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[03/01/22 - 11:07 PM] Development Update: Tuesday, March 1 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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BLANK SLATE (NBC) - Richard Shepard will direct and executive produce the drama pilot, from Dean Georgaris, John Davis and John Fox. (Deadline.com)
COMPUTER SCHOOL (HBO Max, New!) - Tim Robinson has scored a pilot order from the streamer for a new single-camera comedy about "a recent high school grad and his uncle (Robinson) attend the same computer class in suburban Michigan." Robinson and Zach Kanin created the project, which will be directed by Andrew Gaynord. Said effort was originally sold to Hulu with a penalty attached but ultimately found its way to HBO Max in turnaround. (Deadline.com)
FUTURAMA (Hulu) - John DiMaggio has closed a deal to reprise his signature voice role of Bender on the revival series. The actor was the lone holdout when the news about the project originally broke three weeks ago. (Deadline.com)
LORD OF THE RINGS, THE: THE RINGS OF POWER (Amazon) - Executive producer Callum Greene has signed a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. The pact gives the company first crack at his and wife Sara Greene's Bright Greene banner's output. (Variety.com)
MISSING, THE (Peacock) - Barry Levinson has signed on to executive produce and direct multiple episodes, including the first, of David E. Kelley's upcoming drama. (Deadline.com)
MY BRILLIANT FRIEND (HBO) - Alba Rohrwacher will topline the show's proposed fourth and final season, taking over the role of Elena, aka Lenù. Margherita Mazzucco plays said the younger incarnation of the role in the current season. While in pre-production, the series has not been officially greenlit for said swan song. (Variety.com)
SANTA CLAUSE, THE (Disney+) - Jason Winer has signed on to direct and executive produce the limited series based on the feature film franchise. His Small Dog Picture Company partner Jon Radler will likewise executive produce. (Deadline.com)
UNDER WRAPS 2 (Disney Channel) - Claude Knowlton and Antonio Cayonne have both scored roles on the sequel movie. Knowlton will play Pop, "Amy's warm, loving and understanding father, who is getting married to his fiancé, Carl (Cayonne), on Halloween. Carl clearly loves Amy like a daughter." (Deadline.com)
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[10/03/25 - 02:17 PM] ESPN's Record-Setting '25 MLB Wild Card Series Across eight games, the MLB Wild Card Series is averaging 4.4 million viewers, up 65% from last year.
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[10/03/25 - 12:37 PM] BET+ Sets October 23 Premiere for "Carl Weber's The Family Business" Season 6 The 10-episode season will premiere with two episodes, followed by one episode weekly, with the finale on Thursday, December 18.
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[10/03/25 - 12:07 PM] "Dancing with the Stars" Continues to Shatter Records - Growing Two Weeks in a Row Since Season Premiere for First Time Since 2005 Plus: "High Potential" hit a season high in Total Viewers (4.24 million), growing by double digits over the show's comparable third episode from last fall.
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[10/03/25 - 10:57 AM] Legends, Champions and Icons of October Highlight FOX Sports' Postseason Broadcaster Lineup FOX Sports begins its Postseason coverage Saturday, October 4 at 4:00 PM ET on FOX, FOX Deportes, the FOX Sports App and FOX One as the New York Yankees face the Toronto Blue Jays.
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[10/03/25 - 10:05 AM] All-New Season of "Gold Rush" Returns with High-Stake Risks and Land Fury on Friday, November 7 at 8PM ET/PT on Discovery With only a few short months to mine, top bosses and rising underdogs collide in a race to claim new ground, move more dirt, and strike it rich.
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[10/03/25 - 09:12 AM] FOX Nation Secures Exclusive U.S. Rights to Docuseries "Elizabeth Taylor: Rebel Superstar" The acclaimed series will make its anticipated U.S. debut on FOX Nation on Monday, October 6.
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[10/03/25 - 08:02 AM] TNT Sports to Be Exclusive Home of 2025 NLDS & NLCS Both best-of-five NLDS series begin Saturday, October 4.
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[10/03/25 - 08:01 AM] TNT Sports Sets BIG EAST Men's College Basketball Schedule for Inaugural 2025-26 Season TNT Sports' regular season BIG EAST men's basketball schedule will feature 40 appearances by St. John's, UConn, Creighton, Xavier, and Marquette, programs that each clinched berths in last season's NCAA Men's Tournament.
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[10/03/25 - 07:01 AM] Video: "27 Nights" - Official Trailer - Netflix When a woman is admitted by her daughters to a psychiatric clinic for her carefree ways, an expert must judge if she is ill or simply wants to enjoy life.
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[10/03/25 - 04:01 AM] Video: "Steve" - Official Trailer #2 - Netflix Over one intense day, the devoted head teacher of a last-chance reform school strives to keep his students in line while facing pressures of his own.
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[10/03/25 - 03:02 AM] Miguel Herran Will Play Poli Diaz in "El Porto the Vallecas," the New Film by Daniel Calparsoro for Netflix Inspired by true events, the film follows the life of Policarpo "Poli" Díaz (Miguel Herrán), a young man from Vallecas who, despite a childhood marked by poverty and family violence, became a boxing legend in 1980s Spain, even fighting for the world lightweight title.
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[10/03/25 - 03:01 AM] Netflix Honors Jane Goodall with Posthumous Release of "Famous Last Words" Docuseries Following Her Passing The series showcases reflective interviews with some of the world's most influential cultural figures, who agreed to sit down and discuss their legacy, and give their final words, with the understanding that it would only be shared with the world after they passed.
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[10/02/25 - 04:09 PM] ESPN Delivers the Most-Watched WNBA Semifinals Ever Game 5 between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces averaged 1.8 million viewers, peaking at 2.1 million.
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[10/02/25 - 03:01 PM] Video: "Twisted Wonderland" - Trailer - Disney+ Your favorite villains reimagined in ways you've never dared to dream.
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[10/02/25 - 02:51 PM] ESPN's Record-Setting Day One of MLB Wild Card Series Coverage of Red Sox versus Yankees averaged 6.5 million viewers, peaking at 9.9 million.
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