Denise Petski

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Denise spent 18 years with The Associated Press before joining Deadline in 2012. Previously she was Breaking News Editor in the AP’s Los Angeles bureau, responsible for writing, reporting, editing and filing to online, newspaper and broadcast subscribers throughout California and the world. Previously, she worked at AP’s Broadcast News Center in Washington DC for the AP Radio Network. Early on in her career, she was at KNX-AM in L.A. and on the assignment desk at CNN L.A. She has won numerous awards from AP, Southern California Radio Television News Association and Society of Professional Journalists.

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‘T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle’ Renewed For Season 3 By VH1

EXCLUSIVE: T.I., Tiny & Co. are back for another go-round. VH1 has ordered a third season of T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle, which has started production we have learned. The 12 new episodes will air in 2020. The reality show, a continuation of the long-running T.I. & Tiny: Family Hustle, features rapper-actor…

Saladin Patterson Signs Overall Deal With 20th Century Fox TV

Writer-producer Saladin K. Patterson has signed a new multi-year, overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. Under the pact, Patterson, who currently is an executive producer on FX comedy Untitled Lil Dickey, will develop, write and produce comedy series for network, cable and streaming platforms. Untitled Lil Dick…

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NBC Nabs Jim Jefferies-Suzanne Martin Comedy From Hazy Mills As Put Pilot

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to a multi-camera comedy starring stand-up comedian Jim Jefferies, from writer-producer Suzanne Martin, Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner’s Hazy Mills and Universal TV, where Hazy Mills is based. Written by Jefferies and Martin, the untitled sitcom stars Jefferies as a…

‘The Outsider’: Stephen King Series Adaptation Gets HBO Premiere Date

HBO has set a January premiere date for drama series The Outsider, based on Stephen King's bestselling novel. The 10-episode series will debut with back-to-back episodes at 9 and 10 PM, Sunday, January 12. It hails from The Night Of co-creator/executive producer Richard Price, director-executive producer Andrew…

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Oct 17, 2019 12:00 pm
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‘Deputy’: Karrueche Tran To Recur On New Fox Drama Series

EXCLUSIVE: Karrueche Tran (Claws) is set to recur on the upcoming Fox series Deputy, starring Stephen Dorff, from Entertainment One and Fox Entertainment. Written by Will Beall and directed by David Ayer, Deputy is a cop drama that blends the spirit of a classic Western with a modern attitude and gritty authenticity…

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Oct 17, 2019 10:15 am
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Julia Garner Inks First-Look Deal With MRC Television

Emmy-winning Ozark star Julia Garner is expanding her relationship with MRC Television, the studio behind the Netflix series, signing a first-look deal to develop and executive produce television projects. "I've had the privilege of working closely with MRC on Ozark where they have offered me a rich playground of…

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Oct 17, 2019 10:00 am
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‘The Stand’: Greg Kinnear Joins CBS All Access’ Stephen King Adaptation

Greg Kinnear has joined the cast of The Stand, an adaptation of Stephen King's novel at CBS All Access. Kinnear will play Glen Bateman. A widowed professor when the superflu hits, Glen Bateman was accustomed to a solitary life. When he encounters other survivors, his curiosity is piqued by Mother Abagail's…

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Oct 17, 2019 9:45 am
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Showtime Orders Tekashi 6ix9ine Limited Docuseries ‘Supervillain’ Inspired By Rolling Stone Feature

Showtime Documentary Films has given a green light to Supervillain, a limited docuseries profiling notorious hip-hop artist Tekashi 6ix9ine, inspired by journalist Stephen Witt’s Rolling Stone feature Tekashi 6ix9ine: The Rise and Fall of a Hip Hop Supervillain. The project is a co-production of Imagine Documentaries…

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Oct 17, 2019 8:30 am
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‘Pandora’ Renewed For Season 2 By The CW

Just two weeks after the Season 1 finale, the CW has ordered a second season of its sci-fi action series Pandora. It’s slated for premiere in 2020. Set in the year 2199, Pandora stars Priscilla Quintana (Polaroid, Traffik) as Jax (aka Pandora), a resourceful young woman who has lost everything after the death of her…

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Oct 16, 2019 5:15 pm
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‘The Outsider’: Derek Cecil & Max Beesley To Recur In HBO Drama Series

EXCLUSIVE: Derek Cecil (House of Cards) and Jamestown star Max Beesley are set to recur opposite Ben Mendelsohn in The Outsider, based on Stephen King's bestselling novel, from The Night Of co-creator/executive producer Richard Price, director-producer Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes) Jason Bateman's Aggregate Films and…

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Oct 16, 2019 4:45 pm
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CBS Buys Siblings Comedy ‘The Three Of Us’ From Frank Pines & Fulwell 73

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has put in development The Three of Us, a multi-camera comedy from writer Frank Pines (Everybody Loves Raymond, The New Adventures of Old Christine); Late Late Show with James Corden producer Fulwell 73; and CBS Television Studios, where Fulwell 73 is under a deal. Written by Pines, The Three of Us…

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Oct 16, 2019 4:10 pm
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Fox Nabs Mystery Drama ‘The Service’ From Martin Gero & Drew Lindo With Penalty

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to The Service, a one-hour drama from writer Drew Lindo (The 100, Reign); Blindspot creator Martin Gero; and Warner Bros TV, where Gero and his Quinn’s House production company are under an overall deal. The project is a co-production between WBTV and Fox…

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