 |
 |
[11/05/18 - 11:15 PM]
Development Update: Monday, November 5
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
|
|
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!
BAIT & TACKLE (CBS, New!) - Linda Figueiredo has booked a multi-camera comedy at the Eye about "three adult siblings who must step up to run the family business - a small town bait & tackle shop - when the family patriarch retires." CuzBro's Brian Kelley (of Florida Georgia Line fame) and Alcide Bava Productions' Johnny Galecki and Holly Brown are also on board to executive produce for Warner Bros. Television. (Deadline.com)
BEST LIVES (FOX, New!) - Daisy Gardner has sold a potential comedy to the network about "a brother and sister who are each starting over after a divorce. The child-free brother, who just left a one-year marriage with a cat, is convinced he's going through the exact same thing as his overstretched sister, who just left a 10-year marriage with a kid, and doesn't get that their challenges are completely different scales of magnitude." CBS Television Studios is behind the project with Long Con's Lisa Harrison also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
CHICAGO MED (NBC) - Ian Harding will recur on the veteran drama as Phillip Davis, "a man facing a medical crisis which bonds him with Dr. Manning (Torrey DeVitto)." (TVLine.com)
FAM (CBS) - Showrunner Bob Kushell has been dismissed from the midseason entry "following a complaint that he had used insensitive language in the writers' room." He'll be succeeded by creator Corinne Kingsbury on the remaining three episodes of its 13 order while Joe Port and Joe Wiseman have been elevated to executive producers. (Deadline.com)
KING OF STING (FOX, New!) - Dave Kalstein has sold a new drama to the network "based on the true story of the most successful undercover operative in DEA history, who happens to be an undocumented immigrant from Guatemala named Carlos Sagastume." Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo and Samie Falvey of Imagine Television also serve as executive producers on the eOne-set project with Carlos Sagastume, Zahra Sagastume, Damien Lewis and Luke Speed as co-executive producers. (Deadline.com)
LOVE, DAD (ABC, New!) - Dave Collard has set up a potential drama at the Alphabet about "adult siblings from a blue-collar family in the most blue-collar of cities - Buffalo, New York. As the siblings navigate the ups and downs of their lives, they're aided (and sometimes impeded) by each other, but also an unlikely source - their dead father, who has left them each an email account that he's been writing to for their entire lives, so that he would always be there for them... even when he wasn't." Alfresco Pictures' Freddie Highmore will also executive produce for Sony Pictures Television with the company's Claire Londy serving as a co-executive producer. (Deadline.com)
ORDINARY JOE (NBC, New!) - Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner have landed a put pilot commitment from the Peacock for a new drama about "the titular Joe facing a dramatic crossroads: Will he choose love, loyalty, or his artistic passion? It then jumps forward 10 years and follows three different paths Joe's life takes based on each choice he could have made a decade earlier." The project is based a pilot that fellow executive producer Matt Reeves first wrote for ABC back in 2006. 6th & Idaho's Rafi Crohn and Adam Kassan and 3 Arts Entertainment's Howard Klein will also executive produce for 20th Century Fox Television. (Variety.com)
SAFE HARBOR (FOX, New!) - Writer Sheldon Turner and director McG have landed a put pilot commitment at the network for a new drama about "an investigative branch of the U.S. Coast Guard in Miami Beach as they confront a wide array of crimes and catastrophes on land and sea." 20th Century Fox Television is behind the hour with Wonderland Sound & Vision's Mary Viola; Vendetta Productions' Jennifer Klein; and Lawrence Bender and Kevin Brown also serving as executive producers. (Deadline.com)
SWAMP THING (DC) - Will Patton has been tapped to play Avery Sunderland on the upcoming DC Comics series. (@TheDCUniverse)
UNDRESSED (MTV, New!) - Roland Joffé's 1999-2002 soap, which "which explored the complicated dynamics of young adult relationships," is being eyed for a revival at MTV Studios. Joffé's is attached to executive produce the project, no other details of which were given. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED MICHAEL YO PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Comedian Michael Yo is set to star in a semi-autobiographical comedy at the network about "a young couple's life that is made more complicated when the guy's (Yo) over-achieving African American, PhD Scientist/Ex-Military father and scheming Asian mother show up to help them take care of their newborn baby and adjust to their new surroundings." Yo and Nick Adams are co-writing the multi-camera project for CBS Television Studios with Oops Doughnuts' Andy Fickman likewise executive producing. (Deadline.com)
WATCHMEN (HBO) - James Wolk has scored a recurring role on the much-ballyhooed drama as "a junior senator from Oklahoma." (Deadline.com)
|
|
|
 [november 2018]  |
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
| | | | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
[10/14/26 - 04:10 PM]
Nebraska Volleyball Serves Up a Big Saturday on FOX
Nebraska's 3-0 win averaged 945,000 viewers on FOX.
