(Latest update: Matthew Broderick joins "Untitled Tad Quill Project.")
Here is the full list of the CBS pilots in contention this pilot season, and some facts at a glance.
Network executives will decide in the spring what shows to order to series. What do you think looks good? What looks bad? And what do you think CBS will order to series?
See also: Every 2013 Network Pilot [4]
Tell us what you think in the comments, and check back regularly for additions and updates we'll post in bold.
DRAMAS
THE ADVOCATES (Warner Bros. Television)
Writer: Bruno Heller
Producer: Bruno Heller
Logline: A female lawyer and a male ex-con team up as “victim advocates,” going to the very edge of the law to right wrongs and fight for the underdog.
Cast:
Ben McKenzie
Mandy Moore
ANATOMY OF VIOLENCE (Teakwood Lane in association with 20th Century Fox Television)
Writers: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Alex Cary
Producers: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, Alex Cary
Logline: A criminal psychologist with expertise in sociopaths partners with a young female detective with whom he shares a conflicted past.
Cast:
Skeet Ulrich as "Dr. Raines"
BACKSTROM (20th Century Fox Television)
Writer: Hart Hanson
Producers: Hart Hanson, Leif G.W. Persson, Niclas Salomonsson
Logline: Drama based on the Swedish book series about an overweight, offensive, irascible detective as he tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior.
BEVERLY HILLS COP (Sony Television)
Writer: Shawn Ryan
Producers: Shawn Ryan, Eddie Murphy, Marney Hochman, Barry Sonnenfeld
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Logline: Continuation of the movie franchise, centered around Axel Foley’s police officer son, who takes down the criminal elements of the rich and famous in Beverly Hills.
Cast:
Brandon T. Jackson as “Aaron”
Eddie Murphy as “Axel Foley”
Kevin Pollak as “Rodney Daloof”
HOSTAGES (Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television)
Writer: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Omri Givon, Rotem Shamir, Chayim Sharir
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Logline: A family is caught in the middle of a grand political conspiracy that will change their lives forever.
Cast:
Dylan McDermott as "Duncan"
Toni Collette as "Ellen"
Rhys Coiro
THE ORDAINED (CBS Television Studios)
Writer: Lisa Takeuchi Cullen
Producers: Frank Marshall, Larry Shuman, A.B. Fischer
Director: R.J. Cutler
Logline: The son of a Kennedy-esque family leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.
Cast:
Charlie Cox
Jorge Garcia
Nestor Serrano
Sam Neill as "Michael Thomas Riley"
Emmanuelle Chriqui as "Sam"
Hope Davis
THE SURGEON GENERAL (CBS Television Studios)
Writer/Producer: Samuel Baum
Logline: Medical show centered around America’s doctor: the Surgeon General of the United States.
Cast:
Jason Isaacs
NCIS: LOS ANGELES PLANTED SPINOFF (CBS Television Studios)
Producer: Shane Brennan
Logline: The planted spinoff, which will air this spring as an episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles," will follow a small mobile team of agents, who are forced to live and work together, as they crisscross the country solving crimes.
Cast:
John Corbett as “Roy Miller”
Scott Grimes as “Dave”
Gillian Alexy as “Special Agent Claire”
Kim Raver as “Paris”
SECOND SIGHT (CBS Studios)
Writers: Michael Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta
Producers: Michael Cuesta, Gerald Cuesta, Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz, Paula Milne, Nick Reed & Phil Goldfine
Director: Michael Cuesta
Logline: Based on the UK series of the same name by Paula Milne, SECOND SIGHT is a gothic psychological thriller about a detective who is suddenly afflicted with an autoimmune virus that causes hallucinations reflective of his subconscious. He discovers that catching the killer depends as much on insight as eyesight.
INTELLIGENCE (ABC Studios)
Writer: Michael Seitzman
Producers: Michael Seitzman, David Semel, Tripp Vinson
Director: David Semel
Logline: "Intelligence" is centered at US Cyber Command, and focuses on a unit that has been created around one agent with a very special gift, a microchip that has been implanted in his brain that allows him to access the entire electromagnetic spectrum.
Cast:
Josh Holloway as “Gabriel Black”
Marg Helgenberger as "Lillian"
Michael Rady as "Chris Jameson"
James Martinez as "Gonzo Sanchez"
RECKLESS (CBS Television Studios)
Writer: Dana Stevens
Producers: Dana Stevens, Ian Sander, Kim Moses
Director: Catherine Hardwicke
Logline: Sultry legal show set in Charleston, South Carolina, where a gorgeous Yankee litigator and a Southern City Attorney struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal.
