NBC Pilots

If watching Leslie Nielsen and Ed Asner laughing in the face of their own mortality isn't enough, check out the rest of NBC's pilot list. You'll find another offering from Sex and the City author Candace Bushnell, a fascinating drama about ordinary people with extraordinary powers, a 9-year-old boy whose attitude is the only thing bigger than his brain, and more. Enjoy!

Leslie Nielsen: old and loving it!

100 Things to Do Before I Die
Reality

What do you do if you're a well-respected actor who is knocking on death's door? Star in a reality series! Ed Asner and Leslie Nielsen, who should both know better, must achieve 100 various milestones before they die. Retaining dignity is not one of them. (By Colin Mahan)

20 Good Years
Comedy, Multicamera

This new comedy from the cocreator of The Cosby Show follows the adventures of two friends who finally realize that life doesn't last forever. John Lowry and Stanley Friedman are an odd pair to be buddies. They're polar opposites in every way and have a hard time seeing eye to eye. The one thing they can agree on is that they only have 20 good years left to live. In their moment of enlightenment, both men vow to live each day as if it is their last, despite what anyone thinks. It's age meets anarchy, and there will be no regrets. (Source: NBC press release)

AlphaMom
Comedy, Single-Camera

Thirty-year-old Jerri thinks she can do it all. Every day, she takes on the demands of being a successful lawyer, a committed PTA mother, and a loving wife to her stay-at-home husband. Somehow, Jerri's guilty conscience helps her to pretend that this is actually an easy way to live. This fast-paced single camera comedy looks at the funny and sometimes moving journey of a modern mom who would die for her children, and may die trying to raise them. (Source: NBC press release)

Andy Barker, P.I.
Comedy, Single-Camera

Andy Barker is a CPA who has never failed at anything--that is, until his new accounting business doesn't take off as planned. When he's mistaken for the private detective who used to occupy his office, Andy embraces this twist of fate and takes the case. Thus begins his journey back and forth from Andy Barker, CPA to Andy Barker, P.I. Whether chiding criminals headquartered in a warehouse--for renting instead of buying--or briefing an accounting client about municipal bonds while driving backward down an alley while being pursued by Sri Lankan gangsters, Andy will always be a problem solver and a number cruncher. (Source: NBC press release)

The Black Donnellys (series order)
Drama

The series concerns the exploits of four young Irish brothers and their involvement in organized crime in New York's notorious Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. The The series concerns the exploits of four young Irish brothers and their involvement in organized crime in New York's notorious Hell's Kitchen neighborhood. The handsome brothers fight for love, yet cannot escape sinking deeper into the criminal underworld in this contemporary story of the Donnellys. (Source: NBC press release)

Community Service
Comedy, Single-Camera

When Will Shepard, a prominent New York City real estate agent, loses it all--his job, his money, and his pride--he travels to a small Ohio town to find Carly Phillips, the only woman he has ever loved. Unfortunately, she's engaged to be married. To make matters worse, Will gets into an altercation with a local police officer--who just happens to be Carly's fiancé--and is sentenced to 500 hours of community service. Now Will is stuck in this town, out of his element and going out of his mind. (Source: NBC press release)

Friday Night Lights
Drama

Friday Night Lights focuses on the high school football program in the small town of Dillon, Texas. This year, the Dillon Panthers are expected to go all the way. That's a lot of pressure for Eric Taylor in his first year as coach. Nevertheless, he's ready and willing to mold these boys into champions and encourage them to be better men. Brought to you by Peter Berg and Brian Grazer, this family drama is all about achievement, heartache, friendship and tough love. (Source: NBC press release)

Haskett's Chance
Drama

Mark Haskett is a charismatic but corrupt politician who has made many enemies, including members of his own family. Just as he's about to take office as governor of North Carolina, someone sabotages his airplane, sending him crashing to his death. But that's not the end of Mark Haskett. His caseworker in heaven gives him a second chance at life to right his wrongs, solve his own murder, and make up for lost time with his 8-year-old son. There's just one catch: Mark must return to Earth in the body of a vagrant who has enemies of his own. (Source: NBC press release)

Heroes
Drama

They thought they were like everyone else...until they woke with incredible powers. In Japan, a lowly office worker can teleport at will. In New York, a struggling artist can paint the future. In Los Angeles, a discontented beat cop can hear the thoughts of others. Heroes chronicles the lives of these people, and others like them, whose destinies just might be the saving of humankind...but first they must come to grips with their newfound powers. This original, edge-of-your-seat thriller will make you wonder if there really are heroes among us. (Source: NBC press release)

