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[01/12/15 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Monday, January 12
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!
COVERBAND (CBS, New!) - Matt Tarses ("The Goldbergs") is looking to import the 2014 New Zealand comedy, "about members of a rock band left to scramble after their lead singer dumps them for a solo career." The project is set up at Sony Pictures Television with Happy Madison's Doug Robinson also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
MEET.MATE.MULTIPLY. (ABC, New!) - Darlene Hunt ("The Big C") has sold a new comedy to the Alphabet. Sony Pictures Television-based Happy Madison is behind the project, details of which weren't released. The company's Doug Robinson will also executive produce. (Deadline.com)
MY FOUR MOMS (ABC, New!) - Daniel Lappin ("Divorce: A Love Story") has landed a script order from the Alphabet for a new comedy, details of which we not given. Sony Pictures Television-based Happy Madison is behind the half-hour, with Doug Robinson also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
PITTSBURGH RICH (CBS, New!) - Jon Beckerman ("Ed") has set up a new comedy at the Eye and Sony Pictures Television. The company's Doug Robinson will also executive produce the half-hour, no details of which were given. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED TOM HERTZ PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Tom Hertz ("Rules of Engagement") has set up a potential comedy at the network. No details were given about Sony Pictures Television-based the project, which is also being executive produced by Happy Madison's Doug Robinson. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED VANESSA MCCARTHY PROJECT (ABC, New!) - Vanessa McCarthy ("Rules of Engagement") likewise has booked a potential comedy, in this case at ABC. No details were given about Sony Pictures Television-based the project, which is also being executive produced by Happy Madison's Doug Robinson. (Deadline.com)
WHAT UP WAHLBERGS (ABC, New!) - Ian Edelman ("How to Make It in America") is developing a new comedy at the Alphabet "inspired by the Wahlberg brothers as kids growing up." Donnie Wahlberg is on board to executive produce the Sony Pictures Television-based half-hour alongside Happy Madison's Doug Robinson. (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - Adam Sandler and Doug Robinson's Happy Madison banner has inked a new three-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television, home to their ABC series "The Goldbergs" (Deadline.com); Eric McCormack will reunite with fellow "Will & Grace" alum Debra Messing on "The Mysteries of Laura" as "a roguish, arrogant-as-can-be heart surgeon and Laura's (Messing) one-time fiancé" (Deadline.com); Allen Maldonado will recur on "Black-ish" as Curtis, "the new assistant to Anthony Anderson's Dre" (Deadline.com);
Mary Murphy has formally departed "So You Think You Can Dance" with talks ongoing for Paula Abdul to replace her (Deadline.com); Colm Meaney and Charlotte Nicdao are both bound for Syfy's "Childhood's End" as Wainwright, "the powerful, confident owner of a major news organization," and Rachel Osaka, "a brilliant and energetic zoologist," respectively (Deadline.com); Michael Mosley's 3XK will return for a two-part episode of "Castle" in February (EW.com); and Eric Roberts's Brother Daniel Larson is likewise due back on "CSI" for its season finale (TVLine.com).
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