With television pilot season kicking into high gear, there are already a couple of projects that, on paper at least, look like Emmy possibilities. Of course, between now and the announcement of the new fall lineups in June, anything could, and probably will, happen to these and other projects currently in the works.

Hour-long drama hopefuls include "Dirty Sexy Money" (ABC) with Peter Krause ("Six Feet Under") as an idealistic lawyer who works for a wealthy family headed by Donald Sutherland and Jill Clayburgh. "Viva Laughlin!" (CBS), exec produced by Hugh Jackman, transplants the BBC hit from the seaside town of Blackpool to dusty Nevada. Interweaving musical numbers into dramatic storylines sometimes succeeds, "The Singing Detective," and sometimes fails, "Cop Rock."

Three shows are set in New York City. "Lipstick Jungle" (NBC), based on the book by Candace Bushnell of "Sex and the City" fame, has a trio of lovelies — Kim Raver ("24", "The Nine"), Brooke Shields ("Suddenly Susan"), and Lindsay Price living the high life. A testerone-heavy pilot from Jon Feldman for ABC focuses on four businessmen, Christopher Titus ("Titus"), Michael Vartan ("Alias"), Dylan McDermott ("The Practice"), and one still uncast, while Tom Fontana ("Oz") has Emmy winner Bobby Canavale("Will & Grace") as an unlikely mayor of Gotham (NBC).

Looking at the funny side of life, "Action News" (FOX) pairs multiple Emmy winners Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as rival anchors on a local newscast (with Fred Willard as the sportscaster). "The Mastersons of Manhattan" (NBC) stars Natasha Richardson and Molly Shannon ("SNL") as socialite sisters in a sly satire (sounds like an updated version of '70s success "Soap").