I've compiled a listed of pilots made for the 2003-04 season.  Now keep in mind, this is not a list of all the shows, just those with classic and neoclassic TV cast members.  These shows may, or may not be on the fall schedule.  You'll also want to look back on this list in a few weeks when the networks announce their picks.  If you're at all like me, you'll ask: "If this is the crap they bought, what did they pass up?"

  John Amos who played Gordy Howard the weatherman on "Mary Tyler Moore" and  James Evans, Sr on "Good Times" just finished playing Adm. Percy Fitzwallace on "The West Wing" and did a pilot for the WB called "All About the Andersons."  It's a multi-generational comedy based on the life of actor Anthony Anderson (who also stars in it)  as an out-of-work actor who moved back into his parents' house with his 8-year-old son. 

  Adam Arkin ("Chicago Hope") stars in "The Ripples," described as "high concept comedy about a couple who's been married for 4,000 years -- and their 3,985-year-old son, who looks like he's 15."  Based on a true story.

  "Titletown" stars Curtis Armstrong who played Herbert  Viola on "Moonlighting."  "Titletown" is a comedy about three families who live in a small-town cul-de-sac and all live for one thing: the Green Bay Packers.

  Jason Bateman ("The Hogan Family") starred in "Arrested Development" for Fox, A comedy that follows the exploits of a well-off Orange County family who lose their fortune in the wake of an accounting scandal. 

  Barry Bostwick ("Spin City") did an animated pilot for Fox called "The Afterlife"  about a family that dies from a freak photography accident and winds up in purgatory, which looks a lot like suburban Los Angeles.

  Delta Burke ("Designing Women") stars in "Sweet Potato Queens,"  a comedy pilot for the WB about the raucous adventures of a group of middle-aged women.

  Alright already, stop writing me asking "Whatever happened to Kyle Chandler ("Homefront" and "Early Edition")?"  He made a pilot for NBC with Rob Lowe called "The Lyon's Den."  The series is described as an ensemble legal drama set in a mid-sized, century-old law firm and also features David Krumhltz, Matt Carven, Frances Fisher and James Pickens, Jr.

  Faith Ford ("Murphy Brown") starred with Kelly Ripa ("Live with Regis & Kelly") in a comedy that revolves around a soap opera star (Kelly Ripa) who's forced to move in with her housewife sister (Faith Ford).  Also features Macy Cruthird and Harve Presnell.  "Hope and Faith" was made by Touchstone/Industry for ABC.

Tracy Pollan and the cast of "Hench at Home"

  As previously announced, Michael J. Fox, and his Lottery Hill production company is developing "Hench at Home" for ABC.  Fox's wife, Tracy Pollan will star in a semi-autobiographical take on a pro hockey player (Craig Bierko) who spends more time with his family after he is forced to retire.

  "Little House on the Prairie" fans can see Laura Ingalls growed-up when  Melissa Gilbert stars in "Then Came Jones,"  a western taking place at the turn of the 20th century when modern technology is beginning to take over the country.  Stars Sean Patrick Flanery as Sheriff Ben Jones.  A TV movie pilot was made for ABC.

  Whoopi Goldberg has been slated to play a washed up singer living in an old hotel with her brother and his four-year-old child in an untitled series for NBC.

  John Larroquette ("Night Court") and Christine Baranski ("Cybill") star in "Happy Family,"  a sit-com about two would-be empty nesters whose grown children end up moving back in.  Also features Tyler Andrews, and Susan Gibney.  This pilot was made for NBC.

  Hal Linden ("Barney Miller") and Shirley Jones ("The Partridge Family") will be Tom Papa's co-stars in "Come to Papa" on NBC.  The series is based on Tom Papa's standup routine about a man and his wife, both of whom have big dreams but still live in the same New Jersey town in which they grew up,  Also in the cast is: Jennifer Aspen and Greg Malins.

  Heather Locklear isn't really "classic TV," but she's "classic" and I like her and hope that NBC will pick up the sit-com, "Once Around the Park."   Locklear will play a divorced mother of two kids.  Also stars:  Sean Marquette, and Allison Acagliotti-Smith.

  And then ABC is considering "The Stones," no not "The Donna Reed Show" Stones, this one stars Judith Light of "Who's the Boss?" and Robert Klein who played on "Sisters" and many other shows.  This comedy centers on twenty-something children who must adjust when their parents announce they're filing for divorce.

