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[08/18/15 - 11:38 PM] Development Update: Tuesday, August 18 By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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MIRANDA'S RIGHTS (NBC, New!) - Katie Lovejoy (The Selection) has set up a potential drama at the Peacock about 28-year-old Miranda Coale, "who six years after a sex scandal upended her life, gets a shot at redemption when she's hired by a group of millennials living and lawyering together in a start-up law firm." John Glenn will also executive produce via his Universal Television-based banner. (THR.com)
RED CIRCLE, THE (CBS, New!) - Brandon Webb and John David Mann's best-selling novel, subtitled "My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen," is being developed as a drama by the Eye. Said effort is "inspired by Webb's experience serving with SEAL Team 3, Naval Special Warfare Group One Training Detachment sniper cell." Todd Robinson (Lonely Hearts) will pen the script and executive produce alongside Mark Harmon via his CBS Television Studios-based Wings Productions. (THR.com)
SNOWFALL (FX/FXP; W: Eric Amadio & John Singleton; D: John Singleton) - Jill Scott and Lauren London are the latest to be cast in the pilot, a one-hour drama set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it. The story follows three characters on a violent collision course: Franklin Saint (Damson Idris), young street entrepreneur on a quest for power; Gustavo Zapata (Sergio Peris-Mencheta), a Mexican wrestler turned gangster in search of his American dream; and Logan Miller (Billy Magnussen), a prominent family's "black sheep" desperate to escape his father's shadow. The former will play Sharon "Cissy" Saint, "the no-nonsense mother of Franklin"; while London is set as Louise Saint, "Franklin's party-girl aunt." (THR.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - Syfy has opted to end its long-running supernatural drama "Haven" after five seasons (TheWrap.com); Will Sasso will recur on "Shameless" as "a big and imposing blue-collar Chicago neighbor of Kev (Steve Howey) and V (Shanola Hampton)" (Deadline.com); Nick Wechsler is bound for NBC's "The Player" as Nick, "the boyfriend of Cassandra (Charity Wakefield), a good guy with morals caught in the web of century-old conspiracy" (Deadline.com); actor Trevor Donovan and producer Garth Ancier are looking to bring Thomas Caplan's Ty Hunter series of novels to the small screen (Deadline.com); Anne Hathaway is attached to star in "The Ambassador's Wife," a limited series based on Jennifer Steil's novel from The Mark Gordon Company and Entertainment One (Deadline.com);
"The Catch" executive producers Jennifer Schuur and Josh Reims have exited the series "over creative differences" with Allan Heinberg eyed as the new showrunner (Deadline.com); Shekhar Kapur is spearheading a TV series about the life of Cleopatra, famous queen of ancient Egypt, for Slingshot Global Media (Deadline.com); Shannon Esper has scored an arc on "Orange Is the New Black" as "a new inmate whose meek ways make her impossible to hate" (Deadline.com); Tembi Locke will recur Syfy's "The Magicians" as Dr. London after guest starring in the pilot (Deadline.com); Adam DiVello's Done and Done Productions has inked a multi-year overall deal with Lionsgate Television (THR.com); Eric Winter is the latest bound for "Secrets & Lies" as Neal Oliver, "the best friend of Eric Warner (Michael Ealy)" (TVLine.com);
Martin Short has been tapped as co-headliner of NBC's Maya Rudolph variety show, now known as "Maya & Marty" (TVLine.com); Tony Plana has scored an arc on The CW's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" as "the divorced father of Greg Serrano (Santino Fontana)" (EW.com); Patrick Fischler will visit FOX's "Grandfathered" as "the brother of Paget Brewster's Sara" (TVLine.com); Ashley Tisdale has been cast as the younger sister of Mark-Paul Gosselaar on NBC's "Truth Be Told" (TVLine.com); Charlotte Ross will return to "Arrow" as Donna Smoak (TVLine.com); and David Marciano and David Dastmalchian are both bound for new season of "12 Monkeys" (Variety.com).
