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[11/04/15 - 11:45 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, November 4
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!
BUFFALO (FOX, New!) - Shawn Wines has sold a new comedy to the network which "revolves around dysfunctional members of a workspace collective, set in the emerging Rust Belt paradise of Buffalo, New York." 20th Century Fox Television-based Particular Pictures is behind the half-hour, which has a penalty attached, with John Hamburg and Jacob Robinson also serving as executive producers. (Deadline.com)
DARKOVER (Amazon, New!) - Marion Zimmer Bradley's 25-book book series, "set on the exotic planet of Darkover," is being developed as a drama at the streaming service. Ilene Kahn Power and Elizabeth Stanley are executive producing the project for IM Global Television, which is currently searching for a writer. (Deadline.com)
DIPLOMATS, THE (FOX, New!) - Andrew Lenchewski ("Royal Pains") has sold a new drama to the network about "two female State Department agents who are assigned to work together on a major diplomatic crisis, but the fate of the world might rest on whether these women can get along with each other." Universal Television-based Will Packer Productions is behind the hour, which has a penalty attached. Lenchewski and Packer are the executive producers with Korin D. Huggins co-executive producing. (Deadline.com)
FAIR & BALANCED (ABC, New!) - Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz have set up a new single-camera comedy at the Alphabet and Lionsgate Television about "an aspiring NPR reporter who is swayed to work at a Fox News-type channel." Actor Kal Penn also serve as an executive producer on the project, which is loosely inspired by his real-life experiences in public service, as will Industry Entertainment's Dan Spilo with Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions' Matt Lottman as a co-producer. (Deadline.com)
FAMILY FOR SALE (FOX, New!) - Aaron Serna ("Cristela") has set up a new single-camera comedy at the network which "explores conscious uncoupling and marriage through the lens of the divorce of an affluent Hispanic family." The project is based on the Colombian series of the same name with Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Winter and Ian Gurvitz also on board as executive producers. (Deadline.com)
I'M DYING UP HERE (Showtime/Endemol; W: Dave Flebotte; D: Jonathan Levine) - Brianne Howey is the latest to be cast in the Jim Carrey-produced drama pilot, which centers on L.A.'s celebrated and infamous stand-up comedy scene of the 1970s. She'll play Kay, "a spunky and promiscuous waitress at Goldie's comedy club, the epicenter of L.A.'s stand-up scene." Melissa Leo, Ari Graynor, Sebastian Stan, Clark Duke, Andrew Santino, R.J. Cyler, Erik Griffin and Stephen Guarino also star. (Deadline.com)
SMOKE SEX MAGIC (NBC, New!) - Matthew Murphy has sold a new drama to the Peacock about "two sisters who inherit their mother's popular restaurant only to discover that the secret to their mother's cooking was black magic." Universal Television is behind the hour with Parkes + MacDonald's Owen Shiflett, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
TOKYO UNDERWORLD (Amazon, New!) - Robert Whiting's novel is being developed as a drama by the streaming service. David Scarpa is attached to pen the script and executive produce alongside Parkes + MacDonald's Owen Shiflett, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald. (Deadline.com)
TRUE LOVE (ABC, New!) - Writer Gemma Burgess and director Anne Fletcher are set to team for an anthology project "very loosely inspired by classic fairy tales and subverted with a provocative and authentic post-feminist twist that believes you can stand on your own and still want to be swept off your feet." ABC Studios is behind the hour, with Fabrik Entertainment's Kristen Campo, Henrik Bastian and Mikkel Bondesen executive producing alongside Fletcher and Burgess serving as a co-executive producer. (Deadline.com)
WORK, THE (FOX, New!) - Scott O'Connor has booked a potential drama at the network "set in the world of professional wrestling." Parkes + MacDonald's Owen Shiflett, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald will also executive produce for 20th Century Fox Television. (Deadline.com)
ZOOBIQUITY (FOX/20th; W: Sean Jablonski; D: TBA) - The network is taking another stab at bringing Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers's book to the small screen. Sean Jablonski ("Satisfaction") will pen the project, succeeding Stephen Nathan and Jonathan Collier, which "pairs a physician and a vet in a fast-paced and emotional workplace where they have to work together to save human and animal lives." Collier, Nathan and Spencer Medof however will all remain as executive producers. (THR.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - "America's Next Top Model" showrunner Ken Mok is making the cable and streaming rounds with a potential 23rd cycle of the series, which wraps its run on The CW next month (Deadline.com); James Urbaniak's Arthur Tack has been upped to series regular on Hulu's "Difficult People" (Deadline.com); Eidan Hanzei and LaMonica Garrett are the latest actors bound for "The Last Ship" (Deadline.com, Variety.com)
; Jeff Smith's black-and-white science fiction noir comic book "RASL" is being developed as a TV series by Parkes + MacDonald (Deadline.com); Bob Kushell has stepped down as showrunner of "The Muppets" while Kristin Newman is in talks to succeed him (Deadline.com);
Miguel Ferrer will reprise his role of FBI Agent Albert Rosenfield on Showtime's "Twin Peaks" revival with Sheryl Lee, David Patrick Kelly and Richard Beymer also said to be returning (Deadline.com); Richard Schiff will drop by "The Grinder" as Mitch's mentor and partner in the show-within-a-show (EW.com); Peter Gallagher has been cast as Schmidt's (Max Greenfield) never-before-seen father on "New Girl" (TVLine.com); Emma Caulfield's The Blind Witch is the latest character bound for the 100th episode of "Once Upon a Time" (ETOnline.com); and Emma Caulfield is likewise bound for "Supergirl" as DC Comics heroine Cameron Chase (TheMarySue.com).
