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The six broadcast nets are putting the finishing touches on their drama pilot pickups for the 2003-04 season. A few projects are still vying for a greenlight, but with the majority of hours ordered, it’s clear the webs have two things on their minds — law and order — as crime-themed skeins dominate. ABC
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| 10-8 | Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Jorge
Zamacona |
Spelling/ Touchstone | Rookie cops in L.A. sheriff’s dept. |
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| 111 Gramercy Park | Bob Brush, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum | WB | “Upstairs/Downstairs” redux in Gotham |
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| Alaska (a.k.a The Circle) | John August | Touchstone | Alaska state trooper investigates crime |
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| The D.A. | James Duff, Greer Shephard, Michael Robin | WB/Shephard-Robin | L.A. District Attorney’s office gets mercurial
boss |
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| The Flannerys | K. Falls, P. O’Fallon, M. Tollin, B. Robbins,
J. Davola |
WB/Tollin- Robbins | Irish family helps father set up storefront
law firm |
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| The Partners | Kerry Ehrin, Nena Rodrigue | Touchstone | Pair of female undercover cops |
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| Karen Sisco | J. Smilovic, J. Landgraf, D. DeVito, S.
Sher, M. Shamberg, S. Frank |
Jersey/U | Based on J. Lo’s character in “Out of Sight” |
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| The Street Lawyer | David Levien, Brian Koppelman, John Grisham,
David Gernert |
Touchstone | Based on John Grisham’s novel |
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| Then Came Jones | Chris Brancato, Bert Salke | Touchstone | Moral man runs brothel in 1899 El Paso |
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| Threat Matrix | Daniel Voll, Emile Levisetti, Michael Edelstein,
Keith Addis |
Touchstone/ Industry | Task force takes on terrorists |
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| Untitled hotel drama | Armyan Bernstein | WB | Life in a luxury hotel |
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| Untitled FBI drama | Rod Lurie, Marc Frydman |
Touchstone/ DreamWorks |
Tyro agents fight organized crime |
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CBS
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| Project | Exec Producers | Studio | Logline |
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| Battle Creek | Vince Gilligan, Mark Johnson | Sony | FBI agent, cop spar in Battle Creek, Mich. |
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| Cold Cases | Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Meredith
Stiehm |
Bruckheimer/ WB /CBS | Drama about female topper of Philly’s cold
case squad |
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| Criminology 101 | Nell Scovell, Roger Birnbaum, Bery Berber,
Meghan Wolpert |
20th/Spyglass | Duo of femme criminology students solve
crimes |
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| Expert Witness | Hart Hanson, Keith Ablow | 20th/Firm | Procedural drama about forensic psychologist |
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| JAG spinoff | Don Bellisario, Don McGill | Par | Navy criminal investigation |
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| Century City | Paul Attanasio, Ed Zuckerman, Katie Jacobs | U | Drama about futuristic legal system |
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| Street Boss | Christopher Haddock | Viacom | Drama about man who trains undercover cops |
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| Untitled Danny Glover project | J. Wirth, W. Mosley, K. Sullivan, A. Rifkin | CBS/U | Glover as Oakland cop who becomes a private
investigator |
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| The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. | David E. Kelley, Michael Pressman | 20th | Trio of brothers live in a small town |
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| Violent Crime | Samantha Corbin | U | Femme detective duo in Boston |
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FOX
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| Project | Exec Producers | Studio | Logline |
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| The Break | John Stockwell, David Nevins, Brian Grazer | 20th/Imagine | Father returns to Hawaii, forms elite unit
of cops |
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| No Place Like Home | Christopher Keyser, Amy Lippman | Sony | Two teens get married, try to start perfect
family |
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| NYPD 2069 | Steven Bochco, Nicholas Wootton, Matthew
Olmstead |
Par/Bochco | Cop gets cryo’d, wakes up in 2069 |
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| The O.C. | Josh Schwartz, McG | WB | ‘Bev Hills 90210’ in Orange County |
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| Skin | Jim Leonard, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan
Littman |
WB/ Bruckheimer | ‘Romeo & Juliet’ meets ‘Boogie Nights’ |
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| Splitsville | Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein | 20th | Couple writes advice column post break-up |
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| Still Life | K. Koenig, N. Moritz, M. Adelstein, D.
