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TV Development For 6/10/14: Untitled Gary Lennon/Robert Downey Jr. Rehab Center Project Set For Showtime

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The Crown Digital Platform: Netflix Production Company: Left Bank Pictures Executive Producers: Andy Harries, Robert Fox, Matthew Byam-Shaw, Peter Morgan, Stephen Daldry Writers: Peter Morgan, Stephen Daldry Logline: A scripted series centered on the weekly audiences given by Queen Elizabeth II to prime ministers that date back from her accession in 1952 to the present day. Details: Inspired by the play The Audience written by Peter Morgan in 2013. SSN Insight: Morgan previously adapted Frost/Nixon, and is currently writing the screenplay for The Queen, while Daldry has three Oscar nominations for directing Billy Elliot, The Reader and The Hours. This Is Me Network: Fox Studio: CBS Studios Executive Producer: Eric Christian Olsen, Matthew Cole Weiss Logline: Centers on a twenty-something who gets custody of his 11-year-old brother and decides to raise him with the help of his motley crew of roommates. Details: Acquired from spec. SSN Insight: Olsen is currently staring on CBS’ NCIS: LA. God Save Texas Network: HBO Production Company: Donner’s Company Executive Producers: Lawrence Wright, Margo Lion, Lauren Shuler Donner, Jack Leslie Writer: Lawrence Wright Logline: An idealistic cowboy, looking to save his ranch and his marriage, tries to get elected to the Texas Legislature, where he becomes the target of the powerful energy lobby and learns how to survive in the crazy, brutal world of Texas politics. Details: Based on the play Sonny's Last Chance (2005) written by Lawrence Wright. MaddAddam Network: HBO Production Company: Protozoa Pictures Executive Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Brandi-Ann Milbradt, Ari Handel Consulting Producer: Margaret Atwood Logline: Set in the mid-21st century in a world where corporations have taken over for governments and the genetic modification of organisms is perversely ubiquitous. It centers on the events before and after a Waterless Flood that wipes out almost all of the world’s population and follows an extensive cast of characters, including those responsible for the apocalypse and those struggling to survive it. Details: Based on the book trilogy "Oryx and Crake" (2003), "Year of the Flood" (2009), and "MaddAddam" (2013), written by Margaret Atwood. SSN Insight: There is no writer attached at this time. Untitled Gary Lennon/Robert Downey Jr. Project Network: Showtime Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Company: Team Downey Executive Producers: Gary Lennon, Robert Downey, Jr., Susan Downey, Amanda Essick Burrell Co-Producer: Christine Mammolito Writer: Gary Lennon Logline: In 1983, a rehabilitation center in Venice Beach, California thrives in an environment where drugs and alcohol are an everyday part of the scene. Rated P For Parenthood Network: ABC Family Studio: ABC Signature Production Company: Milojo Productions Executive Producers: Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Jamie Denbo Producers: Sandy Rustin, Dan Lipton, David Rossmer Writer: Jamie Denbo Logline: Mothers and fathers struggle to raise children in an age when parents feel much like kids themselves. Details: Based on the musical, of the same name, created by Sandy Rustin, with music and lyrics by Dan Lipton & David Rossmer. SSN Insight: Rated P For Parenthood had an off-Broadway run in 2012. The Chairman Network: Spike TV Production Companies: Electus, ROAR Executive Producer: Julian McMahon, Jeremy Elice, Dana Vachon, Greg Suess, Ben Silverman Co-Executive Producer: Sean Canino Writer: Dana Vachon Logline: Christian Gillette, a charismatic Gulf War veteran, takes over a billion-dollar private equity fund after its founder’s mysterious death. As his new powers open secret doors, he realizes that the world of apparently gentrified Manhattan finance is closely tied to the brutal realm of war that still haunts him — and that some of its most dangerous players are now his inherited enemies. Details: Based on the novel, The Chairman, written by Stephen Frey. SSN Insight: Spike TV is premiering their first scripted project, Tut, next year.

TV Development For 6/17/14: Randall Wallace’s ‘Point of Honor’ Set For Amazon Studios

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Signal Network: Cinemax Production Company: Electus Executive Producers: Ben Younger, Ben Silverman, Sean Canino Writer: Ben Younger Logline: A young man launches a propaganda business in the Middle East and gets rich on the back of millions of dollars in US Government contracts. Details: Inspired by true events. SSN Insight: Silverman is also developing World’s End for Showtime and The Chairman for Spike, which was recently announced. Answer Me 1999 Network: FOX Production Company: FX Productions Executive Producers: Amy Andelson, Emily Meyer, Jon M. Chu Writers: Amy Adelson, Emily Mayer Logline: In this series, the timeline will move back and forth between a group of friends’ past as high-school students in the late 1990s, and their present as adults. This musical journey will go through the most transformative decade of the modern era. Details: Based on the Korean show Answer Me 1997. SSN Insight: This is Adelson and Meyer’s first venture into TV. East Of Exurbia Digital Platform: Xbox Entertainment Studio: Xbox Entertainment Studios Production Companies: Five All in the Fifth Entertainment, Avalon Television, Inc. Executive Producers: Douglas Banker, David Martin, Dan Lubetkin Writers: Nick Kreiss, Ian Wolterstorff Logline: Three guys try to build a bastion of bro-fueled debauchery in a house that happens to be situated on top of a magical portal to other worlds. Details: Inspired by Worst Roommate Stories Ever, which originally appeared on BroBible.com. Untitled Beatles Project Network: NBC Production Company: Electus Executive Producers: Michael Hirst, Ben Silverman, Teri Weinberg Writer: Michael Hirst Logline: Will tell the story of the greatest band of all time: The Beatles. Details: Project is planned as an eight-episode event series. SSN Insight: Hirst, Silverman and Weinberg reunite after working together on Showtime’s The Tudors. Point Of Honor Digital Platform: Amazon Studio: Amazon Studios Production Company: ABC Signature Executive Producers: Randall Wallace, Carlton Cuse Writers: Randall Wallace, Carlton Cuse Director: Randall Wallace Logline: A historical drama about a Virginia family that is divided by the Civil War. Details: Project was initially being developed at ABC in 2011. SSN Insight: Amazon is also developing two comedies; one with Lindsay Stoddart and one with Robin Schiff.

TV Development For 7/01/14: Colin Farrell On Board for HBO’s Stillwater, Starz Engaged on The Girlfriend Experience

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Stillwater Network: HBO Production Company: HRD Productions Executive Producer: Howard Deutch, Colin Farrell, Mark Steven Johnson Writer: Mark Steven Johnson Director: Howard Deutch Logline: Follows a New York City cop as his life spirals out of control when he relocates his family to a small town in Minnesota. SSN Insight: Project stems from his recently inked two-year deal with HBO. The Girlfriend Experience Network: Starz Executive Producers: Steven Soderbergh, Philip Fleishman, Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz Writers: Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz Director: Lodge Kerrigan, Amy Seimetz Logline: Explores the relationships of the most exclusive courtesans who provide their clients with far more than just sex. These purveyors – or GFEs (Girlfriend Experience) – share intimacies more common to romantic partners or husbands and wives, becoming quasi-lovers and confidants who are richly paid for their time. Details: Inspired by "The Girlfriend Experience" (USA/2009), directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Sasha Grey. SSN Insight: Project was ordered straight to series with a 13 episode pick up. Wasteland Network: NBC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: Landscape Entertainment, Little Engine Executive Producers: Bob Cooper, Gina Matthews, JJ Jamieson Writer: Mick Davis Logline: Follows a hardened US Marshal, who in the wake of a massive prison break, is charged with hunting down fugitives with supernatural powers, while unlocking the mystery of his past. Details: Project was previously in development at TNT in 2012 with Mick Davis writing and Bob Cooper and J.J. Jamieson executive producing. SSN Insight: Project is planned as a limited series. Sex, Lies And Handwriting Network: NBC Studio: Lionsgate Television Production Companies: Tandem Communications, Bell Media, Sea to Sky Entertainment Executive Producers: Nancy Miller, Rola Bauer, Jeff Sagansky, Sunta Izzicupo, Chris Barrett, Ivan Fecan, Brett Burlock Co-Executive Producer: Annie Brunner Writer: Annie Brunner Logline: Follows the exploits of Leslie Bold, an accomplished artist and handwriting expert — with her own newspaper column on the subject — who is unexpectedly drawn into the world of crime-solving because of her extraordinary skills. Details: Inspired by the book, Sex, Lies and Handwriting, written by Michelle Dresbold. SSN Insight: In development, but planned as a straight-to-series project. Busted Network: TBD Production Companies: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Anonymous Content Executive Producer: David Frankel Writer: Donald Roos Director: David Frankel Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker Logline: Chronicles the efforts by two investigative reporters to uncover one of the biggest police corruption scandals in Philadelphia’s history. Details: Based on the book, Busted: A Tale of Corruption and Betrayal in the City of Brotherly Love, written by Wendy Ruderman and Barbara Laker. SSN Insight: Project will be shopped after more cast is attached. Untitled Cuba Gooding Jr. Boxing Comedy Project Network: TBD Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Small Dog Picture Company Executive Producer: Cuba Gooding Jr., Jason Winer Logline: Set in a gym in a newly gentrified neighborhood where hard-core boxers, weekend warriors and soccer moms gather to practice. SSN Insight: There is no writer attached yet. Untitled Deborah Schoeneman Drama Project Network: E! Studio: Warner Horizon Television Production Company: Offspring Entertainment Executive Producers: Deborah Schoeneman, Adam Shankman, Jennifer Gibgot Consulting Producer: Alexandra Chong Writer: Deborah Schoeneman Logline: A young woman creates a wildly successful (and controversial) app to rate/review men. But offline, the woman is struggling to find love. Details: Inspired by the New York Times article, "What’s He Really Like? Check the Lulu App," written by Deborah Schoeneman. Zoo Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Companies: Midnight Radio, Tree Line Films Executive Producers: Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg, James Mangold, Cathy Konrad, James Patterson, Bill Robinson, Leopoldo Gout, Steve Bowen Writers: Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Scott Rosenberg Logline: A global thriller about a wave of violent animal attacks against humans across the planet. As the assaults become more cunning, coordinated and ferocious, a young renegade biologist is thrust into the race to unlock the pandemic’s mystery before there’s no place left for people to hide. Details: Based on the novel Zoo, written by James Patterson and published in 2012. SSN Insight: Project has been ordered straight-to-series with a 13 episode pick up.

TV Development For 7/15/14: Alfred Gough & Miles Millar’s ‘Badlands’ Set For Six-Episode Order At AMC

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Untitled Robbie Rogers Comedy Project Network: TBD Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Storyline Entertainment Executive Producers: Craig Zadan, Neil Meron Producers: Mark Nicholson, Robbie Rogers Logline: Inspired by the experiences of Robbie Rogers, the first openly gay man to compete in a top North American professional sports league. SSN Insight: Zadan and Meron are also in development on Peter Pan, a live musical for NBC, and have just completed Happyland for MTV, which will air in September. Badlands Network: AMC Production Company: Double Feature Films Executive Producers: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Stacey Sher, Michael Shamberg, Daniel Wu, Stephen Fung Writers: Alfred Gough, Miles Millar Logline: The story of a great warrior and a young boy who embark on a journey across a dangerous land to find enlightenment. Details: Ordered straight to series. Network has ordered 6 episodes. SSN Insight: Gough and Millar have also received a series commitment on Shannara for MTV. The Legacy Network: TBD Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Hypnotic Executive Producers: Doug Liman, David Bartis, Gene Klein Creator: Maya IIsoe Logline: Follows the four children of an internationally renowned artist who dies, leaving them to divide her estate. What was meant to be a quick and painless process exposes startling secrets and lies, turning their lives upside-down and forcing them to take a deeper look within and at one another. Details: Based on the Danish family drama, The Legacy, which debuted on Denmark's DR1 in January, 2014. Project is planned as an event series. Commando Crash Network: Disney XD Executive Producers: Eric Friedman, Jim Armogida, Steve Armogida Writer: Eric Friedman Director: Victor A. Gonzalez Cast: Tim Lagasse, Adam Dorfman, Cameron Ocasio, Armaan Juneja, Nicholas Stargel, Megan Goodman Logline: Picks up with Crash after he has been sent away to Oak Shield Military Academy, a military school with a stark division between the Alphas, who aspire to learn the good ways of an Oak Shield soldier, and the Clunks, a group of out-casted cadets who are there to mend their propensity for trouble-making. Crash rallies the discouraged Clunks to push their limits and stand up against the long-standing favoritism shown toward the Alphas. Details: Pilot is currently in production. The Clan of the Cave Bear Network: Lifetime Studios: Fox 21, Lionsgate Production Companies: Imagine Television, Allison Shearmur Productions Executive Producers: Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Allison Shearmur, Linda Woolverton, Jean M. Auel Writer: Linda Woolverton Logline: Story takes place at a time in prehistory more than 25,000 years ago when Neanderthals shared the Earth with the first early modern humans. A band of cave dwellers adopt blond and blue-eyed Ayla, a child of the "Others." As Ayla matures into a young woman of spirit and courage, she must fight for survival against the jealous bigotry of Broud, who will one day be clan leader. Details: Based on the novel series, including the novel Clan of the Cave Bear, written by Jean M. Auel. SSN Insight: All six books written by Jean M. Auel have been on the New York Times bestsellers list. The Last Kingdom Network: BBC America Production Company: Carnival Films Executive Producers: Stephen Butchard, Gareth Neame, Nigel Marchant Co-Executive Producer: Nick Murphy Producer: Chrissy Skinns Writer: Stephen Butchard Logline: Set in the year 872, when many of the separate kingdoms of what we now know as England have fallen to the invading Vikings, the great kingdom of Wessex has been left standing alone and defiant under the command of King Alfred the Great. Against this turbulent backdrop lives our hero, Uhtred. Born the son of a Saxon nobleman, he is orphaned by the Vikings and then kidnapped and raised as one of their own. Forced to choose between the country of his birth and the people of his upbringing, his loyalties are ever tested. What is he - Saxon or Viking? On a quest to claim his birthright, Uhtred must tread a dangerous path between both sides if he is to play his part in the birth of a new nation and, ultimately, seek to recapture his ancestral lands. Details: Based on the novel series, The Saxon Stories, including the novel The Last Kingdom, written by Bernard Cornwell. SSN Insight: BBC American has ordered this project to series and will produce eight episodes. The Fermata Network: TBD Studio: Paramount Television Production Company: Compari Entertainment Executive Producers: Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke Writer: David Hollander Logline: Arno Strine is a 35-year-old office temp who can stop the flow of time. He uses his power to act out his small-scale sexual fantasies on the women around him. Details: Based on the novel, The Fermata, written by Nicholson Baker SSN Insight: This project is part of a two-year, first-look deal that Zemeckis has just signed with Paramount Television. The Crusaders Network: Spike Production Companies: Irish Dreamtime, Sennet Entertainment Executive Producers: David Franzoni, Michael Finch, Pierce Brosnan, Beau St. Clair, Mark Sennet, Craig Sheftel, Brian Gary Writer: David Franzoni, Michael Finch Logline: Takes place during the Third Crusade, after the fall of Jerusalem to Saladin's armies. It centers on two different knights who journey from Scotland to the Holy Land for very different reasons. There, bound together in the crucible that is war, politics and betrayal, they will encounter and be forced to overcome, among others, Richard the Lionheart, Saladin, the Hashshashin and ultimately their own personal demons. Details: Planned as an event series. SSN Insight: Spike is also developing The Chairman with Julian McMahon and Basket Case with Rob Reiner.

