Tell-Tale TV’s 2019 Pilot Season Round-Up

Tell-Tale TV’s 2019 Pilot Season Round-Up, organized by network (continued):

ABC • CBS • FOX • NBC • The CW

Fox

Deputy (Status: Ordered To Series for Midseason)

Logline: Deputy Bill Hollister (Stephen Dorff) is a career lawman who’s very comfortable kicking down doors and utterly lost in a staff meeting. But when the L.A. County sheriff drops dead, Bill becomes acting sheriff of Los Angeles County, in charge of 10,000 sworn deputies policing a modern Wild West. Produced with the cooperation of the L.A. Sheriff’s Department.

Here’s who’s involved: Stephen Dorff (True Detective), Yara Martinez (Jane The Virgin), Brian Van Holt, Siena Goines, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Shane Paul McGhie Crew: W/EP Will Beall (Aquaman); EP/D David Ayer; EP Chris Long

Keep an eye on this one: Deputy seems like just more food for cop drama junkies. But hey, if you watch it, they will come. 

April 12 Update: Cast updated to reflect a role replacement. 

Filthy Rich (Status: Ordered To Series For Midseason)

Logline: A Southern Gothic dramedy revolving around two strong, sharp women who will go to any length to protect their loved ones and get their due. When the wealthy CEO of the world’s largest Christian network dies in a plane crash, his wife and adult children are stunned to discover he has grown, illegitimate kids who are also in his will. When the steel azalea matriarch of the family tries to pay them to go away, these newly legitimized heirs have very different ideas and insist on not only staying in town, but becoming part of the family empire.

Here’s who’s involved: Kim Cattrall (Sex and the City), Gerald McRaney (This Is Us), Aubrey Dollar, Benjamin Levy Aguilar, Corey Cott, Mark L. Young, Steve Harris, Melia Kreiling, David Denman, Olivia Macklin Crew: W/D/EP Tate Taylor; EP Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, John Norris; P Kim Cattrall

Keep an eye on this one: If you like really juicy family drama as opposed to the melodramatic kind, pull up a chair. Cattrall seems perfectly cast as the matriarch in this show. 

Lovestruck (Status: Dropped)

Logline: A structurally inventive dramedy in which the entire first season takes place over the course of a single night at a wedding. As viewers get to know the wedding party, they’ll learn surprising reveals about both their present and past, see that things aren’t always as they seem and explore the complicated bonds of love, friendship and family at different stages of life. Inspired by the Endemol Shine France series Quadras.

Here’s who’s involved: Rachel Bilson (Hart of Dixie, The O.C.), Steve Kazee, Andie MacDowell, Kathleen Turner, Richard Roxburgh, Madeline Wise, Usman Ally, Beth Riesgraf, Jeffery Self, Linda Park Crew: W/EP Tom Kapinos (Lucifer, Californication); D/EP Sanaa Hamri (Empire); EP Sharon Levy, Francois-Xavier Demaison, Nicolas Coppermann

Keep an eye on this one: Lovestruck is another show that seems to experiment with time and structure. But it’s all about drama at its core, which makes it the perfect project to reunite Bilson and FOX. 

NeXT (Status: Ordered To Series for Midseason)

Logline: A propulsive, fact-based thriller grounded in the latest A.I. research that revolves around a brilliant but paranoid former tech CEO (John Slattery) who joins a Homeland Cybersecurity Agent and her team to stop the world’s first artificial intelligence crisis: the emergence of a rogue AI with the ability to continuously improve itself.

Here’s who’s involved: John Slattery (Mad Men), Fernanda Andrade, Eve Harlow, Aaron Moten, Gerardo Celasco, Michael Mosley, Jason Butler Harner
Team: W/EP Manny Coto (24); D/EP John Requa, Glenn Ficarra; EP Charlie Gogolak

Keep an eye on this one: If you like thrillers and are fascinated by technology or unstable geniuses, NeXT will be a perfect fit for you if it makes it to air. 

Prodigal Son (Status: Ordered To Series)

 

Logline: Revolves around Malcolm Bright, the son of a notorious serial killer called The Surgeon who understands how killers think. The criminal psychologist uses his skills to help the NYPD solve crimes and stop killers while balancing his manipulative mother and annoyingly normal sister and a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son. The drama is described as a fresh take on the crime franchise with a darkly comedic tone.

