33 Bee 18 April 2001 part B episodes listing
Eastlant Sci-Fi Group - 2000-2001 Season Progress Report 33B.
This is a list of new season episodes available from the Eastlant Sci-Fi Group as of 18th April 2001.
For a list of archive episodes from previous seasons, see our on-line episode list at:
http://www.infinitefrontiers.co.uk/SFNews_Eastlant/list.htm
Courtesy of Infinite Frontiers.
New Season Start Update
Here is the latest forecast for new season starts over the next few months.
All Souls (UPN) April 17 (debut)
Witchblade (TNT) June 12 (series debut)
Stargate SG-1 (SHO) June 29 (Season Five)
Lexx (SCIFI) July 28 (Season Four)
Current Season Finale news
Here are a few items of news concerning the finales of some of the current season shows:
X-Files – the season finale is to be a double-length episode, taking the season to the usual 22-episode length;
Xena – as a further example of the disdain which this series is being subjected to, the last few episodes have been postponed until June, meaning that the show will hardly feature at all in May Sweeps.
Buffy – The finale will be a double-length special episode featuring guest appearances by a number of former cast members including the main cast from Angel. As a result, Season 2 of Angel will only run 21 episodes.
Pilots in production
More details are beginning to emerge concerning the pilots in production for proposed next season shows. As always, the vast majority of these will never make to a series. This list includes both genre and non-genre shows:
ABC
Alias (Drama) Studio: Touchstone Producers: J.J. Abrams and Sarah Caplan Premise: A grad student moonlights as a CIA agent. Stars: Jennifer Garner ("Felicity"), Michael Vartan ("Ally McBeal") and Victor Garber ("Annie" )
The Back Page (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producer: Don Todd Premise: Two young newspaper reporters work for an established metropolitan daily. Stars: Jessica Capshaw ("Odd Man Out") and Derek Cecil ("The Beat")
The Big House, formerly Being Brewster (Drama) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Kerry Ehrin and Nena Rodrigue Premise: Sounds much harder than simply being John Malkovich -- the title family has seven kids, and show insiders have dubbed it "'7th Heaven' on acid." Stars: Jennifer Beals, Chris Potter ("Queer as Folk" ) and Alicia Morton ("Annie" )
Bob Patterson (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and 20th Century Fox Producers:Jason Alexander, Tim Doyle, Peter Tilden and Ira Behr Premise: A motivational speaker with a less-than-inspiring personal life. Stars: Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld")
Born in Brooklyn (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Becky Mode, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin Premise:A thirtysomething book editor and her lawyer husband living in the borough are expecting their first child. Stars: Maria Bello ("ER"), Edward Atterton, Judith Light ("Who's the Boss" ), Jeff Ross, Isaac Mizrahi and Tamara Taylor ("Party of Five")
The Court (Drama) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Rob Scheidlinger and Oliver Goldstick Premise: With so many lawyer shows, they've had to up the ante: This one's set in the Supreme Court, as seen through the eyes of the justices and law clerks. Stars: Sally Field ("ER"), Alicia Witt ("Cybill") and Kevin Wiesman
Criminal Mastermind (Comedy) Studio: Brad Grey TV Producer: Paul Simms Premise: The imprisoned Mike Mastermind entertains his fellow inmates with tales of his past heists, in the style of the "Naked Gun" movies. Stars: Lochlyn Munro ("Charmed"), Mark McKinney ("Kids in the Hall" ) and Ashley Scott
HMO (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and Imagine Producers: Peter Tolan and Lauren Corrao Premise: There's nothing funnier than bureaucracy -- when you're not the one who has to deal with it. This show follows a gaggle of doctors and patients as they deal with their health management (dis)organizations. Stars: John Cleese, Tim Dutton ("Ally McBeal"), Bill Smitrovich ("Millenium" ), Charalayne Woodard ("Unbreakable" ), Lola Glaudini ("NYPD Blue") and Obi Ndefo ("Dawson's Creek")
Man in the Kitchen (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and DreamWorks Producers: Michael Borkow, Nina Wass and Gene Stein Premise: This post-Jack Tripper show-within-a-show focuses on the host of a cooking series (incidentally, real-life TV chef Emeril Lagasse has his own sitcom on NBC). Stars: Jeffrey Tambor ("The Larry Sanders Show") and Kellie Martin ("ER")
Mark of Greatness: (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producer: Pam Brady Premise:The aspirationally titled sitcom follows an aspiring stuntman who teaches fifth grade and performs daredevil feats in his spare time. Stars: To Be Announced
Me & My Needs (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Nina Wass, Gene Stein and Judy Toll Premise: All about a neurotic newsmagazine producer, this comedy wins Zap2it's award for best title. Stars: Nicole Sullivan ("MADtv" ), Stephen Root ("NewsRadio"), Amy Farrington and Tommy Rock
Metropolis (Drama) Studio: 20th, Touchstone and Granada Producers: Rob Thomas, Greer Shephard and Michael Robin Premise: Ensemble drama following six buddies after college. Stars: Keith Carradine, Michael E. Rodgers, Sarah Paulson ("Jack & Jill" ), Jenni Baird, Michael Ealey, Adam Kaufman ("Dawson's Creek"), Matthew Rouch and Klea Scott ("Brooklyn South" )
My Wonderful Life (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Lawrence Broch and Bill Hamm Premise: A single mom's so-called wonderful life consists of balancing kids, career and men. Stars: To Be Announced
North Hollywood (Comedy) Studio: DreamWorks Producers: Judd Apatow Premise: Apatow ("Freaks and Geeks") graduates to twenty-something territory in this half-hour about two writer/actor/comedians who can't decide what to do after college. Stars: To Be Announced
Philly: (Drama) Studio: Bochco and Paramount Producers: Steven Bochco and Allison Cross Premise: Legal drama. Stars: Kim Delaney ("NYPD Blue"), Tom Everett Scott ("The $treet" ) and Rick Hoffman ("The $treet" )
Silicon Follies (Drama) Studio: Imagine and Touchstone Producers: Sandy Isaacs, Betty Thomas, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Tony Krantz Premise: What's bad for the economy is good for TV. A twentysomething woman uses the new media to climb the corporate ladder, only to be reined in by a traditional exec once the dot-com's stock falters. Stars: Scott Bairstow ("Harsh Realm")
Speak (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Warner-Mandabach Producers: Dave Goetsch, Jason Venokur and Ross Venokur Premise: Perhaps unnerved by the impending actors' strike, Hollywood has crafted a show around a talking dog. Stars: To Be Announced
Thieves (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producer: Arnold Kopelson Premise: A thief works for the government. Stars: John Stamos ("Full House") and Tone Loc
Untitled Charles Randolph Project (Drama) Studio: 20th and Jersey Producer: Charles Randolph Premise: Owners of a dot-com business and forced to bring in corporate executives to help it survive. Stars: Ron Livingston ("Townies"), Leslie Stefanson, Kristy Swanson ("Grapevine"), Jared Harris and Kate Hodge ("Working")
Untitled Jim Belushi Project: (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and Brad Grey Television Producers: Suzanne Bukinik, Tracy Newman and Jonathan Stark Premise: Family comedy. Stars: Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith ("Ally McBeal"), Sam Seder and Kimberly Williams ("Relativity")
Untitled Mitch Rouse (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Nina Wass, Gene Stein, Jay Scherick and David Ronn Premise: Two lifelong friends leave their native small town for Chicago. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Scherick and Ronn (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Jay Scherick and David Ronn Premise: An unorthodox P.I. has his own interpretation of the law and is not opposed to the occasional vigilante outburst. Stars: To Be Announced
The Web (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Peter Tolan and Lauren Corrao Premise: That's "web" as in "net" as in "network." And what a tangled one. The behind-the-scenes sitcom follows a Midwestern TV exec who relocates to Hollywood, an entirely different TV landscape. Stars: Ivan Sergei ("Jack & Jill" ), Ed Begley, Jr. ("St. Elsewhere") and Melinda McGraw ("The District")
CBS
The Agency (Drama) Studio: Radiant and CBS Producers: Gail Katz, Wolfgang Petersen and Shaun Cassidy Premise: A look at the inner workings of the CIA. Stars: Gil Bellows ("Ally McBeal"), Rocky Carroll ("Welcome to New York"), Andrea Roth, Paige Turco ("Party of Five"), Will Patton and Ronny Cox ("Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" )
Baby Bob (Comedy) Studio: Viacom and Paramount Producers: Judd Pillot and John Peaslee ("Coach") Premise: Based off the character from the popular ad campaign, the show revolves around the life of a suburban family seen though the eyes of a talking baby. Stars: Joely Fisher ("Ellen") and Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy")
Blind Men (Comedy) Studio: Regency, Granada and CBS Prods. Producers: Andrew Orenstein and Michael Glouberman ("3rd Rock from the Sun") Premise: A tale about competing window blinds salesmen. Stars: French Stewart ("3rd Rock from the Sun") and Duane Martin
Community Center (Comedy) Studio: Acme Producers: Daniel Stern, H. Morris, Mindy Schultheis and Michael Hanel Premise: A newly separated dad (Stern) works at a community center. Stars: Daniel Stern ("The Wonder Years")
Destiny (Drama) Studio: Big Ticket Television Producers: John Herzfeld Premise: "What if" drama, told in real time, that will center on a different character each week. Stars: Joshua Leonard ("The Blair Witch Project" ), Lauren Holly ("Picket Fences") and David Paymer
The Education of Max Bickford (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Regency Television and CBS Prods. Producers: Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin ("Judging Amy") Premise: A history professor teaches at a women's college where his wife is President and his daughter is a student. Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Marcia Gay Harden, Regina Taylor and Katee Sackhoff ("The Fearing Mind" )
Ellen Again (Comedy) Studio: ATG Producers: Mitchell Hurwitz, Carol Leifer and Ellen DeGeneres Premise: An urbanite moves to a small town. Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Emily Rutherfurd ("Work With Me"), Jim Gaffigan ("Welcome to New York") and Cloris Leachman ("The Facts of Life")
First Monday (Drama) Studio: Paramount Producers: Donald Bellisario ("JAG") Premise: The lives of justices in the Supreme Court and their law clerks. Stars: Joe Mantegna, James Garner ("Rockford Files" ), Charles Durning ("Evening Shade") and Hedy Burress ("Boston Common").
The Guardian (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar and CBS Prods. Producers: Mark Johnson ("Falcone") and Michael Pressman Premise: A high-priced attorney works as a child advocate as part of a community service sentence following a drug conviction. Stars: Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman and Alan Rosenberg ("Cybill").
