Keep the car CD changer handy and a case of Surge on ice: That ’90s Show is rolling into a second season.
Netflix has renewed the generational sequel to That ’70s Show for a second season, the streamer announced via social media on Friday. The renewal is a relatively quick one for Netflix, coming just two weeks after the comedy’s Jan. 19 premiere.
The show will also go longer in its second season: Netflix has ordered 16 episodes, up from 10 for season one.
“All of us at That ‘90s Show were beyond excited by the warm, enthusiastic response to our first season,” co-creator and showrunner Gregg Mettler said in a statement. “We can’t wait to return to Point Place for another summer of laughs and surprises. Hello 1996!” Added co-creator and executive producer Lindsey Turner, “We owe the fans, old and new, for taking the trip with us in the first...
Netflix has renewed the generational sequel to That ’70s Show for a second season, the streamer announced via social media on Friday. The renewal is a relatively quick one for Netflix, coming just two weeks after the comedy’s Jan. 19 premiere.
The show will also go longer in its second season: Netflix has ordered 16 episodes, up from 10 for season one.
“All of us at That ‘90s Show were beyond excited by the warm, enthusiastic response to our first season,” co-creator and showrunner Gregg Mettler said in a statement. “We can’t wait to return to Point Place for another summer of laughs and surprises. Hello 1996!” Added co-creator and executive producer Lindsey Turner, “We owe the fans, old and new, for taking the trip with us in the first...
- 2/3/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“That ’90s Show” has been renewed for Season 2 at Netflix.
The news comes just weeks after the first season of the series debuted on the streamer on Jan. 19. Per Netflix, the show reached Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list in 35 countries, with more than 41 million hours viewed.
“All of us at ‘That ‘90s Show’ were beyond excited by the warm, enthusiastic response to our first season. We can’t wait to return to Point Place for another summer of laughs and surprises. Hello 1996!” said series co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner Gregg Mettler.
As the title would suggest, the series picks up years after the conclusion of “That ’70s Show” in 1995. Per the official logline, “Leia Forman (Callie Haverda) is desperate for some adventure in her life or at least a best friend who isn’t her dad. When she arrives in Point Place to visit her grandparents, Red (Kurtwood Smith...
The news comes just weeks after the first season of the series debuted on the streamer on Jan. 19. Per Netflix, the show reached Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list in 35 countries, with more than 41 million hours viewed.
“All of us at ‘That ‘90s Show’ were beyond excited by the warm, enthusiastic response to our first season. We can’t wait to return to Point Place for another summer of laughs and surprises. Hello 1996!” said series co-creator, executive producer, and showrunner Gregg Mettler.
As the title would suggest, the series picks up years after the conclusion of “That ’70s Show” in 1995. Per the official logline, “Leia Forman (Callie Haverda) is desperate for some adventure in her life or at least a best friend who isn’t her dad. When she arrives in Point Place to visit her grandparents, Red (Kurtwood Smith...
- 2/3/2023
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Freevee has handed out a straight-to-series order for The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh.
The original comedy series stars Emmy nominee and SAG Award winner Naveen Andrews, comedian Sindhu Vee (Starstruck), and Tony nominee Megan Hilty.
"Inspired by the personal experiences of Emmy-nominated Vijal Patel, the series follows the Pradeep family and the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India," the streaming service teases in the logline.
"As told through hilarious (and often conflicting) flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled—romantically, personally, and professionally—with a polar-opposite neighborhood family, leading to a predicament with many surprising twists."
The eight, half-hour episode series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios.
Writer Vijal Patel is set to serve as showrunner and executive producer.
Emmy winner Sara Gilbert, Mandy Summers, and Emmy winner Tom Werner are executive producers.
Michael Showalter of...
The original comedy series stars Emmy nominee and SAG Award winner Naveen Andrews, comedian Sindhu Vee (Starstruck), and Tony nominee Megan Hilty.
