List of Television Pilots for the 2013-14 TV season
Listing all pilots for the Major Broadcasting networks that are/were in contention for a series pickup later this year or 2014.
Note: This is a list of pilots that are/were in contention, not a list of new series for 2013-14...some of the pilots listed here were very good but did not make it past the Pilot stages...some are still in contention....they are ALL listed here.
Note: This is a list of pilots that are/were in contention, not a list of new series for 2013-14...some of the pilots listed here were very good but did not make it past the Pilot stages...some are still in contention....they are ALL listed here.
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- CreatorMaurissa TancharoenJed WhedonJoss WhedonStarsClark GreggMing-Na WenBrett DaltonThe missions of the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
- CreatorMichael JacobsApril KellyStarsRowan BlanchardSabrina CarpenterBen SavageMore than a decade after Boy Meets World (1993), Cory and Topanga Matthews are married and have two children. Their daughter, Riley, faces life lessons through her family, friends, and school--where her father is her history teacher--as her parents did when they were younger.
- CreatorAlfonso CuarónMark FriedmanStarsJake McLaughlinJohnny SequoyahJamie ChungA relationship forms between a gifted young girl and a man sprung from prison who has been tasked with protecting her from the evil elements that hunt her power.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsRebecca FergusonMatthew GoodeKyle ChandlerExplores the relationships and rivalries, in addition to the mysteries and miracles behind the Catholic church.
- CreatorRebel WilsonStarsRebel WilsonKevin BishopLiza LapiraThree nerdy female friends decide to have super fun every Friday night.
- CreatorDavid E. KelleyStarsRobin WilliamsSarah Michelle GellarJames WolkOut-of-the-box Simon Roberts runs an ad agency with his Type-A daughter Sydney.
- TV MovieDirectorMichael MayerStarsVirginia MadsenSophia BushJames RemarThe traditional Hatfields versus McCoys family fued with an in depth look at the inner workings of each family. Focusing on the patriarchy and rigid dislike from long term and out dated opinions passed down on each side, the eventual conclusion is that love cannot be stopped by fathers, family ridgedness nor expectations.
- DirectorAlex GravesStarsAnthony HeadLouise LombardArden ChoCenters on a working class young woman chosen by lottery to participate in a competition with 35 other women for the Royal Prince's hand to become the nation's next queen. Balancing her loyalty to family, true love, and kingdom, she must attempt to remain true to herself as she navigates the cutthroat competition and palace intrigue, all while a budding rebellion threatens to topple the crown.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJosh PlasseStella MaeveMerle DandridgeCenters around two early 20-something women, Krista and Page, who grew up together, were once best friends, but now are on opposite sides of the Townie/Military divide. Krista has always lived a charmed life and is happily engaged to Paul, a lieutenant in the Navy, but begins to show her vulnerable side when Paul gets involved in the scandal.
- CreatorMeredith AverillStarsAimee TeegardenMatt LanterGrey DamonAbout an epic romance between a human girl and an alien boy when he and others of his kind are integrated into a suburban high school 10 years after they landed on Earth and were consigned to an internment camp.
- CreatorDana StevensStarsKim WayansMichael GladisGregory HarrisonIn sultry Charleston, where summer is long and secrets simmer behind every door, sex and crime walk hand in hand as two adversaries, a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a southern City Attorney, struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal that threatens to implode the city.
- DirectorMartin CampbellStarsStephen LangPatrick FugitErnie HudsonCenters on a resourceful problem solver who, when his wife is unjustly imprisoned during a political uprising overseas, resorts to entering a world of political intrigue, dangerous alliances and high emotional stakes in order to get her out.
- CreatorPhillip IscoveAlex KurtzmanRoberto OrciStarsTom MisonLyndie GreenwoodNicole BeharieIchabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers.
- StarsAri GraynorSara GilbertRyan HansenCenters on a sexy, foul-mouthed divorcée who becomes a teacher to find her next husband.
- CreatorJason RothenbergStarsEliza TaylorBob MorleyMarie AvgeropoulosSet 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.
- CreatorGreg BerlantiPhil KlemmerJulie PlecStarsRobbie AmellPeyton ListLuke MitchellStephen helps genetically advanced teenagers hide from a paramilitary group hunting them down.
