ABC (6 dramas, 4 comedies):
666 PARK AVE: When a young couple accepts an offer to manage one of the most historic apartment buildings in New York City, they unwittingly begin to experience supernatural occurrences, which complicate and endanger the lives of everyone in the building.
COMEBACK JACK: Formerly titled RED VAN MAN -- Based on the British format, the show centers on a man who is forced to put his dreams on hold in order to take over the family handyman business from his father.
HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR PARENTS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE: Polly, a recently divorced single mom, moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max, a couple who are full of life but know no boundaries.
LAST RESORT: An international action-thriller-soap that follows the story of establishing a new society in a world held hostage by the crew of a ballistic missile submarine. Basically, a U.S. nuclear sub crew refuses orders to fire their missiles and escapes to a NATO outpost and declares themselves the smallest nuclear nation.
MALIBU COUNTRY: After her good ol' boy rock star husband cheats on her and burns through most of their money, Reba divorces him and moves her three sons and mom from Nashville to the only asset they have left - a little house in Malibu.
MISTRESSES: Tells the story of four women with turbulent romantic lives.
NASHVILLE: The Nashville music scene provides the setting for this family soap with one star at her peak and one on the rise.
THE NEIGHBORS: A family moves into a highly desirable gated community in New Jersey only to discover that the entire neighborhood is made up of aliens disguised as humans.
RED WIDOW: Formerly titled PENOZA (who called that name change??) -- Based on the Dutch format, PENOZA centers on the widow of an assassinated criminal who is forced to adopt her husband's role in an organized-crime syndicate in order to protect her family.
ZERO HOUR: A bizarre twist of fate pulls a man who's spent 20 years as the editor of a skeptics magazine into one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history.
Not picked up? AMERICAN JUDY, AMERICANA, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, COUNTER CULTURE, DEVIOUS MAIDS, DUSTY GOES TO AWESOMETOWN, GILDED LILYS, GOTHAM, ONLY FOOLS & HEROES, PRAIRIE DOGS, SCRUPLES, THE SMART ONE, UNTITLED KARL LIZER PROJECT, UNTITLED MANDY MOORE PROJECT, UNTITLED ROLAND EMMERICH/HAROLD KLOSSER PROJECT
CBS (4 dramas, 2 comedies):
ELEMENTARY: A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with Sherlock now living in New York City.
FRIEND ME: Twentysomething best friends, Evan and Rob, move from their hometown of Bloomington, Ind., to Los Angeles to begin their exciting new lives working at GroupOn. Evan is having trouble breaking his old slothful habits and rather than go out after work to explore L.A. and meet new people, prefers to play online poker with his buddies back home. Rob has different plans and is determined to drag Evan, kicking and screaming, along with him.
GOLDEN BOY: A show about the making of a man. Tracks one cop's meteoric rise from officer to detective to police commissioner.
MADE IN NEW JERSEY: Formerly titled BABY BIG SHOT -- A working-class woman uses her street smarts to compete with her more polished colleagues at a Manhattan law firm.
PARTNERS: A personal story of two lifelong friends and business partners. Architects Charlie and Louis' friendship has lasted longer than either of their romantic relationships and almost seems like a weird marriage. When Charlie decides to propose to his girlfriend, Louis' neurotic attempts to be supportive nearly result in the breakup of his own relationship.
VEGAS: A period piece set in the 1960s centered around the true story of Ralph Lamb: rodeo cowboy turned longtime sheriff of Las Vegas.
Not picked up? APPLEBAUM, SUPER FUN NIGHT, TROOPER, UNTITLED GREG MALINS/GREG BERLANTI PROJECT, UNTITLED LARRY DORF/BEN FALCONE PROJECT, UNTITLED LOUIS CK/SPIKE FERESTEN PROJECT, UNTITLED MARTIN LAWRENCE PROJECT, UNTITLED NICK STOLLER PROJECT, WIDOW DETECTIVE
CW (5 dramas):
ARROW: Based on DC comics character Green Arrow, a vigilante superhero.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST: Loosely based on the CBS Beauty and the Beast series from the 1980s, this is a modern-day romantic love story with a procedural twist.
