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[12/15/08 - 06:06 PM] Development Update: Monday, December 15 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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MELROSE PLACE (The CW) - "One Tree Hill" creator Mark Schwahn is in negotiations to pen the script to the show's small screen revival. The writer/producer recently inked a two-year overall deal with "Melrose" producer CBS Paramount Network Television that begins in June. Holding up the potential deal - Schwahn is under contract with Warner Bros. Television until said date and is already committed to staying with "Hill" should it go for a seventh season.
TEMPS (ABC, New!) - Danny Comden ("I'm With Her") is once again in business with the Alphabet and ABC Studios, this time in a multi-camera comedy dubbed as a modern-day "Taxi" set at a temp agency. Comden will write, executive produce and star in the project, which will touch on everything from the deepening recession to the plight of overqualified immigrants left to toil as manual laborers. As for specifics, Comden will play a 10-year veteran temp with the action set at the agency's office as well as their assignments.
UNTITLED DAVID HEMINGSON PROJECT (ABC) - The Alphabet is redeveloping David Hemingson's drama pilot, which starred Matt Long as a law school grad from a blue-collar background who joins a Los Angeles boutique law firm. It's understood the project, which didn't make the cut from the network's post-strike pilots in August, is being retooled to be more dramatic and emotional in tone. Matt Long will once again topline the 20th Century Fox Television-based hour, however it's not clear if co-stars Ben Lawson, Gail O'Grady, Jonathan Adams, Morena Baccarin, Norbert Leo Butz, Roger Bart or Tina Majorino will make the transition. The new pilot then will be considered for a series commitment next season.
UNTITLED ODESSA PROJECT (Lifetime, New!) - "Ghost Whisperer" star Jennifer Love Hewitt has tapped veteran TV movie producer Scott W. Anderson ("Confessions of a Sociopathic Social Climber") as her producing partner at her Fedora Films, formerly known as LoveSpell Productions. The news comes as the company, which has an overall deal with ABC Studios, begins a major development push. Already in the works: an original movie for Lifetime based on "She Had Brains, a Body, and the Ability to Make Men Love Her," a Texas Monthly article about a 22-year-old housewife and former homecoming queen in Odessa who became one of the city's most popular hookers. Hewitt is attached to star in the project, which was originally eyed as a feature.
Sources: Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Reuters
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[01/23/25 - 02:18 PM] ID's "The Fall of Diddy" - Four-Part Docuseries to Premiere Beginning Monday, January 27 at 9/8c on ID The docuseries features exclusive, never-before-heard accounts and never-before-seen archival footage, offering personal insights into harrowing allegations of violent behavior and illegal activity that have shadowed the music mogul.
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[01/23/25 - 02:00 PM] FOX's "The 1% Club" Goes 100% Joel McHale with New Host and New Season It originally premiered on Prime Video last season in the U.S. and Canada and will now move exclusively to FOX for its new season airing in 2025-26.
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[01/23/25 - 12:32 PM] Great American Media Announces #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, Karen Kingsbury's New Original Film, "Someone Like You," Starring Sarah Fisher, Jake Allyn, Lynn Collins, Robyn Lively, and Bart Johnson The film streams exclusively on Pure Flix, Thursday, February 20 and premiering on Great American Family, Saturday, February 22.
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[01/23/25 - 11:51 AM] Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg Host "Very Scary Lovers" - Premiering Sunday, February 2 on ID The special will premiere immediately following the season finale of "Very Scary People," hosted by Donnie Wahlberg.
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[01/23/25 - 11:00 AM] "Super Bowl Greatest Commercials: Funniest of All-Time" Hosted by "CBS Mornings'" Nate Burleson and Actress Daniela Ruah to Air Wednesday, Feb. 5 on CBS Now in its 24th year, the special will celebrate the Super Bowl commercials that have famously kept America laughing during the big game.
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[01/23/25 - 10:09 AM] FOX Sports Films and NASCAR Studios Team Up for Two New Original Documentaries Marking the Start of the 2025 NASCAR Season "The Madhouse: NASCAR's Return to Bowman Gray Stadium" and "So Damn Close: Atlanta '24" are both on tap in the coming weeks.
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[01/23/25 - 10:03 AM] Lifetime Greenlights "Killing the Competition" Executive Produced by and Starring Melissa Joan Hart Debuting March 1, the film is inspired by actual events of an overbearing mother who descends from meddling to menacing after her daughter is cut from the dance team of her own high school alma mater.
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[01/23/25 - 10:02 AM] Video: "The Great American Baking Show: Celebrity Big Game" - Official Trailer - The Roku Channel Join celebrity bakers DK Metcalf, Katie Nolan, Tony Gonzalez, Arik Armstead, Amy Smart as they prepare special bakes for America's biggest sporting event of the year!
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[01/23/25 - 10:01 AM] Video: "Sweet Magnolias" Season 4 - Official Trailer - Netflix It's a very Serenity holiday season as the Magnolias weather a tragedy, a town crisis and a fierce storm in the weeks from Halloween to Christmas.
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[01/23/25 - 09:15 AM] Oxygen True Crime's "New York Homicide" Premieres Feb. 1 at 9 P.M. ET/PT In its second season, "New York Homicide" reached 8.3 million viewers across all platforms.
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[01/23/25 - 09:04 AM] Black Stories Always: Hulu Celebrates Black History Month with New Premieres and Timeless Classics From timeless classics to groundbreaking originals, we shine a light on the voices and creators who have made an impact on culture and entertainment.
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[01/23/25 - 09:00 AM] Video: MGM+ Original Series "Godfather of Harlem" Returns April 13th with an Action-Packed Season 4 Teaser Starring Academy Award-Winner Forest Whitaker Season 4 stars Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker as Bumpy Johnson, alongside Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry, Antoinette Crowe-Legacy, Erik LaRay Harvey, Michael Raymond James, Elvis Nolasco, and Erik Palladino, and introduces Frank Lucas portrayed by Daytime Emmy Award-winning actor Rome Flynn.
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[01/23/25 - 08:01 AM] Paramount+ to Premiere True-Crime Docuseries "Burden of Guilt" on February 4 The three-part series follows a woman's quest to solve the mystery of what or who really killed her 4-month-old baby brother.
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[01/23/25 - 08:00 AM] Max Original Four-Part Documentary Series "The Takedown: American Aryans" Debuts February 6 The four-part documentary series takes viewers inside the cult-like world of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas from the late 2000s to the present day.
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[01/23/25 - 08:00 AM] The CBS Original "Hollywood Squares" Lands Special Week-Long Daytime Run As announced yesterday, beginning Wednesday, January 29, CBS Wednesday game nights will kick off with original episodes of "Hollywood Squares" at 8:00/7:00c.
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