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[03/19/08 - 05:19 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 19
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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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!
BIG IN JAPAN (ABC, New!) - Arthur Smith ("Hell's Kitchen") is developing a new reality competition series at the Alphabet in which Americans go to a foreign country to compete in local challenges while trying to adapt to their culture. ABC has given a series commitment to the project, which Smith will executive produce via his A. Smith & Co. banner. It's understood said title is tentative as producers are considering several different countries, including Japan. No other format specifics were released.
ENTOURAGE (HBO) - Rob Weiss, an executive producer on the series, has inked a two-year, seven-figure overall deal with the pay channel. The pact covers his duties on the upcoming fifth season of the comedy series, which resumes shooting at the end of April for a September premiere. In addition, Weiss, who's said to be one of the inspirations for the show's bombastic director Billy Walsh, will develop new projects for the network.
GOSSIP GIRL (The CW) - Michelle Trachtenberg ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") has landed a multi-episode arc on the freshman drama. She'll play Georgina Sparks, a troubled friend of Blake Lively's character who rolls back into Manhattan from rehab and shakes up her world. No other details were given.
HOW TO TEACH FILTHY RICH GIRLS (The CW) - Marsha Mason is the first to be cast on the drama pilot, about a Yale-educated young woman hired to be the live-in tutor/life coach to two rich heiresses in Palm Beach. She'll play the grandmother of said heiresses who becomes their guardian. Rina Mimoun is behind the project, which is set up at Alloy Entertainment and Warner Bros. Television.
UNITED STATES OF TARA (Showtime) - John Corbett ("Sex and the City") is set to star opposite Toni Collette in the comedy pilot, about a woman with a multiple personality disorder. He'll play her husband, Max Gregor, a ruggedly handsome contractor who lives a life of stress and tries to read as much as he can about his wife's condition. Craig Gillespie is directing the half-hour from a script by Oscar-winning Diablo Cody. Production is set to begin next month.
UNTITLED KIRSTIE ALLEY PROJECT (Syndication, New!) - Kirstie Alley has inked a development deal with Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Productions. The pact includes the potential development of a daily talk show hosted by the actress, who made headlines after appearing in a bikini on Winfrey's show after a major weight loss achieved via Jenny Craig. Alley previously teamed with Buena Vista Productions and Fisher Entertainment to develop a talk show back in 2002 that never got off the ground.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters
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[03/12/26 - 01:01 PM]
Paramount+ and CBS Partner to Air UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg Live on Paramount+ and CBS Television Network
CBS will simulcast select fights from both the prelims and the main card in primetime from 8:00-10:00 PM ET.
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[03/12/26 - 12:31 PM]
BET Expands Daytime Lineup with AFRO TV's "The Sisaundra Show" and "Point of View," Celebrating Community, Culture and Connection on BET Her
The agreement brings the AFRO TV-produced live shows to BET Her's weekday lineup, premiering March 16.
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[03/12/26 - 12:01 PM]
NBC's Unscripted Summer Celebration Arrives and Delivers the Hits
Following up on last year's phenomenal docuseries "The Americas," NBC will present "Surviving Earth," a landmark series showcasing how life not only survived but thrived through Earth's most catastrophic environmental crises.
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[03/12/26 - 11:30 AM]
CBS Renews "Marshals" for Second Season
Its premiere episode (March 1 from 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) was watched by 20.6 million multiplatform viewers within seven days, marking the most-watched network original series premiere without a football lead in since 2017.
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[03/12/26 - 10:31 AM]
Vox Creative, Verizon, and Roku to Premiere "Soccer Meets America" Ahead of World Cup
The three-part documentary series will premiere on The Roku Channel in May.
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[03/12/26 - 10:02 AM]
Awards Season on Hulu: Oscar-Nominated Films Now Streaming
Also joining the lineup is the heartfelt family drama "Sentimental Value," coming to Hulu on March 23.
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[03/12/26 - 09:46 AM]
Roku Launches NCAA March Madness Zone for 2026 Tournament
Available throughout the four weeks of March Madness, the zone also allows fans to set game reminders for their must-see match-ups and check final scores with the new score-strip row.
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[03/12/26 - 09:31 AM]
NFL Films' "Super Bowl Champions: The 2025 Seattle Seahawks" Premieres Wednesday, March 18 on The Roku Channel
Narrated by actor and Seahawks fan Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the 75-minute documentary looks back at the Seahawks' 2025 season through game broadcast footage, including extended highlights of Seattle's victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX.
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[03/12/26 - 09:01 AM]
Multiple Academy Award and Grammy Award Winning Artist Finneas O'Connell to Score Netflix's Next Installment of "Beef"
Said Finneas O'Connell: "Spent the last 12 months in 'Beef' land. All eight episodes out April 16, All original music by me."
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[03/12/26 - 09:01 AM]
CNN Original Series "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever" Premieres Saturday, April 11 at 9pm ET/PT
Produced by EverWonder Studio, the six-episode series follows legendary journalist Kara Swisher as she embarks on a deeply personal and sharply reported journey into the rapidly expanding world of longevity science and humanity's enduring quest to cheat death.
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[03/12/26 - 09:00 AM]
Video: "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair" Trailer Revealed
After shielding himself and his daughter from his family for over a decade, Malcolm is dragged back into their orbit when Hal and Lois demand his presence at their 40th anniversary party.
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[03/12/26 - 09:00 AM]
"Mystery Road: Origin" Season 2 Premieres Monday, March 23 on Acorn TV
This six-episode Acorn TV original series will drop additional episodes weekly on Mondays.
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[03/12/26 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Big Mistakes" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Blackmailed into working for gangsters, two deeply incapable siblings become the most disorganized duo in organized crime.
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[03/12/26 - 08:01 AM]
More "Bluey" Is Coming to Disney+
Announced today, "Bluey's Big Play - The Stage Show," a special televised version of the popular touring theatrical production, premieres March 16.
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[03/12/26 - 07:41 AM]
Netflix Develops an Unprecedented Series About the Passionate and Turbulent Lives of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
The series is the story of a bomb wrapped in silk; a bomb that is the two of them, that is Mexico, and that is, inevitably, the entire world.
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