When TV Pilots Are Not Picked Up – 2016 Edition

One of our most popular annual features is a look at what the broadcasters passed on at the annual Upfronts. While many shows are picked up for a full season, many are also kicked to the curb, never to be seen by viewers.

Some pilots are also sent back for re-development, while others are selected by OTT services.

Hopefully, all of the cast and crew in these potential series are successful in finding work.

For a reminder, here’s what wasn’t chosen in 2014 and 2015.

FOX

Drama:

Urban Cowboy
Zoobiquity

Comedy:

Charity Case
The Enforcers

“Zoobiquity” was a medical procedural adapted from a popular book by Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers. Cardiologist Dr. Kara Martins (Marsha Thomason) and veterinarian Dr. Lucas Cort (Peter Facinelli) unite in an attempt to utilize a combination of both of their expertise towards healing those experiencing various complexities.

NBC

Drama:

Untitled Transylvania Project
Untitled Mars drama

Comedy:
Time Crunch
Good Fortune
Sebastian
Dumb Prince
Grand Junction
A Bronx Life

“Time Crunch” was a mixture of a game show and workplace comedy helmed by former “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” host and funnyman, Craig Ferguson. An ambitious producer (Andrea Anders) attempts to reign in the host’s antics.

ABC

Drama:

Drew
The Jury
Marvel’s Most Wanted
Model Woman
Presence
Spark
Broken

Comedy:
Toast
Chunk & Bean
Dream Team
The Fluffy Shop
Square Roots

Controversy arose when “Drew” wasn’t picked up, as the network allegedly described it as “too female.” However, CBS President Glenn Geller stated that this was “just not true.” The show was a crime drama inspired by the best-selling “Nancy Drew” detective novels, with actress Sarah Shahi taking the lead as an adult interpretation of the protagonist.

CBS

Comedy:

My Time/Your Time

What Goes Around Comes Around

“What Goes Around Comes Around” was to be the reuniting of Jason Lee and Alyssa Milano (both formerly of “My Name is Earl”) as a couple of 40-something parents who threw caution to the wind as youths, and must now face the tough reality of bringing up their own helter-skelter teenagers.

This marks another difficulty for Milano, whose 2014 pilot "Salvation" was passed on by NBC.

Author: Brian Cameron

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