244 Degrees of Freedom
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Executive Producer(s): Steven Maeda
Writer(s): Steven Maeda
Logline: The story takes place in a world where robots have evolved in intelligence, influence, and social status, humans have been relegating to a permanent underclass- until one man is driven to lead a rebellion against the machines, risking everything to uncover a conspiracy that could spell the end of the human race.
SSN Insight: Maeda recently had an overall deal at Sony TV where he served as showrunner/executive producer on the studio’s Syfy series Helix for two seasons.
Beyond
Network: ABC Family/Freeform
Production Company(s): IM Global, Imperative Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Tim Kring, Adam Nussdorf, Zak Kadison, Justin Levy, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones
Writer(s): Adam Nussdorf
Logline: A young man wakes up from a coma after 12 years and discovers new supernatural abilities that propel him into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy.
SSN Insight: ABC Family has given a series order. Callan McAuliffe was previously attached to play Holden, but was recast by Burkely Duffield, who was originally attached to play Luke.
Bob the Valkyrie
Network: CW Television Network
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Shane Brennan Productions
Executive Producer(s): Matthew Greenberg, Shane Brennan, Grant Anderson
Writer(s): Matthew Greenberg
Logline: Every generation faces a rising tide of evil, adversary of the legendary Valkyries- three women chosen by fate to defend humanity against this evil. This generation is no different- only this time, fate accidentally chooses a male when selecting its Valkyries. Now Bob, a chauvinistic “dude-bro,” must learn to face darkness and fight evil-all while getting in touch with his feminine side.
SSN Insight: NCIS: Los Angeles showrunner Shane Brennan is under a deal with CBS TV Studios.
Buffalo
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Particular Pictures
Executive Producer(s): Shawn Wines, John Hamburg, Jacob Robinson
Writer(s): Shawn Wines
Logline: The story revolves around dysfunctional members of a workspace collective, set in the emerging Rust Belt paradise of Buffalo, New York.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment to a script plus penalty.
Caper
Network: FX
Production Company(s): Circle of Confusion, Writ Large
Executive Producer(s): Tim Schlattmann, Britton Rizzio, Gregory Shephard, Brad Mendelsohn
Writer(s): Dutch Southern, Tim Schlattmann
Logline: The story follows the interconnected lives of three sets of criminals.
Details: Based on an idea by Dutch Southern and Magnus Martens.
SSN Insight: FX bought Caper in a competitive situation.
Changers
Studio: Lionsgate
Production Company(s): Superb Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Meryl Poster
Writer(s): T Cooper, Allison Glock Cooper
Logline: The story tracks the journey of an average suburban boy who becomes an incredible young woman who becomes a reluctant hero who becomes the person she was meant to be. Ethan is a Changer, a little-known, ancient race of humans who live out each of their four years of high school as a different person. After graduation, Changers choose which version of themselves they will be forever.
Details: Based on the novel series, “Changers,” written by T Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper and published Black Sheep/Akashic Books in 2014.
SSN Insight: A+E has invested in Superb Entertainment, but the unique deal is not exclusive to A+E Networks and is not a first look, giving Poster the ability to develop and sell projects anywhere.
Crystal
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: ABC Studios
Executive Producer(s): Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael
Writer(s): Elizabeth Laime, Casey Wilson, June Diane Raphael
Logline: Crystal is a hustler from the wrong side of the trailer park who, fresh out of prison, lands a job in the suburbs as an in-home health aide. Despite having no education, experience or vaccinations she is determined to succeed at her job and change her life.
SSN Insight: Raphael and Wilson have an overall deal at ABC Studios.
Darkover
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Production Company(s): IM Global
Executive Producer(s): Ilene Kahn Power, Elizabeth Stanley
Logline: Adventures set on the exotic planet of Darkover. Based on the novel series.
Details: Based on the novel series, “Darkover,” written by Marion Zimmer Bradley.
SSN Insight: Darkover was among the projects on IM Global Television’s very first development slate.
Deep S.I.X.
Network: HBO
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Gettin’ Rad Productions
Executive Producer(s): Adam Scott, Naomi Scott
Writer(s): Anthony King
Logline: A rag-tag Homeland security team that no one believes in investigates paranormal threats that no one believes in.
SSN Insight: As an actor, Scott will next appear in Universal and Legendary’s Krampus and recently wrapped production on the upcoming comedy My Blind Brother. Gettin’ Rad is under a first-look deal at Universal TV.
Designated Survivor
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Infinitum Nihil
Executive Producer(s): Nikki Toscano, Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski
Writer(s): Nikki Toscano
Logline: When the President, Vice President and Cabinet all meet in one location for an event such as the State of the Union, one Cabinet member is conspicuously missing: the Designated Survivor. Hidden away in an undisclosed location with Presidential-level security, the Designated Survivor is ready to take the reins of the President should the unthinkable happen and the rest of the government is wiped out in an attack.