|
[10/14/26 - 03:50 PM]
Indiana's Win Over Nebraska Scores 6,734,000 Viewers on FOX
"Big Noon Saturday" peaked at 9,623,000 viewers.
|
[10/14/26 - 03:04 PM]
"College GameDay" Continues Record Pace as ESPN College Football Delivers Historic Week 6 Audiences
ABC scored its most-watched college football tripleheader of the season with 8.5 million viewers, led by Georgia-Alabama (12.2 million) and Oklahoma-Texas (9.8 million) - both record-setting rivalry audiences.
|
[10/14/26 - 02:50 PM]
26,697,000 Viewers for "America's Game of the Week" Highlight FOX NFL's Week 5
Said coverage was the most watched telecast of the week on any network.
|
[10/14/26 - 02:44 PM]
FOX Scores Most-Watched LCS Game 1 on Any Network Since 2005
10,719,000 viewers tuned in Sunday night for NLCS Game 1 on FOX and FOX Deportes.
|
[10/14/26 - 02:10 PM]
E! and USA Sports Announce "Live from the Orange Carpet: WNBA Finals" Hosted by Lilly Singh
The one-hour special will air live on Monday, October 19 at 6 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. PT from Chase Center in San Francisco.
|
[10/14/26 - 12:32 PM]
With "Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2," "Bass X Machina" and "Blue Eye Samurai" Season 2, Netflix Brings More Action to Animation Fans
Highlights include: Joel Kim Booster, Sherry Cola, and Jonathan Pryce join Season 2 of "Blue Eye Samurai," coming January 2027.
|
[10/14/26 - 12:31 PM]
Video: "Allen" - Official Teaser - Netflix
Something extraordinary is coming back.
|
[10/14/26 - 12:01 PM]
Apple TV Renews "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed" for Season Two
"We are delighted to continue the story of 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed' and deeply grateful to Apple and our incredible cast and crew," said David J. Rosen, creator and showrunner. "This is all pretty amazing for a show whose title came from a spam email."
|
[10/14/26 - 11:31 AM]
Top 10 Most-Watched Prime Original Films & Series for the Week of October 5
"Carrie," "Neagley," "Reacher," "Off Campus," and "Sterling Point" led all original series worldwide.
|
[10/14/26 - 10:08 AM]
Thrilling BMF Championship Leads Stacked Card in Final UFC Event of 2026
UFC 335: Oliveira vs. Lopes takes place Saturday, December 12 from Las Vegas with the main card starting at 9 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. PT on Paramount+.
|
[10/14/26 - 10:01 AM]
Video: "Cold Case Files: Murder In Paradise" - Official Trailer - Hulu
Even in paradise, no secret stays buried forever.
|
[10/14/26 - 10:01 AM]
"NBA on Prime" Tips Off Second Season with Exclusive Coverage of Eastern Conference Finals for First Time, Marquee Roster of On-Air Voices, and AI-Powered Broadcast Innovations
Prime Video's postseason coverage extends deeper than ever with the SoFi NBA Play-In Tournament returning in April exclusively, select first- and second-round playoff games, and Prime's first-ever exclusive presentation of the Eastern Conference Finals.
|
[10/14/26 - 10:00 AM]
Nine Bakers Are Ready to Whisk Up Some Holiday Magic on Season Two of the Five-Week Baking Competition Series "Next Level Baker" Airing Thurs., Nov. 19 at 9/8c on FOX and Next Day Hulu!
Only one baker will rise to the top, winning $50,000 and a HexClad prize package.
|
[10/14/26 - 09:01 AM]
Video: Trailer & Key Art - Hulu's "The Mob"
Hosted by Parker Posey, "The Mob" is a high-stakes reality competition series that sends a group of celebrities to a lavish Italian villa where they will shake down, hustle and whack their way to win up to $250,000 in cash prizes.
|
|
|
|
