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Showtime Developing Medical Drama From Antoine Fuqua & Amy Holden Jones

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Showtime has put in development The City, a dark medical drama project executive produced by Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) and Amy Holden Jones (Mystic Pizza). The idea for The City originated with Fuqua, who then brought the project to Jones. The Black Box creator in turn brought in Hayley Schore and Roshan Sethi, who had worked on her ABC medical drama series in a research/consulting capacity, to co-write the script with her. The City centers on an idealistic young… Read

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’24: Legacy’: Kiefer Sutherland Shoots Down Jack Bauer Return On Fox Reboot

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While signature Fox drama series 24 will be coming back this coming season with offshoot 24: Legacy, its signature character Jack Bauer won’t. Kiefer Sutherland, who won an Emmy for playing the intrepid CTU agent in the original series, is now the star of the new ABC drama series Designated Survivor. Asked by Deadline if there is a chance for him to reprise his role on 24: Legacy, Sutherland was firm. “There are absolutely no plans for that,” he said at the ABC TCA party… Read

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‘Shadowhunters’ Showrunner Ed Decter Exits For Season 2 Of Freeform Series

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There is a behind the scenes shakeup on Freeform’s fantasy series Shadowhunters. Ed Decter, who developed for television the adaptation of The Mortal Instruments novels and served as executive producer in Season 1, has abruptly exited the series, which was renewed for a second season in March. There is no replacement yet. I hear Decter departed a few days ago and was not present at today’s first table read for Shadowhunters‘ second season. I hear the departure was over… Read

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Marta Kauffman Sets Miniseries At HBO Starring Natalie Portman, Drama Series At Amazon

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EXCLUSIVE: Marta Kauffman, whose Grace and Frankie is wrapping production on its third season, is ramping up the slate of her Okay Goodnight, which is behind the popular Netflix comedy series starring Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Kauffman and Okay Goodnight have miniseries We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves in development at HBO. Natalie Portman is attached to star in and executive produce the project, based on Karen Joy Fowler's award-winning novel of the same name… Read

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ABC Orders Drama Series ‘Ten Days In The Valley’ Starring Kyra Sedgwick

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The Closer star Kyra Sedgwick is returning to primetime as the star of another drama series, Ten Days In the Valley. ABC has closed a deal for a 10-episode straight-to-series order for the project, from Tassie Cameron, co-creator and head writer of hit cop series Rookie Blue, and Skydance Television (Grace and Frankie).  The series will debut in late midseason 2017, summer or early fall. The drama originally was taken out by Skydance in February with Demi Moore attached to… Read

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Maribeth Monroe Cast In ‘World’s End’ TBS Pilot

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The Brink alumna Maribeth Monroe has booked a series regular role opposite Hamish Linklater and Wanda Sykes in TBS’ pilot World’s End. Written by Jonathan Ames, based on Icelandic dramedy Heimsendir, a Sagafilm format, World’s End is a dark comedy about an asylum that operates like a family, and as in all families, the question of who is sane and who is not is open for discussion. It follows Henry Mueller (Linklater), a charismatic high school English teacher who has a… Read

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Cam Gigandet & Jeremy Sisto To Star In Antoine Fuqua’s Audience Series ‘Ice’; Donald Sutherland & Ray Winstone Cast

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Cam Gigandet is reuniting with his Magnificent Seven director Antoine Fuqua for a starring role in Ice, Fuqua’s drama series for A&T’s Audience network. Jeremy Sisto will star opposite Gigandet in the project, along with Donald Sutherland and Ray Winstone, I have learned. The 10-episode Ice, from Fuqua's Fuqua Films and Entertainment One, was named after the slang word for diamonds. Written/exec produced by Robert Munic, it follows the Green family as they plunge into the… Read

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L.A. Pilot Production Drop Is A Laughing Matter

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Despite California's expanded film incentives program, TV and digital pilots shot in Los Angeles actually declined 13% in the 2015-2016 development cycle compared to a year ago, according to a new report from FilmL.A., the city's film office. The culprit: Comedy pilots, which declined from 70 shot in L.A. last year to 54 this year, a 23% decline. In the most recent cycle, 79 pilots overall were filmed in the Los Angeles region, compared to 91 the year before. Drama pilots… Read

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‘Christodora’ Limited Series From ‘Little Men’ Duo & Cary Fukunaga In Works At Paramount TV

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Paramount TV has optioned Tim Murphy’s new novel Christodora for a limited TV series. Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias (Little Men) will write the adaptation, with Sachs set to direct. Cary Fukunaga will produce through his company Parliament of Owls. Christodora, published yesterday by Grove Atlantic, has been drawing comparisons to Tales Of The City and Bonfire Of tThe Vanities. It follows a diverse set of characters whose fates intertwine in an iconic building in… Read

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‘Donny!’ Eyes Cancellation By USA After 1 Season – Update

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UPDATE 9:30 AM: After confirming Donny!‘s cancellation to Deadline, USA now has clarified the show’s renewal status as TBD. PREVIOUSLY 8:30 AM: USA Network has opted not to order a second season of its comedy series Donny!, starring Donny Deutsch. The network, whose bread and butter is original drama programming, took a shot with the half-hour project, which satirizes wealth, the media and modern romance through the eyes of Deutsch's fictionalized character, based on the… Read

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Freeform Developing ‘Stuff’ Comedy Series From Darlene Hunt & Aaron Kaplan

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Freeform has put in development Stuff, a single-camera comedy series from The C Word creator Darlene Hunt and producer Aaron Kaplan (Friends With Better Lives) of Kapital Entertainment, I have learned. Sony Pictures TV is the studio. Written by Hunt, Stuff is about the family of women who own and run a consignment shop in Kentucky called Been There Wore That. Hunt executive produces with Kaplan. Kaplan previously executive produced two series for Freeform and its… Read

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‘Aquarius’ Renewal Chances Slim After Time Slot Downgrade – TCA

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Last summer, NBC moved in to quickly renew the David Duchovny drama series Aquarius despite soft linear ratings. The show had gotten a dual rollout, with the entire season made available for streaming right after the series premiere on NBC. As the linear ratings eroded further following the renewal, Aquarius was moved from Thursday to the low-trafficked Saturday night. For a second consecutive year, NBC has downgrading Aquarius‘ time slot, this time without a renewal in… Read

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