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Action News (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
Levitan/Lloyd Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS/WRITERS
Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd
CAST (from left to right)
Kelsey Grammer as Chuck
Patricia Heaton as Kelly
Fred Willard as Marsh
Aimee Garcia as Montana
Paul Campbell as Ryan
Ty Burrell as Gary
Laura Marano as Gracie
In the 90s, the local TV news scene in Pittsburgh was dominated by one
team: CHUCK DARLING (Kelsey Grammer, "Frasier," "Cheers") and KELLY
CARR (Patricia Heaton, "Everybody Loves Raymond"). They had that
elusive quality all news teams need: chemistry ... at least on-screen.
Off-screen, Chuck was a bit of an egomaniacal womanizer, Kelly a bit
of an uptight know-it-all. So when Chuck got the call to move up to a
larger market, no tears were shed.
Now, after an embarrassing newscast tirade ends up on the Internet,
Chuck finds himself on the downswing career-wise. He's even
questioning whether his lifestyle of chasing women and living in
hotels is as exciting as it used to be. So when he gets the call to
return to Pittsburgh, to reunite with Kelly and try to take the
newscast back to No. 1, it's an offer he can't refuse.
Back in Pittsburgh, Chuck has a couple of new co-workers: MONTANA DIAZ
HERRERA (Aimee Garcia, "A Lot Like Love"), the perky, sexy, somewhat
inept weather anchor, and RYAN CHURCH (Paul Campbell, "Battlestar
Galactica"), the overstressed news director. There are also familiar
faces like MARSH McGINLEY (Fred Willard, "Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy," "Everybody Loves Raymond"), the affable, endlessly
inappropriate sports anchor, and GARY CREZYZEWSKI, pronounced Kre-
shoov-ski (Ty Burrell, "In Good Company," "Out of Practice"), the
perennially put-upon field reporter who always seems to get left out
in the snow. But, mostly, there's Kelly, now a single mom to 10-year-
old GRACIE (Laura Marano, "Without a Trace"). There was magic between
them once. Can they find it again?
ACTION NEWS is written and executive-produced by Steven Levitan ("Just
Shoot Me!," "Frasier," "Wings") and Christopher Lloyd ("Frasier," "The
Golden Girls").
The Beast
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
CBS Paramount Network Television
FremantleMedia North America, Inc.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER
Tucker Cawley
CAST
Steve Howey as Ty
Veterinarian TYLER TROOP (Steve Howey, "Reba") really doesn't like
animals. But he really loves women. And women love animals. So, ipso
facto, veterinary medicine is a means to an end.
Ty inherited his father's thriving veterinary practice, where he sets
his own hours and can pass off any unwanted work to his partner RON
LITTLE, who's a loyal friend and dedicated vet. The office is run by
Ty's sweet, doting and just a little bit "off" mother, DORIS. Aside
from her aversion to technology, Doris makes a great receptionist. Ty
also has an assistant who worships him, the friendly and awkward FRANK
HOPPER.
As a busy vet, Ty has to deal with a parade of afflicted animals and
quirky pet owners who dress their dogs in cheerleader outfits and
carry their cats in BabyBjrns. But all of this is made tolerable by
the ultimate job perk: the women. And Ty's got a waiting room full of
them. Equipped with good looks and a lethal amount of charm, he is the
ultimate "dog" who's able to talk himself into, and back out of, any
woman's life that is, until he meets his match in knockout new vet PJ
WICKWIRE.
Ty hired PJ mostly because she's smokin' hot, but there's more to her
than meets his eye. PJ is smart, idealistic and uncompromising. And
even though everything about Ty from his attitude toward animals to
his womanizing ways drives her crazy, she still thinks he's kind of
cute. PJ hates herself for feeling this way, so she channels her
frustration into making Ty's life miserable. She won't let him get
away with being a cad and dumping all his work on poor Ron. When Ty
recognizes that PJ threatens his very way of life, he refuses to be
"neutered" by her, and the battle is on. Doris, Ron, Frank and their
patients find themselves caught in a BEAST of a turf war, the likes of
which they've never seen.
Based on the popular British series created by Simon Nye ("Men
Behaving Badly"), THE BEAST is written by three-time Emmy Award winner
Tucker Cawley ("Everybody Loves Raymond"), who owns no pets.
Hackett (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Sony Pictures Television
25C Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Denise Moss
Sarah Timberman
Carl Beverly
WRITER
Denise Moss
DIRECTOR
Barry Sonnenfeld
Meet Mr. THOMAS HACKETT, the new English teacher at Eleanor Roosevelt
High.
He's a teacher who gives a teenager his old collection of Playboys
because "the problem with getting boys to read today is that you never
accidentally stumble on that brilliant article by William Styron
surfing adult content on the Web." A bitter, hard-living womanizer
with an irrepressible charm and no small amount of sex appeal, Hackett
loves to rankle The Powers That Be. He's the last person you'd want as
a role model for your kids and possibly the first one you'd want
teaching them.
Hackett used to be a high-flying professor at Yale, where he acquired
a reputation as "the last great defender of the Y chromosome" and his
novels propelled him into the hot, bright center of the New York
literati set. But eventually his very public personal life the
affairs, the drinking, the outspoken tirades overwhelmed his
professional life. And when a 26-year-old grad student with whom he
was having a consensual affair sued him for harassment, Hackett's
career at Yale was over as was his marriage.
Under a legal cloud for unpaid child support and desperate to see his
young kids again, Hackett finds a job teaching English in what he
calls "the hallowed halls of mediocrity" a public school in suburban
Arizona. Soon, no one, not the slackers, the Goths or the wannabes, is
safe from his lacerating wit. But Hackett's real sporting interest is
the hyper-sensitized, super-PC world of public education, exemplified
by power-hungry metrosexual Vice Principal EUGENE WOLGEMOTH (Jim Rash,
"Help Me Help You," "Reno 911!"). Only AUDREY DOVER, the school's
young, smart principal with a troubled personal life, barely manages
to stay one step ahead of him.
It is precisely Hackett's brash honesty and strong world view to which
the kids respond. The truth is, he's becoming a great teacher in spite
of himself. And with the help of his new friendship with fellow
teacher TAM, a lesbian with as many problems with women as Hackett, he
may find some redemption. HACKETT is an uncompromisingly edgy
character comedy from writer Denise Moss ("Murphy Brown," "The Wonder
Years," "Frasier") about a man who has to fall all the way to the
bottom to find up again.
The Hot Years (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
Dawn Parouse Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Dawn Parouse
Jeffrey Richman
WRITER
Elizabeth Meriwether (Supervising Producer)
DIRECTOR
Jason Winer
CAST (from left to right)
Molly Stanton as Allison
Dorian Brown as Kate
Lacey Chabert as Stevie
Sarayu Rao as Rupa
Britney. Paris. Lindsay. When these are your role models, how does any
girl ever learn how to grow up? Or cover up, for that matter? This is
an envelope-pushing comedy about four twenty-somethings, living in the
age of text messaging and Internet hookups, who have more interest in
great clothes and great parties than in meaningful relationships and
fulfilling careers. But when you live to party, at some point you're
going to wake up with a hangover.
