I hear CBS drama pilot, Early Version, a reimagining of the Kyle Chandler sequence, in addition to all of CBS’ comedy pilots/displays, will not be going ahead. The community this 12 months opted for all presentation orders to comedy initiatives to its personal studio, CBS Studios (The Hug Machine, Somber Companion, Unplanned In Akron), whereas the one comedy from an out of doors studio, Warner Bros. TV’s Rust Bell Information, was a full pilot.
I hear CBS brass had been very proud of their crop of drama pilots this season, believed to be one of many strongest in years, whereas the group of comedy pilots didn’t characteristic any standouts.
EPs/W: William Finkelstein, Mike Flynn
EP/D: Michael M. Robin (Skyemac Productions)
EPs: Christine Holder, Mark Holder (Marvel Avenue)
Co-EP: Andrew Maher (Skyemac)
STUDIO: Warner Bros. Tv
LOGLINE: Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood on the fringe of Brooklyn. She leads a various group of officers and detectives, a few of whom are reluctant to deploy her artistic strategies of serving and defending within the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
CAST: Amanda Warren, Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smits, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Form, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lavel Schley and Olivia Luccardi
FIRE COUNTRY (previously generally known as “Cal Hearth”)
Bettina Strauss/CBS
EPs/Teleplay Written by/Story Co-Written by: Tony Phelan & Joan Rater
EP/Story Co-Written by: Max Thieriot
EP/D: James Sturdy (pilot solely)
EP: David Grae
EPs: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed (Jerry Bruckheimer Tv)
STUDIO: CBS Studios
LOGLINE: Searching for redemption and a shortened jail sentence, younger convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, the place he and different inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish large blazes throughout the area. Impressed by Max Thieriot’s experiences rising up in northern California hearth nation.
CAST: Max Thieriot, Billy Burke, Kevin Alejandro, Diane Farr, Stephanie Arcila, Jordan Calloway, Jules Latimer
SO HELP ME TODD (previously generally known as “Untitled Mom/Son Authorized Drama”)
EP/Author: Scott Prendergast
EPs/Showrunners: Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro
EP/D: Amy York Rubin (pilot solely)
EPs: Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw, Julia Eisenman (Stage 29 Productions)
STUDIO: CBS Studios
LOGLINE: Regardless of their opposing personalities, a proficient however directionless P.I. who’s the black sheep of his household begrudgingly agrees to work because the in-house investigator for his overbearing mom, a profitable lawyer reeling from the current dissolution of her marriage.
CAST: Marcia Homosexual Harden, Skylar Astin, Madeline Clever, Tristen J. Winger, Inga Schlingmann and Rosa Arredondo
