But this year, none of that is happening.
Nothing new is in the can.
Nothing new is even in the works.
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Given all that, the networks have canceled their annual May upfront presentations to advertisers in New York.
“It’s unprecedented,” reflects media buyer Andy Donchin.
“We had the writers' strike, the horrible events of 9/11, the ‘09 recession.
But this is much more unprecedented.
Long term, it’s going to initiate bigger changes than anybody would have ever envisioned.”
That means bubble shows that would normally get the boot in May could get a second lease on life.
But what about all those scripts that were ordered to pilot in the last few months?
“It’s fairly remarkable what we’re doing.
“We’re putting new episodes on.
Some of these shows have done miracles.
The crazy thing for some of the last episodes of these shows is that post-production houses have shut down.
So even though the episodes were shot, getting them into post and finishing them has been crazy.
They’ve gotten really creative.
They are editing in garages and doing sound mixes in people’s basements.
It’s kind of nutty.”
Together, they’ll attempt to save American politics, if they don’t get caught.
Patrick Dempsey, Troian Bellisario star.
GOOD SAM(drama from Katie Wech Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein).
Sophia Bush, Jason Isaacs star.
THE THREE OF US(comedy from Frank Pines, Ben Winston, Ben Winston, Jeff Grosvenor).
Oliver Hudson, Malin Akerman stars.
RAISED BY WOLFES(comedy from Max Mutchnick and David Kohan).
Logline: Frankie Wolfe is an unfiltered, irreverent, powerful businesswoman with no personal life.
Can these two lonely, damaged people find the love and companionship that has eluded them their whole lives?
B POSITIVE(multicamera comedy from Marco Pennette and Chuck Lorre).
Together they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives.
Annaleigh Ashford, Thomas Middleditch, Sara Rue star.
Becki Newton, Michael Urie star.
Mel Harris, Ken Olin, Timothy Busfield, and Patricia Wettig will reprise their roles.
Logline: An ensemble family drama set in a fine dining restaurant in Harlem.
Ellis Rice, executive chef and patriarch, runs a successful restaurant with his wife and three daughters.
Delroy Lindo, Sheryl Lee Ralph star.
THE BRIDES(drama from Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa).
Logline: A sexy contemporary reimagining ofDraculaas a family drama with a trio of powerful female leads.
Gina Torres, Goran Visnjic star.
Logline: On the surface, Lillian Linden looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash.
But they can’t tell the real story so they lie.
REBEL(drama from Krista Vernoff, John Davis, John Fox, Alexandre Schmitt, Erin Brockovich).
Logline:Rebelis inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich today.
Annie “Rebel” Bello is a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree.
When Rebel applies herself to a fight she believes in, she will win at almost any cost.
Katey Sagal, John Corbett star.
THE BIG SKY(drama ordered straight to series from David E. Kelley.
Ross Fineman, C.J.
Ryan Philippe, Kylie Bunbury star.
PROSPECT(comedy from Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer, Randall Einhorn).
HOME ECONOMICS(comedy from Michael Colton, John Aboud, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, Jason Wang).
UNTITLED KAPNEK/HOLLAND PROJECT(single-camera comedy from Emily Kapnek and Dean Holland.
ADOPTED(comedy from Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin and Jimmy Kimmel).
Inspired by a true story.
MY VILLAGE(comedy from Kari Lizer).
KIDS MATTER NOW(comedy Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Christine Gernon).
VALLEY TRASH(comedy from Niki Schwartz-Wright, Nahnatchka Khan, Jennifer Carreras, Jason Lee).
Logline: An adaptation of Dan Brown’s international best-selling thrillerThe Lost Symbol.
DEBRIS(drama from J.H.
Wyman, Jason Hoffs).
ECHO(drama from JJ Bailey, John Davis, John Fox).
AT THAT AGE(drama from Carla Banks-Waddles; EP Malcolm D. Lee, Debra Martin Chase).
Natalie Zea, Jon Seda, Catherine Dent star.
Logline: An adaptation of the2018 feature filmabout adults at a night school GED prep class.
AMERICAN AUTO(comedy from Justin Spitzer, Aaron Kaplan).
CRAZY FOR YOU(comedy from Rachele Lynn, Lorne Michaels, Seth Meyers, Mike Shoemaker).
Also stars Holly Hunter and Bobby Moynihan.
UNTITLED JACKSON & GOOR(comedy from Universal TV).
Logline: An ensemble comedy about a group of black friends, their dating lives, and wine.
FOX
THE CLEANING LADY(drama from Miranda Kwok,Shay Mitchell, Melissa Carter).
But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized.
THE BIG LEAP(drama from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle).
Teri Polo, Matt Lucas star.
BLOOD RELATIVE(drama from Chris Levinson, James Renner, Philip Noyce, Liza Chasin).
Too bad she’s impossible to deal with.
Melissa Leo, Tate Donovan star.
Swoosie Kurtz also stars.
Their focus is the daily lives of cousins Kelly and Shrub Mallet and their idiosyncratic surroundings.
These two don’t have much, but they do have each other.
Seann William Scott stars.
PIVOTING(comedy from Liz Astrof, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor).
Logline:Pivotingfollows three women after the death of their childhood best friend.
THE CW
THE LOST BOYS(drama from Heather Mitchell, Rob Thomas).
Family bonds are tested as the brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a mythological struggle.
Based on the 1987 cult classic that revolutionized how we think about vampires.
MAVERICK(drama from Merigan Mulhern, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Warren Hsu Leonar).
KUNG FU(drama from Christina M. Kim, Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter).
Now Sarah must lead a young group of misfits as they attempt to start their own country from scratch.
Logline: Spin-off following the women ofArrow.
UNTITLED THE 100 PREQUEL(Jason Rothenberg, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo).
