Fall 2015-2016: Pilot Pick-Ups
Although ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and The CW won't announce their official schedules until next week, several high-profile pilots have already gone to series. Here's a list of the pilots that will reportedly be joining the TV schedule during the 2015-2016 TV season.
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- CreatorAli AdlerGreg BerlantiAndrew KreisbergStarsMelissa BenoistChyler LeighDavid HarewoodThe adventures of Superman's cousin and her own superhero career.Picked up to series by CBS.
- CreatorRachel BloomAline Brosh McKennaStarsRachel BloomDonna Lynne ChamplinVincent Rodriguez IIIA young woman abandons a choice job at a law firm and her life in New York in an attempt to find happiness in the unlikely locale of West Covina, California.Picked up to series by The CW.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiMarc GuggenheimPhil KlemmerStarsCaity LotzAmy Louise PembertonDominic PurcellTime-traveling rogue Rip Hunter must recruit a ragtag team of heroes and villains to help prevent an apocalypse that could impact not only Earth, but all of time.Picked up to series by The CW.
- CreatorJulie PlecStarsDavid GyasiChristina MosesChris WoodThe series follows an epidemic that breaks out in Atlanta, leaving the large city quarantined and those stuck on the inside fighting for their lives.Picked up to series by The CW.
- StarsMelissa GeorgeDave AnnableDon HanyA look at the professional and personal life of heart transplant surgeon Alex Panttiere.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorMichael BrandtDerek HaasMatt OlmsteadStarsMarlyne BarrettS. Epatha MerkersonOliver PlattThe city's most highly skilled medical team saves lives, while navigating their unique interpersonal relationships.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorMartin GeroStarsSullivan StapletonJaimie AlexanderAudrey EsparzaJane Doe is found in Times Square with no memory and mysterious tattoos on her body.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorSuzanne MartinStarsPatrick WarburtonCarrie PrestonMiranda CosgroveAn empty nest couple find out that their adult daughters want to move back home with them.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorDJ NashStarsMark-Paul GosselaarTone BellVanessa LacheyA look at the life of two best friends, a meek politically correct Caucasian ethics professor and an easy-going African American, and their families.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorJustin SpitzerStarsBen FeldmanLauren AshColton DunnA look at the lives of employees at a big box store.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorMatthew ArnoldJosh FriedmanStarsAdria ArjonaOliver Jackson-CohenAna UlaruA modern reimagining of the stories that led to 'The Wizard of Oz'.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorTim KringStarsJack ColemanZachary LeviRobbie KayA year ago, a terrorist attack in Odessa, Texas left the city decimated. Blamed for the tragic event, those with extraordinary abilities are in hiding or on the run from those with nefarious motives.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorJohn FoxJohn RogersStarsPhilip WinchesterDamon GuptonWesley SnipesA former intelligence and FBI officer, who now works as a security expert in Las Vegas, is recruited by mysterious pit boss Mr. Johnson to, based on his tips, try to prevent crimes, while the rich place bets on his chances of success.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorDavid HudginsStarsDavid LyonsMichael Raymond-JamesLarenz TateA rising attorney finds his perfectly crafted life threatened when his long-lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their past.Picked up to series by NBC.
- CreatorJessica GoldsteinRobert HarlingChrissy PietroshStarsEva LongoriaJencarlos CanelaDiana Maria RivaComedy that goes behind the scenes of a telenovela and its star, whose off-camera life rivals the drama of her onscreen story lines.Previously ordered straight to series by NBC.
Also ordered: NBC's revival of "Coach" starring Craig T. Nelson. - CreatorIan BrennanBrad FalchukRyan MurphyStarsEmma RobertsLea MicheleAbigail BreslinA semi-anthology series that centers on characters being terrorized by a serial killer in different locations, including a university and a hospital.Previously ordered straight to series by Fox.
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Previously ordered to series by Fox.
- CreatorTom KapinosStarsTom EllisLauren GermanKevin AlejandroLucifer Morningstar has decided he's had enough of being the dutiful servant in Hell and decides to spend some time on Earth to better understand humanity. He settles in Los Angeles - the City of Angels.Picked up to series by Fox.
