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Newcomer Simone Recasner is proud to represent body diversity in the upcoming Fox comedy The Big Leap, something she wishes she’d seen on TV growing up. “Playing Gabby, she’s somebody who I can relate to on such a profoundly deep level,” Recasner shared during the show’s TCA press day on Wednesday. “We’re meeting her…

Our Kind of People, Monarch and The Big Leap – three of Fox's new originals for the 2021-22 broadcast season – all took different routes to screen. The network has been shaking up its development process for the past couple of years, using a mixture of traditional pilot orders, straight-to-series orders…

EXCLUSIVE: Adam Kaplan, Tom Lennon and Robert Wisdom have joined the cast of Fox’s dance dramedy The Big Leap in recurring roles opposite Scott Foley, Simone Recanser, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo and Anna Grace Barlow. The series hails from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox…

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…

UPDATED with new photos: It was a long, pandemic-impacted broadcast development cycle, with some pilots taking a year to get produced, but the broadcast networks have made their picks for new scripted series to debut in fall 2021 as well as the bulk of their decisions for new midseason 2022 shows. The pandemic forced…

Fox is bucking the trend of franchise lineups. On the heels of NBC unveiling One Chicago Wednesday and Law & Order Thursday on their fall schedule and following the success of ABC’s pairing of Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19 and CBS’ block of FBI and FBI: Most Wanted, Fox has opted to (temporarily) split its 9-1-1…

Fox has released some of the first trailers for its new comedies and dramas as part of its series orders for the 2021-22 season. You can watch all below. We'll update as more come in. The Big Leap – Drama The Big Leap is a modern tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what's yours. From…

EXCLUSIVE: Anna Grace Barlow (The Goldbergs) is set as a series regular in The Big Leap, Fox’s ballet-themed dramedy series starring Scott Foley, Teri Polo and Piper Perabo, from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment. Written by Heldens, inspired by a UK reality format, The Big Lea…

Fox has given a series order to hourlong pilot The Big Leap, starring Scott Foley, Teri Polo and Piper Perabo, from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle, 20th Television and Fox Entertainment. The ballet-themed dramedy, which I hear has received a 10-episode order, had been an internal favorite. The pilot was met with…

Filming on the Fox ballet-themed dramedy pilot The Big Leap was suspended two days ago following confirmed positive Covid-19 cases in a zone of the production that includes the cast as well as crew members who interact with the actors. The positive test results came in through a routine screening, part of the strict…

EXCLUSIVE: Piper Perabo and Kevin Daniels have joined The Big Leap, Fox's ballet-themed hourlong comedy-drama pilot, in recastings, and Mallory Jansen also is set as a lead in the project inspired by the UK reality series Big Ballet. Written by The Passage writer/executive producer Liz Heldens, The Big Leap is…

Fox is planning to produce all six of its pilot orders for this year's development season and will continue to ramp up its off-cycle pilot orders. The network has made the decision after its traditional pilot season was impacted by the COVID-19 production shutdown. Fox is the latest network to make its pilot…