Harsh reality dawns on publishing assistant ALLISON MILLER (Molly
Stanton, "Twins") when her boss catches her in a state of undress
after a hot copy-room tryst. Allison wants to be taken seriously at
work, but that means changing everything, including her home life. And
it won't be easy. Allison and her two roommates and best friends,
STEVIE PITTS (Lacey Chabert, "Family Guy," "Party of Five") and KATE
DELLAPINA (Dorian Brown), are living in an apartment that might as
well be their old sorority house. Stevie is a Park Avenue nanny who
wants to end up a trophy wife with gorgeous kids, while Kate, a full-
time trust-fund baby and part-time sales girl at an upscale department
store, is perfectly happy stealing free samples and flirting with
married guys. If Allison is serious about growing up, she's going to
need outside help.
Help arrives in the form of Allison's overachieving Indian co-worker,
RUPA KUMAR (Sarayu Rao, "Leela"). While Allison thinks Rupa can teach
the girls how to be smart, professional women, Rupa's more interested
in learning how to get out of her turtlenecks and into some trouble.
As it turns out, there's a lot they can learn from each other. And if
one of them is going to grow up, they're all going to do it, because
no one should have to face the real world alone.
>From 20th Century Fox Television and Dawn Parouse Productions, THE HOT
YEARS is created by playwright Elizabeth Meriwether and executive-
produced by Dawn Parouse ("Prison Break." "Tru Calling") and Jeffrey
Richman ("Wings," "Frasier").
The Life and Times of Tim
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Warner Bros. Television
Werner-Gold-Miller
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Steve Dildarian
Tom Werner
Jimmy Miller
Mike Clements
WRITER
Steve Dildarian
VOICE CAST (from left to right)
Nick Kroll as Stu
Bob Morrow as Debbie
Steve Dildarian as Tim
MJ Otto as Amy
Cheri Oteri as Chuk
Matt Johnson as Rodney
Kurtwood Smith as The Boss
THE LIFE & TIMES OF TIM is an animated show about a guy who just can't
seem to catch a break. He's a nice, normal guy with lots going for
him, but for some reason the world conspires against him.
TIM (Steve Dildarian, Clio Award winner; co-creator, Budweiser
"Lizards" TV campaign) is 25 years old and lives in New York City with
his girlfriend AMY (MJ Otto), who's patiently putting up with Tim's
antics while he gets his life in order. She has faith in him, but
sometimes it's hard to remember why.
The rest of Tim's world is full of rather insane characters who are
usually either getting Tim into, or out of, trouble. There's DEBBIE
(Bob Morrow), the multiracial prostitute who lives next door; CHUK
(Cheri Oteri, "Saturday Night Live," "Shrek the Third") the Asian
bartender; THE BOSS (Kurtwood Smith, "That 70s Show"), who does not
have a first name; RODNEY (Matt Johnson, "Passions"), The Boss's loud
assistant from Long Island who enjoys hockey and adult films, but
nothing else; and finally Tim's best friend STU (Nick Kroll), who
should not be giving advice to anyone, ever.
>From Warner Bros. Television and Werner-Gold-Miller, THE LIFE & TIMES
OF TIM is created by Steve Dildarian ("Angry Unpaid Hooker") and
executive-produced by Steve Dildarian, Tom Werner ("That 70s Show,"
"3rd Rock from the Sun," "The Cosby Show"), Jimmy Miller ("Talladega
Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," "Borat") and Mike Clements.
Me & Lee?
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Lionsgate
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Matthew Salsberg
Jenji Kohan
Allan Loeb
Steven Pearl
WRITER
Matthew Salsberg
DIRECTOR
Paul Dinello
CAST (from left to right)
Lee Majors as himself
JOEL SALSBERG, D.D.S., is at the end of his rope. Chronic,
debilitating back pain has left him jobless, penniless and worst of
all, sexless. His parents are tired of lending him money and his
girlfriend JESSICA is ready to bail. A despondent Salsberg is given a
new lease on life when he meets the one man who has the technology to
rebuild him: actor LEE MAJORS (playing himself).
Turns out that since "The Six Million Dollar Man" went off the air,
Lee has been so obsessed with bionics that he constructed a fully
functional, state-of-the-art laboratory in the basement of his Beverly
Hills mansion. He hired genius surgeon/scientist/Cordon Bleu chef
BLITT to bring his idea to fruition not "bionics," technically, but
Prosthetic Replacement & Integrated Cyberkinetics. Now Lee and Blitt
need a human to experiment on, and Salsberg becomes the unwitting
guinea pig in their grand scheme. He is tricked into undergoing
surgery far more radical than they've discussed, and when he awakens
from the operation, he is shocked to discover that his inner body has
been replaced with state-of-the-art bionics technology.
Now Salsberg can bench-press 300 pounds and run 60 miles per hour.
Nothing hurts anymore. But his new life of physical enhancement and
freedom from pain comes at an unforeseen cost: his privacy. Along with
electrically charged prosthetic limbs, Lee also installed eyeball
cameras and intercranial speakers so that he sees everything Salsberg
sees and can talk to him at will. To Salsberg's annoyance, this often-
inebriated, old and possibly evil 1970s TV icon is now an everpresent
voice in his head that won't seem to shut up about how Salsberg should
live his life.
>From the writers of "Weeds" and directed by Paul Dinello ("Strangers
with Candy"), ME & LEE? is a buddy comedy about one man's relationship
with his unlikely creator. It's an offbeat exploration of the highs
and the many drawbacks that come with being half-man, half-machine.
Joel's back pain is gone, but his headaches have just begun.
The Minister of Divine
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
Tiger Aspect
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER
Suzanne Martin
DIRECTOR
Pam Fryman
CAST (from left to right)
Kirstie Alley as Geraldine
Kevin McNally as David
Riki Lindhome as Alice
Johnathan Tchaikovsky as Hugo
Malcolm Barrett as Frank
W. Earl Brown as Owen
Who knew church could be this fun?
The small, conservative farming town of Divine gets shaken up when
their ancient minister dies in the middle of Sunday service and his
replacement is GERALDINE "GERRY" GRANGER (Emmy Award winner Kirstie
Alley, "Fat Actress," "Veronica's Closet," "Cheers"), a chocolate-
loving, joke-cracking lady pastor with a shady past. The members of
the church council don't quite know what to make of their new
spiritual leader, particularly council president DAVID HORTON (Kevin
McNally, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"), who is
instantly opposed to this very irreverent reverend. Although David and
Gerry agree on very little, over time a mutual respect turns, perhaps,
into something more.
THE MINISTER OF DIVINE is about the human desire to be part of
something bigger than our own messed-up lives and the lives of these
council members are plenty messed up. There's HUGO HORTON (Johnathan
Tchaikovsky, "Rescue Me," "Off the Black"), David's slow-witted son,
who's in love with Gerry's assistant, the equally dim ALICE TINKER
(Riki Lindhome, "Gilmore Girls"); OWEN NESBITT (W. Earl Brown,
"Deadwood"), an earthy and blunt-talking farmer and NASCAR fan; FRANK
POOLE (Malcolm Barrett, "Law & Order"), the fastidious keeper of the
council minutes; LETICIA CROPLEY, the no-longer-young church organist
and former beauty queen; and JIM TROTT, a paranoid conspiracy theorist
who also happens to be the town mayor. Revolving around Gerry's loving
but often exasperated care of this eclectic crew, THE MINISTER OF
DIVINE offers a humorous snapshot of what it means to be a person of
faith in America today.
