[Reality-TV-Fanatics] NBC Pilots

 

Courtesy of my friend Ryan Witalison:

NBC much like CBS appears to be in pretty good shape with their current line up, Pretty much all of their tent poll series will return like The Chicago trilogy, This is Us, The Voice and Law and Order SVU. It's big freshmen shows of Manifest and New Amsterdam started out strong, though ratings have fallen, Manifest hit a series low with its Season finale, so those are up in the air. NBC has already picked up a Law and Order Spin-Off straight to series and they have an early favorite with a pilot based on a film and book series, Bone Collector. 

Drama

Bluff City Law

Logline: A character-driven legal drama that follows the lawyers of an elite Memphis law firm that specializes in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases. Led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller, they take on the toughest David-and-Goliath cases while navigating their complicated relationship.

Cast: Jimmy Smits, Caitlin McGee

Team: W/EP Dean Georgaris (The Brave); EP David Janollari, Michael Aguliar

Studio: Universal Television, David Janollari Entertainment 

Council of Dads

Logline: Based on Bruce Feiler's memoir of the same name, the drama revolves around a father whose life is thrown into upheaval when he is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Facing his morality, he and his wife assemble a group of friends to support his family and guide them through life's challenges.

Cast: Sarah Wayne Callies, Michele Weaver, J. August Richards, Clive Standen

Team: W/EP Tony Phelan and Joan Rater; EP Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed; P James Oh, Bruce Feiler

Studio: Universal Television, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Midwest Livestock Productions

Emergence

Logline: A character-driven genre thriller that centers around a sheriff who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child’s identity is at the center of it all.

Cast: Allison Tolman

Team: W/EP Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters (Agent Carter); EP/D Paul McGuigan; P Robert Atwood

Studio: ABC Studios

Law & Order: Hate Crimes — STRAIGHT-TO-SERIES ORDER

Logline: Based on the real-life Hate Crimes Task Force within the New York Police Department. The unit works under the Special Victims Unit (the basis for SVU) within the department and often borrows SVU detectives for help with investigations.

Cast:

Team: EP Dick Wolf, Warren Leight; EP Peter Jankowski, Arthur Forney, Michael Chernuchin, Julie Martin, Mariska Hargitay, Alex Chapple

Studio: Universal Television, Wolf Films

Lincoln

Logline: Based on the bestselling Bone Collector book series, the drama follows legendary forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme (played in the movie by Denzel Washington), who was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs (Angelina Jolie in the film), a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the most high-profile cases in the NYPD.

Cast:

Team: W/EP VJ Boyd (Justified), Mark Bianculli; EP Avi Nir, Alon Shtruzman, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan

Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television

Prism

Logline: A provocative exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking is the right person on trial? Driven by an ensemble of complicated characters, the show lets the audience ask if truth matters less than who can tell the most compelling story. 

Cast: Malin Akerman, Mykelti Williamson, Ramon Rodriguez

Team: W/EP/D Daniel Barnz; EP Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz, Ben Barnz

Studio: Universal Television, Carol Mendelsohn Productions, We're Not Brothers

Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist

Logline: An innovative musical dramedy about a whip-smart but socially awkward girl in her late 20s who is suddenly able to hear the innermost thoughts of people around her as songs and even big musical numbers that they perform just for her. With this new ability at her disposal, she is able to use her "gift" to not only help herself understand people in her life, but also to help others around her.

Cast: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, Mary Steenburgen

Team: W/EP Austin Winsberg (Gossip Girl); EP/D Paul Feig, Jesse Henderson, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Tannenbaum, Jason Wang

Studio: Lionsgate TV, the Tannenbaum Co., FeigCo., Universal Music Group

Comedy

Friends-in-Law (redeveloped from last season)

Logline: Brian and Jake are polar opposites who must quickly figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends decided to get married. New version of 2018 pilot that was passed over.

Cast:

Team: W/EP Brian Gallivan (Splitting Up Together), EP Tom Werner (The Conners)

Studio: Warner Bros. TV

Format: Multicamera

Like Magic

Logline: A workplace comedy following an optimistic young woman who pursues her dream of becoming a headlining magician in the eccentric and ego-driven world of the Magic Palace.

Cast: Jee Young Han, Rory O'Malley

Team: W/EP Bridget Kyle, Vicky Luu (Superstore); EP/D Julie Anne Robinson, EP Matt Hubbard, Kelly Pancho

Studio: Universal Television, CannyLads

Format: Single-camera

Saving Kenan

Logline: A newly widowed dad (Kenan Thompson) is determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their lives.

Cast: Kenan Thompson

Team: W/EP Jackie Clarke; EP Kenan Thompson, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer

Studio: Universal Television, Broadway Video

Format: Single-camera

Uninsured

Logline: Young parents Dave and Rebecca end up having to take care of Dave's parents, who have mismanaged their finances and need help paying down a sizable debt.

Cast: Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Jessy Hodges, Amer Chadha-Patel

Team: W/EP Dan Levy (The Goldbergs), EP Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan

Studio: Sony Pictures TV, Doug Robinson Productions

Format: Multicamera

Village Gazette (presentation)

Logline: Amber (Amber Ruffin) is the editor of the Benson Village Gazette. She loves fluff pieces that demonstrate the idyllic nature of life in her hometown. When the newspaper owners hire a reporter who's looking to uncover a juicy story in Benson, he threatens to unravel the happy denial Amber has been living in.

Cast: Amber Ruffin

Team: W/EP Amber Ruffin, Shelly Gossman (AP Bio); EP Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker, Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer

Studio: Universal Television, Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions, Broadway Video

Format: Single-camera

Untitled church choir

Logline: A rural church choir gets the director it never thought it needed when a salty, Ivy League music professor (Bradley Whitford) stumbles through their door.

Cast: Bradley Whitford, Anna Camp

Team: W/EP Lesley Wake Webster (Speechless); EP/D Jason Winer; EP Bradley Whitford, Adam Anders, Jon Radler

Studio: 20th Century Fox Television, Small Dog Picture Co.

Format: Single-camera

Untitled Kal Penn and Matt Murray comedy

Logline: Revolves around Garrett Shah (Kal Penn), a former New York city councilman, who finds his calling when faced with immigrants in need of his help and in search of the American Dream.

Cast: Kal Penn 

Team: W/EP Kal Penn, Matt Murray (Parks and Recreation); EP Mike Schur, David Miner, Dan Spilo

Studio: Universal Television, Fremulon, 3 Arts Entertainment

Format: single-camera

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

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