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Network: MTV (in negotiations)
Executive Producer(s): Carter Covington
Writer(s): Dan Steele
Logline: A high school student who has been home-schooled his whole life but wants to go to a public school secretly starts attending one.
Details: Loosely based on Dan Steele’s experience growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness.
SSN Insight: Carter Covington is the executive producer/showrunner of MTV’s popular comedy series Faking It.
Untitled Rob Long Drama Project
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): Pacific Standard
Executive Producer(s): Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Rick Porras, Rob Long
Writer(s): Rob Long
Logline: Charming billionaire Nicholas Martin has just been acquitted of the double murder of his wife and her lover. When Nicholas decides to start the “Not Guilty Project” to free others who are unjustly accused, he teams up with Anna Sanchez, the prosecutor who couldn’t convict him. They set the innocent free and put the guilty in jail, all while he tries to prove to her that he’s innocent and find his wife’s murderer, and while she tries to prove once and for all that he’s guilty.
SSN Insight: ABC has given an initial script commitment.
Adult Children
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Kapital Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Gabrielle Allan, Jennifer Crittenden, Wendi Trilling, Aaron Kaplan
Writer(s): Gabrielle Allan, Jennifer Crittenden
Logline: A sunny, single, self-possessed woman in her thirties has her neat and tidy life turned upside down when her washed-up father, a self-described seventies rock icon, forces himself back into her life and reconnects her with a collection of emotionally challenged half-siblings.
Details: Inspired by the fathers of Wendi Trilling and Gabrielle Allan.
SSN Insight: At CBS, Kaplan executive produces freshman comedy series Life In Pieces.
Affirmative Action
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Production Company(s): Vendetta Productions
Executive Producer(s): Sheldon Turner, Jennifer Klein
Writer(s): Kevin Costello
Logline: An all-minority federal task force led by a woman, Addison Cain, is embedded in the predominantly white Houston Police Department to combat an unprecedented spike in violent crime. The unit was created as an attempt to alleviate racial tensions in the city. But what was intended to be a glorified PR campaign becomes a ragtag band of do-gooding misfits.
SSN Insight: Costello began his career through Fox’s emerging writers program last season.
Atlanta
Network: FX
Production Company(s): MGMT. Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Donald Glover, Paul Simms, Dianne McGunigle
Writer(s): Donald Glover
Logline: Revolves around two cousins on their way up through the Atlanta rap scene whose opposing views on art versus commerce, success and race will make their quest anything but easy. Earnest ‘Earn’ Marks, a college drop-out who reconnects with his long buried ambition and sets out to seize the life he imagined for himself when his estranged cousin becomes a sudden star.
SSN Insight: FX gave a series order of 10 episodes.
Before You Judge Me
Studio: Warner Bros. Television, Warner Horizon Television
Production Company(s): The Smiley Group Inc
Executive Producer(s): Tavis Smiley
Logline: This account of the final 16 weeks in the life of Michael Jackson renders the final months in the life of the iconic pop star, chronicling his constant hunt for privacy in a life that was more public than almost any other, and the pressures he endured as someone whose fame made him socially fragile and almost unable to live. based on the book.
Details: Based on the book, “Before You Judge Me: The Triumph and Tragedy of Michael Jackson’s Last Days,” written by Tavis Smiley and David Ritz and to be published by Little, Brown and Company on June 21, 2016.
SSN Insight: Warner Bros. Television Group has signed an exclusive multi-year development and production deal with Tavis Smiley to develop scripted TV series.
Bizaardvark
Network: Disney Channel
Executive Producer(s): Marc Warren, Eric Friedman
Writer(s): Kyle Stegina, Josh Lehrman
Logline: Paige and Frankie are quirky 13-year-old best friends who write funny songs and create music videos for their online channel, Bizaardvark. Now with 10,000 subscribers, the girls get to work from a creative studio space that they hope will take their videos to the next level. In this cool new environment and with the help of family and friends –they’ll embark on a series of comedic adventures in their quest to become online stars.
SSN Insight: Disney has given a series order.
Black Stiletto
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): Orchard Farm Productions
Executive Producer(s): Javier Grillo-Marxuach, Mila Kunis, Cami Curtis, Susan Curtis, Lisa Sterbakov
Writer(s): Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Logline: A young woman evolves into a modern day hero when a family secret from the past is revealed and puts the only family she’s ever known in imminent danger. Based on the novel series.
