 |
 |
[05/31/22 - 11:14 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, May 31
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!
ALASKA (ABC) - Peter Elkoff has been tapped as showrunner of the new Hilary Swank-led drama series. He'll transition from said role on fellow 20th Television-produced "The Resident," leaving Andrew Chapman as its sole showrunner. (Deadline.com)
BLACK CAKE (Hulu) - Adrienne Warren has scored a lead role on the upcoming drama series, which has also added Andrew Dosunmu as director of the debut installment. Warren's Benny Bennett is "an artist and empath who loves with her whole heart, but mysterious circumstances have kept her estranged from her entire family for eight years. When Benny is summoned home by her brother to listen to a message left by their late mother, she is forced to face the ghosts from her past that have kept her from her family for all these years." (Deadline.com)
DEVIANT'S WAR, THE (Amazon, New!) - Matthew LoĢpez is developing a limited series at the streamer based on Eric Cervini's bestseller, subtitled "The Homosexual vs. The United States of America." The book "tells the story of Frank Kameny, a Department of Defense astronomer in the 1950s who became a leading figure in the fight for LGBTQ civil rights when he sued the federal government after being fired because he was gay." Amazon Studios and Brad Pitt's Plan B Entertainment are producing. (Variety.com)
FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (AMC) - Alycia Debnam-Carey has confirmed her exit from the series after seven seasons, following the events of Sunday's season finale. (@alyciajasmin, 5/29)
HISTORY OF A PLEASURE SEEKER (Hulu) - Crystal Yu has been cast in the drama pilot as Zhen Zhao, "who was born in Shanghai and sold into a Geisha house in Tokyo. She fled to the West in her teens and and is now Europe's leading beautician, with her skills in body transformation second to none." (Deadline.com)
NATIONAL PARKS (2022 VERSION) (ABC) - Rashad Raisani has signed a multi-year overall deal with 20th Television, home to his drama pilot for the Alphabet. He also serves as an executive producer of fellow studio-based "9-1-1: Lone Star." (Deadline.com)
POKER FACE (Peacock) - Danielle Macdonald has booked a role on the top secret Natasha Lyonne-led series. (Variety.com)
POWER, THE (Amazon) - Leslie Mann and Tim Robbins have exited the streamer's Naomi Alderman adaptation, which was shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. It's understood both actors since became unavailable due to other scheduling commitments. Said roles will be recast and their completed scenes reshot. (Deadline.com, 5/30)
|
|
|
 [may 2022]  |
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
[03/12/26 - 03:18 PM]
FOX Sports Scores All-Time High Team USA World Baseball Classic Viewership
3,171,000 viewers on average watched the four Team USA World Baseball Classic Pool play games across FOX, FS1 and FOX Deportes.
|
[03/12/26 - 03:01 PM]
CBS Midseason Premiere Week Tops Broadcast and Streaming Rankings in Live + 7-Day Multiplatform Viewership
The network scored three of the top four and 12 of the top 20 most-watched series among all broadcast and streaming competition.
|
[03/12/26 - 01:02 PM]
Video: Paramount+ Releases Official Trailer for Season Eight of "FBI True"
All 10 episodes of the new season will be available to stream at launch on on Tuesday, March 31.
|
[03/12/26 - 01:01 PM]
Paramount+ and CBS Partner to Air UFC 327: Prochazka vs. Ulberg Live on Paramount+ and CBS Television Network
CBS will simulcast select fights from both the prelims and the main card in primetime from 8:00-10:00 PM ET.
|
[03/12/26 - 12:31 PM]
BET Expands Daytime Lineup with AFRO TV's "The Sisaundra Show" and "Point of View," Celebrating Community, Culture and Connection on BET Her
The agreement brings the AFRO TV-produced live shows to BET Her's weekday lineup, premiering March 16.
|
[03/12/26 - 12:01 PM]
NBC's Unscripted Summer Celebration Arrives and Delivers the Hits
Following up on last year's phenomenal docuseries "The Americas," NBC will present "Surviving Earth," a landmark series showcasing how life not only survived but thrived through Earth's most catastrophic environmental crises.
|
[03/12/26 - 11:30 AM]
CBS Renews "Marshals" for Second Season
Its premiere episode (March 1 from 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) was watched by 20.6 million multiplatform viewers within seven days, marking the most-watched network original series premiere without a football lead in since 2017.
|
[03/12/26 - 10:31 AM]
Vox Creative, Verizon, and Roku to Premiere "Soccer Meets America" Ahead of World Cup
The three-part documentary series will premiere on The Roku Channel in May.
|
[03/12/26 - 10:02 AM]
Awards Season on Hulu: Oscar-Nominated Films Now Streaming
Also joining the lineup is the heartfelt family drama "Sentimental Value," coming to Hulu on March 23.
|
[03/12/26 - 09:46 AM]
Roku Launches NCAA March Madness Zone for 2026 Tournament
Available throughout the four weeks of March Madness, the zone also allows fans to set game reminders for their must-see match-ups and check final scores with the new score-strip row.
|
[03/12/26 - 09:31 AM]
NFL Films' "Super Bowl Champions: The 2025 Seattle Seahawks" Premieres Wednesday, March 18 on The Roku Channel
Narrated by actor and Seahawks fan Jeffrey Dean Morgan, the 75-minute documentary looks back at the Seahawks' 2025 season through game broadcast footage, including extended highlights of Seattle's victory over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX.
|
[03/12/26 - 09:01 AM]
Multiple Academy Award and Grammy Award Winning Artist Finneas O'Connell to Score Netflix's Next Installment of "Beef"
Said Finneas O'Connell: "Spent the last 12 months in 'Beef' land. All eight episodes out April 16, All original music by me."
|
[03/12/26 - 09:01 AM]
CNN Original Series "Kara Swisher Wants to Live Forever" Premieres Saturday, April 11 at 9pm ET/PT
Produced by EverWonder Studio, the six-episode series follows legendary journalist Kara Swisher as she embarks on a deeply personal and sharply reported journey into the rapidly expanding world of longevity science and humanity's enduring quest to cheat death.
|
[03/12/26 - 09:00 AM]
Video: "Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair" Trailer Revealed
After shielding himself and his daughter from his family for over a decade, Malcolm is dragged back into their orbit when Hal and Lois demand his presence at their 40th anniversary party.
|
[03/12/26 - 09:00 AM]
"Mystery Road: Origin" Season 2 Premieres Monday, March 23 on Acorn TV
This six-episode Acorn TV original series will drop additional episodes weekly on Mondays.
|
|
|
|
