2004-05 drama pilots
2004-05 drama pilots
Feb 3, 2004
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| Title | Studio | Prod. Team | Description |
| Blind Justice | Paramount TV/Bochco Prods. | Matt Olmstead, Nicholas Wootton, Steven Bochco | Centers on a police officer (Ron Eldard) blinded on the job. |
| The Catch (4) | Touchstone TV | J.J. Abrams | Drama about two bounty hunters starring Greg Grunberg |
| Desperate Housewives | Touchstone TV | Marc Cherry, Chuck Pratt, Michael Edelstein | The sexy and secret lives of the inhabitants of a cul-de-sac |
| Doing It | Touchstone TV | G. Sachs, J. Judah, S. Bloomberg, F. Calfo | Coming-of-age drama about the sexual antics of three teen boys in Seattle |
| Empire (1,8) | Touchstone TV/ Storyline Ent. | T. Wheeler, C. Johannessen, C. Zadan, N. Meron | The rise of ancient Rome's Octavius to the emperor's throne |
| Eyes | WBTV/ McNamara Paper Products | John McNamara, John Amiel | Centers on the workings of high-powered risk management corporation |
| 43 Minutes | Touchstone TV/ FremantleMedia | Graham Yost, Marla Ginsburg | SWAT team handles the final 43 minutes of a major crisis in real time |
| Gramercy Park | Warner Bros. TV/ The Tannenbaum Co. | S. Robinson, E. Tannenbaum, K. Tannenbaum | Three nannies and the families they work for in a tony N.Y. building |
| Harry Green and Eugene | Paramount/ Frequency Films/ Littlefield Co. | J. Wyman, S. West, W. Littlefield, J. Polhemus | L.A. private eye Harry Green (Mark Valley) and his inept brother, Eugene |
| Kat Plus One | Warner Bros. TV/ Berlanti-Liddell Prods. | G. Berlanti, M. Friedman, M. Liddell | Young N.Y. publicist's life turns upside down when she has to raise her nephew |
| Untitled Kelley/Katims | 20th TV/ David E. Kelley Prods. | Jason Katims, David E. Kelley | Romantic comedy about three sisters running the family's wedding-planning business |
| Lost (5) | Touchstone TV | J.J. Abrams, Damon Lindelof | Plane crashes on a desert island, and the survivors have to live together |
| The Secret Service | Touchstone TV | A. Kurtzman-Counter, R. Orci, F. Calfo | Procedural drama about a married woman who works for the Secret Service |
| Untitled Shonda Rhimes | Touchstone TV | Shonda Rhimes, Mark Gordon | Female residents in a surgical training program; "Sex and the Surgery" |
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| CBS | |||
| Title | Studio | Prod. Team | Description |
| Untitled Bounty Hunters | Spelling TV | T. Hughes, R. Milbauer, A. Spelling, E.D. Vincent, R. Holcolmb | Father and his two sons earn a living as bounty hunters |
| Cooking Lessons | WBTV/ The Tannenbaum Co. | E. Fox, E. Tannenbaum, K. Tannenbaum | Centers on a woman who writes a food column; based on Amanda Hesser's book |
| CSI: New York (1) | CBS Prods./ Alliance Atlantis/ Bruckheimer TV | A. Zuiker, C. Mendelsohn, A. Donahue, J. Bruckheimer, J. Littman, A. Lipsitz | Crime-scene investigators in New York |
| Clubhouse | Spelling TV/ Icon Prods. | M. Gibson, B. Davey, A. Spelling, E.D. Vincent, D. Cerone | Coming-of-age drama about a Yankees batboy; based on M. McGough's book |
| Dr. Vegas (2,6) | WBTV/ CBS Prods./ Bender Brown Prods. | J. Herzfeld, L. Bender, K. Brown, M. Sennet | Centers on a Las Vegas casino in-house physician |
| Nice Guys (2) | WBTV/ Silver Pics/ Shoe Money Prods. | S. Black, A. Bagarozzi, J. Silver, T. Schlamme | Private eyes in Los Angeles; buddy action drama in the vein of "Lethal Weapon" |
| Numbers | Paramount TV/ Scott Free Prods. | R. Scott, T. Scott, C. Heuton, N. Falacci | Mathematician from MIT is recruited by the FBI to help solve crimes |
| Sudbury (2,6) | Warner Bros. TV | B. Hartman-Edwards, D. DiNovi, S. Bullock | The trials and tribulations of a family of witches |
| Wanted (2) | WBTV/ 25C Prods./ CBS Prods. | C. Cidre, S. Timberman, C. Beverly, T. Carter | Thriller set in the fugitive section of the LAPD |
| The Webster Report (2) | WBTV/ 25C Prods./ CBS Prods. | T. Rebeck, S. Timberman, C. Beverly, B. Sonnenfeld | Centers on an offbeat N.Y. private investigator |
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| NBC | |||
| Title | Studio | Prod. Team | Description |
| City of Dreams | WBTV/ Jerry Bruckheimer TV | D. Mills, J. Bruckheimer, J. Littman | Jimmy Smits as an L.A. private eye fixing problems for the rich and famous |
| Eden (7,8) | Mark Burnett Prods. | Mark Burnett, Douglas Day Stewart | Members of a summer-study cruise are marooned on a remote island |
| Hawaii | NBC Studios | Jeff Eastin | Ensemble cop drama set in Hawaii |