- CreatorAndrew MogelJarrad PaulStarsRob LoweFred SavageMary Elizabeth EllisTelevision lawyer Dean Sanderson moves back to his small home town after a stint in Hollywood, thinking that his time on TV qualifies him to run his family's law firm.Picked up to series by Fox.
- CreatorMax BorensteinStarsMeagan GoodStark SandsNick Zano10 years after the end of Precrime in Washington DC one of the three PreCogs attempts to lead a normal life while still suffering from visions of the future. Will they be able to hold it together or mentally breakdown and give up?Picked up to series by Fox.
- CreatorTodd HarthanStarsMorris ChestnutJaina Lee OrtizGabrielle DennisMiami pathologist Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. finds secrets in people's bodies using his state-of-the-art laboratory equipment.Picked up to series by Fox.
- CreatorRand RavichStarsRobert KazinskyDilshad VadsariaAdhir KalyanA billionaire bio-engineer brings a dead police officer back to life.Picked up to series by Fox.
- CreatorDaniel ChunStarsJohn StamosPaget BrewsterJosh PeckA confirmed bachelor discovers he's a dad--and a grandfather.Picked up to series by Fox.
- CreatorJoshua SafranStarsPriyanka Chopra JonasJake McLaughlinJohanna BraddyA look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorRodes FishburneJosh PateStarsDon JohnsonChace CrawfordRebecca RittenhouseA young married couple of newcomers looks to cash in on the modern-day oil boom in North Dakota and becomes involved with sly local oil baron, Hap Briggs, and his troubled family.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorKate AtkinsonHelen GregoryAllan HeinbergStarsMireille EnosPeter KrauseJay HaydenFollows a female private investigator whose career specialty is exposing fraud for a living. She is drawn to a man whose career appears to be committing fraud for a living.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorJenna BansStarsJoan AllenRupert GravesAlison PillA community is rattled when a politician's son, who was presumed murdered years ago, returns home.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorSteven BaigelmanStarsJeremy SistoTaissa FarmigaGabriel LunaA pair of LAPD detectives track down serial killers terrorizing the Sunset Strip.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorJohn FoxKen JeongJared SternStarsKen JeongSuzy NakamuraTisha CampbellA frustrated doctor juggles his career, marriage, and family.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorCasey JohnsonJoshua SterninJennifer VentimiliaStarsMartha PlimptonJay R. FergusonNoah GalvinA family's bond is strengthened when the youngest son tells his parents that he's gay.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorBob KushellBill PradyStarsDave GoelzEric JacobsonBill BarrettaJim Henson's lovable Muppets return to the small screen in this mockumentary-style series that follows their personal and professional lives.Picked up to series by ABC.
- StarsMike EppsJames LesureIman BensonAn unreliable man-child takes care of his brother's kids.Picked up to series by ABC.
- CreatorCraig SweenyStarsJake McDormanJennifer CarpenterHill HarperAn average 28-year-old man who gains the ability to use the full extent of his brain's capabilities is hired by the F.B.I. as a consultant.Picked up to series by CBS.
- CreatorErica MesserErica MeredithStarsGary SiniseAlana De La GarzaDaniel HenneyAn international unit of the FBI charged with coming to the aid of, and solving crimes involving, American citizens in foreign countries. A spin-off from Criminal Minds.Picked up to series by CBS.
- CreatorBill LawrenceBlake McCormickStarsJustin HiresJon FooAimee GarciaTV show based on the action-comedy 'Rush Hour' films about an L.A. cop who teams up with a detective from Hong Kong.Picked up to series by CBS.
- CreatorMichael SeitzmanStarsMarcia Gay HardenHarry FordBenjamin HollingsworthThe staff of the L.A. County Hospital emergency room treats patients under difficult circumstances.Picked up to series by CBS.
- CreatorJustin AdlerStarsColin HanksBetsy BrandtThomas SadoskiA family comedy told through the separate stories of different family members.Picked up to series by CBS.
- CreatorTad QuillStarsJane LynchMaggie LawsonKyle BornheimerAllison isn't quite sure if her new friend, Amy, is her guardian angel or a crazy person.Picked up to series by CBS.