New Scripted Series For 2021-22 Broadcast Season: A Photo Gallery

It was a long, pandemic-impacted broadcast development cycle, with some pilots taking a year to get produced, but the broadcast networks have made their picks for new scripted series to debut in fall 2021 as well as the bulk of their decisions for new midseason 2022 shows. (The CW is still evaluating its pilots, while ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox will have a handful of pilots that will be filmed off-cycle for midseason consideration.)

The pandemic forced broadcast executives to think outside the traditional broadcast pilot model and rely more heavily on straight-to-series orders, often based on additional scripts, sometimes delivered through the opening of a writers room.

Check out Deadline’s gallery of new 2021-22 shows. Those picked up straight-to-series that have not produced a pilot and have no episodic art available, are represented by their top talent on or behind the camera. (CBS traditionally does not release episodic art until its upfront presentation.)

Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. You can find details on each of the new series below.

Drama

QUEENS
STUDIO: ABC Signature
TEAM: Zahir McGhee (w, ep), Sabrina Wind (ep), Tim Story (d, ep)
LOGLINE: Estranged and out of touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – their ’90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
CAST: Eve, Naturi Naughton, Brandy, Nadine Velazquez, Pepi Sonuga

Comedy

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
STUDIO: Warner Bros TV/20th Television
TEAM: Quinta Brunson (w, ep), Justin Halpern (ep), Patrick Schumacker (ep), Randall Einhorn (d)
LOGLINE: A group of teachers is brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching. They will rely on one another to make it through the day and find a way to counteract the school district’s bullsh*t attitude toward educating children.
CAST: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph

MAGGIE
STUDIO: 20th Television
TEAM: Maggie Mull (w, ep), Justin Adler (w, ep), Evan Hayes (ep), Jeff Morton (ep). Natalia Anderson (d, ep)
LOGLINE: A young woman tries to cope with life while coming to terms with her abilities as a psychic. She can see everyone’s future, but her present is a mess. Based on the short film by Tim Curcio.
CAST: Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Del Rio, Kerri Kenney, Chris Elliott, Nichole Sakura, Angelique Cabral, Leonardo Nam, Ray Ford, Chloe Bridges

THE WONDER YEARS
STUDIO: 20th Television
TEAM: Saladin Patterson (w, ep), Fred Savage (d, ep), Lee Daniels (ep), Marc Velez (ep)
LOGLINE: How a black middle-class family in Montgomery, AL, in the turbulent late 1960s made sure it was the Wonder Years for them too. Reboot of the 1988-93 ABC series.
CAST: Elisha “EJ” Williams, Saycon Sengbloh, Dulé Hill, Laura Kariuki, Milan Ray, Julian Lerner, Amari O’Neil, Don Cheadle (narrator)

Limited Series

WOMEN OF THE MOVEMENT
STUDIO: Kapital Entertainment
TEAM: Marissa Jo Cerar (w, ep, sr), Jay-Z (ep), Jay Brown (ep), Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith (ep), Will Smith (ep), James Lassiter (ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Michael Lohmann (ep), Gina Prince-Bythewood (d, ep), Rosanna Grace (ep), Alex Foster (ep), John Powers Middleton (ep), David Clark (ep), Tina Mabry (d), Julie Dash (d), Kasi Lemmons (d)
LOGLINE: Centers on Mamie Till-Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till. Inspired by the book ‘Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement’ by Devery S. Anderson.
CAST: Adrienne Warren, Tonya Pinkins, Cedric Joe, Glynn Turman, Ray Fisher, Chris Coy, Julia McDermott, Carter Jenkins, Joshua Caleb, Leslie Silva, Chris Butler, Alex Désert, Miles Fowler, Tongayi Chirisa, Jason Turner, Daniel Abeles

Drama

CSI: VEGAS
STUDIO: CBS Studios/Jerry Bruckheimer Television
TEAM: Jason Tracey (ep, sr), Uta Briesewitz (d, ep), Jerry Bruckheimer (ep), Jonathan Littman (ep), KristieAnne Reed (ep), Anthony Zuiker (ep), Carol Mendelsohn (ep), Ann Donahue (ep), Craig O’Neill (ep), William Petersen (ep), Cindy Chvatal (ep)
LOGLINE: Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant new team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City. Sequel to the 2000-15 CBS drama ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’
CAST: William Petersen, Jorja Fox, Wallace Langham, Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria, Mel Rodriguez and Mandeep Dhillon

FBI: INTERNATIONAL
STUDIO: Wolf Entertainment/Universal Television/CBS Studios
TEAM: Dick Wolf (ep), Derek Haas (ep, sr), Rick Eid (ep), Peter Jankowski (ep), Arthur Forney (ep)
LOGLINE: ‘FBI’ spinoff follows the elite agents of the FBI’s International division as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.
CAST: TBA

GOOD SAM
STUDIO: CBS Studios/Sutton St. Productions
TEAM: Katie Wech (w, ep), Jennie Snyder Urman (ep), Joanna Klein (ep)
LOGLINE: A talented yet stifled surgeon embraces her leadership role after her renowned and pompous boss falls into a coma. When he awakens and wants to resume surgery, however, it falls to her to supervise this overbearing blowhard who never acknowledged her talents — and also happens to be her father.
CAST: Sophia Bush, Jason Isaacs, Edwin Hodge, Skye P. Marshall, Michael Stahl-David, Davi Santos, Omar Maskati, Wendy Crewson