HRT (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Mark Johnson, Martin Kunert and Eric Manes Premise: Centers on a hostage rescue team (hence the initials). Stars: Ernie Hudson, Sean Maher ("The $treet" ), Kim Hawthorne ("Dark Angel"), Lillo Brancato Jr. ("The Sopranos") and Michael Rooker
The Heart Department (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Chrisopher Keyser and Amy Lippman ("Party of Five") Premise: Set in a hospital cardiac unit in Berkeley, CA, a psychiatrist invites an old cardiologist friend and former crush to join his hospital. Stars: Tony Shalhoub ("Stark Raving Mad"), Felicity Huffman ("Sports Night") and John Larroquette ("The John Larroquette Show")
Hudson's Law, formerly Hudson County (Drama) Studio: Artists Television Group Producers: Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana and Jorge Zamacona Premise: Like "Heart to Heart," a lawyer wife and her ex-cop husband solve crimes in a small town. Stars: Rob Morrow ("Northern Exposure") and Kyra Sedgwick (replaced Linda Fiorentino)
The Kennedys (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Maya Forbes ("The Naked Truth") and Wallace Wolodarsky ("The Simpsons") Premise: Based on the BBC series, "The Royle Family," the show is about a blue collar family that never leave their living room. Stars: Randy Quaid
Life With David J (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Acme and CBS Prods. Producers: David J. Nash, Jeff Strauss ("Friends"), Mindy Schultheis and Michael Hanel Premise: Nash plays a formerly goofy bachelor who married the girl of his dreams and doesn't have a clue about what he's gotten himself into. Stars: David J. Nash
Loomis (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV and CBS Prods. Producer: Gary Janetti ("The Naked Truth") Premise: A local reporter and her dysfunctional family. Stars: Cheri Oteri ("Saturday Night Live"), Lee Kernis, Tim Sarkes ("Mr. Show"), Shirley Knight ("Maggie Winters") and Philip Baker Hall
Mr. Life (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producer: Victor Levin ("Mad About You") Premise: A larger-than-life New Yorker owns and operates an Italian restaurant with his two brothers. Stars: Nick Turturro ("NYPD Blue"), Mercedes Ruehl and James Carpinello
Sam's Circus (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Gavin Polone ("Curb Your Enthusiasm" ), William W. Vought and Robert Singer ("Falcone") Premise: Various morality tales set against the backdrop of World War II. Stars: Tyler Christopher ("General Hospital"), Russell Sams, Richard Speight Jr. ("Band of Brothers" ), Kevin Connolly ("Unhappily Ever After") and Michael Greyeyes
Say Uncle (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV and CBS Prods. Producers: Jeffrey Richman and Steve Levitan ("Just Shoot Me") Premise: A successful gay man with expensive white furniture is suddenly put in charge of his niece and nephew. Stars: Ken Olin ("thirtysomething"), Teri Hatcher ("Lois & Clark" ), Michael Angarano and Daveigh Chase
The Second Act (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: John Wells ("ER") and Lydia Woodward Premise: A defeated senator returns home to reconnect with his three grown daughters. Stars: James Cromwell
Seven Roses (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan ("Frasier") Premise: A recently-widowed woman owns and operates an inn with help from her children. Stars: Brenda Blethyn and Kristin Chenoweth ("Kristin")
Wolf Lake (Drama) Studio: CBS Prods. Producer: John Leekley ("Spawn" ) Premise: Set in the Pacific Northwest, this suspense thriller explores what happens when werewolves threaten to overtake a small town. Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Stacy Edwards ("Chicago Hope"), and Graham Greene
FOX
American Soap (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Regency TV Producer: John Feldman Premise: A primetime soap about a group of college students in an exclusive New England college. Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas ("Home Improvement")
Anything Can Happen (Comedy) Studio: Paramount and 20th Century Fox TV Producer: Victor Fresco ("The Trouble with Normal") Premise: A single guy with a wild imagination. Stars: Andy Richter ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien")
Bagtime (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producer: Bruce Helford ("The Drew Carey Show") Premise: Based on a '70s book by Michael Holiday, a young boy in a grocery story dreams of becoming a Chicago symphony cellist. Stars: Johnny Galecki ("Roseanne")
Ball & Chain (Drama) Studio: Regency TV and 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Howard Gordon ("The X-Files"), Molly Newman ("Cupid") and Todd Holland ("Malcolm in the Middle") Premise: Based on a comic book by Scott Lobdell, a San Francisco architect (and superhero on the side) who's on the brink of separating from his wife. Unfortunately, his superpowers only work if they're together. Stars: Dan Cortese ("Veronica's Closet")
Bernie Mac (Comedy) Studio: Regency and 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Bernie Mac and Larry Wilmore ("The PJs") Premise: The comedian Bernie Mac raises his wayward sister's kids. Stars: Bernie Mac and Kellita Smith
Bev, formerly Town Slut (Comedy) Studio: Regency and 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Steve Tompkins, Chris Alberghini, Michael Chessler and D. Himmelfarb Premise: A single mom with three children, all from different fathers, tries to make a new start. Stars: Anita Barone ("Daddio")
Close to Home (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. and Tollin Robbins Producer: Abby Kohn ("Never Been Kissed" ) and Mark Silverman Premise: An overachieving 19-year-old college student falls in love and gets married over summer break, returning to school with husband in tow. Stars: To Be Announced
Emma Brody (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Producer: James Parriott ("Dark Skies") and Andy Tennant Premise: An American woman works in a London embassy. Stars: Arija Bareikis ("Oz"), Lee Williams ("In His Life: The John Lennon Story" ) and Michael Cerveris
Forever Young (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Barry Sonnenfeld, Elmore Leonard and Barry Josephson ("The Tick" ) Premise: A former Hollywood star, who played a priviate investigator, decides to become one in real-life after his acting career tanks. Stars: To Be Announced
Greg the Bunny (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Steven Levitan ('"Just Shoot Me"), Dan Milano and Spencer Chinoy Premise: The show follows the life of a puppet, who is the star of the kids TV show "Sweetknuckle Junction." Stars: Seth Green ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Eugene Levy ("SCTV Channel" ), Sarah Silverman ("Saturday Night Live"), Bob Gunton ("*61" ), and Dina Waters
Honey Vicarro (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century and Regency TV Producer: Dan Kanauf Premise: In the show, FOX discovers a fictional TV character Honey Vicarro, a sexy '60s crime fighter, 35 years later. Show within a show format. Stars: Jenny McCarthy.
More Patience (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Jed Seidel, Maya Forbes and Gavin Polone Premise: A former child star turned therapist has her own relationship troubles. Stars: Mary McCormack ("Murder One")
Nathan's Choice (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producer: Chuck Lorre ("Dharma & Greg") Premise: An interactive show where the audience gets to vote on the outcome of single guy Nathan's weekly dilemmas (two different endings of each episode will be shot). Stars: To Be Announced
One Ocean Drive (Drama) Studio: ATG Producers: Darren Star and Jeff Rake Premise: Think "Melrose Place" mixed with "Hotel." A primetime soap about the goings on of a group of twentysomethings who work at a beachfront hotel in Los Angeles. Stars: To Be Announced
Pasadena (Drama) Studio: Brad Grey TV and Columbia TriStar Producers: Diane Keaton, Mike White and Brad Grey Premise: The dark side of a wealthy publishing family. Stars: Dana Delany ("China Beach"), Martin Donovan ("Wonderland"), Natasha Gregson Wagner, Alison Lohman ("Tucker") and Mark Valley ("Days of Our Lives")
Reno 911: (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Jersey TV Producers: Tom Lennon, Ben Garant and Kerry Kinney Premise: A live sketch comedy described as "Montey Python" meets "Cops." Stars: To Be Announced Status: Pulled
The Third Degree (Drama) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett ("Earth 2") Premise: A romantic Hitchcockian mystery involving students at a New York Grad school for criminal justice. Stars: Adam Arkin ("Chicago Hope"), Jensen Ackles ("Days of Our Lives"), Maggie Lawson ("Family Rules"), Kristoffer Polaha and Terry Chen
24 (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Imagine Television Producer: Joel Surnow ("Nowhere Man") and Robert Cochran ("JAG") Premise: Very similar to flop movie "Nick of Time." A government agent must stop an assassination plot against a presidential candidate while trying to find his daughter. Takes place in real time, with each episode accounting for a different hour of the same day. Stars: Kiefer Sutherland
Untitled Paul Simms Project (Comedy) Studio: Brad Grey TV Producer: Paul Simms ("NewsRadio") Premise: A group of young people try to get ahead in Hollywood. Stars: To Be Announced
What's Up Peter Fruddy? (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Jay Kogen ("Frasier") and Erik Moe Premise: An insurance adjuster is the subject of a nightly show, in which he must constantly defend his actions. Stars: Dave Foley ("NewsRadio"), Jamie Denbo, Craig Anton, Jay Johnson, Mark Moses ("The Single Guy"), David Pressman and Brendon Ryan Barrett ("Soul Man")
When I Grow Up (Drama) Studio: Paramount Television Producers: Glenn Gordon Caron ("Now and Again") Premise: A woman's life is turned upside down when her older husband learns she is having an affair. She ends up working at a temp agency with her lover. Stars: Brooke Langton ("Melrose Place"), Josh Hopkins ("New York Undercover"), Amy Sedaris ("Strangers with Candy" ) and Mary Louise Wilson ("All My Children")
NBC
Chesnut Hill (Drama) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: John Masius and Bob DeLaurentis Premise: Family drama from the creators of "Providence." But instead of a doc with a dead mother, it's a retiring Surgeon General with a dead son, whose practice he takes over. Stars: To Be Announced
Earth Angels (Drama) Studio: Imagine and 20th Producers: Anne Rice, Thania St. John and Toni Graphia Premise: Angels (the Roma Downey kind, not the David Boreanaz variety, despite Anne Rice's attachment) protect mortals. Stars: To Be Announced
Emeril (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason Premise: Bam! The animated chef takes viewers behind the scenes of a cooking show. Stars: Emeril Lagasse, Lisa Ann Walter ("Breaking News" ) and Michael Jeter ("Tales of the City" )
Fair Play (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Sally Robinson and Alan Barnett Premise: A criminal investigator and a criminal defense attorney, how many episodes until the criminal sexual chemistry? Stars: Peta Wilson ("La Femme Nikita") and Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls")
Improv Sitcom (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Drew Carey, Bruce Helford, D. Patterson and S. Simon Premise: Half improvised, half scripted, the show follows an accountant who goes to work for a rock star. Stars: To Be Announced
Inside Schwartz (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV and NBC Studios Producers: Steven Engel Premise: A would-be sportscaster's dating life is illustrated by sports highlights, with help from guest stars like Bobby Knight. Stars: Breckin Meyer
Last Dance (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Chuck Lorre and Jim Burrows Premise: The story follows the romance between a cop and an actress who meet in rehab. Stars: Paget Brewster ("The Trouble with Normal"), David Keith, Yeardley Smith ("The Simpsons") and Michael Rispoli ("The Sopranos")
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Drama) Studio: Wolf Films and Studios USA Producers: Dick Wolf and Rene Balcer Premise: Like "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: SVU" but different. Audiences get to know who the bad guy is early on. Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Jamey Sheridan ("Chicago Hope"), Courtney B. Vance and Kathryn Erbe ("Oz")
Leap of Faith (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Jenny Bicks Premise: An ensemble of friends turning 30, complicated by a love triangle between a woman (named Faith, natch), her ex-fiance and her new blue-collar love interest. Stars: Gretchen Egolf, Regina King, Brian Austin Green ("Beverly Hills, 90210") and Brad Rowe ("Wasteland")
Neurotic Tendencies (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producers: Kelsey Grammer and Diane Wilk Premise: A struggling New York actress marries a hot-shot studio executive and moves with him to Los Angeles, along with a couple of friends she convinces to come out West with her. Stars: Dedee Pfeiffer ("Cybill"), Gary Cole ("American Gothic"), Ellen Cleghorne ("Saturday Night Live"), Missi Pyle, Niesha Trout ("Oh Grow Up") and Meredith Scott Lynn.
