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Network: Showtime
Production Company(s): Martin Chase Productions
Executive Producer(s): Delia Ephron, Debra Martin Chase
Writer(s): Delia Ephron
Logline: The series follows the first black TV model to be featured on a major game show in 1990. Celebrity and glamour collide with sexual harassment, racism, misogyny, homophobia, bulimia and job insecurity, for the four gorgeous models on the No. 1 game show of the 90’s.
Details: The story is inspired by events surrounding the game show, “The Price Is Right,” during the 1990s.
SSN Insight: Martin Chase Production is currently in production on Zoe Ever After for BET, a straight-to-series romantic comedy with actress Brandy Norwood.
All Of Me
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Broken Road Productions
Executive Producer(s): Betsy Thomas, Dimitri Logothetis, Todd Garner, Jeremy Stein, Steve Martin
Writer(s): Betsy Thomas
Logline: A different person jumps into the protagonist’s body every week as he tries to help solve the problems that are holding them back. Based on the movie.
Details: Loosely based on the film, “All Of Me,” (1984), directed by Carl Reiner and starring Steve Martin and Lily Tomlin.
SSN Insight: Previously New Line tried to develop a feature based on the film with Queen Latifah. DreamWorks developed another version produced by John Davis and Logothetis, who holds the rights.
Amazing Stories
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Amblin Television
Executive Producer(s): Bryan Fuller, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank
Writer(s): Bryan Fuller
Logline: An anthology series telling fantastic, strange and supernatural stories.
Details: Based on the series, “Amazing Stories,” which aired on NBC from 1985-1987.
SSN Insight: Steven Spielberg will come on board as executive producer after the pilot.
Beckham: For the Love of the Game
Network: BBC 1
Production Company(s): 7 Games, Big Earth Productions
Logline: David Beckham play soccer on seven continents. Off the pitch, Beckham and childhood friend Dave Gardner will explore the lives of those who struggle to make a living in environments that present a daily challenge as well as those who get to live the dream when they make it to the big leagues.
SSN Insight: The 90-minute special was jointly ordered by BBC Worldwide and the BBC from 7 Games and Big Earth Productions.
Botched By Nature
Network: E!
Production Company(s): Evolution Media
Executive Producer(s): Dr. Terry Dubrow, Paul Nassif, Douglas Ross, Greg Stewart, Alex Baskin
Logline: Plastic surgeons look for prospective patients via the “ultimate house call.” Their plan is to embed themselves in the lives of their patients as they understand the physical and psychological scope of their situations. Whether it involves surgery on “disproportionate body parts” or “birth defects to major life accidents,” the doctors will invite their would-be patients back to Los Angeles for the ultimate transformation.
Details: The project is a spinoff of the series, “Botched,” which premiered on E! on June 24, 2014.
SSN Insight: E! has given a series order of eight episodes.
Casino
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): UnbeliEVAble Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Carlos Portugal, Eva Longoria, Ben Spector
Writer(s): Carlos Portugal
Logline: After a mogul’s mysterious death, his ambitious young widow and his illegitimate son have to join forces to save his famed casino, while circumstances surrounding his death come to light and threaten to take them both down.
SSN Insight: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment is currently under a deal with Universal TV.
Citizen Floyd
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Point Grey Pictures
Executive Producer(s): Dan Sterling, Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, James Weaver
Writer(s): Dan Sterling
Logline: A workplace comedy with political, action and suspense elements.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a put pilot.
Cruel Intentions
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Production Company(s): Original Film, AMBI
Executive Producer(s): Roger Kumble, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty
Writer(s): Roger Kumble, Lindsey Rosin, Jordan Ross
Logline: The story follows the rags-to-riches story of 16-year-old Bash Casey, the son of the late Sebastian Valmont and Annette Hargrove. Upon finding his late father’s journal, Bash learns of the family legacy he didn’t know existed. In search of answers, he trades his small-town Kansas upbringing for a scholarship to the prestigious Brighton Preparatory Academy in San Francisco and soon finds himself in a world of sex, money, power, and corruption he never could have imagined.
Details: Based on the film, “Cruel Intentions,” (1999). The original source material for the 1999 film was the novel, “Les Liaisons Dangereuses,” written by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos, and published in 1782.
SSN Insight: NBC has given an initial script plus penalty commitment.
House Sitter
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): The Walcott Company
Executive Producer(s): Matthew Bass, Theodore Bressman, Jake M. Johnson, Max Winkler, Jason Carden
Writer(s): Matthew Bass, Theodore Bressman
Logline: Centers on Beans, a house sitter who lives life according to his own set of rules; he turns your day-to-day existence into his vacation, your mundane into his adventure, and your bathrobe into his… bathrobe.
Details: Inspired by the real life adventures of Jake Johnson’s long-time friend Brian (Captain Beans) Farrell.
