Friday, May 11, 2018

Development News - ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and The CW Pass on a Number of Comedy and Drama Pilots

Development News - May 11, 2018

ABC's The Finest, For Love, Get Christie Love, The Greatest American Hero, Man of the House, The Mission, Most Likely To, Salvage, Southern Hospitality, Staties, Steps, Untitled Bobby Bowman & Untitled Justin Noble; CBS' Cagney and Lacey, Chiefs & Main Justice; FOX's Our Family & Gone Baby Gone; NBC's Friends-in-Law, Guess Who Died, L.A.'s Finest, Like Family, No Way Back & So Close; and The CW's Dead Inside, The End of the World as We Know It, Playing Dead, Skinny Dip & Wayward Sisters.

ABC PILOTS PASSED ON
  • THE FINEST (Drama) - Written by Pam Veasey. Directed by Regina King. Starring Amirah Vann, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Frances Turner, Leigh-Ann Rose, Aurin Wise, Michael Beach, Eric Balfour, Dorian Missick, Gerald Celasco and Zoë Robins.
  • FOR LOVE (Drama) - Written by Michael Cooney. Directed by John Dahl. Starring Lex Scott Davis, Ethan Peck, Jon Ecker, Luke Arnold, Rachel Skarsten, Isabella Russo, Wolé Parks and Chloe Wepper.
  • GET CHRISTIE LOVE (Drama) - Written by Courtney Kemp. Directed by Stephen Williams. Starring Kylie Bunbury, Khandi Alexander, Julia Kelly, Camille Guaty, Thomas Cocquerel, Shea Buckner, Juan Javier Cardenas, Lisseth Chavez, Dennis Oh, Amy Rutberg and Steven Weber.
  • THE GREATEST AMERICAN HERO (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Rachna Fruchbom. Directed by Christine Gernon. Starring Hannah Simone, George Wendt, Gia Sandhu, Zenobia Shroff, Shoniqua Shandai, Dennis Andres, Humphrey Ker and Ellie Reed.
  • MAN OF THE HOUSE (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Frank Pines and Vijal Patel. Directed by Richie Keen. Starring Alyson Hannigan, Leslie Bibb, Jake Short, Jenna Ortega, Reece Caddell and Jimmy Kimmel
  • THE MISSION (Drama) - Written by Jason Richman. Directed by Michael Offer. Starring Lynn Collins, Wood Harris, Aasif Mandvi, Kris D. Lofton, Josh Randall, Vanessa Vasquez, Alexander Karim, Chris Conroy, Aidan Wojtak-Hissong and Jee Young Han
  • MOST LIKELY TO (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Diablo Cody. Directed by Pamela Fryman. Starring Yvette Nicole Brown, Lesli Margherita, Donald Faison, Laya DeLeon Hayes, Max Jenkins, Ashton Arbab, Mia Allan and Ella Allan.
  • SALVAGE (Drama) - Written by Don Todd. Directed by Uta Briesewitz. Starring Toby Kebbell, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Charity Wakefield, Will Patton, Lacretta, Emily Althaus, Evan Parke, Jim Kaplan, Joelle Carter and Jim Belushi.
  • SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Sherry Bilsing-Graham and Ellen Kreamer. Directed by Tristram Shapeero. Starring Annaleigh Ashford, John Larroquette, Stephanie Styles, Shakira Barrera and Andrew Keenan-Bolger.
  • STATIES (Drama) - Written by Matt Partney and Corey Evett. Directed by Rob Bowman. Starring Annie Ilonzeh, Andy Karl, David Zayas, Jennifer Aspen, Alexander Sokovikov, Ava Capri and Justin Johnson Cortez.
  • STEPS (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Kristin Newman. Directed by Todd Holland. Starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Barry Rothbart, Kyle Bornheimer, Julie Hagerty, Cameron Boyce, Madeleine McGraw, Camryn Jones and Ryan Michelle Bathe.
  • UNTITLED BOBBY BOWMAN (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Bobby Bowman. Directed by Ian Fitzgibbon. Starring Brooke Elliott, Johnny Sneed, Brenna D'Amico, Lilla Crawford, Will Kindrachuk and Carson E. White.