THE MINISTER OF DIVINE is based on the top-rated British series "The
Vicar of Dibley" created by Richard Curtis ("Four Weddings and a
Funeral," "Notting Hill," "Love Actually," "Mr. Bean"). In 2004, it
was ranked third-all-time-favorite British sitcom in a national poll.
>From 20th Century Fox Television and Tiger Aspect, THE MINISTER OF
DIVINE has been adapted by Emmy Award winner Suzanne Martin
("Frasier," "Maybe It's Me," "Ellen").
Playing Chicken
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Warner Bros. Television
Werner-Gold-Miller Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Tom Werner
Jimmy Miller
Mike Clements
WRITERS/CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Sean Anders
John Morris
DIRECTOR
John Pasquin
CAST (from left to right)
Norbert Leo Butz as Jake
Bill Burr as Tim
Marianne Muellerleile as Donna
Jake Busey as Karl
America is more politically polarized than ever. More and more of us
are discovering political divisions within our own homes. These were
once predominantly generational divides the liberal, idealistic young
clashing with the conservative, older Establishment. Today, all bets
are off. Your ideological nemesis could be your best friend, your wife
or even your very own brother. Such is the case with JAKE (Tony Award
winner Norbert Leo Butz, "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") and TIM (actor/
comedian Bill Burr, "Late Show with David Letterman," "Chappelle's
Show"). Jake is a tough, brash, obnoxious, call-it-as-I-see-it
conservative. His brother Tim is a passionate, opinionated, but lazy
liberal. They agree on almost nothing.
The boys grew up in Madison, Wisconsin. While Jake was off hunting,
dirt-biking or drinking with his buddies in the country, Tim was
reading, going to art films or hanging out at the university.
Eventually, Tim moved to New York and began teaching middle-school
English, while Jake remained in Wisconsin, where he worked as a roofer
and partied with his rowdy friends. When one of those friends
challenged Jake to a game of chicken on jet skis and neither of them
turned out to be chicken, Jake wound up in a wheelchair. Tim left his
job and his rent-controlled apartment to return to Madison and help
with his brother's rehabilitation. A year later, the fiercely
determined Jake is largely independent. Now Jake's roommate, Tim picks
up subbing gigs at local schools and works on his novel. The brothers
disagree, argue and go to insane lengths when trying to make a point.
The only person who dominates them is their mother DONNA (Marianne
Muellerleile, "Life with Bonnie"), a caustic, large-and-in-charge
bulldozer of tough love. Widowed for three years, she recently opened
herself up to the possibility of a love life by moving into a
community for retired singles.
Along with their dim, sweetly enthusiastic childhood friend KARL (Jake
Busey, "Enemy of the State") and Jake's lovely, quirky and
compassionate physical therapist COLETTE, Tim and Jake continue to
wrestle with the politics of the world and the family PLAYING CHICKEN
until somebody flinches first.
PLAYING CHICKEN is from Warner Bros. Television and Werner-Gold-
Miller. Tom Werner ("That 70s Show," "3rd Rock from the Sun," "The
Cosby Show"), Jimmy Miller ("Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky
Bobby," "Borat") and Mike Clements are executive producers.
The Return of Jezebel James (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Regency Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Dan Palladino
DIRECTOR
Amy Sherman-Palladino
CAST (from left to right)
Parker Posey as Sarah
Lauren Ambrose as Coco
Scott Cohen as Marcus
Ron McLarty as Ronald
Can two estranged sisters, polar opposites, really raise a baby
together?
SARAH THOMKINS (Parker Posey, "For Your Consideration") is a bright,
optimistic, determined woman who seems to have it all a great job as a
children's book editor, an eager-to-please assistant, BUDDY, who helps
keep her life together, and a no-strings-attached relationship with
successful businessman MARCUS SONTI (Scott Cohen, "Kissing Jessica
Stein").
Nevertheless, as her father, RONALD (Ron McLarty, "Law & Order,"
"Champs," "Spenser: For Hire"), is constantly pointing out, something
is missing from Sarah's life. Her hard work may garner accolades, but
when she goes home at night, she is very much alone. All too aware
that she isn't getting any younger, Sarah decides to have a baby on
her own and gets the shock of her life when the doctor tells her she
can't get pregnant. Having no concept of the term "can't," she wills
herself to execute a plan.
With nowhere else to turn, Sarah sets up a meeting with her quirky
younger sister, COCO (Lauren Ambrose, "Six Feet Under"), and asks her
to carry her baby. They haven't seen each other in a while, and at
first Coco refuses to go along with such a huge favor. But something
happens when Sarah mentions that she's turned Coco's imaginary
childhood friend Jezebel James into a children's book. Even though she
doesn't say so out loud, Coco is clearly touched, and, realizing that
her current living situation sharing a couch with her friend's sick
cat isn't working out, Coco decides this just might be worth a try.
THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES comes from executive producer Amy Sherman-
Palladino ("Gilmore Girls"). The series is produced by Regency
Television.
The Rules for Starting Over (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
Conundrum Entertainment
Watson Pond Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Bobby Farrelly
Peter Farrelly
Bradley Thomas
Brad Johnson
WRITERS/CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Chris Pappas
Michael Bernier
DIRECTORS
Bobby and Peter Farrelly
CAST (from left to right)
Craig Bierko as Gator
Rashida Jones as Kate
Johnny Sneed as Tommy
Shaun Majumder as Dr. Bill
Dating is like going to the farmers market if you get there early,
there's plenty of fruit, all ripe, juicy and yours for the taking.
That's dating in your 20s. But if you get there at closing time, it's
a completely different story. What little fruit is left has been
sitting in the sun all day. It's been dropped, squeezed and handled by
a thousand different people. That's dating in your 30s.
>From the creatively fruitful minds of the Farrelly Brothers, THE RULES
FOR STARTING OVER is a single camera comedy, set in Boston, about a
group of newly single friends learning the painful lessons of starting
over in their 30s. They'd all love to get re-married, if they could
just find their true loves. JACK "GATOR" GATELY (Craig Bierko,
"Cinderella Man," "Boston Legal") is a charismatic, optimistic leader
who never expected to be single again. But now that he is, he's
determined to make the best of it. He's going to sift through all the
bruised, damaged, occasionally psychotic fruit until he finds "the
one." Along the way, Gator and his buddies will chronicle their dating
misadventures in a cautionary list of dating don'ts, such as: "if
she's still nursing, it's too soon," "learn to identify gang tattoos"
and "Pretty Woman' is not a documentary."
Joining Gator in bachelorhood redux is his thrice-divorced best friend
TOMMY (Johnny Sneed, "The Guardian," "Fever Pitch"). The founder and
brewmaster of an upstart microbrewery, Tommy has a voracious appetite
for everything food, beer and women. He falls in love easily and
always disastrously, yet truly hopes his fourth starter marriage will
be "the one."
Also single again is Gator's college roommate BILL (Shaun Majumder,
"24," "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle"), a successful but
hopelessly nave surgeon. Bill is probably the least equipped of the
group to handle this life change. While he can execute a triple bypass
in his sleep, he's all thumbs when it comes to the opposite sex.
Rounding out the group is KATE (Rashida Jones, "The Office"), a smart,
successful attorney who handled all three of the boys' divorces.