"Inspired by the personal experiences of Emmy-nominated Vijal Patel, the series follows the Pradeep family and the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India," the streaming service teases in the logline.
"As told through hilarious (and often conflicting) flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled—romantically, personally, and professionally—with a polar-opposite neighborhood family, leading to a predicament with many surprising twists."
The eight, half-hour episode series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios.
Writer Vijal Patel is set to serve as showrunner and executive producer.
Emmy winner Sara Gilbert, Mandy Summers, and Emmy winner Tom Werner are executive producers.
Michael Showalter of...
- 1/19/2023
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Amazon Freevee has given a straight-to-series order to “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” an eight-episode series inspired by the life of showrunner Vijal Patel. Naveen Andrews stars in the ensemble comedy as patriarch Mahesh Pradeep.
“The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh” follows the Pradeep family and the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India. As told through often conflicting flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled — romantically, personally, and professionally — with a polar-opposite neighborhood family.
Andrews’ Mahesh is described as a brilliant engineer who uprooted his family to America for a business opportunity.
Sindhu Vee plays Sudha Pradeep, the intelligent and self-assured matriarch whose brewing feud with her neighbors is about to test her in new ways.
Sahana Srinivasan plays Bhanu Pradeep, a rebellious teen trying to get out from under her mother’s thumb. Unfortunately, her rebellion gets her mixed up with...
“The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh” follows the Pradeep family and the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India. As told through often conflicting flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled — romantically, personally, and professionally — with a polar-opposite neighborhood family.
Andrews’ Mahesh is described as a brilliant engineer who uprooted his family to America for a business opportunity.
Sindhu Vee plays Sudha Pradeep, the intelligent and self-assured matriarch whose brewing feud with her neighbors is about to test her in new ways.
Sahana Srinivasan plays Bhanu Pradeep, a rebellious teen trying to get out from under her mother’s thumb. Unfortunately, her rebellion gets her mixed up with...
- 1/19/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Amazon Freevee has given a straight-to-series order to “The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh,” starring Emmy nominee and SAG Award winner Naveen Andrews (“The Dropout”), comedian Sindhu Vee (“Starstruck”) and Tony nominee Megan Hilty (“Smash”). The original comedy is inspired by the personal experiences of Emmy-nominated Vijal Patel, who serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer.
The series’ logline follows the Pradeep family and “the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India.” Told through hilarious (and often conflicting) flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled — romantically, personally and professionally — with a polar-opposite neighborhood family, leading to a predicament with many surprising twists.
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The eight-episode half-hour series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios. Executive producers are Daytime Emmy winner Sara Gilbert...
The series’ logline follows the Pradeep family and “the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India.” Told through hilarious (and often conflicting) flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled — romantically, personally and professionally — with a polar-opposite neighborhood family, leading to a predicament with many surprising twists.
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The eight-episode half-hour series is produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios. Executive producers are Daytime Emmy winner Sara Gilbert...
- 1/19/2023
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Amazon Freevee has given a straight-to-series order to The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, an immigrant comedy inspired by the personal experiences of Vijal Patel, starring Naveen Andrews (The Dropout), Sindhu Vee (Starstruck), and Megan Hilty (Smash). Sahana Srinivasan (Grown-ish), Arjun Sriram (Sydney to the Max), Ashwin Sakthivel (Smeds and Smoos), Ethan Suplee (Babylon) and Nicholas Hamilton (Time) round out the series regular cast. Pete Holmes (Crashing) and Romy Rosemont (A Million Little Things) will recur in the eight-episode half-hour series. The project had been in development at IMDb TV, which rebranded to Amazon Freevee, since 2021.
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Produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios, the modern-day immigrant story follows the Pradeep family and the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India.
As told through hilarious (and often conflicting) flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled—romantically,...
Related: 2022-23 Amazon Freevee Pilots & Series Orders
Produced by Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios, the modern-day immigrant story follows the Pradeep family and the humorous events of their first few months after moving to America from India.
