“CSI: Vegas” may be canceled, but CBS isn’t giving up on the franchise. The Eye network announced Tuesday a new edition in the “CSI” universe — but this time in the unscripted space.
CBS has ordered the unscripted, true-crime docuseries “The Real CSI: Miami” based on the drama “CSI: Miami,” which aired from 2002 to 2012 (for 10 seasons and 232 episodes). The new series is set to release on CBS on June 26 at 10 p.m. Et. The news came as CBS announced its summer lineup.
The logline for “The Real CSI: Miami” reads, “Each episode features gripping real-life crime cases and the cutting-edge forensic science used to solve them. ‘The Real CSI: Miami’ highlights that at the heart of every story is a victim and a family seeking justice.”
The news of another “CSI” show being ordered comes after the last show in the franchise “CSI: Vegas” announced its cancellation in April after three seasons.
CBS has ordered the unscripted, true-crime docuseries “The Real CSI: Miami” based on the drama “CSI: Miami,” which aired from 2002 to 2012 (for 10 seasons and 232 episodes). The new series is set to release on CBS on June 26 at 10 p.m. Et. The news came as CBS announced its summer lineup.
The logline for “The Real CSI: Miami” reads, “Each episode features gripping real-life crime cases and the cutting-edge forensic science used to solve them. ‘The Real CSI: Miami’ highlights that at the heart of every story is a victim and a family seeking justice.”
The news of another “CSI” show being ordered comes after the last show in the franchise “CSI: Vegas” announced its cancellation in April after three seasons.
- 5/7/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety Film + TV
CSI: Miami is getting the docuseries treatment.
CBS has ordered an unscripted series based on its iconic crime drama – The Real CSI: Miami.
It comes from CSI creator Anthony Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer, who has produced the franchise and Nailed It! and Top Chef producer Magical Elves.
The series will feature real-life crime cases and the cutting-edge forensic science used to solve them.
CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach recently teased that there was another CSI project in development. She said that the CBS brand was “part of its legacy as a company”. “I definitely think that franchise is alive and well will continue to be in discussions we have,” she said. “I think that ultimately we’ll find different and interesting ways to bring the show back.”
CBS CEO George Cheeks added at a recent CBS press conference, “In addition to CSI being such a global hit and all the iterations,...
CBS has ordered an unscripted series based on its iconic crime drama – The Real CSI: Miami.
It comes from CSI creator Anthony Zuiker, Jerry Bruckheimer, who has produced the franchise and Nailed It! and Top Chef producer Magical Elves.
The series will feature real-life crime cases and the cutting-edge forensic science used to solve them.
CBS Entertainment President Amy Reisenbach recently teased that there was another CSI project in development. She said that the CBS brand was “part of its legacy as a company”. “I definitely think that franchise is alive and well will continue to be in discussions we have,” she said. “I think that ultimately we’ll find different and interesting ways to bring the show back.”
CBS CEO George Cheeks added at a recent CBS press conference, “In addition to CSI being such a global hit and all the iterations,...
- 5/7/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The CSI franchise’s return to CBS is coming to an end as CBS on Friday opted not to renew CSI: Vegas for a fourth season.
On Saturday, CSI and CSI: Vegas star Marg Helgenberger who played Catherine Willows for 14 seasons across the original series and the followup, reflected on the cancellation.
“Each & every person involved with the making of this series brought their A game each & every day,” Helgenberger wrote on Instagram next to an on-set photo of the cast. “It was truly a pleasure & honor to work/play alongside such a fun & talented company of story tellers. Immeasurable thanks & gratitude to all for making this experience such a memorable ride. And to all the fans; we did it all for you.”
Lex Medlin, who, like Helgenberger, joined CSI: Vegas as a series regular in Season 2, posted a similar behind-the-scenes cast photo on Ig with a note to fans about the cancellation.
On Saturday, CSI and CSI: Vegas star Marg Helgenberger who played Catherine Willows for 14 seasons across the original series and the followup, reflected on the cancellation.
“Each & every person involved with the making of this series brought their A game each & every day,” Helgenberger wrote on Instagram next to an on-set photo of the cast. “It was truly a pleasure & honor to work/play alongside such a fun & talented company of story tellers. Immeasurable thanks & gratitude to all for making this experience such a memorable ride. And to all the fans; we did it all for you.”
Lex Medlin, who, like Helgenberger, joined CSI: Vegas as a series regular in Season 2, posted a similar behind-the-scenes cast photo on Ig with a note to fans about the cancellation.
- 4/21/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Both “So Help Me Todd” and “CSI: Vegas” have been canceled at CBS, Variety has learned.
“So Help Me Todd” is currently airing its second season at the broadcaster, while “CSI: Vegas” is airing its third. Both shows are scheduled to air their season finales in May, which will now serve as series finales.
The two shows were some of the few CBS shows awaiting words on their fates for next season. The only other CBS shows with pending renewal statuses are “The Equalizer” and “NCIS: Hawai’i.” They are both solid performers, with “So Help Me Todd” averaging 7.7 million viewers an episode in multiplatform Live+35 and “CSI: Vegas” averaging 7.6 million. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, CBS simply did not have enough room on the schedule to bring them back.
In addition to its many previously announced renewals, CBS already has a number of new shows set to debut next season.
“So Help Me Todd” is currently airing its second season at the broadcaster, while “CSI: Vegas” is airing its third. Both shows are scheduled to air their season finales in May, which will now serve as series finales.
The two shows were some of the few CBS shows awaiting words on their fates for next season. The only other CBS shows with pending renewal statuses are “The Equalizer” and “NCIS: Hawai’i.” They are both solid performers, with “So Help Me Todd” averaging 7.7 million viewers an episode in multiplatform Live+35 and “CSI: Vegas” averaging 7.6 million. According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, CBS simply did not have enough room on the schedule to bring them back.
In addition to its many previously announced renewals, CBS already has a number of new shows set to debut next season.
- 4/19/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
CBS has canceled CSI: Vegas after three seasons and So Help Me Todd after two. The news is not surprising as Deadline revealed earlier this week that both dramas were heavily on the bubble and in grave danger.
That despite CSI: Vegas and So Help Me Todd being solid ratings performers. With the entire CBS schedule doing well this season and three new drama series joining in 2024-25, NCIS: Origins, Matlock and Watson (in addition to a second season of the Australian NCIS: Sydney), the network was faced with painful decisions, and So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas are the least watched CBS drama series this spring in both linear and multi-platform ratings.
In most current linear Nielsen viewership (2/12 to date), CSI: Vegas, which improved its time period, is at #21 among all non-sports broadcast programs with 6.234M viewers and So Help Me Todd at #22 with 6.224M. That is more...
That despite CSI: Vegas and So Help Me Todd being solid ratings performers. With the entire CBS schedule doing well this season and three new drama series joining in 2024-25, NCIS: Origins, Matlock and Watson (in addition to a second season of the Australian NCIS: Sydney), the network was faced with painful decisions, and So Help Me Todd and CSI: Vegas are the least watched CBS drama series this spring in both linear and multi-platform ratings.
In most current linear Nielsen viewership (2/12 to date), CSI: Vegas, which improved its time period, is at #21 among all non-sports broadcast programs with 6.234M viewers and So Help Me Todd at #22 with 6.224M. That is more...
- 4/19/2024
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Coming off a two-season starring role on Fox’s drama The Cleaning Lady, Oliver Hudson is staying in business with the network. The actor-producer has entered a broadcast direct deal with Fox Entertainment for him and his producing partner John Stalberg to develop comedy and drama projects that will be fully owned and distributed by Fox.
Hudson played one of the leads, FBI agent Garrett Miller, in The Cleaning Lady, co-produced by Warner Bros. TV and Fox Entertainment. The popular character was killed off in the Season 2 finale, which aired earlier this year.
Hudson already has a pre-existing relationship with Fox as a producer. He and Joe Buck are developing the animated comedy Daddy Issues for the network, with Fox Entertainment and company-owned animation house Bento Box Entertainment producing. The ensemble buddy comedy is inspired by the popular podcast that follows the true-life experiences of Buck and Hudson as...
Hudson played one of the leads, FBI agent Garrett Miller, in The Cleaning Lady, co-produced by Warner Bros. TV and Fox Entertainment. The popular character was killed off in the Season 2 finale, which aired earlier this year.
Hudson already has a pre-existing relationship with Fox as a producer. He and Joe Buck are developing the animated comedy Daddy Issues for the network, with Fox Entertainment and company-owned animation house Bento Box Entertainment producing. The ensemble buddy comedy is inspired by the popular podcast that follows the true-life experiences of Buck and Hudson as...
- 12/12/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Humanitas, the organization that annually honors film and television writers whose work best explores the human condition, has revealed its 2023 winners.
Among the prizewinners is Craig Mazin, who scripted Season 1 The Last of Us episode “Long Long Time” that starred Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett. Mazin won in the Drama Teleplay category, beating out fellow semifinalists that included Peter Gould who was up for the series-finale episode of Better Call Saul.
Other Humanitas category winners in TV included Amy Sherman-Palladino for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Comedy Teleplay), and Tony Phelan & Joan Rater for the pilot of A Small Light in Limited Series.
On the movie side, winners included Tyler Perry for his Tyler Perry: A Jazzman’s Blues in the Drama Feature Film category, over Rebecca Lenkiewicz for She Said and Michael Reilly & Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu for Till. Cooper Raiff won Comedy Feature Film for his indie Cha Cha Real Smooth,...
Among the prizewinners is Craig Mazin, who scripted Season 1 The Last of Us episode “Long Long Time” that starred Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett. Mazin won in the Drama Teleplay category, beating out fellow semifinalists that included Peter Gould who was up for the series-finale episode of Better Call Saul.
Other Humanitas category winners in TV included Amy Sherman-Palladino for The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Comedy Teleplay), and Tony Phelan & Joan Rater for the pilot of A Small Light in Limited Series.
On the movie side, winners included Tyler Perry for his Tyler Perry: A Jazzman’s Blues in the Drama Feature Film category, over Rebecca Lenkiewicz for She Said and Michael Reilly & Keith Beauchamp and Chinonye Chukwu for Till. Cooper Raiff won Comedy Feature Film for his indie Cha Cha Real Smooth,...
- 8/16/2023
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
“CSI: Vegas” star Paula Newsome (Max) went home every night exhausted while shooting the latest episode of the CBS drama in which the remains are found of a young girl who had been missing for 40 years. Even though the child and the story itself were creations of the CBS show’s writers, the emotional toll was so palpable that Newsome came to understand why most homicide detectives call it quits after serving 10 years.
The heartbreaking story of “The Promise” began when remains of a child were found in a garbage drum on the floor of Lake Mead. The CSI team learned that the Jane Doe went missing four decades earlier – and the circumstances that led up to her disappearance as well as the lingering pain of the child’s mother were equally as tragic.
After the still-grieving mother surfaced, she and Max formed a bond, with Max promising to promise...
The heartbreaking story of “The Promise” began when remains of a child were found in a garbage drum on the floor of Lake Mead. The CSI team learned that the Jane Doe went missing four decades earlier – and the circumstances that led up to her disappearance as well as the lingering pain of the child’s mother were equally as tragic.
After the still-grieving mother surfaced, she and Max formed a bond, with Max promising to promise...
- 3/31/2023
- by Rosemary Rossi
- The Wrap
“Did you cry?”
Arriving for an interview about this week’s CSI: Vegas, which he co-wrote (with Alex Berry), CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker leads with that simple question, hoping that he and guest star Regina Taylor hit the deeply emotional mark for which they aimed. (Oh, and for this Journalist of a Certain Age, the answer was, “Well, yeah.”)
