More 2007 Pilots not picked up.

The first list was for NBC only. This is for the rest of the networks (and includes the Vicar of Dibley remake which didn't make the cut.) My favorite title is the last one on the page. Just plain wrong. He he he! And there's another which is very similar to a show I'm developing myself. I'll let you guess which one.

CBS

1321 Clover (CBS Paramount) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producers: Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh (writers)
Director: Walt Becker
Cast: Paul F. Thompkins, Amanda Detmer
Logline: Documentary style laffer about a typical suburban family.

Atlanta (CBS Par TV) NOT ORDERED**
Exec producer: Paul Reiser (writer)
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Leslie Bibb
Logline: Two people who first meet each other at a funeral - and now can't seem to stay away from each other
**Cast contingent

Ex Men (CBS Par TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producer: Rob Greenberg (writer)
Director: Rob Greenberg
Logline: A newly single dude who finds support from a gang of more "experienced"' guys.

Giants of Radio (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED*
Exec producers: Jason Weiner (writer); Todd Komarnicki; Jon Berg; Matt Weinberg
Director: Jason Weiner
Logline: Ensemble comedy at a radio network
Cast: Jason Weiner
*presentation pilot

The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud (ABC TV Studio/CBS Par TV) NOT ORDERED**
Exec producer: Jeff Greenstein (writer)
Cast: Marisa Tomei, Nick D’Agosto, Erick Avari, Cynthia Watros, Angus Macfadyen
Logline: A former literary star has an epihany and opts to pursue optimism rather than cynicism.
**Cast contingent

Stumps of Hollywood (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producer: Greg Garcia (writer), Alan Kirschenbaum (writer)
Director: Todd Holland
Cast: Marissa Jaret Winokur, Nikki Cox, Michael Rapaport, Tony Gentile
Logline: Trio of siblings move to L.A. to find their fortune.

Untitled Kohan/Mutchnick project (Warner Bros. TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: David Kohan and Max Mutchnick (writers)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Brian Austin Green, Jessica Capshaw, Vanessa Lengies
Logline: Office-set buddy laffer about a pair of friends and writing partners - one straight, the other gay - and the women who work for them.

Untitled Scott Silveri project (Warner Bros. TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producer: Scott Silveri (writer)
Cast: Andy Ackerman, JD Walsh, Josh Meyers, Leslie Grossman
Logline: Ensemble about the folks who stay awake during the wee hours while the rest of the world sleeps.

FOX

Untitled Victor Fresco NOT ORDERED
Cast: Tom Conti, Andrea Parker, Larry Joe Campbell, Macey Cruthird, Nathan Gamble

Animals (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED*
Exec Producers: Robert Smigel and Greg Cohen (writers)
Logline: Parody of suburban life using the animal kingdom
*presentation pilot

The Beast (CBS Par TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producer: Tucker Cawley (writer)
Cast: Stevie Howey, Josh Dean
Logline: A veterinarian who can’t stand animals but loves their female owners.

Deeply Irresponsible (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producer: Victor Fresco (writer)
Director: Marc Buckland
Cast: Andrea Parker
Logline: A 10-year-old boy tries to navigate life in his high-achieving, overstressed family with the help of his crazy grandfather.

Life and Times of Tim (Warner Bros. TV) NOT ORDERED*
Exec Producers: Steve Dildarian (writer), Tom Werner, Eric Gold, Jimmy Miller
Cast: Cheri Oteri, Kurtwood Smith
Logline: The story of a very normal guy named Tim who somehow always finds himself in deep trouble at both home and the office.
*(presentation order)

Me & Lee (Lionsgate) NOT ORDERED*
Exec Producers: Matthew Salsberg (writer), Jenji Kohan, Allan Loeb, Steven Pearl
Cast: Jamie Kennedy, Bill Smitrovich, Jason Antoon
Logline: Guy with back pain gets more than he bargained for when he undergoes "bionic" back surgery
*director contingent

The Minister of Divine (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producers: Suzanne Martin (writer), Richard Curtis, Andrew Zein, Mark Chapman
Director: Pam Fryman
Cast: Kirstie Alley
Logline: A woman known for her rebellious younger days returns to the small town she grew up in to be a minister at the town church. Based on the BBC show "Vicar of Dibley."

Playing Chicken (Warner Bros. TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producers: Sean Anders & John Morris (writers), Tom Werner, Eric Gold, Jimmy Miller, John Pasquin
Director: John Pasquin
Cast: Norbert Leo Butz, Marianne Muellerleile, Bill Burr, Jake Busey, Alanna Ubach
Logline: Two brothers who differ politically are forced to live together after one suffers an accident that leaves him wheelchair bound.

