Pivot unveiled a millennial-loving slate of original series and 11 projects in development during yesterday’s Upfront at The Lamb’s Club in NY. Pivot President Evan Shapiro noted that the network’s “second slate demonstrates our significant investment in, and commitment to, groundbreaking content for the thought-leading segment of Generation Y we call ‘Upstanders.’ We believe that a story well told can change the world. Pivot’s programming is meant to spark conversation among the very people most likely to create that change.” Here’s a look:
New Series
Human Resources (premieres August 8 at 10:30p)
The half-hour comedy centers on eccentric entrepreneur Tom Szaky and his team of employees at TerraCycle, a company whose mission is to eliminate waste on a global scale
Welcome To Fairfax (premieres October 2014)
The docu-series takes a behind-the-scenes look at the artistic block that has emerged in the Fairfax area of Los Angeles, seen through the eyes of the young visionaries who inhabit it.
Returning series
Please Like Me premieres: August 8 at 10p
TakePart Live premieres: Monday, May 12 at 10p
Scripted series
Fortitude A dark “eco-thriller” follows the residents of the Arctic town of Fortitude, a place unlike any other on earth. It stars Stanley Tucci, Michael Gambon, Sienna Guillory, and Luke Treadaway.
Specials
Freestyle Love Supreme, a live improvised show that uses rap to spin audience suggestions into fully realized musical numbers and The Peabody Awards.