Scrubs (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producer: Bill Lawrence Premise: The title refers to medical residents. With six-figure salaries ahead of them, they're the opposite of the guys TLC was singing about. Stars: Zach Braff, Donald Faison ("Felicity"), Sarah Chalke, John C. McGinley, Ken Jenkins and Judy Reyes
Spy Girl (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Ed Redlich, Becky Hartman and Steve Reuther Premise: An Ivy League grad becomes a private investigator. Stars: Jennie Garth ("Beverly Hills, 90210")
Tikiville (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox Television and Three Sisters Producers: Dottie Dartland-Zicklin, Jim Burrows and Jamie Tarses Premise: A 30-year-old single mom's life is interrupted when the father of her son returns. Stars: Rob Estes ("Melrose Place") Status: Production postponed until midseason, due to the producers inability to find the right female lead.
Trial & Error (Drama) Studio: To Be Announced Producers: Dick Wolf and Bill Guttentag Premise: A sort of "Law & Order"-meets-reality television, this "dramamentary" uses footage of five first-year assistant district attorneys to tell a story that doesn't necessarily echo the sequence of actual events. Stars: Not applicable
True Love (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producers: Judd Pillot, John Peaslee and Jonathan Axelrod Premise: Two couples: one married, one split-up. Stars: Christine Taylor ("Party Girl"), Jami Gertz ("Ally McBeal") and Sean O'Bryan
Undercover (Drama) Studio: 20th and Jersey TV Producers: Shane Salerno, Don Winslow and Thomas Carter Premise: Action-drama about an elite LAPD unit. Maybe the real, not-so-elite LAPD can take notes. Stars: Grant Show ("Melrose Place"), Jon Seda ("Homicide: Life on the Street"), Vera Farmiga and Jarrad Paul ("Action")
Untitled Debi Gutierrez Project: (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Producers: Debi Gutierrez, Regina Stewart and Gary Halverson Premise: Another mom balancing family and career. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Jonathan Groff Project (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Jonathan Groff and Vic Kaplan Premise: "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" writer Groff chronicles a married couple with different career paths. While the husband struggles at work, the wife becomes wildly successful. Stars: Bonnie Sommerville ("Grosse Pointe") and Matthew Letscher ("Almost Perfect")
Untitled Julia Louis-Dreyfus Project (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Warner-Mandabach Producer: Brad Hall Premise: The show takes place in real time, with each episode representing a half-hour a lounge singer in Los Angeles' life. Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Untitled Reiser/Thomas Project (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Paul Reiser, Betsy Thomas and Arthur Spivak Premise: Two divorcees approach love optimistically. Stars: Paula Marshall ("Snoops")
Untitled Sisqo Project (Comedy) Studio: Big Ticket and NBC Studios Producers: Michael Jacobs, Jordan Kerner and Rob Lee Premise: Pointing at the ridiculousness of how all these shows come about, this show centers on a baseball stadium vendor who gains overnight celebrity and his own sitcom after saving a kid from being hit by a line-drive. Stars: Sisqo and Bob Newhart
Untitled Steve Koren Project (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producer: Steve Koren ("Seinfeld") Premise: This male-skewing comedy features an ensemble of four guys and two girls (no pizza place). The lead is a psychology student who studies his own personal life. Stars: Mackenzie Astin ("The Facts of Life") and Tiffani Thiessen ("Beverly Hills, 90210")
Untitled Tim Kring Project (Drama) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Tim Kring and Alan Arkish Premise: A "sexy, brilliant" Boston medical examiner. Stars: Jill Hennessy ("Law & Order"), Ken Howard ("Dynasty"), Miguel Ferrer and Mahershala Karin-Ali
What Are You Thinking? (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and Coumbia TriStar Producers: Hank Azaria and Seth Kurland Premise: Yet another meta-show: A comedy writer uses his fantasy life as material. Stars: Josh Malina ("Sports Night"), Hank Azaria ("Mad About You"), Jayne Brook ("Chicago Hope") and Katey Sagal ("Married ... With Children" )
UPN
Dead Zone (Drama) Studio: Lions Gate Television Producers: Michael Piller ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine") and Shawn Piller Premise: Adaptation of the Stephen King novel which was already made into a memorable flick with Christopher Walken. Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, who now goes by the abbreviated Michael Hall, and Nicole de Boer ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine")
Life as We Know It (Comedy) Studio:: Paramount Producers: Michael Lisbe and Nathan Reger Premise: New York based male buddy comedy. Stars: To Be Announced
One on One (Comedy) Studio: Greenblatt Janollari Studio Producers: Eunetta Boone, Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari Premise: A sportscaster dad has his hands full with a preteen daughter. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Mike Epps (Comedy) Studio:: Paramount Producers: Devon Shepard, Mike Epps and Ice Cube Premise: Ice Cube's "Friday" movies hit the small screen. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Morgan Gendel (Drama) Studio:: Spelling Producer: Morgan Gendel ("V.I.P." ) Premise: Hot off the success of the "Charlie's Angels" flick, Aaron Spelling's production company tackles a group of female socialites who work undercover for government. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Wes Craven, a.k.a. Ghost in the Machine (Drama) Studio:: Viacom Producers: Wes Craven and Mark Kruger Premise: A thriller about a rich guy and a clairvoyant exploring supernatural incidents. Stars: To Be Announced Status: Dropped
Whatever (Comedy) Studio: Greenblatt Janollari Studio Producers: Jarrett Grode, Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari Premise: 19-year-old Grode wrote the pilot about a the daily life of a 10th grader. Stars: To Be Announced
WB
Bad Haircut (Comedy) Studio:: Warner Bros. Producers: Rob Greenberg ("Frasier") and Tom Perrotta Premise: "That '80s Show." Teen boys come of age in 1980s New Jersey. Stars: To Be Announced
Bob Brush Project (Comedy) Studio: Artists Television Group Producers: Bob Brush ("Early Edition"), Robin Schiff ("Grosse Pointe"), Ken Topolsky ("Party of Five") Premise: A family comedy. Stars: To Be Announced
Boyer Brothers (Comedy) Studio: Will Vinton Studios and Michigan J Productions Producer: Mark Hentemann Premise: A CGI comedy about two stupid brothers who mow lawns for a living. Stars: To Be Announced
Cedric the Coach (Comedy) Studio: Artists Television Group Producers: J. Bowman, Stan Lathan ("The Steve Harvey Show"), E. Rhone and Matt Wickline ("The Hughleys") Premise: An assistant coach of the team with the least wins in the NBA is suddenly elevated to the role of head coach. Stars: Cedric the Entertainer ("The Steve Harvey Show")
Clark Family, formerly Clark Brothers (Drama) Studio: Michigan J Productions Producers: Ron Osborn ("Cupid") and Jeff Reno ("Cupid") Premise: A real-life country music family travels the country. Stars: The Clark Family
Deep (Drama) Studio: Spelling Producer: Peter Steinfeld Premise: Young "Mod Squad." Stars: To Be Announced
Dragonriders of Pern (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Regency Producer: Ron Moore Premise: Based on Anne McCaffrey's young adult sci-fi novels about a young girl. Stars: To Be Announced Status: Production has halted, due to "creative differences."
