EXCLUSIVE: Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment has forged a production partnership with The Vampire Diaries alum Paul Wesley and his company Citizen Media.

The first two series projects Kapital and Citizen are rolling out together are a drama based on Jason Smith’s non-fiction article Confessions Of a Drug-Addicted Hi…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has given an eight-episode series order to Merry Happy Whatever, a holiday-themed multi-camera comedy series starring and executive produced by Dennis Quaid. The project hails from former Everybody Loves Raymond executive producer Tucker Cawley, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Wendi…

Amanda Klein has joined Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment as a senior development executive. Reporting to Executive Producer Dana Honor, she will be working on new development.

Klein most recently served as Executive Director of Development & Production for Sony's digital network…

ABC has given a put pilot commitment to Blank, a medical drama from writer Trey Callaway (Revolution), director Dave Semel, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and producer Glenn Geller.

This marks the latest big broadcast commitment for Kapital, which scaled back on broadcast development with more targeted approach t…

EXCLUSIVE: Patricia Heaton has picked her followup series starring vehicle to ABC’s The Middle, signing on to topline and executive produce multi-camera comedy Carol’s Second Act, which has received a series commitment at CBS. The project hails from Trophy Wife creators Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins, Aaron Kaplan’s K…

EXCLUSIVE: Catastrophe co-creator and star Sharon Horgan is eying another potential starring vehicle at Amazon. The streaming network has given a script-to-series commitment to a comedy series to star Horgan and Billy Magnussoen (Game Night). It hails from Horgan, John Hamburg (Meet the Pare…

Top TV director David Semel has partnered with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. Under the deal, Semel will direct the pilots and executive produce projects he develops with Kapital for broadcast, cable or streaming networks.

Semel, who will work with Kapital’s Kaplan and Dana Honor, has one of the best track recor…

Sought-after multi-camera episodic director Victor Gonzalez has made an exclusive development arrangement with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. Under the pact, Gonzalez via his Fortaleza Productions and Kapital’s Kaplan and Dana Honor will focus on content for the underserved Latino market, developing…

CBS is expanding its multi-cam comedy slate with its latest pilot-to-series order Fam, from writer Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom), Kapital Entertainment and CBS Television Studios.

It is one of five new series orders at CBS today, along with dramas God Friended Me, Magnum P.I. The Code and The Red Line.

In Fam…

Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment continues to build up its team and infrastructure. The indie production company has brought in Sherie Hernandez as a dedicated casting executive.

Hernandez will work with casting directors on all Kapital pilots and current series. That includes casting pilots and series on behalf of…

It’s been eight years since Deadline launched its annual Overachievers Pilot Season/Upfronts lists to acknowledge the writers, producers and directors who excel during the broadcast development season, landing multiple pilots in January and multiple series in May. When we started the list back in 2010, there was no ori…

ABC has given a pilot greenlight to untitled single-camera workplace comedy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine writer-producer Justin Noble, Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling's TrillTV, CBS TV Studios and ABC Studios.

Written by Noble, the untitled project (fka How May We Hate You?) is based on the book and…