2020-2021 Pilot Season Casting Report
2020-2021 Pilot Season Casting Report
As of March 2020
The following is a list of pilot casting assignments, as well as straight-to-series projects, for the upcoming 2020-2021 season. Production status of each project changes constantly. To stay up-to-date on these and other projects (including mailing addresses!) be sure to sign up or log in at www.castingabout.com
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre |
Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| American Auto | 1/2 hr | comedy | Brett Greenstein Collin Daniel |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Crazy For You | 1/2 hr | comedy | Sibby Kirchgessner Dorian Frankel |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Jefferies | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jeff Greenberg | Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Kenan Show, The (series commitment) |
1/2 hr | comedy | TBA | TBA |
| Night School | 1/2 hr | comedy | Debby Romano Brett Benner |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Someone Out There | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jill Anthony Thomas Gillian O’Neill |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Untitled Jackson & Goor Project | 1/2 hr | comedy | Susie Farris | Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Untitled Mayor Series (fka Untitled Fey/Carlock Project — straight-to-series) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Wendy O’Brien | Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Young Rock (straight-to-series) | 1/2 hr | comedy | Anya Colloff Michael Nicolo |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| At That Age | 1 hr | drama | Gary Zuckerbrod Kamala Thomas |
Julie Tucker Ross Meyerson |
| Debris | 1 hr | drama | John Papsidera | Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Echo | 1 hr | drama | Sara Isaacson | Suzanne Ryan |
| La Brea | 1 hr | drama | Junie Lowry-Johnson Libby Goldstein |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Langdon | 1 hr | drama | Wittney Horton | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
| Ordinary Joe | 1 hr | drama | Patrick Rush | Jessica Daniels |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Adopted | 1/2 hr | comedy | Bonnie Zane Gayle Pillsbury |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Home Economics | 1/2 hr | comedy | Junie Lowry-Johnson Libby Goldstein |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Kids Matter Now | 1/2 hr | comedy | Susie Farris Tineka Becker |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Magic Motor Inn (On Hold) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Anya Colloff Michael Nicolo |
Jessica Daniels |
| My Village | 1/2 hr | comedy | Juel Bestrop | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Prospect | 1/2 hr | comedy | Tim Payne | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Untitled Kapnek/Holland Project | 1/2 hr | comedy | Tim Payne | Jessica Daniels |
| Valley Trash | 1/2 hr | comedy | Lisa Miller Katz | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Work Wife |
1/2 hr | comedy | Jill Anthony Thomas Gillian O’Neill |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Big Sky, The | 1 hr | drama | UDK: Carol Kritzer |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Brides, The | 1 hr | drama | David Rapaport Lyndsey Baldasare |
Beth Bowling Kim Miscia |
| Harlem’s Kitchen | 1 hr | drama | Kim Coleman | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Rebel | 1 hr | drama | Jennifer Cooper | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| thirtysomething(else) | 1 hr | drama | UDK: Carol Kritzer |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Wreckage | 1 hr | drama | — | Mark Saks |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| B Positive | 1/2 hr | comedy | Nikki Valko Ken Miller Tara Treacy |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Fun | 1/2 hr | comedy | Julie Ashton | Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Ghosts | 1/2 hr | comedy | Elizabeth Barnes | Network Casting: Rosalie Joseph Eric Goldberg |
| Guilty Party (CBS All Access) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Alyssa Weisberg | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
| Jury Duty |
1/2 hr | comedy | Marc Hirschfeld Geralyn Flood |
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| Raised By Wolves (fka Please Hold For Frankie Wolfe) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Julie Ashton | Network Casting: Rosalie Joseph Eric Goldberg |
| Three Of Us, The (straight to series) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Brett Greenstein Collin Daniel |
Network Casting: Rosalie Joseph Eric Goldberg |
| United States of Al | 1/2 hr | comedy | Nikki Valko Ken Miller Tara Treacy |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Untitled Kingsbury/Daley/Goldstein Project | 1/2 hr | comedy | Alexis Frank Koczara Christine Shevchenko |
Network Casting: Rosalie Joseph Eric Goldberg |
| Clarice | 1 hr | drama | April Webster | Network Casting: Rosalie Joseph Eric Goldberg |
| Equalizer, The | 1 hr | drama | — | Julie Tucker Ross Meyerson |
| Good Sam | 1 hr | drama | Wendy Weidman | Network Casting: Rosalie Joseph Eric Goldberg |
| Out The Door (On Hold) |
1 hr | drama | Veronica Collins Rooney | Network Casting: Rosalie Joseph Eric Goldberg |
| Ways and Means | 1 hr | drama | Risa Bramon Garcia | Billy Hopkins Ashley Ingram |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Call Me Kat (fka Carla — straight-to-series) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Brett Greenstein Collin Daniel |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Pivoting | 1/2 hr | comedy | Blyth Nailing | Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| This Country | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jeanne McCarthy Nicole Abellera Hallman |
Network Casting: Clint Alexander |
| Big Leap, The | 1 hr | dramedy | Telsey + Co.: Tiffany Little Canfield Josh Einsohn |