  • UNTITLED JUSTIN NOBLE (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Justin Noble. Directed by Will Gluck. Starring Kat Dennings, Jason Michael Snow, Elizabeth Ho, Angela Kinsey, Derek Richardson and Nicole Byer
CBS PILOTS PASSED ON
  • CAGNEY AND LACEY (Drama) - Written by Bridget Carpenter. Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez. Starring Sarah Drew, Michelle Hurd and Ving Rhames.
  • CHIEFS (Drama) - Written by David Hudgins. Directed by Zetna Fuentes. Starring Jorja Fox, Alana De La Garza, Aunjanue Ellis, Michael Trucco and Demetrius Grosse.
  • MAIN JUSTICE (Drama) - Written by Sascha Penn. Directed by David Semel. Starring Bokeem Woodbine, Timothy Hutton, Deborah Ayorinde, Aubrey Dollar and Peter Gallagher.
FOX PILOTS PASSED ON
  • OUR FAMILY (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Vali Chandrasekaran. Directed by Trent O'Donnell. Starring Beth Behrs, Biniam Bizuneh, Charles Parnell, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Skai Jackson, Matthew Glave and Lea Thompson.
  • GONE BABY GONE (Drama) - Written by Robert Levine. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Starring Joseph Morgan, Peyton List, April Bowlby, Laysla De Oliveira, Haaz Sleiman and Christine Lahti.
NBC PILOTS PASSED ON
  • FRIENDS-IN-LAW (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Brian Gallivan. Directed by Pamela Fryman. Starring James Davis, Devere Rogers, John Gemberling and Nicole Parker.
  • GUESS WHO DIED (Comedy, Single Camera) - Written by Norman Lear and Peter Tolan. Directed by Adam Bernstein. Starring Hector Elizondo, Holland Taylor, Beth Lacke, Adrian Martinez, Stacey Yen and Christopher Lloyd.
  • L.A.'S FINEST (Drama) - Written by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis. Directed by Anton Cropper. Starring Gabrielle Union, Jessica Alba, Zach Gilford, Duane Martin, Ryan McPartlin, Zach McGowan, Orli Gottesman and Ernie Hudson.
  • LIKE FAMILY (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Suzanne Martin. Directed by James Burrows. Starring Kether Donohue, Brandon Mychal Smith, Rebecca Mader and Blake Anderson.
  • NO WAY BACK (Drama) - Written by Jessica Goldberg. Directed by Brad Anderson. Starring Derek Luke, Raúl Esparza, Jeri Ryan, Paula Newsom, Sadie Calvano, Kearran Giovanni and Sofia Bryant.
  • SO CLOSE (Comedy, Multi-Camera) - Written by Greg Malins. Directed by Gail Mancuso. Starring Sasheer Zamata, Sean Kleier, Punam Patel, Sabrina Carpenter, Dan Bucatinsky and Julie Klausner.
THE CW PILOTS PASSED ON
  • DEAD INSIDE (Drama) - Written by Katie Lovejoy. Directed by Michael Patrick Jann. Starring Freddie Stroma, Lyndon Smith, Hayley Marie Norman, Christine Ko, Erica Cerra and Myles Bullock.
  • THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (Drama) - Written by Justin Halpern and Patrick Schumacker. Directed by Glen Winter. Starring Gage Golightly, Quinta Brunson, Josh Helman and Liam Garrigan.
  • PLAYING DEAD (Drama) - Written by Rina Momoun and Josh Reims. Directed by Rachel Goldenberg. Starring Tyler Ritter, Clara Lago, Luke Youngblood, Sigrid Owen and Curran Walters.
  • SKINNY DIP (Drama) - Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner. Directed by Marc Buckland. Starring Sarah Wright Olsen, Matt Barr, Ben Aldridge, Richard Esteras, KJ Smith and Brent Sexton.
  • WAYWARD SISTERS (Drama) - Written by Andrew Dabb and Robert Berens. Directed by Phil Sgriccia. Starring Kim Rhodes, Briana Buckmaster, Kathryn Newton, Katherine Ramdeen, Clark Backo and Yadira Guevara-Prip.