As told through hilarious (and often conflicting) flashbacks from an interrogation room, the Pradeeps quickly find themselves embroiled—romantically,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Naveen Andrews is set to star in a comedy series at Freevee.
Amazon’s ad-supported streaming service has given a straight-to-series order to The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, in which Andrews (The Dropout, The Cleaning Lady) plays the patriarch of an immigrant family from India who quickly becomes entangled with their new neighbors. Sindhu Vee (Starstruck), Megan Hilty (Smash) and Ethan Suplee (My Name Is Earl) also star.
Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios are producing the series, which comes from Black-ish alum Vijal Patel.
“This show is from a very personal place and explores the many facets of the immigrant struggle,” said Patel. “As my parents say, the pain got funnier over time — like wine.”
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh will be told through sometimes conflicting flashbacks from an interrogation room and lay out the story of how the family quickly find themselves embroiled — romantically, personally and professionally — with a polar-opposite neighborhood family,...
Amazon’s ad-supported streaming service has given a straight-to-series order to The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh, in which Andrews (The Dropout, The Cleaning Lady) plays the patriarch of an immigrant family from India who quickly becomes entangled with their new neighbors. Sindhu Vee (Starstruck), Megan Hilty (Smash) and Ethan Suplee (My Name Is Earl) also star.
Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios are producing the series, which comes from Black-ish alum Vijal Patel.
“This show is from a very personal place and explores the many facets of the immigrant struggle,” said Patel. “As my parents say, the pain got funnier over time — like wine.”
The Pradeeps of Pittsburgh will be told through sometimes conflicting flashbacks from an interrogation room and lay out the story of how the family quickly find themselves embroiled — romantically, personally and professionally — with a polar-opposite neighborhood family,...
- 1/19/2023
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jane Lynch, star of Glee and current host of NBC’s Weakest Link, has found her latest comedy role – joining ABC pilot Bucktown.
Lynch, who played Sue Sylvester on Fox’s musical dramedy, will star alongside Westworld’s Shannon Woodward in the comedy.
The show centers on Amy (Woodward), who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up.
Lynch, who also appears in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, plays Helen, her mother, who’s rough around the edges and salty as hell but the most loyal woman you’ll ever meet.
2021 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Nicole Richie also stars, as Jan, Amy’s boss, a self-centered force who tends to suck up all the energy in a room.
The show comes from a...
Lynch, who played Sue Sylvester on Fox’s musical dramedy, will star alongside Westworld’s Shannon Woodward in the comedy.
The show centers on Amy (Woodward), who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up.
Lynch, who also appears in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, plays Helen, her mother, who’s rough around the edges and salty as hell but the most loyal woman you’ll ever meet.
2021 ABC Pilots & Series Orders
Nicole Richie also stars, as Jan, Amy’s boss, a self-centered force who tends to suck up all the energy in a room.
The show comes from a...
- 3/22/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Jane Lynch has been cast in a lead role in the ABC multi-cam comedy pilot “Bucktown,” Variety has learned.
Lynch joins previously announced cast members Shannon Woodward and Nicole Richie.
In the multi-cam sitcom, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, Amy (Woodward) finds refuge at her mom’s (Lynch) house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece, living there due to Amy’s sister’s latest rehab stint, and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t quite equipped to go it alone.
Lynch’s character, Helen, is described as rough around the edges and salty as hell, but the most loyal woman you’ll ever meet.
Lynch is one of the most celebrated comedy actresses working today. She is a 12-time Emmy nominee, having...
Lynch joins previously announced cast members Shannon Woodward and Nicole Richie.
In the multi-cam sitcom, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, Amy (Woodward) finds refuge at her mom’s (Lynch) house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece, living there due to Amy’s sister’s latest rehab stint, and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t quite equipped to go it alone.
Lynch’s character, Helen, is described as rough around the edges and salty as hell, but the most loyal woman you’ll ever meet.
Lynch is one of the most celebrated comedy actresses working today. She is a 12-time Emmy nominee, having...
- 3/22/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Shannon Woodward (Westworld) has been tapped as the lead of ABC family comedy pilot Bucktown. Nicole Richie also has been cast in the project from a trio behind ABC’s The Conners, Emily Wilson, Sara Gilbert and Tom Werner.
Written by Wilson, Bucktown centers on Amy (Woodward), who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t quite equipped to go it alone.
Richie plays Jan, Amy’s boss. A self-centered force who tends to suck up all the energy in a room, Jan is very professional — except in the extremely unprofessional partnership with her husband,...
Written by Wilson, Bucktown centers on Amy (Woodward), who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t quite equipped to go it alone.
Richie plays Jan, Amy’s boss. A self-centered force who tends to suck up all the energy in a room, Jan is very professional — except in the extremely unprofessional partnership with her husband,...
- 3/18/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Shannon Woodward and Nicole Richie have been cast in the ABC comedy pilot “Bucktown,” Variety has learned.
In the multi-cam sitcom, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, Amy (Woodward) finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece, living there due to Amy’s sister’s latest rehab stint, and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t quite equipped to go it alone.
Richie will star as Jan Amy’s boss. Described as a self-centered force to be reckoned with, Jan sucks up all the energy in the room. She is very professional, except when it comes to the wildly unprofessional partnership she has with her husband – Finn.
Woodward will next be seen in the Apple series “Corazon” opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
In the multi-cam sitcom, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, Amy (Woodward) finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece, living there due to Amy’s sister’s latest rehab stint, and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t quite equipped to go it alone.
Richie will star as Jan Amy’s boss. Described as a self-centered force to be reckoned with, Jan sucks up all the energy in the room. She is very professional, except when it comes to the wildly unprofessional partnership she has with her husband – Finn.
Woodward will next be seen in the Apple series “Corazon” opposite Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
- 3/18/2021
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
The team behind The Conners is preparing another family comedy for ABC.
The Disney-owned network has handed a pilot order to Bucktown, a family comedy from Emily Wilson, co-exec producer of the Roseanne spinoff.
Wilson (left), who has also worked on The Kids Are Alright, The Muppets and Cougar Town, is writing and exec producing the multi-camera comedy, which is exec produced by The Conners pair Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert.
Deadline understands that the project has been in the works in various stages for about five years.
The show follows Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes...
The Disney-owned network has handed a pilot order to Bucktown, a family comedy from Emily Wilson, co-exec producer of the Roseanne spinoff.
Wilson (left), who has also worked on The Kids Are Alright, The Muppets and Cougar Town, is writing and exec producing the multi-camera comedy, which is exec produced by The Conners pair Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert.
Deadline understands that the project has been in the works in various stages for about five years.
The show follows Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood where she grew up. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes...
- 2/12/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ABC has confirmed that it is picking up a new multi-camera comedy pilot, “Bucktown,” hailing from ABC Signature studios and written and executive produced by Emily Wilson, co-executive producer of “The Conners.”
“Bucktown” centers on a protagonist named Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood she grew up in. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t entirely equipped to go it alone.
Wilson is also known for her work on “The Kids Are All Right,” “Superior Donuts,” The Muppets” and “Cougar Town.” Also attached to executive produce “Bucktown” are longtime collaborators Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert, who will be joined by executive...
“Bucktown” centers on a protagonist named Amy, who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom’s house in the blue-collar neighborhood she grew up in. Amy reconnects with her teenage niece living there due to her sister’s latest rehab stint and resolves to stay when she realizes that her mom and niece aren’t entirely equipped to go it alone.
Wilson is also known for her work on “The Kids Are All Right,” “Superior Donuts,” The Muppets” and “Cougar Town.” Also attached to executive produce “Bucktown” are longtime collaborators Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert, who will be joined by executive...
