Edi Gathegi

A desperate banker needs to conceal stolen money. A Haitian-American gang lord wants to go legit. A Cuban-American hacker has an idea that will revolutionize the very future of money itself. Forced to work together, they unwittingly create their version of the American dream – organized crime 2.0.

A banker, a gang lord, and a hacker team up on an idea to revolutionize the very future of money itself and unwittingly create their version of the American dream – organized crime.

Apart from NBC’s discernible desire for a primetime soap, it’s difficult to figure out what the network is looking for. Is there a method to The Peacock’s madness? Let’s find out in our complete preview of the 2016 NBC Drama pilots.

The new Crackle drama casts up, 24: Legacy adds Homeland actress Miranda Otto, Ava Duvernay’s Queen Sugar taps trio – See today’s biggest TV casting news.

May’s peaceful, clean-living yoga instructor lifestyle is thrown into harmony by the arrival of her long-lost sister Shiva, a street-smart but naive young woman trapped in an abusive relationship

A round-up of this week’s pilot and series TV casting and sales!

The “X-Men: First Class” actor will appear in Jackie Earle Haley’s directorial debut.

Logline: Story of four guys who reunite at an ex-classmates funeral and exchange inside stock information that leads to one of them in hot water with the mob.

Logline: A man and woman meet and realize they’re perfect for each other, even though their falling in love could not come at a worse time.

A recap of the week’s TV casting news!

Logline: May, A peaceful yoga instructor, finds herself doing things she never imagined in an effort to protect her newly discovered sister Shiva, who is a sex worker, from her boyfriend.

A daily recap of pilot and series castings!

A&E adds a Lost alum to Big Mike, ABC asks Detmer to Man Up, while Washington & Short go into Crisis, and McDonlad exits, CW reteams the O.C. powers with Rachel Bilson to find the Hart Of Dixie, while Zooey Deschanel gives TV a spin with Liz Meriwether, and USA adds a couple familiar faces to the front of their new pilots Wild Card, and Eden!

Logline: Dagny Taggart, who runs the largest remaining railroad company in America, joins forces with Henry Rearden, creator of the super-strength metal alloy, Rearden Metal to prove that innovation can overcome the slide into anarchy.

Logline: The teenage years of the mutants, and the early friendships between Professor Xavier and Magneto, are explored as they create Xavier Institute for Higher Learning.