The 2011 Pilot Report Volume IV

Copyright – 2011 “The Hollywood Pilot Report”

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Theatrical • Commercial • Literary

a SAG franchised Talent Agency

The 2011 Pilot Report

Volume IV

Dear Clients,

This marks the fourth year I have compiled a Pilot Report. This year, I focus on two

main categories:

1. Demographics of Pilot Series Regular and Recurring Roles

2. Booking Stratification of Named and Known Actors.

A note on methodology: I used the following information sources (actual pilot

scripts, listing of breakdowns and IMDB analysis) to form the basis of my

examination. I also focused on only those pilots that were „green lit‟ for shoot.

However, due to the changing nature of scripts and the overall pilot process, this

data will not be 100% accurate. It should, however, give us a good basis for

analyzing the state of the 2011 Pilots season.

As with previous reports, feel free to send along to others who may find this

information interesting.

Genuinely,

James J. Jones

President

The Premier Talent Group

Talent & Literary Agency

http://www.sag.org/home



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The 2011 Pilot Report

Volume IV

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2011 PILOT SEASON: an overview

In 2011, Hollywood‟s traditional pilot season was robust in comparison to the last

three years. There were 92 listed and „green lit for shoot‟ pilots this season. From

these shows, there were 529 series regulars and 84 significant series recurring

roles. All together there were 613 major roles in Pilots in 2011.

PART ONE: Demographics

2011 DEMOGRAPHICS – by gender/by role

Of all the series regular and series recurring roles, here is the demographic

breakdown by gender and age:

How to use: if you are a male actor in the 20-29 year old age range, you can

conclude that of all the roles listed, 73 were in your age range or 11.9% of all

roles.

AS A PERCENTAGE OF ALL ROLES

ALL MALE ROLES: 339

PCT OF ALL ROLES: 55.3%

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MALES-BY AGE ROLES PCT OF ALL ROLES

0-9 13 1.8%

10-19 31 5.3%

20-29 73 11.9%

30-39 116 18.9%

40-49 52 8.5%

50-59 33 5.4%

Over 60 13 2.1%

Undetermined Age 8 1.3%

ALL FEMALE ROLES: 274

PCT OF ALL ROLES: 44.7%

FEMALE ROLES ROLES PCT OF ALL ROLES

0-9 7 1.1%

10-19 29 4.7%

20-29 95 15.5%

30-39 88 14.4%

40-49 21 3.4%

50-59 19 3.1%

Over 60 10 1.6%

Undetermined Age 5 .8%


SERIES REGULAR ROLES by Gender/Age (REGISTERD as PCT)

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PART TWO: Stratification

2011 PILOT SEASON – an overview

In the 2011 Pilot Season, we saw an additional (please see my 2009 and 2010

reports at http://www.thepremiertalentgroup.com/media) escalation in the number of

significant „named‟ actors and „known‟ actors.

In 2010, there was a strong movement toward booking actors traditionally known as

film stars (such as Dustin Hoffman, Jon Voight, Bill Pullman, Forrest Whitaker,

Claire Forlani, Charles Dutton, Brian Keith, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Tom

Selleck, Nick Nolte, Mary Steenburgen, Donnie Walhberg, Skeet Ulrich, etc.).

In 2011, while there was still a number of the more traditional “film stars‟ in the

mix (such as Ashley Judd, Angela Bassett, Maria Bello, Jim Caviezel, Minnie

Driver, Ethan Hawke, Elizabeth Hurley, Jessica Lange, Sam Neill, etc) there was a

strong movement of booking former Series Regulars from previous TV shows.

2011 PILOT SEASON – definitions

While this is a somewhat subjective analysis, I am attempting to delineate two

categories of actors: NAMED and KNOWN.

I define NAMED actors as those who are traditionally known as star actors who

have a significant “Q”* score. I delineate KNOWN actors as those who have a lower

“Q” score, but have been series regulars in significant shows or leading roles in

large feature films.

*The Q Score is a measurement of the familiarity and appeal of a celebrity.

