ABC has given out a put pilot order for a drama that hails from Amy Holden Jones and Andrew Chapman.
Currently titled “Homicide Special,” the project is set inside the Homicide Special division of the Philadelphia Pd. It follows two young and recently-promoted female detectives and a beat cop as they take on an entrenched and corrupt system at an inner city precinct.
Jones and Chapman will serve as writers and executive producers, with Oly Obst executive producing. 20th Century Fox Television, where Jones is under an overall deal, will serve as studio.
Jones, Chapman, and Obst have all worked together on the Fox medical drama “The Resident.” Jones co-created the series along with Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi and serves as executive producer. Chapman has written multiple episodes of the show and co-executive produces, with Obst also executive producing. “The Resident” recently debuted its third season on Fox.
The...
Currently titled “Homicide Special,” the project is set inside the Homicide Special division of the Philadelphia Pd. It follows two young and recently-promoted female detectives and a beat cop as they take on an entrenched and corrupt system at an inner city precinct.
Jones and Chapman will serve as writers and executive producers, with Oly Obst executive producing. 20th Century Fox Television, where Jones is under an overall deal, will serve as studio.
Jones, Chapman, and Obst have all worked together on the Fox medical drama “The Resident.” Jones co-created the series along with Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi and serves as executive producer. Chapman has written multiple episodes of the show and co-executive produces, with Obst also executive producing. “The Resident” recently debuted its third season on Fox.
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- 10/7/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
ABC is developing a comedy based on the “I Mom So Hard” web series, with the duo of creators on board to star.
Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley are also co-executive producers on the half-hour comedy which has received a script development deal at the Disney-owned network. The duo previously had a pilot based on their web series set up at CBS back in Sept. 2017. Michelle Nader also served as a writer and executive producer on that project, which was eventually passed over.
The project hails from Warner Bros. Television and Nader, who has an overall deal at the studio, on board as an executive producer alongside Danielle Stokdyk and Rob Thomas.
Written by Nader, Smedley and Hensley, the untitled series will see Smedley and Hensley continue to push comedic boundaries with their unapologetically honest take on marriage and motherhood, proving that friendship is the “secret sauce.”
In addition...
Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley are also co-executive producers on the half-hour comedy which has received a script development deal at the Disney-owned network. The duo previously had a pilot based on their web series set up at CBS back in Sept. 2017. Michelle Nader also served as a writer and executive producer on that project, which was eventually passed over.
The project hails from Warner Bros. Television and Nader, who has an overall deal at the studio, on board as an executive producer alongside Danielle Stokdyk and Rob Thomas.
Written by Nader, Smedley and Hensley, the untitled series will see Smedley and Hensley continue to push comedic boundaries with their unapologetically honest take on marriage and motherhood, proving that friendship is the “secret sauce.”
In addition...
- 8/27/2019
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Freddie Prinze Jr. (24) is set as a lead opposite Kennedy McMann in the CW’s untitled Nancy Drew pilot inspired by the classic mysteries about the brilliant young sleuth. The project hails from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire and CBS TV Studios.
Written/executive produced by Noga Landau, Schwartz and Savage and directed by Larry Teng, the untitled Nancy Drew project centers on 18-year-old Nancy Drew (McMann) and is set in the summer after her high school graduation. She thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.
Prinze will play Nancy’s dad, Carson Drew, a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife. But his...
Written/executive produced by Noga Landau, Schwartz and Savage and directed by Larry Teng, the untitled Nancy Drew project centers on 18-year-old Nancy Drew (McMann) and is set in the summer after her high school graduation. She thought she’d be leaving her hometown for college, but when a family tragedy holds her back another year, she finds herself embroiled in a ghostly murder investigation — and along the way, uncovers secrets that run deeper than she ever imagined.
Prinze will play Nancy’s dad, Carson Drew, a dynamic attorney who has become estranged from Nancy following the recent death of his beloved wife. But his...
- 3/15/2019
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has given a put pilot commitment to multi-camera comedy The Emperor of Malibu, from Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan; former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader; and Warner Bros. TV, where Nader is under an overall deal.
Written by Kwan and David Sangalli with Nader supervising, The Emperor of Malibu revolves around two very different families — one from Shanghai with new money and one from the U.S. East Coast with old money — who learn to co-exist when their children get married.
Kwan and Sangalli executive produce with Nader and Christina Lee, who will both showrun, and Danielle Stokdyk.
This is Kwan’s second recent sale as he makes a foray into TV. Also partnered with Sangalli, he has a script-to-series commitment for an untitled drama project at Amazon via STXtv, described as a globe-hopping drama set among Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family.
Kwan’s...
Written by Kwan and David Sangalli with Nader supervising, The Emperor of Malibu revolves around two very different families — one from Shanghai with new money and one from the U.S. East Coast with old money — who learn to co-exist when their children get married.
Kwan and Sangalli executive produce with Nader and Christina Lee, who will both showrun, and Danielle Stokdyk.
This is Kwan’s second recent sale as he makes a foray into TV. Also partnered with Sangalli, he has a script-to-series commitment for an untitled drama project at Amazon via STXtv, described as a globe-hopping drama set among Hong Kong’s most influential and powerful family.
