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Oct 15, 2001  •  Post A Comment

ABC
AD a k a ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
Columbia TriStar; Pariah script. Auspices: Pizzo, Angelo (EP/W pilot); Polone, Gavin (EP). Logline: A drama series about an athletic director. Pizzo is a feature writer who wrote the screenplays for “Hoosiers” and “Rudy.”
ASTRONAUTS
Twentieth Script. Auspices: Robinson, Todd (EP/W pilot). Logline: A drama series focusing on the young astronauts of NASA.
BORDER, THE
Touchstone; Dreamworks script plus penalty. Auspices: Underwood, Ron (EP/W pilot); King, Rich & King, Michelle (P). Logline: A dramatic series in the vein of the feature film “Traffic,” focusing on the drug trade at the U.S./Mexico border.
CHARNOFF, EVAN & NGO, VINCENT PROJECT
Touchstone; Hyde Park Productions script. Auspices: Hoberman, David (EP); Ngo, Vincent & Charnoff, Evan (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series similar in tone to the feature film “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” but in a contemporary setting.
ESKOW, JONATHAN PROJECT
Touchstone script. Auspices: Eskow, Jonathan (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series about a private investigator who specializes in cold cases.
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GRAFF, TODD PROJECT
Twentieth; Imagine script. Auspices: Graff, Todd (EP/W pilot); Krantz, Tony (EP); Grazer, Brian (EP); Howard, Ron (EP). Logline: A drama series about a Vanity Fair-type reporter who investigates mysteries.
IF I DON’T SIX
Touchstone script. Auspices: Reid, Elwood (EP/W pilot); Sanitsky, Larry (EP). Logline: A drama series centering on coming-of-age stories of members of a college football team.
KINGDOM
Columbia TriStar. 15-episode commitment: two-hour pilot plus 13 episodes. Auspices: King, Stephen (EP/W). Logline: A dramatic series based on a 1994 Danish miniseries about a haunted hospital that is built on an ancient graveyard. The series focuses on the doctors of the hospital, who refuse to believe in the paranormal goings-on.
MIRACLES
Touchstone; Spyglass script. Auspices: Hatem, Richard (EP/W pilot); Birnbaum, Roger (EP). Logline: A dramatic series about a spiritually conflicted man who is charged with investigating miracles.
PIONEERS
Twentieth, Imagine script. Auspices: Pate, Josh & Pate, Jonas (EP/W pilot); Krantz, Tony (EP); Grazer, Brian (EP); Howard, Ron (EP). Logline: A documentary-style ensemble drama series about the human colonization of one of Jupiter’s moons 50 years in the future.
PUSH, NEVADA
LivePlanet. In development. Being co-developed with the alternative department. Auspices: Affleck, Ben (EP); Bailey, Sean (EP). Logline: A reality series described as a mystery/drama hybrid in which viewers hunt for real treasure.
ROMANO, JOHN PROJECT
Columbia TriStar, Pariah script. Auspices: Romano, John (EP/W pilot); Polone, Gavin (EP). Logline: A series set in the arena of Miami cops.
ROTH, ERIC PROJECT
Spelling script. Auspices: Roth, Eric (EP/W pilot). Logline: A family-oriented dramatic series.
CBS
ABBOTT, CHRIS PROJECT
Viacom script. Auspices: Abbott, Chris (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series centering on a family of doctors.
ARMED & DANGEROUS
Twentieth script. Auspices: Burge, Connie (EP/W pilot); Demme, Ted (EP/D pilot). Logline: A female psychologist becomes an Erin Brockovich-style beat cop and struggles to juggle her family and career.
ARMED FORCES PROJECT
Columbia TriStar script. Auspices: Singer, Bob (EP/W pilot); Robinson, James (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series centering on America’s armed forces.
BAER, NEAL PROJECT
Studios USA script. Auspices: Baer, Neal (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series about a group of doctors from different medical disciplines who form a committee on bioethics.
CAHILL, JASON and AXELROD, JONATHAN PROJECT
Paramount script. Auspices: Cahill, Jason (EP/W pilot); Axelrod, Jonathan (EP). Logline: A dramatic series that takes place behind the scenes at the FBI.
