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[08/17/22 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, August 17
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!


12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS/40 MEANS NOTHING (40 NO ES NADA)/ABOUT LAST NIGHT/ALL THAT GLITTERS/ASTRAL JOURNEY (JORNADA ASTRAL)/BAKETOPIA/CRAFTOPIA/CUT, THE (O GRANDE LOOK)/CZECH IT OUT!/ELLEN'S NEXT GREAT DESIGNER/EVENT, THE/FULL BLOOM/GENERATION HUSTLE/HAPPILY EVER AVATAR/HAUTE DOG/INDEPENDENT/JUANPA + CHEF/KARMA/LIPSTICK EMPIRE/MY MOM, YOUR DAD/NOT-TOO-LATE SHOW WITH ELMO, THE/ONE TRUE SINGER/RAVI PATEL'S PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS/SANDY + CHEF/STYLISH WITH JENNA LYONS/TRAFFICKERS: INSIDE THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (HBO Max) - The streamer has pulled the aforementioned 26 original unscripted series from its service.
ALL DEF COMEDY/AMERICAN GUEST, THE (EL HUÉSPED AMERICANO)/BEARTOWN/BRINK, THE/CAMPING/DEFIANT ONES, THE/ENTRE HOMBRES (AMONGST MEN)/FOODIE LOVE/GÖSTA/HARD/HERE & NOW/JA'MIE: PRIVATE SCHOOL GIRL/LITTLE BRITAIN USA/MRS. FLETCHER/ON FREDDIE ROACH/PRAY, OBEY, KILL/RUN/SALLY4EVER/TRACEY ULLMAN'S SHOW/VINYL (HBO) - Sibling HBO Max has pulled the aforementioned 20 HBO original series from its service.
AMSTERDAM/BEFOREIGNERS/BUNKER/DAFNE AND THE REST (TODO LO OTRO)/DETENTION ADVENTURE/GENERA+ION/HOME/INFORMANT, THE (A BESÚGÓ)/KAMIKAZE/LUST/MISSING, THE (OS AUSENTES)/MOPES, THE/ONE WAY OR ANOTHER/ROAD TRIP/RUXX/THEODOSIA/THOUSAND FANGS, A (MIL COLMILLOS)/TRIGONOMETRY/TUFF MONEY (BANI NEGRI)/WELCOME TO UTMARK (HBO Max) - The streamer has pulled the aforementioned 20 original scripted series from its service.
AQUAMAN: KING OF ATLANTIS/CLOSE ENOUGH/DODO/ESME & ROY/FUNGIES!, THE/INFINITY TRAIN/LITTLE ELLEN/MIA'S MAGIC PLAYGROUND/ODO/SANTA INC./SQUISH/SUMMER CAMP ISLAND/TIG N' SEEK/YABBA DABBA DINOSAURS (HBO Max) - The streamer has pulled the aforementioned 14 original animated series from its service.
CALL ME KAT (FOX) - Ken Jennings will drop by his fellow "Jeopardy!" host Mayim Bialik during the upcoming season premiere. (TVInsider.com)
FEUD (FX) - Tom Hollander, Diane Lane and Calista Flockhart will star alongside Naomi Watts and Chloë Sevigny in the anthology's second season. Watts plays famed socialite Barbara "Babe" Paley; with Sevigny as C.Z. Guest; Hollander as Truman Capote; Lane as Nancy "Slim" Keith; and Flockhart as Lee Radziwill. (Variety.com)
MOLE, THE (Netflix, New!) - The streamer has commissioned a new 10-episode take on the Belgian competition series in which "twelve players work together in challenges to add money to a pot that only one of them will win at the end. Among the players is one person who has secretly been designated "the Mole" and tasked with sabotaging the group's money-making efforts. In the end, one player will outlast their competition and expose the Mole to win the prize pot." Eureka Productions' Chris Culvenor, Paul Franklin, Wes Dening, Rikkie Proost, David Tibballs and David Burris are the executive producers. (Deadline.com)
SIDE HUSTLE/WARPED! (Nickelodeon) - The cable channel has reportedly pulled the plug on both comedy series. (TVLine.com)
STATION 19 (ABC) - Zoanne Clack has been named executive producer and head writer of the upcoming sixth season. She'll take over from Kiley Donovan, who will continue as a co-executive producer on its parent series, "Grey's Anatomy." Krista Vernoff remains showrunner of both series. Additionally, Kelly Thiebaud will return as Eva Vasquez in the season premiere. (Deadline.com, Deadline.com)
SUGAR (Apple TV+) - Kirby Howell-Baptiste will star opposite Colin Farrell in the drama series in a yet-to-be-revealed role. (Deadline.com)
YOUNG JUSTICE (HBO Max) - There are "currently no plans" for a fifth season of the animated DC Comics series.





