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Lucy Liu To Star In ABC Workplace Comedy Pilot From ‘Better With You’ Creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan
ABC's workplace comedy pilot formerly known as Bossy has found its lead. Lucy Liu will star in the show from Better with You creator Shana Goldberg-Meehan, CBS Television Studios and 20th Century Fox TV.
Liu, who most recently starred in CBS All Access' Why Women Kill, will lead the cast of the Untitled Workplace…
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‘American Auto’: Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington, Jon Barinholtz & Humphrey Ker Join Justin Spitzer’s NBC Comedy Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: Greenleaf alum Tye White, Michael Benjamin Washington (Ratched), Jon Barinholtz (Superstore) and Humphrey Ker (Mythic Quest: Raven’s Banquet) are set as series regulars opposite Ana Gasteyer and Harriet Dyer in NBC's single-camera comedy pilot American Auto, from Superstore creator Justin Spitzer, Aaron…
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HBO Max Wins Auction For ‘Chinos’; Put Pilot Deal For Animated Show By ‘Fresh Off The Boat’s Eddie Huang
EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has won an auction and committed to a put pilot on Chinos, an original animated series idea from Fresh Off the Boat’s Eddie Huang. Raf Martinez, Huang's producing partner under their Color Correct banner, acclaimed tattoo artist Dr. Woo and artist/animator Bernard Chang (who will also art direct)…
‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ Canceled By Netflix, Final Episodes To Debut Later This Year
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina will end its run with its upcoming Part 4, which will be released in late 2020, leading to “a spooky, sexy & supernatural series finale,” Netflix announced Wednesday, realizing first-look images from the series’ final chapter.
Originally developed for the CW, the Riverdale offshoot…
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‘Blood Relative’: Dascha Polanco, Tracie Thoms & Sarah Catherine Hook Cast In Fox Drama Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: Orange is the New Black alumna Dascha Polanco is set as a lead opposite Tate Donovan and Melissa Leo in the Fox pilot Blood Relative. Tracie Thoms (Truth Be Told) and Sarah Catherine Hook (Conjuring 3) also have been cast as series regulars in the forensic genealogy-themed crime drama from writer-producer…
‘Batwoman’: Javicia Leslie Cast As the New Lead Of the CW Superhero Series
God Friended Me co-star Javicia Leslie has been cast as the new Batwoman, succeeding Ruby Rose who exited the role after the end of Season 1. Leslie, confirmed to play a new character named Ryan Wilder, will make her debut in the iconic cape and cowl when Batwoman returns to the CW for its second season in January.
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‘The Wonder Years’ Reboot With Black Family In Works At ABC From Saladin K. Patterson, Lee Daniels & Fred Savage
ABC has handed a pilot production commitment to The Wonder Years, a new iteration of the network’s 1980s family comedy-drama. It comes from Dave executive producer Saladin K. Patterson, Empire co-creator Lee Daniels, the original series’ breakout star Fred Savage and 20th Century Fox TV.
Written by Patterson inspired…
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Comedy About Parents Raising Non-Binary Child From Chad Gervich & Kapital In Works At ABC
EXCLUSIVE: ABC has bought one of the first projects for the 2020-21 development cycle, and it falls right into the network’s sweet spot on the half-hour side — a family comedy with a unique twist.
The untitled single-camera comedy, from Kapital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV, is about two parents, Ted and…
‘Dead To Me’ Renewed For Third & Final Season; Creator Liz Feldman Inks Overall Deal With Netflix
Netflix has renewed its popular dark comedy Dead To Me for a third season. Series creator Liz Feldman will return as executive producer/showrunner under a big overall deal she has signed with the streamer.
Under the multi-year pact, Feldman will also develop new original series and other projects for Netflix. Dead To M…
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Lifetime Sets Dates For Summer Ripped From The Headlines Slate: Ann Rule Movie Weekend, ‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’ Docuseries & More
EXCLUSIVE: Lifetime has set its summer Ripped from the Headlines slate, which kicks off with an Ann Rule movie weekend, starting with Sleeping With Danger on August 1. A Murder to Remember will air August 2, followed by companion documentary special Elizabeth Smart: Finding Justice (new title) hosted by kidnapping…
Fox Commits To Film All Six Pilots, Including Eliza Coupe’s ‘Pivoting’ & Melissa Leo’s ‘Blood Relative’, As ‘Our Kind Of People’ Leads Off-Cycle Pilot Push
Fox is planning to produce all six of its pilot orders for this year's development season and will continue to ramp up its off-cycle pilot orders.
The network has made the decision after its traditional pilot season was impacted by the COVID-19 production shutdown. Fox is the latest network to make its pilot…
Utkarsh Ambudkar To Star Opposite Rose McIver In CBS Comedy Pilot ‘Ghosts’
Utkarsh Ambudkar (Brittany Runs a Marathon) has been tapped as the male lead opposite Rose McIver in Ghosts, CBS' single-camera comedy pilot from Joe Port & Joe Wiseman, Lionsgate Television, BBC Studios and CBS Television Studios.
Written by Port and Wiseman based on the British series, Ghosts follows a young couple…
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