2018-2019 Network Upfronts Report

May 14 – 17, 2018 Announcements

NBC ⋅  FOX  ⋅  ABC  ⋅  CBS  ⋅  CW

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NBC As announced on Monday, May 14, 2018

Renewed

 Duration Genre Casting – LA Casting – NY
A.P. Bio 1/2 hr comedy Jillian O’Neill
Jill Anthony Thomas		 —
Blacklist, The 1 hr drama — Bonnie Finnegan
Steven Jacobs
Zoe Rotter
Blindspot 1 hr drama — Suzanne Ryan
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (new network) 1/2 hr comedy Juel Bestrop —
Champions (TBD) 1/2 hr comedy Brett Greenstein
Collin Daniel		 —
Chicago Fire 1 hr drama — Jonathan Strauss
Jenny Ravitz
Chicago Med 1 hr drama — Jonathan Strauss
Chicago PD 1 hr drama — Jonathan Strauss
Jenny Ravitz
Good Girls 1 hr comedy UDK: Liz Dean —
Good Place, The 1 hr drama Allison Jones
Ben Harris		 —
Law & Order: SVU 1 hr drama — Jonathan Strauss
Philip Huffman
Marlon 1/2 hr comedy Vickie Thomas —
Midnight, Texas 1 hr drama Sara Isaacson
Eric Souliere		 —
Superstore 1/2 hr comedy Brett Greenstein
Collin Daniel		 —
This Is Us  1 hr drama Telsey + Co.:
Tiffany Little Canfield
Josh Einsohn		 —
Timeless (TBD)  1 hr drama Creative Casting:
Rebecca Mangieri
Wendy Weidman		 —
Trial & Error 1/2 hr comedy Nikki Valko
Ken Miller		 —
Will & Grace  1/2 hr  comedy Julie Ashton —

Pilot Pick-Ups

 Duration Genre PILOT Casting – LA
(Series CD TBA)		 PILOT Casting – NY
(Series CD TBA)
Abby’s 1/2 hr comedy Anya Colloff
Michael Nicolo
Garrett McGuire		 Julie Tucker
Ross Meyerson
(covering)
InBetween, The
(fka In Between Lives)		 1 hr drama Junie Lowry-Johnson
Libby Goldstein		 Julie Tucker
Ross Meyerson
(covering)
Enemy Within, The 1 hr drama — Beth Bowling
Kim Miscia
Gilded Age, The (straight to series) 1 hr drama TBA TBA
I Feel Bad
(fka Untitled Aseem Batra)		 1/2 hr comedy Susie Farris Julie Tucker
Ross Meyerson
(covering)
Manifest 1 hr drama Sara Isaacson Unpublished per CD
New Amsterdam
(fka Bellevue; Untitled Schulner/Horton pilot)		 1 hr drama UDK: Liz Dean David Caparelliotis
Lauren Port
Village, The 1 hr drama Veronica Collins Rooney Julie Tucker
Ross Meyerson

Canceled
Brave, The
Great News
Night Shift, The
Rise
Shades of Blue
(final season in June)
Taken

Pilots That Didn’t Make The Cut / In Redevelopment
Bright Futures
Friends In Law
Guess Who Died
L.A.’s Finest
Like Family
No Way Back
So Close
Fox Logo  As announced on Monday, May 14, 2018

Renewed

Duration Genre Casting – LA Casting – NY
9-1-1 1 hr drama UDK: Eric Dawson
Eric Souliere		 —
Empire 1 hr drama Leah Daniels-Butler Billy Hopkins
Ashley Ingram
Gifted, The 1 hr drama Dylann Brander Network Casting:
Clint Alexander
Ghosted (TBD) 1/2 hr comedy Juel Bestrop —
Gotham (final season) 1 hr drama Sharon Bialy
Sherry Thomas
Gohar Gazazyan		 Beth Bowling
Kim Miscia
Lethal Weapon 1 hr drama Anya Colloff
Michael Nicolo		 —
Orville, The 1 hr drama Sheila Jaffe
Gail Goldberg		 —
Resident, The 1 hr drama Scott Genkinger Network Casting:
Clint Alexander
Star 1 hr drama Leah Daniels-Butler Billy Hopkins
Ashley Ingram

Pilot Pick-Ups

 Duration Genre PILOT Casting – LA
(Series CD TBA) 		PILOT Casting – NY
(Series CD TBA)
Cool Kids, The 1/2 hr comedy Wendy O’Brien Network Casting:
Clint Alexander
Last Man Standing (revival) 1/2 hr comedy TBA TBA
Passage, The 1 hr drama Carrie Audino
Laura Schiff		 Network Casting:
Clint Alexander
Proven Innocent
(fka Infamy; Untitled David Elliot/Danny Strong Project)		 1 hr drama Unpublished per CD Jessica Daniels
Rel 1/2 hr comedy Jeanne McCarthy
Nicole Abellera Hallman		 Network Casting:
Clint Alexander