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Arriving for an interview about this week’s CSI: Vegas, which he co-wrote (with Alex Berry), CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker leads with that simple question, hoping that he and guest star Regina Taylor hit the deeply emotional mark for which they aimed. (Oh, and for this Journalist of a Certain Age, the answer was, “Well, yeah.”)
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- 3/27/2023
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
CBS has renewed its flagship drama series NCIS, along with NCIS: Hawai’i and CSI: Vegas for the 2023-2024 season.
NCIS will return for its 21st season, along with NCIS: Hawai’i for its third season and CSI: Vegas, also for its third season. They join previously announced renewals for drama series Fire Country, The Equalizer, FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted and comedy series Young Sheldon, Ghosts, The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola and So Help Me Todd.
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The renewals also follow the previously announced early series order for drama The Never Game, starring Justin Hartley.
“This season CBS is continuing its winning tradition,...
NCIS will return for its 21st season, along with NCIS: Hawai’i for its third season and CSI: Vegas, also for its third season. They join previously announced renewals for drama series Fire Country, The Equalizer, FBI, FBI: International and FBI: Most Wanted and comedy series Young Sheldon, Ghosts, The Neighborhood, Bob Hearts Abishola and So Help Me Todd.
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The renewals also follow the previously announced early series order for drama The Never Game, starring Justin Hartley.
“This season CBS is continuing its winning tradition,...
- 2/21/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Matt Nix, the man behind Fox’s X-Men series The Gifted, is going direct with the broadcast network.
The Burn Notice creator has struck a direct broadcast deal with Fox Entertainment to develop and exec produce multiple projects for the company.
It is the latest direct deal struck by Michael Thorn, Fox’s President of Scripted Programming, who is behind deals with the likes of Marc Cherry, McG and Carol Mendelsohn. The company also recently struck a deal with 50 Cent.
Series that Nix works on will be wholly owned by Fox and produced by its in-house unit, Fox Entertainment Studios.
Thorn called Nix an “A+” showrunner and producer and a “great storyteller”.
It comes as Nix’s latest project, True Lies, an adaptation of the 1994 film, is set to launch on CBS at the start of March.
Nix is best known as the creator of long-running USA Network drama series Burn Notice.
The Burn Notice creator has struck a direct broadcast deal with Fox Entertainment to develop and exec produce multiple projects for the company.
It is the latest direct deal struck by Michael Thorn, Fox’s President of Scripted Programming, who is behind deals with the likes of Marc Cherry, McG and Carol Mendelsohn. The company also recently struck a deal with 50 Cent.
Series that Nix works on will be wholly owned by Fox and produced by its in-house unit, Fox Entertainment Studios.
Thorn called Nix an “A+” showrunner and producer and a “great storyteller”.
It comes as Nix’s latest project, True Lies, an adaptation of the 1994 film, is set to launch on CBS at the start of March.
Nix is best known as the creator of long-running USA Network drama series Burn Notice.
- 2/16/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Fox Entertainment has sealed a deal with “Life in Pieces” creator Justin Adler to create and develop new comedy series for the network. Under the latest of Fox’s recent string of what it calls “broadcast direct” deals, Adler (whose credits also include “Maggie”) will create series that will be owned by Fox Entertainment and produced by its in-house Fox Entertainment Studios shingle.
The Adler deal was announced by Michael Thorn, Fox Entertainment’s president of scripted programming. Thorn previously helped develop “Life in Pieces” (which aired on CBS for four seasons between 2015 and 2019) with Adler, back when Thorn was exec vice president of development at 20th Century Fox TV. Also at 20th at the time was Cheryl Dolins, who’s now Fox Entertainment senior VP of comedy programming and development and who also worked closely with Adler while at the studio.
“With his sharp sense of wit, parody and humor,...
The Adler deal was announced by Michael Thorn, Fox Entertainment’s president of scripted programming. Thorn previously helped develop “Life in Pieces” (which aired on CBS for four seasons between 2015 and 2019) with Adler, back when Thorn was exec vice president of development at 20th Century Fox TV. Also at 20th at the time was Cheryl Dolins, who’s now Fox Entertainment senior VP of comedy programming and development and who also worked closely with Adler while at the studio.
“With his sharp sense of wit, parody and humor,...
- 2/16/2023
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Fox have entered into a non-exclusive broadcast direct deal to develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies and animated series through his production company G-Unit Film & Television, Michael Thorn, Fox Entertainment’s president of scripted programming announced on Tuesday.
Projects created as part of the agreement will be owned by Fox Entertainment and produced by its in-house unit, Fox Entertainment Studios, in collaboration with G-Unit Film & Television.
“Whether it’s music, film or television, Curtis always delivers premium entertainment that captivates millions of fans across the globe,” said Thorn. “He is the rare multi-hyphenate with a deft hand at storytelling, no matter the format or medium, and we’re looking forward to developing new and exciting series for Fox with him and his team.”
“I am excited to formalize a partnership with Michael Thorn and Fox that will allow G-Unit Film & Television to focus on putting multiple series on Fox,...
Projects created as part of the agreement will be owned by Fox Entertainment and produced by its in-house unit, Fox Entertainment Studios, in collaboration with G-Unit Film & Television.
“Whether it’s music, film or television, Curtis always delivers premium entertainment that captivates millions of fans across the globe,” said Thorn. “He is the rare multi-hyphenate with a deft hand at storytelling, no matter the format or medium, and we’re looking forward to developing new and exciting series for Fox with him and his team.”
“I am excited to formalize a partnership with Michael Thorn and Fox that will allow G-Unit Film & Television to focus on putting multiple series on Fox,...
- 2/14/2023
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has found a new TV partner for his G-Unit Film & Television company.
The rapper and producer has signed a non-exclusive, broadcast direct deal with Fox. As part of the deal, Jackson and G-Unit will develop scripted series, both live-action and animated, for the network. The broadcaster will own any series greenlit under the deal, and its in-house Fox Entertainment Studios will produce along with G-Unit Film & Television.
The Fox deal comes a few months after Jackson exited an overall deal at Starz, which he had criticized for “dumb shit” in the time leading up to the end of the deal. (He remains an executive producer of te premium cabler’s Power franchise and Bmf.) Since the Fox pact is non-exclusive, he’s also free to shop his producing services elsewhere.
“I am excited to formalize a partnership with Michael Thorn and Fox that will allow G-Unit...
The rapper and producer has signed a non-exclusive, broadcast direct deal with Fox. As part of the deal, Jackson and G-Unit will develop scripted series, both live-action and animated, for the network. The broadcaster will own any series greenlit under the deal, and its in-house Fox Entertainment Studios will produce along with G-Unit Film & Television.
The Fox deal comes a few months after Jackson exited an overall deal at Starz, which he had criticized for “dumb shit” in the time leading up to the end of the deal. (He remains an executive producer of te premium cabler’s Power franchise and Bmf.) Since the Fox pact is non-exclusive, he’s also free to shop his producing services elsewhere.
“I am excited to formalize a partnership with Michael Thorn and Fox that will allow G-Unit...
- 2/14/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson has closed a non-exclusive broadcast direct deal with Fox Entertainment, the network announced Tuesday.
Under the deal, the Emmy and Grammy Award-winning producer, director, actor and rapper will develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies and animated series through his production company G-Unit Film & Television, Fox Entertainment president of Scripted Programming Michael Thorn said.
After rising to hip-hop royalty status, Jackson delved into filmed entertainment by launching G-Unit Film & Television in 2005, which produced Starz’s “Power,” in which Jackson served as a co-star, executive producer and director. He later expanded the “Power” universe to include “Power Book II: Ghost,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” and “Power Book IV: Force.” The production company has also produced ABC’s “For Life” and “Black Mafia Family” for Starz and is currently developing “Fightland” and “Queen Nzinga” at Starz.
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Under the deal, the Emmy and Grammy Award-winning producer, director, actor and rapper will develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies and animated series through his production company G-Unit Film & Television, Fox Entertainment president of Scripted Programming Michael Thorn said.
After rising to hip-hop royalty status, Jackson delved into filmed entertainment by launching G-Unit Film & Television in 2005, which produced Starz’s “Power,” in which Jackson served as a co-star, executive producer and director. He later expanded the “Power” universe to include “Power Book II: Ghost,” “Power Book III: Raising Kanan” and “Power Book IV: Force.” The production company has also produced ABC’s “For Life” and “Black Mafia Family” for Starz and is currently developing “Fightland” and “Queen Nzinga” at Starz.
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- 2/14/2023
- by Loree Seitz
- The Wrap
Curtis ’50 Cent’ Jackson has signed a non-exclusive multi-project broadcast direct deal with Fox.
Jackson, through his production company G-Unit Film & Television, will develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies, and animated series that would air on Fox. Series created under the deal will be owned by Fox Entertainment and produced by its in-house unit, Fox Entertainment Studios, in collaboration with G-Unit Film & Television.
“I am excited to formalize a partnership with Michael Thorn and Fox that will allow G-Unit Film & Television to focus on putting multiple series on Fox, a perfect broadcast destination for G-Unit Film & Television content while our premium, streaming, scripted, and non-scripted slates continue to grow in all directions,” Jackson said in a statement.
Under his banner, G-Unit Film & Television, Jackson has produced a wide variety of content across numerous platforms, most notably the hit Starz series Power, which he starred in, executive produced, and directed. As part...
Jackson, through his production company G-Unit Film & Television, will develop scripted dramas, live-action comedies, and animated series that would air on Fox. Series created under the deal will be owned by Fox Entertainment and produced by its in-house unit, Fox Entertainment Studios, in collaboration with G-Unit Film & Television.
“I am excited to formalize a partnership with Michael Thorn and Fox that will allow G-Unit Film & Television to focus on putting multiple series on Fox, a perfect broadcast destination for G-Unit Film & Television content while our premium, streaming, scripted, and non-scripted slates continue to grow in all directions,” Jackson said in a statement.
Under his banner, G-Unit Film & Television, Jackson has produced a wide variety of content across numerous platforms, most notably the hit Starz series Power, which he starred in, executive produced, and directed. As part...
- 2/14/2023
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Tfc has recruited Sugar23’s Kelly Wu to spearhead its production arm.
The new division, Tfc Productions, is an extension of the company’s ongoing management work, with Tfc beginning to selectively produce alongside its clients. The boutique firm, which was co-founded by former WME partner David Stone and former UTA partner Ben Jacobson early in the pandemic, has enlisted Wu to run the division day to day.
“We are so thrilled to have Kelly join us to spearhead our efforts across Tfc Productions,” the duo noted in a joint statement. “She’s a brilliant executive, a wonderful person, and a huge value-add for our company, our clients, and our entire film and television slate.”
Wu got her Hollywood start working for the head of TV at WME, where she was integral to the formation of the agency’s first company-wide Aapi Heritage Month programming initiative. From there, she moved...
The new division, Tfc Productions, is an extension of the company’s ongoing management work, with Tfc beginning to selectively produce alongside its clients. The boutique firm, which was co-founded by former WME partner David Stone and former UTA partner Ben Jacobson early in the pandemic, has enlisted Wu to run the division day to day.
“We are so thrilled to have Kelly join us to spearhead our efforts across Tfc Productions,” the duo noted in a joint statement. “She’s a brilliant executive, a wonderful person, and a huge value-add for our company, our clients, and our entire film and television slate.”
