UPFRONTS 2023: Full List of New Series Orders (UPDATING)

UPDATED: The networkupfrontsare once again front-and-center for the television industry as major players gather in New York May 15-17 for the springtime ritual of presenting programming plans for the upcoming TV season.

Upfronts are always a hectic time, but this year its even more so because of the writers strike that began May 2. Writers and many actors are sitting out the upfront presentations in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America. The promise of WGA pickets surrounding all major events spurred Netflix to make a hasty decision to switch to a virtual presentation rather than an in-person event at the companys Paris Theater.

As content chiefs outline their plans for the 2022-2023 television season, here is a running list of new drama and comedy series orders handed out by ABC, Disney, CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC, Fox, the CW and other major players in the upfront. This post will be updated throughout upfront week.

NBC COMEDY Extended Family (Lionsgate TV, Universal TV)

Logline: Jim and Julia, after an amicable divorce, decide to continue to raise their kids at the family home while taking turns on who gets to stay with them a process that becomes more complicated when Julia begins dating the owner of Jims favorite sports team.

Exec producers: Mike OMalley (writer), Tom Werner, Wyc Grousbeck, Emilia Fazzalari and George Geyer

Cast: Jon Cryer, Donald Faison, Abigail Spencer, Sofia Capanna and Finn Sweeney

NBC DRAMA Found (Universal Television, Warner Bros. Television)

Loglinee: A crisis management PR specialist works with a team to help find missing persons but this everyday hero is hiding a chilling secret of her own.

Exec producers: Nkechi Okoro Carroll (writer), Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Sonay Hoffman, Lindsay Dunn and Leigh Redman

Cast: Shanola Hampton, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Kelli Williams, Brett Dalton, Gabrielle Walsh, Arlen Escarpeta and Karan Oberoi.

The Irrational (Universal Television)

Logline: Alec Mercer is a world-renowned leader in behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.

Exec producers: Arika Lisanne Mittman (writer), Mark Goffman, Samuel Baum and David Frankel

Cast: Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi

NBC UNSCRIPTED The Americas (BBC Studios Natural History Unit, Universal Television Alternative Studio)

Logline: Narrated by Tom Hanks, this 10-part documentary series will employ revolutionary filmmaking technology to showcase the wonders, secrets and fragilities of the Americas and reveal extraordinary, untold wildlife stories that deeply connect with millions around the world.

Exec producer: Mike Gunton

Unititled Americas Got Talent Series (Fremantle, Syco Entertainment)

Logline: A special edition of the global talent competition franchise

Exec producers: Simon Cowell, Sam Donnelly and Jason Raff

Deal or No Deal Island (Endemol Shine North America)

Logline: Teams compete for the biggest prize in Deal or No Deal history

Exec producers: Sharon Levy, DJ Nurre and Howie Mandel

FOX COMEDY Krapopolis (Fox Entertaiment, Bento Box Entertainment)

Logline: Set in mythical Ancient Greece, the animated series centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and monsters that tries to run one of the worlds first cities without killing each other.

Exec producers: Dan Harmon, Jordan Young, Alex Rubens

Cast: Hannah Waddingham, Richard Ayoade, Matt Berry, Pam Murphy and Duncan Trussell

Grimsburg (Fox Entertainment, Bento Box Entertainment)

Logline: Marvin Flute is a brilliant detective with opinions as eccentric as his taste, who cant help but prioritize his own personal problems over the cases hes supposed to be solving.

Exec producers: Gail Berman, Hend Baghdady, Chadd Gindin (showrunner), Connie Tavel and Jon Hamm

Cast: Jon Hamm

FOX DRAMA Doc (Sony Pictures TV, Fox Entertainment)

Logline: A brilliant doctor has to navigate a new world after a brain injury erases eight years of her memory.

Exec producers: Barbie Kligman (showrunner), Hank Steinberg and Erwin Stoff

Cast: TBD

Rescue: HI Surf (Warner Bros. TV, Fox Entertainment)

Logline: Follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of Oahu, the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world.

Exec producers: Matt Kester (writer, co-showrunner), John Wells (director, co-showrunner) and Daniele Nathanson (co-showrunner) and Erin Jontow

Cast: TBD

FOX UNSCRIPTED Snake Oil (Fox Alternative Entertainment, Electric Avenue)

Logline: Contestans pitch unique products to entrepreneurs who have to determine which ones fare fake.

Exec producers: Will Arnett, Marc Forman and Neal Konstantini (showrunner)

Cast: David Spade

We Are Family (Apploff Entertainment, Fox Alternative Entertainment)

Logline: A music-guessing game show revolving around relatives of celebrities who perform duets with their famous family members

Exec producers: Jeff Apploff, Jamie Foxx, Matilda Zoltowski (showrunner)

Cast: Jamie Foxx, Corinne Foxx

CBS COMEDY Poppas House (CBS Studios)

Logline: Legendary talk radio host has his point of view challenged at work when a new female co-host is hired, and at home where he finds himself still parenting his adult son

Exec producers: Kevin Hench (writer), Damon Wayans (writer), Andy Ackerman (director), Damon Wayans Jr.

Cast: Damon Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Essence Atkins and Tetona Jackson

CBS DRAMA Elsbeth (CBS Studios)

Logline: The unconventional attorney character Elsbeth Tascioni, known from The Good Wife and The Good Fight, uses her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.

Exec producers: Robert King (writer, director), Michelle King (writer), Jonathan Tolins (showrunner), Liz Glotzer

Cast: Carrie Preston, Wendell Pierce and Carra Patterson

Matlock (CBS Studios)

Logline: Inspired by the original NBC series, brilliant septuagenarian attorney Madeline Matlock rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm

Exec producers: Jennie Snyder Urman (writer), Joanna Klein, Eric Christian Olson, John Will and Kathy Bates

Cast: Kathy Bates, Skye P. Marshall, Jason Ritter, David Del Rio and Leah Lewis

More to come

(Pictured: NBCs Found)