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CBS Studios has partnered with Syrreal Entertainment and ARD Degeto for an ‘elevated genre-drama’ for the latter’s online platform ARD Mediathek. Oderbruch will begin with the discovery of numerous murder victims in the eponymous region in Germany. Ex-cop Maggie Kring (Karoline Schuch) and detective Roland Voit (Felix…

Paramount+ has teamed with Toronto-based Piazza Entertainment, Canadian National Broadcaster CBC and CBS Studios on air ambulance rescue series Skymed. Shooting is currently underway in Manitoba and Ontario, Canada, for premiere on the ViacomCBS streaming service next year. Created by Julie Puckrin (Nurses, Killjoys) S…

Sky has ordered a terrorist drama series about an incident in Germany set 50 years after the Munich massacre. The broadcaster has ordered Munich Match (w/t) from CBS Studios, A Most Wanted Man producer Amusement Park Film and its own Sky Studios. It marks one of the most high-profile projects for CBS Studios…

CBS Studios is developing Broadmoor, a drama series intended for the UK/International premium and streaming market. The series, created by screenwriter/playwright Jeffrey Hatcher, is produced by Fulwell 73, which counts James Corden among its partners, in association with CBS Studios, where the company is based, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer and producer Lauren Ashley Smith (A Black Lady Sketch Show) is expanding her relationship with CBS Studios, signing an overall deal with the studio. Under the pact, Smith will be creating comedies for network/streaming on all platforms. Smith is currently writing and executive producing a U.S. remake…

A week after completing the sale of Black Rock, the longtime New York City headquarters of CBS, ViacomCBS is now looking to part with its CBS Studios campus in Studio City. CBS CEO George Cheeks confirmed in a memo to employees that the company has hired commercial real estate firm JLL to investigate all options for…

Actress Briana Thomas is suing Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios, the producers of long-running soap The Young and the Restless, alleging harassment on the set from its showrunner, Anthony “Tony” Morina. Thomas appeared on the show in a background role as a barista in 2018 and 2019. Legal papers filed Thursday…

Alex Kurtzman, the top producer on CBS Studios’ roster and architect of the studio’s Star Trek universe, has closed a massive new nine-figure overall deal there for his Secret Hideout banner. No financial terms are being disclosed but I hear the pact is in the $150 million range, putting Kurtzman in the very top tier…

EXCLUSIVE: Black-ish co-executive producer Robb Chavis has signed an overall deal with CBS Studios. Under the pact, he will develop new half-hour series for the studio. This marks a return to CBS Studios for Chavis who worked as Executive Story Editor on its CBS comedy series Superior Donuts. "We really enjoyed…

EXCLUSIVE: Sanjay Shah (Central Park) has been tapped as writer and executive producer on Everybody Hates Chris, an animated series reboot of Chris Rock's beloved autobiographical family sitcom. Rock is poised to return as narrator and executive producer of the animated project, which is currently in development at CBS…

EXCLUSIVE: Al Madrigal is expanding his relationship with CBS Studios. The multi-hyphenate writer, producer and actor has signed a multi-year overall deal with the Studio to develop new series for broadcast, cable and streaming services. Madrigal is currently co-writing, producing, and starring in Guerrillas, a CBS…

The Good Fight and Evil creators Robert and Michelle King are staying at their longtime studio home, CBS Studios. But this was not a straight-forward overall deal renewal. The big new five-year pact, said to be in the high eight figures with a potential to cross the nine-figure mark in success, came after months of…