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[04/13/23 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 13
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!


BLUE BLOODS (CBS) - Jennifer Esposito will return as Jackie Curatola, Danny's old partner, in the show's season 13 finale. (TVLine.com)
BLUE BLOODS/BOB (HEARTS) ABISHOLA/CHICAGO FIRE/CHICAGO MED/CHICAGO PD/LAW & ORDER/LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME/LAW & ORDER: SVU (Various) - Each of the aforementioned series has reportedly been renewed "with an asterisk as casts were told that they will appear in fewer episodes next year." (Deadline.com)
DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (Paramount+) - Drew Crevello has been tapped as showrunner of the live-action series from creator Rawson Marshall Thurber, who wrote the pilot script and is set to direct the first episode. (Deadline.com)
HOW I MET YOUR FATHER (Hulu) - Travis Schuldt and Clark Gregg are both bound for the back half of the show's sophomore season as potential candidates for Sophie's father. (TVLine.com)
NON-EVIL TWIN (NBC) - The Amber Ruffin-led comedy pilot has cast Christina Anthony as Christina, "Angie's assistant/acolyte who believes she's the smartest person in the room and is easily annoyed by others"; Ray Santiago as Tony, "the well-meaning but brutally honest marketing VP dismissed by Angie but embraced by Amber, who is drawn to his oddball sweetness"; and Melanie J. Newby as Amy, "Angie's tough-as-nails vegan cellmate, who refuses to put Angie on a pedestal like everyone else and instead prefers to kick the pedestal out from under her." (Deadline.com)
PEEP SHOW (FX) - Minnie Driver and Amandla Jahava have scored the lead roles on the comedy pilot based on the U.K. series of the same name, which "follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant (Jahava) and her boss (Driver), an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur." Additionally, Yana Gorskaya has been tapped to direct and executive produce. (Deadline.com)
TOURIST, THE (HBO Max) - Conor MacNeill, Olwen Fouéré, Francis Magee, Mark McKenna, Diarmaid Murtagh and Nessa Matthews will join returning cast members Jamie Dornan, Danielle Macdonald and Greg Larsen for the upcoming season. No character details were given. (Variety.com)





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· BLUE BLOODS (CBS)
· BOB (HEARTS) ABISHOLA (CBS)
· CHICAGO FIRE (NBC)
· CHICAGO MED (NBC)
· CHICAGO PD (NBC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· DUNGEONS & DRAGONS (PARAMOUNT PLUS)
· HOW I MET YOUR FATHER (HULU)
· LAW & ORDER (NBC)
· LAW & ORDER: ORGANIZED CRIME (PEACOCK)
· LAW & ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT (NBC)
· NON-EVIL TWIN (NBC)
· PEEP SHOW (FX)
· TOURIST, THE (NETFLIX)





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