Skyler’s Revolution (Warner Horizon TV) NOT ORDERED*
Logline: Gonzo comedy/reality semi-scripted show that centers on real people who are taken out and sent to live out various adventures.
Exec producers: Skyler Stone, McG, Trip Taylor
Cast: Skyler Stone, Ahmed Ahmed, Jesse Heiman, Zach Johnson, Jessica Coccoli, Matt Wheeler.
*presentation pilot

Two Dreadful Children (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED*
Exec Producers: Dave Hemingson (writer)
Logline: Redneck family discovers that their disobedient fraternal twins are geniuses. (Animated)
Voice cast: Chris Kattan, French Stewart, Caroline Rhea
*presentation pilot

Two Families (HBO Independent Prods.) NOT ORDERED
Writers: Barbara Wallace and Thomas R. Wolfe
Director: Michael Engler
Cast: Beau Bridges, Carlos Jacott, Samantha Bee, Lucy Punch, Christopher Denham, Geneva Carr, Sean O’Bryan
Logline: A blended family centering around two sets of adult siblings who didn't know they shared the same father.

Untitled Liz Meriwether Project (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Dawn Parouse and Jeff Richman
Director: Jason Weiner
Writer-supervising producer: Liz Meriwether
Cast: Molly Stanton, Tia Carrere, Dorian Borwn, Lacey Chabert, Brandon Quinn, Nick Gonzalez, Sarayu Rao, Robert Hoffman
Logline: Four single women post-college

Untitled Revenge project (Fox 21) NOT ORDERED*
Exec Producers: Damon Santostefano (writer)
Director: Damon Santostefano
Cast: Robert Hoffman
Logline: Partially scripted skein about three thrill-seeking women who hit to road to settle the score with all the men who've wronged them
*presentation pilot

Work Wife (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED**
Exec producers: Barbie Adler & Brad Copeland (writers)
Logline: A female reporter and her male co-worker navigate the challenges that their partnership at work brings to their relationships at home.
**(Cast contingent pickup)

ABC

American Family (Sony Pictures TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Jay Scherick & David Ronn (writers)
Director: John Fortenberry
Cast: Charles Esten, Stephanie Childers
Logline: A modern family does what it takes to maintain appearances for the neighbors despite their chaotic life.

The Call (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Dave Hemingson (writer), Joel Surnow, Bob Cochran, Howard Gordon
Director: Michael Spiller
Cast: Jodi Lyn O’Keefe, Danny Comden, Kal Penn
Logline: Action-packed comedy about a team of gifted yet unconventional L.A. paramedics who save people's lives while screwing up each other's - all in real time.

Family of the Year (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producers: Erica Rivinoja and Pam Brady (writers)
Director: Michael Lehmann
Cast: Jennifer Coolidge, Alan Ruck, Dina Waters, Robert Vaughn
Logline: Family that has won the title family of the year 10 times.

The Middle (Warner Bros. TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Eileen Heisler and DeAnn Heline (writers)
Director: Chris Koch
Cast: Ricki Lake, Lex Medlin
Logline: A middle class Midwestern family show told through the eyes of the mother.

The News (ABC TV Studio) NOT ORDERED
Exec producer: Ric Swartzlander (writer)
Director: Marc Buckland
Cast: Jay Harrington, Rachel Boston, Amy Yasbeck, Barry Bostwick, Kristy Wu, Andre Holland
Logline: Workplace laffer set in a Phoenix newsroom

Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producers: Josh Sternin & Jeff Ventimilia (writers), David Nevins
Director: Gail Mancuso
Cast: Jayma Mays, Kathryn Hahn, Caroline Chikezie, Flex Alexander, Matthew Morrison, Gregory Itzin, Jane Curtin
Logline: Inspired by Dr. Lois Frankel’s book of the same name, about the struggles of a "nice girl" to make it in the cutthroat corporate world.

See Jayne Run (ABC TV Studio) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Alana Sanko (writer), Peter Traugott, Becky Clements
Director:Will MacKenzie
Cast:Heather Locklear, Ava Gaudet, Stephan Rannazzisi, Kurt Fuller, Jarrad Paul, Jean Smart, Tim Russ, Anna Hopkins
Logline: A woman struggles with career and motherhood while navigating the male-dominated business world.

The Thick of It (Sony Pictures TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Mitchell Hurwitz and Richard Day (writers), Paul Telegdy, Armando Iannucci
Cast: Christopher Guest, Rhea Deehorn, Oliver Platt, Michael McKean, John Michael Higgins, Alex Borstein, Wayne Wilderson
Logline: Office workers for a low-level congressman, based on a BBC format.

Traveling in Packs (Warner Bros. TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producer: Jhoni Marchinko (writer)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Virginia Williams, Shawnee Smith
Logline: Three single women in their 30s who find living together has a lot more benefits

Untitled Sachs & Judah (ABC TV Studio) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producers: Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah (writers)
Director: Gary Halvorson
Cast: Ashley Williams, Ayda Field, Kym Whitley, Scott Wolf, Scott Wolf, Ben Savage
Logline: Co-workers and friends in a top tier law firm who are also competing with each other to make partner.

Untitled D.C. project (Warner Bros. TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producer: Shana Goldberg Meehan (writer)
Cast: Eric Christian Olsen, Wendie Malick, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mark Moses, Smith Cho
Logline: Comedy-infused sudser set in Washington, D.C.

