In Development for 2003-04 Season
By Staff -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/20/2003 8:00:00 PM
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Hart Presentation | Imagine/20th Century Fox | Rich black man from Malibu moves in with Philly working-class relatives |
| Dan Finnerty Project | Warner Bros./Mohawk, Wonderland | An average guy finds himself the star performer at his family's lounge |
| Jenny McCarthy Project | Touchstone | Heiress loses all of her money and has to lead a "regular" life |
| These Guys | Carsey-Werner-Mandabach | Four men face marriage, parenthood, divorce and dating; Tim Allen narrates |
| Tom Hertz Project | 20th Century Fox/Brad Grey | Introverted New Yorker marries into gregarious family from Kansas |
| My Life With Men | Touchstone | Woman struggles to raise four sons, her father and her husband |
| Flett-Giordano / Ranberg Proj. | Paramount/Touchstone/Storyline | Man from conservative family and his girlfriend, whose parents are gay |
| Hope and Faith | Touchstone/Industry Ent. | Housewife and her sister, a popular soap opera actress, have to move in together |
| I'm With Her | Tollin-Robbins | Based on Chris Henchy's marriage to actress Brooke Shields |
| Platonically Incorrect | Touchstone | Straight Will & Grace; platonic relationship between a man and a woman |
| Hench at Home | Touchstone/DreamWorks/Lottery Hill | Michael J. Fox's hockey sitcom |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| 111 Gramercy Park | Tannenbaum/Warner Bros. | The very rich and those who serve them in upscale New York apartment building |
| The Circle (aka Alaska) | Touchstone | Alaskan state trooper and his team investigate major crimes |
| The D.A. | Warner Bros. | Mysteries solved by flawed, combative characters of the Los Angeles D.A.'s office |
| The Flannerys | Warner Bros./Tollin-Robbins | Funny Irish dad opens storefront law practice after being fired from prominent firm |
| The Partners | Touchstone | Unlikely pair of female undercover cops solve crimes |
| Karen Sisco | Jersey TV/Universal | Federal marshal based on J. Lo's character in Out of Sight |
| The Street Lawyer | Touchstone | Based on John Grisham's best-selling novel |
| Then Came Jones | Touchstone | In El Paso, Texas, in 1899, the story of a man ladies love and men fear |
| Threat Matrix | Industry TV/Touchstone | Men and women of the Department of Homeland Security |
| 10-8 | Spelling/Touchstone | Rookie cops and their training officers in the L.A. County Sheriff's Department |
| Lines of Duty | Touchstone/DreamWorks | An ambitious group of new FBI agents fight organized crime |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| The Nicole Sullivan Project | Touchstone/CBS | Veterinarian marries a man with four brothers |
| Rubbing Charlie | Big Ticket | Uptight doctor meets quirky masseuse and rethinks his life |
| All Grown Up | Warner Bros. | Couple wants to have children but wonders, worries if they are ready |
| Family Show | Sony | Parents take in their son, his girlfriend and the young couple's new baby |
| Two and a Half Men | Warner Bros. | Playboy's life changes when his younger brother and nephew move in |
| Crazy Love | Touchstone/CBS | Man gets married and adopts a baby girl from China |
| The Lunchbox Chronicles | Universal/CBS | Widowed mother of elementary-age boys gets through her stressful life |
| Harry's Girl | Warner Bros./CBS | 30-year-old woman hasn't met all her goals, but her dog keeps her company |
| The Stones | Warner Bros. | Parents of two twentysomethings suddenly announce they're divorcing |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| Violent Crimes | Universal | Partnership of two Boston policewomen |
| Henry Lee | Spelling | Oakland policeman turns private eye |
| Not a Clue | 20th Century Fox/Spyglass Ent. | Students become apprentice crime-solvers |
| Century City | Universal | The legal system in 2053 |
| Joan of Arcadia | Sony, CBS | Daughter whose dad talks to God, mother deals with disabled brother |
| Unsolved | Warner Bros./CBS | Only female member of Philadelphia's homicide squad solves cold cases |
| Street Boss | Viacom Productions | "Handler" prepares street operatives to go undercover |
