ABC: Americana

Americana, from ABC Studios and studio-based Mark Gordon Co., is a soap set around a legendary fashion designer and his family and business. It was written by Michael Seitzman (North Country) who will executive produce with Mark Gordon and Mark Gordon Co.’s Nicholas Pepper.

ABC: Nashville

Nashville hails from Oscar-winning writer Callie Khouri and TV producer/documentary filmmaker RJ Cutler. Thelma & Louise scribe Khouri wrote the project, a family soap set against the backdrop of the Nashville music scene that follows one star at her peak and one on the rise. Cutler (The September Issue) is set to direct. The two will executive produce with Nashville-based Gaylord Entertainment, which is being represented by SVP of Media and Entertainment Steve Buchanan.

CBS: Partners

Partners, from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. Partners is a personal story of two lifelong friends and business partners. Architects Charlie and Louis’ friendship has lasted longer than either of their romantic relationships and almost seems like a weird marriage. When Charlie decides to propose to his girlfriend, Louis’ neurotic attempts to be supportive nearly result in the breakup of his own relationship. Described as a show about “4 people in 3 relationships”, the comedy reflects the real-life longtime friendship between Kohan, who is straight, and Mutchnick, who is gay. Because of that connection, the idea has been near and dear to their hearts. This the third time they are tackling it and the third time the project has gone to pilot.

CBS: Untitled Greg Malins/Greg Berlanti comedy

The untitled Malins/Berlanti project centers on Nick who has a health scare and realizes Wendy, his best friend and business partner of 15 years, is ‘the one’. Now he has to figure out how to break it to her. WME-repped Malins and Berlanti are the writers/executive producers.

CBS: Partners

Partners, from Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. Partners is a personal story of two lifelong friends and business partners. Architects Charlie and Louis’ friendship has lasted longer than either of their romantic relationships and almost seems like a weird marriage. When Charlie decides to propose to his girlfriend, Louis’ neurotic attempts to be supportive nearly result in the breakup of his own relationship. Described as a show about “4 people in 3 relationships”, the comedy reflects the real-life longtime friendship between Kohan, who is straight, and Mutchnick, who is gay. Because of that connection, the idea has been near and dear to their hearts. This the third time they are tackling it and the third time the project has gone to pilot.

This comedy pilot I'm looking forward the most. Has a good cast. I love Michael Urie and David Krumholtz.

CBS: Friend Me

Additionally, the network has given the green light to Friend Me, also written by a team, Alan Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal, produced by CBS TV Studios. Friend Me, from CBS Studios and studio-based Tannenbaum Co., centers on twenty-something best friends, Evan and Rob, who move from their hometown of Bloomington, Indiana to Los Angeles to begin their exciting new lives working at Groupon. Evan is having trouble breaking his old slothful habits and rather than go out after work to explore LA and meet new people, prefers to play online poker with his buddies back home. Rob has different plans and is determined to drag Evan, kicking and screaming, along with him. Yes, Dear co-creator Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal are executive producing with Kim and Eric Tannenbaum.

I wonder who they cast in the first two pilots. This one seems to have a B or C list cast (isn't this the one Brandon Routh is in).

I wonder who they cast in the first two pilots. This one seems to have a B or C list cast (isn't this the one Brandon Routh is in).

I wonder that too, hopefully third time is the charm. I think having a "B or C" list cast for sitcoms is usually a good thing. A lot of the popular sticoms started out with unknown or mostly unknown stars.

I agree sometimes, but this cast doesn't do much for me, although Urie was OK when they tried to give him material that wasn't one-note.

I'm not sure what sitcoms are supposed to be now anyway. CBS new sitcoms, like Two Broke Girls or Mike & Molly, are about hating women, hating minorities, hating the overweight, etc.

ABC: How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life

How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, a multi-camera/hybrid comedy produced by 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Imagine Television, is in the mold of another 20th TV comedy, How I Met Your Mother – a multi-camera comedy that is shot without live audience and features more scenes than a regular sitcom — had a put pilot commitment. Based on [Claudia] Lonow’s own life, How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, which can certainly vie for the longest series title crown, is described as an outrageous comedy with lots of heart. It centers on Polly, a recently divorced, single mom, who moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max, a couple who’s full of life but knows no boundaries.

That sounds like a sitcom from 10-15 years ago.

Is this THE Claudia Lonow (Diana Fairgate)?

ABC: Untitled Adam Sztykiel comedy

The untitled Adam Sztykiel project, also from 20th TV, has received a showrunner-contingent order. Based on Sztykiel’s own experiences in a long-distance relationship, the show follows a group of 24-year-old guys who move to a new city, one of them choosing to stay in relationship even though his girlfriend is now 2,000 miles away. It is described as a raw, hilarious peek behind the curtain of modern 20-something relationships. In addition to writing, Sztykiel is executive producing with Aaron Kaplan and Sean Perrone of Kaplan-Perrone.

I agree sometimes, but this cast doesn't do much for me, although Urie was OK when they tried to give him material that wasn't one-note.

I'm not sure what sitcoms are supposed to be now anyway. CBS new sitcoms, like Two Broke Girls or Mike & Molly, are about hating women, hating minorities, hating the overweight, etc.

I lliked Urie on Ugly Betty and I've liked David Krumholtz in everything I've seen him in (especially Numb3rs), so that's where my excitement in the project lies, but Brandon Routh who will play Urie's lover, he doesn't do much for me, I hated him as Clark Kent/Superman, (really I hated that whole movie, but that's another thread, LOL).

Edited March 4, 201213 yr by wingwalker

ABC: Only Fools And Horses

Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley’s multi-camera And Only Fools And Horses, from ABC Studios, is based on the British format. It follows the misadventures of two streetwise brothers who scrape by selling unreliable goods believing that at any moment they could become millionaires.

CBS: Vegas (previously Ralph Lamb)

The untitled Ralph Lamb project, from Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pileggi and CBS TV Studios, is set in the 1960s and is based on the true story of Ralph Lamb – rodeo cowboy turned longtime Sheriff of Las Vegas. Pileggi co-wrote the script with TV writer Greg Walker (Without a Trace), with James Mangold (Walk the Line) on board to direct. The three will executive produce with Mangold’s producing partner Cathy Konrad and another film producer, Arthur Sarkissian (Rush Hour).