2006-07 season new series.This list does not include all CW or Fox network pilots--except those whose orders were announced early-as those announcements have not yet been made as of press time. Please see a complete list of all new studio series in the May 23rd issue of VideoAge. BUENA VISTA INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION Betty the Ugly (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ) Production Team: Ben Silverman Ben Silverman (b. August 15 1970, Pittsfield, Massachusetts)[1] is the new chairman of NBC Entertainment and NBC Universal Television Studio.[2] , Salma Hayek, Jose Tamez Jose Tamez is president of Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa Productions. For Disney’s ABC television network, he developed and is executive producing the English-language adaptation of the Colombian television telenovela Ugly Betty, starring America Ferrara. , Silvio Horta Silvio Horta (born 1974 in Miami, Florida) is a Cuban-American writer and producer most notably for adapting the South American telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea into the current ABC series, Ugly Betty. Horta serves as head writer and executive producer on the series. Format: Half-hour comedy An unattractive secretary is hired at a fashion magazine Brothers & Sisters (ABC) Production Team: Ken Olin Ken Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American actor, director and producer. He first became well known for his starring role on the television series thirtysomething, but is now a prolific television producer and director. , Jon Robin Baitz Jon Robin Baitz (born November 4, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American playwright, screenwriter, television producer and sometime actor. The son of an executive of the Carnation Company, Baitz was raised in Brazil and South Africa before the family returned to , Marti Noxon Format: One-hour drama A primetime family soap about upper-class adult siblings Day Break (ABC)(midseason) Production Team: Matthew Gross, Jeffrey Bell, Rob Bowman, Paul Zbyszewski Format: One-hour drama A cop is on the run after being framed for murder Dirt (FX) Production Team: Courtney Cox, David Cox, David, 1783–1859, English landscape painter, a follower of John Constable. He is best known for his watercolors of Welsh scenery, of which he produced a great number. Arquette, Matthew Carnahan Matthew Carnahan (February 6, 1961) is an American producer, writer and director. Carnahan studied at New York University as well as the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre. He has a daughter with companion Helen Hunt, Måkena lei Gordon Carnahan (born 2004). Format: One-hour drama Follows the female editor-in-chief of two tabloid magazines and a schizophrenic paparazzo pa·pa·raz·zo n. pl. pa·pa·raz·zi A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. In Case of Emergency (ABC)(midseason) Production Team: Emile Levisetti, Howard J. Morris, Jon Favreau Jonathan K. Favreau (born on October 19, 1966) is an American actor and director. Biography Early life Favreau was born in Flushing, New York to Charles Favreau, a special education teacher, and Madeleine, a schoolteacher who died of leukemia in 1978. Format: Half-hour comedy A group of friends reunite after going through a crisis together Let's Rob ... (ABC) Production Team: Rob Burnett Robert Barry Burnett (born August 27, 1967) is a former defensive end who played in the NFL for 14 seasons. High school and college Burnett attended Newfield High School located in Long Island, New York. , Jon Beckerman, Mick Jagger, Victoria Pearman Format: Half-hour comedy A group of blue-collar guys decide to rob Mick Jagger Six Degrees (ABC) Production Team: Stu Zicherman, Raven Metzner, JJ Abrams, Bryan Burk Format: One-hour drama Ensemble soap about the interweaving lives of a group of strangers CBS PARAMOUNT INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION CBS Paramount International Television (CPITV) was a multinational television production/distribution arm of CBS Paramount Television and owned by CBS Corporation that was formed in 2004 by Viacom, as a result of a merger between two television companies, 3 Lbs. (CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. )(midseason) Production Team: Peter Ocko Format: One-hour drama A brilliant surgeon can't heal his own mind Jericho (CBS) Production