Untitled Victoria Pile project (CBS Par TV/ABC TV Studio) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Victoria Pile (writer), Chris Godsick
Director: Andy Ackerman
Castrlando Jones, Kathleen Rose Perkins, Jason Alexander, Sarah Lafleur, Jillian Armenante
Logline: A workplace comedy about the eccentric characters in a police precinct.

CW

Dash 4 Cash (CBS Par TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Kelsey Grammer, Steve Stark
Co-exec producers: Boyce Bugliari & Jamie McLaughlin (writers)
Cast: Bert Belasco, Yohann Urb, Jud Tylor, Kevin Christy, Brianna Brown, Serah D’Laine , Maulik Pancholy, Janina Gavankar
Logline: A scripted look behind the scenes of a reality show, which follows six teams who compete in a contest that tests their mettle and brings out the best and worst in each of them.

Hell on Earth (CBS Par TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Jack Amiel and Michael Begler (writers)
Cast: Kim Coles, Lamont Thompson, Dawnn Lewis, Brian Palermo
Logline: A not-so-nice girl gets hit by a bus and gets a second chance at life as a girl from the wrong side of the tracks

M.I.L.F. and Cookies* (CBS Par TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec producers: Randi Mayem Singer (writer), Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith, James Lassiter
Logline: Four single moms living in an apartment complex realize it takes a village to raise their kids.

*Pushed due to casting problems

MILF and Cookies! Brilliant!

Quote: Erik @ September 13, 2007, 10:39 PM

The Minister of Divine (20th Century Fox TV) NOT ORDERED
Exec Producers: Suzanne Martin (writer), Richard Curtis, Andrew Zein, Mark Chapman
Director: Pam Fryman
Cast: Kirstie Alley
Logline: A woman known for her rebellious younger days returns to the small town she grew up in to be a minister at the town church. Based on the BBC show "Vicar of Dibley."

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That's hilarious.
How did I not hear about that?

Wow, that's a lot of shows not ordered! I hate to think how much money has gone down the drain there.

Thanks for posting Erik.

I recognise good writers, actors, directors and producers there and yet none have been picked up. Shows how hard it is.

I presume the one by Victoria Pile and the police is a US Green Wing.

Also, how easy is it to get a British show picked up by the US? I used to think it had to be very successful (OFAH, Fawlty Towers, OFITG) but now shows like I'm With Stupid, Green Wing and the IT Crowd are attempting it. Are they that stuck for ideas?

It depends what station, David. Monty Python, for example, started on a single public-access cable station (if I recall correctly), and just exploded. As I understand it, the PA channels tend to be more open to overseas content, so if a show can get itself on there, it's got a hell of a lot more of a chance.

Quote: David H @ September 14, 2007, 12:36 PM

Also, how easy is it to get a British show picked up by the US? I used to think it had to be very successful (OFAH, Fawlty Towers, OFITG) but now shows like I'm With Stupid, Green Wing and the IT Crowd are attempting it. Are they that stuck for ideas?

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Pretty much, and try to go with proven (i.e., aired) shows. If something works in the UK, it might work in the USA. It worked with THE OFFICE, and it bombed with COUPLING. But at least they think they might have a chance rather than taking a sitcom by Joe Shmoe from Sandusky, Ohio.

Most people who get to present their own sitcom in the USA have to go through the ropes of writing for a show first and getting known before they get a development deal. There is a great book called "Conversations with my Agent" about the process where two Show Runners (what Russell T. Davies does for DOCTOR WHO) chronicle their journey from the show they worked on to their very own sitcom. Part real, part satire: it's a very funny book and captures how hard it is to make a show. And in their case, a failed show that lasted 6 episodes.

-Erik

Quote: Mark @ September 14, 2007, 10:17 AM

Wow, that's a lot of shows not ordered! I hate to think how much money has gone down the drain there.

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And think of all the shows that have now made it that will not last 4 or 5 episodes into the season. It's cut-throat.

But that's Hollywood. They buy way more than they need in the way of scripts and pilots just in case. I was just reading how THE BRADY BUNCH wasn't picked up by anybody for years until the movie YOURS, MINE AND OURS came out and Paramount said "Hey, don't we have a proposal for a show like that somewhere?"

-Erik

Quote: Aaron @ September 14, 2007, 2:26 PM

Monty Python, for example, started on a single public-access cable station (if I recall correctly), and just exploded. As I understand it, the PA channels tend to be more open to overseas content, so if a show can get itself on there, it's got a hell of a lot more of a chance.

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Yes, that's how I got hooked on British TV. A local PBS channel on Friday nights back in the late 70's. I would watch Python and Fawlty Towers and just sit there awestruck, because it was something so different and yet so brilliant.

It's one of those things that you want to tell all your friends about, and expose them to what you see as brilliant. And I think that, in some ways, this is what is happening when British shows are reworked for US TV. I thinks it's wrongheaded to recreate them, for the most part, just show the originals! But I think that at least SOME of these network people DO appreciate the original British shows and want to share that in the US market. It just gets effed up in committee and they decide to remake it... oh well.