As more filmmakers have entered the TV space, television programming is starting to resemble more and more big-screen fare, according to the INTV panel today The Film Factor: How Filmmakers are Changing the Landscape of Television.Â
“We’re producing episodic TV as we produced movies. It’s far more intense and rigorous…
Annapurna has promoted Sue Naegle to chief content officer of Annapurna, where she will expand her role as president of the Megan Ellison company’s television division to oversee development and production the film slate. She will also have the company's Theatre division in here purview and will manage the…
Annapurna Pictures has launched Annapurna Television, a production that will be led by former HBO president of entertainment Sue Naegle. She recently ended a production deal at the network that followed her executive stint.
Annapurna’s new division will focus on building out the label's TVÂ slate for broadcast, cable…
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…
Longtime Saturday Night Live writer Paula Pell has teamed with frequent collaborator Michelle Lawler for a half-hour comedy, which has been set up at HBO. Written by Pell and Lawler and executive produced by Sue Naegle, the untitled comedy centers on a fallen Olympic figure skater who returns home to Massachusetts to…
Denmark and Sweden already have established a foothold in the U.S. TV drama market with such format adaptations as The Killing and The Bridge. Now another Nordic country is looking to join them. CBS has put in development legal thriller drama Black Widows, an adaptation of the Finnish series Mustat Lesket. The project…
EXCLUSIVE: WGA Award-nominated Sam Laybourne has sold comedy project Juvie to ABC. The Cougar Town alum and co-creator of last year’s The Michael J. Fox Show will write the pilot episode of the single-camera comedy about a privileged and naive golden boy, who takes a job at a juvenile hall and discovers he has more…
EXCLUSIVE:HBO has put in development Carthage, a drama series project from playwright-screenwriter Kate Robin (Six Feet Under), which she is executive producing with former HBO entertainment president-turned-producer Sue Naegle. Written by Robin, Carthage is an examination of small-town America and how the…
EXCLUSIVE:HBO has optioned the novel Lookaway, Lookaway by Wilton Barnhardt for a comedy series, which will be executive produced by former HBO entertainment president-turned-producer Sue Naegle and top comedy producer, 3 Arts’ David Miner (30 Rock, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Parks & Recreation). The project, set in…
EXCLUSIVE: In one of her first projects as a producer, former HBO entertainment president Sue Naegle has come on board Outcast, the exorcism drama project from The Walking Dead‘s Robert Kirkman. In his pilot writing debut, Kirkman penned Outcast on spec for The Walking Dead international partner Fox International…
Sue Naegle is stepping down from her post as president of HBO Entertainment. I’ve learned that she is segueing into producing with the launch of her own company which will have a three-year first-look deal with HBO. (The network declined comment). This will mark a second career change for Naegle. She was a top TV lit…
EXCLUSIVE: I’ve learned that HBO has just bought a comedy pitch based on the modern day Lucy-&-Ricky 10-year marriage of Brandt and Nikki Joel. Brandt, 45, is head of WME’s talent department, and Nikki, 38, is a former ICM agent. Gilmore Girls and Desperate Housewives writer Jordon Nardino — natch, a WME client — has…
