Posted: Mon., May 19, 2008, 6:23pm PT

ABC pilots at a glance

A rundown of the network's current pilot slate

DRAMA

Life on Mars (20th Century Fox TV, ABC Studios)

Exec producers: Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, Jane Featherstone, Stephen Garrett, David E. Kelley

Writers: Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg

Cast:Jason O'Mara, Rachelle Lefevre, Colm Meaney, Stephanie Jacobsen, Lenny Clarke, Patrick Wenk-Wolff, Richard Benjamin

Logline: Based on a British series about a police detective who finds himself transported back to 1973 after a car crash.

COMEDY

The Goode Family (Media Rights Capital)

Exec producers: Mike Judge, Dave Krinksy, John Altschuler, Michael Rotenberg, Tom Lassally

Writers: Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky, John Altschuler

Cast: Mike Judge, Nancy Carell, Dave Herman, Abby Elliot

Logline: Animated comedy about a family whose obsession with doing good has unintended comedic consequences.

ALTERNATIVE

Opportunity Knocks (Katalyst Films, 3 Ball Prods.)

Exec producers: Ashton Kutcher, Jason Goldberg, Karey Burke, J.D. Roth, Todd Nelson.

Supervising producer(s):

Logline: Families get the chance to win cash and prizes in their own homes by answering trivia questions.

Untitled Ashton Kutcher/Tyra Banks Project ( Katalyst Films, Bankable Prods.)

Exec producers: Ashton Kutcher, Tyra Banks

Logline: A beauty pageant unlike any you've ever seen.


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