Primetime Pilot Panic News

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has handed a put pilot commitment to Aunties, a comedy from The Amber Ruffin Show team of writer Shantira Jackson, star/executive producer Amber Ruffin and executive producers Seth Meyers and Mike Shoemaker via their Sethmaker Shoemeyers production company. Written by Jackson loosely based on her life…

EXCLUSIVE: Ivanna Sakhno (Pacific Rim: Uprising) has been cast opposite Rosario Dawson and Natasha Liu Bordizzo in the Disney+ limited series Star Wars: Ahsoka, a spinoff from the streamer's hit series The Mandalorian, I have learned. In the limited series, Dawson stars as Ahsoka Tano after making the Star Wars: The Cl…

EXCLUSIVE: Kal Penn is set as the male lead of Belated, FX’s comedy pilot written, directed and executive produced by Rescue Me and The Job co-creator Peter Tolan, I have learned. The half-hour comedy follows Owen (Penn), a recently out man in his 40s, and his ex-wife Diana as they attempt to find their new normal and…

EXCLUSIVE: Mrs. Fletcher star Jackson White has been tapped as the male lead opposite Grace Van Patten in Tell Me Lies, Hulu’s straight-to-series drama based on Carola Lovering's novel, which is executive produced by Emma Roberts. Adapted by Meaghan Oppenheimer, Tell Me Lies follows a tumultuous but intoxicating…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has taken in for development Fulfilled, a multi-camera workplace comedy, from writer Morgan Lehmann (Bless This Mess), Eric and Kim Tannenbaum's The Tannenbaum Company (Two and a Half Men), and Lionsgate TV, where The Tannenbaum Co. is under a deal. Written by Lehmann, Fulfilled is an ensemble comedy…

Jesse Eisenberg is set as title character the male lead opposite Lizzy Caplan in FX's Fleishman is in Trouble, a limited series adaptation of Taffy Brodesser-Akner's New York Times bestselling debut novel of the same name. Created by Brodesser-Akner, the story is centered on recently separated forty-something Toby…

It’s a blast from the past and the ultimate revenge — Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to Blockbuster, a single-camera workplace comedy starring Randall Park, which is set in the last remaining Blockbuster video store. There is a lot of symbolism — and irony — in the pickup given Netflix and Blockbuster’s…

The current fourth season of USA Network’s The Sinner will be its last. The remaining three episodes will air Nov. 17 and Nov. 24, leading to an extended Season 4 — and series — finale on Dec. 1, which will wrap Det. Harry Ambrose's (Bill Pullman) journey. This marks another milestone in USA Network’s original…

EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ has put into development Rhona Who Lives by the River, an animated musical series from Suburgatory creator Emily Kapnek, with Jumanji and Avengers star Karen Gillan attached to voice the titular character and executive produce. Four-time Oscar nominee Danny Elfman will create and oversee music on…

EXCLUSIVE: The Party Down revival is a go. Starz has given a six-episode order to a new installment of the cult 2009-10 comedy series. The formal green light follows lengthy negotiations with the cast, which recently were completed. Adam Scott, Jane Lynch, Ken Marino, Martin Starr, Ryan Hansen and Megan Mullally have…

EXCLUSIVE: Lizzy Caplan has been set as the female lead in Fleishman Is in Trouble, FX on Hulu's limited series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner's New York Times bestselling debut novel, sources said. Brodesser-Akner serves as the writer of the nine-episode series and executive produces it along with Sarah Timberman…

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-winning Modern Family star Julie Bowen has signed a first-look deal with Universal Television for her production company, Bowen & Sons, in which she is partnered with Modern Family associate producer Rachael Field. Bowen, a mother of three sons, is set to star in Bowen & Sons’ first project under the…