Having just turned 30, Kate finds herself dumped after a seven-year
engagement. She reluctantly joins the guys in negotiating the
treacherous waters of dating after 29. Kate owns the brownstone next
to Gator's. Over time, this pair may find that "the one" is just a
brick wall away.
THE RULES FOR STARTING OVER is executive-produced and directed by
Bobby and Peter Farrelly ("There's Something About Mary," "Fever
Pitch").
Two Dreadful Children (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANY
20th Century Fox Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER
David Hemingson
VOICE CAST (from left to right)
David Hemingson as Mr. Taylor
French Stewart as Frosty
Chris Kattan as Chet
Tim Dabado as Dick
Caroline Rhea as Lori
Sam Huntington as Tapper
Meredith Roberts as Sheila
>From David Hemingson, creator and executive producer of "Kitchen
Confidential" and producer of "Just Shoot Me!" and "American Dad,"
comes an animated series centering on an average American family in an
average American town and the pair of amoral eight-year-old geniuses
bent on destroying them all.
In the town of Blazing Hills, DICK DUNBAR (Tim Dabado) is known as a
solid guy: a football-loving, barbecue-eating, blue-collar citizen of
NASCAR nation the kind of guy who'd help you fix your truck and buy
you a beer afterwards. Dick is nothing if not proudly normal; just ask
his loving wife LORI (Caroline Rhea, "The Perfect Man," "The Biggest
Loser") or his super-jock son CHET (Chris Kattan, "Saturday Night
Live," "Undercover Brother"). Dick's perfect life is complicated only
by his mischievous eight-year-old twins TAPPER (Sam Huntington,
"Superman Returns," "Veronica Mars") and SHEILA (Meredith Roberts,
"The Education of Max Bickford," "Scrubs"), who are not normal. In
fact, as Dick finds out in the first episode, they are the two
smartest children who've ever lived.
Join Tapper and Sheila as they use their impossibly high IQs to
"improve" their family's life by doing everything from increasing
efficiency at the factory where Dick works (and putting half the town
out of work) to "helping" their mom at her nursing job (by operating
on random patients at the Blazing Hills Hospital without the benefit
of anesthesia). Together with the Dunbars' perpetually hammered
redneck neighbor FROSTY (French Stewart, "3rd Rock from the Sun"),
Tapper and Sheila are dedicated to dragging their folks and their
hometown into a sparkling future even if a few people happen to get
hurt in the process.
Two Families
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
HBO Independent Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS/WRITERS
Barbara Wallace
Tom Wolfe
DIRECTOR
Michael Engler
CAST (from left to right)
Beau Bridges as David Sr.
Samantha Bee as Susan
Carlos Jacott as David 1
Sean O'Bryan as David 2
Geneva Carr as Judith
Lucy Punch as Irene
Christopher Denham as Greg
Imagine you get a call from the hospital, informing you that your
father has had an accident. You rush to the emergency room, you wait,
you worry. Turns out he's fine, thank goodness. But as he's wheeled
out, another family rushes up to him, calling him "Pop" and "Dad," and
you realize "Oh my God, my father is one of those creepy guys with two
secret families. My dad's a bigamist!"
DAVID CAMPBELL SR. (Beau Bridges, "Stargate SG-1," "Into the West,"
"The Fabulous Baker Boys"), a widower (twice over), is the father of
two motley crews of adult siblings. His offspring in Appleton,
Wisconsin, are type A real estate agent JUDITH (Geneva Carr, "Law &
Order"); her younger sister SUSAN (Samantha Bee, "The Daily Show"), a
bitter divorcee whose first husband turned out to be gay; and Susan's
twin brother DAVID 1 (Carlos Jacott, "She Spies," "Studio 60 on the
Sunset Strip"), who's a college professor and bike enthusiast.
Sixty miles away in (less desirable) Rhinelander, there are three more
Campbell offspring: antisocial animal lover IRENE (Lucy Punch, "The
Class," "Stingray"), who dotes on the neediest, but not necessarily
most deserving, creatures; DAVID 2 (Sean O'Bryan, "The Princess
Diaries," "Six Feet Under"), athletic and spiritual; and youngest
brother GREG (Christopher Denham, "Headspace"), a comic book
aficionado who's known as "the Anemic Baby" because of his many
phantom ailments.
For years, the Appleton Campbells knew nothing about David Sr.'s
family in Rhinelander. And the Campbells in Rhinelander knew nothing
about the Appleton clan. Now that they all know, no one is happy about
it except David Sr., who feels that a huge weight has been lifted.
Make that two huge weights he no longer has to keep his big secret,
and he no longer has to cover two mortgages. But how is he going to
bring everyone together?
Dysfunctional family dynamics just got more dysfunctional. This is a
show about getting to know your family all of them in a whole new
context. From 20th Century Fox Television and HBO Independent
Productions, TWO FAMILIES was written by Barbara Wallace and Tom Wolfe
("Welcome to New York").
Untitled Victor Fresco Project
PRODUCTION COMPANY
20th Century Fox Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Victor Fresco
Marc Buckland
WRITER
Victor Fresco
DIRECTOR
Marc Buckland
CAST (from left to right)
Andrea Parker as Susan
It's your typical, modern, overscheduled American family.
DON and SUSAN (Andrea Parker, "Less Than Perfect," "The Pretender")
ATLIN work hard, set goals and achieve them. Don's a pathologist.
Susan's a drug rep for a pharmaceutical company. Both are driven,
successful and seemingly happy. Except for one tiny thing. Lately,
Susan's been crying in her sleep. And Don? He collects things like
stamps and coins, but recently he's been collecting other things, too.
Lots of other things. Like food and shoes and rare mittens. And now he
and Susan are wondering, when does collecting become hoarding? And are
he and Susan showing signs of stress?
Don and Susan have two kids. ALISON, age 16, is as driven as her
parents. In her model U.N. class, she was disappointed to be assigned
the tiny country of Gambia. But through sheer force of will, she
turned that small nation into a feared world power. Meanwhile, her
brother BRIAN, age 10, is at a crossroads. All his life he's been the
perfect son, working hard and focusing on goals. But now something's
changed in his life. It's the same thing that's changed in all their
lives. Alison and Brian's eccentric, irresponsible grandfather, NATE,
has come to live with them, and he's decided that Brian is the one
person in the family he can save from a life of drudgery. Nate is
determined to take Brian on adventures and show him how to have some
fun. And Brian is equally determined to show Nate how to be
responsible enough to at least return home alive.
>From 20th Century Fox Television, the UNTITLED VICTOR FRESCO PROJECT
is written and executive-produced by Victor Fresco ("My Name is
Earl"), and directed and executive-produced by Marc Buckland ("My Name
is Earl").
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2007 FOX PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT GUIDE - DRAMA SERIES
The Apostles (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANY
20th Century Fox Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Chuck Pratt
WRITER
Chuck Pratt
DIRECTOR
David McNally
CAST (from left to right)
Keith Robinson as John "Preacher" Calhoun
Meghan Markle as Kelly Calhoun
Shawn Hatosy as Peter McBride
Yara Martinez as Erin McBride
Grayson McCouch as "Iron Mike" Brinjak
Leslie Hope as Dee Brinjak
Jessalyn Gilsig as Christine Rydell
When you live every day knowing it could be your last, you live that
much more intensely.
