Genre: Single-camera
Description: At the headquarters of a major American automotive company in Detroit, a floundering group of executives try to rediscover the company identity amidst a rapidly changing industry.
Pilot Cast: Harriet Dyer, Ana Gasteyer, Michael Benjamin Washington, Tye White, X Mayo, Jon Barinholtz, Humphrey Ker.
Series Creator: Justin Spitzer.
Producers: Dana Honor, Aaron Kaplan, Justin Spitzer.
Studios: Universal Television, Kapital Entertainment.
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Description: About a group of friends trying to stay close (and sane) through video chats as they share the highs and lows of these extraordinary times during pandemic.
Pilot Cast: Otmara Marrero, Keith Powell, Parvesh Cheena, Shakina Nayfack, Ely Henry, Jill Knox, Preacher Lawson.
Series Creator: Martin Gero, Brendan Gall.
Producers: Martin Gero, Brendan Gall.
Studios: Universal Television.
Genre: Single-camera and Romcom
Description: With her life stalling, Daisy re-enters the dating scene only to discover that while she was out of the game, the game sort of, totally, completely changed. Realizing she is a bit rusty at being “normal” and “appealing” on first dates, she’ll need the support of her friends as she strives to succeed while being her true self in today’s quick-to-dismiss dating culture.
Pilot Cast: Shelley Hennig, Tiana Okoye, Nick Cafero, Alice Lee.
Series Creator: Rachele Lynn.
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers, Rachele Lynn.
Studios: Universal Television.
Genre: Multicamera
Description: A comedian has a unique and often controversial take on modern life, relationships and co-parenting with his best friend.
Pilot Cast: Jim Jefferies, Anthony LaPaglia, Betsy Brandt, Darien Sills-Evans, Mike Lane.
Series Creator: Jim Jefferies, Suzanne Martin.
Producers: Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner, Jim Jefferies, Suzanne Martin.
Studios: Universal Television, Hazy Mills Productions.
Genre: Office, Political, and Satirical
Description: About a wealthy businessman who runs for mayor of Los Angeles for all the wrong reasons. Once he wins he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his staff, and connect with his teenage daughter, all while controlling the coyote population.
Pilot Cast: Ted Danson, Holly Hunter, Kyla Kenedy.
Series Creator: Tina Fey, Robert Carlock.
Producers: Tina Fey, Ted Danson, Jeff Richmond, David Miner, Robert Carlock.
Studios: Universal Television, Little Stranger, 3 Arts Entertainment.
Genre: Multicamera
Description: A unique mix of adults at a night school GED prep class unexpectedly bonds over their shared experience and find themselves helping each other both inside and outside of the classroom.
Pilot Cast: Shanola Hampton, Josh Segarra, Ian Gomez, Collette Wolfe, James Earl, Joe Massingill.
Based on: the hit 2018 Universal movie
Pilot Director: Malcolm D. Lee, Sheila Duckworth.
Producers: Malcolm D. Lee, Kevin Hart, Will Packer.
Studios: Universal Television, Hartbeat Productions, Bicycle Path Productions, Will Packer Media.
Genre: Romcom and Single-cam
Description: Two set-in-their-ways adults are challenged by very unexpected strangers to become the best versions of themselves in order to find love and possibly each other.
Pilot Cast: Ryan Hansen, Aimee Carrero, Neil Casey, Matt Hubbard.
Series Creator: Josh Siegal.
Based on: on the Spanish format Pequeñas Coincidencias created by Javier Veiga
Producers: Josh Siegal, Matt Hubbard, Emiliano Calemzuk, Gonzalo Sagardia, Javier Veiga, Dylan Morgan.
Studios: Universal Television.
Genre: Family
Description: About Dwayne ohnson’s formative years...
Pilot Cast: Bradley Constant, Adrian Groulx, Ana Tuisila, Joseph Lee Anderson, Dwayne Johnson.
Series Creator: Nahnatchka Khan, Jeff Chiang.
Producers: Nahnatchka Khan, Dwayne Johnson, Jeff Chiang.
Studios: Universal Television, Fierce Baby, Seven Bucks Productions.
Genre: Family and Soap
Description: After the Cooper family’s golden child suffers a catastrophic event, seven family members face a foundational shift, make life-altering decisions and deal with deep secrets coming to light.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Emayatzy Corinealdi, Christian Keyes.
Series Creator: Carla Banks-Waddles.
Producers: Debra Martin Chase, Malcolm D. Lee, Carla Banks-Waddles.
Studios: Blackmaled Production, Universal Television.
Genre: Thriller and Adventure
Description: The early adventures of famed Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who must solve a series of deadly puzzles to save his kidnapped mentor and thwart a chilling global conspiracy.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Ashley Zukerman, Valorie Curry, Eddie Izzard, Rick Gonzalez, Sumalee Montano, Beau Knapp.
