2008-2009 Season’s New Series

By International Distribution Company

CBS PARAMOUNT INTERNATIONAL TV

90210 (CW)
Production Team: Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah, Mark Piznarski
Format: One-hour drama
Contemporary spinoff of the Aaron Spelling classic.

Harper’s Island (CBS) (midseason)
Production Team: Jon Turteltaub
Format: One-hour drama
Murder mystery that unfolds as friends and family attend a destination wedding on a secluded island.

Stylista (CW)
Production Team: Tyra Banks, Ken Mok, Eli Holzman, Desiree Gruber, Jane Cha
Format: One-hour reality
Aspiring fashion assistants vie for a much-coveted editorial job with Elle magazine.

Worst Week (CBS)
Production Team: Matt Tarses, Jimmy Mulville
Format: Half-hour comedy
About a man who’ll do anything to please his girlfriend’s parents… but becomes a human wrecking ball whenever he’s around them.

DISNEY-ABC INTERNATIONAL TV

Project Gary (CBS)
Production Team: Ed Yeager, Ric Swartzlander
Format: Half-hour comedy
About a dad trying to navigate new waters with his kids, his ex and his newfound romantic life.

Raising the Bar (TNT)
Production Team: Steven Bochco
Format: One-hour drama
A public defender tries to help the down and out.

FREMANTLEMEDIA ENTERPRISES

America’s Toughest Jobs (NBC)
Production Team: Thom Beers, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun
Format: One-hour reality
Twelve people leave their safe jobs for demanding ones.

Merlin (NBC)
Production Team: Julian Murphy, Johnny Capps, Jake Michie, Julian Jones
Format: One-hour drama
Fantasy series set in Camelot about the early days of Arthur and Merlin.

Shark Taggers (NBC)
Production Team: Thom Beers, Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun
Format: One-hour reality
Marine biologists track down and investigate ocean predators.

GRANADA INTERNATIONAL

Chopping Block (NBC)
Production Team: David Barbour, Julian Cress
Format: One-hour reality
Couples are tested in various restaurant challenges.

LIONSGATE

Tough Trade (TNT)
Production Team: Chris Offutt, Sean Furst, Bryan Furst
Format: One-hour drama
Dramatic but humorous look at the Nashville music scene.

NBC UNIVERSAL INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION

Date My Ex (Bravo)
Production Team: Douglas Ross, Gregory Stewart, Kathleen French
Format: One-hour reality
Follow a Real Housewives of Orange County alum as she looks for love in Los Angeles.

Kath & Kim (NBC)
Production Team: Michelle Nader, Paul Feig, Wil Calhoun, Mark Koops, Howard Owens, Gina Riley, Jane Turner, Rick McKenna
Format: Half-hour comedy
Molly Shannon and Selma Blair star in a sitcom about a 40-something divorced mom and her self-absorbed daughter. Based on an Australian series of the same name.

Kings (NBC)
Production Team: Michael Green, Francis Lawrence, Erwin Stoff
Format: One-hour drama
David and Goliath set in a meta modern world.

Knight Rider (NBC)
Production Team: David Bartis, Doug Liman, Gary Scott Thompson
Format: One-hour drama
A modern take on the original series with a brand-new KITT and cast, but all the sexiness of the original.

My Own Worst Enemy (NBC)
Production Team: Jason Smilovic, David Semel
Format: One-hour drama
A middle-class executive lives a double life as a government agent.

The Office Spinoff (NBC)
Production Team: Greg Daniels
Format: Half-hour comedy
Spinoff of the hugely successful sitcom with new faces and a new location.

The Philanthropist (NBC)
Production Team: Charlie Corwin
Format: One-hour drama
About a billionaire who uses his resources to help those in need — often at great risk to himself.

The Rachel Zoe Project (Bravo)
Production Team: Charlie Corwin, Jamie Patricof, Rachel Zoe
Format: One-hour reality
Celebrity stylist Rachel Zoe gives viewers a fly-on-the-wall look at how she juggles it all in this docu-drama.

The Real Housewives of New Jersey (Bravo)
Production Team: Sirens Media
Format: One-hour reality
Reality show showcases the McMansions and lavish lifestyles of some of New Jersey’s wealthiest wives.

POWER

Crusoe (NBC)
Production Team: Justin Bodle, Michael Prupas, Genevieve Hofmeyr
Format: One-hour drama
New twist on Daniel Defoe’s classic tale.

RDF USA

Secret Millionaire (FOX) (midseason)
Production Team: Chris Coelen, Greg Goldman, Bruce Toms
Format: One-hour reality
Unscripted series that follows millionaires who go undercover to some of America’s most disadvantaged areas in search of everyday heroes.

SHAFTESBURY FILMS

The Listener (NBC)
Production Team: Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Michael Amo, Russ Cochrane, Glen Davis, Bill Laurin
Format: One-hour drama
A suspenseful series that follows a paramedic who can read people’s minds.