Wu got her Hollywood start working for the head of TV at WME, where she was integral to the formation of the agency’s first company-wide Aapi Heritage Month programming initiative. From there, she moved...
- 2/9/2023
- by Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fox’s new distribution outfit Fox Entertainment Global (Feg) is pushing into international scripted co-productions, has optioned a “best-selling selling British thriller” and is “looking into” an international detective franchise.
Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment at Fox Entertainment, revealed the push at Content London this morning, echoing the work Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has done in the non-scripted space over the past few years.
A scripted team is being assembled to “focus on the specific partnerships and development for Fox and also to be part of an avenue for international co-productions,” added Thorn, who said Fox is thinking about “what is that next show where the character or concept is defining us.”
“As we wait for opportunities to come to us and in addition to traditional development, we are looking to build these co-pros ourselves,” he said. “We can then start to build relationships as quickly as possible with the right projects.
Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment at Fox Entertainment, revealed the push at Content London this morning, echoing the work Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade has done in the non-scripted space over the past few years.
A scripted team is being assembled to “focus on the specific partnerships and development for Fox and also to be part of an avenue for international co-productions,” added Thorn, who said Fox is thinking about “what is that next show where the character or concept is defining us.”
“As we wait for opportunities to come to us and in addition to traditional development, we are looking to build these co-pros ourselves,” he said. “We can then start to build relationships as quickly as possible with the right projects.
- 11/30/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: WME literary packaging vet Eric Reid has been promoted to partner at the agency.
He has a long history of taking projects from book to screen, focusing on comic books, graphic novels, estates, books, life rights, news articles and all things IP-related.
Reid is known for his knack of finding comic book diamonds in the rough at comic book conventions, prime pieces of IP outside the DC and Marvel sphere.
Among the recent projects Reid has been involved with are the sci-fi thriller Trespasser, which Joe Penna is directing for Fifth Season. The feature is based off the Justin M. Ryan’s 2017 Alterna Comics graphic novel, which Reid discovered at a Florida comic book convention.
Reid’s client Hannah Rose May recently had her Image Comics comic book Rogues Gallery optioned by Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act to be developed into a TV series, as Deadline first reported.
He has a long history of taking projects from book to screen, focusing on comic books, graphic novels, estates, books, life rights, news articles and all things IP-related.
Reid is known for his knack of finding comic book diamonds in the rough at comic book conventions, prime pieces of IP outside the DC and Marvel sphere.
Among the recent projects Reid has been involved with are the sci-fi thriller Trespasser, which Joe Penna is directing for Fifth Season. The feature is based off the Justin M. Ryan’s 2017 Alterna Comics graphic novel, which Reid discovered at a Florida comic book convention.
Reid’s client Hannah Rose May recently had her Image Comics comic book Rogues Gallery optioned by Don Cheadle’s This Radicle Act to be developed into a TV series, as Deadline first reported.
- 11/29/2022
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Matt Jackson’s Jackson Pictures has signed a multi-year, first-look deal with Fifth Season, the global film and TV studio formerly known as Endeavor Content.
Under the partnership, Jackson and his company’s SVP of Development and Production Joanne Lee will collaborate with Fifth Season’s film, documentary and TV departments on content across all platforms.
A former executive at The Mark Gordon Company and Im Global, Jackson founded his production company in 2018. Jackson Pictures’ past projects include Aaron Sorkin’s “Trial of the Chicago 7” and Amazon’s newly released “All the Old Knives.” Up next are the TriStar Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”; Spike Lee’s musical about the drug Viagra; a feature adaptation of “The Sundance Kid Might Have Some Regrets” with Zoë Kravitz at Warner Bros; and the Skydance series “Ring Shout” starring KiKi Layne.
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Under the partnership, Jackson and his company’s SVP of Development and Production Joanne Lee will collaborate with Fifth Season’s film, documentary and TV departments on content across all platforms.
A former executive at The Mark Gordon Company and Im Global, Jackson founded his production company in 2018. Jackson Pictures’ past projects include Aaron Sorkin’s “Trial of the Chicago 7” and Amazon’s newly released “All the Old Knives.” Up next are the TriStar Whitney Houston biopic “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”; Spike Lee’s musical about the drug Viagra; a feature adaptation of “The Sundance Kid Might Have Some Regrets” with Zoë Kravitz at Warner Bros; and the Skydance series “Ring Shout” starring KiKi Layne.
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- 10/24/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Temuera Morrison will star alongside Jason Momoa in the Apple Original limited series “Chief of War,” reuniting with his “Aquaman” co-star. The historical drama series — also written, created and executive produced by Momoa — will trace the unification and colonization of Hawaii from an Indigenous perspective.
Morrison, a veteran New Zealand actor, will play King Kahekili, the king of Maui.
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The nine-episode limited series is co-created by Thomas Pa’a Sibbett and produced by Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content) and Chernin Entertainment. Along with Sibbett and Momoa, Francis Lawrence, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Doug Jung executive produce, with the lattermost serving as showrunner. Justin Chon will direct the first two episodes and serve as executive producer.
“Chief of War” follows the worldwide success of Apple TV+’s Momoa vehicle “See,” which just debuted its series finale. The sci-fi show,...
Morrison, a veteran New Zealand actor, will play King Kahekili, the king of Maui.
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The nine-episode limited series is co-created by Thomas Pa’a Sibbett and produced by Fifth Season (formerly Endeavor Content) and Chernin Entertainment. Along with Sibbett and Momoa, Francis Lawrence, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Doug Jung executive produce, with the lattermost serving as showrunner. Justin Chon will direct the first two episodes and serve as executive producer.
“Chief of War” follows the worldwide success of Apple TV+’s Momoa vehicle “See,” which just debuted its series finale. The sci-fi show,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz’s Carol Mendelsohn Productions (Cmp) has signed a multi-year first-look broadcast direct deal with Fox Entertainment.
The announcement was made by Michael Thorn, Fox Entertainment’s president of entertainment, during MIPCOM Cannes. Under the deal, Cmp will develop scripted drams for Fox. Should any shows be greenlit, they would be wholly owned by Fox with Mendelsohn and Weitz executive producing.
Cmp has already set up one project for development under the deal — a series adaptation of the Thomas Perry novel “The Bomb Maker.” Per the official logline, the series “follows former commander Dick Stahl, who is called in after the majority of the LAPD Bomb Squad is killed by a house bomb. On his first day back, the now three-person team is dispatched to a suspected car bomb, and it quickly becomes clear to him that they are dealing with an unusual criminal mastermind―one...
The announcement was made by Michael Thorn, Fox Entertainment’s president of entertainment, during MIPCOM Cannes. Under the deal, Cmp will develop scripted drams for Fox. Should any shows be greenlit, they would be wholly owned by Fox with Mendelsohn and Weitz executive producing.
Cmp has already set up one project for development under the deal — a series adaptation of the Thomas Perry novel “The Bomb Maker.” Per the official logline, the series “follows former commander Dick Stahl, who is called in after the majority of the LAPD Bomb Squad is killed by a house bomb. On his first day back, the now three-person team is dispatched to a suspected car bomb, and it quickly becomes clear to him that they are dealing with an unusual criminal mastermind―one...
- 10/19/2022
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
“CSI” showrunner and executive producer Carol Mendelsohn and producing partner Julie Weitz have struck a multi-year first-look broadcast direct deal with Fox Entertainment, president of entertainment Michael Thorn announced at MIPCOM Cannes. The duo’s previous deal with Universal Television is now over.
Under the terms, Mendelsohn and Weitz will develop scripted dramas for the Fox. Greenlit programs will be wholly owned by Fox Entertainment, and Mendelsohn and Weitz will serve as executive producers under their Carol Mendelsohn Productions banner.
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Additionally, Fox’s studio arm has optioned the book, “The Bomb Maker,” written by the prolific novelist Thomas Perry, with Mendelsohn and Weitz serving as executive producers on the project. Fox Entertainment Studios is currently meeting with potential writers. The show follows former commander Dick Stahl, who is called in after the majority of the LAPD Bomb Squad is killed by a house bomb.
Under the terms, Mendelsohn and Weitz will develop scripted dramas for the Fox. Greenlit programs will be wholly owned by Fox Entertainment, and Mendelsohn and Weitz will serve as executive producers under their Carol Mendelsohn Productions banner.
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Additionally, Fox’s studio arm has optioned the book, “The Bomb Maker,” written by the prolific novelist Thomas Perry, with Mendelsohn and Weitz serving as executive producers on the project. Fox Entertainment Studios is currently meeting with potential writers. The show follows former commander Dick Stahl, who is called in after the majority of the LAPD Bomb Squad is killed by a house bomb.
- 10/19/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Carol Mendelsohn, the former showrunner of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, has signed a deal with Fox and is again attempting a series adaptation of Thomas Perry’s The Bomb Maker.
Mendelsohn has struck a first-look broadcast direct deal with the network. She was previously based at Universal Television, where she had an overall deal.
As part of the new multi-year agreement, Mendelsohn and her producing partner Julie Weitz are taking another swing at The Bomb Maker. It comes five years after Mendelsohn previously tried to adapt the book at Fox with Morris Chestnut in a starring role. At that stage, the project was set up with Sony Pictures Television, where Mendelsohn was under an overall deal.
This time around, Fox Entertainment Studios optioned the book and is meeting with potential writers.
It forms part of Fox’s latest broadcast direct deal, which see Mendelsohn and Weitz will develop scripted dramas for the network.
Mendelsohn has struck a first-look broadcast direct deal with the network. She was previously based at Universal Television, where she had an overall deal.
As part of the new multi-year agreement, Mendelsohn and her producing partner Julie Weitz are taking another swing at The Bomb Maker. It comes five years after Mendelsohn previously tried to adapt the book at Fox with Morris Chestnut in a starring role. At that stage, the project was set up with Sony Pictures Television, where Mendelsohn was under an overall deal.
This time around, Fox Entertainment Studios optioned the book and is meeting with potential writers.
It forms part of Fox’s latest broadcast direct deal, which see Mendelsohn and Weitz will develop scripted dramas for the network.
- 10/19/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Former CSI showrunner Carol Mendelsohn is getting a new broadcast home.
Mendelsohn and producing partner Julie Weitz have signed a multi-year broadcast direct deal at Fox. Mendolsohn and her eponymous production company had previously been based at Universal Television.
Under the deal, Mendelsohn and Weitz will develop dramas for the broadcast network, with any projects greenlit from the deal becoming wholly owned by Fox Entertainment. The first project under the pact will be The Bomb Maker, based on a novel by Thomas Perry (The Old Man) that Fox Entertainment Studios has optioned.
“Carol is one of the great architects of broadcast television’s most influential and longstanding dramas. Together with Julie, we have two of the most talented, respected producers in the industry; and we are excited to bring their creativity and powerful storytelling to Fox, starting with their development of The Bomb Maker,...
Former CSI showrunner Carol Mendelsohn is getting a new broadcast home.
Mendelsohn and producing partner Julie Weitz have signed a multi-year broadcast direct deal at Fox. Mendolsohn and her eponymous production company had previously been based at Universal Television.
Under the deal, Mendelsohn and Weitz will develop dramas for the broadcast network, with any projects greenlit from the deal becoming wholly owned by Fox Entertainment. The first project under the pact will be The Bomb Maker, based on a novel by Thomas Perry (The Old Man) that Fox Entertainment Studios has optioned.
“Carol is one of the great architects of broadcast television’s most influential and longstanding dramas. Together with Julie, we have two of the most talented, respected producers in the industry; and we are excited to bring their creativity and powerful storytelling to Fox, starting with their development of The Bomb Maker,...