TV Development For 7/29/14: Joseph Fiennes To Star In & Executive Produce ‘Nostradamus’

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Londen’s Calling Network: ABC Family Executive Producer: Jonathan Krauss Writer: Brigitte Hales Logline: Follows 20-year-old protagonist Londen, who believes she is traveling between our world and a dark dystopia that may be a figment of her twisted imagination. She sets out to uncover the truth about which world is actually real as she helps to rescue others who seem to be trapped in the darkness with her. SSN Insight: Project in development based on spec script. I Like You Just The Way I Am Network: TBD Studio: Sony Television Executive Producers: Jenny Mollen, Jamie Tarses, Karen Kehela-Sherwood Writer: Jenny Mollen Cast: Jenny Mollen Logline: Based on Mollen's memoir about her life as an actress and best-selling author (not to mention Twitter celeb and wife of Jason Biggs). Details: Based on the memoir, I Like You Just The Way I Am, written by Jenny Mollen. Night Mary Network: TBD Studio: Universal Cable Productions Production Company: Circle of Confusion, IDW Publishing Executive Producers: John Pogue, Ted Adams, David Ozer, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs Writer: John Pogue Director: John Pogue Logline: Follows a young woman trained to be a lucid dreamer. Her father owns a sleep disorder clinic where she enters the dreams of his patients. When a patient is revealed to be a serial killer, she is placed in jeopardy as nightmares and reality become frighteningly intertwined. Details: Based on the comic book, Night Mary, written by Rick Remender and Kieron Dwyer. SSN Insight: UCP is also developing an Untitled Warren Ellis project with Valhalla’s Gale Anne Hurd as well as Five Ghosts, written by Evan Daugherty and produced by Benderspink and Black Mask Studios. Absolute Zero Network: Syfy Studio: Universal Cable Productions Production Company: Hypnotic Executive Producers: Michael Horowitz, Doug Liman, David Bartis, Gene Klein Writer: Michael Horowitz Logline: Follows the denizens of a remote mining colony who discover a dangerous new species on a moon of Jupiter, setting off the first stage of an alien invasion ultimately heading for Earth. SSN Insight: Horowitz is currently a Co-Executive Producer on USA’s Complications. Nostradamus Network: TBD Studio: Universal Cable Productions Production Company: Anonymous Content, Carnival Films Executive Producers: Joseph Fiennes, Andrew Cosby, Nicole Romano, Jeff Okin, Trevor Adley Writer: Michael Boccacino Cast: Joseph Fiennes Logline: Follows the legendary seer as he seeks deadly vengeance for the murder of his family. A complex, brooding character with immense appetites, Nostradamus is a charismatic and self-destructive man who is plagued with dangerous and disturbing visions. Details: Based on the life of Michel de Nostredame.

TV Development For 8/12/14: ‘Untitled Hilary Winston Project’ Set For NBC

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Inside Men Network: TBD Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Companies: Teakwood Lane Productions, BBC Worldwide Productions, Fox 21 Executive Producers: Tony Basgallop, Richard Price, Howard Gordon, Hugh Fitzpatrick, Jane Tranter Writer: Richard Price Logline: A story of three security officials who plan a multi-million dollar heist. Details: Based on the BBC limited series, Inside Men, which aired in 2012. SSN Insight: Project is being shopped to networks. Untitled Count of Monte Cristo Project Network: Spike TV Production Company: City Entertainment Executive Producers: Joshua Maurer, Alixandre Witlin Logline: This contemporary take on Alexandre Dumas' class tale of revenge and redemption will have a political spin. Details: Based on the novel The Count of Monte Cristo, written by Alexandre Dumas and published in serialized fashion from 1844-45. SSN Insight: Project will either be a miniseries or a limited series. Austen’s Razor Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Companies: Legendary TV, Di Bonaventura Pictures Executive Producers: Lorenzo di Bonaventura, David Klass, Perri Klass, Daniel McDermott Consulting Producer: Arthur Caplan Writers: David Klass, Perri Klass, Arthur Caplan Logline: Centers on a brilliant bioethicist called in at crisis moments to solve the most complicated, dynamic and confounding medical issues imaginable. Details: Inspired by the work of bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan. SSN Insight: Legendary TV is also producing The Colony, which was just picked up to pilot for USA. Untitled Hilary Winston Project Network: NBC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Executive Producers: Hilary Winston, Seth Gordon Writer: Hilary Winston Director: Seth Gordon Logline: Set in a fratty corporate office that gets polarized along gender lines when a new boss comes to town — a lady boss. Details: Inspired by the column, When Your Boss Has a Vagina, written by Hilary Winston in Playboy Magazine in 2013.

TV Development for 8/19/14: Stephen Frears Set to Direct Fox FDR Limited Series ‘No Ordinary Time’

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The Sound Of The Sumners Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Small Dog Picture Company Executive Producers: Peter Knight, Renate Radford, Jason Winer Writer: Peter Knight Director: Jason Winer (subject to availability) Logline: Exploration of a contemporary family featuring a unique musical element that involves an irreverent and buzzworthy use of original music and songs. Details: Script + Penalty No Ordinary Time Network: FOX Production Companies: Landscape Entertainment, Entertainment One Television, FX Productions Executive Producers: Bob Cooper, Tyler Mitchell, Hannah Pakula Writer: Paul Webb Director: Stephen Frears Logline: Chronicles President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s third term during World War II. The nerve center of a global war, FDR’s White House was transformed into something of a vibrant boarding house, the likes of which has never been seen again. With the president unable to venture out into the world during this time, he and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt sought to bring the world to them. Details: Based on the book, No Ordinary Time, written by Doris Kearns Goodwin. SSN Insight: Project is planned as a limited series. 10 Beacon Hill Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producers: Amy Holden Jones, Erwin Stoff, Oly Obst Writer: Amy Holden Jones Logline: A brilliant team of doctors takes on the most difficult cases, led by a deeply compassionate medical genius with poor health habits of his own and his 17-year-old prodigy niece. Details: Script + Penalty SSN Insight: Jones was behind ABC’s limited series Black Box which has recently ended with no second installment ordered. Untitled Rob Reiner / Andrew Lenchewski Spy Project Network: USA Studio: Universal Cable Productions Executive Producers: Rob Reiner, Andrew Lenchewski, Alan Greisman, Charles Ebersol Co-Executive Producer: Aaron Tracy Writer: Aaron Tracy Director: Rob Reiner Logline: Centers on a Yale student with aspirations to be among the best and the brightest, who is recruited by the CIA to become a mole in the secret Skull and Bones society. He becomes caught between the two very powerful organizations. SSN Insight: Reiner is also developing Basket Case, a drama at Spike TV. Titans Network: WGN America Studios: Sony Pictures Televison, Tribune Studios Production Companies: Fedora Entertainment, Touchy Feely Films Executive Producers: Peter Tolan, Paul Giamatti, Daniel Carey, Peter Mattei, Michael Wimer Writer: Peter Mattei Logline: Centers on the Farrell clan, a family of outsiders who have been in the hills of Appalachia since before anyone can remember. Living off the grid and above the law on their mountaintop homestead, they'll protect their world and defend their way of life using any means necessary. Details: Ordered straight to series. Network has ordered 13 episodes. SSN Insight: WGN America is also eyeing another straight to series order for a project titled, Underground, which is starting to set up a writers room, though an official order has yet to be announced. So Where Were We Network: ABC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: FanFare Productions, United Studios of Israel  Executive Producer: Jamie Tarses Writer: Matt Tarses Logline: Centers on a husband who just wants to spend the day at home, but whose wife can’t sit still. So they compromise and go out. In a new location every week, the husband’s small acts of rebellion or errors in judgment or bad decisions snowball toward disaster. Details: Based on the Israeli format. Untitled Billy Finnegan Comedy Project Network: NBC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Company: Olive Bridge Entertainment Executive Producer: Will Gluck Writer: Billy Finnegan Logline: Centers on Addie Burns who didn’t think life in New York City could get any worse… then she went through one door and it got a whole lot better. Untitled Dana Goodman / Julia Wolov Comedy Project Network: TV Land Writers: Dana Goodman, Julia Wolov Cast: Dana Goodman, Julia Wolov Logline: Loosely based on the real-life experiences of Goodman and Wolov when they moved in together after going through breakups at the same time. SSN Insight: Dana and Julia are also producing an animated digital series called Biatches for Comedy Centrals’ CC Studios. Promiseland Digital Platform: Amazon Studio: Amazon Studios Executive Producers: Noah Oppenheim, Chris Bremner, Adam Sher Writers: Noah Oppenheim, Chris Bremner Logline: A biblical drama that follows the Book of Joshua and how he became the leader of the Jews and the Israelites became a nation. Untitled Dan Sterling Comedy Project Network: CBS Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Lord Miller Executive Producers: Dan Sterling, Phil Lord, Chris Miller Writer: Dan Sterling Logline: Centers on an accommodating, well-meaning, and all-too-compliant man, and a powerful, outspoken, embattled woman who form a new friendship and partnership by which they jointly strive to revolutionize themselves and their lives. Details: CBS has given the project a put pilot commitment. SSN Insight: Project hails from an overall deal that Lord Miller has with 20th Century Fox Television. Rope Network: NBC Studio: NBCUniversal Production Companies: Halfire Entertainment, Shaw Media Executive Producers: Tassie Cameron, Calum deHartog, Noreen Halpern Writers: Tassie Cameron, Calum deHartog Logline: Focuses on the Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement squad, an elite team of officers that specialize in finding criminals no one else can. After losing her partner to suicide, criminal profiler and so-called "hot mess" Jo McKenzie returns to her hometown and joins the Rope squad. Details: Based on a real law enforcement unit. Untitled Connor Hines Comedy Project Network: TBD Studio: ABC Television Studios Production Company: Brillstein Entertainment Partners Executive Producers: Connor Hines, Robin Schwartz, Brian Stern, Stacy O’Neil, Jon Liebman Writer: Connor Hines Logline: Storyline under wraps. Details: Project has landed a blind script deal. SSN Insight: Hines is behind the web series Local Attraction, which he funded with Kickstarter, about what happens on Tinder dates. Untitled Stu Zicherman Comedy Project Network: Showtime Studio: Universal Television Production Company: True Jack Productions Executive Producers: Stu Zicherman, Jason Katims, Michelle Lee Writer: Stu Zicherman Logline: Explores modern dating, centering on a recently divorced guy who tries to evolve and connect one date at a time. SSN Insight: Zicherman is also a Consulting Producer and writer on FX’s The Americans. The Devil’s Advocate Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: John Wells Productions Executive Producers: Arnold Kopelson, John Wells, Andrew Stern Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Venne Writer: Matthew Venne Logline: Centers on a public defender who joins a law firm that is run by the Devil himself. Details: Based on the novel, The Devil's Advocate, written by Andrew Neiderman. SSN Insight: A film, which was released in 1997, was also based on Andrew Neiderman’s novel of the same name, and was directed by Taylor Hackford with Charlize Theron co-starring.

TV Development For 8/26/14: Malcolm Gladwell & Glen Gordon Caron’s ‘The Cure’ Set For Fox

