2019-2020 Pilot Season Casting Report
As of March 15, 2019
The following is a list of pilot casting assignments for the upcoming 2019-2020 season. Production status of each project changes regularly. 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 |
| Friends-In-Law | 1/2 hr | comedy | Julie Ashton | Studio Casting: Meg Simon Findley Davidson |
| Kenan Show, The (fka Saving Kenan) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Brett Greenstein Collin Daniel |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Like Magic | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jill Anthony Thomas Gillian O’Neill |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Perfect Harmony (aka Untitled Bradley Whitford Project) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Telsey+Co.: Ryan Tymensky |
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| Sunnyside (fka Untitled Penn/Murray Project) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Allison Jones Ben Harris |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Uninsured | 1/2 hr | comedy | Leslie Litt | Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Village Gazette (pilot presentation) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Wendy O’Brien | — |
| Bluff City Law | 1 hr | drama | Telsey+Co.: Josh Einsohn |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Council of Dads | 1 hr | drama | Veronica Collins Rooney | Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff Rosalie Joseph |
| Emergence | 1 hr | drama | Sarah Finn Krista Husar |
Network Casting: Janet Murphy-Butler Rosalie Joseph |
| Law & Order: Hate Crimes (On Hold) |
1 hr | drama | — | — |
| Lincoln | 1 hr | drama | Julie Tucker Ross Meyerson |
Julie Tucker Ross Meyerson |
| Prism | 1 hr | drama | UDK: Carol Kritzer | Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff |
| Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist | 1 hr | drama | UDK: Robert Ulrich Alex Newman |
Network Casting: Jennifer McNamara-Shroff Duncan Stewart |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Americanized (on hold) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Anya Colloff Michael Nicolo Garrett McGuire |
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| Bewitched (pushed) |
1/2 hr | comedy | — | — |
| Happy Accident | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jeff Greenberg | — |
| Nana | 1/2 hr | comedy | TBA | TBA |
| United We Fall | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jill Anthony Thomas Gillian O’Neill |
Network Casting: Janet Murphy-Butler |
| Untitled Black-ish Spinoff | 1/2 | comedy | Alexis Frank Koczara Christine Shevchenko |
Network Casting: Janet Murphy-Butler |
| Untitled Hannah Simone Project | 1/2 hr | comedy | Anya Colloff Michael Nicolo |
Network Casting: Janet Murphy-Butler |
| Untitled Jessica Gao Project | 1/2 hr | comedy | Anya Colloff Michael Nicolo |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Untitled Leslie Odom Jr. Project (aka Book of Omari) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Julie Ashton | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Woman Up | 1/2 hr | comedy | TBA | TBA |
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Baker and the Beauty, The
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1 hr | drama | Sara Isaacson | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Heart of Life (primary casting in Canada) |
1 hr | drama | — | — |
| Hypnotist’s Love Story, The | 1 hr | drama | Debi Manwiller Russell Boast |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| New York Undercover | 1 hr | drama | Kim Coleman | — |
| NYPD Blue | 1 hr | drama | Scott Genkinger |
Rosalie Joseph Network Casting: |
| Stumptown | 1 hr | drama | Deanna Brigidi | Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Triangle | 1 hr | drama | Gary Zuckerbrod Kamala Thomas |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
| Until The Wedding | 1 hr | drama | Melissa Kostenbauder Kate Caldwell |
Laura Rosenthal Jodi Agstreich |
| Untitled Hank Steinberg/ 50 Cent Project |
1 hr | drama | Jennifer Cooper | Network Casting: Janet Murphy-Butler |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Alive (fka Frankenstein) |
1 hr | drama | Wendy Weidman | Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| Bob Hearts Abishola | 1/2 hr | comedy | Nikki Valko Ken Miller Tara Treacy |
Studio Casting: Meg Simon Findley Davidson |
| Broke (fka Untitled Urman/Herschlag Project) |
1/2 hr | drama | Julie Ashton | Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| Carol’s Second Act (series commitment) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Lisa Miller Katz | Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| Emperor of Malibu, The | 1/2 hr | comedy | Brett Greenstein Collin Daniel |
Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 1 hr | drama | — | Jonathan Strauss |
| Our House | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jeanne McCarthy Nicole Abellera Hallman |
Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| Story of Us, The (aka The Us Project) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Wendy O’Brien | Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| To Whom It May Concern | 1/2 hr | comedy | Marc Hirschfeld Geralyn Flood |
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| Unicorn, The | 1/2 hr | comedy | Tim Payne | Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| Courthouse | 1 hr | drama | Rebecca Mangieri | Studio Casting: Meg Simon Findley Davidson |
| Evil | 1 hr | drama | — | Mark Saks |
| FBI: Most Wanted | 1 hr | drama | — | Jonathan Strauss Jenny Ravitz |
| Interrogation (CBS All Access) straight to series |
1 hr | drama | Eyde Belasco | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
| Republic of Sarah | 1 hr | drama | Elizabeth Barnes Tannis Vallely |
Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| Stand, The (CBS All Access) straight to series |
