We know it's still early in the year, and there are quite a few important TV events to get through before fall, but the networks are already sharing details about the 2006-2007 pilot season. A lot of effort has gone into the conception, writing, and casting of these shows--but the majority of them will never win a permanent home on the airwaves. Check out this list of the major networks' pilots, and choose the ones that deserve your support. Then remember to look for them on the air!

ABC Pilots

A comedy based on the life of Elton John...a man reliving the same awful day over and over again...a detective who finds himself transported back to 1973. These are just a few of the funny, innovative, and fascinating ideas behind ABC's immense roster of fall pilots. Which of these shows will become America's new favorites, and which will wind up on the cutting-room floor? Only time will tell, but for now, let's take a look at what ABC has in mind for this year.

Kim Cattrall returns to TV with Him & Us.

Him & Us
Comedy, Single-Camera

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live the exclusive life of a rock-and-roll star? For the first time you can join the entourage of an outrageous, larger-than-life, pop superstar. Onstage, backstage, at home, and on the road, every moment is just as explosive and exciting as you've imagined it. Kim Cattrall stars as Freddie, the long-suffering manager of superstar British rock sensation Max Flash, who has been burning up the charts for over a quarter of a century. Max is a flamboyant, rhinestone-studded diva who is as outlandish offstage as on, and Freddie has spent her career protecting the enthusiastic musical genius from the constant parade of people who are trying to get something from him. Also along for the glamorous jet-set ride is Max's posse. Sure, they all started out employees, but along the way they've become trusted friends, sharing in the trappings of life well lived. For each and every one of them, it's a dream come true...but Freddie has her hands full keeping a caring eye on this eccentric crowd. Sir Elton John pulls back the leopard-print curtain on a rock-and-roll life inspired by his own to reveal the comedy and the dysfunctional family that forms while touring. Collaborating with Sex and the City's Cindy Chupack, Desperate Housewives' Michael Edelstein, and longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin, Sir Elton gives fans an all-access pass behind the scenes to see what few people ever get to see. Together they create a memorable comedy with a heart as big as his talent. (Source: ABC press release)

20 Questions
Drama

The CIA killed Kennedy. Roosevelt let Pearl Harbor happen. The Johnson administration faked the moon landing. There's nothing that fascinates people quite like a government conspiracy theory--unless you're an innocent man caught up in the middle of one and running for your life. State Department midlevel staffer Jackson Lynch (Jesse Bradford, Swimfan) is on the fast track to DC success. But his boss just gave him an assignment that will change the course of his life. While delivering an envelope, Jackson witnesses a murder at the Syrian Embassy and barely escapes with his life. The next day, without seeing a mention in the news, Lynch realizes everything has been covered up--including, he discovers, the "accidental" death of his boss. Is he next? Now he's on the run, with secret government documents that not even the president is cleared to see. He can't trust his higher-ups, and the conspiracy is so big that even his ex-senator father can't help him. Jackson will have to think on his feet, exploiting loopholes in the system and trusting only his network of lower-level but powerful friends scattered across key Washington departments. Together, they will help him get to the bottom of a mystery that has already claimed four lives. (Source: ABC press release)

52 Fights
Comedy, Multicamera

The TV adaptation of the best-selling book 52 Fights, which examines one couple from both sides. Supposedly, a normal newlywed couple has 52 fights in the first year of marriage... It's apparently a steep learning curve when you're discovering how to be married. Take Jennifer and Matt. They met, fell in love, and got married almost immediately. Now the honeymoon's over, and they're living together for the first time in the first house that either of them has ever owned. It's a fixer-upper, but neither of them knows the first thing about fixer-uppering. And that's just the beginning... Jennifer and Matt will be shocked by how hard it is to learn to live with your spouse and realize life is much more complicated than figuring out whose turn it is to clean the dishes. Is their love strong enough to work through their 52 fights? (Source: ABC press release)