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Ashecliffe Network: HBO Studio: Paramount Television Production Companies: Phoenix Pictures, LBI Entertainment, Appian Way, Mythology Entertainment Executive Producers: Dennis Lehane, Martin Scorsese, Emma Koskoff, Bradley Fischer, Laeta Kalogridis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Rick Yorn, Christ Donnelly, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer Writer: Tom Bernardo, Dennis Lehane (has been mentioned) Director: Martin Scorsese (has been mentioned) Logline: Focuses on an isolated mental hospital and the secrets and misdeeds perpetrated by its founders, who erected the hospital in the early 20th Century and developed the methods of treatment used for the mentally ill. Details: A prequel to the novel Shutter Island written by Dennis Lehane. Also a prequel to the film that was directed by Martin Scorsese in 2010. SSN Insight: Paramount Television recently ordered 13 episodes of School of Rock based on the 2003 feature film. Untitled Andy Stern / Ellen Pompeo Crime Project Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Calamity Jane Executive Producers: Ellen Pompeo, Laura Holstein Co-Executive Producer: Andy Stern Writer: Andy Stern Logline: A young, Boston-area cop, gravely wounded in the line of duty, returns six years later as a police psychologist and finds herself embedded in the very same precinct she left. She’ll bring along her new perspective on cops and solving crime, but she’s returning as an outsider, no longer a cop. SSN Insight: Calamity Jane, which is going through its first development season, is also developing Debt for ABC Family. An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth Network: ABC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producers: Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally Consulting Producer: Chris Hadfield Writer: Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker Logline: An astronaut back from space finds that re-entering domestic life might be the hardest mission he’s ever faced. Details: Based on the book An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth, written by Chris Hadfield SSN Insight: This is the second astronaut-themed project for ABC. They will be airing the series The Astronaut Wives Club in March 2015. The Bad Stanleys Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Kapital Entertainment Executive Producer: Dana Klein, Aaron Kaplan Writer: Dana Klein Logline: About two competitive brothers– one who peaked early in life and one who is peaking now– and their respective families. Told from the point of view of the brother who peaked early, the show is about sibling rivalry– comparing and competing and worrying you haven’t lived up to your potential when your brother has clearly exceeded his. SSN Insight: Kaplan and Klein reunite once again; they both produced the Fox series Friends with Better Lives this past season, which wasn’t renewed. Friday Night Dinner Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: 3 Arts Entertainment, Big Talk Productions Executive Producers: Robert Popper, Kenton Allen, Michael Rotenberg Writer: Robert Popper Logline: Focuses on the regular dinner experience of a family each Friday night. Details: Project is a remake of the British comedy, Friday Night Dinner, which began airing on Channel 4 in 2011. SSN Insight: A separate American remake of the British comedy, Friday Night Dinner, went to pilot at NBC in 2012 but was not ordered to series. @DadBoner Network: Comedy Central Production Company: Avalon Management Group, Ltd. Executive Producers: Mike Burns, Tim Long, Kara Baker, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner, David Martin Co-Executive Producer: Dan Lubetikin Writers: Mike Burns, Tim Long Logline: Karl Welzein, a middle-aged Michigan man who is separated from his wife and loves Bob Seger, has developed his own philosophy of life: indulging in dangerously generous helpings of booze, fast food, and American pride. Since his wife kicked him out of the house, Karl has been crashing at his buddy Dave’s and living like a "true bad boy" with "plenty of babes" — in his own mind. Details: Based on the Twitter feed @DadBoner, created by comedian Mike Burns, which was subsequently turned into a novel called Power Moves: Livin' the American Dream, USA Style, also written by Burns. Wing Mom Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Kari’s Logo Here Writer: Kari Lizer Logline: Centers on a divorced woman who has been waiting until her two kids were grown before starting to date again. When her 18-year-old son starts to offer her romance advice, she quickly realizes that he and his friends actually need her help — they need a wing mom. Details: Based on the life of Kari Lizer. Untitled Sarah Watson / Jason Katims Medical Project Network: CBS Studio: Universal Television Production Company: True Jack Productions Executive Producers: Sarah Watson, Jason Katims, Michelle Lee  Co-Executive Producer: Writer: Sarah Watson Logline: Set at a high-tech Silicon Valley hospital with a cutting-edge approach to medicine. Code Black Network: CBS Studio: ABC Studios Executive Producers: Michael Seitzman, Linda Goldstein-Knowlton, Marti Noxon Writer: Michael Seitzman Logline: One young doctor has just joined the extraordinary staff of Los Angeles’ busiest ER as they struggle in the face of a broken system to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most. Details: Based on the documentary Code Black (2013/USA), directed by Ryan McGarry. The Living and the Dead Networks: BBC America, BBC-1 Studio: BBC Worldwide Production Companies: Monastic Productions, BBC Wales Executive Producers: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham, Faith Penhale, Katie McAleese Writers: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham Logline: Set in the English countryside in 1888, the story centers on Nathan Appleby, a gentleman farmer who is obsessed with proving the existence of the afterlife. Appleby investigates hauntings, paranormal happenings, and ghostly visitations, encouraged by the Society for Psychical Research. Soon his interest in the occult poses a threat to his family, his livelihood and his sanity. Details: Ordered straight to series. Network has ordered 6 episodes. Blindspot Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Berlanti Productions Executive Producers: Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti Writer: Martin Gero Logline: An FBI agent is drawn into a complex conspiracy when a naked amnesiac is found in Times Square covered in tattoos... including his name on her back. Critical Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Companies: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, John Glenn Entertainment Executive Producers: John Glenn, Eva Longoria, Ben Spector Writer: Katie Lovejoy Logline: A perfectionistic Latina doctor who returns to her hometown to take a job at a prestigious hospital. SSN Insight: Project marks a reunion for Lovejoy and UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, who developed an adaptation of the telenovela Pura Sangre at ABC together last season. Justice Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: John Glenn Entertainment Executive Producer: John Glenn Writer: Matt Lopez Logline: A larger-than-life DA is a brilliant prosecutor but has a dark secret that could bring his entire world crashing down. Untitled Kerry Ehrin / Freddie Highmore Project Network: NBC Production Company: Kerry Ehrin Productions Executive Producers: Kerry Ehrin, Freddie Highmore Writers: Kerry Ehrin, Freddie Highmore Logline: Set in the world of venture capitalism, it tells the story of the intimate relationship between an overly emotional-but-talented female executive and her ambitious and eccentric young British assistant. SSN Insight: This is the first project Ehrin and Highmore are developing together. Ehrin is the co-creator/executive producer on A&E’s Bates Motel that Highmore stars in. Untitled Eric Falconer / Greg Garcia Comedy Project Network: ABC Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Amigos de Garcia Productions Executive Producers: Eric Falconer, Greg Garcia Writer: Eric Falconer Logline: Centers on a TV writer who, after losing his job, moves his family from Santa Monica to a predominantly Mexican neighborhood in East LA in order to save money. In doing so they experience culture shock but also discover a feeling of community in their new neighborhood that makes their family stronger. Details: Loosely based on writer Eric Falconer’s experience moving his family to East Los Angeles. Script + Penalty SSN Insight: This is Garcia’s first project being developed at ABC. The Brain Network: CBS Studio: CBS Studios Production Company: Kapital Entertainment Executive Producers: Michelle Morgan, Aaron Kaplan Writer: Michelle Morgan Logline: Centers on an unintelligent guy who suffers head trauma and turns into a genius, which puts a strain on his family and friends, who liked him better when he was clueless. Mix Network: ABC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Le Train Train Productions Executive Producers: Jennifer Cecil, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack Co-Executive Producer: Jeff Grosvenor Writer: Jennifer Cecil Logline: Explores the realities of modern-day families-- multi-cultural, multi-generational, built through divorces, affairs and adoptions -- set against the backdrop of a revered family restaurant at a crossroads. SSN Insight: Le Train Train Productions is also behind the new NBC series A to Z, which will air this fall. The Cure Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Companies: Picturemaker Productions, Imagine Television Executive Producers: Malcolm Gladwell, Glenn Gordon Caron, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo Writer: Malcolm Gladwell, Glenn Gordon Caron Logline: A young, impulsive African American neurologist decides to take the law into her own hands in the cause of tackling a deadly disease. Rabbit Hole Network: IFC Studio: Universal Cable Productions Production Company: Borderline Amazing Productions Executive Producers: Chelsea Handler, Tom Brunelle, Brad Wollack Writers: Kerri Kenney-Silver, Jamie Denbo Cast: Kerri Kenney-Silver  Logline: A comedy set in Nevada’s “second most famous“ brothel. SSN Insight: Kenny-Silver was a regular guest on Handler’s E! late night show, that has since been canceled.

TV Development For 9/2/14: Lord Miller’s ‘The Greatest American Hero’ Set For Fox

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All Together Now Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Executive Producers: Alec Sulkin, Julius “Goldie” Sharpe Writers: Alec Sulkin, Julius “Goldie” Sharp. Logline: Revolves around 6 friends in their late 20’s who vow to unplug their mobile devices and engage each other for as long as they can stand it. SSN Insight: Sulkin and Sharpe collaborated together last season on Fox’s Dads. Untitled Lucy Punch / Ant Hines / Casper Christensen Project Network: FX Executive Producers: Lucy Punch, Ant Hines, Casper Christensen Writers: Lucy Punch, Ant Hines, Casper Christensen Cast: Lucy Punch Logline: Follows a desperate English expat who marries a death row convict so she can get a green card and stay in the states to pursue her dreams. She thinks her terrifying, besotted husband will soon be out of the picture, but her world is turned upside down when he shows up on her doorstep, having been reprieved just minutes before his scheduled execution. Details: Script commitment Assisted Loving Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Companies: Kapital Entertainment, KatCo Executive Producer: Claudia Lonow, Aaron Kaplan, Tracy Katsky Writer: Claudia Lonow Logline: Two grown children help their elderly father in his quest to find a second love. Details: Based on the book, Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad, written by Bob Morris SSN Insight: Lonow is also developing another project at NBC with Ed Helms called Big Kids. Untitled Daniel Dae Kim / Adele Lim Project (aka Good Doctor) Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: 3AD Executive Producers: Adele Lim, Lindsay Goffman, Daniel Dae Kim Writer: Adele Lim Logline: A brilliant doctor with Asperger’s uses his special gift for solving complex cases at a Boston teaching hospital. Details: An adaptation of the South Korean drama series Good Doctor. SSN Insight: Daniel Dae Kim, known for his acting on Lost and Hawaii Five-O, takes on his first development project as an Executive Producer. The Good Life Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Here Comes Scrappy Executive Producer: Bill Wrubel Writer: Bill Wrubel Logline: Centers on a family man who struggles with the fact that everyone around him is pursuing their dreams and enjoying life more than he is — but ultimately realizes he has everything he’s ever wanted. SSN Insight: Project stems from Wrubel’s new overall deal at Warner Bros. Television. DeTour Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Tagline Television Executive Producers: Steve Franks, Rivers Cuomo, Dan Field, Chris Henze, Willie Mercer Logline: Centers on a thirty-something rock star who, unable to rationalize his success and worried that he may not have the tools to repeat it, walks away from the spotlight at the height of his fame in an effort to rediscover the parts of his life he missed while he was busy becoming a massive success. Details: Inspired by the real-life experiences of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. SSN Insight: Project will mirror and embellish Cuomo’s journey with fictional characters. Nod Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: The Chernin Company Executive Producers: Jason Richman, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope Writer: Jason Richman Logline: Set at a time when most of humanity loses the ability to sleep and scientists are at a loss to explain why no one is tired. Plot revolves around Tanya and Paul, an "inter somnial" couple – she, Awakened and flourishing, and he, one of the remaining few who are still handicapped by the need for sleep. When signs of deprivation start to show among the Awakened, the bonds of friendship and love get tested in unexpected ways — because if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. Details: Based on the novel, Nod, written by Adrian Barnes. SSN Insight: Richman was behind last season’s Lucky 7 at ABC, which was canceled after airing only two episodes. Untitled Johnny Knoxville Family Project Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Companies: 3 Arts Entertainment, Hello Junior! Executive Producers: Johnny Knoxville, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky Logline: A Southern family comedy inspired by Johnny Knoxville’s unconventional childhood. SSN Insight: Knoxville has recently signed a two-year first-look deal at ABC Studios. Untitled David Marshall Grant Medical Drama Project Network: ABC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Vendetta Productions Executive Producers: David Marshall Grant, Sheldon Turner, Jennifer Klein Consulting Producers: Byrdie Lifson-Pompan, Dr. Valerie Ulene Writer: David Marshall Grant Logline: Centers on a tough, resourceful and at-the-top -of-her -game type-A businesswoman, who has a medical scare only to be dangerously misdiagnosed - a experiences first-hand the hazards of our healthcare system. Shocking her friends and family, she leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant and relentless advocate for anyone caught in the chaotic and ever-changing maze that is modern medicine. Details: Inspired by the real-life experiences of former agent Byrdie Lifson-Pompan. SSN Insight: This project gets added to the list of many medical dramas that have surfaced this development season. Marseille Digital Platform: Netflix Production Company: Federation Entertainment Writer: Dan Frank Director: Florent-Emilio Siri Logline: A tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city, that focuses on the story of Robert Taro, Mayor of the city for 25 years. Details: Netflix has ordered 8 episodes. SSN Insight: This is Netflix’s first original French production. The Greatest American Hero Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Lord Miller Executive Producers: Tawnia McKiernan, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Seth Cohen Writer: Rodney Rothman Logline: Chronicles inner-city teacher Isaac’s adventures after his discovery of a superhero suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately for Isaac, he hates wearing the suit and has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error because he quickly misplaces the suit’s instructions. He also has to deal with a government handler who has very different objectives than him and struggles as to whether he should use his newfound gifts to help others or just himself. Details: Based on the television series, The Greatest American Hero, which aired on ABC from 1981-1983. SSN Insight: Lord Miller recently sold an Untitled Dan Sterling Project to CBS, and is behind the FOX project The Last Man on Earth, which will air in 2015. Jack Irish Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Companies: Chernin Entertainment, Essential Media and Entertainment Executive Producers: Anna Fricke, Seamus Kevin Fahey, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Chis Hilton, Ian Collie, Simonne Overend Writer: Seamus Kevin Fahey Logline: Centers on Jack Irish, a part-time lawyer, debt collector, and apprentice cabinet maker, who is getting his life back together after the murder of his wife. Through his cases he, more often than not, finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, uncovering much larger things at play. Details: Based on both the 2012 Australian miniseries Jack Irish, starring Guy Pearce and on the Jack Irish detective novel series written by Peter Temple. Project has received a script plus penalty commitment. Cold Blood Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Kapital Entertainment Executive Producers: Janine Sherman Barrois, Aaron Kaplan Logline: Set at New York Memorial, the world’s most prestigious hospital, the story follows Dr. Cara West, an African-American attending who joins the staff after the mysterious disappearance of one of their doctors. She soon discovers that this elite team has no problem crossing ethical boundaries in order to make progress and save lives. SSN Insight: This is the sixth project sold for Kapital Entertainment for the 2015-2016 season. Kids In America Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: 222 Productions Executive Producer: Aaron Blitzstein, Adam Levine, Jordan Feldstein, Josh Gummersall Writer: Aaron Blitzstein Logline: Inspired by Levine’s real-life experiences and centered on an unconventional family as seen through the eyes of a teenager with the dream of becoming a rock star. Details: Project has received a script commitment. SSN Insight: Levine and 222 productions are also developing a miniseries for NBC based on the music of 1970’s. Untitled Jermaine Fowler Comedy Project Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producers: Jermaine Fowler, Avi Gilbert, Michael Rotenberg Cast: Jermaine Fowler Logline: A college dropout winds up living with his estranged grandmother, a former DC cop who provides the perfect mix of parenting, laughs and adventure that gets him off the couch and out into the world. Details: Based on Jermaine Fowler's life.

