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EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a pilot order to Filthy Rich, a soapy drama from The Help writer-director Tate Taylor, Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV. This marks the first greenlight decision since AMC President and GM Charlie Collier took the reins of the broadcast network as Fox CEO of Entertainment last month…

Apple has ordered to series Swagger, a basketball-themed drama from NBA superstar Kevin Durant and his Thirty Five Ventures, Shots Fired co-creator Reggie Rock Bythewood, Imagine Television, and CBS TV Studios, where Imagine TV has a first-look deal. Written and directed by Bythewood, who also serves as showrunner, Swa…

CBS has put in development Amerikhans, a multi-camera Pakistani-American family comedy from Man With a Plan writer Farhan Arshad and co-executive producer Mark Gross, Comedy Dynamics, Imagine Television and CBS TV Studios, where Gross is under a deal. Written by Arshad, Amerikhans centers around a young…

We may be seeing the impact of the breakout success of Crazy Rich Asians on the 2018-19 broadcast development season. ABC has given a script commitment plus penalty to a single-camera comedy from Rick & Morty writer — and newly minted Emmy winner — Jessica Gao, Imagine Television Studios and CBS TV Studios. Written by…

EXCLUSIVE: In her first U.S. TV starring vehicle, Salma Hayek Pinault is set to topline and executive produce a comedy series project executive produced and directed by Paul Feig. The comedy, from Imagine Television, is in negotiations at Amazon. I hear it is eying a pilot commitment to series. Written by Patty Breen…

Fox has given a put pilot commitment to Filthy Rich, a soapy family drama from The Help writer-director Tate Taylor, Imagine Television and 20th Century Fox TV. Written and to be directed by Taylor, Filthy Rich is based on the New Zealand series of the same name. It revolves around the family of a mega-wealthy…

Imagine TV, which is behind hit Fox series Empire, has three new dramas on the midseason schedule – 24: Legacy, a reboot of the company’s signature drama 24; limited series Shots Fired on Fox; and Genius on sibling National Geographic. They are the last series to come out of Imagine TV’s series of overall deals at…

On the heels of the runaway success of its hip-hop soap Empire, Imagine TV is developing a soapy family drama set in another community with a vibrant music backdrop: the Cuban exiles in Miami. NBC has given a put pilot commitment to an untitled drama from Imagine, How To Make It In America creator Ian Edelman and The D…

EXCLUSIVE: Imagine TV‘s Brian Grazer has optioned The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins, the upcoming book by decorated CIA agent Robert B. Baer, whose portrayal in Syriana, an adaptation of his book See No Evil, earned George Clooney an Oscar. The drama project, titled The Perfect Kill, is geared for cable. It has…

EXCLUSIVE: One of the longest production relationships in the TV business is staying intact. Imagine Television has signed a new two-year deal with 20th Century Fox Television, where the company, overseen by Imagine Entertainment partner Brian Grazer, has been for the past 14 years. During Imagine’s most recent pact…

EXCLUSIVE: Add Manny Coto to the names of 24 team members who have been signed on to Fox’s real-time action drama’s event-series reboot. Coto has closed a new two-year overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television and will join Evan Katz as an exec prod/ showrunner on 24: Live Another Day, from 20th Century Fox TV and…

EXCLUSIVE: 50 Cent is getting animated. I’ve learned that Fox is in negotiations for an animated comedy project from the rapper-actor (born Curtis Jackson), feature producer Randall Emmett, Imagine TV and 20th Century Fox TV. The untitled project, loosely based on Jackson’s childhood, is expected to receive a pilot or…