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[05/21/20 - 11:05 PM] Development Update: Thursday, May 21 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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BAKER AND THE BEAUTY, THE/FOR LIFE (ABC) - The Alphabet is holding off on decisions about said freshman dramas. The latter wrapped its run earlier this month, while the former concludes its freshman run on June 1. The network likely has until June 30 to mull their ultimate fates, the date most cast options traditionally expire on broadcast series. (Deadline.com)
BLESS THIS MESS/EMERGENCE/KIDS SAY THE DARNDEST THINGS/SCHOOLED/SINGLE PARENTS (ABC) - On the heels of today's 13 renewals by the network, ABC has opted to cancel the aforementioned series. "Bless This Mess," "Single Parents" and "Schooled" all recently wrapped their second seasons while "Emergence" and "Kids Say the Darndest Things" both aired their de facto finales back in January. (Deadline.com)
HERE SHE LIES (HBO Max, New!) - Yael Grobglas is attached to star in a single-camera comedy for the streaming service about "a pathological liar (Grobglas) with a tragic past who's struggling to free herself from the web of lies she can't stop weaving while slowly falling in love with someone who's equally damaged." Gracie Glassmeyer is penning the half-hour and well executive produce alongside Jennie Snyder Urman and Joanna Klein via the CBS Television Studios-based Sutton Street Productions. (Deadline.com)
THREE PINES (Amazon, New!) - Left Bank Pictures is looking to bring Louise Penny's bestselling Chief Inspector Gamache crime novels to the streaming service as a drama series. Writer Emilia di Girolamo and director Sam Donovan are spearheading the project, the title for which is "a reference to the fictional French Canadian village in which Chief Inspector Gamache operates. The French-speaking detective probes crimes in his Quebec community, digging up long-buried secrets and discovering his own ghosts. Among his quirks is speaking English in an English accent thanks to his Cambridge education." (Deadline.com)
WASHED UP (Peacock, New!) - Gracie Glassmeyer has booked a single-camera comedy at the company billed as a follow-up to Hans Christian Andersen's "The Little Mermaid" in which "fifteen years after giving up her tail to marry a prince at age 17, our princess is now miserable, unmotivated and in a loveless marriage. In other words, just a basic bitch human. But when her father suddenly dies, she suspects foul play and embarks on an epic adventure to save not only her underwater kingdom but all of humankind!" CBS Television Studios-based Sutton Street Productions is behind the half-hour with Jennie Snyder Urman and Joanna Klein likewise executive producing. (Deadline.com)
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[10/07/25 - 03:52 PM] FOX Sports' ALDS Coverage Up 14% Year-Over-Year Across FOX and FS1 3,187,000 viewers tuned in on average for the first four games of the 2025 ALDS across FOX and FS1.
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[10/07/25 - 03:10 PM] "College GameDay Built by The Home Depot" Delivers Second Most-Watched Regular Season Episode Ever; ESPN & ABC Score Three of Week 6's Top Four Games ABC's telecast of Vanderbilt at Alabama on Saturday averaged 6.4 million viewers.
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[10/07/25 - 02:54 PM] College Football on FOX Scores Big in Week Six In Week 6, "Big Noon Saturday" scored 4,627,000 viewers for Michigan's 24-10 win over Wisconsin on FOX - the most-watched noon game on any network.
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[10/07/25 - 02:54 PM] ESPN Scores Most-Watched Game 1 of the WNBA Finals in 28 Years Coverage averaged 1.9 million viewers, up 62% from last year.
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[10/07/25 - 02:40 PM] "America's Game of the Week" on FOX Roars in Week 5 as Most-Watched Telecast of the Week on Any Network 20,333,000 average viewers on average tuned into the network for Week 5.
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[10/07/25 - 01:41 PM] NBC Sports' 2025-26 Big Ten Men's and Women's Basketball Schedules Announced Featuring 75+ Games Exclusively on Peacock Peacock Big Ten men's basketball schedule tips off with a non-conference tripleheader on Friday, November 7.
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[10/07/25 - 12:49 PM] FOX Sports Acquires U.S. Rights to the 2026 World Baseball Classic FOX is set to air seven games, including three Pool B games featuring the United States team, two Quarterfinals games and the World Baseball Classic Championship Game on Tuesday, March 17 from Miami's loanDepot Park.
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[10/07/25 - 12:01 PM] Netflix Top 10 Week of September 29: "French Lover" Swoons at No. 1, "Monster: The Ed Gein Story" Chills in Top 10 Debut Plus: "Wayward" reached No. 1 on the TV list for a second consecutive week, with 14.1 million views.
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[10/07/25 - 11:31 AM] Video: "Molly-Mae: Behind It All" Series 2 Part 1 - Official Trailer - Prime Video A new chapter in her story begins.
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[10/07/25 - 11:08 AM] Friends Furrever: Prime Video Announces Cast for Upcoming Animated Series "Kevin" from Aubrey Plaza, Joe Wengert, and Dan Murphy Series regulars include Jason Schwartzman, Aubrey Plaza, Whoopi Goldberg, John Waters, Amy Sedaris, Gil Ozeri, and Aparna Nancherla.
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[10/07/25 - 11:01 AM] Netflix Gives Fans a First Look at Laboon in "One Piece" Season 2 Netflix's epic high-seas pirate adventure returns for Season 2 - unleashing fiercer adversaries and the most perilous quests yet.
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[10/07/25 - 11:01 AM] ESPN Unveils Prolific 2025-26 SEC Men's Basketball Schedule, Beginning Nov. 3 More than 200 linear games will air across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, SEC Network, ESPNU, ESPNews and the all new ESPN app.
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[10/07/25 - 10:23 AM] First Look at Catherine Zeta-Jones in Prime Video Revenge Thriller "Kill Jackie" Zeta-Jones stars as Jackie Price, the glamorous art dealer whose lethal past as an international drug smuggler resurfaces when a squad of the world's most terrifying assassins, The Seven Demons, come after her.
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[10/07/25 - 09:12 AM] ESPN and the ACC Announce Men's Basketball TV Schedule for 2025-26 Season, Tipping off November 3 More than 215 games will air across ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ACC Network, ESPNU and the all new ESPN app during the regular season.
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[10/07/25 - 09:11 AM] Kate Scott Named USA Network's Lead Play-by-Play Voice for Upcoming WNBA Coverage Scott, who enters her fifth season as the TV play-by-play announcer for the Philadelphia 76ers, will anchor USA Network's season-long coverage of the WNBA through the Playoffs and WNBA Finals.
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