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Buzzfeed is making an expanded push into television, signing a first-look deal with Universal TV, in which the studio will produce scripted content based on stories and original reporting published by the tech-powered media company. The two entities have set their first project under the pact, with Jenna Bans…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to a one-hour drama based on Joshilyn Jackson’s bestselling suspense novel Never Have I Ever, from Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way and Universal TV. The project is a co-production between Universal TV…

EXCLUSIVE: Good Girls executive producer Bill Krebs has signed a multi-year overall deal with Universal TV, the studio behind the popular NBC series. As part of the deal, Krebs will continue his work on Good Girls and develop new projects. Krebs co-showruns Good Girls with creator/executive producer Jenna Bans, who…

NBC may say it's all over and done with, but Gabrielle Union doesn't think so, and the former America's Got Talent judge is taking Simon Cowell, Universal TV, Syco Entertainment and Fremantle Productions North America to task and likely to court over what really went down on the competition series last season – and…

EXCLUSIVE: Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, has optioned Peter Lefcourt's novel, The Dreyfus Affair: A Love Story, for development as a high-end television series. Oscar and Emmy winner David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada) is attached to direct and will co-write the pilot with…

EXCLUSIVE: Blindspot creator Martin Gero has closed an overall deal with Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios. Under the major multi-year pact, which was negotiated before the start of the current Hollywood production shutdown, Gero will develop new series for Universal TV through his…

EXCLUSIVE: Writers-producers Karyn Usher (Prison Break) and Lisa Zwerling (Betrayal) of Carpool Entertainment have signed an overall deal with Universal Television, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, to develop, write and executive produce programming for network, cable and streaming platforms. “We are…

EXCLUSIVE: A remarkable, little known slice of Black American history is coming to light with Boley, an premium event series in development at Universal Television from writer Dianne Houston (When We Rise, Empire, Take the Lead) and producer Rudy Langlais (The Hurricane, Sugar Hill). Hailed as “television's first…

EXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Handler’s bestselling memoir Life Will Be the Death of Me is heading to the small screen. In a competitive situation with multiple studios bidding, Universal TV, where Handler is under a first-look deal, has acquired rights to develop the book as a TV series, which Handler will executive produce. Lif…

EXCLUSIVE: Lisa Takeuchi Cullen has signed an overall deal with Universal Television. As part of the deal — her first overall pact — Cullen will develop new drama projects for the studio and serve as consulting producer on the historic 21st season of Law & Order: SVU. "Lisa Takeuchi Cullen is a phenomenally talented…

Three of NBC’s iconic comedy veterans are teaming on a new series. The network has given a straight-to-series order to a comedy starring The Good Place‘s Ted Danson, from Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, 3 Arts Entertainment and Universal Television. Written by Fey and Carlock (30 Rock, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), the as-yet…

As Law & Order: SVU is heading into its historic 21st season, the series is bringing back one of its beloved showrunners. Warren Leight, credited with revitalizing the veteran crime drama during his five-year turn at the helm, is returning as executive producer/showrunner. He will succeed another veteran of the Dick…