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[10/15/10 - 06:11 PM]
Development Update: Friday, October 15
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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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!
ANTHEM (FOX, New!) - Writer R. Lee Fleming, Jr. ("Friends") and actor/producer Topher Grace have scored a script commitment from the network for a new comedy about "four guys from suburban Indiana who get a second chance at their dream when they reunite the cover band they had as teenagers but find themselves juggling small town fame with their domestic responsibilities." Fleming will pen the half-hour and executive produce alongside Grace and Gordon Kaywin via their Sargent Hall banner for 20th Century Fox Television.
DEAR GIRLS ABOVE ME (CBS, New!) - Charlie McDowell's web site/Twitter feed, in which he writes to the party girls who live in the apartment above him in reaction to conversations he overhears, is being developed as a comedy series by the Eye. The project is set up at CBS Television Studios and Katalyst Films, the same companies behind the similarly gestated "Shh... Don't Tell Steve" at the network. As for specifics, the half-hour will revolve around "a single man who gains insight into the female mind by eavesdropping on his upstairs neighbors. McDowell and Justin Lader are co-writing the script while Tim Doyle is in negotiations to supervise and executive produce alongside The Schiff Co.'s David Schiff and Katalyst's Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg.
THE GATES (ABC) - Co-star Frank Grillo has indicated on his Twitter page the drama won't be returning for a second season. The series, whose 13-episode run this past summer averaged a modest 2.93 million viewers and a 0.9 rating among adults 18-49, was widely pegged as unlikely to be renewed.
LOVE THAT GIRL (TV One) - The cable channel has ordered 26 additional episodes of the series, which aired a four-episode test run back in January. Tatyana Ali stars in the project, about "a recent young divorcee returning to Southern California in search of new independence, a new career and a brand new chapter in her life." Bentley Kyle Evans is behind the Bent Outta Shape Productions/Hazrah Entertainment-based series, production of which is already underway for a first-quarter 2011 debut. Martin Lawrence also serves as an executive producer and will be featured in a recurring role.
HOW THE OTHER HALF HAMPTONS (FOX, New!) - Brian Buckner ("True Blood") has booked a new comedy at the network based on New York Post columnist Jasmin Rosemberg's novel of the same name. Said effort revolves around "friends Jamie, Rachel and Allison who don't have the old-school Hamptons money but still want to enjoy the trappings of the Hamptons lifestyle and find the men of their dreams, so they pile into a shared house together." 20th Century Fox Television and Rat Television are behind the project, with Buckner executive producing alongside the latter's Brett Ratner.
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[11/06/25 - 10:04 AM]
Global Superstar Rosalia to Make Her "Tonight Show" Performance Debut on Nov. 16 Following NBC's "Sunday Night Football"
The special Sunday night telecast will also feature guest DJ Khaled, and air immediately after local news, following the "Sunday Night Football" game between the Detroit Lions and Philadelphia Eagles, on NBC and Peacock.
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[11/06/25 - 10:03 AM]
Holiday Programming Returns to TBS and TNT on Sunday, November 9
Festive films, spirited sitcoms and 24-hour movie marathons return this season as TBS's "All I Watch for Christmas" delivers nostalgic classics and TNT's "Christmas Maximus" showcases blockbuster holiday hits beginning Sunday, November 9.
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[11/06/25 - 10:01 AM]
Date Announcement: "Dance Moms: A New Era" Season 2 (A+E Factual Studios)
The series returns on Monday, December 8 only on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers.
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[11/06/25 - 10:01 AM]
HBO Original Documentary "Thoughts & Prayers" Debuts November 18
This arresting yet sobering feature documentary captures the current landscape of safety rituals in schools and communities across America.
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[11/06/25 - 09:40 AM]
Paramount+ Sets Premiere of Doc-Feature "Predators" for Monday, December 8
Deeply surprising and entirely gripping, the film dives deep into an unnerving investigation of "Dateline's To Catch a Predator," pulling back the curtain on the show's complicated legacy.
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[11/06/25 - 09:01 AM]
Video: "One Shot With Ed Sheeran: A Music Experience" - Official Trailer - Netflix
One singer. One city. One shot. Ed Sheeran rocks the streets of New York with his greatest hits in this groundbreaking, real-time music experience.
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[11/06/25 - 09:01 AM]
Prime Video Announces Additional Recurring Cast for Upcoming Series "Off Campus"
The upcoming series is based on the best-selling books from Elle Kennedy.
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[11/06/25 - 09:00 AM]
Video: The Sea of Monsters Awaits! Disney+ Drops Official Trailer for "Percy Jackson and the Olympians"
Season two premieres December 10, with a two-episode debut on Disney+ and Hulu, with new episodes rolling out every Wednesday.
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[11/06/25 - 08:31 AM]
Video: Apple TV Unearths New Trailer for "Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age," Premiering November 26
The new trailer takes viewers into the Pleistocene era, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs, as it has never been seen before.
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[11/06/25 - 08:11 AM]
"American Gangster: Trap Queens" S4B Returns Thursday, November 20 on BET+ with Five All-New Episodes Streaming at Once
Narrated by two-time Grammy-nominated rapper, actress, and radio personality Da Brat, each episode chronicles a Queen's journey as she builds a multi-million-dollar underworld empire, before her fall and ultimate redemption.
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[11/06/25 - 08:02 AM]
CMA Announces Performers for "The 59th Annual CMA Awards"
Blending first-time nominees and performers with Country Music's most celebrated superstars, this year's lineup promises unforgettable moments from BigXthaPlug, Luke Combs, Ella Langley, Megan Moroney, Shaboozey, Zach Top, Tucker Wetmore, Lainey Wilson and Stephen Wilson Jr.
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[11/06/25 - 08:01 AM]
Video: "Stranger Things: Tales From '85" - Official Announcement - Netflix
Welcome back to Hawkins in the stark winter of 1985, where the original characters must fight new monsters and unravel a paranormal mystery terrorizing their town.
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[11/06/25 - 07:51 AM]
Video: "Merry Little Mystery" - Official Trailer - The Roku Channel
Jordin Sparks and Keon Alexander star in the film, streaming free on November 19.
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[11/06/25 - 07:01 AM]
Apple TV Announces Political Thriller "La Decision," Starring Raphael Personnaz and Diane Kruger
In this riveting race against the clock, the life of the French president (Raphaël Personnaz) is turned upside down when an 8-year-old girl goes missing.
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[11/06/25 - 07:01 AM]
Video: "Oh. What. Fun." - Official Trailer - Prime Video
Claire Clauster (Michelle Pfeiffer) is the glue that holds her chaotic, lovable family together every holiday season.
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