Homeland executive producer Chip Johannessen has signed a new overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV and its cable division Fox 21 TV Studios, which produces the Showtime series. The new three-year agreement replaces the two-year overall pact Johannessen inked last year. Under that deal, Johannessen worked on <a href="https://deadline.com/tag/homeland/" id="auto-tag_homeland"…

Rob Golenberg and Alon Aranya's Scripted World is making a push into cable with a two-year, first-look deal at Fox 21, the cable division of 20th Century Fox TV. Veteran TV packaging agent Rob Golenberg and writer/producer Alon Aranya began working together in 2011 when Golenberg headed Gersh’s TV lit department and…

EXCLUSIVE: Back in September, USA Network announced the green light for its first two half-hour comedy pilots in more than a decade, including Michael Feldman's Paging Dr. Freed. Four months later, Paging Dr. Freed is hanging by a thread as it still doesn’t have a closed license fee deal between USA and the project’s…

EXCLUSIVE: Despite crossing over to features in a big way recently, Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol co-writers Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec are also staying in touch with their TV roots through a pod deal at 20th Century Fox TV’s cable and reality division Fox21. Under the one-year pact, the two will write…

In its first major development decision since taking the programming reins at Showtime as entertainment president, David Nevins is close to greenlighting his first pilot, a psychological thriller, from former 24 executive producer/showrunner Howard Gordon. Ben Affleck, hot off the No.1 opening of his crime caper The To…

EXCLUSIVE: Veteran TV producer Bert Salke has been tapped as president of Fox21, the cable/unscripted production arm of 20th Century Fox TV. He replaces Chris Carlisle who is exiting after a year-and-a-half stint. Salke, who is expected to start in mid-August, will report to 20th TV chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman…

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Breakout Kings’ Eyes Move To A&E There is no deal yet, but A&E is in final negotiations with 20th Century Fox TV to pick up the Fox pilot Breakout Kings to series with a 13-episode order. The show, about a team of U.S. marshals and a group of convicts who race against the clock to apprehend escaped…