TV Development For 9/9/14: Lauren Iungerich Makes First Hour-Long Sale With ‘Couch Detective’ For ABC

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The One That Got Away Network: NBC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Small Dog Picture Company Executive Producers: Mike Libe, Nate Reger, Jason Winer, Renate Radford Writers: Mike Libe, Nate Reger Logline: 15 years after high school, a woman moves to Miami and rejoins her old group of friends to try to spark a romance with her high school crush. SSN Insight: Small Dog Pictures is also developing The Sound Of The Sumners, a musical comedy with Peter Knight for Fox. The Possession Of Maggie Gill Network: NBC Production Company: Amblin Television Executive Producers: John Glenn, Adam Kane, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Harris Fishman Writer: John Glenn Logline: Centers on the Gills, a loving a middle-class family in Eugene, Oregon who find themselves in the midst of crisis when paranormal occurrences begin to affect the everyday fabric of their home. At the same time, a series of brutal murders is being investigated by two local detectives. The storylines converge as those involved slowly realize that the murders and hauntings may have a common link: Maggie Gill, 15-year-old daughter of the Gill family, who might be possessed by demonic attachments. Details: Script Commitment SSN Insight: Amblin is also developing a remake of the film Minority Report, which is being produced by 20th Century Fox and Paramount Television and just picked up by FOX. Untitled Judah Miller Comedy Project Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producer: Judah Miller, Tom Lassally, Jonathan Berry Writer: Judah Miller Logline: Centers on a Tony Award-winning mother and a cerebral, risk-averse father blessed with a natural-born athlete for a son. They are forced to come to terms with the fact that raising their only child won’t come as easily as they thought. Brain Dead Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Companies: Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions Executive Producers: Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Robert King, Michelle King Writers: Robert King, Michelle King Logline: A comedic horror show set in the world of D.C. politics. SSN Insight: King Size Productions have just signed a new three-year deal with CBS Television Studios. Elisabeth Network: HBO Executive Producers: Patricia Clarkson, Ruba Nadda, Alan Poul Writer: Ruba Nadda Director: Ruba Nadda Logline: A romantic drama set in the world of international politics. SSN Insight: Project reunites Poul and Clarkson who worked for a short time together on HBO’s Six Feet Under. Hospitality Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Hazy Mills Productions Executive Producers: Christopher Moynihan, Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner Writer: Christopher Moynihan Logline: Set in a midtown Manhattan hotel and focuses on the hospitality staff. Details: Planned to air live every week, including live commercials. Two Black Cadillacs Network: FOX Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Television Executive Producers: Carrie Underwood, Ildy Modrovich, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman Co-Executive Producer: KristieAnne Reed Writer: Ildy Modrovich Logline: Explores a murderous love triangle in the modern South when a wife and a mistress realize they are involved with the same guy and conspire to kill him. Details: Based on the song Two Black Cadillacs, written by Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Josh Kear. Planned as a limited event series. Untitled Mary Karr Drama Project Network: Showtime Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Timberman/Beverly Productions Executive Producer: Sarah TImberman, Carl Beverly, Mary-Louise Parker (has been mentioned) Co-Executive Producer: Mary Karr Producer: Frank Konigsberg Writer: Mary Karr Cast: Mary-Louise Parker (has been mentioned) Logline: Chronicles Karr’s challenging childhood in East Texas in the 1960s and documents her perilous journey into adulthood and her struggles with alcoholism. Details: Based on the memoirs The Liars' Club (Viking;1995), Cherry (Viking; 2000) and Lit (Harper; 20009) by Mary Karr. Poor House Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Pacific Electric Picture Co. Executive Producers: Mike Pennie, Julian McCullough, Ed Helms, Michael Falbo Writer: Julian McCullough Cast: Julian McCullough Logline: Centers on a free-spirited, anti-establishment, non-conformist dad who drifts across America - and through life - until he decides to let his teenaged son have a normal high school experience, settling in a wealthy, Norman Rockwell-esque utopia where they share the only rundown house in town with two other working class misfits. Details: Inspired by the childhood of Julian McCullough. SSN Insight: Pacific Electric Picture Co. is also developing an NBC project called Big Kids with writer Joe Wengert and executive producer Claudia Lonow. Manhunt Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Executive Producers: Gavin Hood, Whit Brayton, Zack Rice, Michael Sugar, Alex Goldstone, Nicole Romano Writers: Whit Brayton, Zack Rice Director: Gavin Hood Logline: Explores the mounting tension of an entire city on the hunt for a fugitive roaming the streets at large. It will examine the moment an American, or international city, becomes a police state, a war zone or a ground zero and the ensuing bloodlust it inspires. Details: The series order is cast and script contingent. If lifted, NBC has ordered ten episodes. SSN Insight: Project would be an anthology series. Untitled Scott Silveri/ Jake Kasdan Family Comedy Project Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Executive Producers: Scott Silveri, Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar Writer: Scott Silveri Logline: Centers on a family that’s good at handling the challenges it faces - and excellent at creating new ones. Details: Put pilot + Penalty Couch Detective Network: ABC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Television Executive Producers: Lauren Iungerich, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Co-Executive Producer: KristieAnne Reed Writer: Lauren Iungerich Logline: Follows the exploits of a thirty-something female "couch detective" who solves crimes based on her encyclopedic knowledge of every true-crime TV special, police procedural and made-for-TV movie. SSN Insight: This is an hour long comedy project, and marks the first hour-long sale for Iungerich, who shot a pilot for ABC last season called Damaged Goods which was not picked up to series. Nuclear Family Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Dark Toy Entertainment Executive Producers: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Karey Burke, Todd Holland Writers: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory Logline: Chronicles the misadventures of self-professed altruists Rick and Barbara Foley, who adopted eight children from all over the world, some with special needs. Having bit off way more than they can chew, their radically different parenting styles and narcissistic, self-serving behavior have created a hurricane of teenage dysfunction, at the center of which is their often-overlooked only biological child. SSN Insight: Huyck and Gregory were behind last season’s projects The Pro at NBC and An American Education at ABC, which both shot pilots but were not ordered to series. The Curse of the Fuentes Women Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Silent H Productions Executive Producers: Silvio Horta, Andrew Maher Writer: Silvio Horta Logline: When a young man washes up on Miami Beach claiming to be a long lost family member from Cuba, he breathes new energy into the lives of grandmother Esperanza Fuentes, daughter Lola and granddaughter Soledad. SSN Insight: Horta developed Bastards for ABC last season, but it never went past script. Untitled Halle Berry/ Larry Kaplow Medical Drama Project Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: 606 Films Executive Producers: Larry Kaplow, Halle Berry, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Katie Jacobs Writer: Larry Kaplow Logline: Centers on an enigmatic surgeon who imprisons himself in a state of the art private hospital on the grounds of a prison. SSN Insight: Project springs from 606 Films first look deal with CBS TV Studios, which stems from Berry’s role in the summer series Extant.

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TV Development For 9/9/14: Lauren Lungerich Makes First Hour-Long Sale With ‘Couch Detective’ For ABC

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The One That Got Away Network: NBC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Small Dog Picture Company Executive Producers: Mike Libe, Nate Reger, Jason Winer, Renate Radford Writers: Mike Libe, Nate Reger Logline: 15 years after high school, a woman moves to Miami and rejoins her old group of friends to try to spark a romance with her high school crush. SSN Insight: Small Dog Pictures is also developing The Sound Of The Sumners, a musical comedy with Peter Knight for Fox.   The Possession Of Maggie Gill Network: NBC Production Company: Amblin Television Executive Producers: John Glenn, Adam Kane, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey, Harris Fishman Writer: John Glenn Logline: Centers on the Gills, a loving a middle-class family in Eugene, Oregon, who find themselves in the midst of crisis when paranormal occurrences begin to affect the everyday fabric of their home. At the same time, a series of brutal murders is being investigated by two local detectives. The storylines converge as those involved slowly realize that the murders and hauntings may have a common link: Maggie Gill, 15-year-old daughter of the Gill family, who might be possessed by demonic attachments. Details: Script Commitment SSN Insight: Amblin is also developing a remake of the film Minority Report, which is being produced by 20th Century Fox and Paramount Television and just picked up by FOX.   Untitled Judah Miller Comedy Project Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producer: Judah Miller, Tom Lassally, Jonathan Berry Writer: Judah Miller Logline: Centers on a Tony Award-winning mother and a cerebral, risk-averse father blessed with a natural-born athlete for a son. They are forced to come to terms with the fact that raising their only child won’t come as easily as they thought.   Brain Dead Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Companies: Scott Free Productions, King Size Productions Executive Producers: Ridley Scott, David Zucker, Robert King, Michelle King Writers: Robert King, Michelle King Logline: A comedic horror show set in the world of D.C. politics. SSN Insight: King Size Productions have just signed a new three-year deal with CBS Television Studios.   Elisabeth Network: HBO Executive Producers: Patricia Clarkson, Ruba Nadda, Alan Poul Writer: Ruba Nadda Director: Ruba Nadda Logline: A romantic drama set in the world of international politics. SSN Insight: Project reunites Poul and Clarkson who worked for a short time together on HBO’s Six Feet Under.   Hospitality Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Hazy Mills Productions Executive Producers: Christopher Moynihan, Sean Hayes, Todd Milliner Writer: Christopher Moynihan Logline: Set in a midtown Manhattan hotel and focuses on the hospitality staff. Details: Planned to air live every week, including live commercials.   Two Black Cadillacs Network: FOX Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Television Executive Producers: Carrie Underwood, Ildy Modrovich, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman Co-Executive Producer: KristieAnne Reed Writer: Ildy Modrovich Logline: Explores a murderous love triangle in the modern South when a wife and a mistress realize they are involved with the same guy and conspire to kill him. Details: Based on the song, "Two Black Cadillacs," written by Carrie Underwood, Hillary Lindsey and Josh Kear. Planned as a limited event series.   Untitled Mary Karr Drama Project Network: Showtime Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Timberman/Beverly Productions Executive Producer: Sarah TImberman, Carl Beverly, Mary-Louise Parker (has been mentioned) Co-Executive Producer: Mary Karr Producer: Frank Konigsberg Writer: Mary Karr Cast: Mary-Louise Parker (has been mentioned) Logline: Chronicles Karr’s challenging childhood in East Texas in the 1960s and documents her perilous journey into adulthood and her struggles with alcoholism. Details: Based on the memoirs The Liars' Club (Viking;1995), Cherry (Viking; 2000) and Lit (Harper; 20009) by Mary Karr.   Poor House Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Pacific Electric Picture Co. Executive Producers: Mike Pennie, Julian McCullough, Ed Helms, Michael Falbo Writer: Julian McCullough Cast: Julian McCullough Logline: Centers on a free-spirited, anti-establishment, non-conformist dad who drifts across America and through life until he decides to let his teenaged son have a normal high school experience, settling in a wealthy, Norman Rockwell-esque utopia where they share the only rundown house in town with two other working class misfits. Details: Inspired by the childhood of Julian McCullough. SSN Insight: Pacific Electric Picture Co. is also developing an NBC project called Big Kids with writer Joe Wengert and executive producer Claudia Lonow.   Manhunt Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Executive Producers: Gavin Hood, Whit Brayton, Zack Rice, Michael Sugar, Alex Goldstone, Nicole Romano Writers: Whit Brayton, Zack Rice Director: Gavin Hood Logline: Explores the mounting tension of an entire city on the hunt for a fugitive roaming the streets at large. It will examine the moment an American, or international city, becomes a police state, a war zone or a ground zero and the ensuing bloodlust it inspires. Details: The series order is cast and script contingent. If lifted, NBC has ordered ten episodes. SSN Insight: Project would be an anthology series.   Untitled Scott Silveri/ Jake Kasdan Family Comedy Project Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Executive Producers: Scott Silveri, Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar Writer: Scott Silveri Logline: Centers on a family that’s good at handling the challenges it faces, and excellent at creating new ones. Details: Put pilot + Penalty   Couch Detective Network: ABC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Television Executive Producers: Lauren Iungerich, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman Co-Executive Producer: KristieAnne Reed Writer: Lauren Iungerich Logline: Follows the exploits of a thirty-something female "couch detective" who solves crimes based on her encyclopedic knowledge of every true-crime TV special, police procedural and made-for-TV movie. SSN Insight: This is an hour long comedy project, and marks the first hour long sale for Iungerich, who shot a pilot for ABC last season called Damaged Goods which was not picked up to series.   Nuclear Family Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Dark Toy Entertainment Executive Producers: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Karey Burke, Todd Holland Writers: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory Logline: Chronicles the misadventures of self-professed altruists Rick and Barbara Foley, who adopted eight children from all over the world, some with special needs. Having bit off way more than they can chew, their radically different parenting styles and narcissistic, self-serving behavior have created a hurricane of teenage dysfunction, at the center of which is their often-overlooked only biological child. SSN Insight: Huyck and Gregory were behind last season’s projects The Pro at NBC and An American Education at ABC, which both shot pilots but were not ordered to series.   The Curse of the Fuentes Women Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Silent H Productions Executive Producers: Silvio Horta, Andrew Maher Writer: Silvio Horta Logline: When a young man washes up on Miami Beach claiming to be a long lost family member from Cuba, he breathes new energy into the lives of grandmother Esperanza Fuentes, daughter Lola and granddaughter Soledad. SSN Insight: Horta developed Bastards for ABC last season, but it never went past script.   Untitled Halle Berry/ Larry Kaplow Medical Drama Project Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: 606 Films Executive Producers: Larry Kaplow, Halle Berry, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Katie Jacobs Writer: Larry Kaplow Logline: Centers on an enigmatic surgeon who imprisons himself in a state of the art private hospital on the grounds of a prison. SSN Insight: Project stems from 606 Films first look deal with CBS TV Studios, which stems from Berry’s role in the summer series Extant.