COMMUTERS, THE
Twentieth; Icon script. Auspices: Perry, Mark (EP/W pilot); Bucatinsky, Dan (EP/W pilot); Taylor, Michael (EP). Logline: A dramatic series about three couples in their early 30s who commute into New York City.
CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGIST PROJECT
Spelling script. Auspices: Osborn, Marilyn (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series about a female criminal psychologist who collaborates with both law enforcement and the district attorney’s office.
DEFENDERS, THE
Twentieth script. Auspices: Shepherd, John Scott (EP/W pilot); Winant, Scott (EP/D pilot). Logline: A dramatic series centering on an ensemble cast of young lawyers in the public defender’s office.
DIAMOND HEAD a k a DIAMONDHEAD
Warner Bros.; Bruckheimer Prods. script. One of three projects that will be developed to satisfy a commitment for one put pilot. Auspices: Bruckheimer, Jerry (EP); Devlin, Billy (W pilot). Talent: Scott Glenn. Logline: A dramatic series set in Hawaii about a former Navy SEAL who solves crimes.
FAMILY SPIES
Spelling script. Auspices: Shepherd, Scott (EP/W pilot); Bergerson, Kyle (W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series about a family of spies, consisting of a mom, dad, son and daughter.
FATHER LEFTY
Brad Grey Television; Columbia TriStar script plus penalty. Auspices: Stallone, Sylvester (EP/W pilot); Grey, Brad (EP). Logline: A former Army man becomes a priest in a low-income urban neighborhood.
FONTANA, TOM PROJECT
HBO Productions script. Auspices: Fontana, Tom (EP/W pilot); Levinson, Barry (EP); Dinner, Michael (EP/D Pilot). Talent: William Baldwin. Logline: A dramatic series about two brothers–one a politician and the other a mobster.
HIM & HER
Studios USA script. Auspices: Feldman, Jon (EP/W pilot); Meltzer, Brad (EP/author). Logline: A dramatic series loosely based on Brad Meltzer’s book “Dead Even,” about a husband and wife who are both lawyers–but on opposite sides. He is a defense attorney and she is an assistant district attorney. Drama
I.N.S.
Studios USA script. Auspices: Randall, Gary & Miller, Nancy (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series set against the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
KOEPP, DAVID PROJECT
Columbia TriStar; Pariah. Put pilot. Auspices: Koepp, David (EP/W pilot); Palone, Gavin (EP). Logline: A dramatic series about a former police officer who now drives a taxi and helps the little guy by solving crimes.
NURSERY CRIMES
Greenblatt-Janollari script. Auspices: Kenney, Anne (EP/W pilot); Greenblatt, Robert (EP); Janollari, David (EP); Waldman, Ayelet (author). Logline: A series based on the book by Ayelet Waldman. A public defender becomes a stay-at-home mom. She finds her routine life disrupted when the head of an exclusive preschool is murdered.
REDLICH, ED PROJECT
Warner Bros. script. Auspices: Redlich, Ed (EP/W pilot). Logline: A series about a 50-year-old woman who decides to change her life.
RESCUE, THE
Denise Di Novi Productions. Put pilot. One of three projects to satisfy Di Novi’s put pilot commitment. Auspices: Di Novi, Denise (EP); Williamson, Martha (EP/W Pilot); Sparks, Nicholas (EP/author). Logline: Based on Nicholas Sparks’ book of the same name about an unlikely and redemptive romance between a waitress/single mom and a volunteer fireman.
ROSENTHAL, PHIL PROJECT
Paramount script. Auspices: Rosenthal, Phil (EP/W pilot); Veasey, Pam (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series based on the real-life work of Kevin Kane, a teacher in Los Angeles who started a drama program at an inner-city school that has become a template for similar programs through the country.
VANISHED
Warner Bros.; Bruckheimer Productions script. One of three projects that will be developed to satisfy a commitment for one put pilot. Auspices: Bruckheimer, Jerry (EP); Steinberg, Hank (W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series that centers on the search for missing persons.
FOX
90210, THE NEW YEARS
Spelling two-hour back-door pilot. Auspices: Eisendrath, John (EP/W); Spelling, Aaron (EP); Vincent, E. Duke (EP). Logline: A revival of the Fox flagship series about a group of high school students at West Beverly High.
