So...pilots are very inside baseball, but we can use this thread to discuss them.

Sarah Michelle Gellar has just been cast as the female lead in David E. Kelley's CBS sitcom pilot Crazy Ones opposite Robin Williams (about father-daughter ad execs). Although the project is single camera which is not CBS' bread and butter, one would think this pilot would be very appealing to the network considering the starpower.

Thank god it's single-camera. I can love or hate Robin Williams, and something tells me that in 2013, I would hate Robin Williams with a studio audience/laugh track.

SMG? I'm there.

The script is very funny. Hoping for a pickup.

Maybe it can be a comeback for Robin Williams. It is funny he started on TV.

I hope any green screen used in that show is worthy of The Ringer.

I wonder what S.H.I.E.L.D.'s pilot rating will be. I think it can get 25 million for the first episode.

Yeah, that's not happening.

Robin Williams may be a few years too late for a TV comeback, but who knows? I hope it works.

YAS, FelicityHuffman is comingback. She'll play the matriarch of a family of trained assassins who work for the U.S. government.

In Boomberang a Fox Pilot.

I don't think 25 million can any longer happen for the premiere of any scripted show.

It could, but it would need a more far-reaching appeal. The top show, NCIS, is watched primarily by older people, the only people TV can rely on anymore to watch TV live.

What if TWD was on broadcast tv?

The only thing that could do it might be if Disney decided to do a live action Star Wars series. But it doesn't look like there is any movement on that right now.

It would have to be watered down and more tame - so, I say no.

The tv show I heard is alot more tame than the comic books already. Too bad HBO or SHO didnt get the rights in the first place

I just think the first episode will be a huge event, much like the award shows or football games. It will probably drop huge the second week whether it is good or not.

Don't forget Michael J. Fox is coming back to TV this fall.

The funny thing is that CBS has the best lineup of pilots and probably the least number of slots to fill in their schedule. They already have headliners from Anna Faris, Sarah Michelle Gellar/Robin Williams, Rupert Grint, Josh Holloway, Jacki Weaver...and that's just to name a few. Very curious to see what makes the cut.

The Anna Faris sitcom is probably a lock for CBS' fall schedule. Since they went single camera comedy crazy, I'm guessing they'll pick up two of those.

wait what? awesome!

Yeah, he was cast as the lead in the superhero comedy "Super Clyde."

I just want Ari Graynor's "Bad Teacher" pilot picked up. I need her on my TV every week.