TV Development For 9/16/14: ‘Digital Fortress’ Adaptation Set For ABC

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Game of Silence Network: NBC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: Carol Mendelsohn Productions, TIMS Productions, Intrigue Executive Producers: David Hudgins, Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz, Timur Savci, Tariq Jalil Writer: David Hudgins Logline: A rising attorney on the brink of spectacular success could lose his perfect life when his long- lost childhood friends threaten to expose a dark secret from their violent past. Details: Based on the Turkish series, Suskunlar, which aired in 2012. SSN Insight: Hudgins and Mendelsohn both have overall deals with Sony TV. The Things They Left Behind Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: KatzSmith Productions, Berlanti Productions Executive Producers: Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter Writer: Seth Grahame-Smith Logline: Set in the aftermath of 9/11, the story centers on an unlikely pair of investigators carrying out the unfinished business of the dead. Details: Based on the short story, The Things They Left Behind, written by Stephen King, which was originally published as part of the compilation Transgressions: Volume Two. SSN Insight: Berlanti is also developing Blindspot with Martin Gero at NBC , as well as the Untitled Supergirl Project with Ali Adler and Warner Bros. Television. Untitled Chris Moynihan Pub Quiz Comedy Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Executive Producer: Chris Moynihan Writer: Jonathan Prince Logline: A group of millennials team up once a week to compete in their local pub quiz. SSN Insight: This is the second project for Moynihan at NBC. He is also involved with the live scripted series being developed by Sean Hayes’ Hazy Mills Productions. Untitled Steven Cragg & Brian Bradley Suburban Family Comedy Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: David Janollari Entertainment Executive Producers: Steven Cragg, Brian Bradley, David Janollari Writers: Steven Cragg, Brian Bradley Logline: Centers on a pop science blogger and his wife who move from Manhattan and single life to New Jersey and married/family life. There, he begins writing about his suburban friends and neighbors on the cul-de-sac in the style of an anthropologist who’s stumbled on an undiscovered tribe. Details: Inspired by Cragg and Bradley’s personal observations of their own family lives. SSN Insight: Janollari is also developing The Catch, for NBC, with DJ Nash. Last Hour Network: CBS Studio: Universal Television Production Company: John Glenn Entertainment Executive Producer: Nikki Toscano, John Glenn Writer: Nikki Toscano Logline: In an undercover operation, the most dangerous, critical time comes in the last sixty minutes. But for Frankie Wallace, a tough female FBI agent with a complicated past, these are exactly the stakes she lives for. The series follows Frankie’s journey through the final hour of a sting operation, which plays in real-time. SSN Insight: Glenn and Toscano both have overall deals with Universal Television. 100 Grand Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Companies: 3 Arts Entertainment, The Walcott Company Executive Producers: Nicholas Thomas, Jake Johnson, Max Winkler, Dave Becky, Oly Obst, Jonathan Berry Writer: Nicholas Thomas Logline: Two guys learn how to grow up in the most unexpected way – paying off a debt for a local crime boss. Details: Script + Penalty Protect & Survive Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Shondaland Executive Producers: David Slack, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers Writer: David Slack Logline: Centers on the last LAPD precinct fighting to hang on in Los Angeles after a massive disaster changes life as we know it. SSN Insight: This is the first sale for Shondaland this development season. Their new project How To Get Away With Murder will premiere this month. Torment Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Executive Producers: Manny Coto, Evan Katz, Michael Cuesta Writer: Manny Coto, Evan Katz Director: Michael Cuesta Logline: After an Iraq war vet experiences a supernatural attack that leaves his wife in an unexplained coma, he embarks on a desperate quest to unravel the truth behind the hauntings. Though a determined and acerbic loner, circumstances force him to work with a media-hungry, but not very successful team of ghost hunters. Details: Script + Penalty Public Integrity Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Kennedy/Marshall Company Executive Producers: Aaron Tracy, Rene Balcer, Robert Zotnowski, Frank Marshall Writer: Aaron Tracy Logline: Centers on the the nation’s watchdogs — the passionate prosecutors of the Public Integrity Section who target criminals within the government. SSN Insight: Project stems from an overall deal Kennedy/Marshall has with CBS Television Studios. Shooter Network: TNT Studio: Paramount Television Executive Producers: John Hlavin, Mark Wahlberg, Stephen Levinson Writer: John Hlavin Logline: Based on the film about a marksman and former U.S. Marine scout sniper  coaxed back into action, only to be framed for murder and have to go on the run. Details: Based on the film, Shooter, (USA, 2007) directed by Antoine Fuqua, which was based on the novel Point of Impact, written by Stephen Hunter. SSN Insight: Paramount Television is also adapting ,from their feature library, Minority Report, School Of Rock and Shutter Island. The Walk-Up Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: True Jack Productions Executive Producers: Julia Brownell, Jason Katims, Michelle Lee Writer: Julia Brownell Logline: Two 30-something couples — one with a baby on the way — decide to buy and live in a Brooklyn brownstone together, creating their own version of the modern urban family. Details: Inspired by the Atlantic.com article, Two Couples, One Mortgage, written by Ari Weisbard. SSN Insight: True Jack Productions is also developing a medical drama with Sarah Watson for CBS and a dating comedy with Stu Zicherman for Showtime. Digital Fortress Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Imagine Television Executive Producers: Joshua Goldin, Rachel Abramowitz, Dan Brown, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo Writers: Joshua Goldin, Rachel Abramowitz Logline: Set in the world of the NSA during a global threat, the story follows a cat-and-mouse game between an Edward Snowden-esque character who is threatening to release all of the government’s secrets to the highest bidder - and a female cryptographer and her elite team who are tasked to stop him. Details: Based on the novel, Digital Fortress, written by Dan Brown. Untitled Brian Grazer / Molyneux Sisters Family Comedy Project Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Imagine Television Executive Producers: Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo Writers: Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux Logline: Follows an extraordinarily gifted family who find themselves unprepared for their new lives in Orange County, California, a place where beauty is valued more than brains. Details: Inspired by the book, The Brainy Bunch: The Harding Family’s Method To College Ready By Age Twelve, written by Kip Harding and Mona Lisa Harding. SSN Insight: Project stems from an overall deal the Molyneux sisters have at 20th Century Television. Untitled Kevin Nealon / Susan Yeagley Divorce Comedy Project Network: NBC Co-Executive Producers: Kevin Nealon, Susan Yeagley Writers: Kevin Nealon, Susan Yeagley Logline: A recently divorced couple find themselves still tied to their close-knit family (and each other) through their jointly owned business – a bar off the Las Vegas Strip. Untitled Angela Kinsey / Will Gluck Female Buddy Comedy Network: ABC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Company: Olive Bridge Entertainment Executive Producers: Angela Kinsey, Will Gluck, Rachel Specter, Audrey Wauchope, Darlene Hunt Writers: Angela Kinsey, Rachel Specter, Audrey Wauchope Cast: Angela Kinsey  Logline: A woman and her ex-husband’s new girlfriend end up becoming BFFs — much to the annoyance of the guy stuck in the middle. Details: Script + Penalty The Meatball Project Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: Doozer Productions, All3Media America Executive Producers: Jeff Astrof, Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, Eli Holzman, Stephen Lambert Consulting Producers: Daniel Holzman, Michael Chernow Writer: Jeff Astrof Logline: Centers on two lifelong best friends who are poised to become successful restaurateurs — if they can keep from killing each other. In order to keep their business — and friendship — alive, the two decide to see a couples’ therapist who will guide them through life, love and the fast-paced world of being big-city restaurant owners. Details: Inspired by the business partnership of chefs Daniel Holzman and Michael Chernow who own New York City’s Meatball Shop restaurants. SSN Insight: Project has been ordered straight to pilot. Untitled Jimmy Kimmel / Carson Daly Project Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Executive Producers: Jimmy Kimmel, Carson Daly, Dan Fogelman Writer: Jimmy Kimmel Logline: A once-massively popular VJ loses it all and is forced to move in with his parents and take a job as host of a local radio "morning zoo." Details: Loosely based on the real-life experiences of Carson Daly. SSN Insight: This is Kimmel’s first sale of a pilot written by himself. Untitled Jason Blum Horror Anthology Project Network: NBC Production Companies: Blumhouse Productions, Endemol Studios Executive Producers: Jason Blum, Tony Kranz Writers: Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin, Chad Villella, Tyler Gillett, Justin Martinez Logline: Horror anthology inspired by true events in the vein of The Twilight Zone. Details: Upon script approval, the project will receive a 10-episode straight-to-series order. Letters To My Daughter's Future Therapist Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Junction Entertainment Executive Producers: Jon Turtletaub, Jordan Roter Writer: Jordan Roter Logline: Centers on a mother’s letters to her daughter’s future therapist, explaining her actions for when her daughter inevitably blames her for everything. Details: Script commitment Deep Web Network: Spike TV Production Companies: Flying Studio, Flame Ventures, LLC Executive Producers: Tony Krantz, Gary Oldman, Douglas Urbanski, Scott Gold Co-Executive Producer: Drew Comins Writer: Scott Gold Logline: Chronicles the saga of an ambitious computer aficionado in Silicon Valley who, with the help of his friends, evolves into an internet underworld crime boss fueled by a web portal where one can buy anything ­ from a kidney to cocaine to a rocket-launcher. As his empire grows beyond borders and government regulation, he becomes the one of the most wanted men on Earth.  Details: Inspired by the TIME Magazine article, The Deep Web, written by Jay Newton-Small.    SSN Insight: This is the first television series being developed by feature producers Oldman and Urbanski. Love Digital Platform: Netflix Production Companies: Apatow Productions, Legendary Television Executive Producers: Judd Apatow, Paul Rust, Lesley Arfin, Brent Forrester Writers: Judd Apatow, Paul Rust, Lesley Arfin Cast: Paul Rust, Gillian Jacobs Logline: A relationship comedy that follows a couple, Gus and Mickey as they navigate the exhilaration and humiliations of intimacy, commitment, and other things they were hoping to avoid. Details: Netflix has given a two-season straight to series commitment with 10 episodes ordered for the first season and 12 episodes ordered for the second. SSN Insight: This is the second time that Netflix has given a huge commitment like this, with the first given out to House Of Cards.  

TV Development For 9/23/14: Warner Bros. Lines Up DC Comic Property Lucifer at Fox

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Problem Child Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Companies: TBD Entertainment, American Work, Inc. Executive Producers: Scot Armstrong, Peter Traugott, Rachel Kaplan Writer: Scot Armstrong Logline: A couple conned into adopting a troubled seven-year boy who wreaks havoc in their lives and leaves a path of destruction anywhere he goes. Details: Based on the film, Problem Child, (USA/ 1990), directed by Dennis Dugan and starring John Ritter.   Lucifer Network: FOX Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: Aggressive Mediocrity, Inc, DC Comics/Vertigo Executive Producer: Tom Kapinos Writer: Tom Kapinos Logline: Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he opens an exclusive piano bar called Lux. SSN Insight: Adapted from the DC Comic, if this joins the fray, Warner Bros. will have six primetime comic book series on air with Arrow and new series The Flash, Constantine, Gotham and iZombie (midseason). This doesn't count pilots for  Supergirl and Titans (based on the comic Teen Titans) in the works.

L.A. Crime Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Companies: Mandeville Films/TV Executive Producers: Steven Baigelman, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks Writer: Steven Baigelman Logline: Centers on two LA cops in the late 1970's searching for a serial killer team amidst the rock-and-roll, coke-ridden streets of the allusive Sunset Strip.   The Ultimate Getaway Network: FOX Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: Vendetta Productions, Exhibit A Executive Producers: Sheldon Turner, Seth Gordon, Kevin Costello, Jennifer Klein Writer: Kevin Costello Logline: A commercial airline flight crew escapes the drudgery and degradation of their jobs by using layovers to commit robberies in different cities across the country. SSN Insight: Costello used to be Klein’s assistant working on many of her projects, but this is his first project sold since he completed Fox’s emerging writers program.   Untitled Bowman / Garcia Project Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Companies: Amigos de Garcia Productions Executive Producers: Greg Garcia, Alix Jaffe, Bobby Bowman Writer: Bobby Bowman Logline: Workplace comedy set in a music store. SSN Insight: Garcia has also sold to CBS an Untitled project from Chris Harris, that centers on a couple who wants to set up two friends who may be perfect for each other.   My Love From Another Star Network: ABC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: HB Entertainment, EnterMedia Content Executive Producers: Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain, Ji-eun Park, Bomi Moon, Sebastian Lee, David Kim Writers: Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain Logline: A supernatural love story about a world-famous popstar and her anti-social neighbor, who happens to be from another planet. Details: Based on the Korean format. SSN Insight: The project drew record viewership in Korea and China, where it became the most viewed program.   Untitled Carol Mendelsohn Journalism Dramedy Project Network: ABC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Company: Carol Mendelsohn Productions Executive Producers: Carol Mendelsohn, Julie Weitz Writer: Liz Heldens Logline: A disgraced journalist is forced to go back to work for his former intern, who has since invented a BuzzFeed/PopSugar-type news site. Details: Put Pilot + Penalty SSN Insight: Mendelsohn is also developing Game of Silence, being written by David Hudgins, for NBC.   Untitled Stephnie Weir Comedy Project Network: ABC Studio: CBS Television Studios Executive Producers: Stephnie Weir, Meghan Schumacher Writer: Stephnie Weir Logline: Centers on a branch manager in a credit union who believes he can finally shake their podunk image and compete with the newly arrived uberbank with his new style of management. SSN Insight: Weir will next appear on FX’s The Comedians, opposite Josh Gad and Billy Crystal.   Untitled Mark Gordon Quantico Project Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Mark Gordon Company Executive Producers: Josh Safran, Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper Writer: Josh Safran Logline: A group of young, sexy FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, go through training given by current Special Agents at the college-like Quantico base in Virginia. One of the recruits turns out to be a sleeper terrorist who creates the most severe terrorist attack on US soil since 9/11. Details: Script Commitment SSN Insight: This is the first sale of the season for the Mark Gordon Company. Their USA project Benched, just received an airdate of October 28th.   Untitled Mark V. Olsen / Will Scheffer Comedy Project Network: HBO Production Company: Anima Sola Productions Executive Producers: Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer Co-Executive Producer: Judith Godreche Writers: Mark V. Olsen, Will Scheffer, Judith Godreche Logline: A famous French actress moves to the U.S. and, with savoir faire, goes to great lengths to keep her unorthodox family together. SSN Insight: Olsen and Scheffer adapted and currently run HBO’s Getting On, which will return for a second season in November.   Niño Santo Network: A&E Production Companies: A&E Studios, Amblin Television, Canana Films Executive Producers: Jeff Pinkner, Mauricio Katz, Pedro Peirano, Diego Luna, Gael Garcia Bernal, Pablo Cruz, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey Writers: Mauricio Katz, Pedro Peirano Logline: A group of young doctors are sent to vaccinate the locals in a remote village, where they encounter an unusual cult headed by an enigmatic faith healer. The curiosity of the doctors leads them to become involved with this group in the name of science. As they witness Niño’s "miracles," they begin to weigh scientific impossibility against the possibility of faith. Details: Based on the Mexican series, Niño Santo, which premiered in 2011.   The Greatest Love Story Ever Told Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: The District Executive Producers: Ruben Fleischer, David Bernard, Justin Spitzer Writer: Justin Spitzer Director: Ruben Fleischer Logline: The story centers on a disparate group of employees working at a big box store in middle America, and the love stories that will ultimately unfold among them. SSN Insight: Spitzer is currently a Co-Executive producer on Fox’s Mulaney and his project The Money Pit from last season is still on hold.   Fantasy Life Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producers:  Kevin Connolly, Tim McAuliffe, Jonathan Berry, Greg Walter, Michael Rotenberg, Troy Zien Writer: Tim McAuliffe Cast: Kevin Connolly Logline: Mitch is a regular guy who lands his ultimate dream job working in the fantasy sports department at a major sports network. Details: Based on the memoir, Fantasy Life: The Outrageous, Uplifting, and Heartbreaking World of Fantasy Sports from the Guy Who’s Lived It, written by Matthew Berry.   Acquittal Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Television Executive Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Rick Eid Co-Executive Producer: KristieAnne Reed Writer: Rick Eid Logline: Centers on an influential trial consultant who works alternately for the prosecution and the defense, using unorthodox ideas and tactics, often more psychological than legal. Details: Based on the book Acquittal: An Insider Reveals the Stories and Strategies Behind Today’s Most Infamous Verdicts, written by Richard Gabriel. SSN Insight: Eid is coming off CBS’ Hostages, where he was the showrunner and Executive Producer.   In America Network: HBO Studio: Fox Television Studios Executive Producers: Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kristen Sheridan, Dan Halsted, Pancho Mansfield Writers: Jim Sheridan, Naomi Sheridan, Kristen Sheridan Logline: Centers on an Irish family who, broke and looking for a fresh start, settles in an apartment building in the Bronx where they struggle to befriend their neighbors, also immigrants, and realize they all have one thing in common: a past that continues to haunt them. Details: Based on the film In America (USA/2002), directed by Jim Sheridan starring Samantha Morton, Paddy Considine and Djimon Hounsou. SSN Insight: Project stems from Halsted’s first look deal with Fox Television Studios. This would mark Sheridan’s television debut.   Pair Of Aces Network: ABC Studio: Universal Television Production Companies: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Conde Nast Entertainment Group Executive Producers: Eva Longoria, Ben Spector, Dawn Ostroff, Gina Marcheschi Writers: Meredith Lavender, Marcie Ulin Logline: Latino golden boys Chris and Alex Reyes are brothers who are both best friends and rivals. They are rising stars in Texas politics whose destiny is engineered by their manipulative mother Maria. She is determined to turn the Reyes family into the most powerful dynasty modern politics has ever seen. Details: Loosely based on the article, Pair of Aces: Rising Democratic Stars Julián and Joaquin Castro, written by Jacob Weisberg and published in Vogue Magazine on March 1, 2013. SSN Insight: Longoria’s company is also developing NBC’s Critical, written by Katie Lovejoy.   Untitled Patrick Aison Drama Project Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Chris Morgan Productions Executive Producer: Chris Morgan Writer: Patrick Aison Logline: A vengeful young woman and a master assassin form an unlikely partnership. As he teaches her the art of the kill, their personal lives become entangled. SSN Insight: Morgan also just sold an Untitled Greg Russo Project to Fox about a suburban family man, who on the side, runs the most successful custom-ticket auto-theft ring in Los Angeles.   Los Serrano Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Companies: GloboMedia, Ombra Films Executive Producers: Mike Scully, Julie Scully, Daniel Ecija Bernal, Laura Fernandez Espero, Jaume Collet-Serra, Juan Sola Writers: Mike Scully, Julie Scully Logline: A widower with three sons reconnects and marries his high school sweetheart, a divorced mother of two girls. Details: Based on the Spanish multi-camera comedy series, Los Serrano, created by Daniel Ecija Berna, which premiered on Telecino in 2003. SSN Insight: Project has been adapted in nine other countries.   Untitled Gail Berman / Andrew Reich / Ted Cohen Comedy Project Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Jackal Group Executive Producers: Andrew Reich, Ted Cohen, Gail Berman Writers: Andrew Reich, Ted Cohen Logline: A multi-generational family comedy. SSN Insight: This is the first sale for Berman through her new production company.   Follow Your Heart Network: ABC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Kapital Entertainment Executive Producers: Nastaran Dibai, Aaron Kaplan Writer: Nastaran Dibai Logline: Centers on a widow and single mother who, after having given up on love, finds herself drawn to the new guy in her building. That’s because, unbeknownst to her, he was the recipient of her husband’s heart. SSN Insight: Project reunites Kaplan and Dibai who worked together on Kaplan’s first pilot ever sold. They also developed a widow project at NBC together last season, which never moved forward and Dibai was a co-executive producer on CBS’ Friends with Better Lives which Kaplan produced.