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
Studios USA two-hour pilot plus four scripts plus six-sto
ry initial commitment. Auspices: Singer, Bryan (D/EP); DeSanto, Tom (EP); Angel, Dan & Brown, Billy (EP/W). Logline: Revival the sci-fi series that ran on ABC for two seasons in the late 1970s. After most of mankind is destroyed in a 1,000-year battle with an evil empire, the last surviving fighter carrier leads a makeshift fleet of human refugees on a desperate search for Earth, a place the refugees are not sure exists except in myth and legend.
BERLANTI, GREG PROJECT
Columbia TriStar script plus penalty. Auspices: Berlanti, Greg (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series that focuses on people getting a second chance to change their path in life via a bus driver who offers people tours in which they view their alternate lives.
EXCALIBUR
Twentieth; Regency; Haxan script. Auspices: Simkins, David (EP/W pilot); Hale, Greg (EP/W pilot). Logline: A retelling of the legend of King Arthur set in the old West.
FAST LANE
Warner Bros. Put pilot. Auspices: MacNamara, John (EP/W pilot); Joseph McGinty Mitchell a k a McG (EP/D Pilot). Logline: A fast paced police drama revolving around two undercover officers who work to prevent crime before it happens.
GOLDBERG, LEONARD PROJECT
Regency; Mandy Productions script. Auspices: Goldberg, Leonard (EP). Logline: A single mother struggles to raise her kids while living in the Witness Protection Program.
HELLCAT
Twentieth; Imagine script. Auspices: Strick, Wesley (EP/W pilot); Krantz, Tony (EP); Grazer, Brian (EP); Howard, Ron (EP). Logline: A female-driven action drama in the vein of “The Equalizer.”
HOUSE, THE
Studios USA script plus penalty. Auspices: Friedman, Josh (EP/W pilot); Gwartz, Jennifer (EP); Stokdyk, Danielle (EP). Logline: A dramatic series set against Las Vegas casinos that contrasts the lives of employees and patrons, a la the classic British series “Upstairs, Downstairs.”
KATIMS, JASON PROJECT
Twentieth. Put pilot. Auspices: Katims, Jason (EP/W pilot). Logline: A young ensemble sports drama set amid a minor league baseball team in New York.
KOENIG, KIP PROJECT
Twentieth script. Auspices: Koenig, Kip (EP/W pilot/D pilot). Logline: A dramatic series about septuplets who run a hotel in Santa Monica, Calif.
KOHN & SILVERSTEIN PROJECT
Warner Bros. script. Auspices: Kohn, Abby (EP/W Pilot) & Silverstein, Marc (EP/W Pilot); Shephard, Greer (EP); Robin, Michael (EP). Logline: A dramatic series focusing on the politics in a small town when a young woman is elected mayor.
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MORE, PATIENCE
Columbia TriStar; Pariah script being redeveloped as a one-hour series. A 2000-01 pilot pickup as a single-camera comedy. Auspices: Seidel, Jed (W/EP); Forbes, Maya (EP); Turteltaub, Jon (D pilot); Polone, Gavin (EP). Talent: Mary McCormack. Logline: A series about an “Ally McBeal”-esque 30-year-old therapist who works, lives in Manhattan.
NEVERWORLD
Paramount; Grammnet; Writer’s Workbench Films. Put pilot. Auspices: Nathan, Robert (EP/W pilot); Grammer, Kelsey (EP). Logline: A dramatic series in which a young man enters a parallel universe.
NEWMAN, MOLLY PROJECT
Twentieth; Regency script. Auspices: Newman, Molly (EP/W pilot). Logline: A humorous dramatic series in the vein of “Twin Peaks” centering on a female sheriff in a town with supernatural goings-on.
PROWL
Spelling script. Auspices: Shepherd, Scott (EP/W pilot). Logline: A “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde”-type story about a female forensic investigator who specializes in animal research.
ROMANO & EICK PROJECT
Studios USA script. Auspices: Romano, John (EP/W pilot); Eick, David (EP). Logline: A dramatic series about a fireman who must raise his genius son on his own.
SAVE THE LAST DANCE
Paramount; Cort/Madden Prods. script plus penalty. Auspices: Cort, Bob (EP); Madden, David (EP); Pyne, Dan (EP); Johnson, Toni Ann (W pilot). Logline: A series based on the feature film about a white girl from a Midwestern suburb who dreams of becoming a ballerina. When she moves in with her father in a South Chicago ghetto following her mother’s death, her passion for life and dance are renewed when she falls in love with a young black boy in her high school. Bigotry ensues.
