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Jalen Rose Comedy From Nahnatchka Khan Gets ABC Pilot Order

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And last but not least: Jalen Vs. Everybody. ABC wrapped its comedy pilot pickups late Friday with an official nod to a single-camera comedy starring former NBA player and current ESPN personality Jalen Rose. It comes from Nahnatchka Khan, creator/executive producer of ABC’s family comedy Fresh Off the Boat, and the series’ executive producer Jake Kasdan. Jalen is produced by Khan’s Fierce Baby; 20th Century Fox Television, where Khan is under an overall deal; and ABC… Read

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ABC Picks Up Family Comedy Pilots From DJ Nash & ‘Trophy Wife’ Creators

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ABC has given a pilot order to Losing It, a single-camera family comedy from Growing Up Fisher and Truth Be Told creator DJ Nash and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. This marks Kaplan’s sixth broadcast comedy pilot this season. Additionally, the network has greenlighted a multi-camera single-dad comedy written by Dannah Phirman & Danielle Schneider, creators of Hulu’s Hotwives franchise, and executive produced by Trophy Wife creators Sarah Haskins & Emily Halpern… Read

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‘S.W.A.T.’ TV Drama Reboot From Shawn Ryan & Justin Lin Gets CBS Pilot Order

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CBS has given a pilot order to S.W.A.T., a drama series inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1975 TV series produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg. The project, executive produced by The Shield creator Shawn Ryan, Neal H. Moritz (Preacher), Justin Lin (Scorpion) and Aaron Rahsaan Thomas (The Get Down, Friday Night Lights), hails from Sony Pictures TV, which will co-produce with CBS TV Studios. The project had a pilot production commitment with ser… Read

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‘L.A. Law’ Reboot To Be Redeveloped

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L.A. Law, the contemporary revival of the Emmy-winning 1980s NBC legal drama, will be redeveloped. The project, from L.A. Law co-creator Steven Bochco and one of the series' original writers, Billy Finkelstein, was developed in-house at 20th Century Fox TV and was recently taken out as a spec. While the initial script was tailored for broadcast, I hear the project now will be tweaked to also target cable and streaming networks. "They found a way to take an iconic series… Read

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‘Good Girls’: Reno Wilson Cast In NBC Drama Pilot

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Mike & Molly alum Reno Wilson has signed on for a series-regular role in Good Girls, NBC's drama pilot from The Family creator Jenna Bans. Written and executive produced by Bans, the drama follows three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers who suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe, and risk everything to take their power back. Wilson will play Stan, a mall security guard, Ruby’s husband and father to Harry and Sara, who… Read

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Connie Britton Is A Wanted Woman For Pilots; What Does It Mean For ‘Nashville’?

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There have been a lot of rumors that Nashville star Connie Britton would be departing the country music drama, now in its fifth season and first on CMT. Speculation about Britton’s impending exit intensified in recent weeks as word spread that the Emmy-nominated actress would be available for pilots this season. She has emerged as one of the most sought-after female leads and already has been the subject of a lot of interest from the broadcast networks. I’m not going to… Read

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‘Brothered Up’ Comedy About Black & Pakistani Cops Gets CBS Pilot Order

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CBS has picked up Brothered Up, a multi-camera buddy cop comedy from Man With A Plan co-executive producer Mark Gross and CBS TV Studios. Written by Gross under his overall deal with CBS TV Studios, Brothered Up centers on an emotionally guarded African-American cop who is partnered with an emotionally available Pakistani cop and they are forced to find a way to connect as they patrol a Detroit neighborhood. The project is among the pilots whose casting may be affected by… Read

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‘Black Lightning’ DC Drama From Greg Berlanti & ‘The Game’ Duo Gets The CW Pilot Order

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It’s official: the CW has picked up Black Lightning — from Greg Berlanti, king of the CW's DC universe; The Game and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil; and her husband Salim Akil — with a pilot order. The high-profile drama based on the DC character, which had a big production commitment at Fox, was recently put in turnaround after Fox opted not to proceed with a pilot. Producing studio Warner Bros. TV shopped it to other networks, with the CW quickly emerging as the… Read

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David Walton To Co-Star In Mark Feuerstein CBS Comedy Pilot ‘9J, 9K & 9L’

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Former About a Boy star David Walton has been cast in 9J, 9K and 9L, a multi-camera family comedy from the husband-and-wife team of Dana Klein and Mark Feuerstein and toplined by the former Royal Pains star. 9J, 9K and 9L, produced by Aaron Kaplan's Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios, was written by Friends With Better Lives creator Klein and Feuerstein inspired by a time in Feuerstein's adult life when he lived in apartment 9K in the building he grew up in… Read

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Carol Burnett Comedy From Amy Poehler & Michael Saltzman Gets ABC Pilot Order

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Comedy legend Carol Burnett is a step closer to a TV return. ABC has given a pilot green light to Household Name, a multi-camera comedy starring Burnett, written/executive produced by Michael Saltzman and executive produced by Amy Poehler through her Paper Kite banner. Universal TV, where Paper Kite is based, is the studio. ABC landed the project in October with a put pilot commitment in a competitive situation. Household Name is about a family who gets a chance to buy… Read

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‘The Goldbergs’ 1990s Spinoff Starring Bryan Callen Gets Pilot Order At ABC

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ABC has given a pilot pickup to a spinoff from its 1980s comedy series The Goldbergs, which comes from The Goldbergs creator/executive producer Adam F. Goldberg, executive producers Marc Firek, Happy Madison and Seth Gordon and Sony TV. Written by Goldberg and Firek and starring Bryan Callen (and likely Tim Meadows), the untitled single-camera project is set in the 1990s and follows two high school teachers who become unlikely father figures to the kids at their… Read

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‘Black Lightning’ Drama Eyes Move To the CW To Join Greg Berlanti Comic Lineup

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EXCLUSIVE: Lightning might strike three times, with a third Greg Berlanti-produced comic book series developed/launched at another network heading to the CW. I’ve learned that Black Lightning, the high-profile drama based on the DC character, which had a big production commitment at Fox, is on the move and likely to land at the CW. The project comes from Greg Berlanti, king of the CW's DC universe; The Game and Being Mary Jane creator Mara Brock Akil; and her husband Salim… Read

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