60 Minute Man
Drama

Time... It's our most precious commodity. Some of us have too much of it, others not enough. The one thing for certain is that we all live by its structure. But what if you started losing track of what you did with your time--a part of your day just disappears, and you don't have a memory to show for it? Husband and father John Henderson thought he had a normal life raising his kids and designing software, until he began to notice he was losing track of time. Exactly an hour, each and every day. The first time, it was just plain weird. The second time, it got frightening, because he snapped out of it standing over a dead body in the woods...a dead body that looked vaguely familiar to John. The discovery of this dead body will open up a growing conspiracy in which John believes he never should have been involved. Now, John's life has become a battle between the two parts of himself: the 23-hour good guy who's trying to uncover the truth of what happens during his lost hour, and the 60-minute dark part of himself that's doing things with cold-blooded skill. What happens to him during the hour? Who is telling him what to do? And more importantly, how is he being controlled for 60 minutes every day? As the conspiracy threatens to pull John's life apart, his relationship with his family is put to the test. Even John's friends are not who he thought they were, as his actions during his lost time start affecting more lives and, eventually, could impact the future of the United States. (Source: ABC press release)

Brothers & Sisters
Drama

As kids, brothers and sisters share many laughs, work through many arguments and form many bonds. As adults the same rules apply but it gets a lot more complicated when they've all grown into very different people...united by a gene pool. The adult children of Henry March, along with their respective families, have gathered to celebrate a birthday. What they don't know is that tonight the patriarch will die. With this safety net gone, everyone will be forced to face the reality of their lives. Kitty's radio success has led to a TV pundit job in Los Angeles, but her New York boyfriend just proposed. Charlie and Nora can't work with each other, but somehow they have to in order to save the family business. Bryan's well-ordered life is shaken by the news that his ex-wife is moving their 8-year-old son to Texas. Justin's kicked nicotine, but other addictions and his Gulf War distress keep him from moving forward. The challenges of raising an autistic son are pushing Nora to the breaking point. Set in Los Angeles, this multigenerational family works to balance their personal lives with the family business, their siblings, and a grieving mother. (Source: ABC press release)

Day Break
Drama

Did you ever have a day so bad you couldn't wait to get past it? The kind of day nothing goes your way, and everything turns out wrong. What would happen if you couldn't put this day behind you...literally? Today, Detective Brett Hopper will be accused of shooting state attorney Emilio Garza. He will offer a rock-solid alibi. He will realize he's been framed. And he will run. Then he will wake up and start the day over again. This time he'll do it differently--and will continue to--until he finds out who's framing him, gets his gang witness to court to testify, and saves the lives of his loved ones. Hopper has only one advantage in his favor--he remembers everything he did the "day prior" that didn't work. It's a painful way to learn, because he also carries the bruises and battle scars from every mistake-filled day. Hopper must find the delicate balance between doing what's important and what's right to get through this killer day and move on to tomorrow. (Source: ABC press release)

A Day in the Life
Comedy, Single-Camera

Think about how much planning and attention to detail go into arranging a wedding: the venue, the dress, the reception, the food, the flowers, the music...and on and on and on. Months and months of planning go into a celebration that begins and ends in a single day. Not this wedding. Danny and Alice are getting married today, and just like any other wedding, it will only take a single day--but we are going to break that single day down into 22 individual episodes as we watch all of the meticulous planning start to unravel throughout the day. Everything matters at a wedding, and the tiniest of imperfections can reverberate throughout the event, as if lives actually hang in the balance. Choice of side salad? A trivial decision, given the thousands of side salads you will eat in the course of a lifetime. But for the mother of the bride on wedding day, this might as well be the most critical decision of her life, and if you're the caterer you'd better get it right! Misplaced your contact lenses? No big deal...unless you're the best man, and the maid of honor just drank the glass of water you put them in before the two of you went to bed last night...together. Things are about to get very complicated for Danny and Alice as their day turns into a season-long roller coaster with thrilling drops, loops, and corkscrews, where nothing goes as planned. The writers of What Women Want and 13 Going on 30 take a full season to dissect the one biggest day in any family's life. Tapping into the charm of such romantic comedies as Father of the Bride and the real horror of Bridezillas they show you the pressure and stress everyone adds to this wild, wonderful event. (Source: ABC press release)