- 10/19/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
After a decade-long absence from the world of yellow tape and bloody corpses, Marg Helgenberger reprised her role as Catherine Willows Thursday on CBS’ CSI: Vegas. It seems her character’s so-called “retirement” — which involved serving on the board of the Eclipse hotel and mentoring young women in forensic science — wasn’t that fulfilling, so the episode began with her asking Maxine (Paula Newsome) for her old gig back.
Fortunately, there were a couple of job openings since Gil (William Petersen) and Sara (Jorja Fox) were never replaced after leaving at the end of last season. Apparently, the Grissoms are currently on a boat in the Arctic circle but in real life, Petersen only signed for one year on CSI: Vegas while Fox chose not to return for a second season.
“The job is in my blood,” Catherine tells Maxine.
And with that, Catherine is immediately put to work at...
Fortunately, there were a couple of job openings since Gil (William Petersen) and Sara (Jorja Fox) were never replaced after leaving at the end of last season. Apparently, the Grissoms are currently on a boat in the Arctic circle but in real life, Petersen only signed for one year on CSI: Vegas while Fox chose not to return for a second season.
“The job is in my blood,” Catherine tells Maxine.
And with that, Catherine is immediately put to work at...
- 9/30/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
When Marg Helgenberger left the first iteration of CSI back in Season 12, she did it because, well, she needed the break. She was the original female lead opposite Billy Petersen. “I played the role for so long. It felt like it had become a part of my identity,” she told reporters Friday during CBS’ TCA panel.
So when the CSI: Vegas producers called Helgenberger to join the cast in Season 2, it took a minute before she could commit to stepping inside the yellow tape again.
“I wanted to make sure there was a reason Catherine would come back to the job,” explained Helgenberger, who modeled her character after a real-life forensics expert who stepped away from her job at age 50. “It’s a tough gig. Why would Catherine,...
So when the CSI: Vegas producers called Helgenberger to join the cast in Season 2, it took a minute before she could commit to stepping inside the yellow tape again.
“I wanted to make sure there was a reason Catherine would come back to the job,” explained Helgenberger, who modeled her character after a real-life forensics expert who stepped away from her job at age 50. “It’s a tough gig. Why would Catherine,...
- 9/16/2022
- by Lynette Rice
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: CSI: Vegas has set its medical examiner team. Sara Amini (Future Man) and Joel Johnstone (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) are set for recurring roles in the second season of CBS’ sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series.
Amini will recur as Sonya, a regimented, methodical, and passionate head Medical Examiner. Johnstone will play Jack, Sonya’s intelligent, curious, and optimistic older brother and the assistant Medical Examiner.
Season 1 opened a new chapter in Las Vegas – the city where it all began, introducing a serialized storytelling to the classic crime procedural drama. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) enlisted the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), to investigate a case centered around former...
Amini will recur as Sonya, a regimented, methodical, and passionate head Medical Examiner. Johnstone will play Jack, Sonya’s intelligent, curious, and optimistic older brother and the assistant Medical Examiner.
Season 1 opened a new chapter in Las Vegas – the city where it all began, introducing a serialized storytelling to the classic crime procedural drama. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) enlisted the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), to investigate a case centered around former...
- 8/2/2022
- by Sofia Behzadi
- Deadline Film + TV
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Humanitas has announced the nominees for the 46th annual Humanitas Prizes, which celebrates the craft of screenwriting. Across nine juried categories, which include both television and film, 45 writers are nominated for their work.
Among the nominees are Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson (comedy teleplay) and Academy Award-winning Coda writer-director Sian Heder (drama feature film). Adam McKay, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for Netflix’s Don’t Look Up, also received a nom for comedy feature film, along with Everything Everywhere All At Once scribes and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
“The Humanitas Prizes were created to recognize writers whose work explores the beauty and complexity of the human experience and the 2022 nominees do just that,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke in a statement. “Ranging in scope, style, and perspective, these stories underscore our bonds, our history and...
Humanitas has announced the nominees for the 46th annual Humanitas Prizes, which celebrates the craft of screenwriting. Across nine juried categories, which include both television and film, 45 writers are nominated for their work.
Among the nominees are Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson (comedy teleplay) and Academy Award-winning Coda writer-director Sian Heder (drama feature film). Adam McKay, who was nominated for an Oscar this year for Netflix’s Don’t Look Up, also received a nom for comedy feature film, along with Everything Everywhere All At Once scribes and directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.
“The Humanitas Prizes were created to recognize writers whose work explores the beauty and complexity of the human experience and the 2022 nominees do just that,” said Humanitas executive director Michelle Franke in a statement. “Ranging in scope, style, and perspective, these stories underscore our bonds, our history and...
- 6/27/2022
- by Tyler Coates
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Lex Medlin (Drop Dead Diva) and Ariana Guerra (Helstrom) are set as new series regulars, and Jay Lee, who recurred last season as CSI Chris Park, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming second season of CBS’ CSI: Vegas.
Season 1 of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation sequel series opened a new chapter in Las Vegas – the city where it all began, introducing a serialized storytelling to the classic crime procedural drama. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) enlisted the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), to investigate a case centered around former colleague David Hodges (Wallace Langham). This combined force deployed the latest forensic techniques to follow the evidence...
Season 1 of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation sequel series opened a new chapter in Las Vegas – the city where it all began, introducing a serialized storytelling to the classic crime procedural drama. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) enlisted the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), to investigate a case centered around former colleague David Hodges (Wallace Langham). This combined force deployed the latest forensic techniques to follow the evidence...
- 5/24/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Marg Helgenberger has signed on to return to the CSI franchise. She is set to star in Season 2 of CBS’ CSI: Vegas, reprising her role as Catherine Willows from the original CSI. I hear Helgenberger will be a series regular with a one-year deal.
On CSI: Vegas, Helgenberger succeeds fellow original CSI cast members William Petersen and Jorja Fox who were series regulars in Season 1 of the sequel to the mothership series. Her casting allows CSI: Vegas to maintain its connection to the 2000 series with a beloved original character working alongside the new forensic investigators. With Petersen, Fox and Helgenberger, CSI: Vegas also has set a blueprint for event-izing each season with a different original star, which also fits into the new format of the series as each season is tackling a new serialized mystery.
On CSI: Vegas, Helgenberger joins returning series regular cast members Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria and Mandeep Dhillon.
On CSI: Vegas, Helgenberger succeeds fellow original CSI cast members William Petersen and Jorja Fox who were series regulars in Season 1 of the sequel to the mothership series. Her casting allows CSI: Vegas to maintain its connection to the 2000 series with a beloved original character working alongside the new forensic investigators. With Petersen, Fox and Helgenberger, CSI: Vegas also has set a blueprint for event-izing each season with a different original star, which also fits into the new format of the series as each season is tackling a new serialized mystery.
On CSI: Vegas, Helgenberger joins returning series regular cast members Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria and Mandeep Dhillon.
- 2/11/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Marg Helgenberger is eyeing a possible return to the CSI franchise with a reprisal of her role as Catherine Willows, sources tell Deadline. Helgenberg would appear in the upcoming second season of CSI: Vegas, the sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series, in which Helgenberger starred for the first 12 seasons.
Sources caution that talks are in early stages, and it is unclear whether they would lead to a deal.
Season 1 opened a new chapter in Las Vegas – the city where it all began, introducing a serialized storytelling to the classic crime procedural drama. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) enlisted the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), to investigate a case centered around former...
Sources caution that talks are in early stages, and it is unclear whether they would lead to a deal.
Season 1 opened a new chapter in Las Vegas – the city where it all began, introducing a serialized storytelling to the classic crime procedural drama. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the entire Crime Lab and release thousands of convicted killers back onto the neon-lit streets of Vegas, a brilliant new team of investigators led by Maxine Roby (Paula Newsome) enlisted the help of old friends, Gil Grissom (William Petersen) and Sara Sidle (Jorja Fox), to investigate a case centered around former...
- 2/4/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Mel Rodriguez is exiting CBS’ CSI: Vegas as a series regular ahead of Season 2, Deadline has confirmed. He is the latest star to announce his departure following Jorja Fox and William Petersen.
Rodriguez lplayed Chief Medical Examiner Hugo Ramirez in Season 1. It is unknown if he will make occasional appearances in the future.
TV Line was the first to announce Rodriguez’s exit from the sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series.
Petersen revealed last month that he would not reprise the role of Gil Grissom beyond Season 1’s 10 episodes. He will continue to serve as executive producer of the show’s sophomore season.
This week, Fox confirmed via Twitter that her character Sara Sidle would also not be returning.
“After much deliberating, I have decided not to ‘Sidle up’ for CSI Vegas. For me, CSI has always been a love story. The story that people can find love in the darkest of places and times,...
Rodriguez lplayed Chief Medical Examiner Hugo Ramirez in Season 1. It is unknown if he will make occasional appearances in the future.
TV Line was the first to announce Rodriguez’s exit from the sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series.
Petersen revealed last month that he would not reprise the role of Gil Grissom beyond Season 1’s 10 episodes. He will continue to serve as executive producer of the show’s sophomore season.
This week, Fox confirmed via Twitter that her character Sara Sidle would also not be returning.
“After much deliberating, I have decided not to ‘Sidle up’ for CSI Vegas. For me, CSI has always been a love story. The story that people can find love in the darkest of places and times,...
- 1/27/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Jorja Fox’s Sara Sidle will not be back for the second season of CSI: Vegas.
Fox revealed on Twitter that she has decided not to return to the sequel of the classic procedural.
It comes after the show was renewed for a second season in December.
Season one was led by the original series stars William Petersen and Fox. However, Petersen had only signed on to reprise his role as Gil Grissom in the initial 10-episode installment and will only return as an exec producer.
It seems this move has influenced Fox, whose contract had allowed her to continue if she chose to with producers hopeful that she would come back.
“After much deliberating, I have decided not to ‘Sidle up’ for CSI Vegas. For me CSI has always been a love story. The story that people can find love in the darkest of places and times,” she wrote.
Fox revealed on Twitter that she has decided not to return to the sequel of the classic procedural.
It comes after the show was renewed for a second season in December.
Season one was led by the original series stars William Petersen and Fox. However, Petersen had only signed on to reprise his role as Gil Grissom in the initial 10-episode installment and will only return as an exec producer.
It seems this move has influenced Fox, whose contract had allowed her to continue if she chose to with producers hopeful that she would come back.
“After much deliberating, I have decided not to ‘Sidle up’ for CSI Vegas. For me CSI has always been a love story. The story that people can find love in the darkest of places and times,” she wrote.
- 1/25/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Former “CSI” showrunner Carol Mendelsohn and producer Julie Weitz are in early development on two drama series: “Honor” for NBC and “Body Farm” for CBS.
“Honor” is based on “Heder,” the Swedish series created by Sofia Helin along with stars Julia Dufvenius, Anja Lundqvist and Alexandra Rapaport, which centered on a law firm that handles sexual crimes against women. The legal thriller will follow four women lawyers who fight for disenfranchised underdogs, going to great lengths to solve brutal crimes.
Mendelsohn and Weitz will executive produce for Carol Mendelsohn Productions. Jamie Pachino serves as a writer and executive produces alongside Maria Bello and Starlings Television’s Chris Philip and Karine Martin. Eccho Rights, the global distributor of “Heder,” also partners on the series.
“Body Farm” follows a New York City forensic pathologist who has fall from grace, leaving her almost unemployable. She ends up taking a job with an old-school...
