[Reality-TV-Fanatics] CBS Pilots

 

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CBS

It's Reboot time at CBS as their Magnum P.I. reboot is considered a lock at this point, Another Lock appears to be God Friended Me. The Cagney and Lacey reboot also looked OK according to a number of sources but isn't a favorite right now

L.A. Confidential has scored some votes but is a bit darker than the usual CBS line up so there is buzz they may make the move to CBS All Access. On the Comedy side the untitled Austen Earl and Tim McAuliffe is expected to be picked up, Welcome to the Neighborhood and Fam are also both in the mix for pick up 

Early favorites Murder and Red Line, as well as the comedy History of Them, have cooled off a bit at CBS

Drama

Cagney and Lacey

Logline: In this reboot of the iconic series, two female police detectives and friends keep the streets of L.A. safe.

Cast: Michelle Hurd, Sarah Drew, Ving Rhames

Team: W/EP Bridget Carpenter (11.22.63, Friday Night Lights)

Studio: CBS Television Studios/MGM Television

Chiefs

Logline: The professional and personal lives of three driven, successful, but very different women who are each chiefs of police of their own precincts in L.A. county.

Cast: Alana De La Garza, Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico), Jorja Fox

Team: W/EP David Hudgins (Friday Night Lights); EP Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz; EP/D Zetna Fuentes

Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studio, CBS Television Studios

The Code

Logline: The military's brightest minds take on the country's toughest challenges — inside the courtroom and out — where each attorney is trained as a prosecutor, a defense lawyer, an investigator — and a Marine. 

Cast: Phillipa Soo (Hamilton), Dave Annable, Anna Wood, Ato Essandoh, Mira Sorvino

Team: W/EP Craig Turk; W/EP/showrunner Craig Sweeny (Limitless); EP Craig Turk, Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman

Studio: CBS Television Studios

FBI — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER

Logline: Explores the inner-workings of the New York office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Cast: Zeeko Zaki, Connie Nielsen, Jeremy Sisto, Ebonée Noel, Missy Peregrym

Team: W/EP/showrunner Craig Turk (The Good Wife); EP Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Arthur W. Forney; EP/D Niels Arden Oplev (Mr. Robot)

Studio: Universal Television, CBS Television Studios, Wolf Films

God Friended Me

Logline: Questions of faith, existence and science are explored in what is described as a humorous, uplifting drama about an outspoken atheist (Brandon Micheal Hall, The Mayor) whose life is turned upside down when he is "friended" by God on Facebook. Unwittingly, he becomes an agent of change in the lives and destinies of others around him.

Cast: Brandon Micheal Hall, Joe Morton (Scandal), Javicia Leslie, Suraj Sharma, Violett Beane

Team: W/EP Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt (Alcatraz); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; EP/D Marcos Siega

Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions

L.A. Confidential

Logline: James Ellroy's novel gets a 2018 treatment in terms of tone, music and style. The paths of three homicide detectives, a female reporter and an up-and-coming actress intersect while the detectives pursue a sadistic serial killer among the secrets and lies of glamorous and gritty 1950s Los Angeles.

Cast: Brian J. Smith (Sense8), Walton Goggins, Mark Webber, Shea Whigham, Alana Arenas, Sarah Jones

Team: W/EP Jordan Harper (Gotham); EP Arnon Milchan; EP/co-showrunner Anna Fricke; EP/D Michael Dinner

Studio: New Regency, Lionsgate Television, CBS Television Studios

Magnum P.I.

Logline: An update of the classic television series set in Hawaii, the reboot follows Thomas Magnum, a decorated ex-Navy SEAL who, upon returning home from Afghanistan, repurposes his military skills to become a private investigator.

Cast: Jay Hernandez, Perdita Weeks, Zachary Knighton

Team: W/EP Peter Lenkov, Eric Guggenheim (Hawaii Five-0); EP John Davis, John Fox (The Blacklist); EP/D Justin Lin

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Studio: CBS Television Studios, Universal Television, Davis Entertainment

Main Justice

Logline: Inspired by the life and work of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. The U.S. Attorney General takes viewers into the tumultuous world of the fifth floor of the Department of Justice where he takes on the biggest legal and investigative cases in the country all while being the youngest person to ever hold such an esteemed position.

