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[11/01/17 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, November 1
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!
DAYTIME DIVAS (VH1) - The cable channel has passed on ordering a second season for the summer drama. (TVLine.com)
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (Hulu, New!) - Mindy Kaling and Matt Warburton ("The Mindy Project") are looking to re-team for a small screen take on the 1994 romantic comedy classic, which "follows a group of friends as their lives intersect through these five events, with each season following a different story arc." MGM Television and Universal Television are behind the project, with Richard Curtis, Jonathan Prince, 3 Arts Entertainment's Howard Klein and Working Title's Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner also among the executive producers. Kaling and Warburton will pen two scripts with an eye towards a straight-to-series order. (Deadline.com)
HOMELAND (Showtime) - Sandrine Holt is scored a mystery role on the upcoming season while Lesli Margherita will return as Sharon, "who was a loyal character to Brett O'Keefe (Jake Weber)." (Variety.com)
IMPOSTERS (Bravo) - Sam Gilroy and Anne-Marie Johnson have both scored arcs on the new season as Michael, "a sweet, well-intentioned man who also works at the retreat"; and Gail, "a psychologist/therapist at a luxury wellness retreat," respectively. (THR.com)
MARVEL'S NEW WARRIORS (Freeform) - The cable channel has released the proposed half-hour comedy, about six young people with powers living and working together, as it "could not find a slot for the show next year as it had originally intended." Marvel plans to shop the project elsewhere with an eye towards resuming production in January. (THR.com)
ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC) - Tiera Skovbye will recur on the current season as Robin, "Zelena's grown-up daughter via Robin Hood." (TVLine.com)
TRUE CONVICTION (CBS, New!) - Director Seth Gordon and writers Erica Shelton Kodish and Angel Dean Lopez are developing a scripted take on Jamie Meltzer's documentary, which "centers on three exonerated men in Dallas who team up to investigate cases of all kinds in an attempt to balance the scales of justice, while rebuilding their lives and navigating the newfound perils of a world that has moved on without them." Exhibit A Films, CBS Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television are behind the hour with Tribeca Productions' Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED 24 PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Howard Gordon is spearheading a new anthological take on the franchise which would center on "a female prosecutor who uncovers a legal conspiracy and has to work against the clock to save a death row inmate facing imminent execution whom she had helped prosecute but may be innocent." Gordon is co-writing the hour alongside Jeremy Doner with Imagine Television's Brian Grazer also on board to executive produce for 20th Century Fox Television. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED LIZ FRIEDLANDER PROJECT (ABC, New!) - Writer/director Liz Friedlander ("Conviction") is back in business with the Alphabet for a new drama "that follows the first female partnership in an elite division of the LAPD, where the two detectives use their particular set of skills to tackle the most high-profile cases as well as a system that doesn't necessarily want them there." The Mark Gordon Company's Mark Gordon and Nick Pepper will also executive produce the project, which has a put pilot commitment. (Deadline.com)
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[12/16/25 - 02:30 PM]
CBS News Will Air a Special Report for President Donald J. Trump's Live Primetime Address to the Nation from the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 9:00 PM, ET
The "Survivor" finale (starting at 8:00 PM, ET/PT) will resume where it left off immediately following the president's address for Eastern and Central Time Zone viewers on the CBS Television Network and air in its entirety.
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[12/16/25 - 02:15 PM]
FOX NFL Week 15 Scores 19.4 Million Viewers for "America's Game of the Week"
Season-to-date, the NFL on FOX is averaging 20,055,000 viewers; up +8% over last year's average (18,630,000) and its best since 2015.
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[12/16/25 - 02:15 PM]
"CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk" Boosts CBS' Time Period Performance in Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49
The special delivered 1.9 million viewers with 265,000 in the adults 25-54 demographic on Saturday, December 13.
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[12/16/25 - 01:57 PM]
ESPN's Signature MegaCast Presentation Returns for College Football Playoff First Round Presented by Allstate
ESPN will present more than a dozen total offerings during the two First Round games of the 12-team College Football Playoff on Friday, December 19 and Saturday, December 20.
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[12/16/25 - 01:33 PM]
Next on Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN - January 2026
Highlights include new seasons of "Tell Me Lies" and "A Thousand Blows" plus the premieres of "The Beauty" and "Wonder Man."
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[12/16/25 - 01:04 PM]
FX's "Seven Sisters" Ordered to Series on Hulu
Elizabeth Olsen, Cristin Milioti and J. Smith-Cameron lead the new family drama featuring Anthony Edwards, Meredith Hagner, Odessa Young, Zoë Winters, Bridget Brown, Carolyn Kettig, Philip Ettinger, and Ryan Eggold.
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[12/16/25 - 12:02 PM]
Video: "Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story" - Official Trailer - Netflix
People sought her guidance - then came her child abuse arrest with mom influencer Ruby Franke. Unpack the chilling case of therapist Jodi Hildebrandt.
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[12/16/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of December 8 - "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" Cracks the Case at No. 1 in the Top 10
New comedy series "Man vs. Baby" took No. 1 on the English TV list with 19.1 million views, with the Rowan Atkinson vehicle eliciting laughs over the bumbling Trevor Bingley trying to earn money house-sitting for millionaires while a lost baby keeps him on his toes.
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[12/16/25 - 11:01 AM]
Video: Trailer & Key Art - Hulu Original Series "The Artful Dodger" Season 2
The comedy-adventure series starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell returns for season two on February 10 on Hulu and Disney+.
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[12/16/25 - 10:01 AM]
Snoop Dogg to Headline Lions-Vikings with "Snoop's Holiday Halftime Party" During NFL Christmas Gameday Live on Netflix
Snoop Dogg takes the reins at halftime, promising chart-topping tracks, plenty of holiday spirit, and special guests, making for what is sure to be an unforgettable performance.
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[12/16/25 - 09:52 AM]
Video: "The Life of Chuck" - Trailer - Hulu
From author Stephen King and director Mike Flanagan, the film - starring Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan - streams December 26.
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[12/16/25 - 09:08 AM]
MGM+ Greenlights Series Adaptation of Iconic Western "The Magnificent Seven"
After a peaceful Quaker village is massacred by mercenaries working for a greedy and ruthless land baron trying to force them off the land he covets, seven gifted but flawed mercenaries are hired by the community to protect them from the land baron's hired guns.
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[12/16/25 - 09:01 AM]
"Miss Austen" Returns for Season 2 on "Masterpiece"
This newest season is largely based on Gill Hornby's latest novel, "The Elopement," which further delves into the family life of Jane and Cassandra Austen.
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[12/16/25 - 09:00 AM]
Meet the 11 New Survivalists and the Families Who Hold Their Fate as FOX's Survival Competition Series "Extracted" Returns for Season Two
Only one competitor and their family will endure it all and walk away with a life-changing quarter million dollar grand prize!
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[12/16/25 - 09:00 AM]
CBS Announces "Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris," A New Holiday Special Airing Monday, Dec. 22 on CBS and Paramount+
Filmed in front of an intimate audience above the Musée du Quai Branly, Aguilera performs both holiday classics and her career hits against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, fashioned into a shimmering Christmas tree.
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