“Honor” is based on “Heder,” the Swedish series created by Sofia Helin along with stars Julia Dufvenius, Anja Lundqvist and Alexandra Rapaport, which centered on a law firm that handles sexual crimes against women. The legal thriller will follow four women lawyers who fight for disenfranchised underdogs, going to great lengths to solve brutal crimes.
Mendelsohn and Weitz will executive produce for Carol Mendelsohn Productions. Jamie Pachino serves as a writer and executive produces alongside Maria Bello and Starlings Television’s Chris Philip and Karine Martin. Eccho Rights, the global distributor of “Heder,” also partners on the series.
“Body Farm” follows a New York City forensic pathologist who has fall from grace, leaving her almost unemployable. She ends up taking a job with an old-school...
- 12/17/2021
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Carol Mendelsohn, the former showrunner of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, has scored a pair of broadcast development sales.
Mendelsohn, who is working with Dick Wolf on Law & Order spinoff For The Defense, is remaking Swedish legal drama Heder for NBC and developing coroner crime drama Body Farm for CBS.
The projects come from Carol Mendelsohn Productions’ overall deal with Universal Television.
Heder, which is based on an idea from The Bridge actor Sofia Helin, is being adapted as Honor. Jamie Pachino, who has co-exec produced series including The Brave and Sneaky Pete, is writing and exec producing with former NCIS star Maria Bello also set as one of the exec producers.
The series follow four brilliant, brash legal minds willing to fight for the underdog, disenfranchised and powerless. The women will be battling a brutal crime, spiraling mystery and a shocking discovery about the truth that threatens to unravel their very carefully constructed lives.
Mendelsohn, who is working with Dick Wolf on Law & Order spinoff For The Defense, is remaking Swedish legal drama Heder for NBC and developing coroner crime drama Body Farm for CBS.
The projects come from Carol Mendelsohn Productions’ overall deal with Universal Television.
Heder, which is based on an idea from The Bridge actor Sofia Helin, is being adapted as Honor. Jamie Pachino, who has co-exec produced series including The Brave and Sneaky Pete, is writing and exec producing with former NCIS star Maria Bello also set as one of the exec producers.
The series follow four brilliant, brash legal minds willing to fight for the underdog, disenfranchised and powerless. The women will be battling a brutal crime, spiraling mystery and a shocking discovery about the truth that threatens to unravel their very carefully constructed lives.
- 12/17/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS has renewed freshman drama CSI: Vegas, a sequel to the groundbreaking 2000 series, for a second season to premiere during the 2022-2023 broadcast season. Season 1 of CSI: Vegas was led by the original series’ stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox. Petersen had only signed on to reprise his role as Gil Grissom in the initial 10-episode installment. He will not continue as an actor but will remain an executive producer for Season 2. According to sources, Fox’s contract allows her to continue as Sara Sidle if she chooses to, and the series’ producers are hopeful that she may come back.
The pickup makes it four-for-four for CBS so far this season, with all of the network’s freshman scripted series that launched this fall getting extra orders — Season 2 pickup for CSI: Vegas, which was designed for a limited, serialized freshman run, and back/full season orders for dramas FBI: International...
The pickup makes it four-for-four for CBS so far this season, with all of the network’s freshman scripted series that launched this fall getting extra orders — Season 2 pickup for CSI: Vegas, which was designed for a limited, serialized freshman run, and back/full season orders for dramas FBI: International...
- 12/15/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
CBS is bringing back the crew from freshman drama “CSI: Vegas” for a second season — but without William Petersen in the cast.
CBS’s renewal of the crime investigation procedural, a sequel to the network’s longrunning hit “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” comes a week after the Season 1 finale aired on Dec. 8. Season 2 of “CSI: Vegas” is slated to air during the 2022-23 broadcast season.
Petersen, who reprised his role as Gil Grissom from the original “CSI,” will not be on Season 2 of “CSI: Vegas”; he had previously agreed to appear only in the initial 10-episode limited series. However, Petersen will continue to serve as an executive producer for S2. Jorja Fox, who similarly appeared in “CSI: Vegas” in the role of Sara Sidle from the original show, is not confirmed for Season 2 at this point.
“CSI: Vegas” opened a new chapter for the franchise in Sin City — where it all began.
CBS’s renewal of the crime investigation procedural, a sequel to the network’s longrunning hit “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” comes a week after the Season 1 finale aired on Dec. 8. Season 2 of “CSI: Vegas” is slated to air during the 2022-23 broadcast season.
Petersen, who reprised his role as Gil Grissom from the original “CSI,” will not be on Season 2 of “CSI: Vegas”; he had previously agreed to appear only in the initial 10-episode limited series. However, Petersen will continue to serve as an executive producer for S2. Jorja Fox, who similarly appeared in “CSI: Vegas” in the role of Sara Sidle from the original show, is not confirmed for Season 2 at this point.
“CSI: Vegas” opened a new chapter for the franchise in Sin City — where it all began.
- 12/15/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
One of NBC's new fall shows has been cancelled before it even premiered. The upcoming Law & Order: For the Defense series has been dropped but a new spin-off of the Law & Order franchise is already in the works.
In May, the peacock network announced that For the Defense had been given a straight-to-series order and that the legal drama would air on Thursday nights at 8:00 Pm this fall, followed by Svu and Organized Crime. This would give executive producer Dick Wolf three complete nights of network programming. Wolf produces NBC's three Chicago shows on Wednesday nights and this fall, will have three FBI shows on Tuesdays.
Carol Mendelsohn (CSI) was to serve as showrunner and executive producer, along with Wolf, Arthur Forney, Julie Weitz, and Peter Jankowski. "This new show is exciting for me...
In May, the peacock network announced that For the Defense had been given a straight-to-series order and that the legal drama would air on Thursday nights at 8:00 Pm this fall, followed by Svu and Organized Crime. This would give executive producer Dick Wolf three complete nights of network programming. Wolf produces NBC's three Chicago shows on Wednesday nights and this fall, will have three FBI shows on Tuesdays.
Carol Mendelsohn (CSI) was to serve as showrunner and executive producer, along with Wolf, Arthur Forney, Julie Weitz, and Peter Jankowski. "This new show is exciting for me...
- 7/16/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
NBC is not moving forward with “Law & Order: For the Defense,” which had been announced earlier this spring as the latest installment of Dick Wolf’s “Law & Order” franchise. Instead, “The Blacklist” will shift to Thursdays at 8 p.m. Et this fall, when “For the Defense” had originally been scheduled.
“For the Defense” had been announced as part of NBC’s two-night, all-Wolf lineup of “Chicago Med” at Wednesdays 8 p.m., followed by “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.,” and “Law & Order: For the Defense” on Thursdays at 8 p.m, then “Law & Order: Svu” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”
Although “For the Defense” isn’t moving forward, insiders confirm that NBC, Wolf and Universal TV are developing another title under the “Law & Order” banner. This isn’t the first time a “Law & Order” series had been announced but then didn’t move forward; a...
“For the Defense” had been announced as part of NBC’s two-night, all-Wolf lineup of “Chicago Med” at Wednesdays 8 p.m., followed by “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.,” and “Law & Order: For the Defense” on Thursdays at 8 p.m, then “Law & Order: Svu” and “Law & Order: Organized Crime.”
Although “For the Defense” isn’t moving forward, insiders confirm that NBC, Wolf and Universal TV are developing another title under the “Law & Order” banner. This isn’t the first time a “Law & Order” series had been announced but then didn’t move forward; a...
- 7/15/2021
- by Michael Schneider
- Variety Film + TV
For the Defense… rests. Permanently.
The Law & Order franchise’s latest iteration, subtitled For the Defense, will not become an NBC series after all, TVLine has learned. The spinoff, which skipped the pilot stage, received a straight-to-series order in May.
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The series was set at a criminal defense law firm. Its official logline stated that every week would...
The Law & Order franchise’s latest iteration, subtitled For the Defense, will not become an NBC series after all, TVLine has learned. The spinoff, which skipped the pilot stage, received a straight-to-series order in May.
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The series was set at a criminal defense law firm. Its official logline stated that every week would...
- 7/15/2021
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
Law & Order: For the Defense, which had been slated for a fall 2021 launch with a straight-to-series order, has been scrapped by NBC. The legal drama, which was supposed to be part of an all-Law & Order Thursday lineup alongside Law & Order: Svu and Law & Order: Organized Crime, will be replaced on the schedule by veteran The Blacklist, which will relocate from Fridays to the Thursday 8 Pm berth for its ninth season.
Dick Wolf had partnered with Carol Mendelsohn on Law & Order: For the Defense, which received a straight-to-series order in early May. The project, which took an inside look at a criminal defense firm, had progressed to the casting stage, with offers made to name actors over the past two months.
I hear a decision ultimately was made to not proceed with the show, though NBC, Wolf and Universal Television — the studio behind the Law & Order franchise...
Dick Wolf had partnered with Carol Mendelsohn on Law & Order: For the Defense, which received a straight-to-series order in early May. The project, which took an inside look at a criminal defense firm, had progressed to the casting stage, with offers made to name actors over the past two months.
I hear a decision ultimately was made to not proceed with the show, though NBC, Wolf and Universal Television — the studio behind the Law & Order franchise...
- 7/15/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
NBC has ditched plans to debut a new “Law & Order” spinoff this fall, the network announced Thursday.
“Law & Order: For the Defense,” a planned spinoff of the long-running Dick Wolf procedural franchise, was ordered straight-to-series back in May for a premiere this fall. The drama was announced as part of NBC’s upcoming fall lineup, set to lead into “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and the Chris Meloni-led “Law & Order: Organized Crime” on Thursday nights.
The network declined to provide a reason for the decision to scrap “For the Defense,” stating only that NBC and Universal Television are continuing to develop another new entry in the franchise.
“For the Defense” was set to be a big departure for the long-running “Law & Order” franchise, breaking from the traditional format to “take an unbiased look inside a criminal defense firm,” according to NBC’s description of the series at the time.
“Law & Order: For the Defense,” a planned spinoff of the long-running Dick Wolf procedural franchise, was ordered straight-to-series back in May for a premiere this fall. The drama was announced as part of NBC’s upcoming fall lineup, set to lead into “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and the Chris Meloni-led “Law & Order: Organized Crime” on Thursday nights.
The network declined to provide a reason for the decision to scrap “For the Defense,” stating only that NBC and Universal Television are continuing to develop another new entry in the franchise.
“For the Defense” was set to be a big departure for the long-running “Law & Order” franchise, breaking from the traditional format to “take an unbiased look inside a criminal defense firm,” according to NBC’s description of the series at the time.
- 7/15/2021
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Updated with new photos: It was a long, pandemic-impacted broadcast development cycle, with some pilots taking a year to get produced, but the broadcast networks have made their picks for new scripted series to debut in fall 2021 as well as the bulk of their decisions for new midseason 2022 shows.
The pandemic forced broadcast executives to think outside the traditional broadcast pilot model and rely more heavily on straight-to-series orders, often based on additional scripts, sometimes delivered through the opening of a writers room.
Check out Deadline’s gallery of new 2021-22 shows. Those picked up straight-to-series that have not produced a pilot and have no episodic art available, are represented by their top talent on or behind the camera.
Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. You can find details on each of the new series below.
Drama
Queens
Studio: ABC Signature
Team: Zahir McGhee, Sabrina Wind (ep), Tim Story
Logline: Estranged and out of touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – their ’90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
Cast: Eve, Naturi Naughton, Brandy, Nadine Velazquez, Pepi Sonuga
Comedy
The Wonder Years
Studio: 20th Television
Team: Saladin Patterson, Fred Savage, Lee Daniels (ep), Marc Velez (ep)
Logline: How a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Al, in the turbulent late 1960s made sure it was the Wonder Years for them too. Reboot of the 1988-93 ABC series.
