NBC has ordered two hourlong pilots, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist and Emergence, per Deadline.
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist is a musical dramedy from Austin Winsberg (The Sound of Music Live!, 9JKL, Gossip Girl, Jake in Progress), Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, Universal Music Group and Lionsgate TV. The pilot will be written by Winsberg and directed by Paul Feig (A Simple Favor, The Heat, Freaks and Geeks). Deadline notes the project is tonally described tonally as What Women Want meets La La Land.
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist follows a whip-smart but socially awkward girl in her late 20's who is suddenly able to hear the innermost thoughts of people around her as songs and even big musical numbers that they perform just for her. With this new ability at her disposal, she is able to use her "gift" to not only help herself understand people in her life but also to help others around her.
Emergence is a mystery drama from Michele Fazekas and Tara Butters (Kevin Probably Saves the World, Agent Carter, Resurrection), Paul McGuigan (Designated Survivor, Devious Maids, Carnival Row) and ABC Studios. The pilot will be written by Fazekas and Butters and directed by McGuigan. Emergence is described as a mystery drama, character-driven genre thriller.
Emergence centers on a sheriff who takes in a young child that she finds near the site of a mysterious accident who has no memory of what has happened. The investigation draws her into a conspiracy larger than she ever imagined, and the child's identity is at the center of it all.
