‘Lethal Weapon’, ‘The Exorcist’, ‘APB’, ‘Pitch’, ‘Making History’ and ‘The Mick’ Ordered to Series at Fox

Fox has handed out orders to four new dramas and two new comedies for the upcoming 2016-2017 season.

Making the cut are new takes on the Lethal Weapon and The Exorcist franchises. The drama orders round out with Pitch, a series about the first female MLB pitcher, and APB, a series about a Chicago billionaire who invests in a police precinct to make it more technologically efficient.

On the comedy side, Fox has ordered the Leighton Meester-Adam Pally led Making History about time traveling friends; the network has also given a pickup to The Mick, starring Kaitlin Olson, as a free-spirited woman who is tasked with raising her sister’s children.

Here’s a full rundown of the new shows coming to Fox for the upcoming season:

“APB (20th Century Fox Television)
Format: Police Drama
WRITER: Matt Nix
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Matt Nix, Len Wiseman, Dennis Kim, Todd Hoffman, Robert Friedman
DIRECTOR: Len Wiseman

Logline:
Inspired by true events, APB is about the Chicago Police Department spiraling out of control amid sky-high crime, officer-involved shootings, cover-ups and corruption. After witnessing a violent crime first-hand, genius tech billionaire GIDEON REEVES (Justin Kirk), decides to do something about it, putting up millions of dollars of his own money to take over the troubled 13th Precinct and reboot it as a private police force: better, faster and smarter than anything seen before. With cutting-edge technology and revolutionary new ideas, Gideon plans to rethink everything about the way cops fight crime.

CAST:
Justin Kirk as Gideon Reeves
Natalie Martinez as Officer Theresa Murphy
Eric Winter as Scott Murphy
Ernie Hudson as Sgt. Ned Conrad
Taylor Handley as Officer Nicholas Brandt
Tamberla Perry as Officer Tasha Goss
Caitlin Stasey as Ada Hamilton

THE EXORCIST (20th Century Fox Television, Morgan Creek Productions)
Format: Drama/Psychological Thriller
WRITER: Jeremy Slater
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jeremy Slater, Rolin Jones, James Robinson, Barbara Wall, David Robinson, Rupert Wyatt
DIRECTOR: Rupert Wyatt

Logline:
More than four decades after the Academy Award-nominated film solidified itself as the greatest horror movie ever made, THE EXORCIST returns in series format as a propulsive psychological thriller following two very different priests tackling one family’s case of horrifying demonic possession.

CAST:
Geena Davis as Angela Rance
Alfonso Herrera as Father Tomas Ortega
Ben Daniels as Father Marcus Lang
Brianne Howey as Katherine Rance
Hannah Kasulka as Casey Rance
Alan Ruck as Henry Rance
Kurt Egyiawan as Brother Bennett

LETHAL WEAPON (Warner Bros. Television, Good Session Productions, Lin Pictures)
Format: Police Drama
WRITER: Matt Miller
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Matt Miller, McG, Dan Lin, Jennifer Gwartz
DIRECTOR: McG

Logline:
Based on the hit movie franchise, LETHAL WEAPON rides along with classic cop duo MARTIN RIGGS (Clayne Crawford) and ROGER MURTAUGH (Damon Wayans, Sr.) as they work a crime-ridden beat in modern-day Los Angeles.

CAST:
Damon Wayans, Sr. as Roger Murtaugh
Clayne Crawford as Martin Riggs
Jordana Brewster as Dr. Maureen “Mo” Cahill
Kevin Rahm as Captain Brooks Avery
Keesha Sharp as Trish Murtaugh

PITCH (20th Century Fox Television)
Format: Drama
WRITERS: Dan Fogelman, Rick Singer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Dan Fogelman, Rick Singer, Tony Bill, Helen Bartlett
Jess Rosenthal, Kevin Falls, Paris Barclay
DIRECTOR: Paris Barclay

Logline:
PITCH is the emotional story of young pitcher GINNY BAKER (Kylie Bunbury), a beautiful, tough and incredibly gifted athlete who instantly becomes the most famous person in the country when she’s called up by the San Diego Padres, making her the first woman to play Major League Baseball.

CAST:
Kylie Bunbury as Ginny Baker
Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Mike Lawson
Ali Larter as Amelia Slater
Mark Consuelos as Oscar Arguella
Dan Lauria as Al Luongo
Michael Beach as Bill Baker
Bob Balaban as Frank Reid
Mo McRae as Blip Sanders
Meagan Holder as Evelyn Sanders
Tim Jo as Eliot

COMEDIES

MAKING HISTORY (20th Century Fox Television)
Format: Single-Camera Comedy
WRITER: Julius “Goldie” Sharpe
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Julius “Goldie” Sharpe, Seth Cohen
DIRECTOR: Jared Hess

Logline:
MAKING HISTORY chronicles three friends from two different centuries as they try to balance the thrill of time travel with the mundane concerns of their present-day lives. Two shows in one, it’s both a rollicking historical adventure, and a contemporary comedy about love, friendship and trying to fit in to an increasingly complex and impersonal world.

CAST:
· Adam Pally as Dan

· Leighton Meester as Deborah

· Yassir Lester as Chris

THE MICK (20th Century Fox Television)
Format: Single-camera Comedy
WRITERS: John Chernin, Dave Chernin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: John Chernin, Dave Chernin, Nick Frenkel, Oly Obst, Randall Einhorn
DIRECTOR: Randall Einhorn

Logline:
Mackenzie “THE MICK” Murphy (Kaitlin Olson) is a brash, blue collar, two-bit hustler who has spent her entire life gaming the system and shirking any semblance of responsibility. But when her estranged sister and billionaire brother-in-law flee the country to escape federal charges, the opulent, care-free life Mickey has always envied is finally within reach… But there is one minor catch: she must assume custody of her sister’s three rich, entitled, high-maintenance children.

CAST:
· Kaitlin Olson as Mackenzie “Mickey” Murphy

· Sofia Black-D’Elia as Sabrina

· Thomas Barbusca as Chip

· Jack Stanton as Ben

· Carla Jimenez as Alba

· Susan Park as Liz”