- CreatorDavid RosenStarsJason RitterAlexis BledelKerri KenneyFocuses on the key life moments for Gavin and Stacey, who try to maintain their relationship while combining their polarizing families' lives.
- CreatorChris MorganStarsRamón RodríguezJay HernandezRZAAs kid, Ryan Lopez got connected to gang boss Javier Acosta. He's now detective in LAPD's Gang Task Force. While secretly passing info on to Javier, he's a good cop 95% of the time.
- DirectorRod LurieStarsClancy BrownKatherine McNamaraJason IsaacsThis film tells some of the stories of John Sherman, a surgeon general with an overwhelming number of patients in need of care in a time where hospitals are more of an industry than a service.
- DirectorAnand TuckerStarsMelissa GeorgeTom EllisTracie ThomsModern day show that weaves together a mythology that incorporates the legends of Dracula, Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein and Dorian Gray among others.
- DirectorJeffrey ReinerStarsPedro PascalMichiel HuismanGraham McTavishFailed pilot adaptation of an eponymous comic book set in the old west about six cursed guns that give dark powers and are tied to its owners until their deaths. A heroine and an antihero are after the sixth gun that grants visions.
- DirectorPeter BergStarsJonathan BanksSkyler SamuelsKaDee StricklandFollows the story of an orphaned young girl, Bird Benson, who, due to an accident of birth, is caught in the epic struggle between two warring families of mercenaries and killers.
- DirectorMichael FrescoStarsJustine LupeTyler LabineRupert GrintCenters on Clyde, a meek, unassuming fast food worker who decides to become a super hero.
- CreatorAaron ZelmanStarsOmar EppsFrances FisherMatt CravenThe lives of the people of Arcadia, Missouri are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return.
- CreatorDavid ZabelJason RichmanKay MellorStarsSummer BishilLorraine BruceChristine EvangelistaFollow a group of seven gas station employees in Queens, New York, who have been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win.
- DirectorCherie NowlanStarsAnnie PottsBridget ReganEnver GjokajCenters on mother Blythe and daughter Lex who team up as amateur sleuths. The sassy Lex works in the Mayor's office by day, and works as sleuth with Blythe by night.
- CreatorLaurie McCarthyStephanie SenguptaStarsAdelaide KaneMegan FollowsCelina SindenMary, Queen of Scots, faces political and sexual intrigue in the treacherous world of the French court.
- CreatorJason KatimsStarsDavid WaltonBenjamin StockhamAl MadrigalWomanizing Will lives a carefree bachelor life on a Christmas song's royalties - until 11-year-old Marcus and his cute mom Fiona move in next door. Will provides an escape for Marcus from his vegan, hippie, uncool, depressed mom.
- CreatorJon BokenkampStarsJames SpaderMegan BooneDiego KlattenhoffA new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
- CreatorHannah ShakespeareStarsTricia HelferMarc BlucasMichael TruccoCenters on Molly Parker, one of only two women in the notoriously male Texas Rangers, a ballsy, beautiful badass who knows how to get to the truth and isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers on her way there.
- DirectorR.J. CutlerStarsSam NeillCharlie CoxEmmanuelle ChriquiAbout the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.
- CreatorMark CullenRobb CullenStarsJames CaanMaggie LawsonBenjamin KoldykeCenters on Terry Gannon, a recently divorced single mother who temporarily moves in with her estranged father, a beer-swilling former baseball player.
- CreatorAlon AranyaJeffrey NachmanoffOmri GivonStarsToni ColletteTate DonovanRhys CoiroA premiere surgeon is blackmailed in a plot to assassinate the president after her family is taken hostage by a rogue federal agent.
- CreatorFrank KetelaarRobert KievitDavid ZabelStarsHannah WareHenry ThomasWendy MonizCenters on Sara, an unhappily married photographer who begins a torrid affair with Jack, a lawyer for a powerful family.
- CreatorPeter DuncanPeter TolanStarsGreg KinnearJohn OrtizMiranda OttoAn outspoken and self-destructive criminal defense lawyer takes on the most challenging cases.
- DirectorRuben FleischerStarsHilarie Burton MorganGary ColeJessica SzohrCenters on Deputy U.S. Marshal Dan Shaker who, when members of the Federal Witness Security Program start getting killed, leads the hunt for the person who stole the list, a file with the identities of every member of the program.