Cast: Elisha “Ej” Williams, Saycon Sengbloh, Dulé Hill, Laura Kariuki, Milan Ray, Julian Lerner, Amari O’Neil, Don Cheadle (narrator)
Abbott Elementary (Midseason)
Studio: Warner Bros TV/20th Television
Team: Quinta Brunson, Justin Halpern (ep), Patrick Schumacker (ep), Randall Einhorn (d)
Logline: A group of teachers is brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching. They will rely on one another to make it through the day and find a way to counteract the school district’s bullsh*t attitude toward educating children.
Cast: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Maggie (Midseason)
Studio: 20th Television
Team: Maggie Mull, Justin Adler, Evan Hayes (ep), Jeff Morton (ep). Natalia Anderson
Logline: A young woman tries to cope with life while coming to terms with her abilities as a psychic. She can see everyone’s future, but her present is a mess. Based on the short film by Tim Curcio.
Cast: Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Del Rio, Kerri Kenney, Chris Elliott, Nichole Sakura, Angelique Cabral, Leonardo Nam, Ray Ford, Chloe Bridges
Limited Series
Women Of The Movement (Midseason)
Studio: Kapital Entertainment
Team: Marissa Jo Cerar, Jay-Z (ep), Jay Brown (ep), Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith (ep), Will Smith (ep), James Lassiter (ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Michael Lohmann (ep), Gina Prince-Bythewood, Rosanna Grace (ep), Alex Foster (ep), John Powers Middleton (ep), David Clark (ep), Tina Mabry (d), Julie Dash (d), Kasi Lemmons (d)
Logline: Centers on Mamie Till-Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till. Inspired by the book ‘Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement’ by Devery S. Anderson.
Cast: Adrienne Warren, Tonya Pinkins, Cedric Joe, Glynn Turman, Ray Fisher, Chris Coy, Julia McDermott, Carter Jenkins, Joshua Caleb, Leslie Silva, Chris Butler, Alex Désert, Miles Fowler, Tongayi Chirisa, Jason Turner, Daniel Abeles
Drama
CSI: Vegas
Studio: CBS Studios/Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Team: Jason Tracey, Uta Briesewitz, Jerry Bruckheimer (ep), Jonathan Littman (ep), KristieAnne Reed (ep), Anthony Zuiker (ep), Carol Mendelsohn (ep), Ann Donahue (ep), Craig O’Neill (ep), William Petersen (ep), Cindy Chvatal (ep)
Logline: Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant new team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City. Sequel to the 2000-15 CBS drama ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’
Cast: William Petersen, Jorja Fox, Wallace Langham, Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria, Mel Rodriguez and Mandeep Dhillon
FBI: International
Studio: Wolf Entertainment/Universal Television/CBS Studios
Team: Dick Wolf (ep), Derek Haas, Rick Eid (ep), Peter Jankowski (ep), Arthur Forney (ep)
Logline: ‘FBI’ spinoff follows the elite agents of the FBI’s International division as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.
Cast: Tba
NCIS: Hawai’I
Studio: CBS Studios
Team: Christopher Silber, Jan Nash, Matt Bosack, Larry Teng
Logline: Set in the Aloha State, it follows the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor and her team as they balance duty to family and country, investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the island itself.
Cast: Vanessa Lachey
Good Sam (Midseason)
Studio: CBS Studios/Sutton St. Productions
Team: Katie Wech, Jennie Snyder Urman (ep), Joanna Klein (ep)
Logline: A talented yet stifled surgeon embraces her leadership role after her renowned and pompous boss falls into a coma. When he awakens and wants to resume surgery, however, it falls to her to supervise this overbearing blowhard who never acknowledged her talents — and also happens to be her father.
Cast: Sophia Bush, Jason Isaacs, Edwin Hodge, Skye P. Marshall, Michael Stahl-David, Davi Santos, Omar Maskati, Wendy Crewson
Comedy
Ghosts (single camera)
Studio: Lionsgate Television/BBC Studios/CBS Television Studios
Team: Joe Port, Joe Wiseman, Mathew Baynton (ep), Jim Howick (ep), Simon Farnaby (ep), Laurence Rickard (ep), Ben Willbond (ep), Martha Howe-Douglas, Alison Carpenter (ep), Debra Hayward (ep), Alison Owen (ep), Angie Stephenson (ep)
Logline: Follows a young couple, Samantha and Ryan, whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. Based on the British series.
Cast: Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rebecca Wisocky, Brandon Scott Jones, Danielle Pinnock, Asher Grodman, Richie Moriarty, Sheila Carrasco and Román Zaragoza
Smallwood (Midseason; multi-camera)
Studio: CBS Studios
Team: Mark Gross, David Hollander (ep), Brian D’Arcy James (ep), Mark Cendrowski (d)
Logline: After being laid off from the assembly line at the Gm factory, a seemingly ordinary man makes the extraordinary decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler. Based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life.
Cast: Pete Holmes, Chi McBride, Katie Lowes
Drama
The Big Leap
Studios: 20th Century Fox Television/Fox Entertainment
Team: Liz Heldens, Sue Naegle (ep), Peter Dale (ep), Jason Winer
Logline: Contemporary tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours. The show revolves around a group of diverse underdogs from all different walks of life who compete to be part of a competition reality series that is putting on a modern, hip remake of Swan Lake. What they lack in the traditional dancer body type, they make up for with their edge, wit and desire to reimagine an iconic story to fit their own mold. Inspired by the UK series ‘Big Ballet.’
Cast: Scott Foley, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo, Ser’Darius Blain, Jon Rudnitsky, Simone Rescasner, Raymond Cham Jr., Kevin Daniels, Mallory Jansen
Our Kind Of People
Studios: 20th Century TV/Fox Entertainment
Team: Karin Gist, Lee Daniels (ep), Marc Velez (ep), Clarie Brown (ep), Pam Williams (ep), Ben Silverman (ep), Howard T. Owens (ep), Rodney Ferrell (ep), Montrel McKay (ep)
Logline: Single mom Angela Vaughn risks it all and moves her family to Martha’s Vineyard with hopes of taking her natural hair care line to the next level by infiltrating the African-American elite in Oak Bluffs. But she soon discovers a secret about her past that just might change her position and shake up her life and this influential community forever. Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book ‘Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class’
Cast: Yaya DeCosta
The Cleaning Lady (Midseason)
Studios: Warner Bros Television/Fox Entertainment
Team: Miranda Kwok, Melissa Carter, Michael Offer, Shay Mitchell (ep), Rose Marie Vega (ep), Paola Suarez (ep)
Logline: A whip-smart doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules. Based on the Argentine series ‘La Chica que Limpia.’
Cast: Élodie Yung, Vincent Piazza, Martha Millan, Adan Canto, Erik Valdez
Monarch (Midseason)
(fka Untitled Country Music Dynasty)
Studios: Fox Entertainment
Team: Melissa London Hilfers, Michael Rauch, Gail Berman (ep), Hend Baghdady (ep), Jason Owen (ep)
Logline: Multigenerational musical drama about America’s first family of country music. The Romans are fiercely talented, but while their name is synonymous with honesty, the very foundation of their success is a lie. When their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, Nicky Roman, the heir to the crown — already battling an industry stacked against her — will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy.
Cast: Tba
Accused (for 2022-23 season)
Studios: Sony Pictures Television/Fox Entertainment
Team: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, David Shore, Glenn Geller (ep), Erin Gunn (ep), Jacob Cohen-Holmes (ep), Jimmy McGovern (ep), Sita Williams (ep), Roxy Spencer (ep)
Logline: Each episode opens in a courtroom with the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial. It follows how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Based on the BBC series.
Cast: Tba
Comedy
Pivoting (Midseason; single camera)
Studios: Warner Bros. Television/Fox Entertainment/Kapital Entertainment
Team: Liz Astrof, Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Tristram Shapeero
Logline: Follows three women after the death of their childhood best friend. Faced with the reality that life is short, in desperate attempts to find happiness, they make a series of impulsive, ill-advised and self-indulgent decisions, strengthening their bond proving it’s never too late to screw up your life.
Cast: Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, Tommy Dewey, Jt Neal, Julian Reyes
Welcome To Flatch (Midseason; single camera; fka This Country)
Studios: Lionsgate/BBC Studios/Fox Entertainment/Feigco Entertainment
Team: Jenny Bicks, Paul Feig, Daisy May Cooper (ep), Charlie Cooper (ep), Angie Stephenson (ep), Dan Magnante (co-ep), Cathy Mason (p), Rachel Mason (p)
Logline: A documentary crew follows cousins Kelly and Shrub Mallet as they go about their daily lives in idiosyncratic surroundings.
Cast: Chelsea Holmes, Sam Straley, Seann William Scott, Aya Cash, Taylor Ortega, Justin Linville, Krystal Smith
Drama
LA Brea
Studios: Universal Television/Keshet Studios
Team: David Appelbaum, Avi Nir (ep), Alon Shtruzman (ep), Peter Traugott (ep), Rachel Kaplan (ep), Ken Woodruff (ep), Steven Lilien (ep), Bryan Wynbrandt (ep), Ken Woodruff (ep), Arika Lisanne Mittman (ep), Adam Davidson (ep), Thor Freudenthal (d)
Logline: A massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.
Cast: Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken, Jon Seda, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chiké Okonkwo, Karina Logue, Zyra Gorecki, Jack Martin, Veronica St. Clair, Rohan Mirchandaney, Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, Chloe De Los Santos, Ione Skye (recurring)
Law & Order: For The Defense
Studios: Universal Television/Wolf Entertainment
Team: Carol Mendelsohn, Dick Wolf (ep), Arthur Forney (ep), Julie Weitz (ep), Peter Jankowski (ep)
Logline: ‘Law & Order’ spinoff looks inside a criminal defense firm, putting the lawyers under a microscope, along with the criminal justice system.
Cast: Tba
Ordinary Joe
Studios: 20th Television/Universal Television/6th & Idaho/3 Arts
Team: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Matt Reeves (ep), Adam Kassan (ep), Rafi Crohn (ep), Howard Klein (ep), Adam Davidson
Logline: Life is all about the choices you make – and sometimes what you do in a single moment can change everything. Joe Kimbreau faces one of these decisions at his college graduation. The three parallel stories that diverge from that night find Joe and the people around him with different careers, relationships and family lives, showing the unexpected ways that things change – and stay the same. But when it comes down to it, there is no “right” choice; no matter what happens, Joe’s life is always messy, exciting, tough, unpredictable … and beautiful.
Cast: James Wolk, Natalie Martinezt, Elizabeth Lail, Charlie Barnet
Comedy
American Auto (Midseason)single camera)
Studio: Universal Television/Spitzer Holding Company/Kapital Entertainment.
Team: Justin Spitzer, Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Jeff Blitz
Logline: Set in Detroit, the corporate executives of Payne Motors are at a crossroads: adapt to the changing times or be sent to the junkyard. Shaking things up is the new CEO, whose leadership, experience and savvy is only slightly offset by her complete lack of knowledge about cars. Luckily, her team has some of the best minds in the business – when they aren’t fighting or trying to outwit one another.