Parouse |
20th/Original | Spiritual drama from dead son’s p.o.v. |
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| Untitled femme project | Bryan Fuller, Todd Holland | 20th/Regency | ‘Amelie’ meets ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ |
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| Untitled grad student project | J. Feldman, R. Cohen, N. Moritz, M. Adelstein,
D. Parouse |
20th/Original | Grad student discovers she can relive any
given day |
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NBC
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| Project | Exec Producers | Studio | Logline |
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| Casino Eye | D. Johnson, S. Steindorff, G.S. Thompson,
J. Falvey, D. Frank |
NBC/ DreamWorks | Life of a surveillance expert in Las Vegas |
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| EDNY | Anthony Drazan | NBC | Billy Baldwin-toplined legal drama |
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| Future Tense | Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Joel Silver | WB/NBC/ Silver Pictures | High tech law enforcement unit |
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| Homeland Security | Christopher Crowe, Kerry McCluggage | Par | Gov’t agency fights terrorism |
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| HUB | Mark Gordon, Nick Thiel | NBC | Lives intertwine at an international airport |
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| Lyon’s Den | Remi Aubuchon, Brad Grey, Bernie Brillstein | 20th/Brad Grey | Rob Lowe stars in ensemble legal drama |
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| Miss Match | Darren Star, Jeff Rake, David Nevins, Brian
Grazer |
20th/Imagine | Alicia Silverstone as attorney/matchmaker |
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| Sunset Division | Tim Kring | NBC | Jerry O’Connell stars in “Crossing Jordan”
spinoff |
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WB
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| Project | Exec Producers | Studio | Logline |
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| Chasing Alice | Susanne Daniels, Scott Lobdell | WB/First Move | “Alice in Wonderland” tale of a P.I. searching
for sister |
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| Dicks | Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey
Sher, John Landgraf |
Sony/Jersey | Zach Helm-scribed tale about friends becoming
PIs |
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| Fearless | Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Jeremy
Littman |
WB/ Bruckheimer | V. Ngo, E. Charnov’s tail of FBI femme
without a fear gene |
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| Gilmore Girls spinoff | Amy Sherman-Palladino | WB | Milo Ventimiglia’s character moves in with
estranged father |
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| Immediate Family | Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent | Spelling | S.Tolkin writes of woman who adopts sister’s
kids |
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| Jack | Thomas Schlamme | WB | B. Meltzer, S. Cohen’s tale of teen destined
to be prexy |
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| Ravens | Mike Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola | WB/Tollin- Robbins | M. Schwahn writes of estranged half-brothers
in small town |
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| Shadow Walkers | D. Angel, B. Brown, M. Gibson, B. Davey,
G. Coote, J. Hayes |
Regency | Archaeologists and their kids hunt down
critters |
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| Tarzan | Laura Ziskin, David Gerber, David Nutter,
Eric Kripke |
WB | Contemporary tale of young Tarzan in NY |
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| MacGyver | Henry Winkler, John Rich, Stephen Downing | Par | Sam Baum’s take on MacGyver’s 23-year-old
nephew |
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UPN
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| Project | Exec Producers | Studio | Logline |
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| The Edge | Scott Vila, Matthew Carnahan | 20th | Feds solve crimes on the Mexico border |
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| Hotel | Aaron Spelling, E. Duke Vincent, Denise
DiNovi, Cory Tynan |
Spelling | Remake of series that focuses on Miami
hotel dwellers |
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| Kamelot | Wes Craven, Ron Milbauer, Terri Hughes | Miramax | King Arthur resurrected as futuristic hipster |
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| Newton | Joel Silver, Craig Silverstein | WB/Silver Pictures | One family’s take on techie suburban life |
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| Vegas Dick | Rich Wilkes, Neil Moritz, Marty Adelstein,
Dawn Parouse |
20th/Original | Con man tries to go straight by solving
casino crimes |
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| Weapon X | Gina Matthews, Grant Scharbo, Silvio Horta | Viacom | NSA agent gets injected with computer chips |
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2003 Drama Pilots
