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The Watch is not going forward at NBC.

Sources said the network has passed on the one-hour pilot, which revolves around a suburban Neighborhood Watch group gone awry.

Sony Pictures TV, which produces Watch with Pariah, is said to be looking to extend the options on the actors and shop the project elsewhere.

With the broadcast development season in jeopardy because of the writers strike, networks might be more enticed than usual to consider a completed pilot developed by a rival network.

Directed by Charles McDougall and written by There's Something About Mary scribes Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, Watch features a cast led by Billy Burke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mathew St. Patrick, Kristin Lehman and Jessalyn Gilsig.

Lou Diamond Phillips is the latest cast addition to NBC's one-hour pilot Backyards and Bullets.

Bullets, from Sony Pictures TV and Pariah, revolves around a suburban Neighborhood Watch group gone awry. Philips will play the police chief.

On Backyards, Phillips joins Billy Burke, Richard Ruccolo, Matthew St. Patrick and Kristin Lehman. Charles McDougall is directing the pilot.

Phillips most recently appeared in an arc on CBS' Numbers and an episode of USA Network's Psych.

Jessalyn Gilsig has joined NBC's one-hour pilot Backyards and Bullets as a regular, and John Cho has been tapped for a multiepisode arc on Fox's comedy series 'Til Death.

Bullets, from Sony Pictures TV and Pariah, revolves around a suburban Neighborhood Watch group gone awry. Gilsig will play the wife of the character played by Mathew St. Patrick.

Gilsig, who co-starred on such series as Nip/Tuck and Boston Public, most recently recurred on NBC's Heroes as Claire's (Hayden Panettiere) fire-starter birth mother and co-starred on the Fox drama pilot The Apostles.

The actress, who next will be seen in the remake of Prom Night, is repped by SDB Partners and Framework Entertainment.

On "'Til Death," also from SPT, Cho will play the arch nemesis to Jeff Woodcock (Eddie Kaye Thomas). In three episodes, Cho will play the principal of a prestigious private school who squares off with Woodcock, the public school's vice principal.

Cho is best known for starring opposite Kal Penn in the feature Harold & Kumar and its upcoming sequel.

Rob Estes has been tapped to co-star on "Watch", from Sony Pictures TV and Pariah, revolves around a suburban Neighborhood Watch Group gone awry.

Two Guys and a Girl alum Ruccolo will play Jenny's (Abigail Spencer) happily married husband who always looks like he's dressed for a round of golf and is 100% behind her work with the Watch. He is repped by APA and manager Colton Gramm at Brillstein Entertainment Partners.

Charles McDougall has been tapped to direct the NBC one-hour pilot The Watch.

The project, from Sony Pictures TV and Pariah, was picked up to pilot in January. It subsequently was put on hold with a director contingency.

With McDougall on board, the contingency has been lifted and the pilot is going into production.

Watch, from There's Something About Mary writers Ed Decter and John J. Strauss, revolves around a suburban Neighborhood Watch group gone awry.

On the pilot, McDougall also will serve as an executive producer alongside Decter, Strauss, Gavin Polone and Jamie Tarses.

McDougall, who directed the pilot for ABC's hit Desperate Housewives, helmed the ABC drama pilot Big Shots this past development season. The project recently was picked up to series by the network, landing the coveted post-Grey's Anatomy time slot.

McDougall, whose recent credits also include Showtime's The Tudors, is repped by Endeavor.