Fall 2011 TV pilots
Fall TV pilots
The networks have ordered their fall 2011 pilots. As always, there are big trends, big stars and big projects – with plots focusing on everything from a celebrity hair stylist to a poet turned crime fighter. Not all of them will make the final cut when the lineups are announced in May.
Tim Allen stars in a yet-to-be-named show for ABC about a guy “fighting for his manhood” in a house full of women.
His claim to fame
Watch clips
His filmography
Is Don Johnson poised for a comeback as a hairdresser in NBC’s “A. Mann's World”?
His co-star
His claim to fame
Sarah Michelle Gellar is back in a CBS pilot, “Ringer,” about a woman trying to escape the Mob with her twin sister.
Her co-star
Her claim to fame
Debra Messing and Angelica Huston co-star in NBC’s “Smash,” about a Broadway musical.
Messing’s claim to fame
Watch clips
Huston’s filmography
In ABC's “Grace,” Eric Roberts and Debbie Allen play a pair of dancers with three daughters.
Roberts’ famous sister
His latest movie
Allen’s claim to fame
Her famous sister
Ethan Hawke and Lily Rabe are the stars of FOX’s “Exit Strategy,” about a CIA team coming to the rescue when something goes awry.
One of Hawke’s famous roles
His filmography
Rabe’s big-screen debut
Her filmography
FOX’s much-delayed Steven Spielberg dino series was pushed from a May preview to fall.
What’s the premise?
Who’s the male lead?
Who plays his wife?
NBC's remake of the 1974 Lynda Carter series stars Adrianne Palicki in the title role.
Carter’s opinion of Palicki’s costume
Palicki’s claim to fame
ABC’s remake stars Rachael Taylor, Annie Ilonzeh and Minka Kelly. Robert Wagner may be the voice of Charlie.
Taylor’s claim to fame
Ilonzeh’s character on ‘General Hospital’
Kelly’s breakout TV role
ABC reimagines Edgar Allan Poe as a crime fighter (seriously) in 1840s Boston, with Christopher Egan in the title role.
Egan’s latest TV show
Watch clips
Where’s he from?
From J.J. Abrams, this FOX drama is about 1960s-era hoods in the Big House who are magically and mysteriously transported to present time.
The first actor cast on the show
One of his co-stars
Abrams’ claim to fame
This NBC cop show is filled with characters from the classic fables.
The male lead
His claim to fame
One of his co-stars
Her claim to fame
ABC’s come-fly-with-me drama goes back to the ’60s, looking for some “Mad Men” moj.
The female star
Her big-screen debut
One of her co-stars
This NBC show is an adaptation of the Helen Mirren classic.
The male lead
His co-star
