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EXCLUSIVE: 20th Television has extended its overall deal with Liz Heldens, co-developer and executive producer of the studio’s new crime drama Will Trent, starring Ramon Rodriguez, which premieres on ABC tonight. Under the new pact, Heldens will create, develop, write and produce new series for all…

ABC has given a cast-contingent pilot order to Will Trent, a crime drama based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series, from The Big Leap creator Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen (Batwoman), who worked together on Fox’s The Passage. 20th Television, where Heldens is under a deal, is the studio. Written by Heldens and…

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details about the Season 1 finale of Fox’s The Big Leap. The Season 1 finale of Fox’s The Big Leap offered its share of drama and happy endings for many of its characters on Monday night while leaving plenty of wiggle room to continue should the network choose to renew the…

On Saturday, a number of key creatives behind The Big Leap appeared for a virtual ATX panel, teasing the first season of their ballet-themed dramedy, which was just picked up to series in April. Actress Teri Polo described the show as “this happy, good, hopeful thing”—an underdog story representing the kind of…

EXCLUSIVE: Freeform has put into development LA Ultra, a one-hour black comedy neo-noir from former The Passage producer Dennis Saldua, series creator Liz Heldens, and 20th Century Fox TV, where Heldens is under a deal. Written by Saldua, LA Ultra is a modern, genre-bending take on the LA neo-noir. The story centers…

Fox has given a pilot order to The Big Leap, a ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama from The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens and producer Sue Naegle. The project, inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet, will be a co-production between 20th Century Fox Television, where Heldens is under an overall dea…

Liz Heldens, the writer behind 20th Century Fox TV’s anticipated midseason drama series The Passage, has signed a new multi-year overall deal with the studio. Under the exclusive pact, which is effective immediately, Heldens will continue to shepherd the priority project for 20th, as well as develop new television…

Fox premiered the first episode of its upcoming new series The Passage for Comic-Con attendees today, followed by a brief appearance from stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniyya Sidney, Henry Ian Cusick and Jamie McShane as well as EP/showrunner Liz Heldens, EP/director Jason Ensler, and Justin Cronin, author of…

Fox has given a pilot order to The Passage, a drama series based on Justin Cronin's fantasy book trilogy. The high-profile project, which previously had a pilot production commitment, hails from Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights), Felicity co-creator Matt Reeves, Scott Free and 20th Century Fox TV. Written by Heldens, T…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a pilot production commitment to The Passage, a drama series based on Justin Cronin’s fantasy book trilogy. The high-profile project hails from Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights), Felicity co-creator Matt Reeves, Scott Free and 20th Century Fox TV. Written by Heldens, with Reeves set to direct…

Writer-producer Liz Heldens has signed an overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. Under the two-year pact, she will join the studio’s upcoming straight-to-series comedic drama created, executive produced by and starring Seth MacFarlane as executive producer. For the past two years, Heldens was under an overall deal at…

In a competitive situation, with multiple networks pursuing, ABC has landed  ballet-themed dramedy written/executive produced by Deception and Mercy creator Liz Heldens and executive produced by Sue Naegle. The project, which has received a script commitment with a significant penalty, hails from Sony Pictures TV’s…