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[05/07/15 - 11:47 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, May 7 - Odds & Ends
Updates include: The CW passes on its remaining pilots; Greg Malins to run FOX's "The Grinder"; and NBC to recast Meaghan Rath's role on "People Are Talking."
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[03/24/15 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, March 24
Updates include: NBC halts production on its Monica Potter-led comedy pilot; Joseph Gilgun to play Cassidy in AMC's "Preacher"; and Chloe Sevigny is bound for "American Horror Story: Hotel."
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[03/24/15 - 06:01 PM]
2015 ABC Program Development Guide - Comedy Series
ABC details its 12 comedy pilots under consideration for next season.
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[03/23/15 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 23
Updates include: TBS passes on its comedy pilot "Quality Time"; Connie Britton cast as Faye Resnick in FX's "American Crime Story"; and directors are confirmed for the remaining broadcast pilots.
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[02/27/15 - 11:48 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 27
Updates include: Tom Ellis set as "Lucifer" at FOX; Terry O'Quinn to lead ABC's "The Adversaries"; and Dave Annable boards "Heart Matters" at NBC.
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[02/26/15 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 26
Updates include: ABC gives "How to Get Away with Murder" a second season; Danny Pudi to star in NBC's "Strange Calls"; and The CW eyes a joint spin-off of "Arrow" and "The Flash."
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[02/13/15 - 11:55 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 13
Updates include: Tommy Dewey to lead Hulu's "Casual"; S. Epatha Merkerson boards "Chicago Med" at NBC; and Jemaine Clement lands role on HBO's "Divorce."
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[02/02/15 - 11:50 PM]
Development Update: Monday, February 2
Updates include: The CW orders first wave of drama pilots; Augustus Prew to star in HBO's "Mamma Dallas"; and "Uncle Buck" among ABC's latest comedy pilot orders.
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[10/22/14 - 11:31 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, October 22
Updates include: FOX gives "Red Band Society" four additional scripts; Amanda Righetti boards "The Colony" at USA; and "Bewitched," "Hitch" TV series in the works at NBC, FOX.
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| FAMILY FORTUNE (ABC)
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
10/22/14
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5/7/15
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STATUS:
previously in development (2015-2016 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/7/15 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, March 2015) Fortune Ferguson (Fortune Feimster) has a lot going right in her life. She's a popular Health and Fitness Teacher in her hometown of Belmont, North Carolina and is surrounded by friends and family. But there's something missing in her life. Fortune's never had too much luck with guys. As Fortune herself puts it love, companionship - all that dumb crap - has eluded her. Things come to a head during Fortune's 28th birthday celebration at a local margarita bar. Cajoled into doing body shots off a hot bartender by her overbearing mom Ginger (Annie Potts), Fortune has a moment of total clarity. As she tells the bar: she's gay. As gay as all hell, y'all. Fortune's public revelation sends shockwaves through her Southern family. Ginger is astonished, but then quickly accepts Fortune's gayness. Maybe too much. Within a day she's plastered her house with rainbow flags and posters of gay icons, having realized that gay culture will allow Ginger ample opportunity to dance on a float, something she's always dreamed of. Ginger has a way of making everything, including Fortune's life-changing epiphany, about herself. Fortune is more worried about telling her dad Mike (John Carroll Lynch). A janitor at Fortune's school, Mike is taciturn and tough. Divorced from Ginger, he likes to keep his life simple and his worldview small. Fortune once tried to buy him a cappuccino machine and he promptly used it as target practice. Fortune's good-hearted but naïve brother Tyler and his wife Nichole agree with Fortune - Mike may not be able to accept who she is. And worse, the man has a way of cutting things out of his life. Exhibit A is Gordon, Mike's dog, who peed on Mike's truck in 2007. Mike hasn't spoken to him since. And as Tyler points out, being gay is way worse than peeing on a truck. Will Fortune lose her dad? After a quickly aborted attempt to force herself to be straight with her best friend Steven, Fortune realizes she has no choice but to risk her relationship with her father and tell him who she is. Fortune gathers the family together to come out to her Dad, not realizing that her family may have some secrets of their own. "Family Fortune" is based on the life and stand-up of Fortune Feimster. Written by Feimster and Matt Hubbard, it is executive produced by Tina Fey, Robert Carlock, and David Miner. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Annie Potts as Ginger
· Chris Redd as Steven
· Fortune Feimster as Fortune
· John Carroll Lynch as Mike
· Lacey Chabert as Nichole
· Parker Young as Tyler
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CREW INFORMATION:
· David Miner as EP
· Fortune Feimster as CRTR/CO-EP
· Mark Cendrowski as DIR (Pilot)
· Matt Hubbard as CRTR/EP
· Robert Carlock as EP
· Tina Fey as EP
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GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 3 Arts Entertainment
· Universal Television
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