Cast:
Cam Gigandet
COMEDY
BAD TEACHER (Sony Television in association with Mosaic)
Format: Single camera
Writer: Hilary Winston
Producers: Hilary Winston, Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupinsky, Sam Hansen & Jimmy Miller
Logline: Based on the film, a sexy, foul-mouthed divorcee becomes a teacher to find her next husband.
Cast:
Ari Graynor as "Meredith Davis"
Sara Gilbert as "Irene"
David Alan Grier as "Principal Carl Gaines"
Ryan Hansen as "Joel"
Sara Rodier as "Lily"
Kristin Davis as "Ginny"
CRAZY ONES (20th Century Fox Television)
Writer: David E. Kelley
Producers: David E. Kelley, Dean Lorey, Bill D’Elia, John Montgomery, Mark Teitelbaum, Jason Winer
Director: Jason Winer
Logline: Father/daughter workplace single-camera half-hour comedy set in the world of advertising.
Cast:
Robin Williams as "Simon Roberts"
Sarah Michelle Gellar as "Sydney Roberts"
Jimmy Wolk as "Zach Cropper"
EX-MEN (CBS Television Studios)
Writer/Creator: Rob Greenberg
Producers: Rob Greenberg, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum
CBS Television Studios
Director: Rob Greenberg
Logline: A young guy finds camaraderie living among the more experienced guys he meets in a short-term rental complex.
Cast:
Chris Smith as "Carter"
Kal Penn as "Gil"
Tony Shalhoub as "Frank"
Jerry O’Connell as "Stuart"
FRIENDS WITH BETTER LIVES (Studio: 20TH Century Fox Television in association with Kapital Entertainment)
Format: Multi-camera
Writer: Dana Klein
Producers: Dana Klein, Aaron Kaplan
Director: James Burrows
Logline: A group of 30-something friends who each think the other has it better.
Cast:
James Van Der Beek
Kevin Connolly as "Bobby Lutz"
JACKED UP (Sony in association with Happy Madison in association with CBS Television Studios)
Format: Multi-camera
Writer: Greg Malins
Producers: Greg Malins, Doug Robinson, Patrick Warburton
Logline: Patrick Warburton stars as a beloved, recently retired baseball player finds that adjusting to retirement isn't as easy as he thought it'd be.
MOM (Chuck Lorre Productions, Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television)
Format: Multi-camera
Writers/Producers: Chuck Lorre, Eddie Gorodetsky, Gemma Baker
Logline: A newly sober single mom tries to pull her life together in Napa Valley.
Cast:
Anna Faris as "Christy"
Allison Janney as "Bonnie"
Blake Garrett as "Roscoe"
Nate Corddry as "Gabriel"
THE MCCARTHYS (Sony Television in association with Olive Bridge)
Format: Single camera
Writer: Brian Gallivan
Producers: Brian Gallivan, Will Gluck
Logline: Family comedy about a loud, sports-crazed Boston clan.
Cast:
Jacki Weaver as "Marjorie McCarthy"
Jack McGee as "Arthur"
SUPER CLYDE (CBS Television Studios)
Format: Single camera
Writer/Producer: Greg Garcia
Director: Mike Fresco
Logline: A meek, unassuming fast food worker decides to become a super hero. Single camera.
UNAUTHORIZED GREG GARCIA PROJECT (CBS Television Studios)
Format: Multi-camera
Writer/Producer: Greg Garcia
Director: James Burrows
Logline: a recently divorced guy’s life gets more complicated when his parents have marital problems of their own.
Cast:
Will Arnett
Beau Bridges
UNTITLED JIM GAFFIGAN PROJECT (Sony Television in association with Fedora Entertainment)
Format: Single camera
Writers: Jim Gaffigan, Peter Tolan
Producers: Jim Gaffigan, Peter Tolan, Michael Wimer, Alex Murray
Logline: Comedian Jim Gaffigan stars as the happily married and harried New York City father of five, as he is in real life.
Cast:
Jim Gaffigan as "Jim"
Mira Sorvino as "Jeannie"
UNTITLED ROTTENBERG & ZURITZSKY PROJECT (CBS Television Studios)
Format: Single camera
Writers: Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky
Producers: Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky, Avi Nir, Ran Telem, Daniela London-Dekel & Dana Eden
Logline: Based on an Israeli format, a married mom struggles to balance family, life, and work.
UNTITLED TAD QUILL PROJECT (CBS Television Studios)
Format: Multi-camera
Writer/Producer: Tad Quill
Logline: A recently widowed father raises his 12-year old son while jumping back into the dating pool.
Cast:
Matthew Broderick as "Jack"