Drift
Drama

The human mind is a complex mystery. It allows us to feel emotions, to process everyday life, to think, and to dream. It also determines how we deal with extreme situations...such as the extreme grief felt by the loss of a loved one. New York Police Detective Ray Hakansovich lost his young daughter in a gruesome act of The human mind is a complex mystery. It allows us to feel emotions, to process everyday life, to think, and to dream. It also determines how we deal with extreme situations...such as the extreme grief felt by the loss of a loved one. New York Police Detective Ray Hakansovich lost his young daughter in a gruesome act of revenge, and his mind handled this trauma by saddling him with narcoleptic drift...a form of post-traumatic-stress insomnia. This "drift" gives him an edge in solving homicides, though, as the lack of sleep bestows on him a photographic memory that provides a unique insight into every crime scene. But, along with the lack of sleep come vivid hallucinations of his departed daughter, who seemingly follows and challenges him on every case. Detective Hakansovich spends his nights wandering the glimmering streets of New York City mourning his daughter, figuring out how to get back his estranged wife, and working to solve some of New York's most horrible homicides--although none will ever be as horrible as the one that keeps him perpetually awake... (Source: ABC press release)

Enemies
Drama

It's almost impossible to know how love turns to hate. Even harder to know why someone would turn against a lifelong friend. Is there a moment when everything changes, or is it a slow erosion over a lifetime? In eighth grade, when Mickey's family moved to John's Chicago neighborhood, the two boys became fast friends. Now adults, they're on opposite sides of a standoff. On one side, John honors his father's life of public service as an honest policeman. On the other, Mickey's rising fast in the criminal syndicate his father helped build. They are two families and two former friends that are connected forever, regardless of careers, because Mickey's sister married John. When in the last two decades did they cross the line from friends to enemies? How did their fathers influence them? And how will their dangerous careers threaten their families now? (Source: ABC press release)

Girls on the Bus
Comedy, Single-Camera

Embrace a fresh perspective on a workplace comedy in the never-before-seen fast-paced, high-pressure world of campaign coverage. Based on the unbelievable experiences of reporter Alexandra Pelosi, it is the comedy that proves politics not only makes for strange bedfellows, but also isn't as serious a world as one might think. Ronnie Sarazen thinks she is ready for the big leagues. She did the homework, got the degree, and bought the suits. After a couple of years at the bottom in local news, opportunity knocks when she is hired as the segment producer for seasoned, experienced on-air reporter, Cassidy Long. But book smart and office smart proves to be a whole different world than road smart when Ronnie gets on the campaign bus for the first time. If Ronnie does not get up to speed quickly, she is going to get run over. Between the resigned, been-there-done-that approach of her seatmate Helen and the high-maintenance, do-anything-for-a story attitude of her boss Cassidy, Ronnie is eventually going to have to learn the ropes. In the end, she will probably end up learning more about herself than she does about producing as she juggles public news, private life, and personal ethics from now until Election Day. (Source: ABC press release)

The Guys
Comedy, Multicamera

When you have your first kid, for a little while, you can still get away with trying to convince yourself that you're still that same fun-loving guy who you were pre-kid...hang out with all those buddies you used to hang out with, do all those cool pre-kid things. But at a certain point, you have to realize that you are not that cool guy anymore: You are a dad. And the people you are actually hanging out with are not those cool guys you used to hang out with but are, in fact, the random assortment of other dads who just happen to have kids the same age as yours. That is your group. That is your posse. That is your reality. And if you are anything like Sean Wilson, you become determined to make those people your friends and to make that group work. Brought together by their kids, The Guys is about the unlikely but life-altering friendship created among a disparate group of men who otherwise would never be spending time together. (Source: ABC press release)

Help Me Help You
Comedy, Single-Camera

Whoever came up with the horrible idea of group therapy? Take a bunch of people who are all really messed up in different ways, and put them in a room together to try and help each other out. Yeah...that's a great idea. No conflicts there. Just a bunch of crazy, self-obsessed strangers workin' it out. And if that isn't bad enough, Dr. Bill Hoffman (Ted Danson) is probably the craziest and most self-obsessed of all--but his patients would never know it, because he hides behind his very respectable celebrity image as a best-selling author of phenomenally successful self-help books. (Source: ABC press release)

Hollis & Rae
Drama

In a small Southern city everyone knows everyone else, and they're all up in each other's business. And that makes it much more difficult to get away with murder. Best friends Hollis and Rae have a lot in common. Born and raised here, they both chose careers in law enforcement. Police detective Rae investigates the crimes, and prosecutor Hollis puts the bad guys away. But that doesn't mean that they always see eye to eye. Rae refuses to bend the truth, even if it means a bad guy gets away. Hollis doesn't understand why Rae would want to get married, because she's perfectly happy with the married man she's secretly seeing. But that won't stop her from being Rae's maid of honor. And another thing--if Rae's getting married to Jim, why'd she kiss her police partner Henry last night? (Source: ABC press release)

