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EXCLUSIVE: The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken has signed a big overall deal with Universal Television to develop and produce scripted content. As part of the pact, Chaiken will serve as executive producer/showrunner on the first season of NBC’s upcoming Law & Order: SVU spinoff series, Law & Order: Organized Crime,…

Hulu has landed for development The Other Typist, a TV series adaptation of the novel by Suzanne Rindell headlined and executive produced by Keira Knightley. Written and executive produced by Ilene Chaiken (The L Word, Empire), the project, which I hear has a big commitment, comes from Searchlight Television and 20th…

Freeform has put into development The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, a drama based on Taylor Jenkins Reid’s critically acclaimed novel, with Reid attached to pen the series adaptation, and Ilene Chaiken (The L Word, Empire) and Jennifer Beals (The L Word) executive producing. Fox 21 Television Studios, where Chaiken…

At today's Showtime TCA panels, Ilene Chaiken, co-creator of the 2004-2009 television series The L Word and one of the executive producers of that show's new Showtime incarnation The L Word: Generation Q, refused to go back into the past when Deadline asked her to comment on Empire, where she formerly served as…

New York City was a beacon of love as it played host to WorldPride, one of the biggest celebrations of Pride month which celebrates members of the LGTBQIA+ community. June is marked as Pride month considering it was the month when there was an uprising between members of the gay community and the police at the…

Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to an hourlong female-centric Texas Rangers drama from writer Matt Cook, former Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken and 20th Century Fox TV. Written by Cook, the untitled Female Texas Ranger project centers on Lauren Crawford Flynn, one of only two females in the legendary…

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the first major bidding situations this broadcast buying season, ABC has landed hourlong drama The Ambassador from former Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken, Eva Longoria and Ben Spector’s UnbelieEVAble Entertainment, 3 Arts Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV. The project has received a big put…

Fox has picked up to series two drama pilots, post apocalyptic saga The Passage and legal procedural Proven Innocent, and two comedy ones — both multi-camera — The Cool Kids, set at a retirement home, and Lil Rel Howery starrer Rel. They will join the Last Man Standing revival. Of the rest, I hear single-camera comedy…

James Tupper (Big Little Lies) has been tapped as a male lead opposite Katie Holmes in Fox's FBI drama pilot from former Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken and Melissa Scrivner Love. Paul Walter Hauser (I, Tonya) also has been cast in a series regular role in the project, produced by 20th Century Fox TV. Written by…

Christian Camargo (Penny Dreadful) has been cast as one of the two male lead opposite Katie Holmes in Fox's FBI drama pilot from former Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken and Melissa Scrivner Love. Holmes also is set to executive produce the project from 20th Century Fox TV and 3 Arts. Written by Chaiken and Love, the…

Pretty Little Liars alum Ian Harding and Jose Pablo Cantillo (Taken) are set as series regulars opposite Katie Holmes in Fox's FBI drama pilot from former Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken and Melissa Scrivner Love, 20th Century Fox TV and 3 Arts. Written by Chaiken and Love, the untitled drama (fka Mrs. Otis Regrets)…

Desperate Housewives alum Mark Moses is set as a series regular opposite Katie Holmes in Fox's FBI drama pilot from former Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken and Melissa Scrivner Love, 20th Century Fox TV and 3 Arts. Written by Chaiken and Love, the untitled drama (fka Mrs. Otis Regrets) centers on FBI Special Agent…