- CreatorJon LucasScott MooreStarsAdam CampbellAdan CantoAlexis CarraChronicles the exploits of singles, five guys and five girls, in search of love all over the course of one night.
- DirectorScott EllisStarsKimiko GlennErinn HayesKate Miner
- CreatorGuillermo del ToroChuck HoganStarsCorey StollDavid BradleyKevin DurandA mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism ravages the city of New York.
- CreatorGemma BakerEddie GorodetskyChuck LorreStarsAllison JanneyAnna FarisMimi KennedyA newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley while dealing with her wayward mother.
- CreatorDana KleinStarsJames Van Der BeekMajandra DelfinoZoe Lister-JonesA comedy centered around six 30-something friends who each think the other has it better.
- DirectorMichael CuestaStarsMadeline ZimaJason LeeChristina ColeCenters on Tanner, a lead detective with the New Orleans Police Department who has an ocular disorder that causes him to have horrifying and visually stimulating anxiety dreams and hallucinations.
- StarsTaylor RussellOlivia ChengMichael WestonAbout a family whose lives are forever changed, for better and worse, when the patriarch has a car accident resulting in a coma-like syndrome where he cannot speak or move, but can see and hear all.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsJesse PlemonsBenjamin WalkerGayle RankinCenters on Roy, a young American missionary who gets caught up in Cold War intrigue while helping a young woman escape East Berlin.
- CreatorWarren BellJessica ButlerHoward Michael GouldStarsTia MowryMichael BoatmanSydney ParkA 25-year-old party girl becomes an instant mom when she marries an older man with three children.
- DirectorMiguel ArtetaStarsAnna GunnMelissa RoxburghColin SalmonFollows Rita, an acerbic, outspoken private-school teacher who struggles to raise her three teenage children while dealing with the inane bureaucracy and overprotective parents at her school.
- CreatorJeff JudahGabe SachsStarsEoin MackenJill FlintBrendan FehrA group of doctors from the Army return to work the night shift at a hospital in San Antonio.
- DirectorCraig BrewerStarsAnthony LaPagliaRosa SalazarFelicity HuffmanAbout a family who serve as assassins for the federal government.
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsKrysten RitterAlfred MolinaZach CreggerA comedy about a lady who is trying to make it as an assistant to a very powerful man.
- DirectorBen TaylorStarsGreta LeeRachael HarrisSharon HorganBad Management centers on a slightly self-centered female boss (Horgan) at a high-end luxury goods department store who finds her ways challenged when the boss' son, Tobias Jr. (Spade), comes to town and makes youth and sex the new company focus. Harris plays Linda, a store employee who finally gives up on her long-time spray tan habit.
- CreatorDan GoorMichael SchurStarsAndy SambergStephanie BeatrizTerry CrewsComedy series following the exploits of Det. Jake Peralta and his diverse, lovable colleagues as they police the NYPD's 99th Precinct.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsMatthew ModineAmber TamblynSkeet UlrichCenters on a criminal psychologist with an expertise in sociopaths who partners with a young female detective with whom he shares a conflicted past.
- CreatorEmily HalpernSarah HaskinsStarsMalin AkermanBradley WhitfordMichaela WatkinsA reformed party girl finds herself an insta-family after falling in love with a man with 3 manipulative children and two judgmental ex-wives.
- CreatorRichard PriceSteven ZaillianStarsRiz AhmedJohn TurturroBill CampAfter a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
- CreatorJohn MulaneyStarsJohn MulaneyNasim PedradSeaton SmithJohn's desire to be a good person challenges his friendship with his roommates Jane and Motif.
- CreatorKyle KillenStarsChristian SlaterSteve ZahnMegalyn EchikunwokeCenters on the complicated relationship between the Edwards brothers: Clark, a bipolar genius in human psychology, and Ross, a slick ex-con, who solve their clients' problems using the real science of human motivation and manipulation.
- DirectorAlex HardcastleStarsPaget BrewsterKen JeongCamille GuatyCenters on Tim, a well intentioned father of a highly intelligent and verbal son, who also happens to be his complete opposite, who inadvertently takes a job at the Secret Service in order to prove himself a worthy father.
- DirectorGail MancusoStarsHaley Lu RichardsonKelly PrestonJane SeymourCenters on Karey, the clean-nosed black sheep in a family of petty thieves, drug addicts, and narcissists. When her brother is sent to prison, she decides to raise his kids along with her adopted black son and give them the normal lives they deserve.
