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[11/18/22 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Friday, November 18
Updates include: Disney Channel cancels "Ultra Violet & Black Scorpion"; ABC opts to pass on drama "Avalon"; and Jay Duplass, Timothy Omundsen to visit "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" at Disney+.

[08/30/22 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, August 30
Updates include: Daniel Stern joins Apple's "For All Mankind"; Demetrius Grosse cast in ABC's "Avalon"; and Ben Kingsley to return as Trevor Slattery for Marvel Studios' "Wonder Man."

[08/24/22 - 11:38 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, August 24
Updates include: Kelli Giddish announces exit from NBC's "Law & Order: SVU"; Christian Slater cast in "The Spiderwick Chronicles" at Disney+; and HBO's "Succession" confirms returning players.

[08/23/22 - 11:46 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, August 23
Updates include: Mireille Enos joins Bob Odenkirk in AMC's "Straight Man"; Dania Ramirez to lead FOX's "Alert"; and Scott Foley to visit "The Girls on the Bus" at HBO Max.

[08/19/22 - 11:32 PM]
Development Update: Friday, August 19
Updates include: ABC eyes "Ally McBeal" sequel series; John Corbett officially bound for HBO Max's "And Just Like That..."; and ABC passes on drama pilot "Criminal Nature."

[08/18/22 - 11:37 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, August 18
Updates include: Neve Campbell to topline ABC's "Avalon"; Amy Ryan cast in Apple's "Sugar"; and Rory Culkin tapped for Netflix's "Black Mirror."

[05/18/22 - 06:12 AM]
Disney Television Studios Lands Five New Broadcast Series; Seventeen Series Return
The studio produced the No. 1 scripted series on three of the four broadcast networks as well as three of the Top 5 scripted series in L7 and three of the season's Top 10 broadcast entertainment programs.

[04/12/22 - 11:56 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, April 12
Updates include: Joseph Gordon-Levitt signs onto Peacock's "Poker Face"; Dana Calvo to run ABC's "Avalon"; and Evin Ahmad to lead Netflix's "Palomino."

[02/28/22 - 10:02 AM]
ABC Orders David E. Kelley Mystery Drama "Avalon" Straight to Series
Based on a short story by Michael Connelly, the series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole "Nic" Searcy heads up a small office.







AVALON (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2/28/22 - 11/18/22
STATUS:
previously in development (2022-2023 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 11/18/22
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, February 2022) In a highly competitive situation, ABC Entertainment has given a straight-to-series order to the A+E Studios and 20th Television drama, "Avalon," from David E. Kelley ("Big Sky," "Big Little Lies") and bestselling author Michael Connelly ("The Lincoln Lawyer," "Bosch"). Based on a short story by Connelly, the series takes place in the main city of Avalon on Catalina Island, where LA Sheriff Department Detective Nicole "Nic" Searcy heads up a small office. Catalina has a local population that serves more than 1 million tourists a year, and each day when the ferries arrive, hundreds of potential new stories enter the island. Detective Searcy is pulled into a career-defining mystery that will challenge everything she knows about herself and the island. Kelley will write the pilot episode and the series will join ABC's 2022-2023 programming slate.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alexa Mansour as Carolyn Chavez
· Demetrius Grosse as Dayo Musa
· Neve Campbell as Nicole "Nic" Searcy
· Roslyn Ruff as Lena
· Steven Pasquale as William Claypool
CREW INFORMATION:
· Barry Jossen as EP
· Dana Calvo as EP
· David E. Kelley as CRTR/EP
· Michael Connelly as BOOK/CRTR/EP
· Ross Fineman as EP
· Tana Jamieson as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Television
· A+E Studios
· Fineman Entertainment