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (Comedy) Studio: Artists Television Group and Michigan J Productions Producers: Elisa Bell, Jeff Kline ("Max Steel" ), Sid and Marty Krofft Premise: Female superheros. Stars: To Be Announced
The Gene Pool (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Matthew Carlson ("God, the Devil and Bob") and Harvey Myman ("God, the Devil and Bob") Premise: A scientist and his smart daughter. Stars: Chris Eigeman ("It's Like ... You Know" ), Jennifer Westfeldt ("Holding the Baby"), Robin Bartlett ("Mad About You"), Hallee Hirsh, Stephen Tobolowski ("Mr. Rhodes") and Ajay Naidu ("LateLine")
Glory Days (Drama) Studio: Miramax Producer: Kevin Williamson ("Dawson's Creek"), Bob and Harvey Weinstein and Billy Campbell Premise: A burned out writer tries to go home again. Stars: Eddie Cahill ("Friends"), Frances Fisher, Theresa Russell, Julie Benz ("Angel"), Jay R. Ferguson ("Evening Shade"), Greg Vaughan ("Charmed") and Amy Stewart ("Maid of Honor" )
I Do (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Jeff Astrof ("Veronica's Closet"), Mike Sikowitz ("It's Like, You Know ... " and James Widdoes ("The Fighting Fitzgeralds" ) Premise: A comedy about four couples, three of them recently wed. Stars: To Be Announced
Jamie Foxx Variety Show (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Jamie Foxx ("The Jamie Foxx Show"), Gary Halverson (director, "Grounded for Life") and Marcus King ("The Jamie Foxx Show") Premise: Jamie Foxx hosts a half-hour comedy varity show. Stars: Jamie Foxx
Men, Women and Dogs (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producers: Rob Long ("Love & Money") and Dan Staley ("Love & Money") Premise: Men communicate better with the dog in their lives than with the women. Stars: To Be Announced
Misadventures of Fiona Plum (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Roz Moore, Jill Murray and Jonathan Prince ("Grown Ups") Premise: A spoiled young British witch is banished by her father. She is sent to Seattle to work as a nanny for a typical American family until she learns humility. In addition, her father limits her powers to three spells a day. Stars: Kelly Brook
Murphy's Dozen (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. and New Line Producers: Tim Chambers, Ken Horton ("Bull") and Gavin O'Connor Premise: A large family with 12 children. Stars: Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences")
Off Centre (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. and Dreamworks Producers: Gerry Cohen, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz and Danny Zuker ("Grace Under Fire") Premise: A decent young American's values are put to the test when he rooms with a suave but ethnically challenged Brit in New York City. Stars: Sean Maguire (TNT's "Prince Charming" ), Josh Radnor, Lauren Stamile, John Cho, Kimberly Davies and Jason Winston George ("Titans")
Slacker Cats (Comedy) Studio: Will Vinton Studios and Michigan J Productions Producers: Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley Premise: Foamation felines. Stars: To Be Announced
Smallville (Drama) Studio: Tollin-Robbins and Warner Bros. Producers: Al Gough, Miles Millar ("Martial Law"), Brian Robbins ("Arli$$")and Mike Tollin ("Cousin Skeeter" ) Premise: Live action version of Clark Kent's (aka Superman) teen years. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Reba McEntire, formely Family Planning (Comedy) Studio: Acme and 20th Century Fox Producers: A. Gibson, Michael Hanel, Reba McEntire and Mindy Schultheis Premise: A Junior League Southern mother of three's life comes crashing down when she finds out that her dentist husband has impregnated his hygienist. Meanwhile, her 17-year-old cheerleader daughter is also pregnant by the captain of the football team and intends on keeping the baby. Stars: Reba McEntire, Joanna Garcia ("Freaks and Geeks") and Scarlett Pomers ("That's Life")
Untitled Suzanne Martin, formerly Maybe I'm Adopted (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. and Touchstone Producers: Jay Daniel ("Cybill") and Suzanne Martin ("Frasier") Premise: A young girl is out of step with her eccentric family Stars: Fred Willard ("D.C. Follies" ) and Julia Sweeney ("Saturday Night Live")
Wake Up Dad, formely In Your Deams, formerly In Your Dreams (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producer: Jonathan Katz ("Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist") Premise: A single father raising two teen daughters. Stars: Bob Saget ("Full House")
Witchright Hall (Comedy) Studio: Viacom Producers: Bruce Ferber ("Home Improvement") and Paula Hart ("Sabrina, the Teenage Witch") Premise: This spin-off of "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" is described as a cross between "Sabrina" and "The Facts of Life." Stars: Melissa Joan Hart's sister Emily, Charles Shaughnessy ("The Nanny") and Jane Sibbett ("Friends")
Young Person's Guide To Being A Rock Star (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Bryan Elsley, Rodman Flender (director, "Gilmore Girls") and John Riggi (writer/director, "The Larry Sanders Show") Premise: A garage band climbs to fame and fortune. Stars: To Be Announced
Editor’s Note: If anyone is surprised at the length of the list above, (around 120 pilots), this is actually nothing new. Every year we hear of dozens of ideas that make it to pilot, but of these, very few ever get into the schedule. By the sound of some of the weak ideas above, next year is not going to be much of a match for this year, where the new shows have been very strong, and some of them have literally locked a section of the audience – shows like CSI and ED.
Later in the year, we will publish a list of the ones that the Networks are proposing to include in the new schedule.
Futurama
We are finally starting to see some of the early episodes from this season that we were repeatedly pre-empted. We will be picking them up as they appear.
Shipping next:
Genre
First Wave 3:3, The Lone Gunmen 1:2, Roswell 2:4,
Non-Genre
No new non-genre nodes this week.
Genre Series
These shows will be taped automatically and kept in archives. Episodes will be available at any time, on demand.
7 Days Season 2
S3-1 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
S3-2 PEACEKEEPERS
S3-3 RHINO
S3-4 THE DUNWYCH MADNESS
S3-5 OLGA'S EXCELLENT VACATION
S3-6 DELORIS DEMANDS
S3-7 THE FIRE LAST TIME
S3-8 TRACKER
S3-9 TOP DOG
S3-10 ADAM & EVE & ADAM
S3-11 HEAD CASE
S3-12 RAVEN
S3-13 THE FIRST FRESHMAN
S3-14 REVELATION
S3-15 CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION
S3-16 EMPTY QUIVER
S3-17 KANSAS
S3-18 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
All Souls
S1-1 PILOT
Andromeda
S1-1 UNDER THE NIGHT
S1-2 AN AFFIRMING FLAME
S1-3 TO LOOSE THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING
S1-4 D MINUS ZERO
S1-5 DOUBLE HELIX
S1-6 ANGEL DARK, DEMON BRIGHT
S1-7 THE TIES THAT BLIND
S1-8 BANKS OF THE LETHE
S1-9 A ROSE IN THE ASHES
S1-10 ALL GREAT NEPTUNE'S OCEANS
S1-11 THE PEARLS THAT WERE HIS EYES
S1-12 THE MATHEMATICS OF TEARS
S1-13 MUSIC OF A DISTANT DRUM
S1-14 HARPER 2.0
S1-15 FORCED PERSECTIVE
S1-16 THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
S1-17 FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE MILKY WAY
Angel Season 2
S2-1 JUDGMENT
S2-2 ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
S2-3 FIRST IMPRESSIONS
S2-4 UNTOUCHED
S2-5 DEAR BOY
S2-6 GUISE WILL BE GUISE
S2-7 DARLA - CROSS-OVER PART 2
S2-8 THE SHROUD OF RAHMON
S2-9 THE TRIAL
S2-10 REUNION
S2-11 REDEFINITION
S2-12 BLOOD MONEY
S2-13 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
S2-14 THE THIN DEAD LINE
S2-15 REPRISE
S2-16 EPIPHANY
S2-17 DISHARMONY
Beastmaster Season 2
S2-1 MANLINKS
S2-2 IARA
S2-3 SEER
S2-4 ORPHEO
S2-5 XINCA
S2-6 GHOSTS OF THE FOREST
S2-7 RAGE
S2-8 WHITE TIGER
S2-9 HEART LIKE A LION
S2-10 GONE
S2-11 GOLGOTHA
S2-12 TAO'S BROTHER
S2-13 WILD CHILD (Guest starring Anthony Simco and Claudia Black)
S2-14 MATE FOR LIFE
S2-15 CENTAURS
S2-16 FIFTH ELEMENT
S2-17 A TERRIBLE SILENCE
Black Scorpion
Black Scorpion – TV Movie
Black Scorpion 2 – Aftershock – TV Movie
S1-1 ARMED AND DANGEROUS
S1-2 WAVE GOODBYE
S1-3 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
S1-4 HOME SWEET HOMELESS
S1-5 LOVE BURNS
S1-6 OUT OF THIN AIR
S1-7 NO STONE UNTURNED
S1-8 CRIME TIME
S1-9 NO SWEAT
S1-10 AN OFFICER & A PRANKSTER
S1-11 LIFE'S A GAS
S1-12 ROSES ARE RED, YOU'RE DEAD
S1-13 FIRE & BRIMSTONE
S1-14 VIRTUAL VICE
Buffy Season 5
S5-1 BUFFY vs. DRACULA
S5-2 REAL ME
S5-3 THE REPLACEMENT
S5-4 OUT OF MY MIND
S5-5 NO PLACE LIKE HOME
S5-6 FAMILY
S5-7 FOOL FOR LOVE
S5-8 SHADOW
S5-9 LISTENING TO FEAR
S5-10 INTO THE WOODS
S5-11 TRIANGLE
S5-12 CHECKPOINT
S5-13 BLOOD TIES
S5-14 CRUSH
S5-15 I WAS MADE TO LOVE YOU
S5-16 THE BODY
S5-17 FOREVER
Charmed Season 3
S3-1 THE HONEYMOON'S OVER
S3-2 MAGIC HOUR
S3-3 ONCE UPON A TIME
S3-4 ALL HALLIWELL'S EVE
S3-5 SIGHT UNSEEN
S3-6 PRIMROSE PATH
S3-7 POWER OUTAGE
S3-8 SLEUTHING WITH THE ENEMY
S3-9 COYOTE PIPER
S3-10 WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
S3-11 BLINDED BY THE WHITELIGHTER
S3-12 WRESTLING WITH DEMONS
S3-14 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE CURSED
S3-13 BRIDE AND GLOOM
S3-15 JUST HARRIED
S3-16 DEATH TAKES A HALLIWELL
S3-17 PRE-WITCHED
Cleopatra 2525/Jack of all Trades Season 2
CS2-1 THE WATCH
JS2-1 A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
CS2-2 BABY BOOM
JS2-2 SHARK BAIT
CS2-3 BRAIN DRAIN
JS2-3 MONKEY BUSINESS
CS2-4 MAUSER'S DAY OUT
JS2-4 THE MORNING AFTER
CS2-5 REALITY CHECK
JS2-5 CROQUEY IN THE POKEY
CS2-6 POD WHISPERER
JS2-6 ONE TWO THREE GIVE ME LADY LIBERTY
CS2-7 OUT OF BODY
JS2-7 HAMNESIA
CS2-8 JUGGERNAUT DOWN!
JS2-8 SEVENTY BRIDES FOR ONE BROTHER
End of Short Episodes
Full-Length Cleo Episodes – Please note that while some sources are calling this Season 2, we opt for Season 3.
Cleopatra 2525
S3-1 TRUTH BE TOLD
S3-2 IN YOUR BOOTS
S3-3 THE SOLDIER WHO FELL FROM GRACE
S3-4 NO THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
S3-5 NOIR OR NEVER
S3-6 THE VOICE (End of Series)
Dark Angel
S1-1 PILOT - FEATURE LENGTH
S1-2 HEAT
S1-3 FLUSHED
S1-4 C.R.E.A.M.
S1-5 411 ON THE DL
S1-6 PRODIGY
S1-7 COLD COMFORT
S1-8 BLAH, BLAH, WOOF, WOOF
Eastlant Sci-Fi Group - 2000-2001 Season Progress Report 33B.
This is a list of new season episodes available from the Eastlant Sci-Fi Group as of 18th April 2001.
For a list of archive episodes from previous seasons, see our on-line episode list at:
http://www.infinitefrontiers.co.uk/SFNews_Eastlant/list.htm
Courtesy of Infinite Frontiers.
New Season Start Update
Here is the latest forecast for new season starts over the next few months.
