TV Pilots by and About Women

Pilots (by women)

• Danni Lowinski - created by Jennie Snyder Urman (CW)
• The Great State of Georgia – Jennifer Weiner -plus-size performer from the south and her best friend trying to make it in Gotham. (ABC Family)
• The Happiness Project – created by Kristin Newman starring Kristin Davis
• Meet Jane – created by Andi Bushell Meet Jane centers on Jane Bilinksi, whose stale life as an unhappily married mother of two daughters in the Washington, DC area is suddenly re-energized and empowered when the FBI enlists her to spy on her husband, a computer technician the government suspects is selling top-secret information to Russia. (Lifetime)
• Rhodes to Recovery – lesbian trauma surgeon – created by Ilene Chiaken (CBS)
• Shonda Rhimes show about crisis management (ABC)
• Untitled Brenda Hampton project – revolves around an ethnically diverse group of girls at a California private school. (ABC Family)
• “Ten Things You Don’t Know About Women“- Betsy Thomas (NBC)
• Tilda “Centers on a powerful female online showbiz blogger with a no-holds-barred style.” Diane Keaton, Ellen Page. Written by Cynthia Mort. (HBO)
• What Would Jane Do – April Blair. Show follows a 16-year-old girl who is mistaken for an adult when she gets a job at a trendy retail store. (ABC Family)

Pilot Scripts (by women)

• Breadwinners – Diablo Cody (Fox)
• Breaking Upwards – Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister-Jones. It centers on a young couple exploring alternatives to monogamy as they decide to spend 4 days a week together and the other 3 as single people. (TNT)
• Dallas Reboot – Cynthia Cidre (TNT)
• Driven- Linda Bloodworth Thomason (USA)
• Eden – “a young hotel worker who, with the help of his escaped con artist cousin Eddie, gets a job as the concierge at an elite NYC hotel.”   Written by Ken and Mary Hanes (USA)
• In Deep – “a female undercover FBI agent infiltrating the Chicago Mob with the help of the made men’s women.” Written by Bird York
• The Lost Girls: Three Friends. Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World – Idly Modrovich (ABC)
• Miss Philly- created by Barbara Hall. Show explores the pristine suburbs and urban war zones of Philadelphia, where the mayor has hired the first African-American police commissioner. She finds herself handling more than she ever expected. (TNT)
• Parenting by Committee – Alyssa Embree and Jessica Koosed
• One Police Plaza – “a drama that centers on New York City’s first female commissioner.” Written by Linda Fairstein and Kenneth L. Solarz (ABC)
• Over/Under – “about a day trader with a gambling problem who’s fired from his job six months after a bad trade costs his firm millions. Shut out of the job market, he and his wife retreat to a neighborhood on the cusp of gentrification. He finds an unlikely partner and starts to turn his life around in an unexpected way.” Written by Sheila Callaghan. (USA)
• Patito Feo – “translates to “Ugly Duckling” and centers on a Mexican teen (Benita Robledo)  who experiences a bit of culture shock when she transfers to a U.S. high school.”
• Robyn – an updated gender-twist on “Robin Hood,” a young woman who decides she has done nothing with her life commits to rob from the upper class and give to the poor. Becky Hartman Edwards (“Parenthood,” “Life on Mars”) is the executive producer and writer. (USA)
• The True Adventures of a Terrible Dater – Susan Brightbill (CBS)

Untitled Pilot Scripts (by women)

• Mob twist on Showtime’s “Weeds“: A suburban mom pays off her husband’s gambling debt by becoming a fixer for a mobster. Created by Gay Walch (“Summerland”) (USA)
• Female version of Entourage – created by Leah Rachel and Emily Montague. (HBO)
• Untitled Betsy Thomas – Workplace ensemble centers on life for a group at the age of 22 (and broke) and again at age 32 (and successful). (ABC)
• Untitled Julie Golden – will revolve around a San Francisco chef who’s on the cusp of joining the ranks of celebrity chefs — but whose life is upended when his ex-wife dies and his daughters move in. (NBC)

Shows About Women

• Exit 19 – show follows a “single mother Gloria Shepherd as she juggles her demanding personal and professional lives raising two children while working as a New York Police Department homicide detective.”  (Lifetime)
• In Security – Two sisters Constance Zimmer and Kat Foster head up a private-security team protecting the super elite while dealing with personal and family issues. (TBS)
• Lying Game – about a girl raised in foster care who discovers she has a twin sister, who suddenly goes missing. (ABC Family)
• Necessary Roughness – features a tough, divorced female sports therapist (USA)
• Nine Lives
• Sendera
  
• Untitled Molly Shannon Project – “as a nun who makes the difficult decision to leave the convent and confront life in the outside world.” (HBO)
• Untitled Michael Sardo – “centers on Ann Brown (Carrie Ann Moss), New York’s premiere celebrity psychologist. With her life and marriage in shambles, she leaves town to join her sister, the Dean at a teaching hospital, to become the chief of staff of the hospital’s psych ward. There, she rediscovers her love for helping people while reconnecting with her sister, despite their volatile history.” (Lifetime)