A House Divided
Drama

Every action results in a reaction...although some reactions are bigger than others. Today, though, could be the biggest in US history. In western Kansas, farmer Tom Sampson is forced to choose between paying taxes and losing his farm. He chooses his family's farm in a stance of self-preservation. But when his reporter cousin makes him into a local media hero for standing up to the government, Tom's seemingly small move of defiance sparks an underlying resentment among his fellow farmers. One West Point professor (Dylan McDermott, The Practice), closely watching the rising tension, notices similar characteristics to other world events, both historical and current...and reasons that the United States may be facing a second civil war. (Source: ABC press release)

In Case of Emergency
Comedy, Single-Camera

It's the line on any medical form or job application that most of us take for granted: Who should we contact in case of emergency? We don't even think twice about it as we fill in the name of our spouse, our parents, our sibling, our best friend. But what if you had no one? What if you looked at that question and struggled to come up with one single person that you could contact if there was a real emergency? Today is a turning point for three high school buddies who find themselves in places they never would have expected, and learn that in one day they can start with no one to count on, but can finish being able to count on each other. After discovering his wife cleaned him out, diet guru Sherman will hijack an Entenmann's truck and overindulge. In the face of a fraud indictment, financial whiz Jason will dodge the suicide bullet only to shoot himself in the foot...literally. Unhappily divorced, Harry will finally go for a relaxing "massage" but get an unhappy ending, complete with police chase, and his scantily clad "massage therapist" Dara will get exposed as the high school valedictorian the three men knew her to be. By day's end, good-hearted Harry will have gathered these high school peers under his roof as they come to realize none of them turned out the way they thought they would back in '87. It's a good thing they've all finally got someone to call, because their troubles are just beginning. (Source: ABC press release)

Jump
Comedy, Single-Camera

Do you ever feel trapped by the career choices you've made? Do you feel like there's an enormous gap between who you are, and who you thought you'd be? Do you ever just want to turn your life upside down and do something totally radical before it's too late? Danny Carter has done just that. When he bumps into Sam, a girl he knew in high school, she is very disappointed that the great, charismatic, inspiring person Danny used to be has become a total sellout. But something clicks. Reawakened by this chance encounter to what life could have been--and what it can still be--Danny quits his high-powered job to begin pursuing the things he's always dreamed of achieving. Starting off by reconnecting with Sam and some other friends he'd been neglecting, Danny is beginning to map out a new path in life--one that will be full of challenges and fear, but ultimately, will be a million times more rewarding than playing it safe. (Source: ABC press release)

Life on Mars (2007)
Drama

Manchester detective Sam Tyler is involved in a car accident shortly following the abduction of his girlfriend. After sinking into a coma for some time, Sam wakes up to a new reality: He's been transported back in time to 1973, where he's chasing a killer who may have ties to the kidnapping.

Masters of Science Fiction
Drama

ABC Television has picked up IDT Entertainment's drama series Masters of Science Fiction, featuring works from some of the most well-known authors of science fiction. Negotiations are underway to include works from Isaac Asimov (I Robot, Nightfall), Ray Bradbury (The Martian) ABC Television has picked up IDT Entertainment's drama series Masters of Science Fiction, featuring works from some of the most well-known authors of science fiction. Negotiations are underway to include works from Isaac Asimov (I Robot, Nightfall), Ray Bradbury (The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451), Harlan Ellison (A Boy and His Dog, Jeffty is Five), and Robert Heinlein (The Puppet Masters, Stranger in a Strange Land). IDT Entertainment, in association with Industry Entertainment, will produce a minimum of four one-hour episodes. (Source: ABC press release)