For example:

NAMED – HIGH “Q” SCORE - Ashley Judd, Ethan Hawke, Tim Allen, Michael

Chiklis, Kelsey Grammar, Minnie Driver and Donald and Keifer Sutherland.

KNOWN – LOW “Q” SCORE – Poppy Montgomery (SR-Without a Trace-160 Eps.),

Steve Harris (SR-The Practice-167 Eps); Scott Foley (SR-The Unit-69 Eps); Eddie

Cibrian (SR-3rd Watch-92 Eps;CSI:Miami-25 Eps); Jamie Bamber (SR-Battlestar

Galactica-73 Eps.); Enrique Murciano (SR-Without a Trace-160 Eps); Danny Pino

(SR – Cold Case – 151 Eps).

**PLEASE SEE APPENDIX FOR FULL LISTING OF BOOKED ACTORS**


2011 PILOT SEASON –stratification by the numbers

Of the 529 Series Regular Roles (assuming that named and known actors aren‟t

doing recurring roles):

112 or 21.2% – Went to NAMED ACTORS

262 or 49.5% - Went to KNOWN ACTORS

374 or 70.7% - WEN T TO NAMED AND KNOWN ACTORS

*Of the additional 27.3% of the bookings, almost all of them had significant credits

as series recurring actors or series regulars in shows that did not last long. Only 7

bookings (2.0%) would be considered truly developmental received series regular

roles, and many of these went to the under 18 category.

In short,

21.2% of series regular‟s roles went to bonafide star names

49.5% of series regulars went to former series regulars of major shows

27.3% of series regular roles went to heavy working actors with numerous

series recurring roles and/or series regular roles of shows that did not last.

2.0% of series regular roles went to true developmental actors.

2011 Pilot Season – other interesting facts

This year, 87% of all Pilots filed with AFTRA jurisdiction. That marks three

straight years where AFTRA has dominated Pilot Shoots.

As of April 18th, Variety was reporting that confirmed Pilot Shoots will occur in:

United States

48 – Los Angeles

11 – New York (Unt. Susannah Grant, Over & Under, Unt. Redlich/Belluchi, Prime

Suspects, Smash, Weekend at Bellevue, Georgetown, Persons of Interest,

Ringer, Rookies and Pan Am)

4 – Florida (Bad Mom, Magic City, The Finder, Charlie‟s Angels)

4 – Illinois (Cooper and Stone; Boss, Playboy)

2 – Georgia (Hail Mary, Partners)

2 – New Mexico (Reconstruction, Longmire)


2 – North Carolina (Revenge; Hart of Dixie)

1 – Oregon (Grimm)

1 – Louisiana (Wild Card)

1 – Texas (Good Christian Bitches)

1 – Pennsylvania (Locke and Key)

Outside of the United States

5 – Vancouver, Canada (17th Precinct, Secret Circle, Alcatraz, Heavenly and Once

Upon a Time)

2 – Toronto, Canada (Awakening, Poe)

1 – Prague/Rome/Vienna (Missing)

1 – Puerto Rico (The River)

1 – Montreal, Canada (Identity)

SILVER LINING – sowing the seeds

This section is for the working and developmental actor who might look at this

information and feel that all is hopeless. While you may have lost a series role to a

„named‟ or „known‟ actor, you undoubtedly left a great impression. You have sown a

seed with those decision makers who will certainly remember you when it comes to

guest stars, series recurs and next year‟s series regular roles.

So, DO NOT BE DISCOURAGED … remember the path of the TV/FILM actor is

one of a marathon not a sprint…

Genuinely,

James J. Jones

President

The Premier Talent Group

Talent & Literary Agency



APPENDIX: PILOTS BOOKINGS OF NAMED AND KNOWN ACTORS

Named Actors: Significant “Q” Rating

Allen, Tim (Tim Allen Project) Applegate, Christina (Unt. Emily Spivey Project)

Arkin, Adam (Smothered) Arnett, Will (Unt. Emily Spivey Project)

Arnold, Tom (Other People’s Kids) Azaria, Hank (Free Agents)

Barkin, Ellen (A.Mann’s World) Bassett, Angela (Identity)

Bean, Sean (Missing[Rumored]) Begley Jr., Ed (Brave New World)

