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With its mix of Jane Austen meets Gossip Girl with 35 Shades of Grey, as described by Bridgerton star Regé-Jean Page, Netflix’s Shondaland series has taken pop culture by storm since its Dec. 25 debut. Redefining the period drama and romance genres and breaking conventions on race while making global stars out of Page…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development Eden, a mystery drama written/executive produced by The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, a Latinx family drama written/exec produced by Valentina Garza and a chef comedy written by Jimmy O. Yang & Jeremy Yadegari, with Aseem Batra supervising. The three projects hail from Julie Anne R…

EXCLUSIVE: NBC has put in development Level, a drama from writer Sean Finegan (Reset), Julie Anne Robinson's CannyLads Productions and Universal TV where CannyLads is based. Written by Finegan, the idea for Level was sparked by his experience with investing and startups. The series revolves around Charlie Hunt, who…

Sky Studios has taken a minority stake in Longboat Pictures, the UK-based drama producer co-founded by BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated director Julie Anne Robinson and former ITV commissioner Victoria Fea. The financial details of the deal and the size of the Sky stake were not disclosed. It represents the…

EXCLUISVE: Julie Anne Robinson has set up five projects —  three dramas — through her CannyLads production company. They include hourlong Snap at Fox, from Whiskey Cavalier creator David Hemingson; Love And… at NBC, from Greek creator Sean Smith; and The Bunker at NBC, from graphic novelist and writer Joshua Hale Fialk…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has assembled the entire Bridgerton clan in Shondaland's Netflix series based on Julia Quinn's bestselling series of novels which stars Phoebe Dynevor and Regé-Jean Page. Luke Thompson (Dunkirk), Goodbye Christopher Robin star Will Tilston, Florence Hunt (Cursed) and Ruby Stokes (Da Vinci's Demons)…

EXCLUSIVE: BAFTA and Golden Globe-nominated director Julie Anne Robinson is staying put at Universal Television, renewing her first-look deal with the studio for two more years. Under the pact, Robinson will develop and executive produce through her CannyLads scripted and will direct projects for all platforms. At…

NBC has put in development Like Magic, a workplace comedy from Superstore writers Bridget Kyle and Vicky Luu, Forever co-creator Matt Hubbard, Julie Anne Robinson’s CannyLads Productions and Universal TV, where CannyLads and Hubbard are based. Written by Kyle and Luu, Like Magic is a workplace comedy that follows an…

EXCLUSIVE: Harlots Commissioner Victoria Fea has established a new production company with The Catch producer and Orange Is The New Black director Julie Anne Robinson after leaving British broadcaster ITV. The pair have established Blue Jar Pictures, backed by entrepreneur David Wong, to produce "mainstream" series…

In a competitive situation, NBC has bought for development Capital, a drama series from Carol Mendelsohn Productions,Julie Anne Robinson’s CannyLads Productions and Universal TV where both companies are based. Written by Sean Finegan, Capital centers on Special Agent Joanna Ward who heads up an elite Washington, D.C.…

NBC has put in development a political murder mystery drama from The Art of More creator Chuck Rose, prolific TV director-producer Julie Anne Robinson and Universal TV, where both Rose and Robinson are under overall deals. Rose will write the as-yet untitled project. In it, when a series of murders are predicted on a…

NBC has given a pilot order to a half-hour single-camera from comedy Aseem Batra (Marlon), Amy Poehler, Julie Anne Robinson and Universal TV, where Batra, Poehler and Robinson are under overall deals. Written by Batra, the untitled comedy, inspired by Orli Auslander’s book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everythi…