TV Pilot Season’s Obsession With Family Comedies: Follow THR’s In-Depth Flow Chart

A version of this story first appeared in the March 4 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. To receive the magazine, click here to subscribe.

No pilot season is without its trends, but 2016’s biggest is overwhelming. Programmers at each of the Big Four networks are clamoring for a hit family comedy. One of television’s most dependable genres, there’s hardly a dearth of them on the air right now, but ABC’s Modern Family is the only one that remains a de facto hit.

Is its heir among the 27 projects already in consideration for series orders this pilot season? The answer may depend on which of these shows stand out from a, ahem, familiar pack.