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[03/26/18 - 11:02 PM]
2018 ABC Program Development Guide - Drama Series
ABC details its 11 drama projects under consideration for next season.

[03/08/18 - 11:52 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 8
Updates include: TNT cancels "The Librarians"; Jessica Capshaw, Sarah Drew to depart ABC's "Grey's Anatomy"; and Dermot Mulroney set for "Homecoming" with Julia Roberts on Amazon.

[03/07/18 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 7
Updates include: Ginnifer Goodwin to star in ABC's "Steps"; Kether Donohue lands female lead in NBC's "Like Family"; and Brooke Elliott to topline Bobby Bowman's comedy pilot for the Alphabet.

[03/06/18 - 11:36 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, March 6
Updates include: The CW locks in plans for potential spin-off to "The Originals"; Noah Wyle to lead "Red Line" at CBS; and Dax Shepard to star opposite Lake Bell in FOX's "Bless This Mess."

[03/05/18 - 11:40 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 5
Updates include: Vanessa Williams cast in "False Profits" at ABC; Beth Behrs to star in FOX's "Our People"; and Laz Alonso latest tapped for "The Boys" at Amazon.

[03/02/18 - 11:57 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 2
Updates include: Jessica Alba to star opposite Gabrielle Union in NBC's "Bad Boys" spin-off; Demian Bichir to lead "Grand Hotel" at ABC; and Perdita Weeks set as Higgins in CBS's "Magnum, PI" reboot.

[03/01/18 - 11:13 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 1
Updates include: Jim Belushi signs onto ABC's "Salvage"; Josh Helman books lead role on The CW's "The End of the World as We Know It"; and Alyson Hannigan cast in newly ordered pilot "Man of the House" at ABC.

[02/27/18 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 27
Updates include: Breckin Meyer, Merrin Dungey join "The Fix" at ABC; Brandon Mychal Smith to lead NBC's "Like Family"; and Adam Scott books return to HBO's "Big Little Lies."

[02/26/18 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Monday, February 26
Updates include: Joseph Morgan to star in FOX's "Gone, Baby, Gone" pilot; Michael Chiklis signs onto "Murder" at CBS; and Gabriel Chavarria, Jessica Garza to topline "The Purge" TV take for USA/Syfy.

[02/23/18 - 11:14 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 23
Updates include: Roselyn Sanchez checks into ABC's "Grand Hotel"; Sarah Jeffery latest cast in The CW's "Charmed" reboot; and John Larroquette signs onto ABC's "Three Rivers."

[01/24/18 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 24
Updates include: Meryl Streep signs onto season two of HBO's "Big Little Lies"; Brett Dier set as male lead in "History of Them" at CBS; and ABC gives pilot orders to drama "For Love," "Salvage."







SALVAGE (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/24/18 - 3/26/18
STATUS:
previously in development (2018-2019 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, March 2018) Ex-cop Jimmy Hill (Toby Kebbell) just wants to be left alone after moving back to his small Gulf coast Florida hometown. But when there's a suspicious drowning, an idealistic deputy (Catalina Sandino Moreno) draws him into the case that she's been stopped from solving. The stakes are raised when Jimmy finds a connection between the mysterious death and the sunken Spanish treasure that Jimmy, his father (Will Patton), and other fortune seekers have been trying to find for decades. If the gold is within reach, taking on the case will pit him against the powerful town patriarch (Jim Belushi), outside criminals, and his own father.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Catalina Sandino Moreno as Kate Collins
· Charity Wakefield as Gwen Daniels
· Emily Althaus as Missy Hill
· Evan Parke as Galen Ward
· Jim Belushi as Duke Daniels
· Jim Kaplan
· Joelle Carter as Sunny Daniels
· Lacretta Nicole as Bouncy
· Toby Kebbell as Jimmy Hill
· Will Patton as Guy Hill
CREW INFORMATION:
· Don Todd as CRTR/EP
· Uta Briesewitz as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios