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[09/16/14 - 11:27 PM] Development Update: Tuesday, September 16 By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
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LA CRIME, THE (ABC, New!) - Steven Baigelman (Get on Up) has sold a new drama to the Alphabet which "explores sex, politics and popular culture across various noteworthy eras in L.A. history" with the inaugural season following "two LA cops track a Bonnie & Clyde-esque serial killer team amidst the rock-and-roll, coke-infused revelry of the 1980s Sunset Strip." Said effort is set up at ABC Studios with David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Laurie Zaks also executive producing via their Mandeville Films and Television banner. (Deadline.com)
LUCIFER (FOX, New!) - Tom Kapinos ("Californication") is spearheading a small screen take on the DC Comics character, who, "bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, resigns his throne and abandons his kingdom for the gorgeous, shimmering insanity of Los Angeles, where he opens an exclusive piano bar called Lux." Lucifer originated as a supporting character in comic book series "The Sandman" before toplining his own spin-off series. Kapinos will write and executive produce the hour, which has a put pilot commitment, via his Aggressive Mediocrity banner for Warner Bros. Television. (Deadline.com)
POINT OF HONOR (Amazon/ABC Signature; W: Carlton Cuse; D: Randall Wallace) - Nathan Parsons and Luke Benward are the latest to be cast in the drama pilot, about a fictional family from Lynchburg, VA who find their lives and family fractured by the commencement of the Civil War. Parsons will play John Rodes in the project with Benward as Garland Rhodes, "the dashing black sheep brother of the Rhodes family." Chris O'Shea, James Harvey Ward, Riley Voelkel and Patrick Heusinger also star. (Deadline.com)
PROBLEM CHILD (NBC, New!) - Scot Armstrong ("Animal Practice") is back in business with the Peacock for a new single-camera comedy based on the film franchise of the same name about "a couple conned into adopting a troubled 7-year-boy who wreaks havoc in their lives and leaves a path of destruction anywhere he goes." Universal Television is behind the project with Peter Traugott and Rachel Kaplan likewise executive producing via their TBD Productions banner. (Deadline.com)
WIFE OF CRIME (CBS, New!) - "The Big Bang Theory" mainstay Kevin Sussman is developing a multi-camera comedy at the Eye about "a straight-laced guy from Staten Island who marries into an Italian family with ties to the mob and finds himself drawn to the warmth of his new crime family." CBS Television Studios-based Original Film is behind the project with the company's Neal Moritz and Vivian Cannon executive producing and Sussman serving as a co-executive producer. (Deadline.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - Casey Deidrick, John Garet Stoker and Kiersey Clemons have all joined the cast of MTV's "Eye Candy," as Tommy (succeeding Nico Tortella), Connor and Sophia, respectively (Deadline.com); Rob Golenberg and Alon Aranya's Scripted World banner has inked a two-year, first-look deal with Fox 21 (Deadline.com); Nick Clifford has boarded VH1's "Hindsight" as Andy, "an earnest, straightforward and loyal guy, who is about to marry Becca in 2014, but is dating Melanie in 1995" (Deadline.com); USA has formally pushed the launch of its event series "Dig" to 2015 due to its production issues surrounding filming in Jerusalem but is "seriously considering picking up additional episodes beyond the originally ordered six" (Deadline.com);
Nick Tarabay will guest on "Arrow" as famed DC Comics villain Digger Harkness, a.k.a. Captain Boomerang (EW.com); Brian Benben will drop by "Scandal" in a customarily top secret role (EW.com); Skyler Samuels will recur on "American Horror Story: Freak Show" as "a pivotal character described as a local who finds herself in a tough situation" (THR.com); Emily Rutherfurd will replace Christa Miller as the wife of John C. McGinley's Mr. Mansfield on "Ground Floor" (EW.com); Ann Cusack will visit "Backstrom" as "a professional sex surrogate" (TVLine.com); and Rosie O'Donnell will return to "The Fosters" for three episodes as Rita Hendricks (TVGuide.com).
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[04/16/24 - 04:45 PM] 2024 WNBA Draft Delivers Largest Viewership Ever 2.45 million viewers on average tuned into Monday's event, peaking with 3.09 million.