Bello, Maria (Prime Suspect) Benson, Robbie (Brave New World)

Benz, Julie (Unt. Susannah Grant Project) Bilson, Rachel (Hart of Dixie)

Brewster, Jordana (Dallas) Britton, Connie (American Horror Story)

Burns, Jere (Untitled Dan Goor Pilot) Burrows, Saffron (The Finder)

Carlyle, Robert (Once Upon A Time) Caviezel, James (Person of Interest)

Channing, Stockard (17th Precinct) Chenoweth, Kristen (Good Christian Bitches)

Chiklis, Michael (Vince Uncensored) Cole, Gary (Tagged)

D’Angelo, Beverly(Unt.Whitney Cummings Proj)

Deschanel, Zooey (Chicks and Dicks) Dillon, Kevin (How To Be A Gentleman)

Driver, Minnie (Hail Mary) Duffy, Patrick (Dallas)

Duncan, Michael Clarke (The Finder) Dushku, Eliza (Untitled Sports Radio)

Elfman, Jenna (Bad Mom) Elizondo, Hector (Tim Allen Project)

Elliot, David James (Good Christian Bitches) Elwes, Cary (Wonder Woman)

Emerson, Michael (Person of Interest) Engel, Georgia (Vince Uncensored)

Fisher, Frances (Partners) Foley, Dave (How To Be A Gentleman)

Forester, Robert (Alcatraz) Garcia, Jorge (Alcatraz)

Gasteyer, Ana (Suburgatory) Gellar, Sarah Michelle (Ringer)

Givens, Robin (Tagged) Goldwyn, Tony (Damage Control)

Grammer, Kelsey (Boss) Gray, Linda (Dallas)

Gruffudd, Ioan (Ringer) Hagman, Larry (Dallas)

Hammond, Darrell (Hound Dogs)

Harden, Marcia Gay (Smothered) Hawke, Ethan (Exit Strategy)

Henstridge, Natasha (Secret Circle) Hines, Cheryl (Suburgatory)

Howard, Ken (Council of Dads) Hurley, Elizabeth (Wonder Woman)

Huston, Anjelica (Smash) Johnson, Don (A.Mann’s World)

Jones, Orlando (Identity) Judd, Ashley (Missing)

Kelly, Minka (Charlie’s Angels) Kodjoe, Boris (Georgetown)

Krumholtz, David (Playboy) Lahti, Christine (The Doctor)

Lange, Jessica (American Horror Story) Leoni, Tea (Spring/Fall)

Light, Judith (Other People’s Kids) Locklear, Heather (The Assistants)

Lloyd, Christopher (Unt. Dan Goor) MacLachlan, Kyle (The Doctor)

McGee, Jack (Common Law) McGinley, John C (Smothered)


McPhee, Catherine (Smash)

McRaney, Gerald (Homegrown) Meadows, Tim (Unt. Kari Lizer Project)

Messing, Debra (Smash) Metcalfe, Jesse (Dallas)

Morgan, Jeffrey Dean (Magic City) Morris, Garret (2 Broke Girls)

Neill, Sam (Alcatraz) Nielsen, Connie (Boss)

O’Malley, Mike (Family Album) O’Quinn, Terry (Hallelujah)

Peet, Amanda (Bent) Perkins, Elizabeth (Vince Uncensored)

Phillips, Lou Diamond (Longmire) Polo, Teri (Man Up)

Potts, Annie (Good Christian Bitches) Prepon, Laura (Are You There Vodka)

Pressly, Jaime (I hate My Teenage Daughter) Quinn, Aiden (Prime Suspect)

Rajskub, Mary Lynn (How to be A Gentleman) Reese, Della (Hallelujah)

Ricci, Christina (Pan Am) Roberts, Eric (Grace)

Rudolph, Maya (Untitled Jack Burditt) Sheperd, Cybill (My Freakin Family)

Sizemore, Tom (Exit Strategy) Smart, Jean (Unt. Dan Goor Project)

Smits, Jimmy (Special Investigations: LA) Sobieski, Leelee (Rookies)

Stowe, Madeleine (Revenge) Sutherland, Donald (My Life as an Experiment)

Sutherland, Kiefer (Touch) Tambor, Jeffrey (Bent)

Travis, Nancy (Hart of Dixie) Valderrama, Wilmer (R.E.M.)