Team: John Turteltaub, Stephen Chbosky, Carol Barbee Format: One-hour drama A small, isolated Kansas town must deal with the aftermath of nuclear war Rules of Engagement (CBS)(midseason) Production Team: Tom Hertz Format: Half-hour comedy Different stages of relationships told by a married couple, an engaged couple and a single guy ENDEMOL 1 Vs. 100 (NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. ) Production Team: Scott St. John Scott St. John (born on December 4, 1969 in London, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian violinist and violist. He is a member of the St. Lawrence String Quartet and on faculty at Stanford University, where he teaches violin and chamber music. Biography St. Format: One-hour reality/competition A single contestant competes against an opposing team of 100; correct guesses eliminate opponents Set for the Rest of Your Life For The Rest Of Your Life is a British game show on ITV, hosted by Nicky Campbell. It is produced by Initial, a company of Endemol. Format Round One (ABC)(midseason) Format: One-hour reality/competition Contestants compete for monthly payout for the rest of their lives Show Me the Money (Fox) Format: One-hour reality/competition Trivia show that includes a machine that raises and decreases prize money out of the contestants' control FREMANTLE INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTION America's Got Talent America's Got Talent is an American reality television series on the NBC television network. It is a talent show that features amateur singers, dancers, magicians, comedians and other performers of all ages competing for the advertised top prize of US$1 million. (NBC)(midseason) Production Team: Simon Cowell, Ken Warwick, Cecil Frot Coutaz Format: One-hour reality/competition A search for the next big Las Vegas headliner Gameshow Marathon (CBS) (distributed in certain territories--including Australia, U.S., U.K. and Germany) Production Team: Cecile Frot-Cruz, Paul Jackson, Stuart Krasnow Format: One-hour reality/competition Hosted by Ricki Lake, features celebrities competing in classic game show tournaments GRANADA INTERNATIONAL Gameshow Marathon (CBS) (distributed in certain territories) Production Team: Cecile Frot-Cruz, Paul Jackson, Stuart Krasnow Format: One-hour reality/competition Hosted by Ricki Lake, features celebrities competing in classic game show tournaments JUST FOR LAUGHS Just for Laughs (ABC) (midseason) Format: Half-hour unscripted un·script·ed adj. Not adhering to or in accordance with a script written beforehand: "his unscripted encounters with the press" Eleanor Clift. comedy A hidden camera comedy series LIONSGATE Dresden Files (Sci-Fi) Production Team: Nicholas Cage, Norm Golightly, Hans Beimler, Robert Hewitt Wolfe Robert Hewitt Wolfe is an American television producer and scriptwriter. He is mostly known for his work as a writer on and for developing and producing the series Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. , Morgan Gendel Format: One-hour drama A Chicago police detective who can see otherworldly forces I Pity the Fool (TV Land) Production Team: Ken Druckerman, Stephanie Belafonte, Banks Tarver Format: Half-hour reality/competition Mr. T dishes out advice and tough love to fans Lovespring International (Lifetime) Production Team: Eric McCormack, Michael Forman Format: Half-hour comedy Improvisational comedy centering on an "elite" dating service Motel Man (Sci-Fi) Production Team: Chris Leone, Paul Workman, Laura Harkom Format: One-hour drama A detective tries to save his daughter from a strange room that moves through space and time NBC UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION 30 Rock (NBC) Production Team: Tina Fey, Lorne Michaels, JoAnn Alfano, Dave Miner, Marci Klein Format: Half-hour comedy A workplace comedy behind-the-scenes of a TV show Andy Barker, P.I. (NBC) (midseason) Production Team: Conan O'Brien, Jonathan Groff, David Kissinger, Jeff Ross Format: Half-hour comedy Stars Andy Richter as an accountant who works at a former P.I. office takes on investigations Angela's Eyes (Lifetime) Format: One-hour drama Production Team: Tom Nunan, Cathy Schulman, Dan McDermott, Scott Shepard An FBI agent with a gift--she knows when people are lying The Black Donnellys (NBC) (mid-season) Production Team: Paul Haggis, Bobby Moresco, Bob Lowry, Mark Harris Format: One-hour drama