 |
 |
[08/23/10 - 06:45 PM] Development Update: Monday, August 23 By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
|
LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!
87TH PRECINCT (NBC, New!) - Amy Bloom ("State of Mind") has booked a script at the Peacock for a new drama based on Ed McBain's series of police procedural novels set in the 87th Precinct in Isola, a fictionalized version of Manhattan. Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands and Ron Harper toplined a short-lived small screen take in 1961, which also aired on the Peacock. The new incarnation comes from Lionsgate-based Olive Productions with the company's Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci executive producing alongside Bloom.
Here's how publisher Simon & Schuster details "Cop Hater," the first novel in the 54-book (and counting) franchise: "Swift, silent, and deadly -- someone is knocking off the 87th Precinct's finest, one by one. The how of the killings is obvious: three .45 shots from the dark add up to one, two, three very dead detectives. The why and the who are the Precinct's headaches now. When Detective Reardon is found dead, motive is a big question mark. But when his partner becomes victim number two, it looks like open-and-shut grudge killings. That is, until a third detective buys it. With one meager clue, Detective Steve Carella begins his grim search for the killer, a search that takes him into the city's underworld to a notorious brothel, to the apartment of a beautiful and dangerous widow, and finally to a .45 automatic aimed straight at his head...."
BACK NINE/PLAYING WITH GUNS (Spike TV) - The cable channel has reportedly passed on both pilots. The former, from Jason Filardi and Mark Perez, starred John Schneider as Ronnie Barnes, "a hard-drinking, washed-up former U.S. Open golf champion who is trying to make it back onto the Tour with help from his sex-addicted caddy, aptly named Tiger." The latter, from the trio of Bob Castrone, Brian Levin and Jason Zumwalt, featured Danny Masterson and Joey Kern as "childhood friends who have grown up to become small town cops, trying to get the most out of their badges while doing the least amount of police work possible."
TILDA (HBO) - Executive producer Cynthia Mort has reportedly bowed out of the comedy pilot, about a powerful female online showbiz journalist with a no-holds-barred style (Diane Keaton). Said development followed "a tense pilot shoot in which she frequently clashed with executive producer/director Bill Condon and got into public scuffles with Diane Keaton." Condon is currently searching for a new showrunner as it's understood the pay channel has ordered additional scripts.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters
|
|
|
 [august 2010]  |
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
[08/26/25 - 12:06 PM] FOX Sports Launches New FS1 Daily Studio Show "Wake Up Barstool" Debuting Tuesday, September 2, the two-hour daily studio show airs live weekdays on FS1 from 8:00-10:00 AM ET, bringing Barstool's signature mix of unfiltered voices, candid personalities and passionate sports talk to fans nationwide.
|
[08/26/25 - 12:01 PM] Netflix Top 10 Week of August 18: "KPop Demon Hunters" Reigns as Netflix's Most Popular Film, Claims No. 1 in Top 10 "Wednesday" stayed on top of the English TV list for a third week with Wednesday Season 2, Part 1 claiming another 13.4 million views.
|
[08/26/25 - 11:04 AM] Video: MGM+ Debuts Action-Packed Trailer and Premiere Date for "Billy the Kid" Season 3 The final season premieres Sunday, September 28 at
9:00 pm ET/PT.
|
[08/26/25 - 11:00 AM] Golden Globe and Emmy Award-Winner Camryn Manheim, Tyler Posey, Jamie Chung, Noah Reid and Sara Canning to Guest Star in FOX's Returning Captivating Crime Series "Murder in a Small Town" The series returns Tuesday, September 23 on FOX.
|
[08/26/25 - 10:30 AM] It's Time to Get Down to Business When NBC's New Series "On Brand with Jimmy Fallon" Premieres Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 10 P.M. ET/PT The 10 creatives working to disrupt the marketing profession in NBC's newest innovative business competition series have been revealed.
|
[08/26/25 - 10:04 AM] Hulu's Critically Acclaimed Comedy Series "Deli Boys" Renewed for a Second Season Fred Armisen will join the cast as a legendary gambling savant with an uncanny ability to read people like cards.
|
[08/26/25 - 09:00 AM] HBO Original Comedy Series "I Love LA," From Creator and Star Rachel Sennott, Debuts November 2 An ambitious friend group navigates life and love in LA.
|
[08/26/25 - 09:00 AM] CBS Presents the Official Emmy Awards Pre-Show, "ET: Live on the Emmys Red Carpet" Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner will bring audiences up close with television's biggest names as they arrive, turn heads with red carpet looks and reflect on what it means to be part of TV's most prestigious night.
|
[08/26/25 - 08:43 AM] Video: Peacock Releases Official Trailer & New Images for "Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy" All eight episodes of the limited series will be available to stream October 16.
|
[08/26/25 - 08:24 AM] "Sunday Night Baseball Presented by Capital One": Boston Red Sox vs. New York Yankees Draws ESPN's Second-Largest Audience of MLB Season: 2,572,000 Viewers The game peaked with 2,889,000 viewers at 8:15 p.m. ET, according to Nielsen.
|
[08/26/25 - 08:01 AM] Netflix's Upcoming Preschool Slate Featuring New "Ms. Rachel," The "Sesame Street" Date Announcement, New Games, and More! Start the school year off with all of your kids' favorite friends on Netflix with all-new episodes from "Ms. Rachel" (September 1), "Sesame Street" (November 10), "Gabby's Dollhouse" (November 17) and so much more on Netflix.
|
[08/26/25 - 08:01 AM] Video: "The Lowdown" - Official Trailer - Ethan Hawke, Kyle MacLachlan, Keith David - FX The series follows the gritty exploits of citizen journalist Lee Raybon (Ethan Hawke), a self-proclaimed Tulsa "truthstorian" whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.
|
[08/26/25 - 07:33 AM] BBC and Showtime Reveal First Look Images from Season Two of "Dreaming Whilst Black" from A24 and Big Deal Films The new season finds Kwabena at the start of his professional career in a new era: the age of diversity, equity and inclusion, where empowering marginalized voices are seemingly at the top of everyone's agenda.
|
[08/26/25 - 07:10 AM] ESPN Reveals 2025-26 College Football Commentator Roster; Top Teams Return for Another Season The network will deploy more than two dozen teams of commentators, analysts and reporters to cover the season from August's Week 0 kickoff through the College Football Playoff National Championship in Miami in January 2026.
|
[08/26/25 - 07:01 AM] Video: Apple TV+ Unveils Trailer for the Engrossing Investigative Thriller "The Savant" The eight-episode thriller will make its global debut on Apple TV+ with the first two episodes on Friday, September 26 followed by one new episode every Friday through November 7.
|
|
|
|