Van Der Beek, James (Don’t Trust the Bitch…) Walsh, Dylan (The Rememberer)

Wayans Jr., Damon (Herd Mentality) Wayans, Damon (Unt. Susannah Grant Project)

Wilson, Patrick (Unt. Susannah Grant Project)

Known Actors: Former Series Regulars, etc, but Low “Q” Rating

Acevedo, Kirk (Prime Suspect) Ackles, Danneel (I Hate That I Love You)

Allen, Laura (R.E.M.) Alonso, Danielle (Special Investigation: LA)

Ambrose, Lauren (Weekends At Bellevue) Amick, Machen (Special Investigation: LA)

Amurri, Eva (The Doctor) Anderson, Joe (The River)

Aspen, Jennifer (Good Christian Bitches) Aytes, Rochelle (Work it)

Bamber, Jamie (17th Precinct) Barrett, Malcolm (Other People’s Kids)

Bell, Emma (Reconstruction) Bethel, Wilson (Hart of Dixie)

Bethell, Tabrett (Poe) Betts, Daisy (Georgetown)

Bibb, Leslie (Good Christian Bitches) Bishe, Kerry (Iceland)

Blackbum, Tyler (Brave New World) Blackthorne, Paul (The River)

Blaiklock, Michael (Don’t Trust the Bitch…) Boatman, Michael (The Doctor)

Bogush, Elizabeth (Big Mike) Bolger, Sarah (Locke And Key)

Bornheimer, Kyle (Council of Dads) Borth, Michelle (Combat Hospital)

Bourne, JR (A.Mann’s World) Boyd, John (Iceland)

Boyer, Lombardo (Little In Common) Bradford, Jesse (Other People’s Kids)

Breckenridge, Alex (Cooper& Stone) Braun, Nick (Brave New World)

Breen, Patrick (Council of Dads) Brewster, Paget (My Life As An Experiment)

Brown, Billy (Reconstruction) Bruening, Justin (Wonder Woman)

Buckley, Andy (The Lying Game) Campbell, Adam (My Life As An Experiment)

Carbonell, Nestor (Ringer) Carmack, Chris (Grace)


Carrigan, Anthony (Over/Under) Casaubon, Josh (Lost And Found)

Cassidy, Kate (Georgetown) Chando, Alexandra (The Lying Game)

Chapman, Kevin (Person Of Interest) Chase, Bailey (Longmire)

Cho, Smith (Lovelives) Cibrian, Eddie(Playboy)

Clarke, Lenny (Are You There Vodka) Cohan, Lauren (Heavenly)

Collins, Dean (Lost And Found) Comden, Danny (Herd Mentality)

Conroy, Frances (Bad Mom) Corddry, Rob (Little In Common)

Corrigan, Kevin (Unt. Peter Knight Project) Crewson, Wendy (Georgetown ) (A.Mann’s World)

Cullen, Brett (Hallelujah) Cusick, Henry Ian (Damage Control)

Czerny, Henry (Revenge) Darby, Rhys (How To Be A Gentleman)

Davenport, Jack (Smash)

Dekker, Thomas (Secret Circle) Deklin, Mark (Good Christian Bitches)

D’Elia, Chris (Unt. Whitney Cummings Pro.) Dennings, Kat (2 Broke Girls)

Detmer, Amanda (Man Up) Dever, Kaitlyn (Unt. Jack Burditt Project)

Dewey, Tommy (Tagged) Diaz, Guillermo (Damage Control)

Dodds, Megan (Exit Strategy) Dormer, Natalie (Poe)

D’Orsay, Brook (Smothered) Ealy, Michael (Common Law)

Egan, Christopher (Poe) Eggold, Ryan (Heavenly)

Ehle, Jennifer (Contagion) Eigeman, Chris (Girls)

Esco, Lina (Exit Strategy) Farr, Diane (Council of Dads)

