Caffeine - January 29th Edition

Happy Sunday! We’re at that point in the year when everything’s all about pilot orders for next year and casting for the last few episodes of this year. Also, don’t forget to watch the SAG Awards tonight to see if your favorite shows bring home any prizes!

So here we go with pilot orders:

ABC has primetime soaps, some comedies, and Beauty and the Beast.

CBS has comedies from familiar faces (and here), several interesting-sounding procedurals, and a Greg Berlanti drama.

Cinemax has an Alan Ball crime drama.

Comedy Central has a hotel-set comedy.

The CW has another drama about a young female doctor.

FOX ordered Prodigy Bully and a Bill Lawrence comedy.

HBO has a comedy from Ben Stiller and Jonathan Safran Foer.

NBC picked up that Ryan Murphy comedy and is thinking about an Office spinoff. They’ve also got dramas from Jason Katims and Dick Wolf, and EIGHT comedies.

Paul Adelstein will direct an episode of his show, Private Practice.

Guest stars!
Blue Bloods: Margaret Colin
Castle: Sarah Jane Morris, Taylor Kinney
Cougar Town: David Arquette
The Finder: George Stults
A Gifted Man: Frances Fisher
Glee: Matt Bomer
The Good Wife: Morena Baccarin
Grey’s Anatomy: Summer Glau
Grimm: Azura Skye
Happy Endings: Colin Hanks
Hart of Dixie: Scotty McCreery
Hot in Cleveland: Kristin Chenoweth
In Plain Sight: Madchen Amick, Tia Carrere
The Mentalist: Louise Lombard
Once Upon a Time: Sebastian Stan
Person of Interest: Matt Lauria
Raising Hope: David Krumholtz, Mary Birdsong
The Vampire Diaries: Lindsey R. Garrett