Men in Trees
Drama Drama

Finding a good man in today's world isn't as difficult as some women think. You just have to watch out for the signs. You wouldn't drive with a blindfold on, but for some reason, women continue to date with one. Relationship coach Marin Frist (Anne Heche, Everwood, Six Days Seven Nights) knows what to look for, what to avoid, and what will make women happy. As the many fans of her two best-selling books could tell you, we're all in charge of our own happiness. Marin's personal happiness includes the upcoming wedding to her "perfect man." But like many people full of advice, Marin fails to apply it to herself. On her way to a speaking engagement in Alaska she learns that her fiancé has cheated on her. The wedding plans are instantly over. Slapped in the face with personal failure, she's now snowed in and stuck in a small town full of the one thing she really doesn't need: available men. Marin's friends and publisher try to lend long-distance support, but the fact remains: Marin's been living with her eyes closed for too long. Now that they're finally open, she sees the amazingly beautiful world surrounding her, and, for the first time, she'll have the chance to stop and breathe. If she could just get the raccoon out of her hotel room, this place might be perfect. (Source: ABC press release)

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Drama

Sadly, this port of the Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie action film will not star the two Hollywood heavyweights. Filling in for them are Steven Weber and Jenna Elfman. Not really. Expect this show to have an explosive pilot, then slowly become lower-budget as it progresses, much like the TV series V. (By Colin Mahan)

Mr. Nice Guy
Comedy, Multicamera

People claim it's the thought that counts, but sometimes good intentions can have the worst consequences. Like, for instance, when you ask a woman when her baby's due, and she tells you she's not pregnant. Now you've called her fat, and it doesn't matter that you're helping carry her heavy packages. Guy is the ultimate Mr. Nice Guy, but, as if under some weird curse, everything he says or does comes out wrong. Fortunately, he's found a wife who likes wounded creatures; otherwise, he'd be destined for a lonely existence of TV dinners, comic conventions, and online chat rooms. His verbal diarrhea is constantly getting him into trouble. Ironically, Guy works in sales. His best friend Izzy thinks there's an easy solution: Whatever Guy's instincts tell him to do, do the opposite. It's an idea that just might work--if only Guy didn't have a compulsive need to fix his mistakes. (Source: ABC press release)

Notes from the Underbelly
Comedy, Single-Camera

Everyone knows that when you have a baby your life changes, but no one points out that the very first way that it changes is that you have to lie to everyone you know for the first three months until it's safe to tell people. Andrew and Lauren have just found out they're going to be having a baby, and they're having a slightly difficult time following rule number one: keeping it secret. Suddenly switching to decaf, becoming a teetotaler at cocktail parties, going to the OB/GYN...hard stuff to keep from family and close friends. Well, Andrew and Lauren are about to learn that when the secret gets out, the politics of parenthood can be just as demanding as raising the child. Sometimes all that "help" from loving but intrusive parents and "advice" from well-meaning but competitive friends who are trying to show you what great parents they already are is not exactly what you're looking for. Knowing what's best for the child could be the easiest part...maintaining your relationships with family and friends can be the real challenge. (Source: ABC press release)

October Road
Drama

They say "you can't go home again." Perhaps because everything you left has changed, or worse, stayed the same. They also tell you "never to burn your bridges," so that when you do try to go home, you won't find that everyone there hates you. When Nick Garrett was 18 he packed up his truck and said goodbye for a summer road trip, but somehow one summer turned into 10 years. He's since become a literary celebrity in Manhattan, dating supermodels and living off the fame and fortune from his best-selling novel and movie--a story based on his hometown friends. To the literary world, Nick defined a generation; to his hometown, he's betrayed them by telling secrets and painful truths, or worse yet, leaving some of them out entirely. The book hurt them all--especially Hannah, the love of his life, and Eddie, a good friend he was supposed to go into business with 10 long years ago. Now, without inspiration for a new book, Nick returns to his hometown and finds that while the townies haven't changed, their feelings toward him have. To make matters worse, his new job teaching at the local college makes him part of the college crowd on the "other side" of October Road--something no townie aspires to--and creates an even deeper rift between him and his former friends. The bridge is burned, again. Regardless, Nick's going to stick around for a while and see if he can repair his relationships. Plus, he has a sneaking suspicion that Hannah's precocious and brilliant son just might be his, too. (Source: ABC press release)

