2007-08 season's new series.By International Distribution Company (as of May 15, 2007) Please note that this list includes only 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. , 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. and cable network pilots. In the May 19 issue of VideoAge the list will be updated to reflect the announcements made at the CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. , CW and Fox Upfronts. CBS PARAMOUNT INTERNATIONAL TV Californication (Showtime) Production Team: Tom Kapinos, David Duchovny, Stephen Hopkins Format: One-hour drama About a novelist whose obsession with honesty and self-destructive behavior--drinks, drugs and relationships--are simultaneously destroying and enriching his career DISNEY-ABC INTERNATIONAL TV Carpoolers (ABC) Production Team: Bruce McCulloch, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, David Miner, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Format: Half-hour comedy Tells the tales of four very different men who carpool to work together Cavemen (ABC) Production Team: Daniel Rappaport, Guymon Casady, Will Speck, Josh Gordon, Bill Martin, Mike Schiff Format: Half-hour comedy Cavemen deal with prejudice in modern-day Atlanta (based on the Geico insurance ads) Dirty Sexy Money Dirty Sexy Money is a American television series, created by Craig Wright, who also serves as executive producer alongside Greg Berlanti, Bryan Singer, Matthew Gross, Peter Horton and Josh Reims, with Melissa Berman producing. Horton also directed the pilot. (ABC) Production Team: Craig Wright, Greg Berlanti, Peter Horton, Matt Gross, Bryan Singer Format: One-hour drama A lawyer inherits his father's clients--a colorful NY family with legal (and sometimes illegal) needs Eli Stone (ABC) (midseason) Production Team: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Ken Olin Format: One-hour drama A 30-something attorney discovers that he might be a spiritual prophet Private Practice (ABC) Production Team: Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Marti Noxon, Mark Gordon Format: One-hour drama Revolves around Grey's Anatomy's Dr. Addison Montgomery Shepard Sam I Am (ABC) Production Team: Donald Todd, Peter Traugott Format: Half-hour comedy An amnesiac wakes up from a coma to learn that she was an awful person NBC UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL TV DISTRIBUTION The Bionic Woman (NBC) Production Team: David Eick, Laeta Kalogridis, Jason Smilovic Format: One-hour drama A modern take on the classic series about a woman with extraordinary powers Destination Truth (Sci Fi) Production Team: Neil Mandt, Michael Mandt Format: Reality An eager truth-seeker travels the globe to investigate the unexplained Flipping Out (Bravo) Production Team: Lauren Lexton, Tom Rogan Format: Reality Follows an obsessive-compulsive, yet extremely successful businessman who flips multimillion-dollar houses Hey Paula! (Bravo) Production Team: Scott Sternberg Format: Reality A fly-on-the-wall series about the former pop star and American Idol judge The IT Crowd (NBC) (midseason) Production Team: Moses Port, David Guarascio, Joe Port, Joe Wiseman, Graham Linehan, Steve Tao Format: Half-hour comedy Based on a U.K. show about a company's IT staff Life (NBC) Production Team: Rand Ravich, Far Shariat, David Semel Format: One-hour drama An ex-cop rejoins the police force after being wrongly imprisoned im·pris·on tr.v. im·pris·oned, im·pris·on·ing, im·pris·ons To put in or as if in prison; confine. [Middle English emprisonen, from Old French emprisoner : en- for years Lipstick Jungle (NBC) Production Team: DeAnn Heline, Eileen Heisler, Candace Bushnell Format: One-hour drama Based on the book by Candace Bushnell, about power-hungry 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 women The Steve Wilkos Show (Syndicated) Production Team: Richard Dominick Format: One-hour talk show The former Jerry Springer Show bodyguard doles out tough love RHI RHI Robert Half International RHI Range Height Indicator RHI Roller Hockey International RHI Relativistic Heavy Ion RHI Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat RHI Rhinelander, WI, USA - Rhinelander Oneida County Airport (Airport Code) ENTERTAINMENT Killer Wave (ION) Production Team: Michael Prupas, Irene Litinsky, Robert Halmi Sr. Format: Miniseries After a tidal wave strikes the American East Coast, a team of scientists confers to learn the reason behind the devastating dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. phenomenon SONY PICTURES TV INTERNATIONAL Breaking Bad (AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) See AdvancedTCA. ) Production Team: Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson Format: One-hour drama A chemistry professor is diagnosed with terminal cancer and turns to an exciting life of crime Cashmere Mafia (ABC) Production Team: Gail Katz, Darren Star, Kevin Wade, Peyton Reed Format: One-hour drama Revolves around a group of high-powered NYC-dwelling female executives who have been friends since business school Damages (FX) Production Team: Todd Kessler, Daniel Zelman, Glen Kessler Format: One-hour drama A rising star lawyer crosses