TV Development
David Chase Heads to FX for Next TV Project
The Sopranos creator David Chase is getting into business with FX. Chase and A Teacher creator Hannah Fidell are co-writing and co-creating a drama for the Disney-owned outlet. Details are being kept quiet, but it’s based on a previously unproduced script of Chase’s, with a contemporary take by Fidell. FX Productions is behind the project, […]
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Wiip Nabs ‘Immortal King Rao’ Novel to Adapt for TV (Exclusive)
Author Vauhini Vara’s acclaimed debut novel, The Immortal King Rao, is being adapted for television. Independent studio Wiip (Mare of Easttown, Dickinson) has acquired rights to the novel — which made several best-books-of-2022 lists — and will develop it as a TV series. Playwright and screenwriter Madhuri Shekar is set to adapt the story and […]
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‘The Resident,’ ‘Burn Notice’ Creators Team for Fox Crime Show
Two veteran producers with ties to Fox are teaming up for a drama project at the broadcast network. The Resident co-creator and executive producer Amy Holden Jones and Matt Nix (Burn Notice) — who just signed a broadcast direct deal with Fox — are behind Archie & Pete, a buddy-cop drama whose logline reads a bit […]
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‘Starsky & Hutch’ Remake in the Works at Fox (Exclusive)
Fire up the Gran Torino: An update of the 1970s cop show Starsky & Hutch is in the offing. Fox is developing the project, which will be feature two female characters in the title roles, via its script-to-series model. Fox Entertainment president Michael Thorn told The Hollywood Reporter he expects to have at least two […]
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Broadcast TV Pilots 2023: The Complete Guide
If broadcast Pilot Season is any indicator, the Peak TV numbers are in for a rude awakening. A decade ago, ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC collectively ordered an eye-popping 98 comedies and dramas during Pilot Season 2013. That figure, the most since THR began tracking overall volume in 2012, is now considered a […]
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Sandy Hook Gun Lawsuit to Be Dramatized in Limited Series
A lawsuit brought by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting victims against a gun manufacturer will be the subject of a limited series project. Echo Lake Entertainment (Hulu’s The Great, The Girl From Plainville) is producing the project from Robin Swicord (When They See Us, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), Sarah Koskoff […]
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Heather McMahan Comedy in the Works at NBC (Exclusive)
NBC is getting into business with Heather McMahan. The comedian and podcast host (and recent Hollywood Reporter Next Big Thing subject) is developing a comedy for the network. She has sold a script for I Can’t Right Now, based loosely on her own life, and is attached to star as well. Universal Television and Annapurna […]
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Wiip Snags Rights to Novel ‘The Lemon,’ Will Adapt for TV (Exclusive)
Independent studio Wiip has snagged rights to the critically hailed novel The Lemon. The Mare of Easttown and The Summer I Turned Pretty producer has optioned the novel by S.E. Boyd — a pen name for the trio of Alessandra Lusardi, Kevin Alexander and Joe Keohane — and will develop it for television. The authors, who […]
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Fremantle, ‘True Detective’ Producer Option ‘Rabbit Hutch’ Novel for TV
The newly minted National Book Award-winning novel The Rabbit Hutch is getting the TV treatment. Fremantle and producer Richard Brown’s Passenger have optioned author Tess Gunty’s debut novel after a competitive bidding process. Brown (True Detective, Hulu’s Catch-22) will produce the project, with Gunty on board as an executive producer. “Tess Gunty has written a […]
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Ashley Tisdale to Star in CBS Comedy ‘Brutally Honest’
CBS is looking to Ashley Tisdale for its next comedy hit. The network has put into development the single-camera comedy Brutally Honest, set to star Tisdale. The comedy, which is loosely inspired by Tisdale’s life, explores how having a baby can ruin, save, change, destroy and inspire your marriage…all before lunch. Sarah Haskins and Emily […]
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Benito Skinner to Star in Amazon Coming-Out Comedy
Benito Skinner, better known as comedian Benny Drama, is heading to Amazon. The social media favorite has sold Overcompensating to the streamer and retail giant and is attached to star in the scripted comedy. The project, which is in development, is being produced by A24 and revolves around an Idaho football player named Benny as […]
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Jenna Riley Promoted to Senior VP Drama at 20th TV
20th Television is shoring up its drama division. The Disney-backed studio has promoted Jenna Riley to senior vp drama development and recruited Jade-Addon Hall as a vp in the division, reporting to Riley. Riley (formerly Dim) has been with 20th since late 2009, when she joined the studio as an assistant to CEO Dana Walden […]
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