SSN Insight: Walcott is also producing Crossover, at Fox and 20th TV. It’s a family comedy inspired by the life of former NBA all-star Baron Davis.
I Love Lakshmi
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Aggregate Films
Writer(s): Muffy Bolding, Doug Prochilo
Logline: The story follows the trials and tribulations of new parents, Danny and Lakshmi, as they endure Lakshmi’s own meddlesome immigrant parents whose version of the American dream never included a Danny.
Details: Inspired by the real-life experience of Doug Prochilo.
SSN Insight: Aggregate has an overall deal at Universal TV and through it has set up multi-camera comedy Say Uncles at NBC with writer Elon Gold.
In Time
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Lord Miller
Executive Producer(s): Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Julius Sharpe
Writer(s): Julius Sharpe
Logline: Three friends try to balance the adventure of time travel with the mundane concerns of their present day lives.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a put pilot.
Incrimination
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: ABC Studios
Executive Producer(s): Rina Mimoun
Writer(s): Justin Lo
Logline: Sienna is a young woman with narcissistic personality disorder who infiltrates a law firm in order to find the truth behind her sister’s murder. While working for this firm, she takes the law into her own hands, making sure that if the justice system doesn’t work she will find a way.
SSN Insight: Mimoun just sold her pitch Indivisible to ABC as part of her overall deal with ABC Studios.
Jet Set
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Junction Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Jon Turteltaub, JP Lavin, Chad Damiani
Writer(s): JP Lavin, Chad Damiani
Logline: A young, rich socialite partners with a blue-collar FBI agent to pose as the new “it” couple to investigate and apprehend suspects who have hidden behind wealth and influence to escape other charges.
SSN Insight: Turteltaub will direct the pilot. The last four pilots Turteltaub directed have gone to series: Rush Hour, Jericho and Harper’s Island and Common Law.
King Liz
Network: Showtime
Production Company(s): No Production Company Available.
Executive Producer(s): No Executive Producer Available.
Writer(s): Fernanda Coppel
Logline: An aggressive female sports agent has a contentious relationship with her ambitious assistant.
Details: Based on the stage play, “King Liz,” by Fernanda Coppel, which premiered in New York at Second Stage Uptown in the summer of 2015.
SSN Insight: Coppel has written episodes of FX’s The Bridge and DirecTV’s Kingdom.
Shining a Light: A Concert for Progress on Race in America
Network: A+E
Production Company(s): iHeartMedia
Logline: Sparked by the tragic shooting in Charleston, the concert is part of a campaign to confront issues of race, and promote unity and progress on racial equity, inspired by the response of the Mother Emanuel family members in Charleston and others working for reconciliation and change around the country,
SSN Insight: Immediately following the concert, A&E Network will air the one-hour special, Shining a Light: Conversations on Race in America, (working title) featuring artists engaging local residents at the center of the national conversation on racial inequality and violence.
Still Star-Crossed
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Production Company(s): Shondaland, The MrG Production Company
Executive Producer(s): Heather Mitchell, Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, Michael R. Goldstein
Writer(s): Heather Mitchell
Logline: Set in 16th century Verona after the events in William Shakespeare’s tragedy, the story follows the conflict between the Capulets and the Montagues in the wake of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
Details: Inspired by the play, “Romeo and Juliet,” written by William Shakespeare and believed to be published sometime in the 1590s.
SSN Insight: Mitchell first worked on Rhimes’ Grey’s Anatomy before coming on board Scandal after the pilot.
The Better Half
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): Tapestry Films
Executive Producer(s): Patti Vasquez, Michael Schreiber, Peter Abrams, Robert L. Levy
Writer(s): Emilia Serrano
Logline: A Mexican-American working mother is a well-intentioned and sometimes-misguided citizen disrupter. She tackles the small and large injustices around her for the greater good, even though many times no one asks her to. Her well-meaning actions create consequences that affect her career, community and home life in the crowded Chicago brownstone she shares with her parents, husband and children.
Details: Inspired by Patti Vasquez’s family.
SSN Insight: There is a possibility for Patti Vasquez to star in the project, though that has not been determined.
The Divine Monster
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): Silent H Productions, RatPac Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Silvio Horta, Brett Ratner
Writer(s): Silvio Horta
Logline: The story chronicles the fall of the wealthy Vega family of Miami, whose real estate empire is built upon decades of greed, corruption, generally bad behavior and an alarming number of curious deaths.
Details: Based on the Belgian series, “Het Goddelijke Monster,” which aired in 2011. Both series are based on the novels of Tom Lanoye.
SSN Insight: Horta is currently under a deal at Warner Bros. TV.
The Great Holiday Baking Show
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Production Company(s): Love Productions
Logline: Some of the nation’s best amateur bakers compete in a series of themed challenges and eliminations all hoping to be crowned Holiday Baking Champion.
