Posted: Mon., May 19, 2008, 6:20pm PT

CBS pilots at a glance

A rundown of the network's current pilot slate

COMEDY

Project Gary (ABC Studios, CBS Paramount Network TV)

Exec producers: Ed Yeager, Ric Swartzlander

Writers: Ed Yeager, Ric Swartzlander

Cast: Jay Mohr, Paula Marshall, Laura Marano, Ryan Malgarini, Jaime King

Logline: Recently divorced man and his controlling ex-wife embark on new relationships

Worst Week (Universal Media Studios, CBS Paramount Network TV)

Exec producers: Matt Tarses, Jimmy Mulville

Writer: Matt Tarses

Cast: Kyle Bornheimer, Erinn Hayes, Kurtwood Smith, Nancy Lenehan

Logline: Young couple with a wedding and baby on the way try to please the bride-to-be's conservative parents.

DRAMA

Eleventh Hour (Warner Bros. Television)

Exec producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Danny Cannon, Cyrus Voris, Ethan Reiff, Mick Davis, Paul Buccieri

Writer: Mick Davis

Cast: Rufus Sewell

Logline: Brilliant biophysicist and government science advisor investigates scientific crises and oddities

The Ex List (20th Century Fox TV)

Exec producers: Diane Ruggiero, Jonathan Levin

Writer: Diane Ruggiero

Cast: Elizabeth Reaser, Rachel Boston, Adam Rothenberg, Alex Breckenridge, Amir Talai

Logline: Woman is told by a psychic that she's already dated her future husband and needs to marry him within a year or she'll be alone forever.

Harper's Island (CBS Paramount Network TV)

Exec producer: Jon Turteltaub

Writer: Ari Schlossberg

Cast: Elaine Cassidy

Logline: Murder mystery about friends who gather on an island off Seattle for a wedding

The Mentalist (Warner Bros. Television)

Exec producers: Bruno Heller, David Nutter

Writer: Bruno Heller

Cast: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman, Amanda Righetti

Logline: Detective and uses his razor-sharp observation skills to solve serious crimes


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