CBS Gets 3 Drama Pilots for Series, Passes Comedy Pilots in Programming Shift

CBS commissioned the series from Max Terriotti, three of its five dramatic pilots. land of fire (Fka lime fire); east new york, Amanda Warren and Jimmy Smiths; Y help me Todd (fka Unnamed Mother and Son Legal Drama), starring Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin. CBS doesn’t comment beyond that, but as far as I understand all three series are from the fall.

a true lieIt is also rumored that he will likely order a series mid-season. I understand that negotiations between CBS and 20th Television are ongoing and the project is still very much alive.

The pilot of the CBS drama is not progressing, early edition, A remake of the chilled Kyle Chandler series and all the CBS comedy pilots/hosts. The network chose to commission all comedy project submissions this year from its own studio, CBS Studios (Hug car, unpleasant friend, unplanned abbreviation) and an open-air studio comedy, Warner Bros. televisions rust Hood News, He was a complete pilot.

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I understand that CBS Brass is very pleased with this season’s drama pilots, which is considered one of the strongest in recent years, but a bunch of comedy pilots didn’t stand out.

CBS has also canceled three ongoing comedy series: United States Take, B Positive Y How do we turn – The network will have at least one half hour series on schedule. CBS cut its comedy block from two hours to one hour five years ago, recently Სneighborhood Y Bob broke her heart. CBS could do the same with a two-hour block on Thursday.

I am listening help me ToddIt can be connected beyond the 8 p.m. comedy block represented by the flagship, which has comedy connotations young sheldon And possibly a signature smash hit ghosts

2022 CBS series and pilot orders

help me Todd It was one of the Cinderella stories for the 2022 airing season. I heard a huge hit in the early days of the lead female role being transformed, with Marcia Gay Harden opposite Gina Davis, opposite the pilot Skylar Astin, hanging in the middle of the movie. with the package and good test results it achieved a great result. , I understand.

Here are the details on CBS’s recently selected screenplay series:

east new york

EP/W: William Finkelstein, Mike Flynn
EP/D: Michael M. Robin (Skyemac Productions)
EP: Christine Holder, Mark Holder (Wonder Street)
Joint EP: Andrew Maher (Skyemac)
Studio: Warner Bros. TV
LOGLINE: Regina Haywood is a newly promoted assistant superintendent in suburban Brooklyn, a working-class neighborhood in eastern New York. Lead a diverse group of police and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to use their creative methods for service and protection amid the first seeds of social turmoil and gentrification.
Cast: Amanda Warren, Kevin Rankin, Jimmy Smiths, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kandy, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Lavel Schli and Olivia Lucard

burning country (Formerly known as “Cal Fire”)

EP/Teleplay Story Writer/Co-Author: Tony Phelan and Joan Rutter
EP / Story Co-Writer: Max Terriot
EP/D: James Strong (pilot only)
EP: David Gray
EP: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and Christia Ann Reed (Jerry Bruckheimer Television)
Studio: CBS Studios
LOGLINE: At a request for rescue and reduced detention time, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that takes him and other inmates back to his small Northern California hometown, where they work with elite firefighters to put out massive fires in the area. Inspired by the experience of Max Terriot growing up in the Northern California Fire Department.
Cast: Max Terriotti, Billy Burke, Kevin Alejandro, Diane Farr, Stephanie Clay, Jordan Calloway, Jules Latimer.

help me Todd (Formerly known as the “Anonymous Mother/Child Legal Drama”)

EP / Author: Scott Prendergast
Executive Producers / Performers: Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro
EP/D: Amy York Rubin (pilot only)
EP: Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw, Julia Eisenman (29 stage productions)
Studio: CBS Studios
LOGLINE: Despite his opposite personality, the talented but rebellious private detective who is the family’s black sheep reluctantly agrees to work as an inside detective for his brave mother, a successful lawyer who suffers after his newlywed breaks up.
Cast: Marcia Gay Harden, Skylar Astin, Madeleine Wise, Tristan J. Winger, Inga Schillingman and Rosa Ardondo