Our Thirties
Comedy, Multicamera

Conventional wisdom tells us one thing, but the way we choose to live our lives may not necessarily be in line with what the world expects. And that's OK. Our Thirties is a comedy that explores a group of friends who are doing what just about everyone else is doing these days--swimming against the tide of the expectations from the generation that came before us. Take, for example, the couple that has just gotten divorced. They were the perfect couple with the perfect marriage, and now that they have split they are determined to support each other in the perfect divorce, cheering each other on as each of them returns to the dating pool. Or how about the divorcee who is engaged to a closeted major-league baseball player and is simply enjoying all the fame and attention? Or the couple that has just come to the realization that they don't have to get married, despite the pressure they're feeling from family and friends? All of these relationships will be tested when the 11-year-old son one of them never knew he had shows up, adding an unexpected wrinkle to life's journey. (Source: ABC press release)

Pink Collar
Comedy, Single-Camera

For the women at the American Accident Insurance Agency, juggling ambition and friendships is a full-time job. Take Hayden (Alicia Silverstone), a hard worker who hates office politics. Hayden's career has been defined by one small but lasting workplace fiasco that occurred years ago. Trying to get back into the company's good graces, Hayden must compete with her best friend Claire for a promotion. Claire is the ultimate competitor, and is determined to make VP by the time she's 30--but when she unexpectedly finds out she's pregnant, Claire begins to wonder if a woman has to make a choice between career and motherhood. Both women are under the watchful eye of Eve, the ultimate political machine who isn't afraid to ruffle feathers (or sleep with a coworker) to establish her place in the office hierarchy. Then there's Alix, the newbie who's got everything going for her: beauty, plus an MBA degree. As compassion and competition collide, all of these women must balance the wonderful, yet difficult, issues that arise when you're working (and competing) with your friends. (Source: ABC press release)

Secrets of a Small Town
Drama

Welcome to Santa Ruiz, voted America's most desirable place to live. That was before a murder and a kidnapping of twin high school girls took place here, the first serious crime since 1909. Now everyone's in shock. People claim that things like this just don't happen here. But in this small town, everyone has secrets and there's no place to hide. Beth escaped from Santa Ruiz's small-town life when she walked out on her wedding eight years ago, and she's never been back. Now as a reporter fresh from assignments in Rome and Afghanistan, Beth's come back to cover this front-page story for the sake of her career. Her boss (and new fiancé), Nash, thinks she has unfinished business in Santa Ruiz, and it's clear during the hostile reunion with her sister--now the town sheriff--that he was right. Beth may have a hometown advantage over other reporters, knowing the town's three big families as intimately as she does, but she won't like covering the story if the dirt she uncovers is her own. Even as her investigative reporting helps locate the kidnapped twin, she has managed to dig up other secrets revealing just how undesirable this town may really be. (Source: ABC press release)

Sisters in Law
Drama

Women's modern roles in the workplace would be unrecognizable to their grandmothers. While some play by the old rules, some make up their own...others just break them all without blinking, if it suits their purpose. The only link modern women have to their predecessors is motherhood, and some of today's women don't even want that. The successful law firm of Wilson, Porter & Knox is a place where a female lawyer can truly make her mark. Though some women are allies, others are conniving two-faced backstabbers who will steal your clients with a smile. Lauren, returning to work after leaving her second child at preschool, sees an awesome challenge, and with good reason. Young, ambitious Caroline keeps her dating life at bay to stay focused on making partner. Marcia, the office vixen, is divorcing her ex-husband for virtually the same reason. The voice of reason is Pamela, a lesbian working mother who's dealing with issues at home. Some women will play dirty, using every tool--including their sexuality--to get ahead. (Source: ABC press release)

Six Degrees
Drama

It's said that six people separate any one person from another. Considering the millions of people in the United States alone, it's an amazing thought that we're connected to anyone and everyone by a chain of six. Laura, a grieving single mother, begins the chain. Then to Whitney, the self-made success story who thinks her boyfriend is cheating. Move on to Steven, the artist/photographer who believes he's lost his "eye." Follow with Damien, who can't escape his criminal brother's shadow. Then to Mae, the girl with a dangerous past she's hiding from. And finally to Carlos, the good guy with a crush who doesn't know what he's in for. These six strangers are going about their normal lives but not realizing the impact they're having on each other--yet. It's a mysterious web of seeming coincidence and happenstance that draws these people closer to those who will change their lives forever. Even decisions made freely will seem part of a larger design, begging the question of if there is a greater force at work in our world, guiding us along and connecting our lives. (Source: ABC press release)