Cast: Ana Gasteyer, Jon Barinholtz, Harriet Dyer, Humphrey Ker, Michael B. Washington, Tye White, X Mayo
Grand Crew (Midseason)single camera)
Studio: Universal Television
Team: Phil Augusta Jackson, Dan Goor, Mo Marable
Logline: Follows a group of young professionals all trying to navigate the ups and downs of life and love in Los Angeles — and they always find time to gather at their favorite bar to “wine down” and unpack it all.
Cast: Echo Kellum, Justin Cunningham, Carl Tart, Aaron Jennings, Nicole Byer
Limited Series
The Thing About Pam (Midseason)
Studios: Blumhouse Television/NBC News Studios/Big Picture Company
Team: Jessika Borsiczky, Jenny Klein, Renee Zellweger (ep), Carmella Casinelli (ep), Liz Cole (ep), Noah Oppenheim (ep), Jason Blum (ep), Chris McCumber (ep), Jeremy Gold (ep)
Logline: Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’ conviction, though he insisted he did not kill her. His conviction later was overturned, but the brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
Cast: Renee Zellweger
4400
Studio: CBS Studios
Team: Ariana Jackson, Anna Fricke, Laura Terry (ep)
Logline: 4,400 overlooked, undervalued or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the past hundred years all are returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4,400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few … upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason. Based on the 2004-07 USA Network series.
Cast: Joseph David-Jones, Khailah Johnson, Brittany Adebumola, Jaye Ladymore, Amarr Wooten
Launch Gallery: New Scripted Series On Network TV For 2021-22: Photo Gallery...
The pandemic forced broadcast executives to think outside the traditional broadcast pilot model and rely more heavily on straight-to-series orders, often based on additional scripts, sometimes delivered through the opening of a writers room.
Check out Deadline’s gallery of new 2021-22 shows. Those picked up straight-to-series that have not produced a pilot and have no episodic art available, are represented by their top talent on or behind the camera.
Click on the photo above to launch the gallery. You can find details on each of the new series below.
Drama
Queens
Studio: ABC Signature
Team: Zahir McGhee, Sabrina Wind (ep), Tim Story
Logline: Estranged and out of touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches – their ’90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
Cast: Eve, Naturi Naughton, Brandy, Nadine Velazquez, Pepi Sonuga
Comedy
The Wonder Years
Studio: 20th Television
Team: Saladin Patterson, Fred Savage, Lee Daniels (ep), Marc Velez (ep)
Logline: How a black middle-class family in Montgomery, Al, in the turbulent late 1960s made sure it was the Wonder Years for them too. Reboot of the 1988-93 ABC series.
Cast: Elisha “Ej” Williams, Saycon Sengbloh, Dulé Hill, Laura Kariuki, Milan Ray, Julian Lerner, Amari O’Neil, Don Cheadle (narrator)
Abbott Elementary (Midseason)
Studio: Warner Bros TV/20th Television
Team: Quinta Brunson, Justin Halpern (ep), Patrick Schumacker (ep), Randall Einhorn (d)
Logline: A group of teachers is brought together in one of the worst public schools in the country, simply because they love teaching. They will rely on one another to make it through the day and find a way to counteract the school district’s bullsh*t attitude toward educating children.
Cast: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Maggie (Midseason)
Studio: 20th Television
Team: Maggie Mull, Justin Adler, Evan Hayes (ep), Jeff Morton (ep). Natalia Anderson
Logline: A young woman tries to cope with life while coming to terms with her abilities as a psychic. She can see everyone’s future, but her present is a mess. Based on the short film by Tim Curcio.
Cast: Rebecca Rittenhouse, David Del Rio, Kerri Kenney, Chris Elliott, Nichole Sakura, Angelique Cabral, Leonardo Nam, Ray Ford, Chloe Bridges
Limited Series
Women Of The Movement (Midseason)
Studio: Kapital Entertainment
Team: Marissa Jo Cerar, Jay-Z (ep), Jay Brown (ep), Tyran “Ty Ty” Smith (ep), Will Smith (ep), James Lassiter (ep), Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Michael Lohmann (ep), Gina Prince-Bythewood, Rosanna Grace (ep), Alex Foster (ep), John Powers Middleton (ep), David Clark (ep), Tina Mabry (d), Julie Dash (d), Kasi Lemmons (d)
Logline: Centers on Mamie Till-Mobley, who devoted her life to seeking justice for her son Emmett Till. Inspired by the book ‘Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement’ by Devery S. Anderson.
Cast: Adrienne Warren, Tonya Pinkins, Cedric Joe, Glynn Turman, Ray Fisher, Chris Coy, Julia McDermott, Carter Jenkins, Joshua Caleb, Leslie Silva, Chris Butler, Alex Désert, Miles Fowler, Tongayi Chirisa, Jason Turner, Daniel Abeles
Drama
CSI: Vegas
Studio: CBS Studios/Jerry Bruckheimer Television
Team: Jason Tracey, Uta Briesewitz, Jerry Bruckheimer (ep), Jonathan Littman (ep), KristieAnne Reed (ep), Anthony Zuiker (ep), Carol Mendelsohn (ep), Ann Donahue (ep), Craig O’Neill (ep), William Petersen (ep), Cindy Chvatal (ep)
Logline: Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant new team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City. Sequel to the 2000-15 CBS drama ‘CSI: Crime Scene Investigation.’
Cast: William Petersen, Jorja Fox, Wallace Langham, Paula Newsome, Matt Lauria, Mel Rodriguez and Mandeep Dhillon
FBI: International
Studio: Wolf Entertainment/Universal Television/CBS Studios
Team: Dick Wolf (ep), Derek Haas, Rick Eid (ep), Peter Jankowski (ep), Arthur Forney (ep)
Logline: ‘FBI’ spinoff follows the elite agents of the FBI’s International division as they travel the world with the mission of protecting Americans wherever they may be.
Cast: Tba
NCIS: Hawai’I
Studio: CBS Studios
Team: Christopher Silber, Jan Nash, Matt Bosack, Larry Teng
Logline: Set in the Aloha State, it follows the first female Special Agent in Charge of NCIS Pearl Harbor and her team as they balance duty to family and country, investigating high-stakes crimes involving military personnel, national security and the mysteries of the island itself.
Cast: Vanessa Lachey
Good Sam (Midseason)
Studio: CBS Studios/Sutton St. Productions
Team: Katie Wech, Jennie Snyder Urman (ep), Joanna Klein (ep)
Logline: A talented yet stifled surgeon embraces her leadership role after her renowned and pompous boss falls into a coma. When he awakens and wants to resume surgery, however, it falls to her to supervise this overbearing blowhard who never acknowledged her talents — and also happens to be her father.
Cast: Sophia Bush, Jason Isaacs, Edwin Hodge, Skye P. Marshall, Michael Stahl-David, Davi Santos, Omar Maskati, Wendy Crewson
Comedy
Ghosts (single camera)
Studio: Lionsgate Television/BBC Studios/CBS Television Studios
Team: Joe Port, Joe Wiseman, Mathew Baynton (ep), Jim Howick (ep), Simon Farnaby (ep), Laurence Rickard (ep), Ben Willbond (ep), Martha Howe-Douglas, Alison Carpenter (ep), Debra Hayward (ep), Alison Owen (ep), Angie Stephenson (ep)
Logline: Follows a young couple, Samantha and Ryan, whose dreams come true when they inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. Based on the British series.
Cast: Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Rebecca Wisocky, Brandon Scott Jones, Danielle Pinnock, Asher Grodman, Richie Moriarty, Sheila Carrasco and Román Zaragoza
Smallwood (Midseason; multi-camera)
Studio: CBS Studios
Team: Mark Gross, David Hollander (ep), Brian D’Arcy James (ep), Mark Cendrowski (d)
Logline: After being laid off from the assembly line at the Gm factory, a seemingly ordinary man makes the extraordinary decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler. Based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life.
Cast: Pete Holmes, Chi McBride, Katie Lowes
Drama
The Big Leap
Studios: 20th Century Fox Television/Fox Entertainment
Team: Liz Heldens, Sue Naegle (ep), Peter Dale (ep), Jason Winer
Logline: Contemporary tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours. The show revolves around a group of diverse underdogs from all different walks of life who compete to be part of a competition reality series that is putting on a modern, hip remake of Swan Lake. What they lack in the traditional dancer body type, they make up for with their edge, wit and desire to reimagine an iconic story to fit their own mold. Inspired by the UK series ‘Big Ballet.’
Cast: Scott Foley, Teri Polo, Piper Perabo, Ser’Darius Blain, Jon Rudnitsky, Simone Rescasner, Raymond Cham Jr., Kevin Daniels, Mallory Jansen
Our Kind Of People
Studios: 20th Century TV/Fox Entertainment
Team: Karin Gist, Lee Daniels (ep), Marc Velez (ep), Clarie Brown (ep), Pam Williams (ep), Ben Silverman (ep), Howard T. Owens (ep), Rodney Ferrell (ep), Montrel McKay (ep)
Logline: Single mom Angela Vaughn risks it all and moves her family to Martha’s Vineyard with hopes of taking her natural hair care line to the next level by infiltrating the African-American elite in Oak Bluffs. But she soon discovers a secret about her past that just might change her position and shake up her life and this influential community forever. Inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book ‘Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class’
Cast: Yaya DeCosta
The Cleaning Lady (Midseason)
Studios: Warner Bros Television/Fox Entertainment
Team: Miranda Kwok, Melissa Carter, Michael Offer, Shay Mitchell (ep), Rose Marie Vega (ep), Paola Suarez (ep)
Logline: A whip-smart doctor comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. But when the system fails and pushes her into hiding, she refuses to be beaten down and marginalized. Instead, she becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules. Based on the Argentine series ‘La Chica que Limpia.’
Cast: Élodie Yung, Vincent Piazza, Martha Millan, Adan Canto, Erik Valdez
Monarch (Midseason)
(fka Untitled Country Music Dynasty)
Studios: Fox Entertainment
Team: Melissa London Hilfers, Michael Rauch, Gail Berman (ep), Hend Baghdady (ep), Jason Owen (ep)
Logline: Multigenerational musical drama about America’s first family of country music. The Romans are fiercely talented, but while their name is synonymous with honesty, the very foundation of their success is a lie. When their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, Nicky Roman, the heir to the crown — already battling an industry stacked against her — will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy.
Cast: Tba
Accused (for 2022-23 season)
Studios: Sony Pictures Television/Fox Entertainment
Team: Howard Gordon, Alex Gansa, David Shore, Glenn Geller (ep), Erin Gunn (ep), Jacob Cohen-Holmes (ep), Jimmy McGovern (ep), Sita Williams (ep), Roxy Spencer (ep)
Logline: Each episode opens in a courtroom with the accused without knowing their crime or how they ended up on trial. It follows how an ordinary person got caught up in an extraordinary situation, ultimately revealing how one wrong turn leads to another, until it’s too late to turn back. Based on the BBC series.
Cast: Tba
Comedy
Pivoting (Midseason; single camera)
Studios: Warner Bros. Television/Fox Entertainment/Kapital Entertainment
Team: Liz Astrof, Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Tristram Shapeero
Logline: Follows three women after the death of their childhood best friend. Faced with the reality that life is short, in desperate attempts to find happiness, they make a series of impulsive, ill-advised and self-indulgent decisions, strengthening their bond proving it’s never too late to screw up your life.
Cast: Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, Maggie Q, Tommy Dewey, Jt Neal, Julian Reyes
Welcome To Flatch (Midseason; single camera; fka This Country)
Studios: Lionsgate/BBC Studios/Fox Entertainment/Feigco Entertainment
Team: Jenny Bicks, Paul Feig, Daisy May Cooper (ep), Charlie Cooper (ep), Angie Stephenson (ep), Dan Magnante (co-ep), Cathy Mason (p), Rachel Mason (p)
Logline: A documentary crew follows cousins Kelly and Shrub Mallet as they go about their daily lives in idiosyncratic surroundings.
