeff Greenberg (CD)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series centering on a family that agrees to be the subject of a documentary.
ATLANTA
CBS Paramount Network Television, Nuance Productions
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Paul Reiser (EP, W-Pilot), Craig Knizek (EP N/W), Harold Ramis (D-Pilot), Jay Roach (D-Pilot), Marci Liroff (CD)
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr as Eric (series regular)
Logline: A romantic comedy series centering on two people who meet at a funeral in Atlanta. Billed as a “brutal romantic comedy,” it’s about a man and a woman, both in their early 30s, both “single with money.” They’re good at the game and both (almost) ready for the next challenge. Upon meeting, they’re each intrigued and attracted, despite the evidence pointing to nothing but trouble. Unfortunately, neither of them is good at doing what’s good for them.
BIG BANG THEORY
Warner Bros Television, Chuck Lorre Productions
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Chuck Lorre (EP, W-Pilot), Bill Prady (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot), Mike Collier (LP), Ken Miller (CD), Nikki Valko (CD)
Cast: Iris Bahr as Gilda (series regular), Kaley Cuoco as Penny (series regular), Johnny Galecki as Leonard (series regular), Simon Helberg as Wolowitz (series regular), Kunal Nayyar as Koothrappali (series regular), Jim Parsons as Sheldon (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series centering on a young woman and two nerdy male physicists who have a lot to learn about the real world.
THE CAPTAIN
CBS Paramount Network Television, John & Anders
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: John Hamburg (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Amy McIntyre Britt (CD)*, Anya Colloff (CD)*
Cast: Valerie Azlynn as Astrid (series regular), JoAnna Garcia as Hope (series regular), Chris Klein as Marty (series regular), Fran Kranz as Josh (series regular), Al Madrigal as Jesus (series regular), Jeffrey Tambor as Saul (series regular), Raquel Welch (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy centering on a former Best Short Film Academy Award winner who tries to get his life back on track after a series of disappointing post-Oscar years by moving into the fabled El Capitan apartment building in Hollywood. Looking for peace, quiet and a fresh start, he instead finds himself living amongst a vivid collection of eccentrics and dreamers.
GENERATIONS
NBC Universal Television Studio, Dreamworks SKG
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Cast Contingent Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Cheryl Holliday (EP, W-Pilot), Justin Falvey (EP N/W), Darryl Frank (EP N/W), Susan Vash (CD)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A comedy series about a younger guy who starts living with his grandfather in a retirement community.
GIANTS OF RADIO
20th Century Fox Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Jason Winer (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Jon Berg (EP N/W), Todd Komarnicki (EP N/W), Matt Weinberg (EP N/W)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series set in a radio station.
ROB GREENBERG PROJECT (fka EX-MEN)
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Rob Greenberg (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Suzy Mamann-Greenberg (P N/W), Tracy Lilienfield (CD)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a guy who is completely shell-shocked when his long-time girlfriend jilts him at the altar. He then meets a group of divorced men in a pre-furnished apartment complex for people who need temporary living space.
I’M IN HELL
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Aron Abrams (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gregory Thompson (EP, W-Pilot)*
Cast: Jason Biggs (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a wealthy guy in the financial industry who dies. When he learns that hell is full, he finds himself living out his days in hell on Earth. Back on Earth, he has none of his former wealth and status and must reinvent himself.
MAX MUTCHNICK & DAVID KOHAN PROJECT
Warner Bros Television, Komut Entertainment
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David Kohan (EP, W-Pilot)*, Max Mutchnick (EP, W-Pilot)*, James Burrows (D-Pilot), Tracy Lilienfield (CD)
Cast: Jessica Capshaw as Melanie (series regular), Brian Austin Green as Noah (series regular), Vanessa Lengies as Tessa (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a pair of successful fantasy novelists who are currently in a state of writer’s block. One is gay and his relationships are a series of one-night stands; the other is straight and he’s going through a traumatic divorce. The only person who can mediate between them is their long-suffering assistant.