Series Creator: Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie.
Based on: Dan Brown’s best-selling thriller novel The Lost Symbol
Pilot Director: Dan Trachtenberg.
Producers: Dan Dworkin, Jay Beattie, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Samie Falvey.
Studios: Imagine Television, CBS Television Studios, Universal Television.
Genre: Sci-fi
Description: Two agents from two different continents, and two different mindsets, must work together to investigate when wreckage from a destroyed alien spacecraft has mysterious effects on humankind.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Jonathan Tucker, Riann Steele, Norbert Leo Butz.
Series Creator: J.H. Wyman.
Pilot Director: Brad Anderson.
Producers: J.H. Wyman, Jason Hoffs.
Studios: Legendary Television.
Genre: Procedural and Sci-fi
Description: A team of investigators solve the highest-profile crimes by sending our heroes into the past … in the body of the victim. They assume the victim’s identity and must race against time to prevent the crime before it happens.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Janina Gavankar, Reid Scott, Richard Brooks, Wesam Keesh.
Series Creator: JJ Bailey.
Producers: JJ Bailey, John Fox, John Davis.
Studios: Universal Television, Davis Entertainment.
Genre: Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Family
Description: When a massive sinkhole mysteriously opens in Los Angeles, it tears a family apart, separating mother and son from father and daughter. When part of the family finds themselves in an unexplainable primeval world alongside a disparate group of strangers, they must work to survive and uncover the mystery of where they are and whether there's a way back home.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Natalie Zea, Zyra Gorecki.
Series Creator: David Appelbaum .
Pilot Director: Thor Freudenthal.
Producers: Avi Nir, David Appelbaum , Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan, Alon Shtruzman.
Studios: Universal Television, Keshet Studios.
Genre: Crime
Description: Aound the NYPD organized crime unit led by Elliot Stabler
Pilot Cast: Christopher Meloni.
Based on: Law & Order: SVU
Producers: Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Arthur W. Forney.
Studios: Universal Television, Wolf Entertainment.
Genre: Soap and Fantasy
Description: Joe Kimbrough has a decision to make: will he choose love, loyalty or passion? The choice he makes will affect the rest of his life.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: James Wolk, Natalie Martinez, Charlie Barnett.
Series Creator: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Adam Davidson.
Producers: Matt Reeves, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Adam Kassan, Howard Klein, Rafi Crohn.
Studios: 20th Television, 6th & Idaho, 3 Arts Entertainment.
Genre: Legal and Family Drama
Description: The lawyers of an elite Memphis law firm specialize in the most controversial landmark civil rights cases. Led by legendary lawyer Elijah Strait and his brilliant daughter, Sydney Keller, they take on the toughest David-and-Goliath cases while navigating their complicated relationship.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Jimmy Smits, Caitlin McGee, Barry Sloane , Stony Blyden, Michael Luwoye, MaameYaa Boafa, Jayne Atkinson.
Series Creator: Dean Georgaris.
Pilot Director: Jessica Yu, David Janollari, Michael Aguiliar.
Producers: Dean Georgaris.
Studios: Universal Television, David Janollari Entertainment.
Genre: Family Drama
Description: The story of Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, J. August Richards, Michael O'Neill, Tom Everett Scott, Michele Weaver, Emjay Anthony, Blue Chapman, Steven Silver, Thalia Tran.
Series Creator: Joan Rater, Tony Phelan.
Based on: Bruce Feiler’s memoir The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness and the Men Who Could Be Me
Pilot Director: James Strong.
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed, James Oh, Joan Rater, Tony Phelan.
Studios: Universal Television, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, Midwest Livestock Productions.
Genre: Detective Crime Thriller
Description: Legendary forensic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme was seriously injured during his hunt for the diabolic serial killer known as the Bone Collector. Called back into action when the killer re-emerges, Lincoln forms a unique partnership with Amelia Sachs, a young beat cop who helps him hunt the deadly mastermind while also taking on the most high-profile cases in the NYPD.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Russell Hornsby, Arielle Kebbel, Michael Imperioli, tate ellington, Courtney Grosbeck, Brooke Lyons, Roslyn Duff.
Series Creator: VJ Boyd, Mark Bianculli.
Based on: The Lincoln Rhyme book series by Jeffery Deaver
Pilot Director: Seth Gordon.
Producers: Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan.
Studios: Universal Television, Keshet Studios.
Genre: Pyschological Legal Thriller
Description: A a provocative exploration of a murder trial in which every episode is told through the perspective of a different key person involved. Each new version of the facts ratchets up the mystery and the suspense, calling into question everything we have seen so far and asking is the right person on trial? Driven by an ensemble of complicated characters, the show lets the audience ask if truth matters less than who can tell the most compelling story.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Malin Akerman, Mykelti Williamson, Ramon Rodriguez, Sara Rue, Brooke Smith, David Alpay, Chloe Wepper.