Here’s who’s involved: Tom Payne (The Walking Dead)  Michael Sheen, Lou Diamond Phillips, Aurora Perrineau, Frank Harts, Bellamy Young (Scandal), Keiko Agena, Halston Sage Crew: W/EP Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver (Deception); EP Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter; D/EP Lee Toland Krieger — Casting complete according to The Hollywood Reporter

Keep an eye on this one: If you like your crime drama with a side of psychology, this seems like a promising show. 

Not Just Me (Status: Ordered To Series)

Logline: Only child Julia Beckley (Brittany Snow) has her life turned upside down when it’s revealed that her father, a pioneering Nobel Prize-winning fertility doctor, used his own sperm to conceive dozens of children over the course of his career. Reeling from this explosive revelation, Julia discovers two new sisters — her former best friend and an ex-Olympic athlete. Against all odds, the women attempt to form an untraditional family and lean on each other as they grapple with their own identity crises. Based on the original Endemol Shine Australia series Sisters.

Here’s who’s involved: Brittany Snow, Emily Osment (Young & Hungry), Megalyn Echikunwoke, Timothy Hutton, Mustafa Elzein, Mo McRae (Pitch) Crew: W/EP Annie Weisman (The Path), EP Jason Katims (Parenthood), Jeni Mulein, Imogen Banks, Sharon Levy, EP/D Leslye Headland (Russian Doll)

Keep an eye on this one: As you can read from the logline, this drama seems like it will connect with people who love TV with a lot of emotional depth. Fitting, as it comes from Katims, a mind behind Parenthood. 

Adam & Eve (Status: Dropped)

 

Logline: Based on the French-Canadian format, the comedy follows one couple at three stages of their relationship — young and passionate, middle-aged with kids and navigating retirement.

Here’s who’s involved: Odette Annable (Supergirl), Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars) Crew: W/EP Jon Beckerman (Ed); EP Claude Meunier, Luc Wiseman; D Claire Scanlon

Keep an eye on this one: This sounds exactly like This Is Us except for people who like to laugh instead of cry. 

Outmached(Status: Ordered to Series For Midseason)

 

Logline: A family comedy about a blue-collar couple (Maggie Lawson, Jason Biggs) in South Jersey trying to get by and raise four kids, three of whom just happen to be certified geniuses.

Here’s who’s involved: Maggie Lawson (Psych), Jason Biggs (Orange Is the New Black), Connor Kalopsis, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Jack Stanton, Ashley Boettcher Crew: W/EP Lon Zimmet (L.A. to Vegas); D Jonathan Judge

Keep an eye on this one: Fans of The Big Bang Theory will have a show to fill the void if this one makes it to air. Whether it succeeds depends on if New Jersians are more tolerable than Californians. 

Patty’s Auto (Status: Dropped/Repiloted off cycle?)

 

Logline: Inspired by Patrice Banks’ Girls Auto Clinic — a repair shop with all female mechanics — the comedy revolves around Patty and the eclectic women who work for her.

Here’s who’s involved: 
Carra Patterson (The Arrangement), Joanna Adler, Sarah Levy, Paola Lazaro, Kyla Pratt, Jonathan Sadowski Crew: W/EP Darlene Hunt (The Big C); EP Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman; Co-EP/D Betsy Thomas; P Dannah Shinder; CP Patrice Banks

Keep an eye on this one: If you like your laughs with a side of girl power, visit Patty’s Auto if it ever hits the small screen. 

Richard Lovely (Status: Dropped)

Logline: Richard Lovely (Thomas Lennon) is the disgruntled author of the best-selling children’s book series, Mr. Mouse. He doesn’t hate children, but rather just everything about them. After a publicity fiasco involving an unexpectedly savvy 9-year-old kid, Mr. Mouse appears in Richard’s real life as he is forced into an unlikely father-son relationship that will change his life forever.

Here’s who’s involved: 
Thomas Lennon, Wendie Malick, Mason Shneiderman, Nicole Sun, Asif Ali, Nicole Richie Team: W/EP Billy Finnegan (Grace and Frankie); EP Kat Coiro; EP/D Alex Hardcastle

Keep an eye on this one: Richard Lovely is just outlandish enough not to be able to predict who will like it. If the logline intrigues you and you see a promo in a few months, give it a try…

Apr. 5 Update: Jason Alexander has been cast to voice the animated lead character, Mr. Mouse, according to Deadline. 

*Also ordered to series for midseason: 9-1-1 spinoff 9-1-1: Lonestar starring Rob Lowe.

Next up: NBC