- CreatorAdam F. GoldbergStarsWendi McLendon-CoveySean GiambroneTroy GentileThis ABC show takes place in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania in the 1980s and follows the lives of a family named The Goldbergs.
- CreatorKevin BiegelStarsGeoff StultsChristopher LowellParker YoungCenters on Sgt. Pete Hill who, after a stint in Afghanistan, is stationed at a small military base in Florida to tackle the toughest job of all: leading his dysfunctional brothers' squad.
- CreatorJustin HalpernPatrick SchumackerStarsChristopher MeloniRachael HarrisConnor BuckleyA boy becomes a man, and a man becomes a father, in a time before coming of age was something you could Google.
- DirectorMark PellingtonStarsNicole Ari ParkerMartin HendersonPerrey ReevesA murder in suburban California complicates the lives of three couples and their families.
- DirectorJason WinerStarsAngela KinseyRob RiggleTim MeadowsThe neurotic, clueless, introverted Gabriels family struggle to fit into their small Wisconsin town where politeness and togetherness reign.
- CreatorRob GreenbergStarsKal PennJerry O'ConnellTony ShalhoubA young guy finds camaraderie living among the more experienced guys he meets in a short-term rental complex.
- DirectorDean DevlinStarsGeena DavisRachel DiPilloScott BakulaCenters on an unconventional bail bonds-woman and bounty hunter whose eccentric personality and unusual tactics give her an advantage in a tough and unpredictable business.
- StarsMira SorvinoJim GaffiganVanessa AspillagaCenters on Jim, a guy who lives with his wife Jeannie and five kids in a 2-bedroom New York apartment.
- DirectorThomas SchlammeStarsCarla GuginoSteve CooganKacey RohlCenters on Vincent, a former cop who's now a cunning but charming low-rent lawyer who uses his street smarts to work the system for his clients while battling his own demons and wooing his ex-wife.
- StarsWill GreenbergSally PressmanDave AnnableCenters on Joe Waxman, a conflict-avoidant children's book author caught in an ongoing tug of war between two needy, flawed people: his wife Jane and his handsome ladies man co-author and best friend Joe Dougan.
- DirectorMichael DinnerStarsGina RodriguezMykelti WilliamsonWill RothhaarA look at the lives of the personnel aboard an aircraft carrier.
- CreatorBill LawrenceGreg MalinsStarsSkylar AstinBriga HeelanRory ScovelA comedy about a young successful banker who falls for a woman who works in his building's maintenance department.
- CreatorGregory Thomas GarciaStarsJ.B. SmooveMargo MartindaleWill ArnettA divorced reporter, looking forward to the single life, finds his parents' marital problems derail his plans.
- DirectorKevin BrayStarsBryan GreenbergMichelle LaBretStephanie SigmanA Colombian woman moves to Miami to marry an ambitious politician, in an attempt to leave her troubled past behind.
- DirectorMarc BucklandStarsKylie RogersGreg GermannKen Marino
- CreatorVictor FrescoStarsSean HayesMegan HiltyEcho KellumCenters on Sean, who must figure out how to parent his 14-year-old daughter, who just moved in, while navigating a temperamental new boss at work.
- CreatorJim BernsteinAndy SchwartzStarsBradley Steven PerryJake ShortParis BerelcWhen two comic book fanboys discover a secret hospital for superheroes, they're offered the job of a lifetime and get the chance to "save the people who save people."
- CreatorBob FisherDenis LearyStarsMichael MosleyKevin DanielsKevin BigleyA comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.
- CreatorTony GoldwynRichard LaGraveneseStarsDamon GuptonMarin IrelandJoe AndersonA district attorney uncovers new evidence that prompts the reinvestigation of a sensational murder case.
- CreatorAnne HecheChad KultgenStarsKate WalshTone BellJohn DuceyA hard-living, sexually unapologetic woman plays with the law, and her life on the edge is constantly in balance as she also happens to be a judge in the Criminal Court system.
- DirectorJonas PateStarsMatthew LillardAngela SarafyanTerry KinneyCenters on Victor Port, a high-powered divorce attorney with a unique view of relationships.
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsAdam GoldbergAndrea AndersRegina KingCenters on Kenny and Robin, a recently divorced couple who were bad together but discover they're even worse apart and can't seem to stay out of each others' lives.