Ferlito,Vanessa (Cooper& Stone) Finneran, Katie (I Hate My Teenage Daughter)

Fogler, Dan (Man Up) Foley, Scott (The Doctor)

Fox, Rachel (Vince Uncensored) Freeman, Cassidy (Longmire)

Gabel, Elyes (Exit Strategy) Gaffney, Mo (My Freakin Family)

Gilford, Zach (Iceland) Gilmore, Jared (Once Upon A Time)

Goldberg, Adam (Rookies) Gomez, Rick (Council of Dads)

Gonzalo, Julie (Dallas) Goodwin, Ginnifer (Once Upon A Time)

Greenfield, Max (Unt. Meriwether/Fox) Griffiths, Lucy (Awakening)

Grunberg, Greg (Big Mike)

Hagner, Meredith (Awakening) Hallisay, Brian (Awakening)

Hansen, Ryan (Lovelives) (Secret Circle) Harold, Gale (Secret Circle)

Harris, Rachel (Family Album) Harris, Steve (R.E.M.)

Harshman, Margo (Bent)

Hart, Kevin (Little In Common) Heard, Amber (Playboy)

Helfer, Tricia (17th Precinct) Henderson, Josh (Dallas)

Henderson, Martin (Reconstruction) Hennig, Shelly (Secret Circle)

Henrie, David (The Assistants) Hoffman, Robert (Grace)

Hope, Leslie (The River) Hornsby, David (How To Be A Gentleman)

Hornsby, Russell (Grimm) Howard, Kyle (Smothered)

Hu, Kelly (A. Mann’s World) Jobrani, Maz (Vince Uncensored)

Johnson, Jesse (A. Mann’s World) Jones, Cherry (R.E.M.)

Jones, Jason (The Assistants) Jones, Richard T. (Council of Dads)

Jones, Sarah (Alcatraz) Kebbel, Arielle (Hallelujah)


Kennedy, Jessica Parker (Secret Circle) Kennedy, Mimi (Home Grown)

King, Jamie (Hart of Dixie) Kinney, Taylor (A. Mann’s World)

Kinney, Terry (Rookies) Kirchner, Jamie Lee (I Hate That I Love You)

Kretschmann, Thomas (The River)

Lacke, Beth (Work It) Landes, Michael (Unt. Peter Knight Project)

Lawson, Ben (Wild Card) Lee, Reggie (Grimm)

Lefevre, Rachelle (Reconstruction) Lenehan, Nancy (How To Be A Gentleman)

Lennix, Harry (Hound Dogs) Leung, Ken (Big Mike)

Levy, Matthew (Special Investigation: LA)

Llonzeh, Annie (Charlie’s Angels) Logue, Donal (Hallelujah)

Long, Matt (17th Precinct) Long, Nia (Boston’s Finest)

Lotan, Jonah (Pan Am) Lowes, Katie (Damage Control)

Mader, Rebecca (Work it) Maguire, Sean (Lovelives)

Maher, Sean (Playboy) Marano, Laura (Austin& Ally)

Marshall, Paula (Little In Common) Martin, Jesse (Hallelujah)

Martindale, Margo (Unt. Susannah Grant) Mazzello, Joe (Georgetown)

McCartney, Jesse (Locke And Key) McCrae, Shane (Home Grown)

McLaren, Brandon Jay (17th Precinct) McNally, Kevin (Poe)

McWilliams, Cynthia (Herd Mentality) Merekerson, S. Epatha (Unt. Susannah Grant Pro.)

Milder, Andy (Austin& Ally) Miller, T.J. (The Assistants)

Miller, Wentworth (Identity) Minnette, Dylan (R.E.M.)

