| Television Network 2012 Upfronts |
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ABC
666 Park Ave.
Based on a book of the same name, 666 Park Ave. features a
young couple (Dave Annable, Rachael Taylor) who accept an
offer to manage one of the most historic apartment buildings
in New York City -- where they unwittingly begin to
experience supernatural occurrences. Lost's Terry O'Quinn,
Vanessa Williams, Mercedes Masohn, Robert Buckley and Helena
Mattsson co-star.
Zero Hour
Zero Hour, starring Anthony Edwards, follows a man who's
spent 20 years as the editor of a skeptics magazine and then
launched into one of the most compelling conspiracies in
human history. Michael Nyqvist, Carmen Ejogo, Scott Michael
Foster, Addison Timlin and Jacinda Barrett co-star.
Last Resort
The Shield and Chicago Code creator Shawn Ryan's Last Resort
centers on the crew of a U.S. nuclear submarine (led by
Andre Braugher) who, after ignoring an order to fire nuclear
missiles, wind up being hunted and escape to a NATO outpost
where they declare themselves to be the world's smallest
nuclear nation. Felicity's Scott Speedman, Daisy Betts,
Autumn Reeser, Jessy Schram, Daniel Lissing, Camille de
Pazzis, Sahr Ngaujau and Dichen Lachman co-star.
The Neighbors
Lenny Venito, Jami Gertz, Isabella Cramp, Clara Mamet and
Max Charles star as a family that moves into a coveted New
Jersey gated community, where they discover that the entire
neighborhood is comprised of aliens disguised as humans.
Simon Templeman, Toks Olagundoye Tim Jo and Ian Patrick
co-star in the single-camera comedy penned by Dan Fogelman.
CW
The Secret Circle
Based on the book by The Vampire Diaries author L.J. Smith,
The Secret Circle centers on a young woman (Robertson) who
moves to a new town and discovers she is a witch -- and a
part of a secret coven. She's also the key that will unlock
an old battle of good vs. evil.
Britt Robertson, Thomas Dekker, Gale Harold, Phoebe
Tonkin, Jessica Parker Kennedy, Shelly Henning, Louis
Hunter, Ashley Crow and Natasha Henstridge co-star.
It airs this fall; Thursdays at 9 p.m.
NBC
Do No Harm
Jekyll-and-Hyde drama Do No Harm stars Steven Pasquale as a
brilliant neurosurgeon who wrestles with his dangerous alter
ego that threatens to wreak havoc on his personal and
professional life.
Phylicia Rashad, Alana De La Garza, Mousa Kraish,
Michael Esper and Ruta Gedmintas co-star alongside Steven
Pasquale in the Universal television drama penned by The
Event's David Schulner. Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan are
set to exec produce.
Revolution
Revolution, from J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke, is described as
an epic adventure thriller in which a family struggles to
reunite in a post-apocalyptic American landscape: a world of
empty cities, local militias and heroic freedom fighters,
where every single piece of technology -- computers, planes,
cars, phones, even lights -- has mysteriously blacked out
... forever. Billy Burke, David Lyons, Giancarlo Esposito,
Tracy Spiradakos, Graham Rogers, Anna Lise Phillips, Tim
Guinee, Andrea Roth, JD Pardo and Zak Orth star in the drama
from Warner Bros. Television. Jon Favreau directs the pilot.
TNT
The Last Ship
The action-adventure drama is based on the novel by
William Brinkley and revolves around the
crew of a naval destroyer that is forced to confront the
reality of a new existence when a pandemic decimates most of
Earth's population.
Michael Bay will direct the pilot if it is
greenlighted and executive produce with
Brad Fuller,
Andrew Form and
Hank Steinberg, who will serve as showrunner
and write the Platinum Dunes project with
Steve Kane.
Legends
The action drama hails from
Homeland's
Howard Gordon,
Jeffrey Nachmanoff and
Mark Bomback and is based on the novel by
Robert Littell that follows Martin, an
operative who has an uncanny ability to transform himself
into a different person for each job. His own identity,
meanwhile, comes into question when a mysterious stranger
suggests that Martin isn’t who he thinks he is.
Alexander Cary and
Jonathan Levin will executive produce the
Fox Television Studios drama.
Tom Clancy's Homeland Security
The event-based procedural written by
Javier Grillo-Marxuach and set in
Tom Clancy's world of espionage pits a
select team of domestic intelligence operatives against
enemies from within and without, from narco-traffickers and
nuclear terrorists to cyber-criminals and human smugglers.
Clancy will exec produce alongside
Michael Ovitz, Grillo-Marxuach and
Chris George.
TBS
Zone Lord
A sitcom revolving around three roommates who awake one
morning to discover an evil but very hip alien has moved
into their building, along with his diminutive navigator.
O’Brien, Ross and Kissinger will executive produce, with
Ross Venokur involved as a co-EP and writer. |