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EXCLUSIVE: NBCUniversal has taken in for development The Task Lyst, a drama project based on the novel "Task Lyst" by Scott Hylbert. It hails from writer David Slack (In Plain Sight), Josh Berman’s Osprey Prods. and Sony Pictures Television where the company is based. The project was pitched to NBC as part of the…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC, the network of Will & Grace, is developing Des & Lou. The light procedural, described as Mission Impossible meets Will & Grace, hails from Hazy Mills, the company of Will & Grace star Sean Hayes and Todd Milliner, and Universal TV where Hazy Mills is based. In Des & Lou, written by David Slack (In Plain…

EXCLUSIVE: David Slack, TV writer-producer and member of WGA West's Board of Directors, has signed with Verve for representation. Verve in May became the first midsize talent agency and the first established player in the lit space to sign the WGA’s Code of Conduct — later renamed franchise agreement — which allows it…

NBC has put in development an untitled cryonics drama from writer David Slack, Drop Dead Diva creator Josh Berman and Sony TV. Phillip Noyce (The Resident) is set to direct and executive produce. Written by Slack, the Untitled David Slack Projects centers around an enigmatic billionaire who has gathered more than 250…

Television writer/producer David Slack has laid out a writer’s manifesto on Twitter, telling male television writers if they didn’t get a staff position this season, it was because they were out-competed, not because of any #metoo movement backlash. “If you didn't get staffed, it's because you got outcompeted, plain…

CBS has put in development Unthinkable, an FBI crime drama from Jerry Bruckheimer Television and MacGyver executive producer David Slack. CBS Television Studios, where both JBTV and Slack are based, is the studio. Written and executive produced by Slack, Unthinkable, based on Chuck Wendig’s 2016 novel Invasive, is…

Fox is developing a drama from writer David Slack, most recently co-executive producer on CBS’ Person Of Interest, and Sleepy Hollow co-creator/executive producer Len Wiseman. Inspired by the July New York Times Magazine article, “Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans” by David Amsden (read it here), the show explores…