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This is a timely project, in light of the recent unrest following police shootings in North Carolina and California. ABC has put in development Protect & Serve, a drama from the Secrets & Lies duo of executive producer/showrunner Barbie Kligman and executive producer Aaron Kaplan. Written by Kligman and her husband…

Secrets And Lies is a murder mystery limited series premiering on ABC on Sunday, March 1 at 9 PM.  It’s adapted from an Australian series of the same name, but it’s 10 episodes long, versus the original’s six. In the wake of Fox trying to Americanize hit British crime series Broadchurch into Gracepoint and misfiring…

ABC Studios has signed an overall deal with Secrets & Lies executive producer/showtunner Barbie Kligman. Under the two-year pact, Kligman will continue on Secrets & Lies if the mystery drama goes to a second season while also developing new projects for the studio where she has been for four years. This marks the…

EXCLUSIVE: Private Practice co-executive producers Jennifer Cecil and Barbie Kligman have been promoted to executive producers/co-head writers on the ABC medical drama. The duo will run the writers room, working with Private Practice creator/executive producer Shonda Rhimes who will continue as showrunner, a role she…