Latest in Series Orders

Disney Channel has greenlighted The Curse of Molly McGee, an animated buddy comedy series about a tween optimist and grumpy ghost from the Emmy-winning duo behind The Penguins of Madagascar. The series from Disney Television Animation follows the adventures of Molly, who lives to make the world a better place, and…

Flip or Flop star Tarek El Moussa is expanding his relationship with HGTV, signing a new deal for his own show. The network has ordered 14 episodes of Flipping 101 w/ Tarek El Moussa, which features El Moussa as he mentors real estate novices to help them learn the secrets of a successful flip. With hundreds of…

Jeffery Katzenberg and Meg Whitman’s Quibi has picked up Skinny Dip, a comedy series based on Carl Hiaasen’s 2004 satirical novel. The project had been set up as a drama pilot at the CW in the 2018 cycle but did not move forward there. The same core group remains attached: Producer Kashet Studios, writers Russel…

Kenya Barris and Scott Mescudi, better known by his stage name Kid Cudi, have teamed up for Entergalactic, an adult animated music series for Netflix based on the upcoming album of the same name by rapper, singer and actor Kid Cudi. This is the the third series to come out of the big overall deal Barris’ production…

Quibi continues its content spree with a new series from The Killing creator Veena Sud. She is set to create, write, direct and executive produce The Stranger, a shortform thriller from Fox 21 Television Studios. The logline: An unassuming young rideshare driver is thrown into her worst nightmare when a mysterious…

Crypt TV and Facebook Watch have inked a deal for the digital horror network to create five exclusive original series for the social media platform’s service. The projects are in development and extend the relationship between the two companies that includes a deal last fall to turn Crypt TV’s monster short The Birch…

Three of NBC’s iconic comedy veterans are teaming on a new series. The network has given a straight-to-series order to a comedy starring The Good Place‘s Ted Danson, from Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television. Written by Fey and Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), the as-yet…

USA Network is expanding its unscripted programming slate with a series order to wacky water-based competition series Cannonball, based on the hit Talpa format from ITV Entertainment. The network ordered a 10-episode first season for premiere in 2020. Created by Talpa’s John de Mol, each episode of Cannonball features…

Showtime has given a series commitment to an untitled musical drama executive produced by multiple Grammy winner Alicia Keys and the Oscar, Tony and Grammy winning team of Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (La La Land, Dear Evan Hansen, The Greatest Showman). Pasek and Paul also will contribute music to the series, produced…

Gossip Girl is making another comeback. WarnerMedia’s soon-to-launch streaming service HBO Max has ordered 10 hourlong episodes of a reimagined version of the pop culture phenomenon that made household names of stars such as Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley, Chace Crawford and Ed Westwick. The project…

Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman's shortform video platform Quibi has cooked up a new unscripted series titled Biggest Little Cook-Off. The comedic miniature food competition series will offer an absurd showdown with two top chefs battling to create the most delicious, salivating, mouth-watering, single bite of…

Netflix has greenlighted Astronomy Club, a sketch-comedy series starring the eponymous New York-based improv and sketch troupe. Kenya Barris is producing the series as part of the mega-deal he signed with the streamer last year. As Astronomy Club has done with its improv and sketch performances, the series will use…