THOMPSON, GARY SCOTT PROJECT
Regency script. Auspices: Thompson, Gary Scott (EP/W pilot). Logline: A police drama set in Los Angeles that revolves around the work of a unit specializing in crimes that effect young adults. Gary Scott Thompson is the writer of the feature “The Fast and the Furious.”
UNTITLED MILLER & RANDALL PROJECT
Studios USA Script. Auspices: Miller, Nancy (EP/W pilot) & Randall, Gary (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series about a family that lives on a military base.
NBC
BUSFIELD & AUBUCHON PROJECT
NBC Studios script. Auspices: Busfield, Timothy (EP/D pilot); Aubuchon, Remi (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series that focuses on police officers and their family lives.
CODE NAME KNOCKOUT
Warner Bros. script. Auspices: Kripke, Eric (EP/W pilot). Logline: A light-hearted drama series about a young woman whose divorced parents are each the heads of global spy organizations. Her mother is one of the good guys and her dad is one of the bad guys. Each of her parents tries to recruit her into their operations.
CROWE, CHRIS PROJECT
Paramount script. Auspices: Crowe, Chris (EP/W pilot). Logline: A series set in outer space that deals with governmental and bureaucratic issues. Described as “The West Wing” meets “Traffic” in outer space.
DUGGAN, MICHAEL PROJECT
NBC Studios; Handprint script. Auspices: Duggan, Michael (EP). Logline: A dramatic series focusing on a Latina cop in Miami.
EASTIN, JEFF PROJECT
NBC Studios script. Auspices: Eastin, Jeff (EP/W pilot); Sander, Ian & Moses, Kim (EP). Logline: An action-oriented drama centering on a S.W.A.T. team.
GRILLO-MARXUACH, JAVIER PROJECT
NBC Studios script. Auspices: Grillo-Marxuach, Javier (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series in which the action takes place 15 minutes into the future.
MILLS, DAVID PROJECT
Spelling script. Auspices: Mills, David (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series in the vein of the feature film “Traffic,” centering on the drug trade.
NASA PROJECT
Twentieth script. Auspices: St. John, Thania (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series set in NASA.
ONE FOR THE MONEY
Columbia TriStar; NBC Studios script. Auspices: Sutton, Phoef (EP/W pilot); Legan, Mark (EP/W pilot); Evanovich, Janet (author). Logline: A dramatic series based on the book by Janet Evanovich. The story centers on Stephanie Plum of New Jersey, a laid-off discount lingerie buyer. Desperate for bucks, she decides to pursue a career as an “apprehension agent,” tracking down scofflaws for her bail-bondsman cousin.
STALLONE, SYLVESTER NASCAR PROJECT
Brad Grey Television; Columbia TriStar script. Auspices: Stallone, Sylvester (EP/W pilot); Grey, Brad (EP); Steinberg, Michael (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series set in the world of NASCAR auto racing.
THOMPSON, GARY SCOTT NASCAR PROJECT
Regency script. Auspices: Thompson, Gary Scott (EP/W pilot); Pyken, Matt (W pilot); Berns, Michael (W pilot). Logline: An edgy, family dramatic series set against the world of NASCAR auto racing.
VOYAGE TO MARS
Unattached two-hour backdoor pilot 10/9/01: Although Miller and Randall’s overall deal is at Studios USA, the studio has a first look for this project. Auspices: Thompson, Bradley (EP); Weddle, David (EP); Miller, Nancy (EP/W) & Randall, Gary (EP/W). Logline: Pilot chronicles a manned voyage from Earth to Mars.
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YOST, GRAHAM PROJECT
NBC Studios script plus penalty. Auspices: Yost, Graham (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series described as being evocative of the Akira Kurosawa film “Rashomon,” which explored a crime from the perspectives of four witnesses. This version applies this storytelling technique to the police.
ZERO EFFECT
Warner Bros.; Castle Rock. Put pilot. Auspices: Kasdan, Jake (EP/W/D pilot); Green, Walon (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series based on the feature film of the same name about an eccentric private detec
tive.