Cast: Chelsea Holmes, Sam Straley, Seann William Scott, Aya Cash, Taylor Ortega, Justin Linville, Krystal Smith
Drama
LA Brea
Studios: Universal Television/Keshet Studios
Team: David Appelbaum, Avi Nir (ep), Alon Shtruzman (ep), Peter Traugott (ep), Rachel Kaplan (ep), Ken Woodruff (ep), Steven Lilien (ep), Bryan Wynbrandt (ep), Ken Woodruff (ep), Arika Lisanne Mittman (ep), Adam Davidson (ep), Thor Freudenthal (d)
Logline: A massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval land, where they have no choice but to band together to survive. Meanwhile, the rest of the world desperately seeks to understand what happened. In the search for answers, one family torn apart by this disaster will have to unlock the secrets of this inexplicable event to find a way back to each other.
Cast: Natalie Zea, Eoin Macken, Jon Seda, Nicholas Gonzalez, Chiké Okonkwo, Karina Logue, Zyra Gorecki, Jack Martin, Veronica St. Clair, Rohan Mirchandaney, Lily Santiago, Josh McKenzie, Chloe De Los Santos, Ione Skye (recurring)
Law & Order: For The Defense
Studios: Universal Television/Wolf Entertainment
Team: Carol Mendelsohn, Dick Wolf (ep), Arthur Forney (ep), Julie Weitz (ep), Peter Jankowski (ep)
Logline: ‘Law & Order’ spinoff looks inside a criminal defense firm, putting the lawyers under a microscope, along with the criminal justice system.
Cast: Tba
Ordinary Joe
Studios: 20th Television/Universal Television/6th & Idaho/3 Arts
Team: Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner, Matt Reeves (ep), Adam Kassan (ep), Rafi Crohn (ep), Howard Klein (ep), Adam Davidson
Logline: Life is all about the choices you make – and sometimes what you do in a single moment can change everything. Joe Kimbreau faces one of these decisions at his college graduation. The three parallel stories that diverge from that night find Joe and the people around him with different careers, relationships and family lives, showing the unexpected ways that things change – and stay the same. But when it comes down to it, there is no “right” choice; no matter what happens, Joe’s life is always messy, exciting, tough, unpredictable … and beautiful.
Cast: James Wolk, Natalie Martinezt, Elizabeth Lail, Charlie Barnet
Comedy
American Auto (Midseason)single camera)
Studio: Universal Television/Spitzer Holding Company/Kapital Entertainment.
Team: Justin Spitzer, Aaron Kaplan (ep), Dana Honor (ep), Jeff Blitz
Logline: Set in Detroit, the corporate executives of Payne Motors are at a crossroads: adapt to the changing times or be sent to the junkyard. Shaking things up is the new CEO, whose leadership, experience and savvy is only slightly offset by her complete lack of knowledge about cars. Luckily, her team has some of the best minds in the business – when they aren’t fighting or trying to outwit one another.
Cast: Ana Gasteyer, Jon Barinholtz, Harriet Dyer, Humphrey Ker, Michael B. Washington, Tye White, X Mayo
Grand Crew (Midseason)single camera)
Studio: Universal Television
Team: Phil Augusta Jackson, Dan Goor, Mo Marable
Logline: Follows a group of young professionals all trying to navigate the ups and downs of life and love in Los Angeles — and they always find time to gather at their favorite bar to “wine down” and unpack it all.
Cast: Echo Kellum, Justin Cunningham, Carl Tart, Aaron Jennings, Nicole Byer
Limited Series
The Thing About Pam (Midseason)
Studios: Blumhouse Television/NBC News Studios/Big Picture Company
Team: Jessika Borsiczky, Jenny Klein, Renee Zellweger (ep), Carmella Casinelli (ep), Liz Cole (ep), Noah Oppenheim (ep), Jason Blum (ep), Chris McCumber (ep), Jeremy Gold (ep)
Logline: Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband Russ’ conviction, though he insisted he did not kill her. His conviction later was overturned, but the brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.
Cast: Renee Zellweger
4400
Studio: CBS Studios
Team: Ariana Jackson, Anna Fricke, Laura Terry (ep)
Logline: 4,400 overlooked, undervalued or otherwise marginalized people who vanished without a trace over the past hundred years all are returned in an instant, having not aged a day and with no memory of what happened to them. As the government races to analyze the potential threat and contain the story, the 4,400 themselves must grapple with the fact that they’ve been returned with a few … upgrades, and the increasing likelihood that they were all brought back now for a specific reason. Based on the 2004-07 USA Network series.
Cast: Joseph David-Jones, Khailah Johnson, Brittany Adebumola, Jaye Ladymore, Amarr Wooten
Launch Gallery: New Scripted Series On Network TV For 2021-22: Photo Gallery...
- 5/25/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva and Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
We’re getting the first look at some of CBS’ new comedy and drama series for the 2021-22 season. The network has released the trailer for its new comedy series Ghosts, starring Rose McIver and Utkarsh Ambudkar. We’re also getting a preview of straight-to-series dramas NCIS: Hawai’i, Dick Wolf’s FBI: International and CSI: Vegas with comments from stars, creators and producers. You can read about each and watch below.
Ghosts — Comedy
Ghosts is a single-camera comedy about Samantha (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), a cheerful freelance journalist and up-and-coming chef from the city, respectively, who throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast—only to find it’s inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home. The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer,...
Ghosts — Comedy
Ghosts is a single-camera comedy about Samantha (Rose McIver) and Jay (Utkarsh Ambudkar), a cheerful freelance journalist and up-and-coming chef from the city, respectively, who throw both caution and money to the wind when they decide to convert a huge rundown country estate they inherited into a bed & breakfast—only to find it’s inhabited by the many spirits of deceased residents who now call it home. The departed souls are a close-knit, eclectic group that includes a saucy Prohibition-era lounge singer,...
- 5/19/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“This Is Us” will officially end its run on NBC after Season 6, Variety has confirmed with sources.
Season 5 of the series is currently airing, with Season 6 set to begin shooting this summer for a debut during the 2021-2022 broadcast season. The hit family drama was renewed through Season 6 back in 2019 while the third season was airing. The creative team behind the show has previously said on multiple occassions that they planned to wrap the show up with its sixth outing.
NBC and 20th Television declined to comment.
“This Is Us” has been a smash hit for NBC right out of the gate, with the show racking up impressive ratings and critical acclaim from the time it launched. It follows the Pearson family across the multiple decades of their lives. It stars Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, and Justin Hartley in the main roles. Susan Kelechi Watson,...
Season 5 of the series is currently airing, with Season 6 set to begin shooting this summer for a debut during the 2021-2022 broadcast season. The hit family drama was renewed through Season 6 back in 2019 while the third season was airing. The creative team behind the show has previously said on multiple occassions that they planned to wrap the show up with its sixth outing.
NBC and 20th Television declined to comment.
“This Is Us” has been a smash hit for NBC right out of the gate, with the show racking up impressive ratings and critical acclaim from the time it launched. It follows the Pearson family across the multiple decades of their lives. It stars Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, and Justin Hartley in the main roles. Susan Kelechi Watson,...
- 5/12/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has given a pilot order to the one-hour drama “Dangerous Moms.”
The show is based on the Spanish series “Señoras del (h)Ampa.” The series is described as an off-center dark dramedy about four diverse mothers who accidentally kill the queen bee of their school’s PTA during the demonstration of a new high-end food processor. The story becomes a female anthem about friendship and family as it tells the story of one completely unprepared group of women who must juggle their everyday lives while their worlds are turned upside down.
The pilot is written and executive produced by Janine Sherman Barrois, whose past credits include “Claws,” “Criminal Minds,” and “ER.” Rachel Kaplan of Absecon Entertainment also executive produces along with Tariq Jalil and Lucas Carter of Intrigue Entertainment, Arantxa Écija of Mediaset España Comunicación, and Santi Botello of Producciones Mandarina Sl. Warner Bros. Television is the studio. Sherman Barrois...
The show is based on the Spanish series “Señoras del (h)Ampa.” The series is described as an off-center dark dramedy about four diverse mothers who accidentally kill the queen bee of their school’s PTA during the demonstration of a new high-end food processor. The story becomes a female anthem about friendship and family as it tells the story of one completely unprepared group of women who must juggle their everyday lives while their worlds are turned upside down.
The pilot is written and executive produced by Janine Sherman Barrois, whose past credits include “Claws,” “Criminal Minds,” and “ER.” Rachel Kaplan of Absecon Entertainment also executive produces along with Tariq Jalil and Lucas Carter of Intrigue Entertainment, Arantxa Écija of Mediaset España Comunicación, and Santi Botello of Producciones Mandarina Sl. Warner Bros. Television is the studio. Sherman Barrois...
- 5/10/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
There is no stopping the Law & Order franchise. NBC has handed out a series order to a new spinoff called Law & Order: For The Defense, coming to us from series creator Dick Wolf and CSI's Carol Mendelsohn. Law & Order: For The Defense will take us inside a criminal defense firm and put the layers under the microscope. The…...
- 5/5/2021
- by Gaius Bolling
- JoBlo.com
Executive producer Dick Wolf is further cementing his relationship with the peacock network. NBC has ordered yet another spin-off of the Law & Order franchise. Law & Order: For The Defense will be a legal drama that will take an inside look at a criminal defense firm -- the opposite side of the table from Wolf's usual procedural series. Wolf will executive produce the series, along with Carol Mendelsohn, the showrunner of CBS' CSI series for 14 years.
If Law & Order: For The Defense launches next season and recent entry Law & Order: Organized Crime is renewed, that will bring Wolf's network series tally to nine hour-dramas on network television. In addition to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC, Wolf also has Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Chicago Pd. Those four shows have already scored multiple season pick-ups. On CBS' 2021-22...
If Law & Order: For The Defense launches next season and recent entry Law & Order: Organized Crime is renewed, that will bring Wolf's network series tally to nine hour-dramas on network television. In addition to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC, Wolf also has Chicago Fire, Chicago Med, and Chicago Pd. Those four shows have already scored multiple season pick-ups. On CBS' 2021-22...
- 5/4/2021
- by TVSeriesFinale.com
- TVSeriesFinale.com
Exclusive: Jamie McShane (Bloodline) is joining CBS’ CSI: Vegas, a sequel to the mothership CSI series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, in a recurring role. Additionally, Paul Guilfoyle, who played Jim Brass on the original will return to reprise his role in the sequel series, appearing in two episodes.
The sequel series opens a new chapter in Las Vegas, the city where it all began. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
McShane will play Anson Wix, a civil attorney. A self-made scrapper, he’s someone you’d want in your corner, but the last person you’d want to face off. After years of hard work, he now has his own practice.
Headlined by returning CSI stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox, joined...
The sequel series opens a new chapter in Las Vegas, the city where it all began. Facing an existential threat that could bring down the Crime Lab, a brilliant team of forensic investigators must welcome back old friends and deploy new techniques to preserve and serve justice in Sin City.
McShane will play Anson Wix, a civil attorney. A self-made scrapper, he’s someone you’d want in your corner, but the last person you’d want to face off. After years of hard work, he now has his own practice.
Headlined by returning CSI stars William Petersen and Jorja Fox, joined...
- 5/3/2021
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
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