TV Development For 9/30/14: Jennifer Garner Putting on EP Hat to Develop Half Full for Fox, Josh Schwartz EP on Felony Twins

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Untitled John Krasinski/ Shawn Wines/ Aaron Kaplan Garbage Collection Comedy Project Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Companies: Sunday Night Productions, Kapital Entertainment Executive Producers: John Krasinski, Allyson Seeger, Mike Sablone, Shawn Wines, Aaron Kaplan Writer: Shawn Wines Logline: A disgraced law student, out of options, is forced to turn to the exotic and lucrative world of NYC garbage collection. SSN Insight:Krasinski’s, Sunday Night Productions, has also sold an Untitled Josh Siegal Project to NBC about a middle-aged ad executive who unexpectedly loses his job and cobbles together a ragtag team to launch his own grassroots agency from his garage.

Queen Of The South Network: USA Studio: Fox Television Studios Production Company: Friendly Films Executive Producers: Mark Fortin, Joshua Miller, David T. Friendly, Pancho Mansfield Writers: M.A. Fortin, Joshua John Miller  Logline: After her drug-dealing boyfriend is unexpectedly murdered in Mexico, Teresa Mendoza is forced to go on the run and seek refuge in America. There, she teams with an unlikely figure from her past to bring down the leader of the same drug trafficking ring that has her on the run. In the process, she learns the tools of the trade and strategically positions herself to become the leader of the cartel. Details: Based on the novel, La Reina Del Sur, written by Arturo Perez-Reverte, which was also the inspiration for the Telemundo series, which premiered in 2011.

Eat, Sleep, Poop Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Storyline Entertainment Executive Producers: David Bickel, Craig Zadan, Neil Meron Consulting Producers: Mark Nicholson, Dr. Scott W. Cohen Writer: David Bickel Logline: A celebrity pediatrician is top of the line and revered at work but is not as good practicing what he preaches with his wife and kids at home. Details: Inspired by the book Eat, Sleep, Poop: A Common Sense Guide To Your Baby’s First Year, written by Dr. Scott W. Cohen.

Real Genius Network: NBC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: Happy Madison Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producers: Craig DiGregorio, Dave King, Doug Robinson, Oly Obst Writers: Craig DiGregorio, Dave King Logline: A look at the relationship between a rock star-like genius and a sheltered, naive co-worker. Details: Based on the 1985 movie, Real Genius, (USA/1985) directed by Martha Coolidge and starring Val Kilmer. SSN Insight: Project will be written in present day.

Telenova Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment Executive Producers: Eva Longoria, Ben Spector, Christine Pietrosh, Jessica Goldstein Writer: Christine Pietrosh, Jessica Goldstein Logline: An ambitious telenovela star struggles to stay on top in a world where the drama on-camera is nothing compared to the drama off-camera. Details: The project will get a 13-episode order if Longoria commits to star or a pilot order if she doesn’t. SSN Insight: An Untitled Emily Halpern / Sarah Haskins Project is also being developed at ABC with eyes on Longoria to star and Executive Produce. If she commits, there will be a 13-episode penalty attached to the project. This project centers on a successful home renovator who can’t stop problem solving when she leaves the job site – especially when it comes to her boyfriend, her family, a random delivery guy, and basically everyone she comes into contact with.

Tuned Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment Executive Producers: Zachary Levi, Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont, Eva Longoria, Ben Spector Writers: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont Cast: Zachary Levi (has been mentioned) Logline: An ambitious New Yorker's life is upended by sudden musical hallucinations. While these vivid hallucinations threaten to completely derail his enviable life, he’ll eventually realize that they might lead him on a more fulfilling journey. SSN Insight: This marks the fifth sale for Eva Longoria's shingle UnbeliEVAble Entertainment this season.

The Felony Twins Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Fake Empire Executive Producers: David Hemingson, Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Leonard Goldstein Writer: David Hemingson Logline: An unlikely trio of investigators' social lives are as wild as their cases. A young lawyer at an upscale firm discovers that two eccentric sisters at his downscale Hollywood apartment have an obsession with crime and covertly enlists them as investigators in his cases. But he must keep them a secret from his superiors at the firm. SSN Insight: This is the second project for Fake Empire who are also developing a project with Jeff Wadlow at ABC.

Untitled Tommy Johnagin Comedy Project Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Doozer Productions Executive Producers: Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold Co-Executive Producer: Tommy Johnagin Writers: Tommy Johnagin, Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker Cast: Tommy Johnagin Logline: A standup comic raises a family in a small Midwestern town.  Details: Inspired by Tommy Johnagin's life. Ordered to pilot. SSN Insight: Halpern and Schumacker are also developing ABC’s, Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth.

Untitled Jenna Bans Drama Project Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Mandeville Films/TV Executive Producers: Jenna Bans, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laura Zaks Writer: Jenna Bans Logline: The return of a politician's young son who was presumed dead after disappearing more than a decade earlier, sends shockwaves throughout their tight knit community. But as the mysterious young man is welcomed back into his family suspicions emerge — is he really who he says he is? SSN Insight: Project stems from Bans' deal with ABC Studios and is also a producer on ABC’s Scandal.

Half Full Network: FOX Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Vandalia Films Executive Producer: Jennifer Garner Co-Executive Producer: Matthew Nicklaw Producer: Juliana Janes Writer: Matthew Nicklaw Logline: A newlywed couple are forced to put their dreams of moving to New York City on hold because of the impending doom of (unexpected) parenthood. Instead, they have no choice but to stay at home in "beautiful" Agawam, Massachusetts, keeping themselves within a five-mile radius of the husband's five bitter, older siblings. SSN Insight: Vandalia Films is also developing a project for Bravo called All The Pretty Faces with J. Mills Goodloe.

Funhouse Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Mandeville Films/TV Executive Producers: Fred Goss, Laurie Zaks, David Hoberman, Todd Liberman Writer: Fred Goss Logline: Jack Babbit kidnaps his estranged father from a nursing home, along with his 24-hour male nurse, and brings them to his home. This upsets the already chaotic existence between Jack, his wife, three kids and extended family but ultimately helps them discover what they all mean to each other. Details: Put Pilot + Penalty SSN Insight: In addition to the Untitled Jenna Bans Project listed above, Mandeville is also developing L.A. Crime for ABC with Steven Baigelman.

If We're Not Married By 30 Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Co-Executive Producers: Melissa Rauch, Winston Rauch Writers: Melissa Rauch, Winston Rauch Logline: A guy comes to collect on a pre-teen promise made by his childhood best friend — whom he hasn't seen in more than a decade.

In Security Network: NBC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Company: Kaplan/Perrone Entertainment Executive Producers: Annabel Oakes, Phil Traill, Aaron Kaplan, Sean Perrone Writer: Annabel Oakes Logline: Four very un-Charlie's Angels female bodyguards/private investigators find that their invisibility in society makes their jobs easier — and everything else harder.    Details: Oaks is currently a writer on USA’s Sirens.

Dish Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Dark Toy Entertainment Executive Producers: Cindy Chupack, Karey Burke, Todd Holland Writer: Cindy Chupack Logline: Three female friends in Venice, CA – one single, one married, and one a single mother – meet once a week at a restaurant called Dish to dish about life, love, career, and the myth of "having it all." They do "have it all" among the three of them, just not individually. Details: Inspired by Cindy Chupack’s real-life experiences. SSN Insight: Dark Toy Entertainment is also developing Nuclear Family for ABC and Random Acts for AMC.

The List of the Open Lead Roles Currently Casting on Network TV Shows

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big 5 tv networksAlthough September is the month where countless fall shows premiere and duke it out for series orders, there are still plenty of roles that are just waiting for that certain actor to bring the character to life. Below SSN has complied the TV Grid list of the lead roles that are currently open on shows slated for the networks along with the directors in charge of casting.  Good luck and keep reading SSN Insider next week as we'll reveal the open casting lists for Digital and Premium Cable series.

AGENT CARTER

Companies: ABC (Network) ABC TV Studios (Studio) Marvel (Production Co.) Dates: September-October 2014 Casting Director: Sarah Finn, Marci Phillips, Tamara Hunter, Kate Dowd Logline: The one-hour drama follows Captain America’s girlfriend Peggy Carter, played by Hayley Atwell, and chronicles her life as a budding secret agent after her boyfriend is stranded in ice. Edward Hutchins (Male 30-49): Smart, completely capable, and often inadvertently amusing. Beneath the English manners, he is also brave when called to action. He carefully balances his personal and professional life, not wanting to upset or worry his wife over his dangerous job.

Angie Martinelli (Female 20-35): A girl from Queens whose dreams of being on Broadway keep her in high spirits while she spends her time in a thankless waitress job. She’s sassy and a little rough around the edges, but extremely sociable. Charming with the guys but a best friend to women. Singing a plus.

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Companies: CBS (Network) CBS TV Studios (Studio) Dates: TBD Casting Director: Susan Edelman , Amy Herzig , Katharina Eggmann Logline: Willy is a cab driver in New York City, and he's a gruff, selfish middle-aged guy whose chatter can get on his customers' nerves. He’s alienated most of the people in his life, one way or another, but keeps on trying to find the path -- because finding the path is in his job description.

Willy (Male 40-59): Willy is a New York City cab driver- he's charismatic but quarrelsome and clueless that he’s offending his customers. His wife Vanessa has divorced him and he has a contentious relationship with his gay son. In spite of his money troubles and pelvic pain, he tries to do the right thing.

Sean (Male 20-29): The son of Willy and Vanessa, Sean is mid 20s, an intelligent but somewhat sharp tongued gay man. He's in love with Andrew, a bartender, and his life revolves around choreographing the ultimate marriage proposal. He and Willy have never gotten along because they have little in common.

Rosa (Female, 35-45): A wholehearted, grounded waitress with great humanity and a good sense of humor, Rosa works at a diner where Willy is a regular. Rosa moonlights as a blues singer, and she'd be open to dating Willy, but he’s too blind to see it. Open to any ethnicity, please indicate if the actress can sing.

Nishi (Male 45-59): Willy's boss at the Yellow Cab Garage, a Pakistani-American man, Nishi owns a medallion for a cab, and he's selling it at a steep price so he can pay for his son's college at Columbia University.

Valentine (Male 35-45): A Nigerian, soccer-loving cab driver who’s got a love-hate relationship with his co-worker Willy who often irritates him. He hopes that he can get the money to buy the medallion from Nishi.

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Companies: CBS (Network) CBS TV Studios (Studio) Treeline Film (Production Co.) Dates: January 2015 Casting Director: TBD Logline: Set amidst a wave of violent animal attacks sweeping across the planet, a young renegade scientist is thrust into a race to unlock the mystery behind this pandemic before time runs out for animals and humans alike.

Jackson Oz (Male 30-39): The show's hero, he’s a scientist who's rugged, smart and manly.  The title ‘hero’ would come as quite a surprise to him, given his emotional weariness with life. We first meet him while he has a major hangover.

Jamie Paulson (Female 24): Pouty and edgy, she is a cub reporter on the metro desk. She gets the news first that something odd happening with the animals and is determined to get the scoop.

Chloe Tousignant (Female 30): Beautiful despite her wasted, tired appearance. She is French with a thick accent and speaks little English. She is in Africa after recently breaking up with her fiancé when her tour bus is attacked by lions.

Mitch Larkin (Male, 30): Hyper-intelligent with an endearing gawkiness. He is a student who works for the Zoo studying animals on his off hours.

RUNNER FKA THE END

Companies: FOX (Network) Twentieth TV (Studio) Dates: Late October 2014 Casting Director: TBD Logline: Centers on a woman who believes she is leading a perfect life — she has a loving family, a rewarding career and close friends. However, overnight her life is ripped apart by one simple twist of fate – she soon realizes she must follow a trail of lies to reveal the truth.

Emily (Female 30-39): Lauren's sister-in-law is strong, caring and sympathetic. A special needs educator who is frantic to have a child of her own.

Lauren Marks (Female 30-35): Gorgeous, smart and ambitious. A mother and career woman. She finds out that her husband, Adam, is not who she thinks he is when he disappears.

