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[03/13/20 - 11:11 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 13
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!


100, THE (The CW) - Rather than shut down, producers are reportedly aiming to finish the show's last couple days of filming. (Deadline.com)
B POSITIVE (CBS) - The multi-camera comedy, which taped on Wednesday, is thus far the only pilot to complete filming to date. (Deadline.com)
CORONAVIRUS PRODUCTION UPDATES (Various) - These 40 primetime and syndicated programs are among the latest to suspend or delay production over coronavirus concerns: "All Rise," "Atlanta," "The Bachelorette," "Batwoman," "The Blacklist," "Bob (Hearts) Abishola," "Charmed," "Claws," "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," "Euphoria," "Fear the Walking Dead," "The Flight Attendant," "For All Mankind," "Full Frontal With Samantha Bee," "Genius: Aretha," "God Friended Me," "Kevin Can F*** Himself," "Lisey's Story," "Lucifer," "The Mel Robbins Show," "Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet," "Nancy Drew," "Pennyworth," "Queen Sugar," "The Righteous Gemstones," "See," "Servant," "Sex/Life," "Snowfall," "Snowpiercer," "Stranger Things," "Supergirl," "Supernatural," "Superstore," "Tamron Hall," "The Flash," "The Walking Dead," "The Wheel of Time," "Y" and "Young Sheldon." (Deadline.com)
LOST BOYS, THE (The CW) - The pilot, a reimagining of the cult classic movie, reportedly plans to continue filming with the intention to finish production. (Deadline.com)
PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Amazon, New!) - The streaming service will roll out a four-part documentary series later this year following Paris Saint-Germain, the French soccer team. The series, from PSG TV and CAPA, "will combine footage captured in the 2019/20 season with archive from the last 50 years, and interviews with current and former players." Manuel Herrero is directing the project, with production underway. (Deadline.com)
REMAINING BROADCAST PILOTS (Various) - The 51 other pilots have halted or postponed production: "Adopted" (ABC)*, "American Auto" (NBC), "At That Age" (NBC), "The Big Leap" (FOX), "The Big Sky" (ABC), "Blood Relative" (FOX), "The Brides" (ABC), "Call Me Kat" (FOX), "Clarice" (CBS), "The Cleaning Lady" (FOX), "Crazy for You" (NBC), "Danson, Fey & Carlock Series" (NBC), "Debris" (NBC), "Echo" (NBC), "The Equalizer" (CBS), "Fun" (CBS), "Ghosts" (CBS), "Good Sam" (CBS), "Harlem's Kitchen" (ABC), "Home Economics" (ABC), "Jefferies" (NBC), "Jury Duty" (CBS), "Kids Matter Now" (ABC)*, "Kung Fu" (The CW), "La Brea" (NBC), "Langdon" (NBC), "The Lincoln Lawyer" (CBS), "Maverick" (The CW), "My Village" (ABC), "Night School" (NBC), "Ordinary Joe" (NBC), "Pivoting" (FOX)*, "Please Hold for Frankie Wolfe" (CBS), "Prospect" (ABC), "Rebel" (ABC), "The Republic of Sarah" (The CW), "Someone Out There" (NBC), "Superman & Lois" (The CW), "thirtysomething(else)" (ABC), "The Three of Us" (CBS), "The United States of Al" (CBS), "Untitled Daley, Goldstein & Kingsbury Project" (CBS), "Untitled Film Re-Enactment Project" (FOX), "Untitled Phil Augusta Jackson Project" (NBC), "Valley Trash" (ABC), "Walker" (The CW), "Ways & Means" (CBS), "Wild Child" (ABC), "Work Wife" (ABC), "Wreckage" (ABC)* and "Young Rock" (NBC)*. (The * denotes no casting has been made public as of this writing.) (Deadline.com)
THIS COUNTRY (FOX) - The Lionsgate Television-produced comedy pilot reportedly will continue filming with the intention to finish production. (Deadline.com)
TOONING OUT THE NEWS (CBSAA) - The daily animated series is being postponed from its planned Monday launch "out of an abundance of caution" due to the coronavirus threat. (Deadline.com)