Kwan’s...
- 10/26/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox has handed a put pilot commitment to Danny Issues, a multi-camera comedy from former 2 Broke Girls writer-producers Michelle Nader and Morgan Murphy and the studio behind the CBS sitcom, Warner Bros. TV, where Nader is under an overall deal.
Written by Nader and Murphy inspired by their own relationships with their fathers, Danny Issues is about two flawed sisters who are reunited with their ne’er-do-well father after the loss of their mother, leading all three to realize that sometimes what they thought was the problem is actually the solution.
Nader and Murphy executive produce with Danielle Stokdyk.
As part of New Fox’s effort to significant reduce the network’s dependence on sister studio 20th TV, which will soon become part of Disney, the network plans to go from 90% of its scripted development coming from 20th TV last season to 50% this season.
So far, the Fox network...
Written by Nader and Murphy inspired by their own relationships with their fathers, Danny Issues is about two flawed sisters who are reunited with their ne’er-do-well father after the loss of their mother, leading all three to realize that sometimes what they thought was the problem is actually the solution.
Nader and Murphy executive produce with Danielle Stokdyk.
As part of New Fox’s effort to significant reduce the network’s dependence on sister studio 20th TV, which will soon become part of Disney, the network plans to go from 90% of its scripted development coming from 20th TV last season to 50% this season.
So far, the Fox network...
- 9/18/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy writer-producer Michelle Nader is staying put at Warner Bros. TV with a new multiyear overall deal, which will bring her stint at the studio to a decade under a string of overall agreements. Under the new seven-figure pact, Nader will focus on developing new comedy projects.
This past season, Nader wrote and executive produced multi-camera comedy project I Mom So Hard, which went to pilot at CBS. Before that, Nader was on Wbtv’s multi-camera comedy series 2 Broke Girls for its entire six-season run, the last four seasons as executive producer.
Before moving to Wbtv in 2019, Nader created and executive produced the NBC comedy series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian format, under an overall deal at Universal TV.
Nader, who began her career as a staff writer on NBC’s Caroline in the City, served as a co-executive producer on ABC’s Spin City and CBS’ The King of Queens.
This past season, Nader wrote and executive produced multi-camera comedy project I Mom So Hard, which went to pilot at CBS. Before that, Nader was on Wbtv’s multi-camera comedy series 2 Broke Girls for its entire six-season run, the last four seasons as executive producer.
Before moving to Wbtv in 2019, Nader created and executive produced the NBC comedy series Kath & Kim, based on the Australian format, under an overall deal at Universal TV.
Nader, who began her career as a staff writer on NBC’s Caroline in the City, served as a co-executive producer on ABC’s Spin City and CBS’ The King of Queens.
- 5/24/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS is expanding its multi-cam comedy slate with its latest pilot-to-series order Fam, from writer Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom), Kapital Entertainment and CBS Television Studios.
It is one of five new series orders at CBS today, along with dramas God Friended Me, Magnum P.I. The Code and The Red Line.
In Fam, written by Kingsbury, a young woman’s dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé and his upstanding family are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father.
Nina Dobrev stars along with Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sheryl Lee Ralph star.
Kingsbury and Bob Kushell executive produce with Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor as well as Wendi Trilling via TrillTV. Scott Ellis directs and executive produces the pilot. Kapital Entertainment co-produces with CBS TV Studios.
Fam joins...
It is one of five new series orders at CBS today, along with dramas God Friended Me, Magnum P.I. The Code and The Red Line.
In Fam, written by Kingsbury, a young woman’s dreams of an upstanding life with her new fiancé and his upstanding family are dashed when her younger train wreck half-sister comes to live with her to escape their train wreck of a father.
Nina Dobrev stars along with Tone Bell, Odessa Adlon, Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sheryl Lee Ralph star.
Kingsbury and Bob Kushell executive produce with Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan and Dana Honor as well as Wendi Trilling via TrillTV. Scott Ellis directs and executive produces the pilot. Kapital Entertainment co-produces with CBS TV Studios.
Fam joins...
- 5/11/2018
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has pulled “Living Biblically” from its primetime schedule, with reruns of “The Big Bang Theory” to run in its place.
Sources say the sitcom could return at a later date.
The sitcom follows a man who decides to live as instructed in the Bible, based on A.J. Jacobs’ book “The Year of Living Biblically.” Jay R. Ferguson stars with Lindsey Kraft, Ian Gomez, David Krumholtz, Tony Rock, and Camryn Manheim. “The Big Bang Theory” star Johnny Galecki executive produces with writer Patrick Walsh and Andrew Haas and Spencer Medof.
Also Read: Ratings: CBS' 'Living Biblically' Not Off to a Hell of a Good Start
The comedy is produced by Alcide Bava Productions, in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television.
CBS renewed 11 of its series earlier this week, totaling 17 series renewals for next year so far.
As far as pilots go, the network has ordered eight comedy pilots, including the revival of “Murphy Brown.” Other comedy pilots include “25,” “Fam,” “History of Them,” “I Mom So Hard,” “Pandas in New York,” “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” and the untitled Austen Earl and Tim McAuliffe project.