Details: Based on The Black Stiletto novel series, written by Raymond Benson and published by Oceanview Publishing.
SSN Insight: Grillo-Marxuach previously rose through the ranks on Lost and currently is co-executive producer on The 100.
Bull Mountain
Production Company(s): ITV Studios America
Executive Producer(s): Ed Bernero
Writer(s): Ed Bernero
Logline: A modern-day, small-town sheriff tries to distance himself from his family’s criminal empire. Based on the novel.
Details: Based on the novel, “Bull Mountain,” written by Brian Panowich and published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons on July 7, 2015.
SSN Insight: Panowich’s previous stories, If I Ever Get Off This Mountain and Coming Down The Mountain, garnered Spinetingler Awards nominations.
Untitled Dan Jinks David Rambo Medical Drama Project
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): The Dan Jinks Company
Executive Producer(s): David Rambo, Dan Jinks
Writer(s): David Rambo
Logline: An enterprising doctor breaks the boundaries of medicine and crime-solving by creating a team of physicians, detectives and a forensic psychologist at Brooklyn’s busiest hospital who work together to heal victims and obtain justice.
Details: Inspired by Dr. Astrid Heger, who created the Violence Intervention Program at Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center.
SSN Insight: In addition to this project, the Dan Jinks Co. has begun shooting the half-hour comedy pilot I Shudder for TV Land.
Centralia
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Amblin Television
Executive Producer(s): Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank, Meredith Averill
Writer(s): Meredith Averill
Logline: Residents insist on staying in a small town that has been burning for over half a century, where an evil force underground is slowly inching its way to the surface.
Details: The project is inspired by actual events in which a fire started in an underground mine in Centralia, Pennsylvania in 1962 and has been burning ever since.
SSN Insight: NBC has given an initial script plus penalty commitment.
Click Bait
Network: MTV
Executive Producer(s): Carter Covington
Writer(s): Carrie Rosen, George Northy
Logline: Follows aspiring YouTube stars.
SSN Insight: Carter Covington is the executive producer/showrunner of MTV’s popular comedy series Faking It.
Cooper Barrett’s Guide to Surviving Life
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): The Jackal Group
Executive Producer(s): Jay Lacopo, Gail Berman, William Callahan
Writer(s): Jay Lacopo, William Callahan, Paul Mather, Brian Rubenstein, Amelie Gillette
Logline: 26-year-old Cooper Barrett turns to a camera after a particularly calamitous experience and using cautionary tales from his own life, episode by episode, helps the youth of America survive the ridiculous disaster that is life and love in your 20s.
SSN Insight: Fox has given a series order of six episodes. Liza Lapira has replaced Maureen Sebastian in the role of “Leslie Barrett.” Sebastian played the role in the pilot.
Danger & Eggs
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Logline: Follows the endless adventures of fearless D.D. Danger and her ever-cautious best friend, a giant, talking egg named Phillip. D.D., an energetic future stuntwoman, is always chasing her next big thrill. Lucky for her, Phillip is always there with jerry-rigged safety mechanisms to more responsibly and sometimes absurdly make her thrill seeking dreams come true.
SSN Insight: Ordered to pilot. On November 5, 2015, Amazon will make this and five other kids pilots available to view and vote on.
Descendants 2
Network: Disney Channel
Executive Producer(s): Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon
Writer(s): Sara Parriott, Josann McGibbon
Logline: The story continues the modern-day coming-of-age adventure about the teenage sons and daughters of Disney’s most infamous villains.
Details: The project is a sequel to the TV movie, “Descendants,” which aired on Disney Channel on July 31, 2015.
SSN Insight: Disney has given an initial script commitment.
Dick Ernest
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): Quantity Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
Writer(s): Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupnitsky
Logline: Set in 1957, Dick Ernest, the patriarch of the Ernest family, has his mainstream values challenged when his beatnik nephew moves in and starts putting “modern” ideas into the heads of the rest of the family.
SSN Insight: CBS has given an initial script plus penalty commitment.
Eddie of the Realms Eternal
Network: Amazon
Studio: Cartoon Saloon, Amazon Studios
Writer(s): Bill Motz, Bob Roth
Logline: When lazy, unfocused wizard elf Hobi is faced with the return of the evil Shadow Queen to the Realms Eternal, he summons the greatest hero in all of the planes of reality, “Edward Armstrong.” Unexpectedly, Hobi gets a meek teen named Eddie who, much like him, has absolutely no idea what he’s doing. Together, Eddie and Hobi must work together to banish the Shadow Queen from the Realms for eternity while Eddie balances a hero’s life with the ordinary pressures of middle school life.