1 hr | drama | — | TBA |
| Surveillance (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | Gail Goldberg Sheila Jaffe |
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| Tommy (fka Untitled Paul Attanasio Project) |
1 hr | drama | Wittney Horton | Kathleen Chopin |
| Under The Bridge | 1 hr | drama | Junie Lowry-Johnson Libby Goldstein |
Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
| Untitled Star Trek Picard Project (CBS All Access) straight to series |
1 hr | drama | Unpublished per CD | Unpublished per CD |
| Untitled Urman/Herschlag Project (aka Broke) |
1 hr | drama | Julie Ashton | Network Casting: Amy Herzig Katharina Eggmann Eric Goldberg |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Adam & Eve | 1/2 hr | comedy | Bonnie Zane Gayle Pillsbury |
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| Geniuses | 1/2 hr | comedy | Brett Greenstein Collin Daniel |
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| Patty’s Auto | 1/2 hr | comedy | Jeanne McCarthy Nicole Abellera Hallman |
Studio Casting: Meg Simon Findley Davidson |
| Richard Lovely | 1/2 hr | comedy | Henry Russell Bergstein | Network Casting: Clint Alexander Henry Russell Bergstein |
| Deputy | 1 hr | drama | Mary Vernieu Lindsay Graham-Ahanonu Raylin Sabo |
Network Casting: Clint Alexander |
| Filthy Rich | 1 hr | drama | TBA | TBA |
| neXT | 1 hr | drama | Eric Souliere | — |
| Prodigal Son | 1 hr | drama | Jennifer Cooper | Studio Casting: Meg Simon Findley Davidson |
| Untitled Annie Weisman/ Jason Katims Project |
1 hr | dramedy | Susie Farris | Network Casting: Clint Alexander Beth Bowling |
| Untitled Tom Kapinos Project | 1 hr | drama | Felicia Fasano | — |
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| Show Title |
Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Batwoman | 1 hr | drama | David Rapaport Lyndsey Baldasare |
Studio Casting: Meg Simon Findley Davidson |
| Glamorous | 1 hr | drama | Susan Vash | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
| Jane The Novela | 1 hr | drama | Alyson Silverberg | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
| Katy Keene | 1 hr | drama | David Rapaport Lyndsey Baldasare |
Beth Bowling Kim Miscia |
| Lost Boys, The | 1 hr | drama | Anya Colloff Michael Nicolo |
Studio Casting: Meg Simon Findley Davidson |
| Untitled Nancy Drew Project | 1 hr | drama | Sandi Logan | 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 |
| Avenue 5 (primary casting in UK) |
1/2 hr | comedy | — | — |
| Run (wrapped — primary casting in Toronto) Ordered to series |
1/2 hr | comedy | — | — |
| Perry Mason | 1 hr | drama | Unpublished per CD | Unpublished per CD |
| Untitled Game of Thrones Prequel (primary casting in UK) |
1 hr | drama | — | — |
 *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 |
| A.J. and the Queen | 1/2 hr | comedy | Telsey+Co.: Tiffany Little Canfield |
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| Family Reunion | 1/2 hr | comedy | Kim Coleman | — |
| Special | 1/2 hr | comedy | TBA | TBA |
| Gentefied | 1 hr | drama | Carla Hool | — |
| Locke & Key (primary casting in Canada) |
1 hr | drama | April Webster | — |
| Ratched | 1 hr | drama | Unpublished per CD | Unpublished per CD |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| College: The First Night of the Rest of Their Lives (wrapped) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Eyde Belasco | — |
| Half-Empty | 1/2 hr | comedy | — | Jennifer Euston |
| People Just Do Nothing (wrapped) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Deanna Brigidi | — |
| Untitled Catalina Aguilar Mastretta Project (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | Kim Davis-Wagner Justine Baddeley Arteta |
— |
| Wilds, The |
1 hr |
drama |
Deanna Brigidi |
Network Casting: Marci Phillips |
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| Show Title |
Duration |
Genre |
Casting – LA |
Casting – NY |
| Woke (wrapped) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Kim Coleman | — |
| Sweet Tooth | 1 hr | drama | Carmen Cuba | — |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Chad | 1/2 hr | comedy | Alyssa Weisberg | — |
| Twenties (wrapped) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Junie Lowry-Johnson Libby Goldstein |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Beast Mode (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | Kim Coleman | Jessica Daniels |
| Constance (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | — | Suzanne Smith Crowley Jessica Kelly |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Lil Dicky (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | Wendy O’Brien |
— |
| Y: The Last Man (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | Margery Simkin Orly Sitowitz |
Margery Simkin Orly Sitowitz |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Diary of a Female President (Disney+) | 1/2 hr | comedy | Julie Ashton | Studio Casting: Rob Decina |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| TBA |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| How To Make Love To A Black Woman | 1/2 hr | comedy | TBA | TBA |
| Wrong Mans, The (wrapped) |
1/2 hr | comedy | Jeanne McCarthy Nicole Abellera Hallman |
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| Queen Fur (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | John Papsidera | — |
| Untitled Gael Garcia Bernal Project (aka Untitled Jonas Cuaron Project) |
1 hr | drama | Margery Simkin Orly Sitowitz |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| TBA |
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| Show Title | Duration | Genre | Casting – LA | Casting – NY |
| Breckman Rodeo (wrapped) |
1 hr | drama | Deanna Brigidi | — |
| Motherland: Fort Salem straight to series |
1 hr | drama | Amber Horn Danielle Aufiero |
— |
| Party of Five (wrapped — straight to series) |
1 hr | drama | Yolanda Guillen | — |