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Eve has been tapped as a lead in Queens, ABC’s hourlong pilot from Zahir McGhee, Sabrina Wind and ABC Signature. In Queens, written by McGhee, estranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – their '90s group that…

EXCUSIVE: Freeform has put in development Smoakland, a single-camera comedy from writer Jewel Coronel (The Chi), Zahir McGhee (Scandal), grown-ish star Yara Shahidi and Keri Shahidi’s 7th Sun Productions and ABC Signature, where 7th Sun and McGhee are under deals. Written by Coronel, Smoakland centers around Oakland…

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the biggest sales so far this (virtual) broadcast pitch season, ABC has given a production commitment to a drama about a female hip-hop group, from Harlem’s Kitchen creator Zahir McGhee, producer Sabrina Wind and ABC Studios where McGhee and Wind are based. I hear the preemptive buy includes a…

EXCLUSIVE: Writer-producer Zahir McGhee, creator, executive producer and showrunner of ABC’s drama pilot Harlem’s Kitchen and known for his work on Shondaland series Scandal, Private Practice and For the People, has signed with Verve. Harlem’s Kitchen, starring Delroy Lindo, marks the first pilot order for McGhee…

ABC has given a pilot order to Harlem’s Kitchen, a drama from writer Zahir McGhee (For the People), Mandeville Television and ABC Studios where both McGhee and Mandeville TV are under overall deals. Courtesy of ABC Studios Harlem’s Kitchen (fka Untitled Zahir McGee Project aka Rice),  written by McGhee, is an ensemble…

EXCLUSIVE: ABC has put in development two dramas from Mandeville Television: Committed, an anthology series based on the iHeartMedia original podcast, from writers Jerome Schwartz (Once Upon a Time) and Shannon Goss (The Terror), and an untitled family restaurant drama (working title Rice) from writer Zahir McGhee (For…