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[11/06/25 - 02:15 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54
"Nightline" was up on the previous week by double digits in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.
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[11/06/25 - 02:09 PM]
OWN's "Love & Marriage: Huntsville" Back with New Episodes Starting November 15
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[11/06/25 - 11:28 AM]
Love, Lies & High Stakes Drama: Viaplay Announces Must-See December U.S. Premieres
Highlights include the new true crime documentary series "Murdering Love."
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[11/06/25 - 11:13 AM]
Video: MGM+'s "Words + Music" Unveils Official Trailer Featuring John Legend, Sheryl Crow, Elvis Costello and Alanis Morissette
The series will premiere on November 30, and features members of the Songwriter's Hall of Fame Elvis Costello, nine-time Grammy winner Sheryl Crow, 13-time Grammy winner John Legend, and seven-time Grammy winner Alanis Morissette.
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[11/06/25 - 10:31 AM]
It's Official - "Reasonable Doubt" Is Coming Back Four More
Onyx Collective confirmed the news on social media this morning.
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[11/06/25 - 10:04 AM]
Global Superstar Rosalia to Make Her "Tonight Show" Performance Debut on Nov. 16 Following NBC's "Sunday Night Football"
The special Sunday night telecast will also feature guest DJ Khaled, and air immediately after local news, following the "Sunday Night Football" game between the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles, on NBC and Peacock.
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[11/06/25 - 10:03 AM]
Holiday Programming Returns to TBS and TNT on Sunday, November 9
Festive films, spirited sitcoms and 24-hour movie marathons return this season as TBS's "All I Watch for Christmas" delivers nostalgic classics and TNT's "Christmas Maximus" showcases blockbuster holiday hits beginning Sunday, November 9.
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[11/06/25 - 10:01 AM]
Date Announcement: "Dance Moms: A New Era" Season 2 (A+E Factual Studios)
The series returns on Monday, December 8 only on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.
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[11/06/25 - 10:01 AM]
HBO Original Documentary "Thoughts & Prayers" Debuts November 18
This arresting yet sobering feature documentary captures the current landscape of safety rituals in schools and communities across America.
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[11/06/25 - 09:40 AM]
Paramount+ Sets Premiere of Doc-Feature "Predators" for Monday, December 8
Deeply surprising and entirely gripping, the film dives deep into an unnerving investigation of "Dateline's To Catch a Predator," pulling back the curtain on the show's complicated legacy.
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[11/06/25 - 09:01 AM]
Video: "One Shot With Ed Sheeran: A Music Experience" - Official Trailer - Netflix
One singer. One city. One shot. Ed Sheeran rocks the streets of New York with his greatest hits in this groundbreaking, real-time music experience.
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[11/06/25 - 09:01 AM]
Prime Video Announces Additional Recurring Cast for Upcoming Series "Off Campus"
The upcoming series is based on the best-selling books from Elle Kennedy.
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[11/06/25 - 09:00 AM]
Video: The Sea of Monsters Awaits! Disney+ Drops Official Trailer for "Percy Jackson and the Olympians"
Season two premieres December 10, with a two-episode debut on Disney+ and Hulu, with new episodes rolling out every Wednesday.
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[11/06/25 - 08:31 AM]
Video: Apple TV Unearths New Trailer for "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age," Premiering November 26
The new trailer takes viewers into the Pleistocene era, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs, as it has never been seen before.
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[11/06/25 - 08:11 AM]
"American Gangster: Trap Queens" S4B Returns Thursday, November 20 on BET+ with Five All-New Episodes Streaming at Once
Narrated by two-time Grammy-nominated rapper, actress, and radio personality Da Brat, each episode chronicles a Queen's journey as she builds a multi-million-dollar underworld empire, before her fall and ultimate redemption.
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