SSN Insight: Ordered to pilot. On November 5, 2015, Amazon will make this and five other kids pilots available to view and vote on.
Everstar
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Executive Producer(s): John Rogers, Jennifer Court
Writer(s): No Writer Available.
Logline: When adventurous 12-year-old Ainslie Wickett accidentally intercepts an intergalactic SOS signal from a lighthouse in Maine, she and her best friend George are brought aboard a rogue spaceship called the Everstar. After defending the ship from pirates, they embark on a journey across the universe where she and her crew encounter aliens, uncover the mysteries of the Everstar and search for a way back home.
SSN Insight: Ordered to pilot. On November 5, 2015, Amazon will make this and five other kids pilots available to view and vote on.
Famous in Love
Network: Freeform (ABC Family)
Studio: Warner Horizon Television
Production Company(s): Farah Films & Management, Long Lake Productions
Executive Producer(s): Marlene King, Dan Farah, Miguel Arteta
Writer(s): Rebecca Serle, Marlene King
Logline: A college student plucked from obscurity to star in a major Hollywood movie franchise struggles with her new-found fame. Based on the novel.
Details: Based on the novel, “Famous in Love,” written by Rebecca Serle and published by Poppy on October 21, 2014.
SSN Insight: Freeform has ordered the pilot set to star Bella Thorne.
Gilmore Girls
Network: Netflix
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Executive Producer(s): Amy Sherman-Palladino, Daniel Palladino
Writer(s): Amy Sherman-Palladino
Logline: The continuing story of the relationship between Lorelai Gilmore and her daughter Rory.
Details: Based on the series “Gilmore Girls,” which aired on The WB from 2000-2005 and The CW from 2006-2007.
SSN Insight: Netflix has ordered four 90-minute episodes. Melissa McCarthy will not be returning to the show.
Hellfire
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Marvel Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): JD Payne, Patrick McKay, Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Fuller, Simon Kinberg
Writer(s): JD Payne, Patrick McKay
Logline: Follows a young Special Agent who learns that a power-hungry woman with extraordinary abilities is working with a clandestine society of millionaires known as “The Hellfire Club” to take over the world.
Details: Based on the X-Men comic book “The Hellfire Club”.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial script commitment.
Hot Sauce
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): Dormfire Productions
Executive Producer(s): Nick Weiss, Kristin Newman
Writer(s): Nick Weiss, Gary Lundy
Logline: When a high-powered, no-nonsense mom must relocate her family to small-town Louisiana to work for the most popular hot sauce company in the world, she finds herself pitted against a culture and community she doesn’t want infiltrating her family.
SSN Insight: This project is the first sale for Weiss and his Dormfire Productions under the overall deal with ABC Studios.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Writer(s): Ken Scarborough
Logline: Follows the adventures of Mouse, Oliver and other familiar friends as they discover that when you’ve got a curious Mouse for a friend (not to mention a Moose, a Pig, a Cat and a Dog), one thing always leads to another, then another, and then another! You never know what to expect, but you do know it’s going to be fun—and maybe a little bit messy. Much like the books, the story will start in one place and lead to unexpectedly delightful twists and turns until we are back at home where we started.
Details: Based on the book “”If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” written by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond and published by Harper & Row in 1985.
SSN Insight: Ordered to pilot. On November 5, 2015, Amazon will make this and five other kids pilots available to view and vote on.
In The Wild
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): 6th & Idaho
Executive Producer(s): Natalie Krinsky, Matt Reeves, Adam Kassan
Writer(s): Natalie Krinsky
Logline: The series chronicles the almost-adult lives of the tech industry’s newest Silicon Valley recruits as they learn how to live on their own for the first time while navigating the high stakes VC tech world. Based on the magazine article.
Details: Based on the article, “The Real Teens Of Silicon Valley,” written by Nellie Bowles and published in The California Sunday Magazine.
SSN Insight: Matt Reeves has inked a two-year overall deal at 20th Century Fox TV for his production company 6th & Idaho to develop new series for network and cable. Reeves is also under an overall deal under 21st Century Fox Filmed Entertainment.