| Expert Witness | 20th Century Fox | Three specialists work together to determine why people commit crimes |
| Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. | 20th Century Fox | Three brothers and one-time local hockey stars tackle grown-up life |
| JAG Spinoff Project | Paramount | Naval Criminal Investigative Service investigates Navy crimes |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| Arrested Development | 20th/Imagine | Widower reluctantly ends up the head of his eccentric family |
| About a Boy | Universal/Tribeca/Working Title | Adapted from the film; playboy ends up with 12-year-old buddy |
| Big Wide World of Carl Laemke | Twentieth | Ironic look at suburban life |
| Cracking Up | 20th/Brad Grey TV | Psychology student moves into Beverly Hills guest house of wacky family |
| The Snobs | 20th/Imagine | Social-climbing clan must welcome husband's son with a stripper into the family |
| A Minute With Stan Hooper | Paramount | Newsman relocates from Manhattan to Midwest |
| Pool at Maddy Breaker's | 20th/Original | What happens when the popular girls grow up |
| Titletown | 20th/Brad Grey TV | Story of three Green Bay, Wis., families |
| Twins | Tollin-Robbins/Warner Bros. | Brilliant twins move back in together after failing in the real world |
| Luis | 20th | Luis Guzman owns a donut shop and building in Spanish Harlem |
| Senor White | 20th/Regency | Texan moves to Mexico with his girlfriend |
| Jack's House | 20th | Immature 27-year-old buys a house, his friends move in |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| The Break | 20th/Imagine | Cop returns to live with his family in Hawaii |
| No Place Like Home | Sony | Couple from very different families marry |
| NYPD 2069 | Paramount | Cop show set in the future |
| The O.C. | Warner Bros./Wonderland/Hypnotic | What happens beneath the surface in seemingly perfect Orange County, Calif. |
| Skin | Warner Bros./Bruckheimer | Modern-day Romeo and Juliet about two warring Los Angeles families |
| Splitsville | Twentieth | Close-knit group of friends are rattled when core twosome breaks up |
| Still Life | 20th/Original | Story of a family told through the eyes of their murdered eldest son |
| True Calling | 20th/Original | Woman fights crime and saves lives when she realizes she can live days over |
| Wonder Falls | 20th/Regency | Magic meets reality for twentysomething who works in a souvenir shop |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| Ortegas | Pariah/Hat Trick | Luis and his Mexican family host a talk show from their backyard |
| Happy Family | NBC | Parents' grown children keep moving back in |
| Alligator Point | Grammnet/Paramount | Cheers of the South: eclectic folks at a Florida restaurant |
| The Ripples | NBC/DreamWorks | Couple married for 4,000 years have a son who looks 15 but is really 3,985 |
| Touch 'Em All McCall | NBC | Tom Selleck returns to his hometown to make a new life |
| Once Around the Park | NBC/Touchstone | Couple rekindles their love after 10 years though their teenage children disapprove |
| Howie Mandel Project | Pariah/NBC/He's Mean LLC | Father of three who does hidden-camera bits on Tonight Show |
| Coupling | Reveille/NBC/Universal | Based on British series. Love and lust among a group of thirtysomethings |
| Gated World | NBC | Radio host as ex-cop who becomes a guard in a gated community |
| Spellbound | Warner Bros. | Charmed in reverse: romantic comedy about male witch in love with a mortal |
| Stuck in the Middle With You | NBC | Family struggles to stay part of the middle class |
| Come to Papa | Warner Bros./NBC | Based on Tom Papa's standup act; an aspiring writer in New Jersey |
| Mr. Ambassador | Touchstone/NBC | Fish-out-of-water comedy about a British ambassador in D.C. |
| Whoopi Goldberg Project | Carsey-Werner-Mandabach/NBC | Goldberg's take on life |
| Tracy Morgan Project | Carsey-Werner-Mandabach/NBC/SNL | Morgan stars in family comedy based on his life |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| EDNY | NBC | It didn't work as a sitcom, so try a drama: U.S. Attorney's office in New York |
| Future Tense | Warner Bros./NBC/Silver Pictures | High-tech law-enforcement unit in the near future |
| Las Vegas | NBC/DreamWorks | High-stakes world of Las Vegas casinos, security and money |