A crime serial about an Irish-American family living in Hell's Kitchen, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Curious George (PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, ) Format: Half-hour animated Production Team: Universal Studios Home Entertainment Universal Studios Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Video or MCA/Universal Home Video) is a home video company founded in 1979. It is a division of Universal Studios. It was originally known as MCA Videocassette, Inc. Family Productions, Imagine Entertainment Based on the classic books about an inquisitive monkey and his friend, the Man with the Yellow Hat Eureka (Sci-Fi) Format: One-hour drama Production Team: Andrew Cosby, Jaime Paglia, Karl Schaefer A U.S. Marshall becomes stranded in a town made up of the world's geniuses Friday Night Lights (NBC) Production Team: Peter Berg, Brian Grazer Format: One-hour drama Inspired by the football movie of the same name, a small Texas town revolves around high school football Heroes (NBC) Production Team: Tim Kring, David Semel, Dennis Hammer Format: One-hour drama Seemingly normal people discover they have superpowers Psych psych also psyche Informal v. psyched, psych·ing, psyches v.tr. 1. a. To put into the right psychological frame of mind: (USA) Format: One-hour drama Production Team: Steve Franks, Kelly Kulchak, Chris Henze A police consultant whose power of observation is so acute, people think he's psychic Raines (NBC)(midseason) Production Team: Graham Yost, Frank Darabont Format: One-hour drama A cop uses his psychic powers to speak to the dead and solve crimes SONY PICTURES TELEVISION Sony Pictures Television, Inc. (SPT) is an American television production and distribution company. It is a subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In turn, the latter is part of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. INTERNATIONAL 10 Items or Less (TBS) Format: Half-hour comedy Production Team: Robert Hickey, Nancy Hower, John Lehr An improvisational comedy about a small grocery store taken over by a big chain Big Day (ABC) Production Team: Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa Format: Half-hour comedy Each episode focuses on different points-of-view of one upcoming wedding Kidnapped (NBC) Production Team: Jason Smilovic, Michael Dinner, Sarah Timberman Tim´ber`man n. 1. (Mining) A man employed in placing supports of timber in a mine. Noun 1. timberman - an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering , Carl Beverly Format: One-hour drama The son of a wealthy New York family is kidnapped and everyone's a suspect My Boys (TBS) Format: Half-hour comedy Production Team: Gavin Polone, Jamie Tarses, Betsy Thomas Revolves around a female sportswriter sports·writ·er n. A person who writes about sports, especially for a newspaper or magazine. sports for the Chicago Sun Times Til Death (Fox) Production Team: Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa Format: Half-hour comedy A newlywed couple moves next door to a long-married couple TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION Art of Betrayal (MyNetworkTV)(midseason) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama A woman is scorned after her husband abandons her and her kids to marry another woman for her money; part of the "Desire" line-up A Dangerous Love (MyNetworkTV)(midseason) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama Two families carry on a fierce rivalry, but their children fall in love; part of the "Secret Obsessions" line-up Fashion House (MyNetworkTV) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama An in-depth look at the fashion industry, starring Bo Derek Bo Derek A slang term used to describe a perfect stock or investment. Notes: The term comes from the name of the actress (Bo Derek) in the 1979 movie "10," in which she portrayed the "perfect woman. part of the "Secret Obsessions" line-up Friends & Enemies (MyNetworkTV) (midseason) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama A woman lives a double life to put her sister through college, part of the "Desire" line-up Grace (TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. ) Production Team: Artie Mandelberg, Nancy A. Miller, Gary A. Randall Format: One-hour drama A morally conflicted female officer in Oklahoma City meets a "last chance angel" Help Me Help You (ABC) Production Team: Jennifer Konner, Alexandra Rushfield Format: Half-hour comedy Revolves around people in group therapy, and their nutty psychologist To Love & Die (MyNetworkTV)(midseason) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama An heiress falls in love with her pilot after a terrible crash, part of the "Secret Obsessions" line-up Lowlife (FX) Production Team: Eddie Izzard, Dmitry Lipkin, Mark Morgan Guy Oseary, Michael Rosenberg Format: One-hour drama Comedic drama about Irish grifters who move to the American South Primary (Fox) Production Team: Craig Silverstein, Tim Story Format: One-hour drama A procedural drama about two hostage negotiators Rules of Deception Rules of Deception was a telenovela planned for the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television was developing this limited-run serial, based on the 1999 Caracol series La Guerra de Las Rosas (The War of The Roses). (MyNetworkTV)(midseason) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama A man seduces one woman for love, another for money; part of the "Desire" line-up Saved (TNT) Production Team: David Manson, Darnell Martin Format: One-hour drama A young, San Francisco-based paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic at odds about his life choices Shark (CBS) Production Team: Brian Grazer, Ian Biderman, Ed Redlich Format: One-hour drama A cutthroat attorney tries high profile L.A. cases, directed by Spike Lee The Singles Table (NBC)(midseason) Production Team: Bill Martin, Mike Schiff Format: Half-hour comedy A bunch of relationships begin at a wedding's "Singles' Table" Table for Three (MyNetworkTV) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama Two brothers, on the run from the mafia, fall in love with the same woman; part of the "Desire" line-up Vanished (Fox) Production Team: Paul Redford, Mimi Leder Format: One-hour drama Investigation following a Senator's wife's disappearance Watch Over Me (MyNetworkTV)(midseason) Production Team: Twentieth Television Format: One-hour drama A bodyguard falls in love with the woman he is hired to guard, part of the "Secret Obsessions" line-up WARNER BROS. INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION Warner Bros. International Television (also known as Warner Bros. Worldwide Television and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution) is the Global television arm of Warner Bros. Television and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment formed in 1996. American Crime (Fox) Production Team: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Jonathan Shapiro, David McNally Format: One-hour drama A group of L.A.-based lawyers handle high-profile cases Blade (Spike) Production Team: Avi Arad, Ari Arad, David S. Goyer, Jim Rosenthal Format: One-hour drama Based on feature film of the same name The Class (CBS) Production Team: David Crane, Jeffrey Klarik, James Burrows Format: Half-hour comedy Revolves around a group of 20-somethings who've known each other since third grade Happy Hour (Fox) Production Team: Jackie Filgo, Jeff Filgo, Tom Werner, Eric Gold, Jimmy Miller Format: Half-hour comedy Odd couple buddy comedy about two guys in-between relationships Lucky Louie (HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy ) Production Team: Louis C.K., Mike Royce, Vic Kaplan, David Becky Format: Half-hour comedy Off-beat sitcom starring comedian Louis C.K. Men in Trees Men in Trees is a romantic television dramedy series starring Anne Heche. The series is centered around relationship coach Marin Frist's misadventures upon relocation to the fictional town of Elmo, Alaska. (ABC) Production Team: James Mangold, Kathy Conrad Format: One-hour drama A cuckolded female relationship coach moves to Alaska and finds suitors The Nine (ABC) Production Team: Hank Steinberg, KJ. Steinberg, Alex Graves Format: One-hour drama A group of strangers go through a bank robbery together Notes from the Underbelly Notes from the Underbelly is an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (previously producing Two and a Half Men) for Warner Bros. Television. (ABC) Production Team: Stacey Traub, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum Format: Half-hour comedy About a group of friends; told through the point-of-view of a pregnant married couple Smith (CBS) Production Team: John Wells Format: One-hour drama A band of criminals