Comedy
ANGEL FROM HELL
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Tad Quill (w, ep)
LOGLINE: When Amy enters Allison’s life and claims to be her guardian angel, they form an unlikely friendship, and Allison can’t be sure if Amy is an angel or just nuts.
CAST: Jane Lynch
THE HALF OF IT (multi-camera)
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Mike Gibbons (w, ep)
LOGLINE: A newly divorced dad revels in the fact that he now gets to keep half his stuff, which is more than he ever had when he was married.
CAST: Jon Dore, Christine Ko
JOE TIME (multi-camera) (formerly THE GOOD LIFE)
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV
TEAM: Bill Wrubel (w, ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), James Burrows (d)
LOGLINE: Centers on family man who struggles with the fact that everyone around him is pursuing their dreams and enjoying their lives more than he is.
LIFE IN PIECES (single camera)
STUDIO: 20th TV/Kapital Entertainment
TEAM: Justin Adler (w, ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep)
LOGLINE: A single-camera comedy that follows the daily ups and downs of one multigenerational family, but is told in four independent, short stories.
CAST: Colin Hanks, Betsy Brandt, Thomas Sadoski, Dianne Wiest, James Brolin, Zoe Lister Jones, Angelique Cabral, Dan Bakkedahl
THE MISTAKE (multi-camera)
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV
TEAM: Shana Goldberg-Meehan (w, ep), Scott Silveri (w, ep), David Mandel (w, ep), Andy Ackerman (d, ep)
LOGLINE: A couple who had just “finished” raising their kids discovers they are pregnant.
CAST: Julianna Guill
SUPER CLYDE (single camera)
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios/Amigos de Garcia
TEAM: Greg Garcia (w, ep)
LOGLINE: A meek, unassuming fast-food worker finds his calling. Remake of 2013 pilot.
CAST: Charlie McDermott, Diane Guerrero
TAXI-22 (single camera)
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Dennis Erdman (ep), Clark Peterson (ep), Patrick Huard (ep), François Flamand (ep), Nancy Sanders (ep), Mark Armstrong (ep), Tad Quill (w, ep)
LOGLINE: Based on the hit French comedy, it follows a misanthropic NYC cab driver who is politically incorrect in the vein of Archie Bunker.
CAST: John Leguizamo
UNTITLED O’SHANNON/WARREN
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Dan O’Shannon (w, ep), Peter Warren (w, sp), Dennis Erdman (ep), Clark Peterson (ep), Eric Tannenbaum (ep), Kim Tannenbaum (ep), Pam Fryman (d)
LOGLINE: A group of friends and family at three different times in their lives.
CAST: Kelly O’Sullivan
UNTITLED TOMMY JOHNAGIN
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV/Doozer
TEAM: Tommy Johnagin (w, co-ep), Justin Halpern (w, ep), Patrick Schumacker (w, ep), Bill Lawrence (ep), Jeff Ingold (ep)
LOGLINE: A stand-up comic raises a family in a small Midwestern town.
CAST: Tommy Johnagin, JoAnna Garcia Swisher, Talia Tabin
Drama
CODE BLACK
STUDIO: ABC Studios/CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Michael Seitzman (w, ep), David Semel (d, ep), Marti Noxon (ep), Linda Goldstein-Knowlton (ep), Ryan McGarry (ep)
LOGLINE: Based on the feature documentary, it is set at the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation – LA County Hospital – where the extraordinary staff confronts a broken system in order to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
CAST: Maggie Grace, Raza Jaffrey, Luiz Guzman, Marcia Gay Harden, Melanie Kannokada, Ben Hollingsworth
CRIMINAL MINDS SPINOFF
STUDIO: ABC Studios/CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Erica Messer (w, ep), Mark Gordon (ep), Nick Pepper (ep)
LOGLINE: FBI agents help American citizens who find themselves in trouble abroad. The boss is Jack Garrett, a 20-year veteran of the Bureau, who is currently in charge of the FBI’s top team for handling cases involving Americans abroad.