Cast: Bokeem Woodbine (Fargo), Timothy Hutton

Team: W/EP Sascha Penn (Survivor's Remorse); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Eric Holder; EP/D David Semel; EP/showrunner Sunil Nayar (CSI: Miami)

Studio: CBS Television Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television

Murder

Logline: A fresh take on the investigative drama, the potential series explores crime through the unique and often conflicting perspectives of cops and killers, witnesses and victims, friends and family. Shot like a true crime documentary, the series invites the audience inside the emotional journey of an investigation, allowing them to discern the truth and judge the suspects' guilt or innocence for themselves.

Cast: Teyonah Parris (Survivor's Remorse), Michael Chiklis

Team: W/EP Amanda Green (Lethal Weapon); EP Dan Lin (Lethal Weapon); co-EP Lindsey Liberatore

Studio: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Television Studios, Lin Pictures:

Red Line

Logline: After a white cop in Chicago mistakenly shoots and kills a black doctor, we follow three different families that all have connections with the case as the story is told from each perspective.

Cast: Noah Wyle

Team: W/co-EP Caitlin Parrish (Supergirl), Erica Weiss; EP Ava DuVernay, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter

Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions

Comedy

Fam

Logline: A woman's dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé and his upstanding family are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father.

Cast: Odessa Adlon, Nina Dobrev

Team: Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom); EP David Rosenthal, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling; EP/D Andy Ackerman

Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment

Format: Multicamera

Welcome to the Neighborhood

Logline: The nicest guy in the Midwest moves his family into a tough neighborhood in L.A. where not everyone appreciates his extreme neighborliness.

Cast: Josh Lawson, Tichina Arnold

Team: W/EP Jim Reynolds (Big Bang Theory); EP Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling; EP/D James Burrows

Studio: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment

Format: Multicamera

History of Them

Logline: A multicultural ensemble about how two friends, Luna (Ana Villafane) and Adam, meet and fall in love, using the couple’s social media as a guide..

Cast: Ana Villafane, Lisa Vidal, Felix Solis, Amit Shah, Caitlin McGee, Chris Powell

Team: W/EP Gloria Calderon Kellett (One Day at a Time), EP Marc Provissiero, EP/D Pam Fryman

Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, CBS Television Studios, Glo Nation, Odenkirk Provissiero

Format: Multicam/hybrid                                                                         

I Mom So Hard

Logline: Based on the popular web series of the same name, two moms show how their friendship gets them through being wives and mothers.

Cast: Kristin Hensley, Jen Smedley, Freddie Prinze Jr., David Flynn

Team: W/EP Michelle Nader (2 Broke Girls); co-writers Kristin Hensley, Jen Smedley; EP Rob Thomas, Danielle Stokdyk, Dan Etheridge; EP/D Don Scardino

Studio: Warner Bros. Television, CBS Television Studios, Spondoolie Productions

Format: Multicamera 

Murphy Brown — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER

Logline: A current-day 13-episode revival of the network's classic comedy. As the series approaches its 30th anniversary, the revival returns to a world of cable news, social media, fake news and a very different political and cultural climate.

Cast: Candice Bergen, Jake McDorman, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto, Grant Shaud 

Team: W/EP Diane English; EP Candice Bergen, D Pam Fryman

Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Bend in the Road Productions

Format: Multicam

Pandas in New York

Logline: A family of Indian doctors with a successful group practice in New York City embark on a project to arrange their youngest son's life, unaware he's made plans of his own.

Cast: Nishi Munshi

Team: W/EP Ajay Sahgal; EP Aaron Kaplan; EP/D Andy Ackerman

Studio: CBS Television Studios

Format: Multicamera

25

Logline: Twenty-something Kyle comes to Austin to finally convince his old best friend from camp they are perfect for each other. Unfortunately, she just got engaged. A lot of guys would give up; Kyle is not one of those guys. But to Kyle’s surprise, even though he came to town looking for “the one,” he might end up with much more than that.

Cast: Emily Osment, Matt Shively, Denée Benton, Jessie Ennis

Team: W/EP Hilary Winston (Bad Teacher); EP Seth Rogan, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver

Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, CBS Television Studios

Format: Hybrid

Untitled Austen Earl and Tim McAuliffe

Logline: A young married couple whose evenings have become comfortable and routine have their lives upended when a young musician moves into their spare bedroom and brings with him the complications of being an up-and-coming mega-popstar ... and sometimes even the paparazzi.

Cast: Damon Wayans Jr., Felix Mallard, Amber Stevens West

Team: W/EP Tim McAuliffe, Austen Earl; EP Ben Winston, Michael Rotenberg, Jonathan Berry

Studio: CBS Television Studios, Fulwell 73, 3 Arts

Format: Multicam

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

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