Simon Marks (Male 30-39): Lauren's brother in-law is married to Emily and a San Francisco police detective. Rugged, strong and truthful. He does whatever he can to help Lauren find her husband.

Troy (Male 30-39): Adam's childhood friend, but Lauren’s family no longer speak to him because Simon's son accidentally shot himself with his gun. He may be Lauren's only hope to finding her husband. Looking for Latin talent.

Agent Danzinger (Male 30-45): An experienced government agent who you do not want to mess with. He is involved with taking down the Mexican weapons cartel. He has clues about Adam's disappearance.

Josh Marks (Male 30-39): Adam's younger brother and married to Rebecca is an architect. Good-looking, artistic and brooding.

Rebecca Marks (Female 30-39): Lauren and Adam's sister-in-law married to Josh. Pretty, punky and dark.

Adam Marks (Male 30-39): Lauren's husband and a doctor of Pediatric Oncology. We first meet him as an intelligent and caring husband. He disappears after not boarding a plane that crashed. He is then seen with another woman and then disappears.

THREE SECOND RULE AKA THE LAST MAN ON EARTH

Companies: FOX (Network) Twentieth TV (Studio) Lord Miller (Production Co.) Dates: September through December 2014 Casting Director: TBD Logline: A single-camera comedy about the last man (Will Forte) on earth, who used to be just an average family guy. Now Phil searches the country for other survivors but has found no one. But, he’s not about to give up now because he has hope that there is another survivor.

Todd (Male, 30-39): He's a force of positive energy. Todd's trusting warm nature makes him instantly likeable. He was made fun of about his weight growing up, but he managed to turn make millions in the tech industry and eventually started a charity for underprivileged kids.

Melissa (Female 25-35): She's a stunning, smart, no-nonsense Midwestern girl-next-door with a good sense of humor and a local sports fan. Melissa developed her strong independent nature growing up with three older brothers.

A.D.

Companies: NBC (Network) Universal TV (Studio) Lightworkers Media (Production Co.) Dates: September-October 2014 Casting Director: Jeremy Zimmerman Logline: A 12-part mini-series of faith and heroic struggle, AD begins in the dark days after Jesus’ betrayal and death and in the face of terrible odds and brutal persecution, the small band of Jesus’ disciples stand against the combined might of Rome and their own local authorities.

Peter (Male 25-40): The leader of the Christians and hero of the series. He recovers from deep guilt to take charge. He’s not naturally charismatic but he’s a quick learner.

Pilate (Male 40-60): Roman Governor of Judea who orders the crucifixion of Jesus, but feels increasingly pressured by others to deal with the affair. He’s become a smart, ambitious politician.

Caiaphas (Male 40-60): High Priest of the Holy Temple. He is a shrewd, calculated politician who sees the followers of Jesus as inherently dangerous. His failure to close out the Jesus affair puts him under pressure.

Mary Magdalene (Female 28-38): The pillar of the Christian group and she works tirelessly to keep the movement going amidst enormous challenges. Feisty, ingenious and brave, she takes the initiative when the men must hide out.

Leah (Female 30-45): Wife of Caiaphas and arguably the more intelligent of the pair. This proud noblewoman holds much sway in the High Priest family and calls the shots in her marriage.

John (Male, 25-30): Brother of James and the only apostle to be there for the crucifixion. He is a serene soul who acts as a good balance to Peter's alpha male. Looking for African-American, Black-African, Black-Caribbean.

MISSION CONTROL

Companies: NBC (Network) Universal TV (Studio) Gary Sanchez (Production Co.) Dates: January 2015 Casting Director: Susie Farris , Julie Tucker , Ross Meyerson Logline: Dr. Mary Kendricks is a tough but brilliant aerospace engineer, leading a team of NASA scientists. Navigating this ridiculous boys' club is no easy task in the 1960s, especially when her boss brings on a former hotshot test pilot to co-manage her team.

Conner (Male 30-39): Type A, straight-laced astronaut much like John Glenn who’s dating Mary. A future politician, he is the kind of guy who Mary’s proud to introduce to her parents. He excels at his job, but is definitely prone to ego.

TV Development For 10/07/14: Robert Zemeckis, Rachel Winter, Ryan Murphy, Rashida Jones & More Producing TV Projects

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American Crime Story Network: FX Studio: Fox 21 Production Companies: FX Productions, Ryan Murphy Productions, Color Force Executive Producers: Ryan Murphy, Dante Di Loreto, Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson Writers: Scott Alexander, Larry Karaszewski Director: Ryan Murphy Logline: The O.J. Simpson trial is told from the perspective of the lawyers. It explores the chaotic behind-the-scenes dealings and maneuvering on both sides of the case, and how a combination of prosecution confidence, defense wiliness, and the LAPD’s history with the city’s black community gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt. Details: Project has been ordered straight to series with a 10 episode commitment. SSN Insight: Murphy’s other anthology series, American Horror Story, will begin airing its fourth season tomorrow night.

Untitled Howard Gordon / James Wong Project Network: CBS Studio: 20th Century Fox Production Company: Teakwood Lane Productions Executive Producer: Howard Gordon Writer: James Wong Logline: Centers on an angel who, after losing his wings, saves the life of a female police detective and together they try to uncover the mystery of why the angel is stranded as a mortal on earth. SSN Insight: Teakwood Lane just inked a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox. Gordon’s company is behind projects such as Homeland, Tyrant, Legends and the recent event series 24: Live Another Day.

First Lady Network: CW Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: Intrigue, Vandalia Films Executive Producers: Jenni Ross, Tariq Jalil, Jennifer Garner, Juliana Janes Writer: Jenni Ross Logline: Chronicles one woman’s rags-to-riches journey from illegal immigrant to the White House, where she battles injustice and her own sordid past which has come back to haunt her. Details: Based on Primera Dama, created by Sebastián Arrau and distributed by Latin Media, which aired on Canal 13-Chile in 2010 and has been sold or remade in multiple countries. SSN Insight: Garner’s, Vandalia Films, is also developing Fox’s Half Full, which is being written by Matthew Nicklaw, while Ross’ Intrigue is developing Game Of Silence, being written by David Hudgins.

Wendy And Peter Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Le Train Train Productions Executive Producers: Marisa Coughlan, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack Co-Executive Producer: Jeff Grosvenor Writer: Marisa Coughlan Logline: The story is told from the point of view of Wendy, a woman who wants to find love with a real man, but finds herself falling for Peter, who refuses to fully embrace adulthood. Details: Loosely inspired by Marisa Coughlan’s own dating experiences and on the characters created by J.M. Barrie. SSN Insight: Le Train Train Productions has three other projects in development and is also behind the current project A to Z airing on NBC.

Untitled Carol Mendelsohn / Felicity Huffman Project Network: ABC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: Carol Mendelsohn Productions, Madhouse Entertainment Executive Producers: Carol Mendelsohn, Felicity Huffman, Michael Dinner, Rachel Winter, Robyn Meisinger, Adam Kolbrenner, Julie Weitz Producer: Kate DiMento Writer: Carol Mendelsohn Director: Michael Dinner Cast: Felicity Huffman Logline: A special agent who is the fearless leader of a team of young agents on the New York City Joint Terrorism Task Force. A self-proclaimed sexual omnivore but true romantic at heart, she relies on her innate intuition, wry sense of humor and unbelievable ability to draw connections between disconnected bits of information that come across her desk. Armed with intelligence of immediate threats from law enforcement agencies around the city and governments throughout the world, she and her team must confront and neutralize dangerous situations before they escalate. SSN Insight: Huffman will also be starring in ABC’s limited series American Crime, which will air in 2015.

Las Reinas Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Mark Gordon Company Executive Producers: Dean Georgaris, Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper Writer: Dean Georgaris Logline: Follows the lives of the men and women in the Criminal Investigation Division of the Miami Police department. It centers on the mercurial heart and soul of the squad, Alex De La Reina, a woman who turned her back on her natal family when she discovered they run Florida’s most powerful and dangerous criminal syndicate. SSN Insight: Gordon has also sold an Untitled Quantico Project to ABC with Josh Safran and Pariahs, also to ABC, with Nichole Millard and Kathryn Price.

C.H.A.O.S. — Downtown Division Network: CBS Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Company: Lynda Obst Productions Executive Producers: K.J. Steinberg, Lynda Obst Writer: K.J. Steinberg Logline: Nic Fontana and Abigail Luce are promoted as the new faces of Los Angeles’ most embattled police division. At the peak of their careers, with the respect and trust of their new charges hard enough to win, the women are forced to implement the newest trend in police and citizen oversight sweeping the country: the body cam. Charged with running this controversial program, their whole tenure relies on their success as they navigate what also are to become the most challenging years of their personal lives. SSN Insight: Project stems from Steinberg’s recent two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures.

Uncle Chubby’s Network: IFC Production Company: Apostle Pictures Executive Producers: Denis Leary, Tom Sellitti Writers: Jim Serpico, Tom Sellitti Logline: A group of friends in their late 20s play on an ice hockey team, determined to win the adult league title despite little experience playing the sport competitively.

Bone House Network: CW Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Television Executive Producers: Sheri Elwood, Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed Writer: Sheri Elwood Logline: Centers on an estranged group of siblings who own and operate a private autopsy company. SSN Insight: Bruckheimer is also developing ABC’s Couch Detective, Fox’s event series Two Black Cadillacs and an Untitled Cocaine Project with Michael Bay for TNT.

Broad Squad Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Companies: Fake Empire, Kapital Entertainment Executive Producers: Josh Schwartz, Stephanie Savage, Leonard Goldstein, Aaron Kaplan Co-Executive Producer: Bess Wohl Producer: Alexandra Lydon Writer: Bess Wohl Logline: Set in 1978, the series is a fictionalized account of the graduating class of Boston’s first female patrol officers. Dubbed "The Broad Squad" by the local press, they arrived at a tumultuous time in Boston’s history, marked by corruption within the police force and a heightened organized crime presence in the city. Navigating rival neighborhoods as well as the conflicting attitudes toward them from everyone, they find themselves tested both on and off duty. SSN Insight: This marks the first collaboration between Fake Empire and Kapital Entertainment, who are both actively developing multiple project for this upcoming season.

Raven Rock Network: NBC Studio: Paramount Television Production Companies: Landscape Entertainment, Compari Entertainment, eOne Television Executive Producers: Robert Zemeckis, Jack Rapke, Jackie Levine, Bob Cooper, Tyler Mitchell, Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia Writers: Matthew Federman, Stephen Scaia Logline: The series is based on the book about the history of our government’s secret efforts to ensure survival if most of America or its leaders are killed in a nuclear attack on the U.S. There is what is known as "CoG" or "Continuity of Government", which are top secret, highly detailed plans on how to save the highest ranks; start over; and save America or, at the very least, the idea of America. Details: Based on the book, Raven Rock: The Inside Story Of The U.S. Government’s Secret Plan To Save Itself – While The Rest Of Us Die, written by Garrett Graff and scheduled to be published by Simon & Schuster in 2015. SSN Insight: Paramount and Compari are also developing The Fermata together, though a network has not yet been attached.

Rush Hour Network: CBS Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Doozer Productions Executive Producers: Bill Lawrence, Blake McCormick, Brett Ratner, Arthur Sarkissian, Jeff Ingold Writers: Bill Lawrence, Blake McCormick Logline: A stoic, by-the-book Hong Kong police officer is assigned to a case in Los Angeles, where he’s forced to work with a cocky black LAPD officer who has no interest in a partner. Details: Based on the film, Rush Hour (USA/ 1998), directed by Brett Ratner and starring Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker. Project has been ordered to pilot. SSN Insight: Doozer Productions also received a pilot order from CBS for an Untitled Tommy Johnagin Project, starring the comedian, and written by Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker and Tommy Johnagin.

Big Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Executive Producers: Kevin Biegel, Mike Royce Writers: Kevin Biegel, Mike Royce Logline: The show explores what it means to be an adult, what it means to be a kid, and how in today’s world those two things are more confused than ever. Details: Based on the film Big (USA/1988), directed by Penny Marshall and starring Tom Hanks.

Twin Peaks Network: Showtime Executive Producers: David Lynch, Mark Frost Writers: David Lynch, Mark Frost Director: David Lynch Logline: About the mysterious murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer. Details: This limited series picks up 20 years after the events in Twin Peaks, which was created by David Lynch and Mark Frost and aired on ABC in 1990. Showtime will air 9 episodes in 2016.

Junior Bender Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Ella Communications Executive Producers: Eddie Izzard, Sarah Townsend, Jessica Ball Writer: Jessica Ball Logline: A high-end thief with a taste for the finer things in life sidelines as a private eye for criminals. Those who can't go to the police go to Junior Bender. Details: Based on the four-book "Junior Bender" novel series, including "Crashed" (2010), "Little Elvises" (2011), "The Fame Thief" (2013) and "Herbie's Game" (2014), written by Timothy Halinan. SSN Insight: Izzard will be seen in Playstation’s new series Powers, which has been ordered for 10 episodes.