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· 12 DATES OF CHRISTMAS (HBO MAX)
· 40 MEANS NOTHING (40 NO ES NADA) (HBO MAX)
· ABOUT LAST NIGHT (HBO MAX)
· ALL DEF COMEDY (HBO)
· ALL THAT GLITTERS (HBO MAX)
· AMERICAN GUEST, THE (EL HUÉSPED AMERICANO) (HBO LATINO)
· AMSTERDAM (HBO MAX)
· AQUAMAN: KING OF ATLANTIS (HBO MAX)
· ASTRAL JOURNEY (JORNADA ASTRAL) (HBO MAX)
· BAKETOPIA (HBO MAX)
· BEARTOWN (HBO)
· BEFOREIGNERS (HBO MAX)
· BRINK, THE (HBO)
· BUNKER (HBO MAX)
· CALL ME KAT (FOX)
· CAMPING (HBO)
· CLOSE ENOUGH (HBO MAX)
· CRAFTOPIA (HBO MAX)
· CUT, THE (O GRANDE LOOK) (HBO MAX)
· CZECH IT OUT! (HBO MAX)
· DAFNE AND THE REST (TODO LO OTRO) (HBO MAX)
· DEFIANT ONES, THE (HBO)
· DETENTION ADVENTURE (HBO MAX)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· DODO (HBO MAX)
· ELLEN'S NEXT GREAT DESIGNER (HBO MAX)
· ENTRE HOMBRES (AMONGST MEN) (HBO LATINO)
· ESME & ROY (HBO MAX)
· EVENT, THE (HBO MAX)
· FEUD (FX)
· FOODIE LOVE (HBO)
· FULL BLOOM (HBO MAX)
· FUNGIES!, THE (HBO MAX)
· GENERA+ION (HBO MAX)
· GENERATION HUSTLE (HBO MAX)
· GÖSTA (HBO)
· GREY'S ANATOMY (ABC)
· HAPPILY EVER AVATAR (HBO MAX)
· HARD (HBO LATINO)
· HAUTE DOG (HBO MAX)
· HERE & NOW (HBO)
· HOME (HBO MAX)
· INDEPENDENT (HBO MAX)
· INFINITY TRAIN (HBO MAX)
· INFORMANT, THE (A BESÚGÓ) (HBO MAX)
· JA'MIE: PRIVATE SCHOOL GIRL (HBO)
· JUANPA + CHEF (HBO MAX)
· KAMIKAZE (HBO MAX)
· KARMA (HBO MAX)
· LIPSTICK EMPIRE (HBO MAX)
· LITTLE BRITAIN USA (HBO)
· LITTLE ELLEN (HBO MAX)
· LUST (HBO MAX)
· MIA'S MAGIC PLAYGROUND (HBO MAX)
· MISSING, THE (OS AUSENTES) (HBO MAX)
· MOLE, THE (ABC)
· MOLE, THE (NETFLIX)
· MOPES, THE (HBO MAX)
· MRS. FLETCHER (HBO)
· MY MOM, YOUR DAD (HBO MAX)
· NOT-TOO-LATE SHOW WITH ELMO, THE (HBO MAX)
· ODO (HBO MAX)
· ON FREDDIE ROACH (HBO)
· ONE TRUE SINGER (HBO MAX)
· ONE WAY OR ANOTHER (HBO MAX)
· PRAY, OBEY, KILL (HBO)
· RAVI PATEL'S PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS (HBO MAX)
· ROAD TRIP (HBO MAX)
· RUN (HBO)
· RUXX (HBO MAX)
· SALLY4EVER (HBO)
· SANDY + CHEF (HBO MAX)
· SANTA INC. (HBO MAX)
· SIDE HUSTLE (NICKELODEON)
· SQUISH (HBO MAX)
· STATION 19 (ABC)
· STYLISH WITH JENNA LYONS (HBO MAX)
· SUGAR (APPLE TV PLUS)
· SUMMER CAMP ISLAND (CARTOON)
· THEODOSIA (BYUTV)
· THOUSAND FANGS, A (MIL COLMILLOS) (HBO MAX)
· TIG N' SEEK (HBO MAX)
· TRACEY ULLMAN'S SHOW (HBO)
· TRAFFICKERS: INSIDE THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE (HBO MAX)
· TRIGONOMETRY (HBO MAX)
· TUFF MONEY (BANI NEGRI) (HBO MAX)
· VINYL (HBO)
· WARPED! (NICKELODEON)
· WELCOME TO UTMARK (HBO MAX)
· YABBA DABBA DINOSAURS (HBO MAX)
· YOUNG JUSTICE (HBO MAX)





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