CAST: Gary Sinise, Tyler James Williams, Anna Gunn
DOUBT
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Tony Phelan (ep), Joan Rater (ep)
LOGLINE: Centers on a smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm who shockingly gets involved romantically with one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.
CAST: KaDee Strickland, Dreama Walker, Dule Hill, Laverne Cox, Elliott Gould, Kobi Libii
FOR JUSTICE
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios
TEAM: Rene Balcer (w, ep), Ava DuVernay (d), Robert De Niro (ep), Jane Rosenthal (ep), James Patterson (ep), Bill Robinson (ep), Leopoldo Gout (ep), Berry Welsh (co-ep)
LOGLINE: An FBI agent who works in the Criminal Section of the Department of Civil Rights Division finds herself caught between the radical family she was born into and the professional family she has chosen. Based James Patterson’s novelThe Thomas Berryman Number.
CAST: Anika Noni Rose
LFE
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios/The Dan Jinks Co.
TEAM: Paul Downs Colaizzo (w, co-ep), Dan Jinks (ep), David Slade (d, ep), David Marshall Grant (ep)
LOGLINE: High-octane medical procedural centering on second-year residents at New York City’s top hospital as they attempt to balance their god complexes with their humanity.
CAST: Ana Kayne, Daniel Sharman, Annie Funke, Andy Mientus
LIMITLESS
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios, K/O, Relativity TV
TEAM: Craig Sweeny (w, ep), Neil Berger (d, ep), Alex Kurtzman (ep), Roberto Orci (ep), Heather Kadin (ep), Bradley Cooper (ep), Todd Phillips (ep), Ryan Kavanaugh (ep), Tucker Tooley (ep), Tom Forman (ep), Marc Webb (d), Andrew Marcus (co-ep), Ray Ricord (co-ep)
LOGLINE: Based on the 2011 feature, it follows Brian Sinclair as he discovers the power of the mysterious drug NZT, and is coerced into using his newfound drug-enhanced abilities to solve weekly cases for the FBI.
RUSH HOUR
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV/Doozer
TEAM: Bill Lawrence (w, ep), Blake McCormick (w, ep), Arthur Sarkissian (ep), Brett Ratner (ep), Jeff Ingold (ep), Jon Turteltaub (d)
LOGLINE: A stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer is assigned to a case in Los Angeles, where he’s forced to work with a cocky African-American LAPD officer who has no interest in a partner. Based on the movie franchise.
CAST: Jon Foo, Aimee Garcia, Jessika Van
SNEAKY PETE
STUDIO: Sony TV
TEAM: David Shore (w, ep), Bryan Cranston (co-w, ep), James Degus (ep), Erin Gunn (co-ep)
LOGLINE: Upon leaving prison, a thirtysomething con man takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of a cellmate. “Sneaky Pete” then hides out from his debtors while working for his new “family’s” bail bond business. There he uses his considerable charm and criminal prowess to take down bad guys far worse than himself, partnering with a very attractive female “cousin” who has her suspicions about his real motives.
CAST: Giovanni Ribisi, Margo Martindale, Peter Gerety
SUPERGIRL
Series Commitment
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV
TEAM: Greg Berlani (w, ep), Ali Adler (w, ep), Sarah Schechter (ep)
LOGLINE: Focuses on Superman’s cousin, Kara Zor-El, who shares his super powers and vulnerability to Kryptonite. She is just beginning to use her abilities. Born on the planet Krypton, Kara Zor-El escaped amid its destruction years ago. Since arriving on Earth, she’s been hiding the powers she shares with her famous cousin. But now at age 24, she decides to embrace her superhuman abilities and be the hero she was always meant to be.
CAST: Melissa Benoist, Mehcad Brooks, Calista Flockhart, Laura Benanti, Chyler Leigh, David Harewood, Dean Cain, Helen Slater
UNTITLED TONY PHELAN/JOAN RATER
STUDIO: CBS TV Studios/Timberman-Beverly Productions
TEAM: Tony Phelan (w, ep), Joan Rater (ep), Sarah Timberman (ep), Carl Beverly (ep)
LOGLINE: A smart, chic, successful defense lawyer at a boutique firm shockingly gets involved romantically with one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.