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[03/29/12 - 08:49 AM]
2012 ABC Program Development Guide - Comedy Series
ABC details its 13 comedy pilots under consideration for next season - plus their initial logs.

[02/09/12 - 10:51 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 9
Updates include: NBC rolls its "Munsters" reboot to June; CBS greenlights Ben Falcone comedy pilot; and Justin Kirk to topline NBC's "Animal Kingdom."

[11/02/11 - 11:04 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, November 2
Updates include: "Family Feud" cleared through the 2014-15 season; Michael Rispoli, Robert Costanzo join ABC's "The Manzanis"; and FOX's "Alcatraz" set for one to two weeks of reshoots.

[10/07/11 - 10:53 PM]
Development Update: Friday, October 7
Updates include: CBS shuts down production on "How to Be a Gentleman"; Rhea Perlman joins Kirstie Alley-led "The Manzanis" at ABC; and David Denman, Shannon Lucio among latest cast in TNT's "Gateway."

[08/03/11 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, August 3
Updates include: Ray Romano to visit Patricia Heaton on "The Middle"; Annie Parisse to recur on CBS's "Unforgettable"; and Michael Rapaport joins Doug Ellin's "40" at HBO.







MANZANIS, THE (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
8/3/11 - 3/29/12
STATUS:
previously in development (2012-2013 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
films on friday, december 16
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, March 2012) When a boisterous, volatile Italian Family moves into an idyllic suburban neighborhood, the lives of everyone in the cul-de-sac will never be the same.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· ??? as Carol
· ??? as Gina
· ??? as Greg
· ??? as Kerry
· ??? as Robbie
· Alyson Stoner as TBA
· Armaan Juneja as Peter
· Jared Abrahamson as Mikey
· Kirstie Alley as Angela
· Michael Rispoli as Nick
· Rhea Perlman as Camille
· Robert Costanzo as Joe
CREW INFORMATION:
· Aaron Kaplan as EP
· Dave Flebotte as CRTR/EP
· Jason Weinberg as EP
· JoAnn Alfano as EP
· Marco Pennette as CRTR/EP
· Scott Ellis as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· Brillstein Entertainment Partners