provide points-of-view during high-stakes heists Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is an American television Comedy-drama series created and written by Aaron Sorkin. It takes place behind the scenes of a fictional live sketch comedy show (also called Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC) Production Team: Aaron Sorkin, Thomas Schlamme Format: One-hour drama Behind-the-scenes look at a weekly sketch comedy show Traveler (ABC)(midseason) Production Team: Dan Jinks jink v. jinked, jink·ing, jinks v.intr. To make a quick, evasive turn: "He jinked every five seconds, and now brought his tank left again" , Bruce Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. Format: One-hour drama Two men are on the run after being wrongfully labeled terrorists Twenty Good Years Twenty Good Years was an NBC sitcom starring Jeffrey Tambor, John Lithgow, Heather Burns and Jake Sandvig that ran from October 11 2006 until November 1 2006 The series had also been slated to air on CTV in Canada (NBC) Production Team: Michael Leeson, Tom Werner, Eric Gold, Jimmy Miller Format: Half-hour comedy Two 50-year-old men choose to live the next 20 years better Waterfront (CBS) (midseason) Production Team: Jack Orman Format: One-hour drama Charismatic Mayor of Providence, R.I. International Distributor T.B.A. Duets (Fox) Production Team: Simon Cowell Format: One-hour reality/competition A singing competition that pairs professional singers with celebrities Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call (ABC) Format: One-hour talk show Acclaimed author answers couples' relationship problems On the Lot (Fox) Production Team: Mark Burnett, Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, Justin Flavey, Conrad Riggs Format: One-hour reality/competition Competition, winner gets development deal with DreamWorks Treasure Hunters (NBC) Production Team: Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz, Jak Severson, Tom Mazza, Danica Krislovich, Joel Fields, David Nevins, Brian Grazer Format: One-hour reality/competition A treasure hunt competition that spans the U.S. Tuesday Night Book Club (CBS) Format: One-hour reality/competition A docu-soap about women who meet to talk about their lives, books SERIES IN ALPHA ORDER 1 Vs. 100 (Endemol) 3 Lbs. (CPITV) (midseason) 10 Items or Less (SPTI SPTI Sony Pictures Television International SPTI SCSI Pass Through Interface ) 30 Rock (NBC Uni) America's Got Talent (Fremantle) (midseason) American Crime (WBITV) Andy Barker, P.L (NBC Uni) (midseason) Angela's Eyes (NBC Uni) Art of Betrayal (20th Century Fox) (midseason) Betty the Ugly (BVITV BVITV Buena Vista International Television ) Big Day (SPTI) The Black Donnellys (NBC Uni) (midseason) Blade (WBITV) Brothers & Sisters (BVITV) The Class (WBITV) Curious George (NBC Uni) A Dangerous Love (20th Century Fox) (midseason) Day Break (BVITV)(midseason) Dirt (BVITV) Dresden Files (Lionsgate) Duets Eureka (NBC Uni) Fashion House (20th Century Fox) Friday Night Lights (NBC Uni) Friends & Enemies (20th Century Fox) (midseason) Gameshow Marathon (Fremantle/Granada) Grace (20th Century Fox) Greg Behrendt's Wake-up Call Happy Hour (WBITV) Help Me Help You (20th Century Fox) Heroes (NBC Uni) I Pity the Fool (Lionsgate) In Case of Emergency (BVITV) (midseason) Jericho (CPITV) Just for Laughs (Just for Laughs) Kidnapped (SPTI) Let's Rob ... (BVITV) Lovespring International (Lionsgate) Lowlife (20th Century Fox) Lucky Louie (WBITV) Men in Trees (WBITV) Motel Man (Lionsgate) My Boys (SPTI) The Nine (WBITV) Notes from the Underbelly (WBITV) On the Lot Primary (20th Century Fox) Psych (NBC Uni) Raines (NBC Uni) (midseason) Rules of Deception (20th Century Fox)(midseason) Rules of Engagement (CPITV) (midseason) Saved (20 Century o) Set for the Rest of Your Life (Endemol)(midseason) Shark (20th Century Fox) Show Me the Money (Endemol) The Singles Table (20th Century Fox) Six Degrees (BVITV) Smith (WBITV) Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (WBITV) Table for Three (20th Century Fox) Til Death (SPTI) To Love & Die (20th Century Fox)(midseason) Traveler (WBITV)(midseason) Treasure Hunters Tuesday Night Book Club Twenty Good Years (WBITV) Vanished (20th Century Fox) Watch Over Me (20th Century Fox) (midseason) Waterfront (WBITV)(midseason) By International Distribution Company |
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