{"id":13935,"date":"2013-05-09T13:32:15","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T18:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chucktv.net\/?p=13935"},"modified":"2014-06-17T11:44:42","modified_gmt":"2014-06-17T16:44:42","slug":"which-chucksters-are-returning-to-tv-2013-pilot-pickups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/2013\/05\/09\/which-chucksters-are-returning-to-tv-2013-pilot-pickups\/","title":{"rendered":"Which Chucksters Are Returning to TV? (2013 Pilot Pickups) {UPDATED}"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a couple of years since Chuck<\/strong> fans followed news about pilots and upfronts with bated breath, waiting to see if our show would get another season. More than a year after Chuck<\/strong>‘s final episode, several former Chuck<\/strong> cast and creative team members have pilots in contention at various networks. With the annual upfronts beginning in a few days, we’ll be collecting information about the projects given the greenlight right here.<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong>\u00a0The Last Ship
\nNetwork:<\/strong>\u00a0TNT
\nSynopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0The story opens with a global catastrophe that nearly decimates the world\u2019s population. Because of its positioning, the Navy destroyer\u00a0U.S.S. Nathan James<\/em>\u00a0avoids falling victim to the devastating tragedy. But now the crew and its captain must confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they may be among the few remaining survivors.
\nCast:\u00a0<\/strong>Eric Dane (Grey’s Anatomy), Rhona Mitra (Strike Back), Adam Baldwin (Chuck), Tracy Middendorf (Boardwalk Empire)
\nChuck Connection:<\/strong>\u00a0Adam Baldwin played Casey\u00a0on Chuck for all five seasons<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong> Gang Related
\nNetwork:<\/strong> FOX
\nSynopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0Follows a gang member sent in to infiltrate the San Francisco Police Department and rise through its ranks \u2014 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 \u201cfamily\u201d on the SFPD.
\nCast:\u00a0<\/strong>Terry O\u2019Quinn (Lost), Ramon Rodriguez (Charlie\u2019s Angels), Jay Hernandez (Last Resort), Sung Kang (The Fast and the Furious), Inbar Lavi (Underemployed), Rza, Cliff Curtis (Missing), Shantel VanSanten (One Tree Hill)
\nChuck Connection:<\/strong> Showrunner\/Executive Producer Scott Rosenbaum was a writer\/executive producer on Chuck from 2007-2010<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Sean Saves the World
\nNetwork:<\/strong>\u00a0NBC
\nSynopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0A multi-camera sitcom about a man attempting to both parent the teenage daughter who just moved in and appease a temperamental new boss.
\nCast:\u00a0<\/strong>Sean Hayes (Will & Grace), Linda Lavin (Alice), Echo Kellum (Ben and Kate), Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!), Lindsay Sloane (Weeds, Grosse Pointe), Samantha Isler, guest star\/recurring Vik Sahay (Chuck)
\nChuck Connection:<\/strong>\u00a0Vik Sahay played Lester on Chuck for all five seasons<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong>\u00a0Tomorrow People
\nNetwork:<\/strong>\u00a0the CW
\nSynopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0Adapted from the 1970s UK series, it follows several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, all possessing special powers including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.
\nCast:\u00a0<\/strong>Peyton List (Mad Men), Luke Mitchell (Home and Away), Robbie Amell (Revenge), Mark Pellegrino (Lost), Madeleine Mantock
\nChuck Connection:<\/strong>\u00a0Showrunner\/Executive Producer Phil Klemmer was a writer\/executive producer on Chuck<\/p>\n

Project:<\/strong>\u00a0The 100
\nNetwork:<\/strong>\u00a0the CW
\nSynopsis:<\/strong>\u00a0Based on upcoming Alloy books written by Kass Morgan, the project is set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization. A spaceship housing the lone human survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet.
\nCast:\u00a0<\/strong>Eliza Taylor (Neighbours), Bob Morley (Home and Away), Eli Goree (Emily Owens, M.D.), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Marie Avgeropoulos (Cult), Paige Turco (Person of Interest), Isaiah Washington (Grey\u2019s Anatomy), Kelly Hu (Arrow), Thomas McDonell (Suburgatory), Christopher Larkin
\nChuck Connection:<\/strong>\u00a0Showrunner\/Executive Producer Matt Miller was a writer\/executive producer on Chuck<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a couple of years since Chuck fans followed news about pilots and upfronts with bated breath, waiting to see if our show would get another season. More than a year after Chuck‘s final episode, several former Chuck cast and creative team members have pilots in contention at various networks. With the annual upfronts …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13935"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14508,"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13935\/revisions\/14508"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chucktv.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}