All Souls (UPN) April 17 (debut)
Witchblade (TNT) June 12 (series debut)
Stargate SG-1 (SHO) June 29 (Season Five)
Lexx (SCIFI) July 28 (Season Four)
Current Season Finale news
Here are a few items of news concerning the finales of some of the current season shows:
X-Files – the season finale is to be a double-length episode, taking the season to the usual 22-episode length;
Xena – as a further example of the disdain which this series is being subjected to, the last few episodes have been postponed until June, meaning that the show will hardly feature at all in May Sweeps.
Buffy – The finale will be a double-length special episode featuring guest appearances by a number of former cast members including the main cast from Angel. As a result, Season 2 of Angel will only run 21 episodes.
Pilots in production
More details are beginning to emerge concerning the pilots in production for proposed next season shows. As always, the vast majority of these will never make to a series. This list includes both genre and non-genre shows:
ABC
Alias (Drama) Studio: Touchstone Producers: J.J. Abrams and Sarah Caplan Premise: A grad student moonlights as a CIA agent. Stars: Jennifer Garner ("Felicity"), Michael Vartan ("Ally McBeal") and Victor Garber ("Annie" )
The Back Page (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producer: Don Todd Premise: Two young newspaper reporters work for an established metropolitan daily. Stars: Jessica Capshaw ("Odd Man Out") and Derek Cecil ("The Beat")
The Big House, formerly Being Brewster (Drama) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Kerry Ehrin and Nena Rodrigue Premise: Sounds much harder than simply being John Malkovich -- the title family has seven kids, and show insiders have dubbed it "'7th Heaven' on acid." Stars: Jennifer Beals, Chris Potter ("Queer as Folk" ) and Alicia Morton ("Annie" )
Bob Patterson (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and 20th Century Fox Producers:Jason Alexander, Tim Doyle, Peter Tilden and Ira Behr Premise: A motivational speaker with a less-than-inspiring personal life. Stars: Jason Alexander ("Seinfeld")
Born in Brooklyn (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Becky Mode, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin Premise:A thirtysomething book editor and her lawyer husband living in the borough are expecting their first child. Stars: Maria Bello ("ER"), Edward Atterton, Judith Light ("Who's the Boss" ), Jeff Ross, Isaac Mizrahi and Tamara Taylor ("Party of Five")
The Court (Drama) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Rob Scheidlinger and Oliver Goldstick Premise: With so many lawyer shows, they've had to up the ante: This one's set in the Supreme Court, as seen through the eyes of the justices and law clerks. Stars: Sally Field ("ER"), Alicia Witt ("Cybill") and Kevin Wiesman
Criminal Mastermind (Comedy) Studio: Brad Grey TV Producer: Paul Simms Premise: The imprisoned Mike Mastermind entertains his fellow inmates with tales of his past heists, in the style of the "Naked Gun" movies. Stars: Lochlyn Munro ("Charmed"), Mark McKinney ("Kids in the Hall" ) and Ashley Scott
HMO (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and Imagine Producers: Peter Tolan and Lauren Corrao Premise: There's nothing funnier than bureaucracy -- when you're not the one who has to deal with it. This show follows a gaggle of doctors and patients as they deal with their health management (dis)organizations. Stars: John Cleese, Tim Dutton ("Ally McBeal"), Bill Smitrovich ("Millenium" ), Charalayne Woodard ("Unbreakable" ), Lola Glaudini ("NYPD Blue") and Obi Ndefo ("Dawson's Creek")
Man in the Kitchen (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and DreamWorks Producers: Michael Borkow, Nina Wass and Gene Stein Premise: This post-Jack Tripper show-within-a-show focuses on the host of a cooking series (incidentally, real-life TV chef Emeril Lagasse has his own sitcom on NBC). Stars: Jeffrey Tambor ("The Larry Sanders Show") and Kellie Martin ("ER")
Mark of Greatness: (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producer: Pam Brady Premise:The aspirationally titled sitcom follows an aspiring stuntman who teaches fifth grade and performs daredevil feats in his spare time. Stars: To Be Announced
Me & My Needs (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Nina Wass, Gene Stein and Judy Toll Premise: All about a neurotic newsmagazine producer, this comedy wins Zap2it's award for best title. Stars: Nicole Sullivan ("MADtv" ), Stephen Root ("NewsRadio"), Amy Farrington and Tommy Rock
Metropolis (Drama) Studio: 20th, Touchstone and Granada Producers: Rob Thomas, Greer Shephard and Michael Robin Premise: Ensemble drama following six buddies after college. Stars: Keith Carradine, Michael E. Rodgers, Sarah Paulson ("Jack & Jill" ), Jenni Baird, Michael Ealey, Adam Kaufman ("Dawson's Creek"), Matthew Rouch and Klea Scott ("Brooklyn South" )
My Wonderful Life (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Lawrence Broch and Bill Hamm Premise: A single mom's so-called wonderful life consists of balancing kids, career and men. Stars: To Be Announced
North Hollywood (Comedy) Studio: DreamWorks Producers: Judd Apatow Premise: Apatow ("Freaks and Geeks") graduates to twenty-something territory in this half-hour about two writer/actor/comedians who can't decide what to do after college. Stars: To Be Announced
Philly: (Drama) Studio: Bochco and Paramount Producers: Steven Bochco and Allison Cross Premise: Legal drama. Stars: Kim Delaney ("NYPD Blue"), Tom Everett Scott ("The $treet" ) and Rick Hoffman ("The $treet" )
Silicon Follies (Drama) Studio: Imagine and Touchstone Producers: Sandy Isaacs, Betty Thomas, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and Tony Krantz Premise: What's bad for the economy is good for TV. A twentysomething woman uses the new media to climb the corporate ladder, only to be reined in by a traditional exec once the dot-com's stock falters. Stars: Scott Bairstow ("Harsh Realm")
Speak (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Warner-Mandabach Producers: Dave Goetsch, Jason Venokur and Ross Venokur Premise: Perhaps unnerved by the impending actors' strike, Hollywood has crafted a show around a talking dog. Stars: To Be Announced
Thieves (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producer: Arnold Kopelson Premise: A thief works for the government. Stars: John Stamos ("Full House") and Tone Loc
Untitled Charles Randolph Project (Drama) Studio: 20th and Jersey Producer: Charles Randolph Premise: Owners of a dot-com business and forced to bring in corporate executives to help it survive. Stars: Ron Livingston ("Townies"), Leslie Stefanson, Kristy Swanson ("Grapevine"), Jared Harris and Kate Hodge ("Working")
Untitled Jim Belushi Project: (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and Brad Grey Television Producers: Suzanne Bukinik, Tracy Newman and Jonathan Stark Premise: Family comedy. Stars: Jim Belushi, Courtney Thorne-Smith ("Ally McBeal"), Sam Seder and Kimberly Williams ("Relativity")
Untitled Mitch Rouse (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Nina Wass, Gene Stein, Jay Scherick and David Ronn Premise: Two lifelong friends leave their native small town for Chicago. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Scherick and Ronn (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Jay Scherick and David Ronn Premise: An unorthodox P.I. has his own interpretation of the law and is not opposed to the occasional vigilante outburst. Stars: To Be Announced
The Web (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producers: Peter Tolan and Lauren Corrao Premise: That's "web" as in "net" as in "network." And what a tangled one. The behind-the-scenes sitcom follows a Midwestern TV exec who relocates to Hollywood, an entirely different TV landscape. Stars: Ivan Sergei ("Jack & Jill" ), Ed Begley, Jr. ("St. Elsewhere") and Melinda McGraw ("The District")
CBS
The Agency (Drama) Studio: Radiant and CBS Producers: Gail Katz, Wolfgang Petersen and Shaun Cassidy Premise: A look at the inner workings of the CIA. Stars: Gil Bellows ("Ally McBeal"), Rocky Carroll ("Welcome to New York"), Andrea Roth, Paige Turco ("Party of Five"), Will Patton and Ronny Cox ("Perfect Murder, Perfect Town" )
Baby Bob (Comedy) Studio: Viacom and Paramount Producers: Judd Pillot and John Peaslee ("Coach") Premise: Based off the character from the popular ad campaign, the show revolves around the life of a suburban family seen though the eyes of a talking baby. Stars: Joely Fisher ("Ellen") and Jonathan Silverman ("The Single Guy")
Blind Men (Comedy) Studio: Regency, Granada and CBS Prods. Producers: Andrew Orenstein and Michael Glouberman ("3rd Rock from the Sun") Premise: A tale about competing window blinds salesmen. Stars: French Stewart ("3rd Rock from the Sun") and Duane Martin
Community Center (Comedy) Studio: Acme Producers: Daniel Stern, H. Morris, Mindy Schultheis and Michael Hanel Premise: A newly separated dad (Stern) works at a community center. Stars: Daniel Stern ("The Wonder Years")
Destiny (Drama) Studio: Big Ticket Television Producers: John Herzfeld Premise: "What if" drama, told in real time, that will center on a different character each week. Stars: Joshua Leonard ("The Blair Witch Project" ), Lauren Holly ("Picket Fences") and David Paymer
The Education of Max Bickford (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Regency Television and CBS Prods. Producers: Dawn Prestwich and Nicole Yorkin ("Judging Amy") Premise: A history professor teaches at a women's college where his wife is President and his daughter is a student. Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Marcia Gay Harden, Regina Taylor and Katee Sackhoff ("The Fearing Mind" )
Ellen Again (Comedy) Studio: ATG Producers: Mitchell Hurwitz, Carol Leifer and Ellen DeGeneres Premise: An urbanite moves to a small town. Stars: Ellen DeGeneres, Emily Rutherfurd ("Work With Me"), Jim Gaffigan ("Welcome to New York") and Cloris Leachman ("The Facts of Life")
First Monday (Drama) Studio: Paramount Producers: Donald Bellisario ("JAG") Premise: The lives of justices in the Supreme Court and their law clerks. Stars: Joe Mantegna, James Garner ("Rockford Files" ), Charles Durning ("Evening Shade") and Hedy Burress ("Boston Common").
The Guardian (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar and CBS Prods. Producers: Mark Johnson ("Falcone") and Michael Pressman Premise: A high-priced attorney works as a child advocate as part of a community service sentence following a drug conviction. Stars: Simon Baker, Dabney Coleman and Alan Rosenberg ("Cybill").
