Posted: Thu., Feb. 19, 2009, 8:47pm PT

NBC TV pilots: 2009-2010

By Variety Staff

The networks are tapping the weak economy to conjure their own ratings stimulus.

Several of next season's series hopefuls revolve around characters who have been hit by the recession -- while several more take on the nation's widening gap between haves and have nots.

That's just one of several trends emerging from this year's surprisingly hefty crop of pilot orders.

• Read more about how the economic crisis is affecting trends this pilot season

• Read more on pilot season

• Read more about the 2009 Upfronts.

Drama
TITLE	STUDIO	EXEC PRODUCERS	DIRECTOR	LOGLINE
Day One PICKED UP	Universal	Jesse Alexander	Alex Graves	After a global catastrophe, a group rebuilds their community
Legally Mad NOT PICKED UP	Warner Bros.	David E. Kelley	Kenny Ortega	Eccentric personalities in a tumultuous law firm; Kristin Chenoweth stars
Lost & Found NOT PICKED UP	Universal	Chris Levinson, Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski, Nena Rodrigue	Michael Engler	Katee Sackoff stars as a cop demoted to the LAPD’s John Doe division
Mercy PICKED UP	Universal	Aaron Harberts, Gretchen Berg, Elizabeth Heldens, Lloyd Braun, Gail Berman	Adam Bernstein	Nurses juggle their personal and professional lives
Parenthood PICKED UP	Universal	Jason Katims, Brian Grazer, David Nevins	Thomas Schlamme	Based on the 1989 feature film about a large family
Trauma PICKED UP	Universal	Dario Scardapane, Peter Berg, Jeff Reiner	Jeff Reiner	First-response paramedics in San Francisco
Comedy
TITLE	STUDIO	EXEC PRODUCERS	DIRECTOR	LOGLINE
100 Questions for Charlotte Payne PICKED UP	Universal	Chris Moynihan, Kelly Kulchak, Ron West, Michelle Nader	James Burrows	Young woman navigating life and dating in NYC; multi-cam
Community PICKED UP	Sony	Dan Harmon, Russ Krasnoff, Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Gary Foster, Garrett Donovan and Neil Goldman	Anthony & Joe Russo	Thirtysomething guy enrolls in community college; single-cam
Off Duty	Universal	Scot Armstrong, Ravi Nandan, Jason Mantzoukas	Adam Bernstein	Bradley Whitford stars in this buddy comedy about cops; single-cam
State of Romance NOT PICKED UP	Universal	Barbara Wallace, Tom Wolfe	n/a	Romatic comedy in vein of “Pride & Prejudice”; single-cam
Untitled Justin Adler Project NOT PICKED UP	Sony	Justin Adler, Mitch Hurwitz, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum	n/a	Family is led by a beautiful but strong and controlling woman; multi-cam