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[04/16/24 - 01:30 PM] "Tamron Hall" Grows Week to Week in Households and Total Viewers Hitting 11-Week High in Both Key Measures In fact, "Tamron Hall" hit 11-week highs in Households and Total Viewers and a 5-week best in Women 25-54 - since weeks of 1/15/24 and 2/26/24, respectively.
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[04/16/24 - 12:00 PM] CBS Leads Broadcast with 14 of Top 20 Non-Sports Programs CBS has led the four broadcasters since its February new season premieres, winning six nights a week (Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday).
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[04/16/24 - 10:49 AM] Lifetime Announces New Original Movie "The Bad Orphan" Starring Betsy Brandt and Chloe Coco Chapman Mark Taylor and Eve Edwards also star in the film.
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[04/16/24 - 10:29 AM] Prime Video Orders "Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?" from MGM Alternative with Three Time Super Bowl Champion Travis Kelce Set to Host The 20-episode order is a spinoff of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?" and is being produced by MGM Alternative, a division of Amazon MGM Studios.
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[04/16/24 - 09:31 AM] Screen Actors Guild Awards Sets Date for 2025 The two-hour ceremony will stream live Sunday, February 23, 2025 on Netflix at 8 p.m. (ET) / 5 p.m. (PT).
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[04/16/24 - 09:01 AM] Video: "A Man in Full" - Official Trailer - Netflix Facing relentless foes and sudden bankruptcy, an Atlanta real estate tycoon must claw his way back to the top when his empire begins to crumble.
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[04/16/24 - 08:56 AM] San Diego Padres vs. Los Angeles Dodgers Is Most-Watched Non-New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" Game in Six Years The San Diego Padres 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 14 delivered an average audience of nearly two million viewers (1,961,000) on ESPN, according to Nielsen.
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[04/16/24 - 08:53 AM] Netflix Top 10 Week of Apr. 8: "3 Body Problem" Spends Third Week at #1 "The Gentlemen" claimed third place (3.7M views) in its sixth week and sent sales for posh fashion skyrocketing.
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[04/16/24 - 08:23 AM] New HGTV Series "Who's Afraid of a Cheap Old House?" Will Inspire Bargain Buyers to Take on and Reimagine Dreamy Older Homes During the eight-episode season, the Finkelsteins will take potential buyers on tours of two listings - from traditional styles such as Colonial Revival, Craftsman, Tudor and Queen Anne to out-of-the-box ones like a church and a firehouse - that are brimming with history and unique architecture.
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[04/16/24 - 08:09 AM] Video: "Hacks" Season 3 - Official Trailer - Max Make sure you get her good side.
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[04/16/24 - 08:03 AM] Drew and Jonathan Scott Stake Their Resources and Reputation to Back Struggling Property Investors in New HGTV Series "Backed by the Bros" Premiering Wednesday, June 5, at 9 p.m. ET/PT The 10-episode season will show another side of the Brothers - proven real estate moguls who know a good investment when they see one - as they relinquish total control of renovations to advise bewildered entrepreneurs, short-term rental owners and residential developers on high-stakes investment properties.
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[04/16/24 - 08:00 AM] Apple TV+ Announces New Thriller "Down Cemetery Road," Starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson Thompson plays struggling Oxford private eye Zoƫ Boehm, alongside Wilson as Sarah Tucker, who becomes obsessed with the whereabouts of a child she believes to have gone missing.
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[04/16/24 - 07:32 AM] Paramount+ Teams Up with National Park Foundation as First-Ever Official Streaming Partner The collaboration will kick off this Earth Day on April 22.
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[04/16/24 - 07:02 AM] Warner Bros. Discovery Hits Highest Prime Viewership This Year - Driven by TNT Sports' NCAA Men's Final Four Coverage - with Nearly a 70 Percent Share Among Adults on Saturday, April 6 In total TV primetime that night, WBD's popular lifestyle, entertainment, sports and news brands secured a 54 percent share among Adults 18-49 and a 51 percent share among Adults 25-54.
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