Rueben's Ramblings

Here are the NBC pilots up for consideration for the 2017-2018 TV season:

For God and Country: This pilot is a heart-pounding look into the complex world of the country’s bravest military heroes who make personal sacrifices while executing the most challenging and dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Dean Georgaris, Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan.

CAST: Anne Heche (Men in Trees and Aftermath), Demetrius Grosse (Justified and Game of Silence), Noah Mills (2 Broke Girls), Sofia Pernas (Jane the Virgin), Mike Vogel (Under the Dome) and Tate Ellington (Quantico).

Good Girls: Explores what happens when three “good girl” suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances — they decide to stop playing it safe, and risk everything to take their power back.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jenna Bans.

CAST: Manny Montana (Graceland and Conviction), Reno Wilson (Mike & Molly), Kathleen Rose Perkins (Colony), Matthew Lillard (The Bridge), Retta (Parks and Recreation), Mae Whitman (Parenthood), young actress Lidya Jewett (Hidden Figures),

Redliners: Based on a series of short stories by author Charlaine Harris (True Blood), this high-octane series mixes humor, romance and espionage centering on a pair of former their undercover lives.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Kelly Sue DeConnick and Shaun Cassidy.

CAST: Jason Ensler (Red Band Society), Hannah Ware (Hitman: Agent 47 and Betrayal), newcomer Alan Powell, Greg Germann (Ally McBeal and Once Upon a Time), Jerod Haynes (Southside With You), Jenny Wade (Wedding Band), Tommy Flanagan (Sons of Anarchy) and Quinn Shephard (Hostages).

Reverie: A grounded and dramatic thriller about a former detective specializing in human behavior who is brought in when the launch of an advanced virtual reality program has dangerous and unintended consequences.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Mickey Fisher (Extant), Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Brooklyn Weaver.

CAST: Sarah Shahi (Person of Interest and Fairly Legal), Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes and Covert Affairs), Jessica Lu (Awkward), Kathryn Morris (Cold Case) and Dennis Haysbert (24 and Incorporated).

Rise (formerly Drama High): Based on the book by Michael Sokolove, the pilot is inspired by the true story of high school drama teacher Lou Volpe, centering around the incredible students who come alive under a passionate teacher and family man whose dedication to the program galvanizes the entire town.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jason Katims.

CAST: Auli’i Cravalho (the voice of Moana), Amy Forsyth (Defiance and The Path), Rosie Perez, newcomer Rarmian Newton, Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother), Shirley Rumierk (Collateral Beauty), relative newcomers Damon J. Gillespie, Joe Tippett, Ted Sutherland and Taylor Richardson; Shannon Purser (Stranger Things) and Marley Shelton (The Lottery).

Shelter (formerly called Salvation): A “real-time extreme event” medical series that follows the nurses and doctors of an understaffed Brooklyn hospital that becomes the borough’s last viable trauma center after a catastrophic hurricane wreaks havoc on the city. On a holiday weekend with few doctors on call, the medical staff will be pushed to make the most difficult life-and-death choices as they work to save their patients and themselves.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Warren Leight, Paul Haggis and Charles McDougall.

CAST: Newcomer Paola Lazaro, Matthew James Thomas, Rachel Griffiths (Brothers & Sisters and Six Feet Under), Nikki M. James (The Book of Mormon, Braindead and The Good Wife), JJ Feild (Turn), Latarsha Rose (The Hunger Games), Jamie McShane (Bloodline and The Fosters) and Nadia Gan (Mr. Robot).

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Rise

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: Reverie and For God and Country

LONG SHOT: Good Girls