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[02/20/26 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Week of February 16-20
Updates include: Peter Krause, Damon Wayans Jr., Emily Deschanel, and Taylor Schilling to lead NBC pilots; Mckenna Grace to play Daphne in Netflix's "Scooby-Doo!"; and Joe Pantoliano to recur on Starz's "Power Book III: Raising Kanan."
[01/16/26 - 06:31 PM]
NBC Adds "Puzzled," "What the Dead Know" to Drama Pilot Orders
Joey Falco is behind the former while Beth Rinehart penned the latter.






WHAT THE DEAD KNOW (NBC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/16/26
STATUS:
currently in development (2025-2026 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
(from NBC's press release, January 2026) Death Investigator Ava Ledger is really good with dead bodies. It's the living that give her trouble. Based on the memoir by former New York City medical examiner Barbara Butcher, "What the Dead Know" follows Ava as she teams with the NYPD to solve their toughest cases.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Taylor Schilling as Ava Ledger
CREW INFORMATION:
· Anastasia Puglisi as EP
· Barbara Butcher as BOOK/CO-EP
· Beth Rinehart as CRTR/EP
· Dick Wolf as EP
· Kevin Plunkett as CO-EP
· Peter Jankowski as EP
· Rebecca McGill as CO-EP
· Tom Thayer as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Universal Television
· Wolf Entertainment