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EXCLUSIVE: Before Kevin Hart was a top comedian, a global movie star and a media mogul, he was a lost 20-year-old in Philly working at a sneaker shop in a 90s mall. That early chapter in Hart’s life is the inspiration for True To Size, a half-hour single camera comedy, which, in a competitive situation, has landed at P…

EXCLUSIVE: The Goldbergs and Schooled executive producer Doug Robinson has re-upped his overall deal at Sony Pictures Television for five more years. Already the longest-tenured producer at the independent TV studio, where he has been for 17.5 years — all in the same office on the Sony lot in Culver City — Robinson…

EXCLUSIVE: Coming off an Emmy nomination for her starring role in The Act, Joey King is attached to headline another limited series, A Spark Of Light. The project is set up at Sony Pictures TV which, in a competitive situation, has landed the rights to the bestselling book by Jodi Piccoult for producer Doug Robinson’s…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, ABC has given a script commitment with penalty to This Is Not a Drill, a comedy from Tad Quill (A Moody Christmas), Doug Robinson (The Goldbergs) and Sony Pictures TV, where Robinson and his DRP are based. Written by Quill, This Is Not a Drill is about a group of friends in…

Fox has put in development Last Stop Bay Bridge, a semi-autobiographical multi-camera comedy from Andy Roth (One Day At A Time), The Goldbergs executive producer Doug Robinson and Sony Pictures TV, where Robinson and his Doug Robinson Productions are based. Written by Roth, Last Stop Bay Bridge is about eight people…

ABC is developing an untitled comedy series created, written, executive produced by and starring Robin Thede (The Rundown with Robin Thede) and executive produced by Kay Cannon (Pitch Perfect) and Doug Robinson (The Goldbergs). Sony Pictures TV, where Robinson’s DRP Productions is under an overall deal, is the…

The remarkable story of Isaac Wright, Jr., the wrongfully convicted drug kingpin who got his conviction overturned and became a licensed attorney, is the subject of a drama series in development at ABC. It hails from The Last Ship co-creator/executive producer Hank Steinberg, Power executive producer Curtis ’50 Cent…

NBC has put in development Uninsured, a single-camera comedy from The Goldbergs writer/co-executive producer Dan Levy, executive producer Doug Robinson and Sony Pictures TV where Robinson and his Doug Robinson Productions are based. Written by Levy, Uninsured centers around young parents Dave and Rebecca, who in…

ABC has put in development drama Vows, from The Goldbergs‘ executive producer Doug Robinson and Sony Pictures TV. Written and executive produced by David Hubbard, Vows marks the first drama sale for DRP Doug Robinson Productions, which Robinson launched in July with an overall deal at Sony Pictures TV Studios. Told…

ABC has put in development Fertile, a single-camera workplace comedy from Black List scribe Annie Neal (Beauty Queen), The Goldbergs executive producer Doug Robinson and Sony Pictures TV. Written and executive produced by Neal, Fertile centers on Amy, a late-thirtysomething, Cleveland-based fertility doctor who, after…

In a competitive situation, ABC has landed a multi-camera family comedy from The Goldbergs co-executive producer Dan Levy and the series’ executive producers Doug Robinson and Marc Firek. The project, from Sony Pictures TV Studios, has received a put pilot commitment from the network. This marks the first major sale…

Doug Robinson who, via his longtime partnership with Adam Sandler, had run Happy Madison’s television operation for over a decade, is striking out on his own. Robinson is launching DRP Doug Robinson Productions, which will be be based at Sony Pictures TV with a four-year overall deal. Under the pact, Robinson will be…