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[11/10/15 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, November 10
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!
1-800 (TBS, New!) - Angela Kinsey ("The Office") has set up a new comedy at the cable channel "loosely based on her experiences working at a call center when she was starting out." She'll write said effort and is being eyed to star. No other details were given. (Deadline.com)
RELATIVE SUCCESS (NBC, New!) - Comedian Max Silvestri has set up at single-camera comedy at the Peacock about "what happens when two overachieving brothers - one a successful book editor, the other a well-known author - are forced to work together to keep their careers on track. They soon find their childish family disagreements are spilling over into their work lives." Silent Machine Entertainment's Krysten Ritter will also executive produce for Universal Television. (Deadline.com)
ROOK, THE (Hulu, New!) - "Twilight" novelist Stephenie Meyer is spearheading a small screen take on Daniel O'Malley's novel "which introduces a strong female protagonist named Myfanwy Thomas with extraordinary powers who is employed by a mysterious British government agency responsible for defending the UK from supernatural threats." Lionsate Television is producing. (Deadline.com)
TRIAL (Amazon; W: David E. Kelley & Jonathan Shapiro; D: David Semel) - Newcomer Britain Dalton is the latest to sign onto the drama project, which centers on Billy McBride (Billy Bob Thornton), a once respectable lawyer who was ousted from the high-profile firm he co-founded. Billy now spends his days getting drunk, with the occasional case tossed his way by his ex-wife (Maria Bello). He'll play Jason, "the 12-year-old son of a man whose death has been ruled a suicide but refuses to believe his father killed himself and convinces Thornton's character to get involved in the case." (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED JUDAH MILLER PROJECT (CBS, New!) - Judah Miller ("American Dad") is developing a multi-camera comedy at the Eye about "two very different brothers who merge their medical practices and have to learn how to get along under one roof." 3 Arts Entertainment's Jonathan Berry and Tom Lassally will also executive produce for Warner Bros. Television. (Deadline.com)
UNTITLED MUMOLO & LOVESTEDT PROJECT (HBO, New!) - Laura Dern ("Enlightened") is back in business with the pay channel for a new drama which "takes on the story of a pioneering American saleswoman largely responsible for the development of the home party system of marketing. It reveals how she impacted people globally, on a subversive level, in profound and even shocking ways." Annie Mumolo and Tim Lovestedt will co-write the script and executive produce with Dern and Jayme Lemons. (Deadline.com)
WHITE JEFF (FOX, New!) - David Bickel ("The Soul Man") has sold a new comedy to the network about "a button-down CPA who becomes the only white person working at a hip-hop clothing company founded by an eccentric rapper." Said effort is set up at 20th Century Fox Television. Bickel is likewise looking to develop his book "Creepiosity" as a TV series with Renegade 83. (THR.com)
AND IN OTHER NEWS... - Jeffrey Dean Morgan has been cast as much-ballyhooed villain Negan on "The Walking Dead" (Deadline.com); Peter Mark Kendall will recur on "Chicago Med" as "a nerdy-cute lab tech with a sharp and sarcastic sense of humor" (Deadline.com); Edi Gathegi is bound for "Into the Badlands" as Jacobe, "a rival to Quinn (Marton Csokas)" (Deadline.com); Wendy Williams has extended her contract with Lionsgate Television to continue hosting "The Wendy Williams Show" through 2022 (Deadline.com); Mary Grill has scored an arc on TBS's "The Detour" as "an FBI agent who appears at the top or at the end of every episode interrogating Nate (Jason Jones)" (Deadline.com); Alysia Reiner will likewise recur on "Rosewood" as "a former beauty queen who is the unsupportive mother of TMI (Anna Konkle)" (Deadline.com); Mindy Kaling is the latest celebrity set to drop by "The Muppets" (TVLine.com); and Jane Kaczmarek and Alan Ruck have been cast as the title character's parents on "Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life" (TVLine.com).
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[12/16/25 - 02:30 PM]
CBS News Will Air a Special Report for President Donald J. Trump's Live Primetime Address to the Nation from the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 17 at 9:00 PM, ET
The "Survivor" finale (starting at 8:00 PM, ET/PT) will resume where it left off immediately following the president's address for Eastern and Central Time Zone viewers on the CBS Television Network and air in its entirety.