THE RICH INNER LIFE OF PENELOPE CLOUD (aka JEFF GREENSTEIN PROJECT)
ABC Television Studio, CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jeff Greenstein (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot), Reyna Karp (CD)*, Susan Vash (CD)*
Cast: Erick Avari as Dr Hakim (series regular), Nicholas D’Agosto as Ivy (series regular), Marisa Tomei as Penelope Cloud (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a woman who is attractive, erudite, imperious, sarcastic, dryly funny and more than a little intimidating. A novelist, critic and guest lecturer at Berkeley, she’s struggled for 15 years to deliver the follow-up to her acclaimed first novel, and has blotted out her frustration with a cocktail of antidepressants. She’s also managed to fail in romantic relationships with both men and women. Her editor and ex-lover is now expecting a baby with his new, much younger wife, and as for her ex-girlfriend, well, she discovered she prefers men, so they became best friends instead. She also volunteers as Big Sister to a taciturn Hispanic girl, but becomes so frustrated at their inability to communicate that she tries to return her. Nothing in her life is working – but then, at the urging of her new therapist, she decides to kick the drugs and her emotions reawaken.
THE STUMPS OF HOLLYWOOD (fka FUGLY, aka GREG GARCIA PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Amigos De Garcia Productions
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Auspices: Gregory Thomas Garcia (EP, W-Pilot), Todd Holland (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Dava Waite Peaslee (CD)
Cast: Nikki Cox (series regular), Tony Gentile (series regular), Michael Rapaport (series regular), Marissa Jaret Winokur as Tammy (series regular)
Logline: A hybrid multi- and single-camera comedy series described as The Beverly Hillbillies meets The Swan, in which two unattractive identical twin sisters and their homely brother inherit enough money to give one sister an extreme makeover. They all move to Hollywood to cash in on their newly good-looking sister.
UP ALL NIGHT (aka SCOTT SILVERI PROJECT)
Warner Bros Television
Network: CBS
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Scott Silveri (EP, W-Pilot), Andy Ackerman (D-Pilot), Collin Daniel (CD), Brett Greenstein (CD)
Cast: Josh Meyers (series regular), JD Walsh (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about a group of people who hang out in an after-hours bar, from midnight until six in the morning.
DASH4CASH (aka DASH 4 CASH)
CBS Paramount Network Television, Grammnet Productions
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Boyce Bugliari (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jamie McLaughlin (EP, W-Pilot)*, Kelsey Grammer (EP N/W), Steve Stark (EP N/W), Betty Thomas (D-Pilot), Jeff Meshel (CD)*, Kevin Scott (CD)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series set behind the scenes of an Amazing Race-type reality series.
EIGHT DAYS A WEEK (fka GATEKEEPERS)
CBS Paramount Network Television, Hazy Mills
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Meredith Lavender (EP, W-Pilot)*, Marcie Ulin (EP, W-Pilot)*, Sean Hayes (EP N/W), Todd Milliner (EP N/W)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy about a group of assistants to highly successful people in different industries who all share an apartment in New York City.
HELL ON EARTH (aka JACK AMIEL & MICHAEL BEGLER PROJECT)
CBS Paramount Network Television
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Jack Amiel (EP, W-Pilot)*, Michael Begler (EP, W-Pilot)*, Barbie Block (CD)*, Sally Stiner (CD)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a snobby high school girl who gets a second chance on earth after being killed by a bus and sent to purgatory.
MILF & COOKIES (aka RANDI MAYEM SINGER PROJECT)
CBS Paramount Network Television, Overbrook Entertainment
Network: The CW
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Randi Mayem Singer (EP, W-Pilot), James Lassiter (EP N/W), Miguel Melendez (EP N/W), Jada Pinkett Smith (EP N/W), Will Smith (EP N/W), Stacey Pianko (CD)*, Orly Sitowitz (CD)*
Cast: TBD
Logline: A single-camera comedy about single mothers in an apartment building who come together to find they are not alone and can rely on one another for help in raising their teenage children.
ACTION NEWS
20th Century Fox Television, Levitan/Lloyd Productions, Grammnet Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Series Pick Up
Auspices: Steve Levitan (EP, W-Pilot)*, Christopher Lloyd II (EP, W-Pilot)*, Steve Stark (EP N/W), Liz Marx (CD)
Cast: Ty Burrell (series regular), Paul Campbell as Nate (series regular), Aimee Garcia as Montana Stevens (series regular), Kelsey Grammer as Chuck Tatham (series regular), Patricia Heaton as Patty Carr (series regular), Fred Willard as Marsh McGinley (series regular)
Logline: A comedy centering on a womanising news anchor who gets fired after a public meltdown. He returns to his old job as an anchor in Buffalo, NY and discovers that his co-anchor is a woman he had a one-night stand with 10 years ago — and that they have a daughter.