Also Read: CBS' 'Living Biblically' Won't Tackle Homosexuality in Season 1
CBS drama pilots in the works include the “Cagney and Lacey” reboot starring Sarah Drew and Michelle Hurd, “Chiefs,” “The Code,” “F.B.I.,” “God Friended Me,” “La Confidential,” “Magnum P.I.,” “Main Justice,” “Murder” and “Red Line.”
See our complete 2018 pilot grid over here.
Read original story ‘Living Biblically’ Pulled From CBS’ Schedule At TheWrap...
Sources say the sitcom could return at a later date.
The sitcom follows a man who decides to live as instructed in the Bible, based on A.J. Jacobs’ book “The Year of Living Biblically.” Jay R. Ferguson stars with Lindsey Kraft, Ian Gomez, David Krumholtz, Tony Rock, and Camryn Manheim. “The Big Bang Theory” star Johnny Galecki executive produces with writer Patrick Walsh and Andrew Haas and Spencer Medof.
Also Read: Ratings: CBS' 'Living Biblically' Not Off to a Hell of a Good Start
The comedy is produced by Alcide Bava Productions, in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television.
CBS renewed 11 of its series earlier this week, totaling 17 series renewals for next year so far.
As far as pilots go, the network has ordered eight comedy pilots, including the revival of “Murphy Brown.” Other comedy pilots include “25,” “Fam,” “History of Them,” “I Mom So Hard,” “Pandas in New York,” “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” and the untitled Austen Earl and Tim McAuliffe project.
Also Read: CBS' 'Living Biblically' Won't Tackle Homosexuality in Season 1
CBS drama pilots in the works include the “Cagney and Lacey” reboot starring Sarah Drew and Michelle Hurd, “Chiefs,” “The Code,” “F.B.I.,” “God Friended Me,” “La Confidential,” “Magnum P.I.,” “Main Justice,” “Murder” and “Red Line.”
See our complete 2018 pilot grid over here.
Read original story ‘Living Biblically’ Pulled From CBS’ Schedule At TheWrap...
- 4/19/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
CBS has renewed 11 series, including “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “Hawaii Five-0,” the network announced Wednesday.
Additional series getting another season are “Blue Bloods,” “Bull,” “Madam Secretary,” “MacGyver,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” NCIS: New Orleans,” “48 Hours” and “60 Minutes.”
Combined with previously announced pick-ups, CBS now has 17 series in their 2018-2019 slate, including its entire Tuesday and Friday night lineups. The network previously announced that “The Big Bang Theory,” “Young Sheldon,” “Mom,” “NCIS,” “Seal Team” and “S.W.A.T.” received renewals.
Additional series getting another season are “Blue Bloods,” “Bull,” “Madam Secretary,” “MacGyver,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” NCIS: New Orleans,” “48 Hours” and “60 Minutes.”
Combined with previously announced pick-ups, CBS now has 17 series in their 2018-2019 slate, including its entire Tuesday and Friday night lineups. The network previously announced that “The Big Bang Theory,” “Young Sheldon,” “Mom,” “NCIS,” “Seal Team” and “S.W.A.T.” received renewals.
- 4/18/2018
- by Ashley Boucher
- The Wrap
Here is the second installment of Deadline’s Pilot Panic 2018 that tracks buzz on broadcast pilots. A month before the upfronts, cuts have finally started to come in, but it’s still early, with some multi-camera comedy pilots yet to shoot and network execs just starting to see the finished pilots. That’s why the information below is preliminary. By end of next week, we should start getting a fuller picture of where most pilots stand.
ABC’s DJ Nash ensemble A Million Little Things and the Eva Longoria-produced Grand Hotel, toplined by Demian Bichir and Roselyn Sanchez, continue to gain early momentum on the drama side. Several cop projects also are heating up. That includes pilots The Finest aka Holmes Sisters, The Mission, as well as the Nathan Fillion starrer The Rookie, which has a straight-to-series order. Beyond that, mystery Salvage, about an ex-cop, has gotten some traction,...
ABC’s DJ Nash ensemble A Million Little Things and the Eva Longoria-produced Grand Hotel, toplined by Demian Bichir and Roselyn Sanchez, continue to gain early momentum on the drama side. Several cop projects also are heating up. That includes pilots The Finest aka Holmes Sisters, The Mission, as well as the Nathan Fillion starrer The Rookie, which has a straight-to-series order. Beyond that, mystery Salvage, about an ex-cop, has gotten some traction,...
- 4/14/2018
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Marry Me alum Tymberlee Hill has booked a series regular role opposite Kristin Hensley and Jen Smedley in CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot I Mom So Hard from former 2 Broke Girls executive producer Michelle Nader, Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) and Warner Bros. TV. Written by Nader and co-written by Hensley and Smedley and directed by Don Scardino, I Mom So Hard, based on the popular web series focuses on two moms (Hensley, Smedley) who show how their friendship gets them…...
- 3/5/2018
- Deadline TV
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