THE CARRIE DIARIES: Based on the novel by Candace Bushnell, a young Carrie Bradshaw comes of age in the 1980s, asking her first questions about love, sex, friendship, and family while exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan.
CULT: After a rash of disappearances and a likely murder, an inquisitive, young female production assistant on a wildly popular television show called Cult joins a journalist-blogger in investigating the rabid fans of the series who might be re-creating crimes seen on the program, in real life.
FIRST CUT: Glad to leave her nerdy past behind for a fresh start in the adult professional world, a newly minted doctor discovers that, sadly and comically, life at the hospital where she works is no different than high school.
Not picked up? JOEY DAKOTA, THE SELECTION, SHELTER
FOX (2 dramas, 3 comedies):
BEN & KATE: Formerly titled BEN FOX IS MY MANNY -- Under the guise of being his niece's manny, a free spirited young guy moves in with his type "A" tightly wound sister and in the process will help her reenter the world.
THE FOLLOWING: An edge-of-your-seat thriller about the complex relationship between a diabolical serial killer and the damaged FBI agent who took him down. After the killer escaped, the agent is reactivated and discovers that he is no longer just hunting one man, but a massive cult of serial killers created and manipulated during his time in prison.
THE GOODWIN GAMES: High-concept family comedy about a father who leaves his fortune to his three children only if they agree to his terms.
THE MINDY PROJECT: A young Bridget Jones-type doctor tries to navigate both her personal and professional lives.
THE MOB DOCTOR: A young female thoracic surgeon with Bridgeport roots is split between two worlds as she juggles her career and her lifelong debt to the South Chicago mob.
Not picked up? THE ASSET, EL JEFE, GUILTY, LET IT GO, LIKE FATHER, LITTLE BROTHER, LIVING LOADED, PRODIGY BULLY, REBOUNDING, UNTITLED KARYN USHER PROJECT
NBC (5 dramas, 7 comedies):
1600 PENN: A family show set in the White House where all the kids are less than perfect.
ANIMAL PRACTICE: Formerly titled ANIMAL KINGDOM -- A single-camera office comedy centered on a HOUSE-like veterinarian, who lives animals but usually hates their owners.
CHICAGO FIRE: From the writing team of 3:10 To Yuma comes this action-driven drama exploring the complex and heroic men and women of the Windy City's Fire Department.
DO NO HARM: A brilliant neurosurgeon wrestles with his dangerous alter ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and professional life.
GO ON: While an irreverent yet charming sportscaster tries to move on from loss, he reluctantly finds surprising solace form the members of his mandatory group-therapy sessions.
GUYS WITH KIDS: Three thirtysomething guys enjoy the adventures of parenting despite the fact they haven't grown up themselves.
HANNIBAL: A one-hour contemporary thriller series features the classic characters from Thomas Harris' novel Red Dragon - FBI agent Will Graham and his mentor Dr. Hannibal Lecter - who are re-introduced at the beginning of their budding relationship.
INFAMOUS: An opulent soap in which a female detective returns undercover to the wealthy family she grew up in - as the maid's daughter - to solve the murder of the notorious heiress who was once her closest friend.
THE NEW NORMAL: A heartwarming comedy about a blended family of a gay couple and the woman who becomes a surrogate to help them have children.
NEXT CALLER: A single-camera gender comedy focusing on a brash alpha-male DJ and his new, plucky, feminist cohost, set in the offices of a satellite radio station.
REVOLUTION: In this epic adventure thriller, a family struggles to reunite in a post-apocalyptic American landscape: a world of empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters, where every single piece of technology - computers, planes, cars, phones, even lights - has mysteriously blacked out...forever.
SAVE ME: A woman, who lets herself go while in a broken marriage, goes through a transformation where she becomes the best version of herself and creates miracles along the way.
Not picked up? BAD GIRLS, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE, COUNTY, DOWNWARDLY MOBILE, FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER, THE FRONTIER, HAPPY VALLEY, ISABEL, MIDNIGHT SUN, NIC AND JEN, SUSAN 313, TABLE FOR 3
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