ANIMALS (aka ROBERT SMIGEL PROJECT)
20th Century Fox Television, Happy Madison
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Greg Cohen (EP, W-Pilot), Robert Smigel (EP, W-Pilot), Jack Giarraputo (EP N/W), Doug Robinson (EP N/W), Adam Sandler (EP N/W)
Cast: TBD
Logline: A satirical animated comedy series that views human relationships through animal protagonists.
THE BEAST
CBS Paramount Network Television, FremantleMedia Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Tucker Cawley (EP, W-Pilot), James Widdoes (D-Pilot), Marissa Ross (CD)*, Alyson Silverberg (CD)*
Cast: Steve Howey (series regular)
Logline: A comedy based on the UK series Beast, created by Simon Nye. It’s set in a workplace and centres on a charming and womanising veterinarian who hates animals but loves the perks his job provides.
FRANGELA
ABC Television Studio, Brillstein-Grey Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Frances Callier (EP, W-Pilot)*, Angela V Shelton (EP, W-Pilot)*, David Zuckerman (EP, W-Pilot), Dan Pasternack (EP N/W), Peter Traugott (EP N/W), David Steinberg (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Franco E Bario (LP), Lorna Johnson (CD)
Cast: Michael Boatman as Adam (series regular), Frances Callier as Frances (series regular), Mo Collins as Judy (series regular), Garrett Morris as Dave (series regular), Angela V Shelton as Angela (series regular)
Logline: A female ‘buddy’ comedy based on the comedy act of Angela Shelton and Frances Callier, centering on two best friends and their not always PC take on the world. The show also stars Garrett Morris (All of Us, The Jamie Foxx Show, SNL) as the superintendent of the apartment building the two women live in. Mo Collins (MadTV) will play Callier’s boss, while Michael Boatman (Spin City) will play her husband. Frances and Angela are real-life best friends. To say that they know everything about improvisational comedy is an understatement. Besides performing stand-up in LA, they have performed live with Funny Black People at the LA Second City. They also recently closed their hit show An Evening with the Afro-Saxon’s at ImprovOlympic West. Frances and Angela both starred and wrote on their award-winning animated show Hey Monie! for Oxygen and BET. Together they have starred in the US version of BBC show Three Non-Blondes for VH1 (pilot).
VICTOR FRESCO PROJECT (fka DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE)
20th Century Fox Television, Garfield Grove Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Victor Fresco (EP, W-Pilot), Marc Buckland (D-Pilot), Laura Adler (CD)*, Jill Anthony (CD)*
Cast: Andrea Parker as Susan (series regular)
Logline: This comedy depicts the life of a family of over-achievers as seen through the eyes of their 10-year-old son.
HACKETT (aka DENISE MOSS PROJECT)
Sony Pictures Television, 25C Productions
Right Coast Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Denise Moss (EP, W-Pilot), Carl Beverly (EP N/W), Sarah Timberman (EP N/W), Barry Sonnenfeld (D-Pilot), Robin Lippin (CD)
Cast: Jim Rash as Eugene (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a brilliant, bitter and misogynistic former literary luminary who ends up teaching English at a lower-rung public high school in Ohio.
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM (aka TIM)
Warner Bros Television, Werner-Gold-Miller
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Steve Dildarian (EP, W-Pilot), Eric Gold (EP N/W), Jimmy Miller (EP N/W), Tom Werner (EP N/W), Ruth Lambert (CD)*, Robert McGee (CD)*
Cast: Steve Dildarian as Tim (voice talent), Matt Johnson as Rodney (voice talent), Nick Kross as Stu (voice talent), Bob Morrow as Debbie (voice talent), Cheri Oteri (voice talent), MJ Otto as Amy (voice talent), Kurtwood Smith as Boss (voice talent)
Logline: An animated comedy series that explores the life of a 20-year-old man.
ME & LEE (aka LEE & ME)
Lionsgate Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Matthew Salsberg (EP, W-Pilot), Jenji Kohan (EP N/W), Steven Pearl (EP N/W), Paul Dinello (D-Pilot), Allan Loeb (CO)
Cast: Lee Majors as Lee (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a guy suffering from chronic back pain who gets more than he bargains for when he undergoes ‘bionic’ surgery in a secret lab. He is rehabilitated by (Bionic Man) Lee Majors and subsequently has Majors’ voice in his head.