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[12/16/25 - 02:15 PM]
FOX NFL Week 15 Scores 19.4 Million Viewers for "America's Game of the Week"
Season-to-date, the NFL on FOX is averaging 20,055,000 viewers; up +8% over last year's average (18,630,000) and its best since 2015.
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[12/16/25 - 02:15 PM]
"CBS News Presents: A Town Hall with Erika Kirk" Boosts CBS' Time Period Performance in Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49
The special delivered 1.9 million viewers with 265,000 in the adults 25-54 demographic on Saturday, December 13.
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[12/16/25 - 01:57 PM]
ESPN's Signature MegaCast Presentation Returns for College Football Playoff First Round Presented by Allstate
ESPN will present more than a dozen total offerings during the two First Round games of the 12-team College Football Playoff on Friday, December 19 and Saturday, December 20.
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[12/16/25 - 01:33 PM]
Next on Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN - January 2026
Highlights include new seasons of "Tell Me Lies" and "A Thousand Blows" plus the premieres of "The Beauty" and "Wonder Man."
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[12/16/25 - 01:04 PM]
FX's "Seven Sisters" Ordered to Series on Hulu
Elizabeth Olsen, Cristin Milioti and J. Smith-Cameron lead the new family drama featuring Anthony Edwards, Meredith Hagner, Odessa Young, Zoë Winters, Bridget Brown, Carolyn Kettig, Philip Ettinger, and Ryan Eggold.
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[12/16/25 - 12:02 PM]
Video: "Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story" - Official Trailer - Netflix
People sought her guidance - then came her child abuse arrest with mom influencer Ruby Franke. Unpack the chilling case of therapist Jodi Hildebrandt.
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[12/16/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of December 8 - "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery" Cracks the Case at No. 1 in the Top 10
New comedy series "Man vs. Baby" took No. 1 on the English TV list with 19.1 million views, with the Rowan Atkinson vehicle eliciting laughs over the bumbling Trevor Bingley trying to earn money house-sitting for millionaires while a lost baby keeps him on his toes.
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[12/16/25 - 11:01 AM]
Video: Trailer & Key Art - Hulu Original Series "The Artful Dodger" Season 2
The comedy-adventure series starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster, David Thewlis and Maia Mitchell returns for season two on February 10 on Hulu and Disney+.
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[12/16/25 - 10:01 AM]
Snoop Dogg to Headline Lions-Vikings with "Snoop's Holiday Halftime Party" During NFL Christmas Gameday Live on Netflix
Snoop Dogg takes the reins at halftime, promising chart-topping tracks, plenty of holiday spirit, and special guests, making for what is sure to be an unforgettable performance.
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[12/16/25 - 09:52 AM]
Video: "The Life of Chuck" - Trailer - Hulu
From author Stephen King and director Mike Flanagan, the film - starring Tom Hiddleston, Jacob Tremblay, Chiwetel Ejiofor, and Karen Gillan - streams December 26.
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[12/16/25 - 09:08 AM]
MGM+ Greenlights Series Adaptation of Iconic Western "The Magnificent Seven"
After a peaceful Quaker village is massacred by mercenaries working for a greedy and ruthless land baron trying to force them off the land he covets, seven gifted but flawed mercenaries are hired by the community to protect them from the land baron's hired guns.
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[12/16/25 - 09:01 AM]
"Miss Austen" Returns for Season 2 on "Masterpiece"
This newest season is largely based on Gill Hornby's latest novel, "The Elopement," which further delves into the family life of Jane and Cassandra Austen.
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[12/16/25 - 09:00 AM]
Meet the 11 New Survivalists and the Families Who Hold Their Fate as FOX's Survival Competition Series "Extracted" Returns for Season Two
Only one competitor and their family will endure it all and walk away with a life-changing quarter million dollar grand prize!
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[12/16/25 - 09:00 AM]
CBS Announces "Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris," A New Holiday Special Airing Monday, Dec. 22 on CBS and Paramount+
Filmed in front of an intimate audience above the Musée du Quai Branly, Aguilera performs both holiday classics and her career hits against the backdrop of the Eiffel Tower, fashioned into a shimmering Christmas tree.
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