Tim Kring gets 1st pilot pick up since his hit "Heroes" on NBC

Tim Kring is back to business with a pilot pick up of his drama series "Touch". This is his first pilot since the NBC super hero drama. This time it lands at FOX and is being produced by 20th TV and studio-based Chernin Entertainment.

Touch centers on a father who discovers that his autistic, mute son can actually predict events before they happen. Kring wrote the project on spec, his first pilot script since Heroes. It was developed internally at Chernin Entertainment with the company's head of TV Katherine Pope who had remained close with Kring after shepherding Heroes while at NBC and UMS. Because of 20th TV relationship with Fox, the spec was taken out to Fox first, and the network quickly gave it a pilot green light. Kring, Peter Chernin and Pope are executive producing Touch, one of two pilots picked up at Fox today.