THE APOSTLES is a series about the private lives of cops who share
side-by-side dwellings at the end of a cul-de-sac in the Simi Valley,
a suburban enclave just north of Los Angeles. It's about their dreams
and passions, their lies and secrets.
Young officer JOHN "PREACHER" CALHOUN (Keith Robinson, "Dreamgirls,"
"Over There") is a committed Christian in a godless world, fighting to
protect his belief system and madly in love with new bride KELLY
(Meghan Markle, "CSI: NY"), a former dancer he "saved" from the mean
streets. Living next door to the Calhouns is a couple who've been
married forever, colorful "IRON MIKE" BRINJAK (Grayson McCouch, "As
the World Turns") and his wife DEE (Leslie Hope, "Commander in Chief,"
"24"). Mike's a dinosaur in an evolving police department, loved by
everyone in the department but feeling increasingly unloved at home as
Dee finishes law school and reenters the workplace after years as a
devoted wife and mother. The split-level next door is home to young
married cops PETER (Shawn Hatosy, "Factory Girl") and ERIN (Yara
Martinez, "The Hitcher") McBRIDE. A new baby in the house only adds to
the fragility of their eggshell-thin relationship. Peter, on the edge,
is harboring deep secrets. Meanwhile, Erin's career is skyrocketing;
promoted over her husband, she's now a detective. The job is a dream-
come-true for Erin until her lieutenant and mentor, CHRISTINE RYDELL
(Jessalyn Gilsig, "Heroes", "Nip/Tuck"), stirs up trouble in the
neighborhood by using the police investigation into the death of her
own ex-husband to force Erin into questioning her friends, neighbors
and even her husband, Peter.
As viewers will quickly learn, something terrifying is brewing behind
this peaceful facade. It seems the deadly danger of the streets has
followed the heroes home.
Written and executive-produced by Chuck Pratt ("Desperate Housewives,"
"Melrose Place") and directed by David McNally ("Justice," "Coyote
Ugly"), THE APOSTLES comes from 20th Century Fox Television.
Canterbury's Law (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Sony Pictures Television
Apostle
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Denis Leary
Jim Serpico
Mike Figgis
WRITER
Dave Erickson
DIRECTOR
Mike Figgis
CAST (from left to right)
Julianna Margulies
as Elizabeth Canterbury
Linus Roache as Matthew Canterbury
Ben Shenkman as Russell Cross
Trieste Dunn as Molly McConnell
Jocko Sims as Chester Fields
>From executive producers Denis Leary and Jim Serpico ("Rescue Me,"
"The Job") and writer Dave Erickson ("Murder in Greenwich") comes
CANTERBURY'S LAW, a courtroom drama about a rebellious female defense
attorney who's willing to bend the law in order to protect the
wrongfully accused.
ELIZABETH CANTERBURY (Julianna Margulies, "ER") is a force of nature.
An attorney on the rise, she puts her career on the line to take on
risky and unpopular cases, even when they take a toll on her personal
life. Elizabeth and her law professor husband MATTHEW CANTERBURY
(Linus Roache, "Batman Begins," "The Chronicles of Riddick"), haunted
by the disappearance of their young son, have settled in Providence,
Rhode Island, in an attempt to distance themselves from the tragedy
and put their relationship back together. But those goals become
elusive whenever Elizabeth's work provides a stark reminder of the
justice absent in their own lives.
At the office, Canterbury has surrounded herself with a brilliant but
motley crew of attorneys. RUSSELL CROSS (Ben Shenkman, "Pi," "Angels
in America") was forced out of the Providence District Attorney's
Office when he went toe-to-toe with his morally bankrupt boss, D.A.
ZACH WILLIAMS. His reputation tarnished, Russell turned to Canterbury,
the only attorney willing to take him in. Now Russell provides a much-
needed voice of reason for Canterbury even when she doesn't want to
hear it, his position of influence well-earned by their years of
friendship.
CHESTER FIELDS (Jocko Sims, "Dreamgirls," "CSI") and MOLLY McCONNELL
(Trieste Dunn, "United 93") are the associates rounding out
Canterbury's legal crew. Chester is a blue-blooded congressman's son
who is embarrassed by his privileged upbringing and has turned his
back on politics. Molly, in contrast, is headstrong, passionate and
quick to take sides even if she finds herself in the opposite corner
from Canterbury.
Created by Dave Erickson and directed by Mike Figgis ("Leaving Las
Vegas," "Cold Creek Manor"), this captivating series from Sony
Pictures Television and Apostle introduces an attorney like no other:
whose professional battles are as vivid as her personal ones; whose
strengths and vices, victories and demons all combine to serve those
in need of justice.
Company Man (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
Realtime Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Robert Cochran
David Ehrman
Jon Cassar
Joel Surnow
Howard Gordon
WRITERS
Robert Cochran & David Ehrman
DIRECTOR
Jon Cassar
CAST (from left to right)
Stana Katic as Sara Baker
Billy Brown as Tom Wicks
>From the creative team behind "24," television's most exciting drama,
comes a thriller with a different twist. Executive producers Robert
Cochran, David Ehrman ("The Fugitive"), Jon Cassar, Joel Surnow and
Howard Gordon ("24") explore the world of espionage through the eyes
of an innocent man forced to spy for the National Security Agency.
PAUL FISHER, a brilliant engineer who works in the defense industry,
is an otherwise ordinary man with ordinary abilities, trying to live a
normal life until he's thrust into a world of intrigue, violence and
betrayal. Paul is an unwilling spy, forced to serve his NSA handlers
in order to hide a secret that could destroy him.
His burden is made even greater by the fact that, in order to protect
his loved ones, he can't tell them what he's doing. An everyman pushed
without warning into a brutal, Jack Bauer-esque world, Paul must learn
the ropes of his second "job" very quickly, or die all the while
fighting desperately to keep his marriage together. Paul's independent-
minded wife, KATE, becomes suspicious when their once-strong bond
seems to be unraveling with Paul's increasingly secretive behavior.
She's determined to find out what's going on even to the point of
hiring a private investigator.
Sexy, tough Agency handler SARA BAKER (Stana Katic, "24") cajoles,
seduces, bullies and blackmails Paul into working for her. Baker's
veneer covers a growing admiration for Paul. But it's her job to pull
him away from Kate and guide him through his various missions. TOM
WICKS (Billy Brown, "Criminal Minds"), Baker's jaded but extremely
competent partner, doesn't share her admiration for Paul's decency; in
fact, he may be somewhat jealous of it. Paul and Wicks could not be
less alike and the gap between them only widens as they work together.
However, as with Baker, Paul has no choice but to trust Wicks with his
life.
Directed and executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Jon Cassar
("24"), this unique series from 20th Century Fox Television and
Realtime Productions combines the excitement of a thriller with the
heart of a sophisticated character drama.
The Cure (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Warner Bros. Television
Weed Road Pictures
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Patrick Massett
John Zinman
Akiva Goldsman
Danny Cannon
WRITERS
Patrick Massett
John Zinman
NON-WRITING PRODUCERS
Brittany Lovett
Stephanie Koff
DIRECTOR Danny Cannon
CAST (from left to right)
Oded Fehr as Grayden Hall
Esai Morales as Jorge Robles
Anson Mount as Darren Elliott
Liz Vassey as Andie Malik
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon as Kennedy Ericson
>From executive producers Akiva Goldsman ("A Beautiful Mind," "Mr. &
Mrs. Smith") and Patrick Massett & John Zinman ("Lara Croft: Tomb
Raider," "Friday Night Lights") comes a medical thriller in which one
brilliant man is willing to put his life and freedom on the line to
bring hope to those with nowhere else to turn.