LIZ MERIWETHER PROJECT (fka ****S)
20th Century Fox Television, Dawn Parouse Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Liz Meriwether (W-Pilot),
Joe Hipps (EP N/W), Dawn Parouse
(EP N/W), Jeffrey Richman (EP N/W), Jason Winer (D-Pilot), Ron Digman (CD)*, Valorie Massalas (CD)*
Cast: Dorian Brown as Kate (series regular), Lacey Chabert as Stevie (series regular), Sarayu Rao as Rupa (series regular), Molly Stanton as Allison (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about three women who were the ‘hot girls’ of the Delta Gamma sorority who get out of college and have trouble changing their promiscuous and partying ways.
THE MINISTER OF DIVINE
20th Century Fox Television, Tiger Aspect Productions
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Richard Curtis (EP), Suzanne Martin (EP, W-Pilot), Mark Chapman (EP N/W)*, Andrew Zien (EP N/W)*, Pamela Fryman (D-Pilot), Liz Marx (CD)
Cast: Kirstie Alley as Geraldine (series regular), Malcolm Barrett as Frank (series regular), W Earl Brown as Owen (series regular), Riki Lindhome as Alice (series regular), Jonathan Tchaikovsky as Hugo (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series based on UK series The Vicar of Dibley, starring Dawn French. The American version centres on a woman with a past who tries to make amends by returning to her hometown of Divine, Georgia, as a minister in the church. However, she retains shades of her former outrageousness and isn’t afraid to call things as she sees them.
PLAYING CHICKEN
Warner Bros Television, Werner-Gold-Miller
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Sean Anders (W-Pilot)*, John Morris (W-Pilot)*, Eric Gold (EP N/W)*, Jimmy Miller (EP N/W)*, Tom Werner (EP N/W), John Pasquin (D-Pilot), Mike Clements (P N/W), Bruce Newberg (CD)
Cast: Bill Burr as Tim (series regular), Jake Busey (series regular), Norbert Leo Butz as Jake (series regular), Marianne Muellerleile as Donna (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about two estranged brothers, one a political conservative and the other a liberal. The liberal leaves behind his teaching tenure and rent-controlled apartment in New York to take care of his brother after he is left wheelchair-bound in a jet-ski accident. Their curmudgeonly mother officiates as the brothers disagree, argue, fight, gloat and generally torture each other. But through it all these guys are family.
THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES (aka AMY SHERMAN-PALLADINO PROJECT)
Regency Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Daniel Palladino (EP), Amy Sherman-Palladino (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Robin Schwartz (EP N/W), Marc Solakian (LP), Jill Anthony (CD)
Cast: Lauren Ambrose as Coco (series regular), Scott Cohen as Marcus (series regular), Ron McLarty as Donald (series regular), Parker Posey as Jezebel James (series regular)
Logline: A comedy series about two single, estranged sisters, one intense and career-oriented, the other irresponsible. They come back together when the older, responsible sister learns that she cannot bear children and talks her younger sister into moving in with her and being the surrogate mother to her baby.
THE RULES FOR STARTING OVER
20th Century Fox Television, Watson Pond Productions, Conundrum Entertainment
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Kevin Barnett (EP N/W), Bobby Farrelly (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*, Peter Farrelly (D-Pilot, EP N/W)*, Brad Johnson (EP N/W), Bradley Thomas (EP N/W), Michael E Bernier (Co EP, W-Pilot)*, Chris Pappas (Co EP, W-Pilot)*, Katy McCaffrey (P N/W), Ken Miller (CD)*, Nikki Valko (CD)*
Cast: Craig Bierko as Gator (series regular), Rashida Jones as Kate (series regular), Shaun Majumder as Dr Bill (series regular), Johnny Sneed as Tommy (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a man who has to start over in his 30s after his marriage to his college sweetheart ends. He then finds himself back on the dating scene with his 30-something friends.
DAMON SANTOSTEFANO PROJECT (aka REVENGE PROJECT)
Fox 21
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Damon Santostefano (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Scott McAboy (P N/W), Tess Sanchez (CD)
Cast: Noureen DeWulf as Lizzy (series regular), Danielle Hoover as Briar (series regular), Casey Wilson as Sarah (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera, scripted and non-scripted hybrid comedy centering on three female friends who go on a road trip to seek revenge on all of the men who have done them wrong.
