[Reality-TV-Fanatics] NBC Pilots

 

Courtesy of my friend Ryan Witalison:

The Village and L.A.'s Finest are pretty much locked in at this point for NBC's Fall line up, while New Amsterdam, Manifest, and No Way Back are said to be in the running as well. On the Comedy front, Like Family is leading the pack with I Feel Bad looking likely as well. Abby's is in the conversation along with Bright Futures, though there is talk the comedy doesn't fit at NBC so it could be shopped around should NBC pass. 

NBC Bubble shows Blacklist and Blindspot are considered likely to return while Good Girls and Rise along with sitcom Great News could go either way, Sitcom A.P. Bio has support at NBC but Champions looks done.

NBC

Drama

The Enemy Within

Logline: A character-driven investigative thriller set in the world of counterintelligence. It revolves around former CIA agent Erica Wolfe, the most notorious traitor in modern history and most-hated woman in America whom the FBI releases from federal super-max prison, enlisting her to help stop some of the most dangerous acts of espionage threatening the U.S. today.

Cast: Raza Jaffrey, Jennifer Carpenter, Morris Chestnut

Team: W/EP Ken Woodruff (Gotham, The Mentalist); EP Vernon Sanders; EP/D Mark Pellington

Studio: Universal Television

The Gilded Age — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER

Logline: The Gilded Age in 1880s New York City was a period of immense social upheaval, of huge fortunes made and lost, and of palaces that spanned the length of Fifth Avenue. In the series, Marian Brook is the wide-eyed young scion of a conservative family who will embark on infiltrating the wealthy neighboring family dominated by ruthless railroad tycoon George Russell, his rakish and available son Larry, and his ambitious wife Bertha, whose “new money” is a barrier to acceptance by the Astor and Vanderbilt set. Marian is about to experience a whole new world springing up right outside her front door.

Cast:

Team: W/EP Julian Fellowes; EP Gareth Neame

Studio: Universal Television

In Between Lives

Logline: A mysterious young woman reluctantly uses her gift of clairvoyance to help a veteran LAPD detective and a damaged ex-FBI outsider solve the most unnerving and challenging cases the city encounters. This eerie ability also opens the door for her to see and talk to the dead, who are seeking help for unresolved problems, whether she likes it or not.

Cast: Harriet Dyer, Yusuf Gatewood

Team: W/EP Moira Kirland (Madam Secretary); EP David Heyman, Nancy Cotton

Studio: NBC International, Universal Television, Heyday Television

L.A.'s Finest

Logline: Free-spirited former DEA agent Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union, reprising her role from Bad Boys II) has a fresh start in her new job as an LAPD detective. She is partnered with Nancy McKenna (Jessica Alba), a working mom who can't help but look at Syd's freedom with some grass-is-greener envy. These two have totally different lifestyles and approaches, but they both are at the top of their fields in the action-packed, character-driven procedural.

Cast: Gabrielle Union, Ernie Hudson, Jessica Alba, Ryan McPartlin

Team: Brandon Sonnier, Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist); EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, Jeff Gaspin, Jeff Morrone, Doug Belgrad, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba; EP/D Anton Cropper

Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Primary Wave, 2.0 Entertainment

Manifest

Logline: In this character-driven, high-concept mystery thriller, a plane disappears from radar and returns years later after being untraceable and presumed lost at sea. No time has passed for those on the plane, but for their loved ones at home, many years have gone by. The series follows their personal lives as well as the larger mystery and purpose that is their destiny.

Cast: Josh Dallas (Once Upon a Time), Melissa Roxburgh (Valor)

Team: W/EP Jeff Rake (Mysteries of Laura); EP Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke; co-EP Jackie Levine; EP/D David Frankel

Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Compari Entertainment

No Way Back

Logline: A Hitchcockian thriller about how far one man will go to save the people he loves. After Danny Goldman accepts a handshake loan from his new friend and millionaire neighbor, he gets a visit from the FBI and learns that the decision is one he will regret for the rest of his life. Coerced to work as an informant for the FBI to earn back his freedom, Danny is forced to infiltrate a world of violence and corruption while trying to protect his family. Based on the book by Joseph Finder.

Cast: Derek Luke, Jeri Ryan, Raul Esparza

Team: W/EP Jessica Goldberg (The Path); EP Rachel Kaplan, Peter Traugott, Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Joseph Finder

Studio: Universal Television, Keshet

Untitled Bellevue hospital project

Logline: Inspired by Dr. Eric Manheimer's memoir Twelve Patients: Life & Death at Bellevue Hospital, it's a character-driven medical drama that revolves around the new director of Bellevue Hospital, whose maverick approach disrupts the status quo while always prioritizing patient care. Located in Manhattan, Bellevue is the only hospital in the world that has the capability to treat Ebola patients, prisoners from Rikers Island and the president of the United States all under one roof. 

