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Krysta Rodriguez (Halston) and Lauren Lapkus (Good Girls) have been tapped as the leads in CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot Sober Companion, from Jane the Virgin creator/executive producer Jennie Snyder Urman and CBS Studios, where Urman is under an overall deal. Written by Gracie Glassmeyer and David Rosenthal from a…

CBS is going back into the vault for one of its latest comedy pilots. The network has ordered two comedy pilots – Sober Companion, a project that previously went to pilot starring Justin Long, and The Hug Machine, directed by Lonely Island's Jorma Taccone. Sober Companion is exec produced by Jane The Virgin…

Karen Robinson (Schitt’s Creek), Joe Regalbuto (Murphy Brown), Kathleen Chalfant (The Affair), Maxwell Whittington-Cooper (Human Capital) and Abubakr Ali (Power Book II: Ghost) are set as series regulars opposite Caitlin Kinnunen and Bella Ortiz in the CW’s untitled drama pilot executive produced by Jennie Snyder Urman…

The CW has cast Tony-nominated The Prom star Caitlin Kinnunen and Bella Ortiz as the two leads of its untitled drama pilot executive produced by Jennie Snyder Urman. Written by Claire Rothrock and Ryann Weir and directed by Tessa Blake, the project centers on two millennial nuns – a devout true believer (Kinnunen)…

Pilot season at The CW is happening after all. The youth-skewing broadcaster has handed pilot orders to three projects: Ava DuVernay's superhero drama Naomi, the live-action reboot of The Powerpuff Girls and a millennial nun dramedy exec produced by Jennie Snyder Urman. The network has also ordered a reboot of…

ABC is developing Guerrillas, a single-camera comedy starring comedian Al Madrigal and Jane the Virgin alum Jaime Camil. It comes from Jennie Snyder Urman’s Sutton Street Productions and CBS Studios where the company is based. In Guerrillas, co-written by Madrigal and Matt Kellard (Night School), when Miles Flores…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has put in development two dramas executive produced by Jane the Virgin developer/showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman via her Sutton St. Productions – Danni Delgado, an adaptation of the 2010 German series Danni Lowinski with a Latina lead, from writer Nicki Renna (Charmed), Tariq Jalil’s Intrigue…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-producer Gracie Glassmeyer has set two high-profile comedies in development under her overall deal with CBS Television Studios, both with Jennie Snyder Urman’s Sutton Street Productions, which also is based at CBS Studios. They are Here She Lies, a single-camera dark comedy starring and executive…

In 2009, CBS Television Studios made a bet on an up-and-coming TV writer, Jennie Snyder Urman, who had staffed on a couple of shows. The bet paid off for both sides, with Urman becoming one of the most prolific showrunners on the studio roster, generating multiple series, the award-winning Jane the Virgin, the ongoing…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has put in development Arranged, a romantic comedy from Man With A Plan co-producer Farhan Arshad, Jane The Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman, The Nacelle Company and CBS Television Studios, where Urman and Joanna Klein’s Sutton Street Productions is based. Written by Arshad, Arranged is a romantic…

CBS has put in development Good Sam, a family medical drama from writer Katie Wech (BH90210), Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman and her Sutton St. Productions, and CBS Television Studios, where Sutton St. is under a deal. Written by Wech, Good Sam centers on a talented yet stifled surgeon who embraces her…

SPOILER ALERTt: The story includes details about the series finale of Jane the Virgin on the CW. After five seasons and 100 episodes, the CW’s Jane the Virgin ended its journey tonight. It has been an important show for the CW and for television — Jane gave the CW its first major award recognition when star Gina…