SKYLER’S REVOLUTION
Warner Horizon Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Skyler Stone (EP, W-Pilot), Joseph McGinty Nichol (EP N/W), Trip Taylor (EP N/W)
Cast: Skyler Stone (series regular)
Logline: An outrageous hybrid comedy, partially-scripted series centering on real people who are dispatched to live out various adventures.
ROB ROY THOMAS PROJECT
Fox 21
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Robert Roy Thomas (D-Pilot, EP, W-Pilot), Allison Kingsley (Co EP N/W), Michael Stokes (Co EP N/W)
Cast: Kevin Christy as internet strategist/office asst. (series regular), Stephen Cragg as chief of staff (series regular), Daniele Gaither as office staff worker (series regular), Brendan Hines as candidate (series regular), Danny Pudi as legislative deputy (series regular), Janet Varney as director of communications (series regular)
Logline: An improvisational comedy series set in the political arena.
TWO DREADFUL CHILDREN
20th Century Fox Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: David Hemingson (EP, W-Pilot), Mike Kim (D-Pilot), Linda Lamontagne (CD)
Cast: Sam Huntington as Tapper (voice talent), Chris Kattan as Chet (voice talent), Caroline Rhea as mother/Lori (voice talent), Meredith Roberts as Shiela (voice talent), French Stewart as Frosty (voice talent)
Logline: An animated comedy series about a pair of fraternal twins who are the children of rednecks, as well as sociopathic geniuses.
TWO FAMILIES (aka BARBARA WALLACE & TOM WOLFE PROJECT)
HBO Independent Productions, 20th Century Fox Television
Network: Fox
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Barbara Wallace (EP, W-Pilot)*, Tom Wolfe (EP, W-Pilot)*, Michael Engler (D-Pilot), Collin Daniel (CD)*, Brett Greenstein (CD)*
Cast: Samantha Bee as Susan (series regular), Beau Bridges as David Sr (series regular), Geneva Carr as Judith (series regular), Christopher Denham as Greg (series regular), Carlos Jacott as David 1 (series regular), Sean O’Bryan as David 2 (series regular), Lucy Punch as Irene (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about two sets of adult siblings who live together and discover that they had the same father growing up.
AREA 52
NBC Universal Television Studio, TV Repair
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Mike Armstrong (EP, W-Pilot), David Latt (EP N/W), Dean Parisot (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Jane Bartelme (LP), Jennifer McNamara (CD), Gayle Pillsbury (CD)*, Bonnie Zane (CD)*
Cast: Matthew Lillard as Col Steven Isaac (series regular), Jane Lynch as Irene Maloof (series regular), Bruce McGilll as Gen Keller (series regular), Paul Reubens as The Alien (series regular), Kelvin Yu as Private Simms (series regular)
Logline: A workplace comedy set at a secret location in the desert where an alien is secretly kept by the US government.
BUSINESS CLASS
NBC Universal Television Studio, Dutch Oven
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Bill Oakley (EP, W-Pilot)*, Josh Weinstein (EP, W-Pilot)*, David Bartis (EP N/W), Doug Liman (EP N/W), Adam Bernstein (D-Pilot)
Cast: Krista Allen as Felicity (series regular), Horatio Sanz as Terry (series regular), Jae Suh as Amy Lee (series regular), Mark Valley as Chuck (series regular), Peter Keleghan as narrator (voice talent)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about a pair of sales reps who live in a world of airplanes, cookie-cutter chain hotels, Ambassadors’ Clubs and expense-account restaurants and are always on the move to put out one fire or another.
I’M WITH STUPID
NBC Universal Television Studio, Reveille, BBC Worldwide Productions
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Kenton Allen (EP), Wil Calhoun (EP, W-Pilot), Bobby Farrelly (EP N/W), Peter Farrelly (EP N/W), Ben Silverman (EP N/W), Paul Telegdy (EP N/W), Teri Weinberg (EP N/W), Linwood Boomer
(D-Pilot), Kenton North (P N/W), Bradley Thomas (P N/W), Jeff Greenberg (CD)
Cast: Kevin Daniels as Sheldon (series regular), Brianne Davis as Debbie (series regular), Bryan Dilbeck as Graham (series regular), Daryl Chill Mitchell as Sid (series regular), Teal Sherer as Leah (series regular), Lusia Strus as Jean (series regular), Christopher Thornton as Paul (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy based on a BBC series about a guy who is down on his luck and befriends a disabled man and moves into his care facility. The comedy follows the unlikely relationship between wheelchair-bound Paul, and the homeless Sheldon. The British series drew heavily on the experience of writer Peter Keeley, who has cerebral palsy.