- 2/12/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Quibi has put in development Cancelled, a comedy series from Nikki Glaser, who stars, Cindy Caponera (At Home with Amy Sedaris) and Sara Gilbert and Tom Werner’s sara + tom production banner.
Written by Caponera and Glaser, Cancelled centers on Nikki Reynolds, played by Glaser, arguably the industry’s hardest-working stand-up comedian who is on the verge of getting her own late-night talk show. When a questionable set at the Comedy Store goes viral and her career implodes, she is forced to move back in with her parents in St. Louis to weather the storm, lick her wounds, and heal some old ones.
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Caponera and Glaser executive produce with Werner, Gilbert and Mandy Summers, sara...
Written by Caponera and Glaser, Cancelled centers on Nikki Reynolds, played by Glaser, arguably the industry’s hardest-working stand-up comedian who is on the verge of getting her own late-night talk show. When a questionable set at the Comedy Store goes viral and her career implodes, she is forced to move back in with her parents in St. Louis to weather the storm, lick her wounds, and heal some old ones.
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Caponera and Glaser executive produce with Werner, Gilbert and Mandy Summers, sara...
- 4/21/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Sara Gilbert and veteran producer Tom Werner have teamed up to create production company Sara + Tom, tapping into their working relationship that spans two-and-a-half decades.
The two have been colleagues since the early days of “Roseanne,” which starred Gilbert on screen and featured Werner behind the scenes. Werner has executive produced 230 episodes of the ABC show, including the recent revival. He is now an exec producer on Gilbert vehicle “The Conners,” ABC’s highest-rated new show of the 2018-2019 season. The series has been renewed for a second season.
They say Sara + Tom’s mission is to “get something on TV that makes you laugh and cry.”
“I am thrilled to be working with someone as kind and brilliant as Tom,” said Gilbert. “When I was a kid, he was the guy behind the scenes making it all happen. It’s truly a dream to call him my partner, and...
The two have been colleagues since the early days of “Roseanne,” which starred Gilbert on screen and featured Werner behind the scenes. Werner has executive produced 230 episodes of the ABC show, including the recent revival. He is now an exec producer on Gilbert vehicle “The Conners,” ABC’s highest-rated new show of the 2018-2019 season. The series has been renewed for a second season.
They say Sara + Tom’s mission is to “get something on TV that makes you laugh and cry.”
“I am thrilled to be working with someone as kind and brilliant as Tom,” said Gilbert. “When I was a kid, he was the guy behind the scenes making it all happen. It’s truly a dream to call him my partner, and...
- 5/21/2019
- by Elaine Low
- Variety Film + TV
The Conners executive producers Sara Gilbert and Tom Werner have teamed up to launch a production company, sara + tom. The duo has tapped Mandy Summers as Head of Production and Development.
Gilbert and Werner’s working relationship dates back over 25 years, when 13-year-old Gilbert was cast as Darlene in the original Roseanne, which Werner executive produced. Fast forward two decades, Werner and Gilbert were main driving forces behind the highly rated Roseanne reboot for ABC, which they executive produced. When the reboot was suddenly canceled over star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, Gilbert and Werner led the charge to keep the franchise going, which resulted in spinoff The Conners. The new series quickly established itself as ABC’s No.1 comedy series and was renewed for a second season.
Following their experience successfully mounting the the Roseanne revival and subsequent spinoff The Conners, Werner and Gilbert felt partnering up in a...
Gilbert and Werner’s working relationship dates back over 25 years, when 13-year-old Gilbert was cast as Darlene in the original Roseanne, which Werner executive produced. Fast forward two decades, Werner and Gilbert were main driving forces behind the highly rated Roseanne reboot for ABC, which they executive produced. When the reboot was suddenly canceled over star Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet, Gilbert and Werner led the charge to keep the franchise going, which resulted in spinoff The Conners. The new series quickly established itself as ABC’s No.1 comedy series and was renewed for a second season.