| HUB | NBC Studios | Mark Gordon, Nick Thiel | Offbeat ensemble drama set behind the scenes at a large U.S. airport |
| Untitled Medical Mystery (2) | NBC Studios/ Paramount/ Landscape Ent. | B. Cooper, S. Vila, J. Horwitch, M. Ashford | Medical mystery procedural show |
| Medium | Paramount/ Grammnet/ Picturemaker | G. Gordon Caron, K. Grammer, S. Stark | Suburban mom uses her psychic powers to solve crimes |
| Revelations (3,8) | Pariah | David Seltzer, Gavin Polone | Group tries to forestall the apocalypse; "The X-Files" meets "The Da Vinci Code" |
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| Fox | |||
| Title | Studio | Prod. Team | Description |
| Untitled Attanasio/ Shore | Universal Network TV/ Heel & Toe Films | Paul Attanasio, David Shore, Katie Jacobs | Team of doctors diagnose the toughest medical cases |
| Untitled Bigelow/ Kessler Bros. | 20th Century Fox TV/ Imagine TV | K. Bigelow, T. Kessler, G. Kessler, B. Grazer, D. Nevins | Woman goes undercover in a high school to investigate a drug ring |
| Hollywood Division | Universal Network TV | Barry Schindel, Rob Port | Cop drama about detectives working undercover at a Hollywood high school |
| Johnny Zero | WBTV/ John Wells Prods. | J. Wells, R. Scott Gemmill, L. Wells | Ex-con with a notorious street rep (Franky G) struggles to go legit and becomes a PI |
| The Jury (1) | 20th Century Fox TV | T. Fontana, J. Yoshimura, B. Levinson, J. Finnerty | Legal drama from the point of view of a New York jury |
| Oahu | 20th Century Fox TV | Kevin Falls, Peter Elkoff | "Upstairs, Downstairs" look at the guests & staffers of a luxury Hawaiian hotel |
| One Big Happy | 20th Century Fox TV | Gretchen Berg, Aaron Harberts, Shawn Levy | Dysfunctional blended family with five kids; loosely based on Levy's life |
| Point Pleasant | 20th TV/ Original TV | M. Noxon, J. McLaughlin, N. Moritz, M. Adelstein, D. Parouse | Beachside community turns upside down when a girl washes ashore |
| Ricochet | Touchstone TV | Rene Echevarria, Jeff Kline | Cop drama in the vein of "Memento" |
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| WB | |||
| Title | Studio | Prod. Team | Description |
| Dark Shadows | WBTV/ John Wells Prods. | Mark Verheiden, John Wells, Dan Curtis | Remake of the ABC soap about a wealthy Maine family under a vampire curse |
| Global Frequency | WBTV/ Mark Burnett Prods. | Mark Burnett, John Rogers | Based on DC comic about an intelligence agency where agents are ordinary folk |
| Jack & Bobby | WBTV/ Berlanti-Liddell/ Shoe Money | G. Berlanti, M. Liddell, T. Schlamme, V. Taylor | Drama about the teen years of a future president and his brother |
| The Mountain | WBTV/Wonderland Sound and Vision | Stephanie Savage, McG, David Barrett | 25-year-old inherits his family's mountain resort when his grandfather dies |
| Prodigy | WBTV/ Silver Pictures | J. Friedman, J. Silver, D. Stokdyk, J. Gwartz | Centers on a family raising a child prodigy son |
| The Robinsons: Lost in Space | 20th TV/ Fox TV St./ Lion Rock/ Synthesis | D. Petrie, J. Woo, K. Burns, J. Jashni, T. Chang, S. Zizzi | A remake of Irwin Allen's fantasy-adventure drama set in 2097 |
| Rocky Point | Warner Bros. TV | John Stockwell, Lizzy Weiss | Young woman living on Hawaii's North Shore takes in her estranged father |
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| UPN | |||
| Title | Studio | Prod. Team | Description |
| Beck and Call (6) | WBTV, Shephard/ Robin Co. | D. Bucatinsky, L. Kudrow, M. Robin, G. Shephard | Revolves around the lives of three twentysomethings in their first jobs |
| Kevin Hill | Touchstone TV/ Icon Prods. | Jorge Reyes, Mel Gibson, Bruce Davey | Young attorney gives up his playboy lifestyle to raise his niece |
| Mystery Girl (6) | 20th Century Fox TV | L. Heldens, H. Gordon, R. Dwek | Alex Breckenridge as a magazine writer who solves mysteries |
| Nikki & Nora | Warner Bros. TV | Nancylee Myatt, Lynne Litt | Centers on two lesbian private investigators |
| Silver Lake (6) | Spelling Television | Justin Tanner, Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent | Dramedy about an L.A. record store owner who communicates with the dead |
| Veronica Mars | Warner Bros. TV/ Silver Pictures | Rob Thomas, Joel Silver | Hip teen girl helps her father with his private detective agency |
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| Key to notes:
(1) Series commitment (2) Cast-contingent (3) Two-hour pilot (4) Midseason 2004-05 (5) Pilot plus six scripts (6) Presentation (7) Two scripts and bible (8) Limited series |
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