| The Lyon's Den | Twentieth/Brad Grey TV | Rob Lowe as a lawyer, but not in the West Wing |
| Miss/Match | Twentieth/Imagine | Clueless grown up: divorce attorney Alicia Silverstone moonlights as a matchmaker |
| Sunset Division | NBC | Crossing Jordan spin-off |
| Homeland Security | Paramount | Government agency fights terrorism |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| All About the Andersons | Warner Bros. | Based on Anthony Anderson's comedy; single dad tries to work as an actor |
| Are We There Yet? | Carsey-Werner-Mandabach | Dad takes the family to Europe, but the kids just want to travel on their own |
| Eddie's Father | Pariah, Warner Bros. | Modern-day version of Courtship of Eddie's Father |
| Exit 9 | Warner Bros. | Dad teaches son to be a bookie; daughter is boy-crazy; mom is goody two-shoes |
| The Help | Original, Warner Bros. | Maid finds herself in the middle of domestic strife |
| Like Family | Warner Bros. | A white family and an African-American family share the same house |
| Run of the House | Tannenbaum/Warner Bros. | Older siblings raise 15-year-old when parents retire to Florida |
| Sixteen to Life | Twentieth/Acme | Class-conscious comedy about working-class girl and her country-club boyfriend |
| Sweet Potato Queens | Warner Bros. | Adapted from best-seller; mother-daughter relationships in the Deep South |
| Mayor | Happy Madison/Sony | An 18-year-old becomes mayor |
| Trash | Regency/Sony | Life in a trailer park |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| Chasing Alice | First Move TV/Warner Bros. | Scotland Yard inspector goes through the looking glass to find her missing sister |
| Family Curse | Icon/Regency | Family adventure, Raiders of the Lost Ark meets Spy Kids |
| Fearless | Bruckheimer/Warner Bros. | Ensemble crime drama about woman who lacks the fear gene |
| Gilmore Girls spinoff | Warner Bros. | Rory Gilmore's boyfriend Jess moves to Venice, Calif., to live with his father |
| Lori Loughlin family drama | Spelling | Single woman's life changes when sister's three children are orphaned |
| Macgyver | Paramount | Remake of the popular television show |
| One Tree Hill | Tollin/Robbins/Warner Bros. | Half-brothers share a love for basketball and the same girl |
| Other People's Business | Jersey TV, Sony | After community-college course, friends open their own detective firm |
| Tarzan and Jane | Warner Bros. | Adaptation of popular story, with WB twist |
| The Gong Show | Sony | Update of the classic game show |
| Here Come the Johnsons | Endemol USA | Mix of improv and reality as a fake family takes up residence in a small town |
| Make My Day | Monkey TV UK/Brad Grey TV | Hidden-camera show |
| The Steve Harvey Project | Telepictures | Prime time talk/variety show |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| The Mullet Boys | Tannenbaum/Warner Bros. | Contractors wearing mullet hairstyles work, drink and dream of a better life |
| The Opposite Sex | Greenblatt-Janollari/Warner Bros. | Beautiful, smart woman navigates the 21st century world of love, sex, and career |
| Old School (working title) | Paramount | Twentysomethings face life after high school and find things haven't changed much |
| Rock Me Baby | Flame Ent./Warner Bros. | Radio shock jock's life is turned upside down when his wife has a baby |
| All of Us | Overbrook Ent./Warner Bros. | Entertainment reporter, his ex-wife and his fiancée work together to raise his son |
| Game Over | Carsey-Werner-Mandabach | 3-D CGI animated series about a suburban family in an alternate suburban universe |
| Show | Studio/Producer | Storyline |
|---|---|---|
| The Edge | 20th Century Fox | Three rookies are inducted into the Southwest border task force to fight crime |
| Nanobot Project | Roundtable Ent./Viacom | Jake Reed gets to be both superhero and secret agent when infected by nanobots |
| Vegas Dick | Eye Productions | Former con man wants to go straight, becomes detective at a Vegas casino |
| Newton | Joel Silver Pictures/Warner Bros. | Man takes new job as sheriff of planned community run by a corporation |
| HotelDi | Novi Pictures/Spelling | What goes on at a hip hotel in South Beach, Fla. |
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