14 CBS (DRAMA) Elsbeth Writers/Exec Producers: Robert King, Michelle King Exec Producers: Liz Glotzer, D Robert King Cast: Carrie Preston Prod Co: CBS Studios Premise: After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni (Preston), an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD. Based on the character featured in The Good Wife and The Good Fight. Distributor: Paramount Global Content Distribution Matlock Writer/Exec Producer: Jennie Snyder Urman Exec Producers: Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olsen, Kathy Bates Cast: Kathy Bates Prod Co: CBS Studios Premise: After achieving success in her younger years, the brilliant septuagenarian Madeline Matlock (Bates) rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm where she uses her unassuming demeanor and wily tactics to win cases and expose corruption from within. Based on the classic television series of the same name. Distributor: Paramount Global Content Distribution The Never Game (ordered to series) Writer: Ben H. Winters Exec Producer: Justin Hartley Director: Ken Olin Cast: Justin Hartley, Mary McDonnell, Robin Weigert, Abby McEnany, Eric Graise, Fiona Rene Prod Co: 20th TV, CBS, AfterPortsmouth Prods, Change Up Prods Premise: Revolves around survivalist Colter Shaw (Hartley), who roams the country as a “reward seeker” and uses his tracking skills to solve mysteries as he contends with his own fractured family. Distributor: TBD FOX (ANIMATED COMEDY) Krapopolis Creator/Exec Producer: Dan Harmon Exec Producer: Jordan Young Director: Pete Michels Voice Cast: Richard Ayoade, Hannah Waddingham, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy, Duncan Trussell, Dove Cameron, Tara Strong, Alanna Ubach, Stephanie Beatriz Prod Co: Bento Box Entertainment, Fox Entertainment Premise: An animated comedy set in mythical ancient Greece, centered on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other. Prod. Co: Bento Box Ent., Fox Ent. Distributor: Fox Entertainment Global Universal Basic Guys/The Hoagie Bros. (ordered straight-to-series for 2024) Writers: Adam Malamut, Craig Malamut Prod Co: Fox Ent, Bento Box Ent, Sony Pictures TV, Sony Pictures Animation Premise: Brothers Mark and Hank Hoagies suddenly find themselves with no jobs when the Glantontown Hot Dog factory switches over to automation. Lucky for them, the town started a radical Universal Basic Income pilot program, giving all Glantontown residents $3,000 per month with no strings attached. Now, Mark, Hank and the rest of their local buddies are overflowing with the perilous combo of free time and stupid ideas. Distributor: Sony Pictures TV FOX (COMEDY) Jenny Is a Weapon (possible straight-to-series order) Creators: Marc Cherry, Joshua Michael Stern, Ryan McPartlin, Travis Lively Writers: Marc Cherry, Joshua Michael Stern Exec Producers: Marc Cherry, Joshua Michael Stern, Ryan McPartlin, Travis Lively, Mindy Schultheis, Michael Hanel Premise: A sheltered Maryland housewife who, at the moment her marriage falls apart discovers she has special psychic powers, is recruited by a secret government agency where she will have to juggle her broken family and save the world. Distributor: Fox Entertainment Global NBC (COMEDY) Non-Evil Twin Writers/Exec Producers: Amber Ruffin, Kenny Smith Exec Producer: Jenny Hagel Co-Exec Producer: Olivia Morris Cast: Amber Ruffin Prod Co: Universal TV Premise: A woman is forced to step into her sister’s role as the leader of a Fortune 500 company despite knowing little about business and even less about the way her sister has been running the corporation. Distributor: NBCUniversal Global Distribution St. Denis Medical Writers/Exec Producers: Justin Spitzer, Eric Ledgin Exec Producer: Simon Heuer Prod. Co: Universal TV Premise: A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. Distributor: NBCUniversal Global Distribution Untitled Mike O’Malley Project (ordered to series) Writer: Mike O’Malley Exec Producer: Jon Cryer Cast: Jon Cryer, Abigail Spencer, Donald Faison, Finn Sweeney, Sofia Capanna Prod Co: Lionsgate, Universal TV Premise: Centers on former marrieds Jim (Cryer) and Julia (Spencer). After an amicable divorce, the exes decide to continue to raise their kids at the family home while taking turns on who gets to stay with them. Things get more complicated for Jim when the owner of his faU.S. Broadcast TV Season April 2023 (Continued from Page 12) vorite sports team (Faison) enters the picture and wins Julia’s heart. Distributor: NBCUniversal Global Distribution (U.S. only) NBC (DRAMA) Found (ordered to series) Writer: Nkechi Okoro Carroll Exec Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, David Madden, Lindsay Dunn Cast: Shanola Hampton, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta, Karan Oberoi, Kelli Williams Premise: In any given year, more than 600,000 people are reported missing in the U.S. More than half that number are people of color that the country seems to forget about. A public relations specialist — who was once herself one of those forgotten ones — makes sure there is always someone looking out for the forgotten missing people. But unbeknownst to anyone, this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own. Distributor: WB Worldwide Television Distribution The Irrational (ordered to series) Writer: Arika Lisanne Mittman Exec Producers: Mark Goffman, Samuel Baum Director: David Frankel Producer: Jesse L. Martin Cast: Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz, Arash DeMaxi Premise: A world-renowned professor of behavioral science lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations. Based on Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational. Distributor: NBCUniversal Global Distribution Murder by the Book Writer/Exec Producer: Jenna Bans Exec Producers: Bill Krebs, Casey Kyber, Retta Cast: Retta Prod Co: Universal TV, Minnesota Logging Co. Premise: A big city Instafamous book reviewer takes a page from the murder mystery books she reviews and becomes an unlikely detective to uncover the shocking truths about an eccentric seaside town. Distributor: NBCUniversal Global Distribution Wolf Writer/Exec Producer: Michael Grassi Exec Producer/Director: Lee Toland Krieger Exec Producers: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Henrik Bastin, Melissa Aouate, Jonathan Cavendish, Andy Serkis, Will Tennant Prod Co: WB. TV, Berlanti Prods, Fabel Ent, The Imaginarium Cast: Zachary Quinto Premise: Inspired by Oliver Sacks’ extraordinary life and work, the drama follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier, the human mind, while also grappling with their own relationships and mental health. Distributor: WB Worldwide Television Distribution C M Y CM MY CY CMY K
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