Jon Osbourne/SipaPress; Michael Buckner/Getty Images; Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images; Dave Allocca/Startraksphoto.com; David Livingston/Getty ImagesWe love pilot season, especially because of the casting announcements. TV stars we love are returning to new projects (Zachary Levi!), movie stars are headlining pilots for the first time (Kevin Bacon!), and both movie and TV stars we never dreamed would work together are pairing up for shows. It's a big ol' casting party!
So you wanna know who's headed to the small screen?
Casting announcements are far from over, and we won't know until Upfronts which pilots have been picked up officially, but here is the list of notable names attached to projects for the 2012 pilot season:
ABC
Christopher Lloyd & John Leguizamo, Only Fools and Horses
Cary Elwes & Kal Penn, Prairie Dogs
David Arquette, Portia de Rossi & Malin Akerman, The Smart One
Ashley Greene & Emilie de Ravin, Americana
Terry O'Quinn & Dave Annable, 666 Park Avenue
Reba McEntire & Lily Tomlin, Malibu Country
Mary McCormack, untitled project
Scott Speedman, Last Resort
Sarah Chalke, How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life
Judy Greer, American Judy
Blythe Danner, Gilded Lilys
Mandy Moore, untitled project
CBS
Joanna Garcia, untitled project
Lucy Liu, Elementary
Dennis Quaid & Michael Chiklis, untitled project
Brandon Routh, Sophia Bush & Michael Urie, Partners
Ashley Tisdale, untitled project
CW
AnnaSophia Robb, The Carrie Diaries
Aimee Teegarden, The Selection
Fox
Kevin Bacon & Natalie Zea, untitled Kevin Williamson pilot
Jordana Spiro, Untitled drama pilot
Cuba Gooding Jr., Guilty
Scott Foley & Becki Newton, The Goodwin Games
Donald Sutherland, Living Loaded
Ali Larter, The Asset
Zachary Levi, Let It Go
NBC
Josh Hopkins, Lady Friends
Dane Cook, Next Caller Please
Bill Pullman & Brittany Snow, 1600 Penn
Mena Suvari & Kyle Howard, untitled project
Justin Bartha, The New Normal
Taylor Kinney, Chicago Fire
Anne Heche, Save Me
Roseanne Arnold & John Goodman, Downwardly Mobile
Allison Janney & Tony Shalhoub, Friday Night Dinner
Showtime
Peter Jacobson, Ray Donovan
TNT
Milo Ventimigilia, L.A. Noir
For more details on the pilots being picked up by the networks, keep your eyes peeled for our complete pilot roundup where you can vote for the most promising-sounding new series and your favorite casting!