Here are the The CW pilots up for consideration for the 2019-2020 TV season:
Batwoman – Armed with a passion for social justice and a flair for speaking her mind, Kate Kane soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city’s criminal resurgence. But don’t call her a hero yet. In a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham’s symbol of hope.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Caroline Dries, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Geoff Johns
CAST: Ruby Rose (Orange Is the New Black), Dougray Scott (Snatch, Hemlock Grove), Rachel Skarsten (Reign and Lost Girl), Meagan Tandy (Teen Wolf), Camrus Johnson (Marvel’s Luke Cage), Nicole Kang (YOU) and Elizabeth Anweis (9-1-1, NCIS: LA)
Glamorous – A gender non-conforming recent high school graduate lands the gig of a lifetime interning at a cosmetics company whose products he panned on YouTube.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Jordon Nardino, Damon Wayans Jr. and Kameron Tarlow
CAST: Ben J. Pierce (Fuller House), Brooke Shields (Jane the Virgin, Suddenly Susan), Jade Payton (iZombie), Pierson Fodé (The Bold and the Beautiful), Peyton List (Bunk’d, Jessie), Susan Santiago (Longmire, How to Get Away With Murder), Chester Lockhart (Todrick) and newcomer Brady Dalton Richards
Jane the Novela – A telenovela anthology series in the tradition of Jane the Virgin, where each season is based on a different fictional novel “written by” Jane Villanueva and narrated by the author herself. The first installment takes place at a Napa Valley Vineyard, where family secrets (and family members) don’t stay buried for long.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Valentina Garza, Gina Rodriguez, Jennie Snyder Urman, Ben Silverman, Joanna Klein, Emily Gipson, Jorge Granier and Gary Pearl
CAST: Jacqueline Grace Lopez (East Los High), Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), Hunter Parrish (Weeds), Ivonne Coll (Jane the Virgin), Remy Hii (Marco Polo), Holland Roden (Teen Wolf) and Benito Martinez (13 Reasons Why, American Crime)
Katy Keene – The Riverdale spinoff follows the lives and loves of four iconic Archie Comics characters — including fashion legend-to-be Katy Keene and singer/songwriter Josie McCoy — as they chase their twenty-something dreams in New York City. This musical dramedy chronicles the origins and struggles of four aspiring artists trying to make it on Broadway, on the runway and in the recording studio.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Robert Aguirre-Sacasa, Michael Grassi, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter and Jon Goldwater
CAST: Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), Ashleigh Murray (Riverdale), Jonny Beauchamp (Penny Dreadful), Julia Chan (Saving Hope), Camille Hyde (American Vandal), Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens), Zane Holtz (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, Make It or Break It) and Katherine LaNasa (Imposters, Satisfaction)
The Lost Boys – Welcome to sunny seaside Santa Carla, home to a beautiful boardwalk, all the cotton candy you can eat…and a secret underworld of vampires. After the sudden death of their father, two brothers move to Santa Carla with their mother, who hopes to start anew in the town where she grew up. But the brothers find themselves drawn deeper and deeper into the seductive world of Santa Carla’s eternally beautiful and youthful undead.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Heather Mitchell, Rob Thomas, Dan Etheridge, Mike Karz, Bill Bindley and Rebecca Franko
CAST: Tyler Posey (Teen Wolf), Kiele Sanchez (Kingdom), Medalion Rahimi (NCIS: Los Angeles, Still Star-Crossed), Dakota Shapiro (Valley of the Boom), Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone), Cheyenne Haynes (Camping), Haley Tju (Bella and the Bulldogs), Rio Mangini (Everything Sucks) and Del Zamora (Sneaky Pete)
Untitled Nancy Drew Project – Set in the summer after her high school graduation,18-year-old Nancy Drew thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.
THOSE BEHIND THE SCENES: Noga Landau, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage and Lis Rowinski
CAST: Newcomer Kennedy McMann, Freddie Prinze, Jr. (24, She’s All That), Leah Lewis (Charmed, The Good Doctor), Tunji Kasim (Nearly Famous), Maddison Jaizani (Into the Badlands), Alex Saxon (The Fosters), Alvina August (Siren, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and special guest star Pamela Sue Martin (original Nancy Drew from 1970’s TV series)
MOST LIKELY TO BE PICKED-UP: Batwoman and Jane the Novela
WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE: The Lost Boys
LONG SHOT: Glamorous