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[06/24/26 - 12:01 PM] NBC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for 2026-27 Season The season gets off to a supersized start at 8 p.m. Thursday, September 17 with the two-hour launch of "The Traitors: New Blood," the innovative civilian-led incarnation of the Emmy Award-winning hit Peacock series hosted by Alan Cumming.
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[06/24/26 - 12:01 PM] Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of June 15 "Off Campus," "Clarkson's Farm," "Every Year After," "Spider-Noir," and "Raakh" led all original series worldwide.
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[06/24/26 - 11:05 AM] Season Two of TNT's "The Librarians: The Next Chapter" Brings Whimsical New Adventures, Special Guest Appearances and Unexpected Challenges for the Fantastical Team of Heroes The series returns for a sophomore season of mystery, magic and mayhem on Sunday, August 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
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[06/24/26 - 11:02 AM] FX's "The Drop: A Snowfall Saga" Premieres September 8 on FX and Hulu One new episode of the eight-episode series will be available weekly following the premiere.
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[06/24/26 - 10:03 AM] Video: Bravo Debuts Trailer for "The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: Roaring 20th" Premiering Aug. 9 at 9 P.M. ET/PT Seven of the most iconic Real Housewives are whooping it up for a girls' trip like no other through Orange County, Beverly Hills, Atlanta, Miami, and New York City.
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[06/24/26 - 10:00 AM] What's New on HBO Max This July Look for the debuts of the Max original series "Stuart Fails To Save The Universe" and the HBO original documentary series "The Man Will Burn."
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[06/24/26 - 09:34 AM] "The Great Food Truck Race" Hosted by Tyler Florence Returns to Food Network with Savory and Sweet Route Across the Great Smoky Mountains With four trucks that specialize in savory dishes and four sweet-themed trucks, the eight competing teams each represent a dynamic mix of flavors, strategies and culinary creativity in their quest for the win.
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[06/24/26 - 09:31 AM] "Leanne" Season 2 Premieres August 27th on Netflix New guest stars this season include country star Lainey Wilson, Jaime Pressley, Billy Gardel and Tyne Daly.
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[06/24/26 - 09:28 AM] ESPN and World Series of Poker Announce Programming Schedule for 2026 Main Event Beginning July 2, ESPN will broadcast over 100 hours of comprehensive, network coverage of the WSOP Main Event with distribution globally by ESPN and additional partners to over 400 million homes around the world.
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[06/24/26 - 09:15 AM] Adult Swim Expands "Rick and Morty" Universe with "President Curtis," A New Series Starring Keith David, Premiering July 26 The series follows President Andre Curtis (David) and his eccentric staff as they tackle the kinds of crises that Rick Sanchez could never be bothered with - from interdimensional diplomacy to paranormal investigations and unexplained phenomena.
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[06/24/26 - 09:15 AM] "Disney Celebrates America: The Pursuit of Happiness" Airs Monday, June 29, on ABC, Streams Next Day on Disney+ and Hulu In this coast-to-coast event, Disney Parks and attractions are the portal through which America's greatest stories, triumphs and traditions are celebrated.
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[06/24/26 - 09:01 AM] Mickey Performs the Iconic Hoedown Throwdown in New "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse+" Special "Mickey's Country Farm" The new song will be available as a single this Friday, June 26, on all streaming platforms.
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[06/24/26 - 08:33 AM] FOX Nation Teams Up with Jack Carr for New Investigative Docuseries on Carlos the Jackal The three-part series "Jack Carr Investigates: Carlos the Jackal" premieres June 29.
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[06/24/26 - 08:31 AM] "My Life with the Walter Boys" Returns to Netflix - Head Back to the Ranch on August 6th The path of true love never runs smooth, especially in Silver Falls.
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[06/24/26 - 08:03 AM] Video: "Marble Hall Murders" Teaser Lesley Manville and Tim McMullan return for the third and final installment of the Susan Ryeland series.
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