UPN
BLING HIGH
Twentieth; Imagine script. Auspices: Elliot, Mike (EP/W pilot); Krantz, Tony (EP); Grazer, Brian (EP); Howard, Ron (EP). Logline: A dramatic series set at an inner-city performing arts high school in Philadelphia.
MAHER & REINDL PROJECT
Spelling script. Auspices: Maher, Erin & Reindl, Kay (W pilot); Shepherd, Scott (EP). Logline: When a group of five 20-something friends return to their hometown, they discover that they are blessed/burdened with superhero powers and that their hometown has changed for the worse.
WB
7TH HEAVEN SPIN-OFF PROJECT
Spelling script. One of four Spelling scripts toward a put pilot. Auspices: Hampton, Brenda (EP/W pilot); Spelling, Aaron (EP); Vincent, E. Duke (EP). Logline: Concept to be determined.
ACES
Warner Bros.; Shephard-Robin script. One of three Shephard-Robin script commitments in contention for a put pilot. Auspices: Dick, Leonard (EP/W pilot); Shephard, Greer (EP); Robin, Michael (EP). Logline: A dramatic series focusing on a boy in high school and his relationship with his father, who is a professional poker player.
CUSE, CARLTON PROJECT
Spelling script. One of four Spelling scripts toward a put pilot. Auspices: Cuse, Carlton (EP/W pilot). Logline: A family show told from the perspective of the daughter who happens to be a surfer.
DUFF, JAMES PROJECT
Warner Bros.; Shephard-Robin script. One of three Shephard-Robin drama script commitments toward a put pilot. Auspices: Duff, James (EP/W pilot); Shephard, Greer (EP); Robin, Mike (EP). Logline: Concept to be determined.
HERRON, BLAKE PROJECT
Warner Bros.; Shephard-Robin script. One of three Shephard-Robin drama script commitments toward a put pilot. 09/19/01. Auspices: Herron, Blake (EP/W pilot); Shephard, Greer (EP); Robin, Mike (EP) Logline: A series about a prep school where the students learn magic.
IN MY LIFE
Columbia TriStar, American Zoetrope script. Auspices: Ungerleider, Ira (EP/W pilot). Logline: A family-oriented drama series set against the backdrop the civil rights movement in 1964 about a group of teenage boys who come of age in Baton Rouge, La.
KIMBERG, SIMON PROJECT
Warner Bros.; Bruckheimer Productions script. One of two Bruckheimer drama scripts toward a put pilot. Auspices: Kimberg, Simon (EP/W Pilot); Bruckheimer, Jerry (EP). Logline: A dramatic series about about a young assistant district attorney in New York City who brings comic-book villains to justice.
LOST IN OZ
Warner Bros.; A Band Apart pilot. Presentation being developed as a possible companion to “7th Heaven” on Monday nights. Auspices: Hayter, David (EP/W pilot); Bender, Lawrence (EP); Brown, Kevin (EP); Smith, Joel (EP); Baum, L. Frank (author). Logline: A dramatic fantasy series based on the fictional world of Oz created by L. Frank Baum. In this version, the characters from the classic film are historical figures, with a 20-something woman as the principal character. A la Dorothy, she unexpectedly arrives in Oz. However, discontented with skipping down the Yellow Brick Road in search of the Wizard, she leads a revolt against the powers of Oz.
SPY HIGH
Twentieth; Imagine script. Auspices: Marcus, Kip & Marcus, Adam (W pilot); Grazer, Brian (EP); Krantz, Tony (EP); Howard, Ron (EP). Logline: A dramatic series about a high school for spies in training.
TICKET TO RIDE
Imagemovers; Warner Bros. script. Auspices: Rapke, Jack (EP); Zemekis, Robert (EP); Finkelstein, Billy (EP/W pilot). Logline: A drama series centering on a young ensemble in a New York City law school.
WELCOME TO HOLLAND
Warner Bros. Put pilot. Auspices: Ferber, Bruce (EP/W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series about a family with an autistic child.
YOUNG TARZAN PROJECT
Warner Bros.; Laura Ziskin Prods. Put pilot. Auspices: Ziskin, Laura (EP); Werb, Mike & Colleary, Michael (W pilot). Logline: A dramatic series reviving the Edgar Rice Burroughs tale of a young aristocrat stranded in the African jungle and raised by apes. In this version, a teenage Lord Greystoke moves to New York City to live with his aunt.