Network Casting: Clint Alexander |
| Blood Relative | 1 hr | drama | Cami Patton | Network Casting: Clint Alexander |
| Cleaning Lady, The | 1 hr | drama | Junie Lowry-Johnson Libby Goldstein |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Untitled Film Reenactment Project | 1 hr | drama | UDK: Robert Ulrich |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
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| Show Title |
Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Kung Fu | 1 hr | drama | Susan Vash | Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Lost Boys, The | 1 hr | drama | Anya Colloff Michael Nicolo |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Maverick | 1 hr | drama | Sandi Logan | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
| Republic of Sarah, The | 1 hr | drama | Barbara Stordahl Angela Terry |
Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
| Superman & Lois (straight-to-series) |
1 hr | drama | David Rapaport Lyndsey Baldasare |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Walker (straight-to-series) |
1 hr | drama | Susan Vash | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
REMINDER: Due to ever-increasing year-round casting, many cable & streaming network pilots have already wrapped (shown in gray)
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Made For Love (straight to series) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Courtney Bright Nicole Daniels |
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| Minx | 1/2 hr | comedy | Barbara McCarthy Nicole Abellera Hallman |
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| Run | 1/2 hr | drama | Allison Jones | Meredith Tucker |
| DMZ | 1 hr | drama | Aisha Coley | Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Generation (straight to series) |
1 hr | drama | Carmen Cuba | — |
| Julia | 1 hr | drama | Sharon Bialy Sherry Thomas |
Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Red Bird Lane | 1 hr | drama | Vickie Thomas | Studio Casting: Findley Davidson |
| Station 11 (straight to series) |
1 hr | drama | Jeanie Bacharach Maggie Bacharach |
— |
| Tokyo Vice (straight to series) |
1 hr | drama | Francine Maisler Melissa Kostenbauder |
— |
| Vegas High | 1 hr | drama | Deanna Brigidi | — |
 Unlike traditional network pilots, Netflix primarily greenlights its “pilots” straight to series. The following are straight to series projects currently casting. |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Country Comfort | 1/2 hr | comedy | Megan Branman Suzanne Goddard-Smythe |
— |
| Hit and Run | 1 hr | drama | — | Unpublished per CD |
| In From The Cold | 1 hr | drama | UDK: Robert Ulrich Alex Newman |
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| Inventing Anna (primarily casting in NY) |
1 hr | drama | Linda Lowy Jamie Castro |
Allison Estrin Henry Russell Bergstein |
| On The Verge | 1 hr | drama | Wendy O’Brien | — |
| Piece of Her | 1 hr | drama | David Rubin | — |
| Sex/Life | 1 hr | drama | Denise Chamian | — |
| White Stork (UK casting) |
1 hr | drama | — | — |
 Unlike traditional network pilots, Amazon Studios primarily greenlights its “pilots” straight to series. The following are straight to series projects currently casting. |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Untitled Tracy Oliver Project | 1/2 hr | comedy | Rebecca Mangieri | Beth Bowling Kim Miscia |
| A League of Their Own | 1 hr | comedy | Felicia Fasano | — |
| Citadel | 1 hr | drama | Deborah Aquila Tricia Wood |
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| Daisy Jones & The Six | 1 hr | drama | Kim Davis-Wagner Justine Baddeley Arteta |
Jennifer Venditti |
| Lord of the Rings (straight to series – 3 seasons) |
1 hr | drama | Unpublished per CD | Unpublished per CD |
| Panic | 1 hr | drama | Kerry Barden Paul Schnee |
Kerry Barden Paul Schnee |
| Power, The | 1 hr | drama | Carmen Cuba | — |
| THEM: Covenant | 1 hr | drama | Junie Lowry-Johnson Libby Goldstein |
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| Untitled Amazon/Blumhouse Anthology | 1 hr | drama | John McAlary | — |
| Wilds, The | 1 hr | drama | Deanna Brigidi | — |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Dropout, The | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jeanne Bacharach Mark Rutman |
Jessica Daniels |
| Love, Victor (fka Love, Simon) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Telsey+Co.: Josh Einsohn Tiffany Little Canfield |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Daylight Daycare (fka Monsterland) |
1 hr | drama | — | Allison Estrin Henry Russell Bergstein |
| Mysterious Benedict Society, The | 1 hr | comedy | Lauren Grey | Jessica Daniels |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Heels | 1 hr | drama | Kim Coleman | — |
| Power: Book III | 1 hr | drama | Vickie Thomas | — |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Mother Mary | 1/2 hr | comedy | Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington Amanda Lenker Doyle |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Quarter Life Poetry | 1/2 hr | comedy | — | Jessica Daniels |
| Untitled Paul Simms Pilot (shooting) |
1/2 hr | comedy | — | Code Beke Seth White |
| Reservoir Dogs | 1 hr | drama | Lisa Zambetti | — |
| Shogun (UK casting) |
1 hr | drama | — | — |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Turner & Hooch | 1/2 hr | comedy | Eric Souliere | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Unexplainable Disappearance of Mars Patel, The | 1/2 hr | comedy | Suzanne Goddard-Smythe | — |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Counting Stars | 1/2 hour | comedy | Kerrie Mailey Rob Kelly |
Network Casting: Danielle Pretsfelder |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Big Deal | 1 hr | drama | Sharon Bialy Sherry Thomas |
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| President Is Missing, The | 1 hr | drama | Rachel Tenner | Allison Estrin |
| Rita | 1 hr | drama | Lisa Zagoria | Laura Rosenthal Jodi Angstreich |