Kidnapped (series order)
Drama

Kidnapped is a high-stakes serialized thriller in which the teenage son of a wealthy Upper East Side family (Timothy Hutton, Kinsey, and Emmy winner Dana Delany, China Beach) is kidnapped and everyone is a suspect. The series focuses on the elaborate, interlocking game between the kidnappers, law enforcement, the FBI, and the private negotiating team of the "perhaps" not-so-picture-perfect family. (Source: NBC press release)

The Lipstick Jungle
Drama

A one-hour comedy based on the New York Times best-seller. This show picks up where Sex and the City left off, following the stories of three uber-successful women who will do anything, including jeopardizing their personal and professional relationships, to get ahead. It's a racy tale of women behaving badly and manages to shrewdly flip the tables to show how gender roles are essentially interchangeable, given the right circumstances. (Source: NBC press release)

Love at Third Site
Reality

NBC signals its complete and utter defeat with this show, in which three suitors vie to make a good first impression on a date by attaining the services of a hypnotist. This is the network that created Seinfeld! (By Colin Mahan)

Prodigy/Bully
Comedy, Single-Camera

There have been famous child prodigies in history, but there has never been someone like 9-year-old Henry Tammer. He's a child genius with a knack for intimidation--the kind of kid who skips the science fair to focus on world domination. The students in his class fear him, his teachers don't understand him, and his family barely manages to put up with him. Prodigy/Bully is a unique comedy with heart, smarts, and a whole lot of attitude. (Source: NBC press release)

Raines
Drama

Los Angeles. Present day. Michael Raines, an eccentric but brilliant cop, solves murders in a very unusual way--he turns the victims into his partners. These visions are figments of Raines's imagination, and he knows it, but when he can't make the dead disappear, he works with them to find the killer. He talks to them. He profiles them. And he's only free of them when the case is closed. Other detectives question Raines's sanity. So does he, but he is unable to stop the visions from coming, and a small part of him is glad he can't, because there is one recurring hallucination he can't live without. (Source: NBC press release)

The Singles Table
Comedy, Single-Camera

They say the best place to meet someone is at a wedding. That couldn't be truer for Stephanie, Ivan, Eli, Adam, and Georgia. Because of their single status--and a tenuous relationship with the bride and groom--they are all seated at Table 18, in a far corner of the wedding hall, next to the kitchen. Through the course of the reception, each person questions his or her life and vows to make a better go at it. It's more than a bonding experience. For richer or poorer, these five kindred spirits will grow to become friends and, in some cases, lovers. (Source: NBC press release)

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (series commitment)
Drama

Aaron Sorkin takes us behind the scenes of a fictional late-night sketch-comedy series. Lately, funny has been in short supply at Studio 60. The executive producer just had a breakdown. The control room is out of control. The actors are acting Aaron Sorkin takes us behind the scenes of a fictional late-night sketch-comedy series. Lately, funny has been in short supply at Studio 60. The executive producer just had a breakdown. The control room is out of control. The actors are acting up. And that's just for starters. Now, the show's only hope at a successful future lies with two wunderkind writers (Matthew Perry and Bradley Whitford) and a headstrong new network president. (Source: NBC press release)

Untitled Chris Sheridan Project
Comedy, Multicamera

Paul Malone is a dutiful FBI agent. His brother Tommy is a charming thief. While they live on opposite sides of the law, they reside on the same side of the street. In this irreverent comedy, Paul and Tommy are forced by family responsibilities to spend a lot of time together, and every time they meet there is something to fight over. Can their families and the rest of the neighborhood survive Paul and Tommy's hilarious clash of moral principals and parenting styles? Their mother seems to think so. (Source: NBC press release)

Untitled Jace Richdale Project
Comedy, Multicamera

The only thing harder than growing up in a house of 12 is sharing an apartment with your baby brother. But that's what Kevin Brennan agrees to do. He and Neil are as different as night and day. Kevin is sensible, traditional, and completely unadventurous. Neil is innovative and uninhibited, and can charm his way out of any tricky situation. As time goes on, Kevin and Neil realize that they can learn a lot from each other, and their reason for staying roommates becomes less about splitting the rent and more about living a balanced life. Don't miss this ingenious family comedy. (Source: NBC press release)

Untitled Sam Seder Project
Comedy, Multicamera

Sam Seder wrote and stars in a comedy that tells the story of two single fathers raising their kids alone.

Untitled Tina Fey Project
Comedy, Single-Camera

Welcome to the set of The Girly Show, a fictional television show that serves as the backdrop to Tina Fey's new workplace comedy, where the laughs are just as big backstage as they are onstage. Liz Lemon, The Girly Show's head writer, is being taken to the edge of reason by the show's two stars. One has stomach problems. The other has mental problems. In order for Liz to keep her job, she must keep the talent happy and appease the brash new network president. It won't be easy. This is a bold, star-studded comedy where anything can happen and it often does. (Source: NBC press release)