Traveler
Drama

How well do you know your friends? Would you bet your life on it? It's not what we share with our friends, but what we keep hidden that defines what kind of people we are. After spending every minute of the last two years living, working, and partying together, Jay, Tyler, and Will are departing on a summer journey. But being together ends today. A simple prank to rollerblade through one of New York City's most famous museums has made Jay and Tyler prime suspects in the terrorist bombing that destroyed it seconds later. The guys hope Will can help clear up this misunderstanding, but he's been missing since the explosion and they think he might be dead. Jay wants to talk to the police about finding Will, but quickly realizes they can't even prove Will exists--in every photo for the last two years, Will managed to block his face. He was their only alibi. The FBI confirms a man matching Will's description died in the explosion, but also learns the explosion was triggered by a call from Jay's cell phone. It's a highly suspicious coincidence that may prove that Will, the glue in their friendship, may have meticulously planned this betrayal for more than two years. Perfectly framed and on the run, the friends must rely on each other to get away from the FBI and try to get to the bottom of a conspiracy that has destroyed their future. But what can they do when they're merely pawns in a game of global intrigue? Flashing back to the prior two years to illustrate the formation of this friendship and Will's insidious behavior, this action-packed drama taps into our paranoia with pure adrenaline-fueled entertainment. (Source: ABC press release)

Ugly Betty
Drama

In the superficial world of high fashion, image is everything. Styles come and go, and the only constants are the wafer-thin beauties who wear it. Where could a girl who is less than pretty and a little bit pudgy possibly fit in? If you knew Betty Suarez, you'd see how sweet, intelligent, and hard-working she is. Few people ever get to know her, though, because in the world of fashion, Betty is the oversized square peg in the petite round hole. But finally, her looks and lack of fashion sense are going to be an asset. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade hands the reins of his fashion magazine, Gloss, over to his son Daniel, he specifically hires Betty as his son's new assistant--mostly because she's the only woman in NYC who Daniel won't sleep with. Repulsed at first, Betty will win him over with her efficiency. Neither of them really knows the ins and outs of the fashion world, but the two of them are a formidable team against the label-wearing sharks who will do anything to see them fail. That includes many couture coworkers with botoxed smiles on their faces and knives behind their Galliano-clad backs. (Source: ABC press release)

Untitled Bonnie Hunt Project
Comedy, Single-Camera

With flashbacks, film clips, and a touch of fantasy, Bonnie Hunt and frequent collaborator/comic Don Lake create a work/play partnership dynamic not seen on television since Moonlighting. It's a crazy world that's sometimes dangerous, sometimes romantic, but always funny. Recently divorced Pasadena Police Detective Kate Holloway's life is like her desk; it looks messy, but she knows where everything is. Thank goodness she has her friendship with her longtime partner, Nick. Despite his difficulty in sustaining a relationship, Bonnie is the one woman he is always there for. Together with a wacky cast of characters at the precinct, Bonnie and Nick make solving crimes, while dissecting each other's personal lives, all part of a day's work. (Source: ABC press release)

Untitled Brad Copeland Project
Comedy, Single-Camera

What if you peaked too early? High schools are filled with stars who excel across the board socially, athletically, or even in student government. But many of these stars burn out once they graduate, unable to live up to their promise of greatness. Danny McGrath was the star of his high school--football champion, homecoming king, all-around cool kid. Ten years later, he's not far from where he started. Danny thinks he's got a pretty cool life--he has a smokin' hot wife, owns his own condo, and is his own boss. Danny also has pool privileges at the empty mansion he landscapes, a mansion he's always dreamed of owning. Most importantly, he's surrounded by friends who remember who he used to be. But today he's getting a wake-up call. The "band geek" younger brother he used to bully is coming home. Now worth millions, computer wiz Collin is moving into Danny's dream house. Can Danny handle being the guy who mows his little brother's lawn? Can Danny handle the truth that his life isn't really so great? No, but he's still the cool one, and he can still intimidate the heck out of his little brother--at least that's something. This family may hail from the beaches of South Florida, but it's a story that plays out in backyards all across the country. (Source: ABC press release)