Mitchell, Kenneth (Partners) Mitchell, Silas Weir (Grimm)

Montgomery, Poppy (The Rememberer) Moore, Angel Laketa (Are You There Vodka)

Morales, Natalie (Are You There Vodka)

Morrison, Jennifer (Once Upon A Time) Mosely, Michael (Pan Am)

Mumford, Eloise (The River) Murciano, Enrique (Hail Mary)

Moynihan, Chris (Man Up) Nagra, Parminder (Alcatraz)

Newton, Becki (Home Grown)

Nichols, Marisol (Good Christian Bitches) Nolasco, Amaury (Work It)

O’Conner, Frances (Hallelujah) O’Kelly, Tricia (Homegrown)

Ontiveros, Lupe (Untitled Rob Schneider Pro.) Osmanski, Joy (Family Album)

Otto, Miranda (Locke and Key) Palicki, Adrienne (Wonderwoman)

Pancholy, Maulik (Whitney Cummings Pro.) Paulo, Connor (Revenge)

Parker, Nicole Ari (Big Mike) Parrilla, Lana (Once Upon A Time)

Pasdar, Adrian (Garden of Eden) Patel, Ravi (My Freakin Family)

Paulson, Jay (Identity) Paulson, Sarah( Untitled Kari Lizer)

Pellegrino, Mark (Locke and Key) Peper, Tim (Untitled Peter Knight Pro.)

Perry, Jeff (Damage Control) Pierce, DJ (Mann’s World)

Pino, Danny (Special Investigation LA) Plana, Tony (Untitled Rob Schneider Pro.)

Polaha, Kristoffer (Ringer) Popplewell, Anna (Brave New World)

Porter, Scott (Hart of Dixie) Rahm, Kevin (I Hate My Teenage Daughter)

Ramsey, David (Cooper&Stone) Rankin, Kevin (The Rememberer)

Rappaport, Ben (Untitled Peter Knight Pro.) Raycole, Jazz (Brave New World)


Redford, Blair (The Lying Game) Rich, Christopher (My Freakin Family)

Riggle, Rob (Home Game) Ritter, Krysten (Don’t Trust the Bitch in Apt 23)

Riva, Diana Maria (Lost and Found) Robbie, Margot (Pan Am)

Robertson, Brittany (Secret Circle) Rodriguez, Mel (Tagged-FBC)

Rodriguez, Raini (Austin & Ally) Rodriguez, Ramon (Charlie’s Angels)

Roiz, Sasha (Grimm)

Ruiviar, Anthony (Big Mike) Rutherford, Emily (The Assistants)

Sackhoff, Katee (Longmire) Sands, Stark (Rookies-CBS-NY)

Saum, Sherri (Grace) Sbarge, Raphael (Once Upon A Time)

Scarfe, Jonathan (Hallelujah) Seehorn, Rhea (Untitled Whitney Cummings)

Short, Colubus (Damage Control) Simmons, Henry (Man Up)

Sisto, Jeremy (Suburgatory) Somerville, Bonnie (Other People’s Kids)

Spiro, Jordana (Lost and Found) Stahl, Nick (Locke and Key)

Stevens, Eric Scheffer (I Hate My Teenage) Strong, Brenda (Dallas)

Stults, Geoff (The Finder) Summers, Tara (Ringer-CBS)

Taylor, Robert (Longmire) Taylor, Christine (Rip city)

Thompson, Scottie (Partners)

Thoms, Tracie (Wonderwoman) Tobolowsky, Stephen (Hail Mary)

Tonkin, Phoebe (Secret Circle) Tractenberg, Michelle (Untitled Peter Knight Pro.)

Tucker, Brett (Wonderwoman) Tudyk, Alan (Suburgatory/ABC)

Ubach, Alanna (Little In Common) Union, Gabrielle (Little in Common)

Valasquez, Nadine (Unt. Rob Schneider Pro.) VanCampy, Emily (Revenge)

Washington, Kerry (Damage Control) Walker, Eamonn (17th Precinct)

Walton, David (Bent) Watson, Barry (Rip City)

Welliver, Titus (Awakening) Wersching, Annie (Partners)

West, Andrew J. (Untitled Dan Goor Pilot) White, Julie (Smothered)

Williams, Cress (Hart of Dixie) Winter, Eric (Weekend at Bellevue)

Woglom, Ellen (My Freakin Family) Wong, BD (Revenge)

Wright, Sarah (The Assistants) Zegers, Kevin (Georgetown)

Zimmer, Constance (Home Game)

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