Rueben's Ramblings

Here are the CBS pilots up for consideration for the 2016-2017 TV season:

Bull – This pilot is based on the early career of Dr. Phil McGraw during his days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Paul Attanasio, Dr. Phillip C. McGraw, Justin Falvey and Darryl Frank and Jay McGraw

CAST: Michael Weatherly (NCIS), Freddy Rodriguez (The Night Shift) and Jaime Lee Kirchner (Mercy).

Bunker Hill – Follows a young Silicon Valley tech titan who enlists a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting edge, “new school” approach to medicine.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jason Katims and Michelle Lee

CAST: Augustus Prew (The Borgias), Dermot Mulroney (Shameless), Odette Annable (The Astronaut Wives Club), Brenda Song (Scandal, Dads) and Reshma Shetty (Royals Pains).

Doubt – This pilot centers on Sadie Ellis, a lawyer who becomes romantically involved with a client who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Carl Beverly, Sarah Timberman and Adam Bernstein.

CAST: Katherine Heigl (Grey’s Anatomy), Steven Pasquale (Rescue Me), Laverne Cox (Orange Is the New Black), Dulé Hill (Psych), Dreama Walker (Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23) and Elliott Gould (Ray Donovan).

NOTE: This pilot is a hold-over from last season.

Drew – This pilot is a contemporary take on the character from the iconic Nancy Drew book series. Now in her 30s, Nancy is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Joan Rater, Tony Phelan and Dan Jinks.

CAST: Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest), Anthony Edwards (ER), Felix Solis (The Following), Vanessa Ferlito (Graceland), Steve Kazee (Shameless) and Debra Monk (Grey’s Anatomy).

Four Stars – This pilot is about two powerful rival families in the military community of Tampa, Florida make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Becky Mode, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly and RJ Cutler.

CAST: Wilmer Valderrama (Minority Report, That ’70s Show), Bojana Novakovic (Shameless), Bruce Greenwood (The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story), Steven Bauer (Ray Donovan) and Ashley Zukerman (Manhattan).

MacGyver – This is a reimagining of the television series of the same name, following a 20-something MacGyver as he gets recruited into a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Paul Downs Colaizzo, Michael Clear, Henry Winkler and James Wan,

CAST: Lucas Till (X-Men), George Eads (CSI), Addison Timlin (Californication) and Michelle Krusiec (Hawaii Five-0).

Training Day – In this reimagining that begins 15 years after the film left off, an idealistic young African-American police officer is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with a seasoned, morally ambiguous Caucasian detective.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Will Beall, Antoine Fuqua, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed.

CAST: Justin Cornwell (Chicago P.D.), Bill Paxton (Big Love), Drew Van Acker (Pretty Little Liars), Katrina Law (Arrow), Julie Benz (Defiance, Dexter) and Lex Scott Davis (Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart).

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Drew and Bull

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: MacGyver

LONG SHOT: Four Stars