Let's Rob Mick Jagger
Comedy, Single-Camera

For almost 20 years, Eugene Gurkin (Donal Logue) has dreamt of opening a bar, but his dead-end job on the late-late janitorial shift won't even fund a bottle of premium booze. In the wake of a coworker's death, he catches an episode of MTV's Cribs. Call it divine intervention, call it a dumb idea, but whatever it is takes hold of Eugene, and soon he recruits a group of misfits into his "gang" for a heist to finance their dreams. The target: a major celebrity's superluxe Central Park West apartment. Working together, this band of adorable, new-age Robin Hoods--who have never even shoplifted a candy bar--are soon casing the joint and prepping for their crime. What they don't know is that there's a much richer target out there for them...the chance to find hope, self-esteem, and confidence within themselves. (Source: ABC press release)

Untitled Greg Behrendt Project
Reality, Talk Show

In this new talk show, best-selling author Greg Behrendt will help couples resolve their differences and get back on the right track.

Untitled Patricia Heaton Project
Comedy, Multicamera

What are moms doing weekdays between 9 and 3 while the kids are at school? Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) returns to television in a show that peeks behind the curtain at the zany but very real world of suburban moms. Between starting a physical therapy practice, raising two boys, and dealing with her own grief over her husband's death, Janet Daily (Heaton) is under a lot of pressure. But she's about to get some moral support. The first helping hand comes from Rachel, the offbeat school principal who's being driven up the wall by parents who feel the need to meddle in their kids' education. The other hand is trophy wife Hilary, a free spirit who is so desperate to bond with her stepdaughter that she has taken to dressing like a teenager. Thrown together by the PTA, they band together over a mutual dislike for the type-A moms who run the school as their own personal project. But they quickly discover that they need each other far more than they're willing to admit. Be it sounding board, helping hand, or just someone to make them laugh, these three unlikely amigas will find out there's safety in numbers. (Source: ABC press release)

Untitled Shana Goldberg-Meehan Project
Comedy, Multicamera

How can two sisters with the same parents have completely different upbringings? Tess was raised by her hippie parents and had a totally idyllic middle-class upbringing. But just when she went off to college her professor dad struck it rich with a hit book, and suddenly they were leading a very different life...and Tess' sister Gabby, 10 years younger, was raised in the lap of luxury without a care in the world. Now, years later, Gabby has been expelled from college, and the last thing she's going to do is tell her parents. She connives her way into living with Tess, who is busy trying to make her own way and establishing herself as a journalist while taking pains not to allow herself to lean on her parents for financial support. Much more than a comedy between a frugal sister and a spoiled sister, this is a comedy that taps into the widespread generation rift between the Gen-Xers who have struggled for years to get ahead and the superentitled generation that is currently nipping at their heels. (Source: ABC press release)

Untitled Shonda Rhimes Project
Drama

This drama comes from Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes. Originally written and shopped around in the 2002 pilot season, this series follows four female journalists as they hop the globe covering dangerous stories. Maybe now, since we've had a show about a female president and an actual female news anchor, the world is ready for a show about four female journalists. (By Colin Mahan)

Untitled Steinbergs Project
Drama

So much in life is beyond your control. One day you wake up and go to work as usual. The next, a random moment, an accident, a blessing, even a stranger, comes from out of the blue and redirects your life forever. But it's up to you to decide if that moment will stop you in your tracks or lift you up to new heights. Today nine people face just such an unexpected twist when they are caught in a bank robbery gone wrong and endure a 52-hour hostage standoff that will leave one person dead. When all is said and done, these nine people will never be the same. They will always share the common bond of what happened inside the bank...which only they'll know. And they will be forever affected and intertwined because of it. This is a dramatic character study that will keep audiences hooked from the beginning of the bank robbery to the end of the hostage standoff. Taking a twist from Lost, each episode will begin with a flashback to reveal another 10 minutes of the hostage crisis, uncovering why and how these nine strangers are still linked today. (Source: ABC press release)

Women of a Certain Age
Comedy, Multicamera

Heather Locklear stars as Barb, a widowed mom whose friends keep telling her she needs to "get back out there." It's been more than a year since Barb's husband has passed away, and for the first time, Barb and her friends Dianne (a newly separated mom of twins) and Sharon (a serial dater) are all single at the same time and ready to take on the dating world. Still, it's not easy out there when you're a 40-year-old woman. When a 40-year-old man finds a soul mate, she's usually 25 and a size two. That's the challenge for these three lifelong friends intent upon support each other as they help Barb navigate through foreign waters. (Source: ABC press release)