Fall 2011 TV pilots


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’s new show
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
‘A. Mann’s World’
Is Don Johnson poised for a comeback as a hairdresser in NBC’s “A. Mann's World”?

His co-star
His claim to fame

‘Ringer’
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

‘Smash’
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
‘Grace’
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
‘Exit Strategy’
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
‘Terra Nova’
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?
‘Wonder Woman’
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

‘Charlie's Angels’
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
‘Poe’
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?
‘Alcatraz’
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

‘Grimm’
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
'Pan Am'
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

'Prime Suspect'
This NBC show is an adaptation of the Helen Mirren classic.

The male lead
His co-star