  Howie Mandel ("St. Eleswhere") will play essentially himself in an untitled series about a family man with three kids who spends his workdays crafting hidden-camera bits for a major talk show.  Supporting Mandel are: Julianne Phillips,  Eddie Jemison, D.L. Hughley, Ashley Michelle Tisdale, and Stacy Galina.

"My Life with Men"

  "My Life with Men" brings back Wendie Malick ("Just Shoot Me" and "Dream on") in an ABC comedy about a woman surrounded by her four sons, her father and her husband.  The plot's not new, but it's a departure for Malick.

  Cheech Marin is another classic, that could return if NBC buys "The Ortegas."   The series revolves around a multigenerational Mexican family  where the son hosts a celebrity-driven talk show on a set built into the family's backyard. 

Gerald McRaney with the cast of "The Dan Finnerty Show"

  Gerald McRaney ("Major Dad") could co-star in a comedy starring Dan Finnerty as an ordinary Joe who ends up the star performer at his family's lounge, for ABC.

  Laurie Metcalf from "Roseanne" co-stared in "Gated World,"   a comedy that stars radio personality Phil Hendrie as a former city cop who moves to a gated community, where he encounters the crazy residents as its new head of security.  This could be picked up by NBC.

  "The Monkees,"  as in Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork will not return to TV, but NBC is hoping you'll find interest in a new group of Monkees, in "The Monkees."  The new group is being formed by Simon Fuller, creator of "American Idol."

  Ted McGinley from "Married with Children" stars in a drama titled "Family Curse" about around married archeologists and their teenage kids, who must track down creatures from folklore they accidentally release from a Pandora's box; previously titled "Shadow Walkers."  Mel Gibson produced this pilot for the WB.

  Park Overall who played Nurse Laverne on "Empty Nest" is a supporting player in "Alligator Point," a pilot made for NBC.  The comedy stars Nathan Fillion and Jaime Pressly, and  revolves around the relationships at a Florida-based oyster bar.  

  Remember Robert Pastorelli who played  Eldin Bernecky, the inimitable painter on "Murphy Brown?" Since then he's been in several series, and a pilot for ABC's "Violent Crime"  with "Spin City's" Jennifer Esposito.  It's a drama that revolves around two Boston-based female detectives who investigate violent crimes.

  Rhea Perlman ("Cheers") could return if the WB picks up her pilot titled "Other People's Business," produced by her husband, Danny Divito.  The comedy centers on four directionless high school friends in Los Angeles who take a course at a community college and get their private investigator's licenses; previously titled "Dicks"  (no really, I didn't make that up).

  Annie Potts ("Designing Women") did a pilot called "Stuck in the Middle," described as comedy about a middle-class family learning how to survive with two working parents.  Also stars Timothy Busfield ("Thirty-something").

  "Touch 'em all McCall" is not about a priest, it's a comedy featuring Tom Selleck ("Magnum, P.I.") as a one-time baseball player who returns to his hometown and winds up coaching a farm team.  This pilot was made by NBC.

  Remember Jonathan Silverman  who starred in "The Single Guy?" OK, he's not really classic TV, more like a "whatever happened to..." but he could return on CBS's "Crazy Love."  A comedy about a married couple who adopt a baby Chinese girl.

Patrick Warburton and the cast of "These Guys"

  Patrick Warburton who played David Puddy  on "Seinfeld" and Eric on "Dave's World"  made a pilot for UPN called "Game Over."  It's a computer-animated comedy that revolves around parents who are videogame characters trying to balance their jobs with raising a family.   Warburton's not new to this, he also did the voice of "The Tick."  Warburton is also co-starring in "These Guys" with Jsu Garcia,  a comedy that follows four men as they conquer marriage, parenthood, divorce and dating.  Produced by Tim Allen for ABC.

  "Wings" Steven Weber could return on ABC as "The D.A."    As the D.A.,  Weber will try to solve the murder of one of his co-workers with help from a tenderfoot investigator.

  If you miss Steve Urkelle, you'll be happy to know Jaleel White ("Family Matters") was signed as a supporting player in "111 Gramercy Park,"   a drama about upper-crust New Yorkers and their servants.  Brittany Daniel,
Erica Durance, and Joanna Going star.  "111 Gramercy Park,"  is being produce for ABC by the same team that gave us "The Wonder Years."

  Fred Willard ("Fernwood 2-Night") seems to return every season.  This year he's co-starring in a romantic comedy about a male witch (Richard Ruccolo) who falls in love with a mortal (Andrea Anders).  The NBC series is "Spellbound," but I'll call it, "We Wanted to do 'Bewtiched'"