IMPROV EVERYWHERE
NBC Universal Television Studio
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Charlie Todd (W-Pilot), Jason A Carbone (D-Pilot, EP N/W), Dave Rath (EP N/W), Kara Welker (EP N/W)
Cast: Charlie Todd (Host)
Logline: An improvisational comedy in which a group of improvisers perform stunts involving the public and volunteers.
THE IT CROWD
NBC Universal Television Studio, FremantleMedia Productions
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David Guarascio (EP, W-Pilot)*, Joe Port (EP, W-Pilot)*, Moses Port (EP, W-Pilot)*, Joe Wiseman (EP, W-Pilot)*, Gail Mancuso (D-Pilot), Graham Lineman (CO), Bonnie Zane (CD)
Cast: Richard Ayoade as Moss (series regular), Rocky Carroll as Denholm (series regular), Joel McHale as Roy (series regular), Jessica St Clair as Jen (series regular)
Logline: A hybrid multi- and single-camera comedy series based on the UK format about the geeky IT workers at a large corporation.
LIP****Z SAVES THE WORLD
NBC Universal Television Studio
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Dan Fogelman (EP, W-Pilot), Chris Koch (D-Pilot), Susan Vash (CD)
Cast: Ty Burrell as Man In Red (series regular), Jack Carpenter as Adam Lip****z (series regular), Brooklyn Decker as Rachel (series regular), Leslie Nielsen as Leslie Nielsen (series regular)
Logline: A comedy about a 17-year-old social pariah who comes to realise it is his destiny to save the world.
THE MASTERSONS OF MANHATTAN (aka GARY JANETTI PROJECT)
NBC Universal Television Studio, Charles Bros
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Gary Janetti (EP, W-Pilot), James Burrows (D-Pilot, EP N/W), John Brace (CD), Linda Lowy (CD), Jennifer McNamara (CD)
Cast: Brian Benben as Joseph (series regular), Jonathan Cake as Roger and Marshall (series regular), Natasha Richardson as Victoria Masterson (series regular), Molly Shannon as Amanda Masterson (series regular), Amanda Walsh as Laura (series regular)
Logline: A serialised comedic soap opera centering on two sisters in a socially prominent family in New York.
THIS IS CULDESAC (aka THIS IS CULDESAC, aka CUL DE SAC, aka LUKE BARATS & JOE BERETA PROJECT)
NBC Universal Television Studio
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Presentation Pick Up
Auspices: Luke Barats (D-Pilot, W-Pilot)*, Joe Bereta (D-Pilot, W-Pilot)*, Dan Farah (P N/W)
Cast: Luke Barats (series regular), Joe Bereta (series regular)
Logline: A buddy comedy with sketches centering on the small town of Culdesac, where series leads Luke Barats and Joe Bereta play most of the residents.
WILDLIFE (aka DAVID ISRAEL & JIM O’DOHERTY PROJECT)
NBC Universal Television Studio, Conaco Productions
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: David M. Israel (EP, W-Pilot)*, Jim O’Doherty (EP, W-Pilot)*, David Kissinger (EP N/W), Conan O’Brien (EP N/W), Jeff Ross (EP N/W), Tucker Gates (D-Pilot), Julie Ashton (CD)
Cast: Mo Collins as Margaret (series regular), Brooke D’Orsay as Missy (series regular), Philip Baker Hall as Arnie (series regular), Chris Sieber as Jim (series regular), Tracy Vilar as Natalie (series regular), JP Walker (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy about the employees of a wildlife park.
ZIP
NBC Universal Television Studio, Reveille, Catapult
Network: NBC
Genre: Comedy
Pilot Pick Up
Auspices: Marc Abrams (EP, W-Pilot)*, Michael Benson (EP, W-Pilot)*, Ben Silverman (EP N/W), Teri Weinberg (EP N/W), Mark Rizzo (SP, W-Pilot), Daniel Attias (D-Pilot), Barbie Block (CD)*, Sally Stiner (CD)*
Cast: Rob Huebel as Trip (series regular), Alex Kaluzhsky as Pep (series regular), Carlos Lacamara as Hugo (series regular), Zach Mills as JP (series regular), Colby Paul as Nelson (series regular), Dreama Walker as Ellie (series regular)
Logline: A single-camera comedy series about wealthy and not-so-wealthy neighbours living in the same zip code.
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