HRT (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Mark Johnson, Martin Kunert and Eric Manes Premise: Centers on a hostage rescue team (hence the initials). Stars: Ernie Hudson, Sean Maher ("The $treet" ), Kim Hawthorne ("Dark Angel"), Lillo Brancato Jr. ("The Sopranos") and Michael Rooker
The Heart Department (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Chrisopher Keyser and Amy Lippman ("Party of Five") Premise: Set in a hospital cardiac unit in Berkeley, CA, a psychiatrist invites an old cardiologist friend and former crush to join his hospital. Stars: Tony Shalhoub ("Stark Raving Mad"), Felicity Huffman ("Sports Night") and John Larroquette ("The John Larroquette Show")
Hudson's Law, formerly Hudson County (Drama) Studio: Artists Television Group Producers: Barry Levinson, Tom Fontana and Jorge Zamacona Premise: Like "Heart to Heart," a lawyer wife and her ex-cop husband solve crimes in a small town. Stars: Rob Morrow ("Northern Exposure") and Kyra Sedgwick (replaced Linda Fiorentino)
The Kennedys (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Maya Forbes ("The Naked Truth") and Wallace Wolodarsky ("The Simpsons") Premise: Based on the BBC series, "The Royle Family," the show is about a blue collar family that never leave their living room. Stars: Randy Quaid
Life With David J (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV, Acme and CBS Prods. Producers: David J. Nash, Jeff Strauss ("Friends"), Mindy Schultheis and Michael Hanel Premise: Nash plays a formerly goofy bachelor who married the girl of his dreams and doesn't have a clue about what he's gotten himself into. Stars: David J. Nash
Loomis (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV and CBS Prods. Producer: Gary Janetti ("The Naked Truth") Premise: A local reporter and her dysfunctional family. Stars: Cheri Oteri ("Saturday Night Live"), Lee Kernis, Tim Sarkes ("Mr. Show"), Shirley Knight ("Maggie Winters") and Philip Baker Hall
Mr. Life (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producer: Victor Levin ("Mad About You") Premise: A larger-than-life New Yorker owns and operates an Italian restaurant with his two brothers. Stars: Nick Turturro ("NYPD Blue"), Mercedes Ruehl and James Carpinello
Sam's Circus (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Gavin Polone ("Curb Your Enthusiasm" ), William W. Vought and Robert Singer ("Falcone") Premise: Various morality tales set against the backdrop of World War II. Stars: Tyler Christopher ("General Hospital"), Russell Sams, Richard Speight Jr. ("Band of Brothers" ), Kevin Connolly ("Unhappily Ever After") and Michael Greyeyes
Say Uncle (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV and CBS Prods. Producers: Jeffrey Richman and Steve Levitan ("Just Shoot Me") Premise: A successful gay man with expensive white furniture is suddenly put in charge of his niece and nephew. Stars: Ken Olin ("thirtysomething"), Teri Hatcher ("Lois & Clark" ), Michael Angarano and Daveigh Chase
The Second Act (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: John Wells ("ER") and Lydia Woodward Premise: A defeated senator returns home to reconnect with his three grown daughters. Stars: James Cromwell
Seven Roses (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan ("Frasier") Premise: A recently-widowed woman owns and operates an inn with help from her children. Stars: Brenda Blethyn and Kristin Chenoweth ("Kristin")
Wolf Lake (Drama) Studio: CBS Prods. Producer: John Leekley ("Spawn" ) Premise: Set in the Pacific Northwest, this suspense thriller explores what happens when werewolves threaten to overtake a small town. Stars: Lou Diamond Phillips, Stacy Edwards ("Chicago Hope"), and Graham Greene
FOX
American Soap (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Regency TV Producer: John Feldman Premise: A primetime soap about a group of college students in an exclusive New England college. Stars: Jonathan Taylor Thomas ("Home Improvement")
Anything Can Happen (Comedy) Studio: Paramount and 20th Century Fox TV Producer: Victor Fresco ("The Trouble with Normal") Premise: A single guy with a wild imagination. Stars: Andy Richter ("Late Night with Conan O'Brien")
Bagtime (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producer: Bruce Helford ("The Drew Carey Show") Premise: Based on a '70s book by Michael Holiday, a young boy in a grocery story dreams of becoming a Chicago symphony cellist. Stars: Johnny Galecki ("Roseanne")
Ball & Chain (Drama) Studio: Regency TV and 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Howard Gordon ("The X-Files"), Molly Newman ("Cupid") and Todd Holland ("Malcolm in the Middle") Premise: Based on a comic book by Scott Lobdell, a San Francisco architect (and superhero on the side) who's on the brink of separating from his wife. Unfortunately, his superpowers only work if they're together. Stars: Dan Cortese ("Veronica's Closet")
Bernie Mac (Comedy) Studio: Regency and 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Bernie Mac and Larry Wilmore ("The PJs") Premise: The comedian Bernie Mac raises his wayward sister's kids. Stars: Bernie Mac and Kellita Smith
Bev, formerly Town Slut (Comedy) Studio: Regency and 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Steve Tompkins, Chris Alberghini, Michael Chessler and D. Himmelfarb Premise: A single mom with three children, all from different fathers, tries to make a new start. Stars: Anita Barone ("Daddio")
Close to Home (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. and Tollin Robbins Producer: Abby Kohn ("Never Been Kissed" ) and Mark Silverman Premise: An overachieving 19-year-old college student falls in love and gets married over summer break, returning to school with husband in tow. Stars: To Be Announced
Emma Brody (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Producer: James Parriott ("Dark Skies") and Andy Tennant Premise: An American woman works in a London embassy. Stars: Arija Bareikis ("Oz"), Lee Williams ("In His Life: The John Lennon Story" ) and Michael Cerveris
Forever Young (Drama) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Barry Sonnenfeld, Elmore Leonard and Barry Josephson ("The Tick" ) Premise: A former Hollywood star, who played a priviate investigator, decides to become one in real-life after his acting career tanks. Stars: To Be Announced
Greg the Bunny (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV Producers: Steven Levitan ('"Just Shoot Me"), Dan Milano and Spencer Chinoy Premise: The show follows the life of a puppet, who is the star of the kids TV show "Sweetknuckle Junction." Stars: Seth Green ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer"), Eugene Levy ("SCTV Channel" ), Sarah Silverman ("Saturday Night Live"), Bob Gunton ("*61" ), and Dina Waters
Honey Vicarro (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century and Regency TV Producer: Dan Kanauf Premise: In the show, FOX discovers a fictional TV character Honey Vicarro, a sexy '60s crime fighter, 35 years later. Show within a show format. Stars: Jenny McCarthy.
More Patience (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Jed Seidel, Maya Forbes and Gavin Polone Premise: A former child star turned therapist has her own relationship troubles. Stars: Mary McCormack ("Murder One")
Nathan's Choice (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producer: Chuck Lorre ("Dharma & Greg") Premise: An interactive show where the audience gets to vote on the outcome of single guy Nathan's weekly dilemmas (two different endings of each episode will be shot). Stars: To Be Announced
One Ocean Drive (Drama) Studio: ATG Producers: Darren Star and Jeff Rake Premise: Think "Melrose Place" mixed with "Hotel." A primetime soap about the goings on of a group of twentysomethings who work at a beachfront hotel in Los Angeles. Stars: To Be Announced
Pasadena (Drama) Studio: Brad Grey TV and Columbia TriStar Producers: Diane Keaton, Mike White and Brad Grey Premise: The dark side of a wealthy publishing family. Stars: Dana Delany ("China Beach"), Martin Donovan ("Wonderland"), Natasha Gregson Wagner, Alison Lohman ("Tucker") and Mark Valley ("Days of Our Lives")
Reno 911: (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Jersey TV Producers: Tom Lennon, Ben Garant and Kerry Kinney Premise: A live sketch comedy described as "Montey Python" meets "Cops." Stars: To Be Announced Status: Pulled
The Third Degree (Drama) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett ("Earth 2") Premise: A romantic Hitchcockian mystery involving students at a New York Grad school for criminal justice. Stars: Adam Arkin ("Chicago Hope"), Jensen Ackles ("Days of Our Lives"), Maggie Lawson ("Family Rules"), Kristoffer Polaha and Terry Chen
24 (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Imagine Television Producer: Joel Surnow ("Nowhere Man") and Robert Cochran ("JAG") Premise: Very similar to flop movie "Nick of Time." A government agent must stop an assassination plot against a presidential candidate while trying to find his daughter. Takes place in real time, with each episode accounting for a different hour of the same day. Stars: Kiefer Sutherland
Untitled Paul Simms Project (Comedy) Studio: Brad Grey TV Producer: Paul Simms ("NewsRadio") Premise: A group of young people try to get ahead in Hollywood. Stars: To Be Announced
What's Up Peter Fruddy? (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Jay Kogen ("Frasier") and Erik Moe Premise: An insurance adjuster is the subject of a nightly show, in which he must constantly defend his actions. Stars: Dave Foley ("NewsRadio"), Jamie Denbo, Craig Anton, Jay Johnson, Mark Moses ("The Single Guy"), David Pressman and Brendon Ryan Barrett ("Soul Man")
When I Grow Up (Drama) Studio: Paramount Television Producers: Glenn Gordon Caron ("Now and Again") Premise: A woman's life is turned upside down when her older husband learns she is having an affair. She ends up working at a temp agency with her lover. Stars: Brooke Langton ("Melrose Place"), Josh Hopkins ("New York Undercover"), Amy Sedaris ("Strangers with Candy" ) and Mary Louise Wilson ("All My Children")
NBC
Chesnut Hill (Drama) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: John Masius and Bob DeLaurentis Premise: Family drama from the creators of "Providence." But instead of a doc with a dead mother, it's a retiring Surgeon General with a dead son, whose practice he takes over. Stars: To Be Announced
Earth Angels (Drama) Studio: Imagine and 20th Producers: Anne Rice, Thania St. John and Toni Graphia Premise: Angels (the Roma Downey kind, not the David Boreanaz variety, despite Anne Rice's attachment) protect mortals. Stars: To Be Announced
Emeril (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and Harry Thomason Premise: Bam! The animated chef takes viewers behind the scenes of a cooking show. Stars: Emeril Lagasse, Lisa Ann Walter ("Breaking News" ) and Michael Jeter ("Tales of the City" )
Fair Play (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Sally Robinson and Alan Barnett Premise: A criminal investigator and a criminal defense attorney, how many episodes until the criminal sexual chemistry? Stars: Peta Wilson ("La Femme Nikita") and Scott Cohen ("Gilmore Girls")
Improv Sitcom (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Drew Carey, Bruce Helford, D. Patterson and S. Simon Premise: Half improvised, half scripted, the show follows an accountant who goes to work for a rock star. Stars: To Be Announced
Inside Schwartz (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox TV and NBC Studios Producers: Steven Engel Premise: A would-be sportscaster's dating life is illustrated by sports highlights, with help from guest stars like Bobby Knight. Stars: Breckin Meyer
Last Dance (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Chuck Lorre and Jim Burrows Premise: The story follows the romance between a cop and an actress who meet in rehab. Stars: Paget Brewster ("The Trouble with Normal"), David Keith, Yeardley Smith ("The Simpsons") and Michael Rispoli ("The Sopranos")
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (Drama) Studio: Wolf Films and Studios USA Producers: Dick Wolf and Rene Balcer Premise: Like "Law & Order" and "Law & Order: SVU" but different. Audiences get to know who the bad guy is early on. Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Jamey Sheridan ("Chicago Hope"), Courtney B. Vance and Kathryn Erbe ("Oz")
Leap of Faith (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Jenny Bicks Premise: An ensemble of friends turning 30, complicated by a love triangle between a woman (named Faith, natch), her ex-fiance and her new blue-collar love interest. Stars: Gretchen Egolf, Regina King, Brian Austin Green ("Beverly Hills, 90210") and Brad Rowe ("Wasteland")
Neurotic Tendencies (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producers: Kelsey Grammer and Diane Wilk Premise: A struggling New York actress marries a hot-shot studio executive and moves with him to Los Angeles, along with a couple of friends she convinces to come out West with her. Stars: Dedee Pfeiffer ("Cybill"), Gary Cole ("American Gothic"), Ellen Cleghorne ("Saturday Night Live"), Missi Pyle, Niesha Trout ("Oh Grow Up") and Meredith Scott Lynn.
