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[08/17/18 - 11:23 PM] Development Update: Friday, August 17 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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BREAK WITH MICHELLE WOLF, THE/JOEL MCHALE SHOW WITH JOEL MCHALE, THE (Netflix) - The streaming service has canceled both of its weekly comedy entries, which wrapped their runs last month. (Deadline.com)
FAMILY PRACTICE, THE (FOX, New!) - Writers Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith and director Jason Winer have scored a put pilot commitment from the network for a new drama "set in the world of adoption, from the point of view of an eclectic group of attorneys and social workers who grapple with their own familial dysfunction while striving to create perfect families for their clients." 20th Century Fox TV-based Small Dog Picture Company is behind the hour with the company's Jon Radler also executive producing. (Deadline.com)
LITTLE THINGS, THE (CBS, New!) - Married comedians Tom Segura and Christina Pazsitzky are attached to star in potential comedy at the Eye which "focuses on the funny coping mechanisms that get you through the harder parenting dilemmas." They'll likewise co-write the half-hour alongside Scott Marder for CBS Television Studios. 3 Arts Entertainment's Michael Rottenberg and Josh Lieberman also executive produce the project, which has a put pilot commitment. (Deadline.com)
MAGIC HOUR (A.K.A. UNTITLED HILDE LYSIAK PROJECT) (Apple) - Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project) is set to star in the upcoming drama, inspired by Hilde Lysiak, a young investigative reporter who, at age 9, was the first to expose a murder in her hometown of Selinsgrove, PA, breaking the news in her self-started newspaper, Orange Street News. (Deadline.com)
MR. IGLESIAS (Netflix) - Jacob Vargas, Maggie Geha and Cree Cicchino are set to star in the Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias-led comedy, about a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma mater. Vargas will play Tony Medina, "Gabe's longtime best friend and fellow teacher at the high school"; with Geha as Abby, "another teacher at the school who is the idealistic antidote to Tony"; and Cicchino as Marisol Fuentes, "a 16-year-old determined, yet overworked student." Iglesias, Kevin Hench, Joe Meloche and Ron DeBlasio are the executive producers with Peter Murietta, Luisa Leschin and Sam Sklavar as co-executive producers. (Deadline.com)
SANTA CLARITA DIET (Netflix) - Shalita Grant has booked a recurring role on the upcoming third season as FBI agent Tess Rogers, "who is looking into a recent explosion at a fracking site in Santa Clarita." (Deadline.com)
SNOWPIERCER (TNT) - Steven Ogg is set to recur on the network's film-turned-TV series as Pike: "Hardened and battle-scarred, Pike was a career convict, serving time in Cook County Jail for armed robbery at the time of the Freeze but escaped. He is a leader in the Tail and a warrior of his people." (Deadline.com)
STAR (FOX) - William Levy has joined the cast of the show's third season as Mateo Ferrera, "a driven media mogul who can charm the devil into church. He is rich, successful, smooth as silk and married to his equal, Nina Ferrera, played by Camila Banus. Mateo makes and breaks his own rules as he sprints toward success. The first generation son of immigrant parents, he is determined to make his mark and build his legacy by any means necessary." (Deadline.com)
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[10/22/25 - 01:23 PM] Great American Media to Broadcast the 2025 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony Great American Family will exclusively air the special on Friday, December 5 at 8 p.m. ET and stream on Great American Pure Flix until January 31, 2026.
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[10/22/25 - 01:18 PM] Apple Original Films Lands "Sponsor," New Psychological Thriller Starring and Co-Written by Jason Segel In "Sponsor," Peter (Segel) makes a big mistake when he gets behind the wheel after partying too hard.
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[10/22/25 - 10:03 AM] Bravo's "Married to Medicine" Premieries with a Double Dose of Drama and Shade on Sunday, Nov. 30 at 9 P.M. ET/PT Returning this season are Dr. Jackie Walters, Dr. Simone Whitmore, Dr. Contessa Metcalfe, Toya Bush Harris, Quad Webb and Dr. Mimi Sanders.
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[10/22/25 - 10:01 AM] AMC Networks' November Highlights Include "Anne Rice's Talamasca," "The Assassin," "The Creep Tapes," "Harry Wild," "The Gone" and More Other offerings include "Abraham's Boys: A Dracula Story," "The Basement: A Vanishing in Apple Valley," and "A Heart For Christmas."
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[10/22/25 - 09:05 AM] "Big Break x Good Good" Debuts August 2026 on Golf Channel Golf Channel's transformative golf reality competition series that broke ground in television entertainment beginning in the early 2000s and ran for a record-breaking 23 seasons - returns to Golf Channel in 2026 in partnership with Good Good Golf.
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[10/22/25 - 09:01 AM] Video: Prime Video Announces "June Farms" November 17 Premiere Date and Releases Official Trailer and Key Art The new series features farm owner and restaurateur Matt Baumgartner, an accomplished but demanding entrepreneur, who runs the farm, restaurant/bar and events space with the help of a team of well-intentioned 20-somethings who aren't always on the same page as their detail-obsessed boss.
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[10/22/25 - 09:00 AM] Video: Key Art & Trailer Debut - Hulu's "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" Season Three he series returns with all 10 episodes on Thursday, November 13 on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ for bundle subscribers in the US and Disney+ internationally.
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[10/22/25 - 09:00 AM] The CW Network Rings in the Holiday Season with a Festive Slate of Movies and Specials The holiday season kicks off with "A Waltons Thanksgiving" airing on Saturday, November 22 (8:00-10:00pm ET/PT).
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[10/22/25 - 08:07 AM] ESPN College Football on ABC Delivers Top Three Games Across All Networks for Saturday, Oct. 18 - Off to Best Start Since '09 Coverage of Ole Miss at Georgia averaged 9.8 million viewers.
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[10/22/25 - 08:05 AM] "The Count of Monte Cristo" Is Coming to "Masterpiece!" Experience the timeless tale of love, revenge, and survival, streaming March 1 on the PBS app and airing on PBS beginning March 22.
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[10/22/25 - 08:03 AM] HGTV Boosts Programming Slate with 50-Episode Pickup of New Series and Nearly 400 Fresh "House Hunters" Episodes Other pickups include "My Lottery Dream Home," "Hoarding for the Holidays," "Fixer to Fabulous," and "Cheap A$$ Beach Houses."
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[10/22/25 - 08:03 AM] FOX NFL's America's Game of the Week Delivers 25,630,000 Average Viewers for Commanders-Cowboys Season-to-date, the NFL on FOX is off to its best start to the season since 2014, averaging 19,646,000 viewers and up +4% over last year's season-to-date average.
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[10/22/25 - 08:00 AM] A24's "Materialists" Begins Streaming Exclusively On HBO Max November 7 A young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.
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[10/22/25 - 07:44 AM] "9-1-1: Nashville" Debuts with Over 12 Million Total Audience to Date The star-studded, high-octane first-responder drama delivered 7.80 million Total Viewers and 1.51 rating among Adults 18-49, excluding encores.
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[10/22/25 - 07:07 AM] Video: Apple TV Debuts Trailer for Vince Gilligan's Highly Anticipated Drama "Pluribus" Starring Rhea Seehorn, the nine-episode drama series will make its global debut on Apple TV with its first two episodes on Friday, November 7, followed by new episodes every Friday through December 26.
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