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EXCLUSIVE: CBS has given a pilot order to The Never Game, a drama series adaptation of Jeffery Deaver's novel, starring and executive produced by Justin Hartley. The project, which received a pilot production commitment in September 2021, comes from director Ken Olin and 20th Television. Because of Hartley commitment…

EXCLUSIVE: This Is Us star Justin Hartley has teamed with the series’ director/executive producer Ken Olin to option the rights to Jeffery Deaver’s 2019 thriller novel, The Never Game. Hartley is attached to star in the potential first season and Olin is set to direct the project, which Hartley's ChangeUp Productions…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about "Honestly", Season 5, Episode 4 of NBC's This Is Us. Tuesday night's episode "Honestly" may have been your last dose of This Is Us until the new year, but it certainly served up enough Pearson family revelations to keep us going during the break. Amid the backdrop of a…

Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to Everyday Insanity, a one-hour drama from writer Laura Bensick; This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown and his Indian Meadows Productions; executive producer Ken Olin; and 20th Century Fox TV, where Brown and Indian Meadows and Olin are under deals. Written by Bensick, Everyd…

This is Us executive producer and director Ken Olin is expanding his relationship with 20th Century Fox TV, signing an overall deal with the studio behind NBC’s flagship drama series. Under the pact, Olin will continue as EP and director on This Is Us, which received a three-season renewal last month. The deal, his…

This weekend’s New York Stage and Film winter gala will have a decided thirtysomething aura. In addition to the previously announced honorees (and real-life marrieds) Ken Olin and Patricia Wettig, their former co-star Timothy Busfield will be among the event’s directors. Among the presenters and performers at the gala…

J.J. Abrams created a green screen and put characters "dancing on a margarine can inside a little refrigerator," Alias producer Sarah Caplan said during a panel discussion at the ATX Television Festival. This was the story of the birth of the Alias pilot–a piece of television that would go on to bust through existing…