Insecure
Network: HBO
Production Company(s): 3 Arts Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Larry Wilmore, Erwin Stoff, Dave Becky, Issa Rae, Michael Rotenberg
Writer(s): Larry Wilmore, Issa Rae
Logline: Focuses on the awkward experiences and racy tribulations of a modern day African-American woman.
Details: Based on Issa Rae’s webseries “The Misadventures Of Awkward Black Girl”.
SSN Insight: HBO has given a series order.
Legion
Network: FX
Studio: FX Productions
Production Company(s): Marvel Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Noah Hawley, Lauren Shuler Donner, Bryan Singer, Simon Kinberg, Jeph Loeb
Writer(s): Noah Hawley
Logline: Since he was a teenager, David Haller has struggled with mental illness. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real. Based on the Marvel Comics character.
Details: Based on the Marvel Comics character.
SSN Insight: FX ordered a pilot.
Married With Roommates
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): David Janollari Entertainment, Storied Media Group
Executive Producer(s): Mike Lisbe, Nate Reger, David Janollari, Dennis Kim, Todd Hoffman
Writer(s): Mike Lisbe, Nate Reger
Logline: A young, recently married couple in New York City realize they can’t afford their own place and decide the best option is to start their life together in an apartment with three roommates. Inspired by the New York Times article.
Details: Inspired by the New York Times article, “Married, With Roommates,” written by Michelle Higgins and published on April 9, 2015.
My Best Friend’s Wedding
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Production Company(s): Happy Madison Productions
Executive Producer(s): Ron Bass, Doug Robinson, Michael J. Menchel, Jerry Zucker, Janet Zucker
Writer(s): Ron Bass, Jessica Amento
Logline: Julianne Potter navigates her life in New York City with best friend George as her guide. Based on the film.
Details: Based on the film, “My Best Friend’s Wedding,” (USA/ 1997) directed by P.J. Hogan and starring Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz.
SSN Insight: ABC is also developing a remake of Fantasy Island with females leads.
Untitled Adam Levine Improv Reality Project
Network: NBC Entertainment
Production Company(s): Renegade 83 Entertainment, 222 Productions
Executive Producer(s): David Dobkin, Adam Levine, Jordan Feldstein, Josh Gummersall, David Garfinkle
Writer(s): No Writer Available.
Logline: Working with a team of improv experts, the show will feature unsuspecting superfans who are surprised when a star they love “accidentally” shows up at a major event in their lives.
Details: Inspired by the music video for the song “Sugar,” by Maroon 5, which was released in 2015.
SSN Insight: NBC has given a pilot order.
One Last Time With John Edward
Production Company(s): Electus
Executive Producer(s): John Edwards
Logline: John Edward will randomly read a group of families looking to connect with their lost loved ones. To help these families find healing and closure, Edward and his grief team will provide them with the opportunity to see and speak to their loved ones using exclusive technology.
SSN Insight: Edward is best known for his series Crossing Over With John Edward, which aired from 1999-2004.
Personal Motives
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): New Media Vision, Calamity Jane
Executive Producer(s): Andrew Stern, Ellen Pompeo, Laura Holstein, Todd Lituchy
Writer(s): Andrew Stern
Logline: A high profile news anchor has the unfortunate experience of seeing her husband arrested for murder live on-air during the evening newscast. Their lives are, of course, torn apart as she works desperately to try to prove his innocence. Based on the Spanish series.
Details: Based on the series Spanish series, “Motivos Personales,” which aired in Spain on Telecino in 2005.
SSN Insight: Motivos Personales has won 9 Spain’s Eñe TV Awards including best series, writing, directing, actress and cast.
Roadies
Network: Showtime
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): Vinyl Films, Bad Robot, Dooley & Company Productions
Executive Producer(s): Cameron Crowe, Winnie Holzman, J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk
Writer(s): Cameron Crowe
Logline: Follows a hot-ticket tour, but with a simple twist: the band is in the background and the roadies take the spotlight. It’s an inside look at the reckless, romantic, funny and often poignant lives of a committed group of characters who live for music and the de facto family they’ve formed along the way.
SSN Insight: Showtime has ordered the series. Christina Hendricks was previously attached as Shelli, but has been recast.
Stay
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): The Dan Jinks Company
Executive Producer(s): Luke Schelhaas, Dan Jinks
Writer(s): Luke Schelhaas
Logline: A stay-at-home dad has spent years hiding his past in the U.S. Special Forces. When his family is targeted by a crime lord, he is pulled back into his old life in order to protect them. Based on the novel.