Dr. GRAYDEN HALL (Oded Fehr, "Sleeper Cell," "UC: Undercover") was
once a titan of the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. A storied doctor,
world-renowned researcher and ruthless businessman, he was a key
architect of this multi-trillion-dollar business. But when personal
tragedy struck, Grayden was forced to reexamine his life, his work,
and the industry he helped build. Realizing that the healthcare system
is broken, Grayden went rogue seeking out the cutting-edge medical
therapies and fringe thinking the medical establishment can't or won't
support.
Working with Grayden is an elite team of medical researchers and
physicians who, through unconventional means, bring radical and
untested new therapies directly to desperate people in need of a cure:
Dr. DARREN ELLIOTT (Anson Mount, "In Her Shoes," "Conviction"), whose
tour in Iraq as a battlefield surgeon makes him no stranger to
guerilla medicine; ANDIE MALIK (Liz Vassey, "CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation"), a genius in biotech devices; and JORGE ROBLES (Esai
Morales, "NYPD Blue"), an expert in stem cell technology. Aided by
KENNEDY ERICSON (Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon, "NYPD Blue," "The Jamie Foxx
Show"), a lawyer with the air of a carnivore, they will have to stay
one step ahead of outside forces that threaten to expose their
clandestine operation forces willing to stop at nothing to protect the
wealth and power the healthcare system hoards.
Grayden's genius and newfound sense of mission will guide him, but
he'll also draw upon the cutthroat business techniques he cultivated
in his former life as he takes on old allies who have become
intractable foes.
Directed and executive-produced by Danny Cannon ("CSI"), this
provocative series from Warner Bros. Television will have viewers
asking the question: If your life were on the line and you had nowhere
to turn, who else would you trust to deliver you THE CURE?
K-Ville (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANY
20th Century Fox Television
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jonathan Lisco
WRITER
Jonathan Lisco
DIRECTOR
Deran Sarafian
CAST (from left to right)
Anthony Anderson as Marlin Boulet
Cole Hauser as Trevor Cobb
Maximiliano Hernndez as Billy "K-9" Faust
Blake Shields as Jeff "Glue Boy" Gooden
Tawny Cypress as Ginger "Love Tap" LeBeau
John Carroll Lynch as Captain James Embry
When everything changes, so do the rules.
>From writer and executive producer Jonathan Lisco ("NYPD Blue," "The
District") comes an explosive police drama set in New Orleans
America's new Wild West. Two years after Katrina, the city is still in
chaos. Criminals roam the streets with AK-47s, many cops have quit,
and the jails, police stations and crime labs still haven't been
rebuilt. But the cops who remain have courage to burn and a passion to
reclaim their city.
MARLIN BOULET (Anthony Anderson, "The Departed," "The Shield") is a
brash, funny, in-your-face veteran of the NOPD's Felony Action Squad,
the specialized unit that targets the most-wanted criminals. Even when
his partner deserted him during the storm, Boulet held his post,
spending days in the water saving lives and keeping order. Now, two
years later, he's unapologetic about bending the rules when it comes
to collaring bad guys. The stakes are too high, and the city too
lawless, for him to do things by the book.
Boulet's new partner, TREVOR COBB (Cole Hauser, "The Break-Up," "ER"),
was a soldier in Afghanistan before joining the NOPD. He's tough and
committed, but if he's less than comfortable with Boulet's methods,
it's because he's harboring a dark secret. Cobb has come to New
Orleans seeking redemption, but redemption can be dangerous. Will
Boulet be able to trust him? Will Cobb's past endanger them both?
Rounding out the crew of cops are hotheaded BILLY "K-9" FAUST
(Maximiliano Hernndez, "Law & Order," "Shark"), who often speaks
before thinking; wisecracking JEFF "GLUE BOY" GOODEN ("Blake Shields,
"Sleeper Cell," "Veronica Mars"), the team's comic relief; tough-as-
nails GINGER "LOVE TAP" LeBEAU (Tawny Cypress, "Heroes"), the only
female on the squad, who gives as good as she gets; and Captain JAMES
EMBRY (John Carroll Lynch, "Zodiac," "The Drew Carey Show"), who
wrangles the eclectic personalities of his squad with equal parts
humor and tenacity.
Through its no-holds-barred crime stories, this intriguing series from
20th Century Fox Television and director Deran Sarafian ("House,"
"CSI") will take viewers from the Victorian mansions of the Garden
District to the rubble of the Lower 9th Ward. In the aftermath of
Katrina, with the future of New Orleans hanging in the balance ... the
stakes could not be higher in K-VILLE.
New Amsterdam (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Regency Television
Scarlet Fire Films
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Allan Loeb
David Manson
Lasse Hallstrm
Leslie Holleran
Steven Pearl
WRITERS
Allan Loeb & Christian Taylor
DIRECTOR
Lasse Hallstrm
CAST (from left to right)
Nikolaj Coster Waldau
as John Amsterdam
Zuleikha Robinson as Dr. Eva Marquez
Alexie Gilmore as Sara Dillane
Stephen Henderson as Omar
Directed and executive-produced by visionary Lasse Hallstrm ("My Life
As a Dog," "The Cider House Rules," "Chocolat," "The Hoax") and
written by Allan Loeb ("Things We Lost in the Fire," "21") and
Christian Taylor ("Showboy," "Six Feet Under"), NEW AMSTERDAM is the
story of a New York homicide detective unlike any other. He is
brilliant, mysterious, reckless, magnetic, unknowable. And he has a
profound secret he is immortal.
In 1642, JOHN AMSTERDAM (Nikolaj Coster Waldau, "Kingdom of Heaven"),
then a Dutch solider in the colony of New Amsterdam later to become
New York City stepped in front of a sword intended for a Native Indian
girl during a massacre of her indigenous tribe. The girl in turn
rescued Amsterdam, weaving an ancient spell that conferred immortality
upon him. Amsterdam will not age, she told him, until he finds his one
true love. Only then will he become whole and ready for mortality.
But Amsterdam has found this to be a mixed blessing. Over the course
of three centuries, he's experienced endless adventure and honed his
many talents. But everyone Amsterdam meets must leave him in time;
lovers and children die while he remains young. His sole confidante
and lifelong friend is the sage jazz club owner OMAR (Stephen
Henderson, "Law & Order: SVU"), the keeper of Amsterdam's secret, as
well as a few of his own. As the exhilaration of eternal life has
given way to emotional isolation and bitter loneliness, Amsterdam
discovers the blessing has become a curse.
Having witnessed its entire history, from colonial outpost to mega-
metropolis, John Amsterdam is the living embodiment of New York City.
He and the island of Manhattan are now part and parcel of each other.
Bringing to bear the unorthodox techniques and unique knowledge gained
from his vast life experience, Amsterdam today is one of the NYPD's
best homicide detectives, sparring with his vibrant, strong-willed
partner EVA MARQUEZ (Zuleikha Robinson, "Rome," "The Lone Gunmen") as
they solve difficult murder cases. But when Amsterdam suffers and then
recovers from what appears to be a massive heart attack while chasing
a suspect, and Dr. SARA DILLANE (Alexie Gilmore, "Find Love")
pronounces him dead in the ER, he realizes that the Indian girl's
prophesy may have come true he felt the pain in his heart that she had
foretold so long ago. His soul mate must have been nearby. As he works
to find a killer on the streets of New York, Amsterdam understands
that his own life and possibly his death have changed forever.