Canceled
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (NBC p/u)
Exorcist, The
LA to Vegas
Last Man On Earth, The
Lucifer
Mick, The
New Girl (wrapped)

Pilots That Didn’t Make The Cut / In Redevelopment
Bless This Mess
Daddy Issues
Mixtape
Our People
Untitled Gone Baby Gone Project
(aka Untitled Robert Levine Project)
Untitled Ilene Chaiken/Melissa Scrivner Love Project (TBD)
ABC Logo  As announced on Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Renewed

Duration Genre Casting – LA Casting – NY
American Housewife 1/2 hr comedy Brett Greenstein
Collin Daniel		 —
Black-ish 1/2 hr comedy Alexis Koczara
Christine Shevchenko		 —
For the People 1 hr drama Linda Lowy
John Brace		 —
Fresh Off the Boat 1/2 hr comedy Anya Colloff
Michael Nicolo		 —
Goldbergs, The 1/2 hr comedy Leslie Litt —
Good Doctor, The 1 hr drama Kim Coleman —
Gospel of Kevin, The 1 hr drama Patrick Rush —
Grey’s Anatomy 1 hr drama Linda Lowy
John Brace		 —
How to Get Away with Murder 1 hr drama Linda Lowy
John Brace		 —
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 1 hr drama Sarah Finn —
Modern Family 1/2 hr comedy Jeff Greenberg —
Speechless 1/2 hr comedy Susie Farris —
Splitting Up Together 1/2 hr comedy Tim Payne
Station 19
 1 hr drama Linda Lowy
Jamie Castro		 —
Take Two
(summer 2018 premiere)
 1 hr drama Kendra Castleberry
Billy Murphy		 Network Casting:
Marci Phillips

Pilot Pick-Ups

 Duration Genre PILOT Casting – LA
(Series CD TBA)		 PILOT Casting – NY
(Series CD TBA)
A Million Little Things 1 hr drama Amanda Mackey
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond		 Network Casting:
Marci Phillips
Fix, The 1 hr drama Debi Manwiller
Russell Boast		 Network Casting:
Janet Murphy-Butler
Grand Hotel 1 hr drama Sandi Logan Network Casting:
 Marci Phillips
Kids Are Alright, The
(fka Untitled Tim Doyle Project)		 1/2 hr comedy Brett Benner
Debby Romano
Will Stewart		 Network Casting:
Janet Murphy-Butler
Rookie, The
(straight to series)		 1 hr drama UDK:
Robert Ulrich
Carol Kritzer		 Network Casting:
Marci Phillips
Schooled
(fka Untitled Goldbergs Spinoff)		 1/2 hr comedy Leslie Litt Network Casting:
Marci Phillips
Single Parents 1/2 hr comedy Seth Yanklewitz Jessica Daniels
Whiskey Cavalier 1/2 hr comedy Jennifer Cooper Studio Casting:
Meg Simon
 Findlay Davidson

Canceled
Alex, Inc.
Crossing, The
Deception
Designated Survivor
Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
Marvel’s Inhumans
Mayor, The
Middle, The (series end)
Once Upon a Time (series end)
Quantico
Roseanne
Scandal (series end)
Ten Days in the Valley

Pilots That Didn’t Make The Cut / In Redevelopment
False Profits
For Love
Get Christie Love
Greatest American Hero, The
Harmony
Most Likely To
Safe Harbor
Salvage
Staties
Steps
Three Rivers
Untitled Bobby Bowman Project
Untitled Justin Noble Project
Untitled Kenya Barris Project
Untitled Pines/Patel Project
CBS Logo As announced on Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Renewed

 Duration Genre Casting – LA Casting – NY
Big Bang Theory, The 1/2 hr comedy Nikki Valko
Ken Miller
Tara Treacy		 —
Blood & Treasure
(summer 2018 premiere)		 1 hr drama Elizabeth Barnes Network Casting:
Amy Herzig
Katharina Eggmann
Eric Goldberg
Blue Bloods 1 hr drama — Beth Bowling
Kim Miscia
Bull 1 hr drama — Kathleen Chopin
John Ort
Criminal Minds 1 hr drama Becky Silverman
Lisa Zambetti		 —
Elementary 1 hr drama — Mark Saks
Good Fight, The
(CBS All Access)		 1 hr drama — Mark Saks
Hawaii Five-O 1 hr drama Jennifer Cooper
Lindsay Jameyson		 —
Instinct 1 hr drama — Mark Saks
Life in Pieces 1/2 hr comedy Juel Bestrop —
MacGyver 1 hr drama Jennifer Cooper —
Madam Secretary 1 hr drama — Mark Saks
Man with a Plan 1/2 hr comedy Marc Hirschfeld
Geralyn Flood		 Marc Hirschfeld
Mom 1/2 hr comedy Nikki Valko
Ken Miller
Peter Pappas		 —
NCIS 1 hr drama Susan Bluestein
Jason Kennedy		 —
NCIS: Los Angeles 1 hr drama Susan Bluestein
Jason Kennedy		 —
NCIS: New Orleans 1 hr drama — Telsey+Co.
Salvation
(summer 2018)		 1 hr drama Jason La Padura
Natalie Hart
Kendra Patterson		 Network Casting:
Amy Herzig
Katharina Eggmann
Eric Goldberg
SEAL Team 1 hr drama Risa Bramon Garcia —
Star Trek: Discovery
(CBS All Access)		 1 hr drama Unpublished per CD —
S.W.A.T. 1 hr drama Rebecca Mangieri
Wendy Weidman
Karina Walters		 —
Young Sheldon 1/2 hr comedy Nikki Valko
Ken Miller
Peter Pappas		 —

