Rueben's Ramblings

Here are the CBS pilots up for consideration for the 2019-2020 TV season:

Alive – A San Francisco homicide detective is mysteriously brought back to life after being killed in the line of duty, but as he resumes his old life and he and his wife realize he isn’t the same person he used to be, they zero in on the strange man behind his resurrection — Dr. Victor Frankenstein.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jason Tracey and Rob Doherty

CAST: Ryan Phillippe (Shooter), Katrina Law (Arrow), Aaron Staton (Mad Men) and Saidah Arrika Ekulona (Bull, Impastor)

Courthouse – A show that pulls back the curtain on the court system and follows the dedicated, chaotic, hopeful, and sometimes absurd lives of the judges, assistant district attorneys, and public defenders as they work with bailiffs, clerks, cops and jurors to bring justice to the people of Los Angeles.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Greg Spottiswood, Leonard Goldstein and Mike Robin

CAST: Marg Helgenberger (CSI), Jessica Camacho (Taken, The Flash), Wilson Bethel (Marvel’s Daredevil, Hart of Dixie), J. Alex Brinson (Travelers), Simone Missick (Luke Cage), Lindsay Mendez (Broadway’s Carousel) and Ruthie Ann Miles (Broadway’s The King & I)

Evil – A skeptical female clinical psychologist joins a priest-in-training and a blue-collar contractor as they investigate supposed miracles, demonic possessions and other extraordinary occurrences, to see if there’s a scientific explanation or if something truly supernatural is at work.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Robert King, Michelle King and Liz Glotzer

CAST: Mike Colter (Marvel’s Luke Cage, The Good Wife), Michael Emerson (Person of Interest), Katja Herbers (Westworld) and Aasif Mandvi (Younger, The Brink)

FBI: Most Wanted – The potential spinoff centers on the division of the FBI tasked with tracking and capturing the notorious criminals on the FBI’s Most Wanted list.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Dick Wolf, Rene Balcer, Arthur W. Forney and Peter Jankowski

CAST: Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck), Alana de la Garza (Law & Order), Keisha Castle-Hughes (Game of Thrones) and Kellan Lutz (Twilight)

Tommy – When a former high-ranking NYPD officer becomes the first female Chief of Police for Los Angeles, she uses her unflinching honesty and hardball tactics to navigate the social, political, and national security issues that converge with enforcing the law.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Paul Attanasio, Darryl Frank and Justin Falvey

CAST: Edie Falco (Nurse Jackie, The Sopranos), Michael Chernus (Patriot, Orange Is the New Black), Adelaide Clemens (Rectify), Russell G. Jones (The Americans), Joseph Lyle Taylor (Sneaky Pete), David Fierro (The Knick) and newcomer Olivia Lucy Phillip

The Republic of Sarah – A small New Hampshire town is thrust onto the world stage when the discovery of a valuable resource within its borders compels the residents to declare themselves an independent nation, setting the unlikely young mayor and her cabinet of inexperienced locals on the path of running a brand new country.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Jeff King, Leo Pearlman, Jeff Grosvenor and Marc Webb

CAST: Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy), Carlos Leal (The Last Ship), Jonathan Slavin (Speechless), Kirsten Nelson (Psych), James Lesure (Las Vegas), Kimberly Guerrero (Longmire), Daniel Ings (Instinct) and Annie Funke (Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders)

Surveillance – This spy thriller follows Maddy, the head of communications for the NSA, who is torn between protecting the government’s secrets and her own.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  David C. White and Matt Reeves

CAST: Sophia Bush (Chicago P.D.), Matthew Modine (Stranger Things), Dennis Haysbert (24), Allen Leech (Downton Abbey), Catalina Sandino Moreno (The Affair) and Raphael Acloque (24: Legacy)

Under the Bridge – When a scandal rocks the medical practice she runs with her husband and their friends, a surgeon rises to the occasion and takes the lead in trying to mend both the practice and her own marriage.

THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES:  Rina Mimoun, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed

CAST: Jennifer Morrison (Once Upon a Time), Justin Kirk (Weeds), David Ajala (Supergirl), Sarayu Blue (I Feel Bad) and Reggie Lee (Grimm)

MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: FBI: Most Wanted

WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: Under the Bridge and The Republic of Sarah

LONG SHOT: Alive and Evil