- DirectorFred SavageStarsMissi PylePatrick WarburtonRob HuebelCenters on Jack a beloved, recently retired baseball player who finds that adjusting to retirement isn't as easy as he thought it'd be.
- DirectorJames WiddoesStarsMelora HardinNicky WhelanEfren RamirezNick Porter, a laid-off twentysomething math teacher, is thrust into the blue-collar world when he gets a job at that most American of retail institutions: the big-box home-supply store.
- CreatorHart HansonStarsRainn WilsonGenevieve AngelsonKristoffer PolahaThe Portland Police Bureau's Elite Special Crimes Unit is led by Det. Lt. Everett Backstrom, an alcoholic smoker whose health is failing, but he takes on cases in special circumstances.
- CreatorJ.H. WymanStarsKarl UrbanMichael EalyMinka KellyIn a not-so-distant future, a human cop and an android partner team up to serve and protect.
- CreatorCraig SilversteinStarsJamie BellHeather LindSamuel RoukinA Long Island farmer bands together a group of childhood friends to form an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America's fight for independence.
- DirectorTony WharmbyStarsChris O'DonnellDaniela RuahEric Christian OlsenIn Idaho someone executes a Marine gunnery sergeant with a pistol; two days before in Los Angeles someone used the same weapon in the same way to kill an Indonesian man; the LA bunch collaborate with an NCIS mobile team. [Continued.]
- CreatorSteven KaneHank SteinbergStarsEric DaneAdam BaldwinCharles ParnellThe crew of a naval destroyer is forced to confront the reality of a new existence when a pandemic kills off most of the earth's population.
- DirectorErnie BarbarashStarsAdam RaynerEliza DushkuIan OgilvyInternational master thief, Simon Templar, also known as The Saint, is tasked to find a man's kidnapped daughter. In addition to evading the authorities, Simon must face a dangerous adversary from his past.
- CreatorJohn AltschulerMike JudgeDave KrinskyStarsThomas MiddleditchT.J. MillerJosh BrenerFollows the struggle of Richard Hendricks, a Silicon Valley engineer trying to build his own company called Pied Piper.
- DirectorMcGStarsLexi AinsworthOdette AnnableJennifer BealsCreated in 2013 for ABC TV by Ilona Chaiken and Byron Balasco, this pilot didn't come through and the series was canceled. The only episode shows the decade long battle between two rival families that want to seize control of Venice Beach in California, the Carvers and the Nances. After leaving prison, Chris Carver gets back the reigns of power and clashes with his childhood friend Sophie Nance, the daughter of the man who ruined his family. Their passionate romance will stop the war, but things won't be that breezy under the California sun...
- DirectorDavid WainStarsDa'Vine Joy RandolphLindsey KraftEllie KemperCenters on stories from Brenda Miller's past and present, which are interwoven to give a unique portrait of how a chubby, awkward, but incredibly confident 13-year-old grew up to be a 31-year-old woman who still marches to the beat of her own drum.
- CreatorMike SikowitzStarsMike O'MalleyMary McCormackJustina MachadoChronicles how cultures collide when a white family and a Latino family are bonded together by their children who fall in love followed quickly by an unplanned pregnancy.
- CreatorWill GluckSam LaybourneStarsMichael J. FoxBetsy BrandtWendell PierceA comedy inspired by the life of Michael J. Fox.
- DirectorAdam BernsteinStarsJohn GoodmanClark JohnsonMatt MalloyFollows four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington DC.Amazon
- DirectorDavid NutterStarsMandy MooreBen McKenzieChasty BallesterosRevolves around a female lawyer and a male ex-con who team as victim advocates and go to the edge of the law to right wrongs and fight for the underdog.
- CreatorChristopher CantwellChristopher C. RogersStarsLee PaceScoot McNairyMackenzie DavisFollows some players in the 80s technological revolution that lead to information society.
- DirectorFred SavageStarsJake LacyPaul W. DownsJacki Weaver
- DirectorMark TonderaiStarsDrea de MatteoJodi Lyn O'KeefeMena SuvariRevolves around a criminal prosecutor who penned the law on stalking in California and is based on the true story of a hot-head cop and polished district attorney who team to bring a stalker obsessed with her former lover to justice.