>From executive producers Allan Loeb, David Manson ("Saved," "Thief,"
"Nothing Sacred"), Steven Pearl ("Untraceable") and Leslie Holleran
("Chocolat," "The Cider House Rules," "The Hoax"), this intriguing
series invites viewers to explore the enduring mysteries of life,
death, and true love.
Nurses (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
Josephson Entertainment
Shed Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Barry Josephson
Eileen Gallagher
Brian Park
PJ Hogan
WRITERS/CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Samantha Goodman
Andrew Stern
DIRECTOR
PJ Hogan
CAST (from left to right)
Eliza Dushku as Eve Morrow
Gregory Harrison as Dr. Richard Morrow
Sara Rue as Chris Korenek
Ramon Rodriguez as Patrick De Leon
Jaclyn DeSantis as Joanne "Jo" Mazur
Melinda Page Hamilton
as Margo MacDonald
Brett Dalton as Dr. Kurt Taylor
Drew Sidora as Becca Dimato
>From executive producers Barry Josephson ("Bones") and Shed
Productions (UK hits "Footballers' Wives," "Bad Girls"), director PJ
Hogan ("My Best Friend's Wedding") and writers Samantha Goodman and
Andrew Stern ("Return to Me"), NURSES is a hospital show that puts the
focus where it truly belongs: on the women and men who spend their
days at the beck and call of the doctors, proving once and for all
who's truly in charge. And while the nurses of Philadelphia General
Hospital work hard, they play hard, too sometimes before their shifts
have even ended.
Trying to put a checkered past behind her, newbie nurse EVE MORROW
(Eliza Dushku, "Tru Calling") returns to, of all places, the hospital
where her brilliant and intimidating father Dr. RICHARD MORROW
(Gregory Harrison, "Ed," "Falcon Crest") calls the shots as Chief and
her smug stepbrother Dr. KURT TAYLOR (Brett Dalton) is a rising star
on the staff.
Eve joins the nursing team on the fast-paced Med/Surg Unit and
immediately finds herself in hot water when she enlists the help of
the beautiful BECCA DIMATO (Drew Sidora, "Girlfriends," "White
Chicks") who has a penchant for one-night stands and pilfered
pharmaceuticals in a quest to help a patient by proving that Dr.
Taylor, Becca's latest conquest, has made an incorrect diagnosis. The
acerbic JOANNE "JO" MAZUR (Jaclyn DeSantis, "Windfall," "Luis") is a
single mom who's enjoying a workplace romance with sexy male nurse
PATRICK De LEON (Ramon Rodriguez, "Day Break," "The Wire"), as her
envious co-workers wonder aloud what she has that they don't. CHRIS
KORENEK (Sara Rue, "Less Than Perfect") is dangerously bored with her
marriage to her high school sweetheart and secretly wonders if she has
what it takes to be a surgeon. And while tightly-wound charge nurse
MARGO MacDONALD (Melinda Page Hamilton, "Desperate Housewives") must
play mother hen to them all, she quietly longs to be one of the
girls.
Few would have the wherewithal to survive all this, but it's just
another 12-hour shift for the NURSES.
Sarah Connor Chronicles (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Warner Bros. Television
C-2 Pictures
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Josh Friedman
David Nutter
James Middleton
Mario Kassar
Andrew Vajna
Joel Michaels
WRITER
Josh Friedman
DIRECTOR
David Nutter
CAST (from left to right)
Lena Headey as Sarah Connor
Thomas Dekker as John Connor
Richard T. Jones as James Ellison
Summer Glau as Cameron
Executive producers Josh Friedman ("War of the Worlds"), David Nutter
("Supernatural," "Smallville") and C2 Pictures ("Terminator 3: Rise of
the Machines") bring to television an intense new drama based on the
celebrated heroine of the "Terminator" movies: Sarah Connor.
At the end of "Terminator 2: Judgment Day," Sarah vanquished the
liquid metal Terminator sent from the future to kill her teenage son,
John. Sarah and John now find themselves alone in a very dangerous,
complicated world. Fugitives from the law, they are confronted with
the reality that still more enemies from the future, and the present,
could attack at any moment.
SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES reveals what happens when SARAH CONNOR (Lena
Headey, "The Brothers Grimm," "300") stops running and goes on the
offensive against an ever-evolving technological enemy bent on
destroying her life, and perhaps the world. Her son, 15-year-old JOHN
CONNOR (Thomas Dekker, "Heroes"), knows that he may be the future
savior of mankind, but is not yet ready to take on the mantle of
leadership that he's told is his destiny. John finds himself
inextricably drawn to CAMERON (Summer Glau "Serenity," "The Unit"), an
enigmatic and otherworldly student at his high school, who soon proves
to be much more than his confidante she assumes the role of Sarah and
John's fearless protector. On their trail are not only threats from
the future, but an intelligent and tough FBI agent, JAMES ELLISON
(Richard T. Jones, "Judging Amy"), who soon becomes a powerful ally.
Directed by David Nutter and produced by Warner Bros. Television and
C-2 Pictures, SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES represents an exciting
reinvention of the "Terminator" franchise, in which the strong and
intrepid Sarah discovers that protecting her son and stopping the rise
of the machines is more difficult than she had ever imagined.
Supreme Courtships (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
20th Century Fox Television
Adelstein Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
John Eisendrath
Gary Tieche
Marty Adelstein
Michael Thorn
WRITER
Gary Tieche
DIRECTOR
Ian Toynton
CAST (from left to right)
Shane West as Tommy Fallon
Luke MacFarland as Allen Moore
Leslie Odom Jr. as Marcus Truman
Zachary Knighton as Clyde Glenn
Bridget Regan as Holly Sturgess
Camille Guaty as Amber Chavez
Kate Burton as Justice Suzanne Mary Lynch
Kurtwood Smith as Justice Henry Greenberg
>From executive producers Gary Tieche ("MDs"), John Eisendrath
("Playmakers," "Alias") and Marty Adelstein ("Prison Break") comes an
irreverent, behind-thescenes look at the United States Supreme Court
and the young people who help steer the country's future in response
to some of the most complex issues of our time.
Part legal drama and part twenty-something soap, the series follows
six Supreme Court clerks America's best and brightest whose strong
intelligence and ample egos are matched only by their active personal
lives. They're dealing with hot-button issues in a pressure-cooker
workplace, which means passions will run high. There's sexy
overachiever HOLLY (Bridget Regan, "The Black Donnellys"); introverted
do-gooder CLYDE (Zachary Knighton, "The Hitcher"); and Libertarian
MARCUS (Leslie Odom Jr., "CSI: Miami," "Vanished"), who's as ambitious
in the high court's chambers as he is between the sheets. When Marcus'
reckless personal behavior threatens his standing in the court, an
unlikely ally comes to his rescue.
