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Disney Television Studios is expanding its casting executive team adding Kim Williams and Dylann Brander Gunning as VPs of Casting for Fox 21 Television Studios and ABC Studios, respectively. "Kim and Dylann both have incredible instinct and taste, and I've been fortunate to have them work on several of our studio's…

Black Panther and The Walking Dead star Danai Gurira has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios. Under the pact, she will develop, write and produce for the studio across all platforms. Gurira is currently serving as showrunner and executive producer on Americanah, a miniseries for HBO Max which she adapted…

Tracy Underwood, SVP of ABC Studios’ cable/streaming division ABC Signature, has been promoted to the newly created position of EVP Creative Affairs of ABC Studios. She will expand her responsibilities beyond ABC Signature development to include oversight of the scripted drama and comedy development of ABC Studios and…

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna has signed a three-year-old overall pod deal with ABC Studios. Under the pact, Brosh McKenna will develop projects across all platforms for ABC Studios, part of Disney Television Studios, through her newly launched company, Lean Machine. The first project Brosh…

Writer/producer Liz Tigelaar (Little Fires Everywhere) has launched Best Day Ever, a new production company, which has entered a two-year overall pod deal with ABC Studios. Additionally, former Netflix executive Stacey Silverman will serve as Tigelaar’s producing partner at the new company. Tigelaar is currently…

EXCLUSIVE: Amy B. Harris has teamed with top designer Zac Posen for The Prince, a fashion-themed drama series project in development at ABC. Co-produced by ABC Studios’ based Mandeville TV, it is part of a new two-year overall deal Harris has signed with ABC Studios. Harris, who has been under pacts at ABC Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Late Night director Nisha Ganatra has signed a two-year overall deal with ABC Studios, a division of Disney Television Studios. Under the pact, Ganatra will write, direct and develop projects across all platforms through her newly launched Ladies’ Car Productions banner. The overall deal with Ganatra…

The London-based ABC Studios International team led by Managing Director Keli Lee has been let go as Disney Television Studios reevaluates its UK presence and overall international strategy. In all, four staffers were impacted, including Lee, sources said. For the time being, ongoing development and production matters…

Director Maggie Carey is getting into business with ABC Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios, signing a multi-year overall development and directing deal. Under the pact, Carey will write, produce and direct both drama and comedies for ABC Studios shows on various platforms, including ABC, Hulu and…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a script commitment plus penalty to Familyship, a one-hour dramedy written by Jon Harmon Feldman. It hails from Feldman and Jennifer Gwartz’s Random Hill Productions and was sold before Gwartz’s recent appointment as EVP Development, Comedy and Drama at 20th Century Fox TV. This marks the…

As longtime Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Erica Messer is shepherding the drama’s upcoming 15th and final season, she has extended her exclusive overall pod deal with ABC Studios, the studio behind the long-running CBS series.  Under the pact, Messer is focusing on developing and executive producing…

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific director-producer Randall Einhorn is remaining at ABC Studios, signing a new overall deal with the studio for an additional two years. Einhorn will continue to develop scripted series via his newly relaunched Sad Unicorn production banner (fka Randall Einhorn Films), spearheaded by head of…