TV Development For 10/14/14: Affleck & Damon Develop Incorporated for SyFy, Robert De Niro EP on The Thomas Berryman Number for CBS

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Incorporated Network: Syfy Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Pearl Street Films Executive Producers: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Jennifer Todd, Ted Humphrey Associate Producer: Margaret Chernin Writers: David Pastor, Alex Pastor Logline: Set in a world where corporations have seemingly unlimited power, this is the story of one man's efforts to beat the system. SSN Insight: The Middle Man, which was ordered to pilot last year by Fox, from Pearl Street, is still in active development, but had to be rolled due to other commitments by Affleck, who had signed on to direct.   The Phoenix Project Network: CW Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Quinn’s House Executive Producer: Martin Guero Writer: Martin Guero Logline: Three friends, in an attempt to combat apathy, take an anarchistic, dangerous and morally questionable approach to save society from itself. SSN Insight: Guero is also developing Blindspot for NBC with Berlanti Productions, as well as working on an adaptation of UK’s drama Misfits.   Back On The Farm Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: Silent Machine Entertainment Executive Producers: Krysten Ritter, Lindsey Liberatore Writer: Maggie Bandur Logline: A Hollywood actress's life suddenly implodes, forcing her to move back to her family’s farm. SSN Insight: Based on an idea by Ritter, the project stems from her first look deal with Universal Television.   Lost In Space Network: TBD Production Companies: Legendary TV, Synthesis Entertainment Executive Producers: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless, Kevin Burns Writer: Matt Sazama, Burk Sharpless Logline: An update of the series about an attempt by the U.S. to colonize deep space by sending a single family, the Robinsons, on a 5 1/2-year journey to another planet. But a foreign secret agent, Dr. Zachary Smith, sabotages the mission, causing the ship to veer off course and become lost in space. Details: Based on the series, "Lost In Space," which aired on CBS from 1965-1968   The Thomas Berryman Number Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Companies: Tribeca Productions, James Patterson Entertainment Executive Producers: Rene Balcer, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, James Patterson, Leopoldo Gout, Bill Robinson Co-Executive Producer: Berry Welsh Writer: Rene Balcer Logline: An FBI agent who works in the Criminal Section of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigates crimes based on civil rights violations across the country. She finds herself caught between the radical family she was born into and the professional family she has chosen. Details: Based on the novel, The Thomas Berryman Number, written by James Patterson in 1976. SSN Insight: Patterson has two other works being developed for series that include Zoo for CBS and Private which is being developed by Sonar Entertainment and Tribeca Productions.   Angie Steele Network: CBS Studio: ABC Studios Executive Producers: Patricia Cornwell, Gretchen Berg, Aaron Harberts Writer: Patricia Cornwell Logline: Revolves around an unorthodox female police detective in San Diego who is haunted by demons from her past. SSN Insight: There have been several projects adapted from works by Cornwell, but this is her first original project for television.   Untitled Andrea Newman/ Eva Longoria Supernatural Anthology Drama Project Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment Executive Producers: Andrea Newman, Eva Longoria, Ben Spector Writer: Andrea Newman Logline: Inspired by the rich world of Hispanic folklore and myth, each season will explore a different legend and be set in the present-day Southwest. The first season is based on the ancient Hispanic tale of La Llorona, the "weeping woman," and follows a troubled detective investigating a young mother accused of trying to drown her child in a small town hiding a supernatural secret. In the legend, a woman drowns her children for a man and is destined to search for them for eternity, sometimes abducting wandering children who resemble her own. Details: Inspired by Hispanic folklore and myth. Season one is based on the ancient Hispanic tale of La Llorona, the "weeping woman." SSN Insight: UnbeliEVAable has also taken on a project for ABC with Kat Coiro called Splitting The Difference which is based on a memoir by Tre Miller-Rodriguez.   Pariahs Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Mark Gordon Company Executive Producers: Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price, Mark Gordon, Nicholas Pepper Writer: Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price Logline: Centers on two infamous "pariahs" who are out of options and forced to team up to practice law. One is a former football phenomenon who became a jailhouse lawyer after he was wrongfully convicted of murdering his girlfriend. The other is a Yale Law graduate whose bright future went up in flames when her sex tape with a Supreme Court nominee leaked. Together, they represent the outcasts that society has already condemned. SSN Insight: Project reunites Millard, Price and Gordon, who developed an Untitled project for ABC last season about two female detectives, that did not move forward.   Untitled Scott Foley / Greg Grunberg Comedy Network: ABC Production Company: Shondaland Executive Producers: Scott Foley, Greg Grunberg, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers Writers: Scott Foley, Greg Grunberg Logline: Engaged couple Max and Paige, over their wedding rehearsal dinner, have their eclectic family and friends give toasts recalling anecdotes about the couple — but flashbacks reveal that the toasts don’t always get it right.   Untitled Len Wiseman/ Scott Rosenbaum Sci-Fi Drama Project Network: FOX Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Companies: Sketch Films, Skeeter Rosenbaum Productions Executive Producers: Len Wiseman, Scott Rosenbaum Writer: Scott Rosenbaum Logline: Set in a foreseeable future, where companies have begun to colonize sections of our known galaxy, a mercenary search and rescue team is dispatched to investigate a distress signal from a prison transport that has crashed on an uncharted planet. This unlikely group of heroes will now have to work together when they encounter a much greater challenge on this mysterious planet than they could have anticipated. SSN Insight: Project stems from Rosenbaum’s new two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television.   Bloodhounds Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Tagline Pictures Executive Producers: Brandon Camp, Chris Henze, Ron West Writer: Brandon Camp Logline: A hand-picked task force deputized by the U.S. Marshals is immune to police protocols and use surveillance, technology and street experience to track down criminals, suspects and fugitives. Details: Based on the French series, Bloodhounds (Les Limiers), created by Franck Philippon and Xavier Matthieu based on an original idea by Kader Aoun and produced by CALT, which aired on France 2 in 2013. SSN Insight: Tagline is also developing a project for FOX called DeTour, which is inspired by the life of Rivers Cuomo.   Black Widows Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios  Production Company: Naegle Ink Executive Producers: Joshua Safran, Sue Naegle Writer: Joshua Safran Logline: Two women kill their abusive spouses and try to get away with it as the FBI, their close-knit community and even their own guilt conspire to take them down. Details: Based on the Finnish series Mustat Lesket, created by Roope Lehtinen and Mikko Pöllä, and premiered in March 2014.   The Town Network: CW Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: Big Talk Productions, Russian Hill Productions Executive Producers: Mike Bartlett, Oliver Goldstick, Matthew Justice, Kenton Allen, Simon Curtis Writer: Oliver Goldstick Logline: When a young man starts investigating his parents suicide and he suspects murder, the entire town is culpable. Details: Based on the 2012 three-part ITV miniseries created by Mike Bartlett.   Untitled Monica Potter / Ellen DeGeneres Comedy Project Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: A Very Good Production Executive Producers: Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer Producer: Monica Potter Writers: Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer Cast: Monica Potter Logline: Storyline under wraps. Details: Loosely based on Monica Potter's life. Project has received a pilot production commitment. SSN Insight: Potter is currently finishing up her sixth and final season on NBC’s Parenthood.   Monster-In-Law Network: Fox Studio: Warner Bros. Television Executive Producers: Amy B. Harris, John Riggi, Chris Bender, JC Spink Writer: Amy B. Harris, John Riggi Logline: A happy couple is about to learn the joys and horrors of parenthood while managing the most challenging relationship of all — the one between a wife and her husband’s mother. Details: Loosely inspired by the movie, Monster-In-Law, 2005, directed by Robert Luketic and starring Jennifer Lopez and Jane Fonda.

TV Development for 10/21/14: Rashida Jones EP on The Spencer Tapes, David Goyer Develops Shadowland & More

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The Spencer Tapes Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Company: Le Train Train Television Executive Producers: Dawson Bros. (Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Tim Inman), Rashida Jones, Will McCormack Co-Executive Producer: Jeff Grosvenor Writers: Dawson Bros. (Steve Dawson, Andrew Dawson, Tim Inman) Logline: A 30-year-old college professor rediscovers his old camcorder tapes and realizes that life hasn’t turned out the way he’d hoped. SSN Insight: The Dawson Bros. have mostly worked in the UK, creating the BBC1 series Big School and BBC3’s Funtime.

Raising Adults Network: ABC Studio: 20th Century Fox Executive Producers: Mike Scully, Julie Scully Writers: Mike Scully, Julie Scully Logline: A married couple, over the course of 20 years of parenting three children, have gone from saying "They grow up so fast" to wondering "Will they ever grow up?" Details: Loosely based on the Scullys’ own experiences. SSN Insight: They are also writing and executive producing Los Serrano for Fox. The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father Network: FOX Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: Conaco Productions, Fathouse Industry Executive Producers: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett, Conan O’Brien, Jeff Ross, David Kissinger Producer: Willie Garson Writers: Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett Cast: Willie Garson Logline: Tells the story of widowed father Tom Corbett and his young son Eddie, who serves as his matchmaker. Details: Based on the TV series, The Courtship Of Eddie’s Father, which aired on ABC from 1969-1972. It was based on the novel of the same name, written by Mark Toby and published by Bernard Geis in 1961. Project will also be Inspired in part by Garson’s own experience as an adoptive single father. SSN Insight: Levin and Flackett are also writing and executive producing Confusing for NBC based on Levin’s life.

Shadowland Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Executive Producers: David S. Goyer, Jack Thorne Co-Producer: Benjamin Straub Writers: David S. Goyer, Jack Thorne Logline: Centers on two young boys, Tom Flanagan and Del Nightingale who spend a summer with Del’s uncle Coleman, one of the foremost magicians in the world, who may actually be a sorcerer. Details: Based on the novel Shadowland, written by Peter Straub and published by Coward Mc Cann in February 1980. SSN Insight: Goyer has also recently optioned the rights to Christopher Golden’s novel Snowblind for a possible event series. The IT Crowd Network: NBC Studio: Warner Bros. Television Production Companies: Doozer Productions, FremantleMedia North America Executive Producers: Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold, Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan, Graham Linehan, Thom Beers, Craig Cegielski Writers: Neil Goldman, Garrett Donovan Logline: Two IT nerds stuck in the basement of a major corporation know nothing about how to interact with people, and their newly installed, ambitious female manager knows nothing about computers. Details: Based on the British comedy, The IT Crowd, which premiered on Channel 4 in 2006. SSN Insight: NBC developed and picked up to series another version of this project in 2007, starring Joel McHale, but it never aired. Untitled Rob Lowe/ Peter Huyck/ Alex Gregory Comedy Project Network: NBC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Brillstein Entertainment Partners Executive Producers: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Rob Lowe, Marc Gurvitz Writers: Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory Cast: Rob Lowe Logline: A worldly, adventurous, and newly sober narcissist's decision to become a devoted father happens when his son and daughter are already teenagers. He’s back in his hometown making amends to his kids, his ex-wife, her second ex-husband and their younger son, all of whom have mixed feelings about his newfound parental enthusiasm. SSN Insight: Huyck, Lowe and Gregory developed The Pro last season for NBC, but the project wasn’t picked up to series. Marley & Me Network: NBC Studio: 20th Century Fox Executive Producers: Jenny Bicks, David Frankel, Karen Rosenfelt Writer: Jenny Bicks Logline: John and Jenny Grogan and their two boys, now 14 and 11, have just moved back to Florida so that John can take up his newspaper column once again. However, when a stray puppy ("owned", but not well, by their neighbors) ends up on their doorstep, they are forced to adopt it. This dog, named Marley for the fact that they use Marley’s old leash and tags on her, is as will-full, destructive and delightful as her original namesake. And she will help shed light not only on the growing pains of the Grogan family, but also the lives of the neighbors, and fellow dog-owners, around them. Details: Continues the story from the movie, Marley & Me, (2008/ USA), directed by David Frankel and starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston. The film was based on the book, Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog, written by John Grogan. SSN Insight: This is Bicks’ third sale this season, who is also developing St. Lucy at ABC and supervising an untitled project for Fox with Max Greenfield. LFE Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: The Dan Jinks Company Executive Producers: Paul Downs Colaizzo, Dan Jinks Writer: Paul Downs Colaizzo Logline: A group of New York City’s wildest and most brilliant doctors start their second year of residency in the city’s most prestigious hospital. The show will not only be about saving lives in the hospital, but also about the young doctors grappling with their own mortality in the face of the almost superhuman and godly feats they pull off while on the job. SSN Insight: The Dan Jinks Company is also developing The Family Business at NBC with Matt Wheeler.

Virtue Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Circle of Confusion Executive Producers: Joe Robert Cole, R.J. Cutler, Ken Freimann, David Brownfield Writer: Joe Robert Cole Director: R.J. Cutler Logline: A black Republican L.A. homicide detective, who has long denied race has any bearing on him or the lives of others, gets a long overdue promotion to lead a high profile, racially-charged murder investigation...precisely because he's black. As he struggles with the terms of his promotion,15-year veteran Perry Anderson also confronts the politics and pecking order in his new precinct, including a female boss who was his first partner before a mysterious falling-out. SSN Insight: Project stems from Cutler’s first look deal at CBS Television Studios. Untitled Tony Phelan/ Joan Rater Legal Drama Project Network: CBS Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Timberman/Beverly Productions Executive Producers: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater, Sarah TImberman, Carl Beverly Writers: Tony Phelan, Joan Rater Logline: A smart, successful thirty-something defense attorney shockingly falls for one of her clients who may or may not be guilty of a brutal crime. While she continues to try a variety of cases at her firm, she pursues her lover’s defense as this relationship reverberates throughout her previously well-constructed life. SSN Insight: This is Phelan’s and Rater’s first sale under their new overall deal with CBS Television Studios. The two are currently Consulting on ABC’s Madam Secretary. Cheerleader Death Squad Network: CW Studio: CBS Television Studios Production Company: Cherry/Wind Productions Executive Producers: Neal Baer, Daniel Truly, Marc Cherry, Sabrina Wind Writers: Neal Baer, Daniel Truly, Marc Cherry Logline: When a disgraced CIA agent-turned-teacher at an elite Washington D.C. prep school realizes that his students have high-level access through personal connections, he trains a select few to be his eyes and ears into the world of international espionage and help him earn his way back into the agency.

Untitled Scott Silveri/ Shana Goldberg-Meehan Comedy Project Network: NBC Studio: 20th Century Fox Television Production Company: Silveri & Gold Productions Executive Producers: Scott Silveri, Shana Goldberg-Meehan Writers: Scott Silveri, Shana Goldberg-Meehan Director: Andy Ackerman Logline: The show follows an uptight family man and his boomer parents who are attacking their golden years like it’s spring break.

Moone Boy Network: ABC Studio: Sony Pictures Television Production Companies: Sprout Pictures, 3 Arts Entertainment, Baby Cow Productions, Hot Cod Productions Executive Producers: Chris O’Dowd, Dave Becky, Nicholas Frenkel Writer: Chris O’Dowd Logline: 12-year-old Martin Moone navigates the challenges of his eccentric childhood with the help of his sarcastic, imaginary friend. Details: Based on the TV series, Moone Boy, which premiered in 2012 on Sky1. Project is also currently streaming on Hulu.

Bookclub Network: ABC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment Executive Producers: Patti Carr, Lara Olsen, Eva Longoria, Ben Spector Writers: Patti Carr, Lara Olsen Logline: Four female friends escape the pressures and responsibilities of adult life by pretending to be in a book club. Details: Based on an original idea by Patti Carr and Lara Olsen. SSN Insight: Carr and Olsen previously worked together on ABC’s Mixology as co-executive producers. The Erotic Silence Of The American Wife Network: ABC Studio: ABC Studios Production Company: Flame Ventures, LLC Executive Producers: Sally Robinson, Tony Krantz Co-Executive Producers: Drew Comins, Dalma Heyn Writer: Sally Robinson Logline: A group of disparate women are united by a single trait – they’re all having illicit affairs. Details: Based on the book The Erotic Silence of the American Wife, written by Dalma Heyn and published by Random House on May 30, 1992.

Untitled Amy Poehler/ Aisha Muharrar Comedy Project Network: NBC Studio: Universal Television Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment Executive Producers: Aisha Muharrar, Amy Poehler, Dave Becky Writer: Aisha Muharrar Logline: A young, agnostic woman inherits a church and the crew of strong-willed characters who make up her new community.

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