SSN Insight: Toscano has an overall deal with Universal TV.
Dino Dana
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Production Company(s): Sinking Ship Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): J.J. Johnson, Blair Powers, Matt Bishop
Writer(s): Christin Simms, J.J. Johnson
Logline: The series will feature two sisters, Dana, a “paleontologist in training,” and her teenage sister Emily, as the begin to see dinosaurs all around the which leads to plenty of action and adventure.
SSN Insight: Amazon has given a series order.
El Chiringuito De Pepe
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Small Dog Picture Company
Executive Producer(s): Donald Todd, Jason Winer, Sergio Aguero, Jaime Davila Jr.
Writer(s): Donald Todd
Logline: Centers on a world-famous chef who comes to a small beach town to work his magic on his father’s failing cantina and is surprised to find the town working its own magic on him.
Details: Based on the Spanish series “El Chiringuito De Pepe,” created by Curro Velazquez and currently airing on Telecino, with a second season premiering December 2015.
SSN Insight: ABC has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
Fair and Balanced
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: Lionsgate
Production Company(s): Industry Entertainment, Hurwitz & Schlossberg Productions
Executive Producer(s): Kal Penn, Hayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz, Daniel Spilo
Writer(s): Hayden Schlossberg, Jon Hurwitz
Logline: An aspiring NPR reporter is swayed to work at a Fox News-type channel.
SSN Insight: Schlossberg and Hurwitz also wrote and directed the 2012 American Pie movie American Reunion.
Family For Sale
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Executive Producer(s): Roselyn Sanchez, Eric Winter, Ian Gurvitz, Aaron Serna, Robin Schwartz
Writer(s): Aaron Serna, Ian Gurvitz
Logline: Explores the conscious uncoupling and marriage through the lens of the divorce of an affluent Hispanic family.
Details: Based on the Fox International Channel’s 2014 Colombian series of the same name, which starred Roselyn Sanchez.
SSN Insight: The original series was recently was nominated for an International Emmy Award for best comedy series.
First Impressions
Network: USA Network
Production Company(s): Renegade 83 Entertainment, Gaspin Media
Executive Producer(s): Dana Carvey, Jeff Gaspin, David Garfinkle, Jay Renfroe
Logline: The series pits America’s best amateur impressionists against each other in a weekly battle of celebrity impression. It will feature celebrity guests, and Carvey himself will mentor contestants and participate in the game play.
SSN Insight: USA has given a series order.
Freeman
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Shane Brennan Productions
Executive Producer(s): Dustin Lee Abraham, Shane Brennan, Grant Anderson
Writer(s): Dustin Lee Abraham
Logline: An Oakland parole officer with a checkered past tries to “make the bad guys good again” and keep former inmates from being sent back to prison.
SSN Insight: NCIS: Los Angeles showrunner Shane Brennan is under a deal with CBS TV Studios.
Guilt
Network: ABC Family/Freeform
Studio: Lionsgate
Production Company(s): Sea to Sky Entertainment, Wonder Monkey TV
Executive Producer(s): Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price, Steve McPherson, Gary Fleder
Writer(s): Nichole Millard, Kathryn Price
Logline: An American girl is studying abroad in London. When her Irish roommate is brutally murdered, she finds herself the prime suspect and focus of an international media frenzy.
SSN Insight: Draws parallels to the story of Amanda Knox. Rolled from 2013-2014 by Fox. Project was previously in development at Fox.
Intern Affairs
Network: Lifetime
Production Company(s): Superb Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Meryl Poster
Logline: Storyline is under wraps.
SSN Insight: A+E has invested in Superb Entertainment, but the unique deal is not exclusive to A+E Networks and is not a first look, giving Poster the ability to develop and sell projects anywhere.
Left Of Center
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Production Company(s): The Jackal Group
Executive Producer(s): Robert Horn, Gail Berman
Writer(s): Robert Horn
Logline: A group of four backup singers become an unconventional family, despite the fact that each of them thinks they have what it takes to be the star.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial script commitment.
Lost in Oz
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Executive Producer(s): Darin Mark, Mark Warshaw, Richard Scott, Andy Pearce
Writer(s): Abram Makowka, Darin Mark, Jared Mark
Logline: Set in a modern, metropolitan Emerald City and stranded in this spectacular world is 12-year-old Dorothy Gale befriends West, a young, street-smart witch grappling with dark temptations, and Ojo, a giant munchkin. With Dorothy’s dog Toto, this unlikely crew embarks on an epic journey, seeking out the magic Dorothy needs to get back to Kansas. The challenge for Dorothy, and everyone else in this world, is that Oz is facing the greatest magic crisis in eons.
SSN Insight: Pilot screened on Amazon Instant Video this summer, and user feedback was used to determine if it would go forward as a series. Amazon has since given it a series order.
