The CW has officially joined the pilot pickup game.

The network has announced they are picking up five pilots to series, including two of the most talked-about pilots of the season: Arrow and The Carrie Diaries, as well as Cult, starring The Vampire Diaries’ Matt Davis.

So what other pilots made the cut?

long with Arrow, Carrie Diaries, Cult, the CW also picked up Beauty and the Beast and First Cut.

Starring Anna Sophia Robb and Austin Butler, The Carrie Diaries introduces Sex and the City fans to their beloved heroine back in 1984, when she was a 16-year-old just learning how to navigate life after their death of her mother. Viewers can expect to see Carrie first fall in love with fashion and New York City in the project from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage.

From Greg Berlanti and starring Stephen Amell and Katie Cassidy, Arrow is a dark retelling of DC’s Green Arrow and focuses on affluent bad boy Oliver Queen (Amell), who develops some extraordinary abilities on a remote island (no, this is not Lost) and returns to the mainland to fight crime.

Davis stars as an investigative journalist who looks into the mysterious disappearance of his brother, who was convinced that a hit TV show was out to harm him, in the drama Cult. The fictitious show in question, Cult, centered on the cat-and-mouse game between charismatic cult leader Billy Grimm and LAPD detective Kelly Collins, has become an obsession for its viewers—and now some of its devotees seem to be taking their fixation to deadly extremes in the real world.

Beauty and the Beast marks the return of Smallville’s Kristin Kreuk to the network as she’s set to fill Linda Hamilton’s shoes and take the lead female role in the network’s reboot of CBS’ series from the ’80s. She plays Detective Catherine Chandler, who was saved by the titular Beast when she was younger.

First Cut is a medical drama in the same vein as Grey’s Anatomy and focuses on a young surgeon, Emily Barnes (Mamie Gummer), who learns that working in a hospital isn’t all that different from attending high school. Also starring in the series are Smallville’s Justin Hartley and Michael Rady

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Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler get a great big hug from Austin‘s mom, Lori Anne in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (May 6).

The 23-year-old actress and 20-year-old actor brought a brand new teal bicycle for Lori Anne‘s birthday. How sweet!

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Earlier over the weekend, Austin and Vanessa were spotted at the Coldplay concert at the Hollywood Bowl with a few friends on Friday night (May 4).

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Vanessa Hudgens leans in for a kiss with boyfriend Austin Butler at the 2012 Coachella Music Festival on Friday (April 13) in Indio, Calif.

The twosome enjoyed their day together, lounging and listening to music. Vanessa looked super cute in her boho chic outfit!

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“Going to Coachella this weekend! My favorite music festival, it’s so much fun!! Here’s my playlist for all you music loverzzzzz: Kasabian, Radio head, Black keys, Snoop and dr dre, Fiest, Santogold, Afrojack, Bon Iver, The shins, Mike snow, Ahhhhhhhhhh” Vanessa wrote on her site.

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AnnaSophia Robb and Austin Butler brave the rain as they head out of their hotel in New York City on Thursday afternoon (March 16).

The two are currently rehearsing for the CW’s new pilot The Carrie Diaries.

While AnnaSophia will star as the title character, Austin will play Sebastian Kidd, a “brooding heartthrob and ultimate insider who always plays the outsider. His presence at Carrie’s school will shake things up in a big way.”

Over the weekend, Austin was spotted around the city with girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens.

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Austin Butler is headed back to the CW.

The 20-year-old actor has been cast as Sebastian Kidd in The Carrie Diaries, Deadline reports.

He’ll star opposite AnnaSophia Robb, as a “brooding heartthrob and ultimate insider who always plays the outsider. His presence at Carrie’s school will shake things up in a big way.”

The series is based on Candace Bushnell’s novel, a prequel to her best-seller “Sex And The City” which was adapted to the HBO show. It chronicles Carrie’s coming of age in the 1980s when she asks her first questions about love, sex, friendship and family while exploring the worlds of high school and Manhattan.

Austin previously starred in the CW’s Life Unexpected and more recently, ABC Family’s Switched at Birth as Wilke.

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Photos of Austin Butler kissing a bikini-clad Vanessa Hudgens during a Hawaiian getaway hit the Internet in January, and while Austin understands that being pursued by paparazzi is par for the celebrity course, the “Switched at Birth” star is still uncomfortable with the invasion of privacy.

“I’m a very private person… and I’m still very shy — it’s such a personal thing,” the 20-year-old actor told AccessHollywood.com’s Laura Saltman during an interview on the “Switched at Birth” set on Tuesday, when asked about the steamy pics with girlfriend Vanessa. “It’s something that is sort of unavoidable.

“It goes with the territory, so I can’t complain, but it’s such an invasion,” he added.

The actor, who reportedly began dating the “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island” beauty in September, said he and Vanessa were not aware their intimate beachfront moments were being photographed.

“We were at a private hotel, so you don’t think that that’s going to be there, and then it ends up happening,” he said. “Sometimes, during the day you’ll actually see [the photographers], but then there’s other times where they’re so far away that you don’t even know [they’re there].”

Though the photos were upsetting, Austin said the paparazzi shots will not have an effect on his PDA patterns.

“You can go the route of not living your life at all — and a lot of actors do that, where they just won’t even go out of the house at all — but it makes life so unenjoyable. You can’t go out, you can’t hold hands with your girlfriend, you can’t do any of these things,” he explained. “So, I’m trying to find the balance. It’s just staying happy and staying present and not worrying about what other people think.”

As for Austin’s turn as Wilke on “Switched at Birth,” the blond will soon get to enjoy a milestone on the ABC Family series that he missed out on during his teen years – prom.

“I’ve never actually been to prom,” he told Laura. “I was home schooled starting in seventh grade. I had a girlfriend at the time so I went to Winter Formal and Homecoming and those dances, but she wasn’t a senior and we broke up before prom, so I never actually got to go to prom.”

“Switched at Birth” airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on ABC Family.

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Television> Episode 1.03 – “Are You There, Chelsea?” on NBC x 004

Chelsea’s roommate, Dee Dee, is a bit of a shut-in and will absolutely not get off the couch. Chelsea worries that Dee Dee needs to cultivate a social life. But more importantly, Dee Dee’s constant presence keeps her from christening the living room with her latest fling, Fireman Mike. Sloane plans a church group social at the sports bar, where Chelsea finds the perfect match for Dee Dee.

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