SONY PICTURES TV INTERNATIONAL

Sit Down, Shut Up (FOX) (midseason)
Production Team: Mitch Hurwitz, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Tannenbaum, Paul Buccieri Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein
Format: Half-hour comedy
Animated show that centers of the faculty at the most dysfunctional school in America.

TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX TELEVISION DISTRIBUTION

The Cleveland Show (FOX) (midseason)
Production Team: Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel, Mike Henry
Format: Half-hour comedy
Animated series that follows The Family Guy’s Cleveland Brown as he moves to Stoolbend, Virginia.

Dollhouse (FOX) (midseason)
Production Team: Joss Whedon
Format: One-hour drama
From the mind of Joss Whedon comes this action series about a female Jason Bourne who is stripped of her memories after completing missions.

Do Not Disturb (FOX)
Production Team: Abraham Higginbotham, Howard Owens, Carolyn Bernstein, Paul Young, Peter Principato, Brian Dobbins
Format: Half-hour comedy
Multi-camera sitcom focusing on the help at a hip New York hotel.

The Ex List (CBS)
Production Team: Diane Ruggiero, Jonathan Levin
Format: One-hour drama
Focuses on a woman who is surprised to learn from a psychic that she’s already dated her future husband.

Life on Mars (ABC)
Production Team: Josh Applebaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Jane Featherstone, Stephen Garrett, David E. Kelley
Format: One-hour drama
Adaptation of a BBC series about a cop who wakes up 30 years in the past.

WARNER BROS. INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION

Eleventh Hour (CBS)
Production Team: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Danny Cannon, Cyris Voris, Ethan Reiff, Mick Davis, Paul Buccieri
Format: One-hour drama
Focuses on a government agent who investigates scientific crises and oddities. Based on a U.K. miniseries.

Fringe (FOX)
Production Team: J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Burk, Alex Graves, Jeff Pinkner
Format: One-hour drama
Sci-fi series about an FBI agent, an institutionalized scientist and a Mensa member/high school dropout who team up to identify paranormal activity.

Man vs. Cartoon (truTV)
Production Team: Craig Piligian
Format: One-hour reality
Real humans attempt stunts like those done by Looney Tunes characters. Will these humans have more success than classic Warner Bros. icons like Wile E. Coyote? Or will they end up seeing stars?

The Mentalist (CBS)
Production Team: David Nutter, Bruno Heller
Format: One-hour drama
About a former celebrity psychic-turned-detective, who uses his skills of observation to “read” people and solve crimes.

Surviving the Filthy Rich (CW)
Production Team: Rina Mimoun, Leslie Morgenstein, Bob Levy
Format: One-hour drama
Tells the tale of a recently fired tabloid journalist who is offered a position as a tutor for twin 16-year-old billionaire sisters.

Truth in Advertising (TNT)
Production Team: Greer Shephard, Michael M. Robin, John Coveny, Hunt Baldwin
Format: One-hour drama
About two talented ad men whose jobs and friendship are increasingly on the line.

International Distributor TBA

Angel City (TNT)
Production Team: Will Beall, Barry Schindel
Production Company: Mandalay TV
Format: One-hour drama
Features six cops in three cars during a single shift.

Delta Blues (TNT)
Production Team: George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Abby Wolf-Weiss, Liz Garcia, Josh Horto
Production Companies: Warner Horizon TV, SmokeHouse
Format: One-hour drama
Tells the tale of an Elvis impersonator/cop who lives with his mother.

Leverage (TNT)
Production Team: Dean Devlin
Production Company: Electric Entertainment
Format: One-hour drama
Timothy Hutton stars as a former insurance investigator who turns against corporate America.

The Goode Family (ABC) (midseason)
Production Team: Mike Judge, David Krinsky, John Altschuler, Michael Rotenberg, Tom Lassaly.
Production Companies: MRC, 3 Arts Entertainment
Animated comedy about a family obsessed with doing the “right” thing.

Momma’s Boys (NBC)
Production Team: Ryan Seacrest, Andrew Glassman
Production Companies: Ryan Seacrest Productions, Glassman Media
Format: One-hour reality
Moms select brides for their complacent sons.

Morse Code (TNT)
Production Team: Donnie Wahlberg, Jon Avnet, Walon Green
Production Company: Warner Horizon TV
Format: One-hour drama
About a young war hero/Drug Enforcement Administration officer in Boston.

Opportunity Knocks (ABC)
Production Team: Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke, J.D. Roth, Todd A. Nelson
Production Companies: Katalyst Films, 3 Ball Productions
Format: One-hour reality
A game show that shows up on America’s doorstep.

Untitled Ashton Kutcher/Tyra Banks Project (ABC)
Production Team: Ashton Kutcher, Tyra Banks
Production Companies: Bankable Productions, Katalyst Films, Warner Horizon TV
Format: One-hour reality
A beauty pageant unlike any others.

Untitled Joel Surnow Project (TNT)
Production Team: Joel Surnow
Format: One-hour drama
Gritty drama about the life of an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.