Fox pilots at a glance

A rundown of the network's current pilot slate

By VARIETY STAFF

DRAMA

Dollhouse (20th Century Fox TV)

Exec producer: Joss Whedon

Writer: Joss Whedon

Cast: Eliza Dushku, Olivia Williams, Tahmoh Penikett, Fran Kranz, Dichen Lachman, Enver Gjokaj, Harry Lennix

Logline: An underground group of "Active" agents live together in a secret facility and are imprinted with new personalities as they carry out missions at the behest of the wealthy, powerful and connected.

Fringe (Warner Bros. Television)

Exec producers: J. J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Burk, Jeff Pinkner, Alex Graves

Writers: J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman

Cast: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Kirk Acevedo, Mark Valley, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole

Logline: Thriller about an FBI agent and an institutionalized scientist's search for the truth about the grisly deaths of passengers and crew on a commercial a flight into Boston.

COMEDY

The Cleveland Show (20th Century Fox TV)

Exec producrs: Seth MacFarlane, Rich Appel, Mike Henry

Writer:

Cast: Mike Henry

Logline: Spinoff of "Family Guy" finds Cleveland Brown moving to Virginia to live with this high school sweetheart.

Do Not Disturb (20th Century Fox TV)

Exec producers: Abraham Higginbotham, Howard Owens, Carolyn Bernstein, Paul Young, Peter Principato, Brian Dobbins

Writer: Abraham Higginbotham

Cast: Jerry O'Connell, Niecy Nash, Molly Stanton, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Brando Eaton, Jolene Purdy

Logline: Workplace comedy set at a hip New York City hotel.

Sit Down, Shut Up (Sony Pictures TV, 20th Century Fox TV)

Exec producers: Mitchell Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein

Writers:

Cast: Will Arnett, Maria Bamford, Jason Bateman, Will Forte, Tom Kenny, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri, Kenan Thompson, Henry Winkler

Logline: Animated comedy set in a small-town high school where the faculty believes that the students must always come second.

ALTERNATIVE

Secret Millionaire (RDF USA)

Exec producers: Chris Coelen, Greg Goldman, Bruce Toms

Logline: Millionaires go undercover into poor neighborhoods to find people worthy of receiving $100,000 or more

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