CBS - Pilots Currently in Development


(W: Writer, D: Director, EP: Executive Producer, Co-EP: Co-Executive Producer, P: Producer, SR: Showrunner)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Logline: After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.
  • Cast: Carrie Preston, Wendell Pierce, Carra Patterson
  • Team: W/EP/D Robert King; W/EP Michelle King; EP Liz Glotzer
  • Studio: CBS Studios, King Size Productions
  • Notes: Spinoff of CBS' The Good Wife (2009-16) and Paramount+'s The Good Fight (2017-22).

  • Genre: Comedy (Multi-Camera)
  • Logline: Set in Philadelphia, Joe and Marcy are young, hip, urban parents with old school values who are willing to sacrifice for their kids and have some laughs while doing it.
  • Cast: Terry Crews 
  • Team: W/EP Wayne Conley; EP Terry Crews, Aaron Kaplan, Melanie Frankel, Wendy Trilling, Bridget McMell; Co-EP Robb Armstrong; D/EP Phill Lewis
  • Studio: CBS Studios, Kapital Entertainment, Trill Television, Andrews McMeel Entertainment
  • Notes: Based on the long-running comic strip by Robb Armstrong.

  • Genre: Drama
  • Logline: After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within.
  • Cast: Kathy Bates, Skye P. Marshall, David Del Rio, Leah Lewis, Jason Ritter 
  • Team: W/EP Jennie Snyder Urman; EP Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, John Will; D/EP Kat Coiro
  • Studio: CBS Studios
  • Notes: Reboot of the drama that aired for nine seasons (1986-92 on NBC, 1992-95 on ABC).

  • Genre: Comedy (Multi-Camera)
  • Logline: A legendary talk radio host and happily divorced "Poppa" has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son, a brilliant dreamer who is trying to pursue his passion while being a responsible father and husband.
  • Cast: Damon Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Essence Atkins, Tetona Jackson
  • Team: W/EP Damon Wayans, Kevin Hench; EP Damon Wayans Jr.; D/EP Andy Ackerman
  • Studio: CBS Studios, Two Shakes Entertainment
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