Pilot Pick-Up

 Duration Genre PILOT Casting – LA
(Series CD TBA) 		PILOT Casting – NY
(Series CD TBA)
Code, The 1 hr  drama — Mark Saks
Fam 1/2 hr comedy Juel Bestrop Network Casting:
Amy Herzig
Katharina Eggmann
Eric Goldberg
FBI
(straight to series)		 1 hr drama — Jonathan Strauss
Jenny Ravitz
God Friended Me 1 hr drama Tim Payne Suzanne Ryan
Happy Together
(fka Untitled Earl/McAuliffe Project)		 1/2 hr comedy Alyssa Weisberg Network Casting:
Amy Herzig
Katharina Eggmann
Eric Goldberg
Magnum, P.I. 1 hr drama Jennifer Cooper Network Casting:
Amy Herzig
Katharina Eggmann
Eric Goldberg
Murphy Brown
(straight to series)		 1/2 hr comedy Telsey+Co.:
Tiffany Little Canfield
Josh Einsohn		 Telsey + Co.:
Bernard Telsey
David Vaccari
Neighborhood, The
(fka Welcome to the Neighborhood)		 1/2 hr comedy Lisa Miller Katz Network Casting:
Amy Herzig
Katharina Eggmann
Eric Goldberg
Red Line, The 1 hr drama Sherrie Thomas
Russell Scott
Gohar Gazazyan		 Studio Casting:
Meg Simon
Findley Davidson

Canceled
9JKL
Code Black
Kevin Can Wait
Living Biblically
Me, Myself & I
Scorpion
Superior Donuts
Wisdom of the Crowd

Pilots That Didn’t Make The Cut / In Redevelopment
25
Cagney and Lacey
Chiefs
History of Them
I Mom So Hard
L.A. Confidential
Murder
Pandas In New York
 CW Logo As announced on Thursday, May 17, 2018

Renewed

Duration Genre Casting – LA Casting – NY
100, The 1 hr drama Barbara Fiorentino
Amber Horn
Danielle Aufiero		 —
Arrow 1 hr drama David Rapaport
Lyndsey Baldasare		 —
Black Lightning 1 hr drama Vickie Thomas —
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
(final season)		 1 hr comedy Felicia Fasano
Venus Kanani		 —
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow 1 hr drama David Rapaport
Lyndsey Baldasare		 —
Dynasty 1 hr drama Sandi Logan —
Flash, The 1 hr drama David Rapaport
Lyndsey Baldasare		 —
iZombie
(final season)		 1 hr comedy Anya Colloff
Michael Nicolo
Garrett McGuire		 —
Jane The Virgin
(final season)		 1 hr comedy Alyson Silverberg
Jonathan Clay Harris		 —
Riverdale 1 hr drama David Rapaport
Lyndsey Baldasare		 —
Supergirl 1 hr drama David Rapaport
Lyndsey Baldasare		 —
Supernatural 1 hr drama UDK:
Robert Ulrich
Alex Newman		 —

Pilot Pick-Ups

 Duration Genre PILOT Casting – LA
(Series CD TBA) 		PILOT Casting – NY
(Series CD TBA)
All American
(fka Untitled April Blair Project)		 1 hr drama Gary Zuckerbrod
Kamala A. Thomas		 James Calleri

Studio Casting:
Meg Simon
Findley Davidson
Charmed 1 hr drama Alyson Silverberg
Jonathan Clay Harris		 Rob Decina
In The Dark 1 hr drama Barbara Stordahl
Angela Terry
Lisa Loia Bourne		 Rob Decina
Legacies (straight to series; fka Untitled Julie Plec/Originals Spinoff) 1 hr drama — Meg Simon
Findley Davidson
Roswell, New Mexico 1 hr drama Greg Orson
Lesli Gelles-Raymond		 Meg Simon
Findley Davidson

Canceled
Life Sentence
Originals, The
(series end)
Valor

Pilots That Didn’t Make The Cut / In Redevelopment
Dead Inside
End of the World As We Know It, The
Playing Dead
Skinny Dip
Wayward Sisters