NCIS: HAWAI’I
STUDIO: CBS Studios
TEAM: Christopher Silber (w, ep), Jan Nash (w, ep), Matt Bosack (w, ep), Larry Teng (d, ep)
LOGLINE: Set in the Aloha State, it follows the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor and her team as they balance duty to family and country, investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the island itself.
CAST: Vanessa Lachey

Comedy

GHOSTS (single camera)
STUDIO: Lionsgate Television/BBC Studios/CBS Television Studios
TEAM: Joe Port (w, ep), Joe Wiseman (w, ep), Mathew Baynton (ep), Jim Howick (ep), Simon Farnaby (ep), Laurence Rickard (ep), Ben Willbond (ep), Martha Howe-Douglas, Alison Carpenter (ep), Debra Hayward (ep), Alison Owen (ep), Angie Stephenson (ep)
LOGLINE: Follows a young couple, Samantha and Ryan, whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. Based on the British series.
CAST: Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rebecca Wisocky, Brandon Scott Jones, Danielle Pinnock, Asher Grodman, Richie Moriarty, Sheila Carrasco and Román Zaragoza

SMALLWOOD (multi-camera)
STUDIO: CBS Studios
TEAM: Mark Gross (w, ep), David Hollander (ep), Brian D’Arcy James (ep), Mark Cendrowski (d)
LOGLINE: After being laid off from the assembly line at the GM factory, a seemingly ordinary man makes the extraordinary decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler. Based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life.
CAST: Pete Holmes, Chi McBride, Katie Lowes

Drama

LA BREA
STUDIOS: Universal Television/Keshet Studios
TEAM: David Appelbaum (w, ep), Avi Nir (ep), Alon Shtruzman (ep), Peter Traugott (ep), Rachel Kaplan (ep), Ken Woodruff (ep), Steven Lilien (ep), Bryan Wynbrandt (ep), Ken Woodruff (ep), Arika Lisanne Mittman (ep), Adam Davidson (ep), Thor Freudenthal (d)
LOGLINE: A massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.
CAST: Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken, Jon Seda, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chiké Okonkwo, Karina Logue, Zyra Gorecki, Jack Martin, Veronica St. Clair, Rohan Mirchandaney, Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, Chloe De Los Santos, Ione Skye (recurring)

LAW & ORDER: FOR THE DEFENSE
STUDIOS: Universal Television/Wolf Entertainment
TEAM: Carol Mendelsohn (w, ep, sr), Dick Wolf (ep), Arthur Forney (ep), Julie Weitz (ep), Peter Jankowski (ep)
LOGLINE: ‘Law & Order’ spinoff looks inside a criminal defense firm, putting the lawyers under a microscope, along with the criminal justice system.
CAST: TBA

ORDINARY JOE
STUDIOS: 20th Television/Universal Television/6th & Idaho/3 Arts
TEAM: Russel Friend (w, ep), Garrett Lerner (w, ep), Matt Reeves (ep), Adam Kassan (ep), Rafi Crohn (ep), Howard Klein (ep), Adam Davidson (d, ep)
LOGLINE: Life is all about the choices you make – and sometimes what you do in a single moment can change everything. Joe Kimbreau faces one of these decisions at his college graduation. The three parallel stories that diverge from that night find Joe and the people around him with different careers, relationships and family lives, showing the unexpected ways that things change – and stay the same. But when it comes down to it, there is no “right” choice; no matter what happens, Joe’s life is always messy, exciting, tough, unpredictable … and beautiful.
CAST: James Wolk, Natalie Martinezt, Elizabeth Lail, Charlie Barnet

Comedy

AMERICAN AUTO (single camera)
STUDIO: Universal Television/Spitzer Holding Company/Kapital Entertainment.
TEAM: Justin Spitzer (w, ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Jeff Blitz (d, ep)
LOGLINE: Set in Detroit, the corporate executives of Payne Motors are at a crossroads: adapt to the changing times or be sent to the junkyard. Shaking things up is the new CEO, whose leadership, experience and savvy is only slightly offset by her complete lack of knowledge about cars. Luckily, her team has some of the best minds in the business – when they aren’t fighting or trying to outwit one another.
CAST: Ana Gasteyer, Jon Barinholtz, Harriet Dyer, Humphrey Ker, Michael B. Washington, Tye White, X Mayo

GRAND CREW (single camera)
STUDIO: Universal Television
TEAM: Phil Augusta Jackson (w, ep), Dan Goor (ep, sr), Mo Marable (d, co-ep)
LOGLINE: Follows a group of young professionals all trying to navigate the ups and downs of life and love in Los Angeles — and they always find time to gather at their favorite bar to “wine down” and unpack it all.
CAST: Echo Kellum, Justin Cunningham, Carl Tart, Aaron Jennings, Nicole Byer

Limited Series

THE THING ABOUT PAM
STUDIOS: Blumhouse Television/NBC News Studios/Big Picture Company
TEAM: Jessika Borsiczky (w, ep, sr), Jenny Klein (w, ep), Renee Zellweger (ep), Carmella Casinelli (ep), Liz Cole (ep), Noah Oppenheim (ep), Jason Blum (ep), Chris McCumber (ep), Jeremy Gold (ep)
LOGLINE: Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’ conviction, though he insisted he did not kill her. His conviction later was overturned, but the brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
CAST: Renee Zellweger