Details: Based on the novel, “Stay,” written by Victor Gischler and published by Thomas Dunne Books on June 2, 2015.
SSN Insight: In addition to this project, the Dan Jinks Co. has begun shooting the half-hour comedy pilot I Shudder for TV Land.
Summer People
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Production Company(s): The Firm
Executive Producer(s): Adam Milch, Jeff Kwatinetz, Josh Barry
Writer(s): Adam Milch
Logline: Explores class and sexuality on a fictional version of Martha’s Vineyard, an island known for the movie stars, politicians and Wall Street power brokers who descend there every summer, disrupting the lives of the blue collar locals.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
The Hustle
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Executive Producer(s): Stacey Harman, Sean “Diddy” Combs
Writer(s): Stacey Harman
Logline: A small-town girl lands a job working as an assistant to a street-educated billionaire business mogul, where she is instantly thrown into a foreign world of extravagance, debauchery and adventure.
Details: Inspired by the life of Sean Combs’ assistant, Sarah Snedeker.
SSN Insight: ABC has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
The Numberlys
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Executive Producer(s): Lampton Enochs
Writer(s): Joe Fallon
Logline: Five best friends who discover something they’ve never seen before—a tiny sprout in their concrete and metal city. Though they don’t know what it is, they decide to protect this unique little thing against all obstacles. Through invention, stumbles and bumbles, they help the sprout become a beautiful tree, making a lasting, joyful change in their world
Details: Based on the book “The Numberlys,” written by William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg and published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers in 2014.
SSN Insight: Ordered to pilot. On November 5, 2015, Amazon will make this and five other kids pilots available to view and vote
The Thousandth Floor
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): Alloy Entertainment, Berlanti Productions
Executive Producer(s): Maggie Friedman, Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo
Writer(s): Maggie Friedman
Logline: Set in 2118 in a thousand story super-tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a young socialite’s fall from the 1000th floor ignites a scandal that ensnares the top-floor elite and the bottom-floor drones.
Details: Based on the upcoming novel, “The Thousandth Floor,” written by Katharine McGee and to be published by HarperTeen in 2017. The novel is the first in a planned trilogy.
SSN Insight: ABC has given an initial script commitment.
The Year Of Living Biblically
Network: No Broadcast Network Available.
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): Alcide Bava Productions
Executive Producer(s): Johnny Galecki, Spencer Medof
Logline: A man spends a year obeying, as literally as possible, the tenets of the Bible. Based on the book.
Details: Based on the book, “The Year of Living Biblically: One Man’s Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible,” written by A.J. Jacobs and published by Simon & Schuster on October 9, 2007.
SSN Insight: This is the first sale for Alcide Bava Prods. under its deal with Warner Bros. TV.
Watchdog
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Small Dog Picture Company
Executive Producer(s): Jason Winer
Writer(s): Jonathan Caren
Logline: A team of vigilante activists expose abuses of power while evading the FBI.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
Yoyotoki HappyEars!
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Logline: When Yoyotoki HappyEars and her fox family accidentally land on Mytholopia, they find themselves in a land where mythical creatures rule and magic is the norm. Although they try to keep their lives as normal as possible (and their jellybean pot pie business up and running), the unusual citizens of Mytholopia stir up their lives in extraordinary ways. Together with her buddies Steak and Hotwings, Yoyotoki discovers the magic in just being herself and learns the hard way that you should never trust a Medusa snake to give you directions.
SSN Insight: Ordered to pilot. On November 5, 2015, Amazon will make this and five other kids pilots available to view and vote on.
Zone Of Silence
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Blumhouse Productions, UnbeliEVAble Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Eva Longoria, Ben Spector, Rashad Raisani, Eric Winter, Jason Blum
Writer(s): Rashad Raisani
Logline: When a group of ICE agents go missing under odd circumstances within a zone where where radio signals supposedly don’t travel, making for a total communications blackout, a task force is formed to find them. Science clashes with the unexplained on a weekly basis while the larger search to explain the disappearance continues.
Details: Based on an urban myth.
SSN Insight: Longoria and Ben Spector’s UnveliEVAble Entertainment is under an overall deal at Universal TV and Blum’s Blumhouse has a deal as part of the company’s broader agreement with NBCUniversal.