paths with a cutthroat veteran attorney who will stop at nothing to win her cases TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TV DISTRIBUTION Burn Notice (USA) Production Team: Matt Nix, Mikkel Bondesen Format: One-hour drama A spy gets a burn notice and, determined to find out why he's been laid off, becomes a PI Journeyman (NBC) Production Team: Kevin Falls, Alex Graves Format: One-hour drama About a man who can travel back in time to right wrongs Madness of Jane (Lifetime) Production Team: Rob LaZebnik, Bob Cochran, Howard Gordon, Joel Surnow Format: One-hour drama Follows live of an eccentric neurosurgeon neurosurgeon a physician who specializes in neurosurgery. neurosurgeon A surgeon specialized in managing diseases of the brain, spine and peripheral nerves Meat & potatoes diseases Brain tumors, spinal cord disease Salary $245K + 15% bonus. with Bi-Polar Disorder Miss/Guided (ABC) (midseason) Production Team: Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldburg, Karey Burke, Caroline Williams, Gaby Allan Format: Half-hour comedy An ugly duckling returns to her high school as a guidance counselor guidance counselor Child psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters , only to have her former nemesis join her as a teacher Saving Grace (TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. ) Production Team: Nancy A. Miller, Artie Mandelberg, Gary A. Randall, E. Duke Vincent, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan Format: One-hour drama About a morally conflicted female officer destined des·tine tr.v. des·tined, des·tin·ing, des·tines 1. To determine beforehand; preordain: a foolish scheme destined to fail; a film destined to become a classic. 2. for hell until she meets her final-chance angel The Virgin of Akron, Ohio (Lifetime) Production Team: Jordan Budde, Cary Brokaw Format: One-hour drama Former model returns to her hometown and neighbors think she's a faith healer Women's Murder Club Women's Murder Club is an American police procedural and legal drama set in San Francisco. Created by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, they also serve as executive producers alongside Joe Simpson, James Patterson, Brett Ratner and Scott Gemmill. (ABC) Production Team: Joe Simpson, James Patterson, Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain fain adv. 1. Happily; gladly: "I would fain improve every opportunity to wonder and worship, as a sunflower welcomes the light" Henry David Thoreau. 2. Format: One-hour drama Four female friends solve tough murder cases WARNER BROS. INTERNATIONAL TV Big Shots (ABC) Production Team: Jon Harmon Feldman Jon Harmon Feldman is an American screenwriter and director. He has created and worked on TV series Tru Calling, Reunion, and Big Shots (Pilot). Format: One-hour drama About competitive CEOs gone wild Chuck (NBC) Production Team: Josh Schwartz, McG, Chris Fedak Format: One-hour drama A computer geek moonlights as the government's most powerful weapon Heartland (TNT) Production Team: David Hollander Format: One-hour drama A recently divorced couple work both sides of the heart transplant surgery trade Pushing Daisies (ABC) 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. , Barry Sonnenfeld, Bryan Fuller Format: One-hour drama A quirky romantic drama about someone who can bring back the dead Side Order of Life (Lifetime) Production Team: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen, Margaret Nagle Format: One-hour drama A photojournalist begins to re-evalute her life and upcoming wedding thanks to a friend living with cancer State of Mind (Lifetime) Production Team: Greer Shephard, Michael Robin Format: One-hour drama An inside look at the private and professional lives of therapists to find out who's crazier--them or their patients World Moves (NBC) (midseason) Production Team: Randy Jackson, Rob Lee, Howard Schwartz, Karen Schwartz, Harriet Sternberg Format: Reality/Competition A live TV event where dance teams around the world compete for an international touring contract International Distributor TBA TBA See: To be announced Baby Borrowers (NBC) Production Team: Richard McKerrow Format: Reality Based on a U.K. format where young people get some hands-on experience at what it means to bring a baby into this world and be responsible for it Oprah's Big Give Oprah's Big Give is a new reality television series premiering on ABC sometime in 2008. External link (ABC) Production Team: Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Rakieten, Harriet Seitler, Jonathan Sinclair, Bertram van Munster Bertram van Munster is a Dutch-American television producer. He co-created the reality television show The Amazing Race with his wife, Elise Doganieri. Previously, he was a field producer on the TV series COPS during its early years up to season nine. , Elise Doganieri Format: Reality/Competition Millions of dollars are given away to make a difference in people's lives across the country The Singing Bee (NBC) Production Team: Phil Gurin and Robert Horowitz Format: Reality/Competition A karaoke contest that will have viewers singing in their seats |
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