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CBS has ordered two more drama pilots, bringing its total to six so far for the 2020 development season. They are Good Sam, from writer Katie Wech (BH90210), Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman and her Sutton St. Productions; and Out The Door from 24 veteran Evan Katz and Jerry Bruckheimer Television. CBS…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has bought two more dramas from Jerry Bruckheimer Television, bringing to four the number of projects the company has sold to the network this cycle. The first of the two new additions, Out The Door, hails from 24 veteran Evan Katz. The second is Alibi, based on an New Zealand format, from the original…

“Jack Bauer cast a long shadow,” said 24: Legacy EP Howard Gordon about resurrecting the action TV franchise with a fresh leading man. And in coming up with a new protagonist, Gordon said it was essential “to reverse engineer,” meaning creating one with different qualities “with the broadest possible strokes that…

Following Fox’s pilot order to 24: Legacy, 24 alums Evan Katz and Manny Coto, who wrote the pilot script and are executive producers, have exited the X-Men-themed Hellfire (working title), which the two created with Patrick McKay (Star Trek 3) and JD Payne (Star Trek 3). The move was confirmed to Deadline by Fox…

E.L. “Evan” Katz has signed on to direct You’ll Be The Death Of Me for Lionsgate. Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman and Alex Young at Mandeville are producing from a script by Mark Hammer. The comedy thriller follows two single New Yorkers whose budding romance is complicated by the attention of a masked knife-wielding…

Fox is looking to return to its X Files roots with a supernatural drama from 24 executive producers Evan Katz and Manny Coto, who recently served as executive producers and showrunner on the 24: Live Another Day event series for the network. Set to direct the 20th Century Fox TV-produced project, which has a penalty…

Recently reunited for 24: Live Another Day, former 24 executive producer/showrunner Howard Gordon and executive producer Evan Katz are expanding their relationship into development. Fox, the network of 24 and the upcoming event series 24: Live Another Day, has given a script commitment with penalty to Trial of The Cent…

EXCLUSIVE: Another high-profile member of the 24 team has signed on for the event series reboot of the Emmy-winning real-time drama. Evan Katz is set to join fellow 24 alums — showrunner Howard Gordon, writer David Fury and director Jon Cassar — as an executive producer on Fox‘s 24: Live Another Day. The stint is part…

24 alum Evan Katz has signed a deal with ABC Studios. Under the pact, he has joined the studio’s drama Body Of Proof as executive producer/showrunner and will also develop a script. Katz replaces Sunil Nayar who ran the procedural starring Dana Delany last season. Katz has been on the show for a month, working with…