AMBER (Camille Guaty, "Prison Break," "The Nine") is faced with an
impossible decision when an unplanned pregnancy threatens not only to
derail her career plans, but forces her to choose between her
conservative ex-boyfriend who is the father of her child, ALLEN (Luke
MacFarland, "Brothers and Sisters"), a trust fund baby trying to prove
he's more than just a legacy in the court; and her new love and fellow
clerk, TOMMY (Shane West, "ER", "Once and Again"), a cocky bluecollar
liberal who grew up on the streets of Brooklyn. Amber's decision not
only affects her personally, but also alters the direction of the
court when a shift in her beliefs helps sway moderate Justice SUZANNE
MARY LYNCH's (Kate Burton, "Grey's Anatomy," "Rescue Me") opinion on
an incredibly controversial matter.
Under the guidance and watchful eye of Acting Chief Justice HENRY
GREENBERG (Kurtwood Smith, "That 70s Show"), the clerks will work on
provocative and sometimes offbeat cases, all while struggling to
manipulate their friendships and their Justices in order to see their
personal agendas prevail.
Directed by Ian Toynton ("24," "The O.C."), SUPREME COURTSHIPS
promises an intriguing glimpse into the professional and private lives
of the best young legal minds in the country, as they come of age in
America's highest court. The series is produced by 20th Century Fox
Television and Adelstein Productions.
Them (working title)
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
CBS Paramount Network Television
Circle of Confusion
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
David Eick
John McNamara
Jonathan Mostow
CO-EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
David Engel
WRITERS
David Eick
John McNamara
DIRECTOR
Jonathan Mostow
CAST (from left to right)
James D'Arcy as Cain Johnson
Rachel Nichols as Donna Shaw
Steve Toussaint as Uriah Selleck
Freya Stafford as Tara Spader
Ben Feldman as Floyd Grunwald
Reg Rogers as Ezekial Smits
Executive producers Jonathan Mostow ("Breakdown," "Terminator 3"),
David Eick ("Battlestar Galactica") and John McNamara ("Profit,"
"Eyes") deliver THEM, a revolutionary new drama about a sleeper cell
operating in the everyday environs of modern-day Los Angeles a sleeper
cell from another world.
They might be the friendly new neighbors next door or the office
workers carpooling alongside you on the freeway. But they are nothing
like us. They arrive emotionless, follow orders without question, and
none of them knows the true nature of their mission on Earth. What a
few of them do know, however, is that something unexpected has
happened: Our emotions affect them like a dangerous, uncontrollable
virus. Once indulged, any feelings they have toward us can suddenly
shatter their carefully codified order.
CAIN JOHNSON (James D'Arcy, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the
World") is the cell's vigilant, determined Enforcer, tasked with
investigating agents who "go rogue." A new arrival, he struggles to
understand our strange human ways, such as why we give each other dead
foliage to express tenderness. When cell agent Adam Bridges betrays
his own kind because of his love for a human woman, Cain is ordered to
hunt him down. In the process, while learning more about his prey and,
eventually, himself, Cain begins to question the true purpose of his
cell's mysterious mission on Earth is it one of mercy, or domination?
And what role does he actually play in it?
EZEKIAL SMITS (Reg Rogers, "Runaway Bride") is the cell's Assimilator,
a kind of bureaucratic shrink who orients new arrivals to this world,
then monitors their progress and reports anyone he deems "unstable."
Yet he himself has a secret addiction. An officious, volatile
taskmaster, Smits is also responsible for naming each new agent as he
or she assumes human form. For inspiration, he draws from two of this
planet's most enduring publications: the Bible and TV Guide.
URIAH SELLECK (Steve Toussaint, "The Knock"/UK), the silkily
domineering Sector Chief, rules by fear and intimidation. The
ambitious TARA SPADER (Freya Stafford, "White Collar Blue"/Australia)
is in charge of media disinformation; she'll follow any order Uriah
gives, as long as it assures her advancement within the cell. Naomi
Tyler Moore is Tara's counterpart and total opposite, as seductive as
she is free-spirited, using her powerful sexuality to gather
information on unsuspecting human males. But as Cain soon learns,
humans aren't the only ones vulnerable to Naomi's appeal. Meanwhile,
DONNA SHAW (Rachel Nichols, "Alias"), the ordinary human woman with
whom Adam has fallen in love as has her friend FLOYD GRUNWALD (Ben
Feldman, "Living with Fran") triggers a deadly manhunt when it appears
she might be the key to the cell's overall mission.
Directed by Jonathan Mostow, this CBS Paramount Network Television and
Circle of Confusion production is a mind-bending thriller about the
collision of love, loyalty, fear, betrayal and what it means to be
truly human.
Ravenlynne
>
> New Amsterdam (working title)
>
> Sarah Connor Chronicles (working title)
>
>
>
Well, I'll tune in to these three. Does anyone know what happened to
Darkside? TV.com has it listed for September 2007, but also has that
it's pilot aired January 1, 2007. Did anyone see it? How was it?
http://www.tv.com/darkside/show/32007/summary.html?q=Darkside&tag=search_results;title;0
--
That was black magic, and it was easy to use. Easy and fun. Like Legos.
-Harry Dresden
David
<raven...@spamholioyahoo.com> wrote:
>David wrote:
>>
>> New Amsterdam (working title)
>>
>> Sarah Connor Chronicles (working title)
>>
>>
>> Them (working title)
>>
>
>Well, I'll tune in to these three. Does anyone know what happened to
>Darkside? TV.com has it listed for September 2007, but also has that
>it's pilot aired January 1, 2007. Did anyone see it? How was it?
>
>http://www.tv.com/darkside/show/32007/summary.html?q=Darkside&tag=search_results;title;0
"January 1st" is the date tv.com uses when something hasn't aired yet,
so it's unlikely that it aired that day.
Bill Steele
> Her son, 15-year-old JOHN
> CONNOR (Thomas Dekker, "Heroes")
Eh??
Zombie Elvis
Good God! If a bad Robin Williams movie got knocked up by Night
Court's Dan Fielding and spat out a kid, he'd look a lot like this
show.
--
If the president is so serious about the war on terror, why doesn't he hunt down and capture Barak Obama before he strikes again? It's time for a change America. That's why I'm voting for Osama in 2008."
- Jenna Maroney in 30 Rock
Roberto Castillo
roberto...@ameritech.net
Zombie Elvis
A curry-flavored Pygmalion with Paris Hilton as a Eliza Doolittle.
--
"Actually, the Medium Point Bic Round Stick is the preferred
pen for emergency tracheotomies."
-- ER doctor from Wonderfalls
Roberto Castillo
roberto...@ameritech.net
Zombie Elvis
Now and Again done as a comedy with Lee Majors playing a drunken and
insane version of himself. I'm so there!
--
"Please captain, not in front of the Klingons."
-- Spock
Roberto Castillo
roberto...@ameritech.net
Zombie Elvis
wrote:
>
>> Her son, 15-year-old JOHN
>> CONNOR (Thomas Dekker, "Heroes")
>
>Eh??
The cheerleader's "gay" sidekick who got his brain erased by the
Haitian.
Anim8rFSK
Zombie Elvis <DELETEMETOREPLY...@ameritech.net> wrote:
I won't sample this even for Lacey. Gah.
Anim8rFSK
Zombie Elvis <DELETEMETOREPLY...@ameritech.net> wrote:
wow
me too
I guarantee you somebody on this show saw the Adam West 'Fearless
Ferret' Kim Possible episode . . . not to mention PROBE/SEARCH.