FOX picks up four drama pilots


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Here?s the logline/casting/pedigree info for each of the new series:

Gang Related (Drama)

EPs | Scott Rosenbaum (The Shield), Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious)

CAST | Terry O?Quinn (Lost), Ramon Rodriguez (Charlie?s Angels), Jay Hernandez (Last Resort), Sung Kang (The Fast and the Furious), Inbar Lavi (Underemployed), Rza, Cliff Curtis (Missing), Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill)

Follows a gang member sent in to infiltrate the San Francisco Police Department and rise through its ranks ? ultimately landing on the Gang Task Force. There, he must balance his obligations to his crime family with an increasing sense of loyalty to his new ?family? on the SFPD.

Almost Human (Drama)

EPs | J.H. Wyman, J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk (Fringe)

CAST | Karl Urban (Star Trek), Michael Ealy (Common Law), Lili Taylor (Six Feet Under), Minka Kelly (Friday Night Lights), Michael Irby (The Unit), Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean), Mekia Cox

An action-packed buddy cop show set in the near future when all LAPD officers are partnered with highly evolved human-like androids.

Rake (Drama)

EPs | Peter Duncan (creator of the Australian series of the same name), Peter Tolan (Rescue Me), Michael Wimer, Greg Kinnear

CAST | Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine), Miranda Otto (Lord of the Rings), Necar Zadegan (Emily Owens, M.D.), Bojana Novakovic (Edge Of Darkness), John Ortiz (Luck), David Harbour (The Newsroom), Tara Summers (Boston Legal)

Centers around Keegan Joye, a brilliant but self-destructive criminal defense lawyer.

Sleepy Hollow (Drama)

EPs | Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci (Star Trek)

CAST | Orlando Jones (MADtv), Katia Winter (Dexter), Nicole Beharie (The Good Wife), Tom Mison (Parade?s End), guest star John Cho (Go On)

A modern-day supernatural thriller based on the legend of the titular Westchester Country, N.Y. town.

Dads (Comedy)

EPs | Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy), Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild

CAST | Seth Green (Family Guy), Giovanni Ribisi (Friends), Brenda Song (The Suite Life On Deck), Peter Riegert (The Good Wife), Martin Mull (Roseanne, Arrested Development), Tonita Castro (Go On), Erin Pineda, Vanessa Lachey (Hawaii Five-0)

The live-action, multi-cam comedy, which has already earned a six-episode order, revolves around two successful guys in their 30s who find their lives turned upside-down when their nightmare fathers unexpectedly move in with them.

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Firing the first shots for next season, FOX revealed on Wednesday which pilots it will be taking to series. In addition to the five comedies already announced, the network will be picking up four new dramas.

FOX is again targeting the male demographic after last season's failed experiment with female-skewing The Mob Doctor. Male actors dominate the casts of the four new dramas, including feature film stars Karl Urban and Greg Kinnear in rare television roles. The network has also renewed The Following, Bones, and Glee for next season.

The drama pilots in FOX's on-deck circle for the 2013-14 season are:

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Almost Human.

From the Fringe team of J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman, Almost Human is an action-packed police drama set 35 years in the future in a world where members of the Los Angeles Police Department are paired with highly evolved human-like androids. Karl Urban stars as a respected cop with an aversion to robots who forges an unlikely connection with his partner, an android with unexpected emotional responses, played by Michael Ealy. The rest of the cast isn't too shabby either, featuring names like Lili Taylor, Mackenzie Crook, Michael Irby, and Minka Kelly.

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Gang Related.

This gritty action drama is one of the few toplined by a minority actor, starring Ramon Gang RelatedRodriguez as Ryan Lopez, a rising star in the elite Los Angeles Gang Task Force led by Sam Chapel, played by Lost veteran Terry O'Quinn. Lopez joins forces with longtime Task Force member Cassius Green (rapper/actor RZA) to combat three of the city's most dangerous gangs, including one he is connected with, forcing him to choose between loyalty to his old family or his new one. Jay Hernandez, Sung Kang, Inbar Lavi, Cliff Curtis, and Shantel VanSanten round out the regular cast.

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Rake.

Based on the Australian series of the same name, Rake features Greg Kinnear in his broadcast television series debut as Keegan Deane, a brilliant and "frustratingly charming" criminal defense attorney whose self-destructive tendencies and tumultuous personal life often interfere with his professional life. Driven by stubborn optimism and a belief in justice, Keegan handles the cases that nobody else will touch with a relentless determination to defend those who, like himself, seem beyond redemption. Peter Duncan, creator of the original Australian series, created and wrote the American version. Feature film director Sam Raimi helmed the pilot and serves as executive producer. To repeat the midseason success of The Following, FOX may hold off until next winter to debut Rake.

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Sleepy Hollow.

Two other members of the dear departed Fringe's creative team, feature scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, have a new project of their own in Sleepy Hollow, a contemporary reimagining of the classic Sleepy HollowWashington Irving tale. Poised to be a breakout star, British actor Tom Mison stars as Ichabod Crane, resurrected and transported two and a half centuries into the future where he discovers a world on the brink of destruction. As humanity's last hope, Ichabod must join forces with a modern-day police officer (Nicole Beharie) to unravel a mystery that dates all the way back to the founding fathers. Orlando Jones, Katia Winter, and John Cho round out the cast. Underworld director Len Wiseman helmed the pilot.

Source: http://www.tvrage.com/news/6563/fox-picks-up-four-drama-pilots

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LOL, ouch!

Almost Human looking like it's worth the watch though :p

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Gang Related is up my street, as in i like raw things so hope it sticks to that area.

Almost Human, i shall give it a go. Just seems like a robocop tv series..

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Ye, Karl Urban is a good actor. He had some good parts in movies in the last couple of years.

I like Michael Ealy as well, he was in Common Law that i really liked but for some reason was cancelled after the first season.

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