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· 100, THE (CW)
· ADOPTED (ABC)
· ALL RISE (OWN)
· AMERICAN AUTO (NBC)
· AT THAT AGE (NBC)
· ATLANTA (FX)
· B POSITIVE (CBS)
· BACHELORETTE, THE (ABC)
· BATWOMAN (CW)
· BIG LEAP, THE (FOX)
· BIG SKY (ABC)
· BLACKLIST, THE (NBC)
· BLOOD RELATIVE (FOX)
· BOB (HEARTS) ABISHOLA (CBS)
· BOSSY (ABC)
· BRIDES, THE (ABC)
· CALL ME KAT (FOX)
· CALL YOUR MOTHER (ABC)
· CHARMED (CW)
· CLARICE (CBS)
· CLAWS (TNT)
· CLEANING LADY, THE (FOX)
· CRAZY FOR YOU (NBC)
· DAN BROWN'S THE LOST SYMBOL (PEACOCK)
· DEBRIS (NBC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· ECHO (NBC)
· ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW, THE (SYNDICATION)
· EQUALIZER, THE (CBS)
· EUPHORIA (HBO)
· FEAR THE WALKING DEAD (AMC)
· FLASH, THE (CW)
· FLIGHT ATTENDANT, THE (HBO MAX)
· FOR ALL MANKIND (APPLE TV PLUS)
· FULL FRONTAL WITH SAMANTHA BEE (TBS)
· FUN (CBS)
· GENIUS (NGC)
· GHOSTS (CBS)
· GOD FRIENDED ME (CBS)
· GOOD SAM (CBS)
· GRAND CREW (NBC)
· HARLEM'S KITCHEN (ABC)
· HOME ECONOMICS (ABC)
· IT'S OUR TIME (DISNEY PLUS)
· JEFFERIES (NBC)
· JURY DUTY (CBS)
· KEVIN CAN F**K HIMSELF (AMC)
· KUNG FU (CW)
· LA BREA (NBC)
· LINCOLN LAWYER, THE (NETFLIX)
· LISEY'S STORY (APPLE TV PLUS)
· LOST BOYS, THE - 2020 VERSION (CW)
· LUCIFER (NETFLIX)
· MAVERICK (CW)
· MEL ROBBINS SHOW, THE (SYNDICATION)
· MR. MAYOR (NBC)
· MYTHIC QUEST (APPLE TV PLUS)
· NANCY DREW (CW)
· NIGHT SCHOOL (NBC)
· ORDINARY JOE (NBC)
· PENNYWORTH: THE ORIGIN OF BATMAN'S BUTLER (HBO MAX)
· PIVOTING (FOX)
· PROSPECT (ABC)
· QUEEN SUGAR (OWN)
· REBEL (ABC)
· REPUBLIC OF SARAH, THE (CW)
· RIGHTEOUS GEMSTONES, THE (HBO)
· SEE (APPLE TV PLUS)
· SERVANT (APPLE TV PLUS)
· SEX/LIFE (NETFLIX)
· SNOWFALL (FX)
· SNOWPIERCER (AMC)
· SOMEONE OUT THERE (NBC)
· STRANGER THINGS (NETFLIX)
· SUPERGIRL (CW)
· SUPERMAN & LOIS (CW)
· SUPERNATURAL (CW)
· SUPERSTORE (NBC)
· TAMRON HALL (SYNDICATION)
· THIRTYSOMETHING(ELSE) (ABC)
· THIS IS PARIS, 50 YEARS OF PASSION (AMAZON)
· THREE OF US, THE (CBS)
· TOONING OUT THE NEWS (COMEDY CENTRAL)
· UNITED STATES OF AL (CBS)
· VALLEY TRASH (ABC)
· WALKER (CW)
· WALKING DEAD, THE (AMC)
· WAYS & MEANS (CBS)
· WELCOME TO FLATCH (FOX)
· WELCOME TO GEORGIA (CBS)
· WHEEL OF TIME, THE (AMAZON)
· WILD CHILD (ABC)
· WILDE THINGS (CBS)
· WORK WIFE (ABC)
· WRECKAGE (ABC)
· Y: THE LAST MAN (FX ON HULU)
· YOUNG ROCK (NBC)
· YOUNG SHELDON (CBS)





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