Mi-Zero
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): Gulfstream Television
Executive Producer(s): Austin Winsberg, Alex Litvak, Mike Karz, Bill Bindley
Writer(s): Austin Winsberg, Alex Litvak
Logline: A young American woman marries the Prince of England and discovers that she’s now part of a longstanding secret society of princesses who use their access to the seats of power to be the best secret agents on the planet.
SSN Insight: CBS has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
Poog
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Executive Producer(s): Meg LeFauve, Ben Queen
Writer(s): Meg LeFauve, Lorien McKenna, Christine Whitaker
Logline: A working mom tries to get over her obsession with being the “perfect parent” by banding together with her friends to admit- and even celebrate- the messy reality of parenting. They share their daily screw ups, deepening their friendship, and their kids survive- and even thrive.
SSN Insight: This is Queen’s third network sale this season under his WBTV overall deal.
Rook
Network: Hulu
Studio: Lionsgate
Executive Producer(s): Stephenie Meyer
Logline: A series that follows a woman with extraordinary powers employed by a mysterious British government agency responsible for defending the UK from supernatural threats.
SSN Insight: This follows Hulu picking up the long-form comedy series Video Game High School with Lionsgate, starring YouTuber Freddie Wong.
Screwed For Life
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): King Size Productions
Executive Producer(s): Michelle King, Robert King, Liz Glotzer
Writer(s): Joey Hartstone
Logline: The story Al Goldstein, the controversial, acerbic, over-the-top founder of Screw magazine and host of his own long-running cable access show, “Midnight Blue,” who was the face of porn in 1970s New York.
Details: Based on the life of Al Goldstein.
SSN Insight: In a competitive situation, CBS TV Studios landed the TV movie. King Size Productions also has a deal under CBS TV Studios.
Smoke Sex Magic
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation
Executive Producer(s): Walter F Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Owen Shiflett
Writer(s): Matthew Murphy
Logline: Two sisters inherit their mother’s popular restaurant only to discover that the secret to her cooking was black magic.
SSN Insight: Additionally, Parkes + MacDonald’s martial arts drama Warrior is being redeveloped by Fox with original writer Dave Digilio.
Son of Zorn
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Lord Miller
Executive Producer(s): Reed Agnew, Eli Jorne, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Seth Cohen
Writer(s): Reed Agnew, Eli Jorne
Logline: Upon arriving home for the first time in ten years, an animated Barbarian father finds that reconnecting with his moody, live-action teenage son Alan and ex-wife while suffering a mundane office job and the banality of suburban life is harder than waging actual war in his distant, animated world.
SSN Insight: Fox has given a series order.
The Diplomats
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Will Packer Productions
Executive Producer(s): Andrew Lenchewski, Will Packer
Writer(s): Andrew Lenchewski
Logline: Two female State Department agents are assigned to work together on a major diplomatic crisis but the fate of the world may rest on whether these women can get along with each other.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
The Interestings
Network: Amazon
Studio: TriStar Television, Amazon Studios
Executive Producer(s): Lyn Greene, Richard Levine
Writer(s): Lyn Greene, Richard Levine
Logline: Based on a group of friends who meet at an arts camp when they’re 15 in 1974. The series chronicles their relationships throughout the next three decades dealing with the great expectations of youth juxtaposed with the realities life hands you as you get older.
Details: Based on the novel “The Interestings,” written by Meg Wolitzer and published by Riverhead Books in 2013.
SSN Insight: Amazon has given a director-contingent pilot order.
The Kicks
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Production Company(s): Full Fathom Five
Executive Producer(s): David Babcock, James Frey, Todd Cohen, Andrew Orenstein
Writer(s): David Babcock
Logline: An empowering story of a twelve-year-old soccer player Devin who is on the verge of being named seventh-grade captain on her Connecticut school soccer team when her family moves to California and she has to start from scratch in one of the most competitive soccer states.
Details: Based on the Full Fathom Five middle school book series “The Kicks” (USA/2013), by Olympic gold Medalist Alex Morgan.
SSN Insight: Pilot screened on Amazon Instant Video this summer, and user feedback was used to determine if it would go forward as a series. Amazon has since given it a series order.
The Last Tycoon
Network: Amazon
Studio: TriStar Television, Amazon Studios
Production Company(s): No Production Company Available.
Executive Producer(s): Billy Ray, Christopher Keyser, Perri Kipperman, Joshua Maurer, Alixandre Witlin
Writer(s): Billy Ray
Logline: Centers on Hollywood’s first wunderkind studio executive in the 1930′s as he climbs to the height of power pitting him against his mentor and current head of the studio Pat Brady. Delves into the true violence, sex and towering ambition of Hollywood in the 30′s.