Series Creator: Daniel Barnz.
Pilot Director: Daniel Barnz.
Producers: Daniel Barnz, Ben Barnz, Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz.
Studios: Universal Television, We’re Not Brothers Productions, Carol Mendelsohn Prods.
Genre: Musical Dramedy
Description: A whip-smart but socially awkward girl in her late 20s is having a hard time connecting to friends, co–workers, family, etc. She just doesn’t have the ability to read people or understand what’s really going in their heads. But after a freak accident, she's given an extraordinary ability. Suddenly she has the power to hear what’s going on in people’s minds. Only she hears their deepest desires and innermost thoughts as songs and big musical numbers that they perform (passionately) just for her. With this new power at her disposal, Zoey is able to use her “gift” to not only help herself, but help others in crisis or need.
Read the Pilot Script ReviewPilot Cast: Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, Mary Steenburgen, Peter Gallagher, John Clarence Stewart.
Series Creator: Austin Winsberg.
Pilot Director: Richard Shepard.
Producers: Austin Winsberg, Paul Feig, Jessie Henderson, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum.
Studios: Universal Music Group, Polygram Entertainment.
Genre: Multi-camera
Description: Brian and Jake are polar opposites and must quickly figure out how to coexist when their respective best friends decide to get married.
Pilot Cast: Michael Urie, Zach Cregger, Gil Ozeri, Vella Lovell, Brian Gallivan.
Series Creator: Brian Gallivan.
Pilot Director: Pamela Fryman.
Producers: Tom Werner.
Studios: Warner Bros. TV.
Genre: Family and Multi-camera
Description: Young parents Dave and Rebecca end up having to take care of Dave’s parents who have mishandled their finances and need help to pay down a sizable debt.
Pilot Cast: Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, Fran Drescher, Steven Weber, Jessy Hodges.
Series Creator: Dan Levy.
Producers: Adam Pally, Doug Robinson, Alison Greenspan, Dan Levy.
Studios: Doug Robinson Productions.
Genre: Family and Multi-camera
Description: A newly widowed dad is determined to be everything for his kids while begrudgingly letting his persistent father-in-law become more involved in their lives.
Pilot Cast: Kenan Thompson, Andy Garcia.
Series Creator: Jackie Clarke.
Pilot Director: Chris Rock.
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Jackie Clarke, Andrew Singer, Kenan Thompson.
Studios: Universal Television, Broadway Video.
Genre: Single-camera
Description: An optimistic young woman is pursuing her dream to be a headlining magician in the eccentric and ego-driven world of the Magic Palace.
Pilot Cast: Jee Young Han, Freddie Stroma, Rory O’Malley, French Stewart, Hailey Magnus, Vicky Luu.
Series Creator: Bridget Kyle, Vicky Luu.
Pilot Director: Julie Anne Robinson.
Producers: Matt Hubbard, Bridget Kyle.
Studios: Universal Television, CannyLads.
Genre: Single-camera and Musical
Description: A rural church choir gets the director it never thought it needed when a salty, Ivy League music professor stumbles through their door.
Pilot Cast: Bradley Whitford, Anna Camp, Will Greenberg, Tymberlee Hill, Rizwan Manji.
Series Creator: Lesley Wake Webster.
Pilot Director: Jason Winer.
Producers: Lesley Wake Webster, Bradley Whitford, Adam Anders, Jason Winer, Jon Radler.
Studios: 20th Television, Small Dog Pictures.
Genre: Single-camera
Description: Former New York City Councilman Garrett Shah finds his calling when faced with six recent immigrants in need of his help and in search of the American Dream.
Pilot Cast: Kal Penn, Moses Storm, Diana Maria Riva, Samba Schutte, Poppy Liu, Tudor Petrut, Kiran Deol.
Series Creator: Kal Penn, Matt Murray.
Producers: Kal Penn, David Miner, Matt Murray.
Studios: Universal Television, 3 Arts Entertainment, Industry Entertainment.
Genre: Single-camera and Workplace Pilot Presentation
Description: Amber, the editor of the Benson Village Gazette, loves her safe small town life writing fluff pieces about gardening and nursing baby squirrels back to health. That is until the newspaper owners hire a disgraced big city reporter, Randall, who immediately challenges the happy denial Amber (and the Benson Village town folk) have been living in. Now, Amber is forced to recognize that everything isn’t always sunshine and rainbows and that she has a lot to say if she could get the courage to push against the rose–colored protective bubble she has created for both herself and the Gazette.
Pilot Cast: Amber Ruffin, Tommy Dewey, Shelly Gossman.
Series Creator: Amber Ruffin.
Pilot Director: Shelly Gossman.
Producers: Lorne Michaels, Andrew Singer, Amber Ruffin, Mike Shoemaker, Seth Meyers.
Studios: Universal Television, Sethmaker Shoemeyers Productions, Broadway Video.