Scrubs (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone Producer: Bill Lawrence Premise: The title refers to medical residents. With six-figure salaries ahead of them, they're the opposite of the guys TLC was singing about. Stars: Zach Braff, Donald Faison ("Felicity"), Sarah Chalke, John C. McGinley, Ken Jenkins and Judy Reyes
Spy Girl (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Ed Redlich, Becky Hartman and Steve Reuther Premise: An Ivy League grad becomes a private investigator. Stars: Jennie Garth ("Beverly Hills, 90210")
Tikiville (Comedy) Studio: 20th Century Fox Television and Three Sisters Producers: Dottie Dartland-Zicklin, Jim Burrows and Jamie Tarses Premise: A 30-year-old single mom's life is interrupted when the father of her son returns. Stars: Rob Estes ("Melrose Place") Status: Production postponed until midseason, due to the producers inability to find the right female lead.
Trial & Error (Drama) Studio: To Be Announced Producers: Dick Wolf and Bill Guttentag Premise: A sort of "Law & Order"-meets-reality television, this "dramamentary" uses footage of five first-year assistant district attorneys to tell a story that doesn't necessarily echo the sequence of actual events. Stars: Not applicable
True Love (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producers: Judd Pillot, John Peaslee and Jonathan Axelrod Premise: Two couples: one married, one split-up. Stars: Christine Taylor ("Party Girl"), Jami Gertz ("Ally McBeal") and Sean O'Bryan
Undercover (Drama) Studio: 20th and Jersey TV Producers: Shane Salerno, Don Winslow and Thomas Carter Premise: Action-drama about an elite LAPD unit. Maybe the real, not-so-elite LAPD can take notes. Stars: Grant Show ("Melrose Place"), Jon Seda ("Homicide: Life on the Street"), Vera Farmiga and Jarrad Paul ("Action")
Untitled Debi Gutierrez Project: (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. and Castle Rock Producers: Debi Gutierrez, Regina Stewart and Gary Halverson Premise: Another mom balancing family and career. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Jonathan Groff Project (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Jonathan Groff and Vic Kaplan Premise: "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" writer Groff chronicles a married couple with different career paths. While the husband struggles at work, the wife becomes wildly successful. Stars: Bonnie Sommerville ("Grosse Pointe") and Matthew Letscher ("Almost Perfect")
Untitled Julia Louis-Dreyfus Project (Comedy) Studio: Carsey-Warner-Mandabach Producer: Brad Hall Premise: The show takes place in real time, with each episode representing a half-hour a lounge singer in Los Angeles' life. Stars: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Untitled Reiser/Thomas Project (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Paul Reiser, Betsy Thomas and Arthur Spivak Premise: Two divorcees approach love optimistically. Stars: Paula Marshall ("Snoops")
Untitled Sisqo Project (Comedy) Studio: Big Ticket and NBC Studios Producers: Michael Jacobs, Jordan Kerner and Rob Lee Premise: Pointing at the ridiculousness of how all these shows come about, this show centers on a baseball stadium vendor who gains overnight celebrity and his own sitcom after saving a kid from being hit by a line-drive. Stars: Sisqo and Bob Newhart
Untitled Steve Koren Project (Comedy) Studio: NBC Studios Producer: Steve Koren ("Seinfeld") Premise: This male-skewing comedy features an ensemble of four guys and two girls (no pizza place). The lead is a psychology student who studies his own personal life. Stars: Mackenzie Astin ("The Facts of Life") and Tiffani Thiessen ("Beverly Hills, 90210")
Untitled Tim Kring Project (Drama) Studio: NBC Studios Producers: Tim Kring and Alan Arkish Premise: A "sexy, brilliant" Boston medical examiner. Stars: Jill Hennessy ("Law & Order"), Ken Howard ("Dynasty"), Miguel Ferrer and Mahershala Karin-Ali
What Are You Thinking? (Comedy) Studio: Touchstone and Coumbia TriStar Producers: Hank Azaria and Seth Kurland Premise: Yet another meta-show: A comedy writer uses his fantasy life as material. Stars: Josh Malina ("Sports Night"), Hank Azaria ("Mad About You"), Jayne Brook ("Chicago Hope") and Katey Sagal ("Married ... With Children" )
UPN
Dead Zone (Drama) Studio: Lions Gate Television Producers: Michael Piller ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine") and Shawn Piller Premise: Adaptation of the Stephen King novel which was already made into a memorable flick with Christopher Walken. Stars: Anthony Michael Hall, who now goes by the abbreviated Michael Hall, and Nicole de Boer ("Star Trek: Deep Space Nine")
Life as We Know It (Comedy) Studio:: Paramount Producers: Michael Lisbe and Nathan Reger Premise: New York based male buddy comedy. Stars: To Be Announced
One on One (Comedy) Studio: Greenblatt Janollari Studio Producers: Eunetta Boone, Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari Premise: A sportscaster dad has his hands full with a preteen daughter. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Mike Epps (Comedy) Studio:: Paramount Producers: Devon Shepard, Mike Epps and Ice Cube Premise: Ice Cube's "Friday" movies hit the small screen. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Morgan Gendel (Drama) Studio:: Spelling Producer: Morgan Gendel ("V.I.P." ) Premise: Hot off the success of the "Charlie's Angels" flick, Aaron Spelling's production company tackles a group of female socialites who work undercover for government. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Wes Craven, a.k.a. Ghost in the Machine (Drama) Studio:: Viacom Producers: Wes Craven and Mark Kruger Premise: A thriller about a rich guy and a clairvoyant exploring supernatural incidents. Stars: To Be Announced Status: Dropped
Whatever (Comedy) Studio: Greenblatt Janollari Studio Producers: Jarrett Grode, Robert Greenblatt and David Janollari Premise: 19-year-old Grode wrote the pilot about a the daily life of a 10th grader. Stars: To Be Announced
WB
Bad Haircut (Comedy) Studio:: Warner Bros. Producers: Rob Greenberg ("Frasier") and Tom Perrotta Premise: "That '80s Show." Teen boys come of age in 1980s New Jersey. Stars: To Be Announced
Bob Brush Project (Comedy) Studio: Artists Television Group Producers: Bob Brush ("Early Edition"), Robin Schiff ("Grosse Pointe"), Ken Topolsky ("Party of Five") Premise: A family comedy. Stars: To Be Announced
Boyer Brothers (Comedy) Studio: Will Vinton Studios and Michigan J Productions Producer: Mark Hentemann Premise: A CGI comedy about two stupid brothers who mow lawns for a living. Stars: To Be Announced
Cedric the Coach (Comedy) Studio: Artists Television Group Producers: J. Bowman, Stan Lathan ("The Steve Harvey Show"), E. Rhone and Matt Wickline ("The Hughleys") Premise: An assistant coach of the team with the least wins in the NBA is suddenly elevated to the role of head coach. Stars: Cedric the Entertainer ("The Steve Harvey Show")
Clark Family, formerly Clark Brothers (Drama) Studio: Michigan J Productions Producers: Ron Osborn ("Cupid") and Jeff Reno ("Cupid") Premise: A real-life country music family travels the country. Stars: The Clark Family
Deep (Drama) Studio: Spelling Producer: Peter Steinfeld Premise: Young "Mod Squad." Stars: To Be Announced
Dragonriders of Pern (Drama) Studio: 20th Century Fox and Regency Producer: Ron Moore Premise: Based on Anne McCaffrey's young adult sci-fi novels about a young girl. Stars: To Be Announced Status: Production has halted, due to "creative differences."