Details: Based on the British series, “The Great British Bake Off,” which premiered on BBC 2 in 2010.
SSN Insight: ABC has ordered four episodes.
The Russians Are Coming
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Orchard Farm Productions
Executive Producer(s): Mila Kunis, Cami Curtis, Susan Curtis, Lisa Sterbakov
Writer(s): Sam Wolfson
Logline: A man’s Russian in-laws move in upstairs.
SSN Insight: Orchard Farm also has single-camera comedy Champion: The Jeff Beekman Story at Fox, drama Black Stiletto at ABC and horror comedy Trapped at Starz with Rob Zombie.
The Sound Of Music Live!
Network: ITV 1
Studio: ITV Studios
Executive Producer(s): Andre Ptaszynski, Lee Connolly, Fiona Clarke
Logline: Musical based on the romantic true story of Maria von Trapp, an aspiring nun who leaves the Abby to become a governess for the widower Captain von Trapp’s seven children and finds herself falling in love with her employer and questioning her religious calling.
Details: Based on the original Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical which opened November 16, 1959.
SSN Insight: ITV is promoting the 2 1/2-hour musical drama as the “must see” event of the year. It’s the first time a show like this has been attempted in the UK.
Think Like a Man
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Sony Pictures Television, Endemol Shine Studios
Production Company(s): Will Packer Productions, East 112th Street Productions
Executive Producer(s): Steve Harvey, Gerald Washington, Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Tim Story
Writer(s): Keith Merryman, David A. Newman
Logline: The series explores the never-ending battle of the sexes from four very different points of view: newly married, moving in, breaking up and hooking up. Featuring both the male and female perspectives, the couples and their friends will realize that it’s easy to fall in love or be in love, but not necessarily easy to stay in love. Based on the books and films.
Details: Based on the book series that originated with “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment”. The series is also based on the subsequent films , “Think Like a Man,” (2012) and “Think Like a Man, Too,” (2014).
SSN Insight: Harvey’s company recently inked an overall deal at Sony Pictures TV.
This Is Happening
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Gary Sanchez Productions
Executive Producer(s): Amy Rhodes, Claudia Lonow, Will Ferrell, Adam McKay, Owen Burke
Writer(s): Amy Rhodes, Claudia Lonow
Logline: The life of an uptight, unhappy, single woman in her mid-30s changes when she gets a new job working for a popular website and starts hanging out with a group of her 20-something co-workers.
Details:
SSN Insight: Rhodes was a longtime writer-producer on Ellen.
Tiny Beautiful Things
Network: HBO
Production Company(s): Pacific Standard
Executive Producer(s): Cheryl Strayed, Brian Lindstrom, Reese Witherspoon, Bruna Papandrea, Laura Dern
Writer(s): Cheryl Strayed, Brian Lindstrom
Logline: The series explores love, loss, lust and life through the eyes of a Portland family who live by the mantra that the truth will never kill you.
Details: Based on the book, “Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar,” written by Cheryl Strayed and published by Vintage on July 10, 2012.
SSN Insight: HBO has also set the limited series Big Little Lies, in which Witherspoon is starring and executive producing with Papandrea.
Untitled David Slack Len Wiseman Police Drama Project
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Production Company(s): Sketch Films, Storied Media Group
Executive Producer(s): David Slack, Len Wiseman, David Bernardi, Dennis Kim, Todd Hoffman
Writer(s): David Slack
Logline: An enigmatic tech billionaire makes a deal with a bankrupt, dying city to provide a privately owned and operated police force.
Details: Inspired by the article, “Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans,” written by David Amsden and published in the New York Times Magazine on July 30, 2015.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial script commitment.
Untitled Misty Copeland Ballerina Drama Project
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Principato-Young Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Tracy Oliver, Misty Copeland, E. Brian Dobbins, Peter Principato, Paul Young
Writer(s): Tracy Oliver
Logline: A young, hip, diverse group of aspiring dancers fiercely compete for places in the American Ballet Theatre company.
Details: Partially based on Misty Copeland’s life story.
SSN Insight: Oliver first garnered notice on The Misadventures Of Awkward Black Girl web series, which she co-wrote and executive produced and followed that by writing on the ABC comedy Neighbors.
Untitled Todd/Fogel Comedy Project
Network: TBS
Production Company(s): Red Hour Films, Legendary Entertainment, Ulterior Productions
Executive Producer(s): Debbie Liebling, Ken Franchi, Matthew Fogel, Todd Strauss-Schulson
Writer(s): Matthew Fogel, Todd Strauss-Schulson
Logline: Todd and Fogel are two best friends and soul brothers. Each one thinks whatever the other one says is brilliant, insightful and/or incredibly hilarious. The guys are high-energy, smart and very sensitive. They care a lot about everything, and are always getting each other real activated.
SSN Insight: TBS has given a pilot order.