The networks were busy placing pilot orders last week. Here’s a wrap-up:
– “The Unit” on CBS: About the lives of special forces soldiers and their families, from writer-director David Mamet and “The Shield” creator Shawn Ryan.
– “Quantico” on CBS: A suspense thriller set inside the FBI’s behavioral analysis unit.
– Also on CBS, an unnamed project from director Brett Ratner about a married couple–he’s a sports agent, she’s a magazine editor–juggling work and family.
– Another untitled project at CBS involves psychic James Van Praagh, whose books have been turned into the CBS movies “Living with the Dead” and “The Dead Will Tell.” The pilot is about a newlywed who can communicate with the dead.
– “Deviant Behavior” on Fox: Follows a team of cops that tracks serial killers.
– Untitled project on Fox set at a fertility clinic. NBC has a similar drama, called “Inconceivable,” in development.
– “Blue Skies” on NBC: Comedy from “Will & Grace” producer Jhoni Marchinko that centers on a 27-year-old who finds herself the “reluctant enabler” to her eccentric family, according to Variety.
– “Emily’s Reasons Why Not” on ABC: About a self-help author who doesn’t follow her own advice.
– “Hot Properties” on ABC: About four women in a real estate office in New York.
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale ([email protected]) and Victoria Rodriguez ([email protected])