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[10/26/21 - 11:25 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, October 26
Updates include: Jenni Konner, Ramin Bahrani board Hulu's "Immigrant"; Showtime shutters "The Comeback Girl"; and HBO Max taps "Val Zod" writers.

[09/21/21 - 11:50 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, September 21
Updates include: "FBI: Most Wanted" confirms exit from CBS series; Sharon Horgan to star in Apple's "Clan" import; and Kathryn Hahn to play Joan Rivers in Showtime's "The Comeback Girl."







COMEBACK GIRL, THE (SHOWTIME)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
9/21/21 - 10/26/21
STATUS:
previously in development (2022-2023 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
script
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
script order rescinded
DESCRIPTION:
(from Showtime's press release, September 2021) Trailblazer. Adored. Cruel. Diva. Joan Rivers had a life like no other. At age 54, she was a superstar comedienne... and then it all fell apart. THE COMEBACK GIRL is the awe-inspiring untold story of how Joan Rivers persevered through near suicide and professional abyss to rebuild herself and her career to become a global icon.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Kathryn Hahn as Joan Rivers
CREW INFORMATION:
· Cosmo Carlson as CRTR/EP
· Greg Berlanti as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Kathryn Hahn as EP
· Richard Suckle as EP
· Robert Amidon as EP
· Sarah Schechter as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Atlas Entertainment
· Berlanti Productions
· Warner Bros. Television