Author: Lesley Goldberg , Lacey Rose

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Greg Kinnear in “Rake”

Following a season in which Fox was saddled with double-digit ratings losses and a weak bench, the network is looking to bulk up its options heading into the 2013-14 season. 

Having already renewed scripted entries Glee, Bones, New Girl, Raising Hope, The Following and The Mindy Project, the network is looking to fill what few holes it has with stars including Oscar nominee Greg Kinnear, Karl Urban and Ramon Rodriguez. Less than year after Fringe ended its run, Fox is turning to the beloved sci-fi drama’s producers J.H. Wyman, J.J. Abrams (Almost Human) and Roberto Orci (Sleepy Hollow) for new fare.

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It is worth noting that Fox has ordered four drama pilots to series, doubling last year’s particularly small commitment. The latter included since canceled The Mob Doctor as well as midseason effort The Following.

Pilots not moving forward at Fox are Boomerang, Delirium and The List, with Wild Blue pushed off-cycle. 

Here’s a look at which of its 16 pilots (eight dramas and eight comedies) have been ordered to series — in addition to the six-episode live-action comedy Dads, from Seth MacFarlane and the writers behind Ted: 

Almost Human (previously Human, the untitled Bad Robot/J.H. Wyman project)
Logline: The action-packed police drama is set 35 years in the future, when police officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids. An unlikely connection is forged when a cop with an aversion to robots and a robot with unexpected emotional responses investigate cases in a brave new world.
Cast: Karl Urban, Michael Ealy (Common Law), Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Crook, Michael Irby, Minka Kelly, Mekia Cox (guest)
Team: W/EP J.H. Wyman (Fringe); EP J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk; co-EP Kathy Lingg, Reid Shane; co-EP/D Brad Anderson
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Bad Robot Productions, Bonanza Productions

Gang Related
Logline: A rising star in L.A.’s elite Gang Task Force (Ramon Rodriguez) is teamed with longtime member Cassius Green (RZA) to take on three of the city’s most dangerous gangs — including one he has ties to.
Cast: Ramon Rodriguez (Charlie’s Angels), RZA, Jay Hernandez, Sung Kang (Fast and Furious), Inbar Lavi, Cliff Curtis, Shantel VanSanten, Tom Berenger Terry O’Quinn
Team: W/EP Chris Morgan (Fast and Furious); EP Scott Rosenbaum, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo; EP/D Allen Hughes
Studio: 20th Television, Imagine Entertainment, Chris Morgan Productions, Skeeter Rosenbaum Productions

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Rake
Logline: Greg Kinnear makes his broadcast TV series debut as a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer named Keegan Joye in a drama based on the Australian series of the same name.
Cast: Greg Kinnear, Miranda Otto, John Ortiz, Necar Zadegan, Bojana Novakovic, Tara Summers, David Harbour (guest star), Ian Colletti
Team: W/EP Peter Duncan (creator of the Australian version), Peter Tolan (Rescue Me); EP Michael Wimer (2012), Richard Roxburgh, Ian Collie; co-EP Greg Kinnear; D/EP Sam Raimi
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Fedora Entertainment, Essential Media & Entertainment

Sleepy Hollow
Logline: A modern-day retelling of Washington Irving’s classic. The supernatural thriller centers on Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) who is resurrected and pulled two and a half centries through time to find the world on the brink of destruction. With Crane as humanity’s last hope, he’s teamed with a contemporary police officer (Nicole Beharie) to unravel the mystery. 
Cast: Tom Mison (Salmon Fishing in the Yemen), Nicole Beharie (Shame), Orlando Jones, Katia Winter, John Cho (guest star)
Team: W/EP: Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci (Fringe); W/Supervising producer: Phil Iscove; EP: Heather Kadin; D/EP Len Wiseman
Studio: 20th Television, K/O Paper Products

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Nate Berkus

NBC is getting into the home makeover business.

The network on Monday ordered to series Renovation Nation, a 10-episode makeover competition series hosted by interior and product designer Nate Berkus.

The series will feature home builders and designers competing for a cash prize, with voting to determine the final winner and two viewers ultimately awarded dream homes.

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The series will feature designers and renovators from across the country, with Berkus hosting, judging, advocating and mentoring contestants every week.

The series will travel across the country with two teams tackling two new homes each week and concluding in a live finale.  

“We are delighted to work with the incredibly talented Nate Berkus, whose expertise, creativity and passion for design are unparalleled in scope,” NBC alternative and late-night programming president Paul Telegdy said. “We believe we are in a time where Americans want to feel empowered and inspired to make changes to their homes; changes that will not only increase their value and quality of life but at the same time – not break the bank.  Our goal is to showcase incredibly diverse architecture, impeccable design and epic transformations unlike anything you’ve seen before.”

The series hails from Universal Television, with Craig Plestis (Minute to Win It), Tom Shelly (Survivor) and Berkus on board to executive produce. Casting and a formal premiere date will be announced later.

For Oprah Winfrey protégé Berkus, the series comes after his Sony Pictures Television-produced syndicated talk show ended its run after two low-rated seasons.  

Renovation Nation comes as NBC is looking to rebuild its fortunes this season. The network, powered by football and The Voice, started the season in first place but has fallen to fifth with its singing competition on hiatus. 

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Michael Cuesta and Carol Mendelsohn

CBS is adding bit of Homeland to its drama pilots.

The network has picked up Second Sight, a detective drama from Homeland EP/director Michael Cuesta and CSI‘s Carol Mendelsohn.

Based on the Clive Owen U.K. series, the drama centers on a homicide detective who is going blind but turns his affliction into an advantage as he uses his heightened senses and intuition to solve crimes.

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Cuesta will write and executive produce the drama alongside his brother, Gerald. The former will also direct. Mendelsohn also is on board to executive produce the CBS Television Studios entry alongside Julie Weitz (Widow Detective) and Paula Milne, who created the U.K. series. Nick Reed and Phil Goldfine also will exec produce. 

Cuesta becomes the first Homeland producer to score a pilot order this season after multiple projects from showrunner Howard Gordon failed to make it past the development stage among the broadcast networks.

The order for Second Sight comes a year after Michael Cuesta, who is under an overall deal at CBS TV Studios, directed the pilot for CBS’ breakout hit Elementary last pilot season. His credits include Dexter, Six Feet Under and Blue Bloods, for which he also directed the pilot. He’s repped by WME and Frankfurt Kurnit.

Gerald Cuesta’s credits also include indie features L.I.E. and Roadie, both of which he wrote with his brother.

The drama marks the network’s eighth drama pilot order so far this season, including the NCIS: LA spinoff, Jerry Bruckheimer‘s Toni Collette starrer Hostages and Shawn Ryan and Eddie Murphy‘s Beverly Hills Cop follow-up. 

Second Sight marks the latest British series adaptation set up this pilot season, joining ABC’s Spy and Pulling and NBC’s The Gates, among others.