Electra Woman and Dyna Girl (Comedy) Studio: Artists Television Group and Michigan J Productions Producers: Elisa Bell, Jeff Kline ("Max Steel" ), Sid and Marty Krofft Premise: Female superheros. Stars: To Be Announced
The Gene Pool (Comedy) Studio: Columbia TriStar Producers: Matthew Carlson ("God, the Devil and Bob") and Harvey Myman ("God, the Devil and Bob") Premise: A scientist and his smart daughter. Stars: Chris Eigeman ("It's Like ... You Know" ), Jennifer Westfeldt ("Holding the Baby"), Robin Bartlett ("Mad About You"), Hallee Hirsh, Stephen Tobolowski ("Mr. Rhodes") and Ajay Naidu ("LateLine")
Glory Days (Drama) Studio: Miramax Producer: Kevin Williamson ("Dawson's Creek"), Bob and Harvey Weinstein and Billy Campbell Premise: A burned out writer tries to go home again. Stars: Eddie Cahill ("Friends"), Frances Fisher, Theresa Russell, Julie Benz ("Angel"), Jay R. Ferguson ("Evening Shade"), Greg Vaughan ("Charmed") and Amy Stewart ("Maid of Honor" )
I Do (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Jeff Astrof ("Veronica's Closet"), Mike Sikowitz ("It's Like, You Know ... " and James Widdoes ("The Fighting Fitzgeralds" ) Premise: A comedy about four couples, three of them recently wed. Stars: To Be Announced
Jamie Foxx Variety Show (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Jamie Foxx ("The Jamie Foxx Show"), Gary Halverson (director, "Grounded for Life") and Marcus King ("The Jamie Foxx Show") Premise: Jamie Foxx hosts a half-hour comedy varity show. Stars: Jamie Foxx
Men, Women and Dogs (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producers: Rob Long ("Love & Money") and Dan Staley ("Love & Money") Premise: Men communicate better with the dog in their lives than with the women. Stars: To Be Announced
Misadventures of Fiona Plum (Comedy) Studio: Studios USA Producers: Roz Moore, Jill Murray and Jonathan Prince ("Grown Ups") Premise: A spoiled young British witch is banished by her father. She is sent to Seattle to work as a nanny for a typical American family until she learns humility. In addition, her father limits her powers to three spells a day. Stars: Kelly Brook
Murphy's Dozen (Drama) Studio: Warner Bros. and New Line Producers: Tim Chambers, Ken Horton ("Bull") and Gavin O'Connor Premise: A large family with 12 children. Stars: Kathy Baker ("Picket Fences")
Off Centre (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. and Dreamworks Producers: Gerry Cohen, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz and Danny Zuker ("Grace Under Fire") Premise: A decent young American's values are put to the test when he rooms with a suave but ethnically challenged Brit in New York City. Stars: Sean Maguire (TNT's "Prince Charming" ), Josh Radnor, Lauren Stamile, John Cho, Kimberly Davies and Jason Winston George ("Titans")
Slacker Cats (Comedy) Studio: Will Vinton Studios and Michigan J Productions Producers: Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley Premise: Foamation felines. Stars: To Be Announced
Smallville (Drama) Studio: Tollin-Robbins and Warner Bros. Producers: Al Gough, Miles Millar ("Martial Law"), Brian Robbins ("Arli$$")and Mike Tollin ("Cousin Skeeter" ) Premise: Live action version of Clark Kent's (aka Superman) teen years. Stars: To Be Announced
Untitled Reba McEntire, formely Family Planning (Comedy) Studio: Acme and 20th Century Fox Producers: A. Gibson, Michael Hanel, Reba McEntire and Mindy Schultheis Premise: A Junior League Southern mother of three's life comes crashing down when she finds out that her dentist husband has impregnated his hygienist. Meanwhile, her 17-year-old cheerleader daughter is also pregnant by the captain of the football team and intends on keeping the baby. Stars: Reba McEntire, Joanna Garcia ("Freaks and Geeks") and Scarlett Pomers ("That's Life")
Untitled Suzanne Martin, formerly Maybe I'm Adopted (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. and Touchstone Producers: Jay Daniel ("Cybill") and Suzanne Martin ("Frasier") Premise: A young girl is out of step with her eccentric family Stars: Fred Willard ("D.C. Follies" ) and Julia Sweeney ("Saturday Night Live")
Wake Up Dad, formely In Your Deams, formerly In Your Dreams (Comedy) Studio: Paramount Producer: Jonathan Katz ("Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist") Premise: A single father raising two teen daughters. Stars: Bob Saget ("Full House")
Witchright Hall (Comedy) Studio: Viacom Producers: Bruce Ferber ("Home Improvement") and Paula Hart ("Sabrina, the Teenage Witch") Premise: This spin-off of "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" is described as a cross between "Sabrina" and "The Facts of Life." Stars: Melissa Joan Hart's sister Emily, Charles Shaughnessy ("The Nanny") and Jane Sibbett ("Friends")
Young Person's Guide To Being A Rock Star (Comedy) Studio: Warner Bros. Producers: Bryan Elsley, Rodman Flender (director, "Gilmore Girls") and John Riggi (writer/director, "The Larry Sanders Show") Premise: A garage band climbs to fame and fortune. Stars: To Be Announced
Editor’s Note: If anyone is surprised at the length of the list above, (around 120 pilots), this is actually nothing new. Every year we hear of dozens of ideas that make it to pilot, but of these, very few ever get into the schedule. By the sound of some of the weak ideas above, next year is not going to be much of a match for this year, where the new shows have been very strong, and some of them have literally locked a section of the audience – shows like CSI and ED.
Later in the year, we will publish a list of the ones that the Networks are proposing to include in the new schedule.
Futurama
We are finally starting to see some of the early episodes from this season that we were repeatedly pre-empted. We will be picking them up as they appear.
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Genre
First Wave 3:3, The Lone Gunmen 1:2, Roswell 2:4,
Non-Genre
No new non-genre nodes this week.
Genre Series
These shows will be taped automatically and kept in archives. Episodes will be available at any time, on demand.
7 Days Season 2
S3-1 STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
S3-2 PEACEKEEPERS
S3-3 RHINO
S3-4 THE DUNWYCH MADNESS
S3-5 OLGA'S EXCELLENT VACATION
S3-6 DELORIS DEMANDS
S3-7 THE FIRE LAST TIME
S3-8 TRACKER
S3-9 TOP DOG
S3-10 ADAM & EVE & ADAM
S3-11 HEAD CASE
S3-12 RAVEN
S3-13 THE FIRST FRESHMAN
S3-14 REVELATION
S3-15 CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION
S3-16 EMPTY QUIVER
S3-17 KANSAS
S3-18 THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
All Souls
S1-1 PILOT
Andromeda
S1-1 UNDER THE NIGHT
S1-2 AN AFFIRMING FLAME
S1-3 TO LOOSE THE FATEFUL LIGHTNING
S1-4 D MINUS ZERO
S1-5 DOUBLE HELIX
S1-6 ANGEL DARK, DEMON BRIGHT
S1-7 THE TIES THAT BLIND
S1-8 BANKS OF THE LETHE
S1-9 A ROSE IN THE ASHES
S1-10 ALL GREAT NEPTUNE'S OCEANS
S1-11 THE PEARLS THAT WERE HIS EYES
S1-12 THE MATHEMATICS OF TEARS
S1-13 MUSIC OF A DISTANT DRUM
S1-14 HARPER 2.0
S1-15 FORCED PERSECTIVE
S1-16 THE SUM OF ITS PARTS
S1-17 FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE MILKY WAY
Angel Season 2
S2-1 JUDGMENT
S2-2 ARE YOU NOW OR HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
S2-3 FIRST IMPRESSIONS
S2-4 UNTOUCHED
S2-5 DEAR BOY
S2-6 GUISE WILL BE GUISE
S2-7 DARLA - CROSS-OVER PART 2
S2-8 THE SHROUD OF RAHMON
S2-9 THE TRIAL
S2-10 REUNION
S2-11 REDEFINITION
S2-12 BLOOD MONEY
S2-13 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
S2-14 THE THIN DEAD LINE
S2-15 REPRISE
S2-16 EPIPHANY
S2-17 DISHARMONY
Beastmaster Season 2
S2-1 MANLINKS
S2-2 IARA
S2-3 SEER
S2-4 ORPHEO
S2-5 XINCA
S2-6 GHOSTS OF THE FOREST
S2-7 RAGE
S2-8 WHITE TIGER
S2-9 HEART LIKE A LION
S2-10 GONE
S2-11 GOLGOTHA
S2-12 TAO'S BROTHER
S2-13 WILD CHILD (Guest starring Anthony Simco and Claudia Black)
S2-14 MATE FOR LIFE
S2-15 CENTAURS
S2-16 FIFTH ELEMENT
S2-17 A TERRIBLE SILENCE
Black Scorpion
Black Scorpion – TV Movie
Black Scorpion 2 – Aftershock – TV Movie
S1-1 ARMED AND DANGEROUS
S1-2 WAVE GOODBYE
S1-3 BLINDED BY THE LIGHT
S1-4 HOME SWEET HOMELESS
S1-5 LOVE BURNS
S1-6 OUT OF THIN AIR
S1-7 NO STONE UNTURNED
S1-8 CRIME TIME
S1-9 NO SWEAT
S1-10 AN OFFICER & A PRANKSTER
S1-11 LIFE'S A GAS
S1-12 ROSES ARE RED, YOU'RE DEAD
S1-13 FIRE & BRIMSTONE
S1-14 VIRTUAL VICE
Buffy Season 5
S5-1 BUFFY vs. DRACULA
S5-2 REAL ME
S5-3 THE REPLACEMENT
S5-4 OUT OF MY MIND
S5-5 NO PLACE LIKE HOME
S5-6 FAMILY
S5-7 FOOL FOR LOVE
S5-8 SHADOW
S5-9 LISTENING TO FEAR
S5-10 INTO THE WOODS
S5-11 TRIANGLE
S5-12 CHECKPOINT
S5-13 BLOOD TIES
S5-14 CRUSH
S5-15 I WAS MADE TO LOVE YOU
S5-16 THE BODY
S5-17 FOREVER
Charmed Season 3
S3-1 THE HONEYMOON'S OVER
S3-2 MAGIC HOUR
S3-3 ONCE UPON A TIME
S3-4 ALL HALLIWELL'S EVE
S3-5 SIGHT UNSEEN
S3-6 PRIMROSE PATH
S3-7 POWER OUTAGE
S3-8 SLEUTHING WITH THE ENEMY
S3-9 COYOTE PIPER
S3-10 WE ALL SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM
S3-11 BLINDED BY THE WHITELIGHTER
S3-12 WRESTLING WITH DEMONS
S3-14 THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE CURSED
S3-13 BRIDE AND GLOOM
S3-15 JUST HARRIED
S3-16 DEATH TAKES A HALLIWELL
S3-17 PRE-WITCHED
Cleopatra 2525/Jack of all Trades Season 2
CS2-1 THE WATCH
JS2-1 A HORSE OF A DIFFERENT COLOR
CS2-2 BABY BOOM
JS2-2 SHARK BAIT
CS2-3 BRAIN DRAIN
JS2-3 MONKEY BUSINESS
CS2-4 MAUSER'S DAY OUT
JS2-4 THE MORNING AFTER
CS2-5 REALITY CHECK
JS2-5 CROQUEY IN THE POKEY
CS2-6 POD WHISPERER
JS2-6 ONE TWO THREE GIVE ME LADY LIBERTY
CS2-7 OUT OF BODY
JS2-7 HAMNESIA
CS2-8 JUGGERNAUT DOWN!
JS2-8 SEVENTY BRIDES FOR ONE BROTHER
End of Short Episodes
Full-Length Cleo Episodes – Please note that while some sources are calling this Season 2, we opt for Season 3.
Cleopatra 2525
S3-1 TRUTH BE TOLD
S3-2 IN YOUR BOOTS
S3-3 THE SOLDIER WHO FELL FROM GRACE
S3-4 NO THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
S3-5 NOIR OR NEVER
S3-6 THE VOICE (End of Series)
Dark Angel
S1-1 PILOT - FEATURE LENGTH
S1-2 HEAT
S1-3 FLUSHED
S1-4 C.R.E.A.M.
S1-5 411 ON THE DL
S1-6 PRODIGY
S1-7 COLD COMFORT
S1-8 BLAH, BLAH, WOOF, WOOF
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