Details: Based on the final unfinished novel, “The Last Tycoon,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published by Charles Scribner’s Sons in 1941.
SSN Insight: Project was previously in development at HBO. Amazon has given a cast-contingent pilot order.
The Out-Law
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios, Universal Television
Production Company(s): No Production Company Available.
Executive Producer(s): Christopher Moynihan, Kelly Kulchak
Writer(s): Christopher Moynihan
Logline: A perpetually positive, Berkeley-born, liberal white-collar doctor and only child marries into a loud, cynical, blue-collar Long Island family.
SSN Insight: CBS has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
The Work
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation
Executive Producer(s): Walter F Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Owen Shiflett
Writer(s): Scott O’Connor
Logline: The show is set in the world of professional wrestling.
SSN Insight: Script was written on spec by Scott O’Connor, author of the novels Untouchable and Half World.
Triangle Below Canal
Network: HBO
Production Company(s): Superb Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Meryl Poster
Writer(s): Nathalie Prisco
Logline: The series explores the plight of frustrated married young mothers in New York.
SSN Insight: A+E has invested in Superb Entertainment, but the unique deal is not exclusive to A+E Networks and is not a first look, giving Poster the ability to develop and sell projects anywhere.
True Love
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): Fabrik Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Anne Fletcher, Kristen Campo, Henrik Bastin, Mikkel Bondesen
Writer(s): Gemma Burgess
Logline: The anthology series is very loosely inspired by classic fairy tales and subverted with a provocative and authentic post-feminist twist that believes you can stand on your own and still want to be swept off your feet.
Details: Loosely inspired by classic fairy tales.
SSN Insight: Burgess is writing the movie Undergrads for New Regency and Locomotive and recently rewrote Lovestruck for Maven Pictures and Pretty Matches for HBO.
Untitled Dan Bucatinsky Jen Kirkman Comedy Project
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Is Or Isn’t Entertainment, Ryan Seacrest Media
Executive Producer(s): Dan Bucatinsky, Lisa Kudrow, Ryan Seacrest, Nina Wass
Writer(s): Dan Bucatinsky, Jen Kirkman
Logline: Four women friends rattled by a 40-something feeling of irrelevance embark on a mission to turn their invisibility into invincibility.
SSN Insight: ABC has given an initial commitment of a put pilot.
Untitled Judah Miller Comedy Project
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): 3 Arts Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Judah Miller, Jonathan Berry, Tom Lassally
Writer(s): Judah Miller
Logline: Two very different brothers merge their medical practices and have to learn how to get along under one roof.
SSN Insight: Last year, Miller developed a comedy series starring Megan Hilty at ABC that went to pilot.
Untitled Nikki Toscano Eva Longoria Soap Project
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Conde Nast Publications, Inc., UnbeliEVAble Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Eva Longoria, Ben Spector, Dawn Ostroff, Gina Marcheschi, Nikki Toscano
Writer(s): Nikki Toscano
Logline: Latino golden boys Chris and Alex Reyes are brothers who are both best friends and rivals. They are rising stars in Texas politics whose destiny is engineered by their manipulative mother Maria. She is determined to turn the Reyes family into the most powerful dynasty modern politics has ever seen. Based on the article.
Details: Loosely based on the article, “Pair of Aces: Rising Democratic Stars Julian and Joaquin Castro,” written by Jacob Weisberg and published in Vogue Magazine on March 1, 2013.
SSN Insight: Toscano has an overall deal with Universal TV. ABC has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty. Previously in development for the 2015-2016 season.
Untitled Olivia Munn Ted Humphrey Drama Project
Network: CW Television Network
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Executive Producer(s): Ted Humphrey, Olivia Munn, Stacia Peters
Writer(s): Ted Humphrey
Logline: Set in 1974, a young journalist gets hired by an ambitious New York news programming chief as a publicity stunt to be one of the first female on-air sports reporters, and has to learn to navigate gender politics in front of and behind the camera at a time when women were literally not even allowed in the press box.
SSN Insight: This marks the first sale as a TV producer for Munn.
Vlad
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): Doozer Productions
Executive Producer(s): Adam Sztykiel, Bill Lawrence, Jeff Ingold
Writer(s): Adam Sztykiel, Vladimir Caamano
Logline: A family comedy inspired by Caamano’s real-life family dynamic living with his Dominican father and older brother in the Bronx.
Details: Inspired by the life of Vladimir Caamano.
SSN Insight: NBC has given an initial commitment of a put pilot.
Wing Person
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Production Company(s): Kindle Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Anne Brogan, Melanie Stokes, Siobhan Bachman
Writer(s): Ed Weeks, Hannah McKay
Logline: The story of the co-dependent relationship between a lesbian lothario and her cautious, straight male best friend.
SSN Insight: Weeks currently stars as Dr. Jeremy Reed on The Mindy Project, which is now in its fourth season on Hulu.