No Angels Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Amblin Television Executive Producers: Julie Anne Robinson, Stacy Traub, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Roderick Seligman, Simon Heath Writer: Stacy Traub Director: Julie Anne Robinson Logline: About a group of nurses who work together and live together. Work issues become home issues. Home issues become work issues. And eventually it’s hard to tell which is which. Details: Based on the British dramedy, No Angels, which aired on Channel 4 in 2004. SSN Insight: Robinson is also developing The Long Game, with Shondaland and ABC, being written by Jennifer Schuur, about a female forensic accountant who exposes fraud for a living.
Riverdale Network: Fox Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: Berlanti Productions, Archie Comics Entertainment Executive Producers: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Jon Goldwater Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Logline: Set in the present, the series offers a subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade. Details: Based on the characters from the Archie comics. SSN Insight: Berlanti is also developing three other projects, Blindspot for NBC, Supergirl for CBS, and The Things They Left Behind for CBS. Untitled Fortune Feimster Comedy Project Network: ABC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producers: Matt Hubbard, Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, David Miner Co-Executive Producer: Fortune Feimster Writer: Matt Hubbard Logline: Set in North Carolina, the show is based on the family life and stand-up of Feimster. SSN Insight: Project reunites the same producers who last season created Cabot College for Fox, which ultimately did not get picked up to series.
Totally Illegal Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Executive Producers: Lee Aronsohn, Marcus Wiley Writer: Lee Aronsohn Logline: The show takes a different spin on the idea of assimilation and immigration experiences in the framework of a family show. Details: Based on the real-life experiences of producer Kelly Slattery.
Frankenstein Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Production Company: Teakwood Lane Productions Executive Producers: Rand Ravich, Howard Gordon Co-Executive Producer: Hugh Fitzpatrick Writer: Rand Ravich Logline: Adam Tremble is a morally corrupt FBI agent who is given a second chance at life when he is brought back from the dead. Now younger and stronger, Tremble will have to choose between his old temptations and his new sense of purpose — dealing with threats beyond the FBI’s capabilities. All the while, he must navigate the complicated relationship with his "creators": an antisocial Internet billionaire and his bio-engineer twin sister. Details: Inspired by the novel, Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley and published in 1818. SSN Insight: Gordon is also developing an untitled project with James Wong for CBS. Phantom of the Opera Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Cherry/Wind Productions Executive Producers: Marc Cherry, Sabrina Wind, Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner Writers: Alan Zachary, Michael Weiner Logline: Set in the sexy and cutthroat world of the modern-day music business. Details: Based on the novel, Le Fantôme de l'Opéra (Phantom of the Opera), written by Gaston Leroux and originally published as serial in 1909.
The Greater Good Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Production Company: Brownstone Productions Executive Producers: Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman, Caroline Williams Writer: Caroline Williams Director: Elizabeth Banks Logline: A relationship/workplace comedy set in the world of conspiracy theories. SSN Insight: If the project is picked up, it would be Banks’ first directing project.
Death Class Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Executive Producers: Jennifer Carpenter, Sara Colleton Logline: Centers on nurse Norma Bowe, who, when she decides to teach a class on death at a college in New Jersey, never expected it to be popular. But year after year students crowd into her classroom and the reason is clear: Norma's "death class" is really about how to make the most of what poet Mary Oliver famously called our "one wild and precious life." Details: Based on the novel The Death Class: A True Story About Life, written by Erika Hayasaki. SSN Insight: Carpenter has just recently wrapped the USA pilot Stanistan.
Silk Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: BBC Worldwide Productions Executive Producers: Peter Moffat, Marty Scott Writer: Marty Scott Logline: Chronicles the journey of an unorthodox and uncompromising attorney Martha Costello. What she lacks in polish she makes up for in her unstoppable blue-collar determination. Martha is constantly in battle not only for her own clients, but also for her own survival at the world's top law firm, the secretive and elitist Crown & Royce. Details: Based on the British drama which aired from 2011-2014 on BBC One, and starred Maxine Peake.
Untitled Shane Brennan Family Cop Drama Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Production Company: Shane Brennan Productions Executive Producers: Shane Brennan, Stephen Crawford, Grant Anderson Co-Executive Producers: JP Lavin, Chad Damiani, Matt Hawkins, Marc Silvestri Writers: JP Lavin, Chad Damiani Logline: Centers on four agents who go undercover as the perfect family for an operation that has them rooting out dangerous criminals in the suburbs while becoming an unlikely family at the same time. Details: Based on the upcoming Top Cow Productions comic book Family Affair, written by J.P. Lavin, Chad Damiani and Matt Hawkins.
Wire In The Blood Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Companies: Mandeville Films/TV, Coastal Productions, Endemol Studios Executive Producers: A.M. Homes, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks, Sandra Jobling Writer: A.M. Homes Logline: When detective Elizabeth Chase struggles to evade the succession of women in New York City who have turned up dead, she recruits the help of unconventional clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill, who has a talent for catching killers before they are able to strike again. Dr. Hill analyzes both victim and killer, demonstrating empathy for both sides. Details: Based on the British psychological crime drama of the same name, which premiered on ITV in 2002 and which was based on characters created by Scottish suspense novelist and crime writer Val McDermid.
Shakespeare’s Sisters Network: CW Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Harmon/Tannenbaum Executive Producers: Mark Harmon, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Brad Silberling Co-Executive Producer: Scott Sullivan Writer: Scott Sullivan Director: Brad Silberling Logline: A tale of black magic, romance and revenge, the drama is set in 1590s London and chronicles a young Will Shakespeare's rise to prominence as he finds himself caught in a deadly conflict among three witches and the most powerful woman in the world, Queen Elizabeth. SSN Insight: Harmon was also behind the new series NCIS: New Orleans, which he teamed up with NCIS creator Gary Glasberg to help create.
Untitled Josh Siegal / Dylan Morgan Witch Project Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: TBD Entertainment Executive Producers: Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan Writers: Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan Logline: A circle of friends who grow closer when one of them "comes out" to the group — as a witch. SSN Insight: Project stems from Siegal’s and Morgan’s overall deal with Universal Television.
Mr. Chris Network: ABC Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Amigos de Garcia Productions Executive Producers: Chris Case, Greg Garcia, Alix Jaffe Writer: Chris Case Logline: After Chris gets financially cut off by his fed-up father, he temporarily moves in with a construction foreman and his family, where he has to learn the lessons that were never taught to him growing up. SSN Insight: This is Garcia’s sixth project sold this season.
St. Lucy’s Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Executive Producers: Channing Powell, John L. Jacobs, Jenny Bicks Writer: Channing Powell Logline: When mysterious and attractive 16-year-old twins show up at the elite St Lucy’s boarding school, it changes the school and the tiny town of Green Hills, Maine in ways no one could have imagined. Raised by wolves, these two have the feral ferocity, sexuality and instincts that socialized humans around them have lost. Only the middle-aged Headmistress (and nun), knows their secret, but what she does not know is that her sexy secret lover--a popular 24-year-old English teacher—is a former wolf kid himself. Details: Based on the novel St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, written by Karen Russell. SSN Insight: Bicks is also developing the TV adaptation of Marley & Me for NBC and an Untitled project with Max Greenfield for Fox.