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[12/14/18 - 11:23 PM]
Development Update: Friday, December 14
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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!
ANDI MACK (Disney Channel) - Actor Stoney Westmoreland, who plays grandfather Ham Mack on the series, has been terminated by the network following an arrest "for allegedly trying to arrange online to have sex with a 13-year-old." Said the cable channel: "Given the nature of the charges and our responsibility for the welfare of employed minors, we have released him from his recurring role and he will not be returning to work on the series which wraps production on its third season next week." (Deadline.com)
BLACK TAPES, THE (NBC, New!) - Paul Bae and Terry Miles are looking to bring their podcast - which "follows a journalist's investigations into the unexplained supernatural mysteries caught on tape by a skeptical scientist" - to the small screen at the Peacock. The pair will pen the adaptation alongside Matthew Arnold with Management 360's Guymon Casady and Ben Forkner also executive producing for Universal Television. (Deadline.com)
EMBODY (CBS, New!) - Chai Hecht has sold a potential drama to the Eye in which "after a mission gone wrong renders her permanently blind, a special agent volunteers for an experimental government program that can temporarily transfer her consciousness into someone else's body, giving her the ability to see through their eyes as she infiltrates high-stakes situations and takes down criminals from within." CBS Television Studios is behind the hour with Fulwell 73's James Corden, Leo Pearlman and Jeff Grosvenor serving as executive producers and Hecht as a co-executive producer. (Variety.com)
LAST MAN STANDING (FOX) - Tisha Campbell is set to recur on the series as Chuck Larabee's (Jonathan Adams) wife Carol Larabee. She takes over from Erika Alexander, who played said role in the ABC incarnation and was not available to return. (Deadline.com)
LAST SPY, THE (NBC, New!) - Writer David Guggenheim and director Marc Webb are set to team for a new drama at the Peacock "in which the members of an elite deep cover CIA unit are killed after their real-life identities are exposed. In the aftermath, the only operative to escape the onslaught recruits her own team of former spies and assets to complete their missions while also working to unravel the conspiracy behind who betrayed her friends and colleagues." Imagine Television's Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo and Samie Falvey also executive produce for CBS Television Studios. (Deadline.com)
MY NEXT GUEST NEEDS NO INTRODUCTION WITH DAVID LETTERMAN (Netflix) - The streaming service has commissioned a six-episode second season, due in 2019. (Deadline.com)
SPINNING OUT (Netflix) - Willow Shields has been cast opposite Kaya Scodelario in the upcoming drama series as her younger sister Serena: "While Serena lacks her sister's natural grace on the ice, she makes up for it with discipline and fierce determination. Her complicated relationship with her sister is made up of equal parts loyalty and competition." (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED PEANUTS PROJECT (Apple, New!) - DHX Media has closed a deal to produce new Peanuts content for Apple. First up: "original short-form STEM content that will be exclusive to Apple, featuring astronaut Snoopy." Charles M. Schulz's characters most recently appeared on a short-lived Italian-French-American series that ran on Cartoon Network and sibling Boomerang in the U.S. (Deadline.com)
WHO RULES THE WORLD? (TNT) - Morgan Spurlock has agreed to pay more than $1.17 million to Turner Entertainment Networks to settle a lawsuit over the shelved series. Production on the project, originally announced in May 2017 as an effort to "unpack the most divisive and complicated issues facing women today," was suspended last December after Spurlock himself made a public confession of sexual misconduct. The settlement serves as restitution for not completing the series. (Deadline.com)
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[12/10/25 - 04:01 PM]
Video: "Cashero" - Official Trailer - Netflix
An ordinary man who inherits super strength discovers a greater evil out to steal his power. The one catch? Every use drains money from his wallet.
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[12/10/25 - 03:16 PM]
Peacock to Exclusively Stream National Coverage of Baltimore Ravens at Green Bay Packers on Saturday, Dec. 27, at 8 P.M. ET
Ravens-Packers marks the fourth Peacock exclusive NFL game.
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[12/10/25 - 02:59 PM]
FOX NFL Scores Massive Week 14 Viewership
28 million viewers watched FOX Sports' Week 14 "America's Game of the Week," featuring the Green Bay Packers divisional win over the Chicago Bears.
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[12/10/25 - 01:06 PM]
Paramount Sends Letter to Warner Bros. Discovery Shareholders
The letter "reiterates why Paramount's offer will deliver WBD shareholders with superior value and a faster, more certain path to completion than the Netflix transaction."
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[12/10/25 - 12:08 PM]
NBCU's November to Remember Showcases the Power of Company's Programming
"All Her Fault" became the most-watched original series launch in Peacock history with 46 million hours.
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[12/10/25 - 11:06 AM]
"LA Firestorm" Presents the Harrowing Heartbreaks and Heroics From Battles Against the Blazes that Burned Through Los Angeles Like a Blowtorch
The series premieres Sunday, February 1, 2026 at 8pm ET/5pm PT with all three parts airing back-to-back.
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[12/10/25 - 11:01 AM]
Introducing - For the First Time in "The Masked Singer" History - America's Insider!
Singer, actress, dancer and social media personality Kylie Cantrall is unmasking pre-premiere and bringing fans along for the insane ride behind-the-scenes on the all-new season.
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[12/10/25 - 10:03 AM]
All-New Season of "Moonshiners" Premieres Tuesday, January 6, 2026 at 8PM ET/PT on Discovery Channel
This season, history repeats itself as liquor prices skyrocket and trade wars cripple the legal market.
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[12/10/25 - 10:01 AM]
"The Lincoln Lawyer" Season 4 - First Look & Date Announcement
Netflix's hit drama series returns for its fourth season on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
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[12/10/25 - 10:01 AM]
Revisit the Beloved Classic Films from Academy Award-Winning Writer/Director/Producer James L. Brooks, Ahead of 20th Century Studios' Release of "Ella McCay," Coming to Theaters Friday
"Broadcast News," "Big," "Say Anything," "The War of the Roses," and "How Do You Know" are all available on Hulu.
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[12/10/25 - 10:00 AM]
HBO Original Documentary "Music Box: Happy and You Know It" Debuts December 25
The film explores the underestimated and wildly popular genre, delving behind the scenes to tell the origin stories of some of the top names in the field.
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[12/10/25 - 10:00 AM]
Celebrate Christmas Morning with "Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade," Thursday, Dec. 25, on ABC, Disney+ and Hulu
This year's special features performances by Gwen Stefani, Lady A, Bebe Rexha, Nicole Scherzinger, and more.
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[12/10/25 - 09:54 AM]
ABC Unwraps Holiday Presentations of Fan Favorite Shows
"Dancing with the Holidays" was the top-performing holiday-themed special across the broadcast networks among Adults 18-49 in two years.
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[12/10/25 - 09:07 AM]
Candace Cameron Bure, Aaron Ashmore, and Robin Dunne Star in, "Ainsley McGregor Mysteries: A Case for the Watchmaker," Streaming Exclusively on Great American Pure Flix, January 1
In the latest installment, Ainsley McGregor thought craft markets and book clubs, not corpses, would define her new life back home in Sweet River.
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[12/10/25 - 09:02 AM]
Video: "Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua" - Official Trailer - Netflix
Boxing disruptor Jake Paul challenges heavyweight powerhouse Anthony Joshua live in a career-defining super fight from Most Valuable Promotions.
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