Cast: Janet Montgomery, Tyler Labine, Ryan Eggold

Team: W/EP David Schulner (Emerald City, Do No Harm); EP/D Peter Horton; P Eric Manheimer

Studio: Universal Television, Pico Creek Productions

The Village

Logline: Despite differences in age, race, culture and lifestyle, the residents of a Manhattan apartment building find that the more their lives intertwine, the more complex and compelling their connections become, thus proving life’s challenges are better faced alongside family, even if it’s the one you make wherever you find it. All under one roof we will meet a recovering war vet, a pregnant teenage girl and her single mom, a cop with an unexpected love interest, a woman hiding a terrifying secret from her husband and a millennial lawyer who might find his grandfather is the best and worst roommate he ever could have hoped for.

Cast: Moran Atias, Michaela McManus, Frankie Faison, Jerod Haynes, Grace Van Dien, Warren Christie, Lorraine Toussaint, Dominic Chianese

Team: W/EP Mike Daniels (Sons of Anarchy, Taken)

Studio: Universal Television

Comedy

Abby's

Logline: Abby's is an unlicensed bar in San Diego where the regulars enthusiastically enforce a unique set of rules that give them a sense of community and allow them to avoid the frustrating behavior found at other establishments.

Cast: Natalie Morales (Parks and Recreation), Neil Flynn

Team: W/EP Josh Malmuth (Superstore, New Girl); EP Mike Schur, David Miner; EP/D Pam Fryman

Studio: Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts

Format: Multicamera

Bright Futures

Logline: Revolves around a group of friends stumbling through the transition from the clueless, immature 20-somethings they are now to the successful professionals they're destined to be. 

Cast: Emily Ratajkowski, Shameik Moore, Lilly Singh, Lisa Kudrow

Team: W/EP Hale Rothstein; W/co-EP Danny Segal, Isaac Schamis; EP Kenya Barris

Studio: ABC Studios, Khalabo Ink Society

Format: Single-camera

Friends-in-Law

Logline: Brian and Jake are polar opposites who must quickly figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends decide to get married.

Cast: James Davis

Team: W/EP Brian Gallivan (The McCarthys); EP Tom Werner; EP/D Pam Fryman

Studio: Warner Bros. Television

Format: Multicamera

Guess Who Died

Logline: Norman Lear has shown that the secret to longevity is to continue learning and growing at every point in life, but especially when society expects you to slow down. Based on his personal experiences and in partnership with the authentic, irreverent voice of Peter Tolan, the comedy is a humorous and inspiring look at the shared joys and challenges we all experience at any stage of life.

Cast: Holland Taylor, Hector Elizondo, Christopher Lloyd, Adrian Martinez, Beth Lacke

Team: W/EP Norman Lear, Peter Tolan; EP Brent Miller,

Studio: Sony Pictures Television Studios, The Cloudland Co., Act III Productions

Format: Single-camera

Like Family

Logline: Aubrey and Artie formed the tightest of sibling-like bonds growing up together in foster care, but are discovering that such closeness makes adulthood even more complicated.

Cast: Brandon Mychal Smith, Rebecca Mader, Kether Donohue

Team: W/EP Suzanne Martin (Hot in Cleveland); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner

Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills

Format: Multicamera

So Close

Logline: At crossroads in their separate lives, hopeless romantics Riley and Kyle are close to settling for the wrong partner, unaware that they live only blocks apart and may be each other's soul mates.

Cast: Sasheer Zamata, Sean Kleier, Punam Patel, Sabrina Carpenter, Dan Bucatinsky, Julie Klausner

Team: W/EP Greg Malins (Friends, Life in Pieces); EP Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner

Studio: Universal Television, Hazy Mills

Format: Multicamera

 I Feel Bad

Logline: A half-hour comedy that shows one woman's hilarious unfiltered take on the side effects of trying to have it all. Inspired by Orli Auslander's book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everything.

Cast: Paul Adelstein, Sarayu Blue

Team: W/EP Aseem Batra; EP Amy Poehler, Dave Becky, Josh Maurer; EP/D Julie Anne Robinson; P Kelly Pancho, Kim Lessing; consulting producer Orli Auslender

Studio: Universal Television, Paperkite, CannyLads, 3 Arts

Format: Single-cam

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

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