Following their experience successfully mounting the the Roseanne revival and subsequent spinoff The Conners, Werner and Gilbert felt partnering up in a...
- 5/21/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Sara Gilbert is launching a production company with her “Conners” executive producer Tom Werner, called sara + tom.
Werner is best known for co-founding the Carsey-Werner Company with Marcy Carsey, which is responsible for sitcom hits including “Roseanne,” “Cosby Show,” and “3rd Rock From the Sun.” Under Werner Entertainment, Werner executive produced the “Roseanne” revival and its spinoff, “The Conners,” which Gilbert also stars in and executive produces.
He is also the chairman of the Mlb’s Boston Red Sox and English soccer club, Liverpool.
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“I am thrilled to be working with someone as kind and brilliant as Tom,” Gilbert said. “When I was a kid, he was the guy behind the scenes making it all happen. It’s truly a dream to call him my partner, and I look forward to making impactful, funny and moving content together.
Werner is best known for co-founding the Carsey-Werner Company with Marcy Carsey, which is responsible for sitcom hits including “Roseanne,” “Cosby Show,” and “3rd Rock From the Sun.” Under Werner Entertainment, Werner executive produced the “Roseanne” revival and its spinoff, “The Conners,” which Gilbert also stars in and executive produces.
He is also the chairman of the Mlb’s Boston Red Sox and English soccer club, Liverpool.
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“I am thrilled to be working with someone as kind and brilliant as Tom,” Gilbert said. “When I was a kid, he was the guy behind the scenes making it all happen. It’s truly a dream to call him my partner, and I look forward to making impactful, funny and moving content together.
- 5/21/2019
- by Tim Baysinger
- The Wrap
Sara Gilbert and Tom Werner are reteaming for a new venture.
The longtime Roseanne/The Conners duo are launching sara + tom, their own joint production company.
The new banner extends Gilbert and Werner's more than 25-year relationship that dates back to the original Roseanne, ABC's revival and the subsequent spinoff, The Conners. To hear the duo tell it, the goal of the company will be to "get something on TV that makes you laugh and cry."
sara + tom will be overseen by Mandy Summers, who will serve as head of development and production. "I ...
The longtime Roseanne/The Conners duo are launching sara + tom, their own joint production company.
The new banner extends Gilbert and Werner's more than 25-year relationship that dates back to the original Roseanne, ABC's revival and the subsequent spinoff, The Conners. To hear the duo tell it, the goal of the company will be to "get something on TV that makes you laugh and cry."
sara + tom will be overseen by Mandy Summers, who will serve as head of development and production. "I ...
- 5/21/2019
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Nahnatchka Khan has signed a lucrative four-year overall producing deal with Universal Television. Under the exclusive eight-figure pact, Khan will create, develop, write, supervise and produce series projects.
Universal TV landed Khan in a competitive situation. Khan is among a slew of A-list writer-producers who have been seeking overall deals in the past month or so, sparking bidding wars among traditional studios and Svod platforms that have sending prices through the roof. Because of the red-hot overall deal market, four-year pacts have now become the norm, which also is the case with the blockbuster new deal Sam Esmail just inked with Ucp.
Khan is coming off a series of overall deals at 20th Century TV where she had been for almost her entire career to date, with her tenure spanning the past decade and a half.
Khan is the creator and executive producer of ABC/20th TV’s comedy series Fresh Off the Boat,...
Universal TV landed Khan in a competitive situation. Khan is among a slew of A-list writer-producers who have been seeking overall deals in the past month or so, sparking bidding wars among traditional studios and Svod platforms that have sending prices through the roof. Because of the red-hot overall deal market, four-year pacts have now become the norm, which also is the case with the blockbuster new deal Sam Esmail just inked with Ucp.
Khan is coming off a series of overall deals at 20th Century TV where she had been for almost her entire career to date, with her tenure spanning the past decade and a half.
Khan is the creator and executive producer of ABC/20th TV’s comedy series Fresh Off the Boat,...
- 2/20/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
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