Accidentes
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Tannenbaum Company
Executive Producer(s): Mark Perez, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Haswell-Tannenbaum
Writer(s): Mark Perez
Logline: A disgraced Wall Street lawyer who had distanced himself from his Latino roots goes back home to work at his family’s strip-mall law firm in the heart of Little Havana.
SSN Insight: Perez has written for Disney’s The Country Bears and Universal’s Accepted, in addition to Mothers I’d Like To…, a comedy developed for Jennifer Lopez at Universal and Game Night at New Line.
Barbarians Rising
Network: History
Production Company(s): October Films
Executive Producer(s): Adam Bullmore, Kristen Burns, Russ McCarroll, Sally Habbershaw
Logline: The story of the rise and fall of the Roman Empire told from the perspective of the barbarian rebel leaders.
SSN Insight: Planned as a limited series, History has given a series order of eight episodes.
Brief Encounters
Network: ITV 1
Production Company(s): CPL Productions
Executive Producer(s): Fay Rusling, Oriane Messina, Arabella McGuigan, Danielle Lux
Writer(s): Fay Rusling, Oriane Messina
Logline: The 1980s-set story of four unlikely female entrepreneurs. The series introduces Steph, Pauline, Nita and Dawn who begin to sell exotic lingerie — to the dismay, and often delight, of their loved ones.
Details: Based on the memoir, “Good Vibrations: The True Story of Ann Summers,” written by Jacqueline Gold and published by Trafalgar Square in May, 1996. The series and memoir are both inspired by the early days of the Ann Summers Party Plan business.
SSN Insight: ITV has given a series order of six episodes.
Hard Corps.
Network: Fuse
Production Company(s): Seven Bucks Productions, 44 Blue Prods.
Executive Producer(s): Hiram Garcia, Rasha Drachkovitch
Logline: Set in the competitive world of Drum Corps International, Hard Corps (wt) follows two all-star teams, one in Pennsylvania and one in Northern California, who for the last 20 years, have been battling it out for the championship. The series will culminate at the world championships in Indianapolis, IN, in August.
SSN Insight: Production began last month at locations throughout the U.S. Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia are the principals at Seven Bucks Productions.
Hard Sun
Network: BBC 1
Production Company(s): Euston Films
Executive Producer(s): Kate Harwood, Elizabeth Kilgarriff
Logline: Set in contemporary London, detective partners and enemies, Elaine Renko and Robert Hicks seek to enforce the law and protect their loved ones in a world that every day slips closer to certain destruction. But what’s the point of justice in the face of Armageddon?
SSN Insight: BBC has given a series order of six episodes.
Harrow County
Network: Syfy
Studio: Universal Cable Productions
Production Company(s): Dark Horse Entertainment
Writer(s): Rebecca Kirsch
Logline: Emmy has always known that the deep, dark woods surrounding her home crawled with ghosts, goblins, and the restless dead. On the eve of her 18th birthday, she learns that she is connected to these creatures and to the land itself in a way she never imagined, for she is the reincarnation of a powerful witch who was put to death on the very day Emmy was born. For this reason, the townsfolk mean to kill her too. In order to survive, Emmy must embrace the unusual powers at her command.
Details: Based on the comic book series, “Harrow County,” written by Cullen Bunn and to be published by Dark Horse on December 15, 2015.
SSN Insight: Kirsch has previously written for Syfy’s Dominion and Twelve Monkeys.
Heist
Network: NBC Entertainment
Production Company(s): The Boardwalk Entertainment Group
Executive Producer(s): Chuck Rose, Gary A. Randall
Writer(s): Chuck Rose
Logline: Myriad characters on both sides of a high end jewel heist scheme, plot and betray each other on their way to a huge payday that promises to change all their lives.
SSN Insight: Rose’s hourlong scripted drama The Art of More recently received a second season renewal from Sony’s Crackle days after its premiere.
Live & Learn
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Will Packer Productions
Executive Producer(s): Crystal Jenkins, Tim Story, Will Packer
Writer(s): Crystal Jenkins
Logline: Sydney Mitchell is a suburban freshman who impulsively enrolls in Owen College, a fictional black college in Atlanta, where her long-lost father teaches. The show follows her as she reconnects with her father, Bryan, while trying to gain the sense of cultural identity she lacked her entire life.
SSN Insight: Will Packers Prods. are also developing the Think Like A Man TV series and the drama The Diplomats for Fox, comedy My Friend 50. In addition, they are developing the comedy Bonita & Mechelle and the drama Buckhead, both for NBC.
Power
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Production Company(s): Sander/Moses Productions
Executive Producer(s): Ian Sander, Kim Moses, Michael G. Cooney
Writer(s): Michael G. Cooney
Logline: Set in the alternate reality of Steampunk – circa 2016 – this is the story of two rival families battling for power and the woman who takes them down.
SSN Insight: Separate to this series, producers Ian Sander and Kim Moses (Ghost Whisperer, Reckless, Profiler) have inked a first-look deal with NBC Universal International TV Studios.
Presence
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company(s): International Famous Players Radio Picture Corp., Stearns Castle
Executive Producer(s): John Ridley, Michael McDonald
Writer(s): John Ridley
Logline: Presence Foster is a former army counter-insurgency operative who finds herself navigating a widely divergent and highly colorful cross section of Los Angeles as she unintentionally begins a career as an unlicensed private investigator.
SSN Insight: ABC gave an initial script commitment back in June and ordered the pilot on December 3.
Queen Charlotte
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Production Company(s): Sander/Moses Productions
Executive Producer(s): Ian Sander, Kim Moses, Tina Andrews
Writer(s): Tina Andrews
Logline: The German-born British queen is suspected of being a Moor hiding her color, having a famous lover, and a relic the Vatican desperately wants all while her husband, King George III, loves a mistress he can’t marry, is losing the Seven Years War, and is fending off secret enemies within Buckingham Palace.
SSN Insight: Separate to this series, producers Ian Sander and Kim Moses (Ghost Whisperer, Reckless, Profiler) have inked a first-look deal with NBC Universal International TV Studios.
Red Mars
Network: Spike TV
Studio:
Production Company(s): Skydance Productions, Studio JMS
Executive Producer(s): Vince Gerardis, J. Michael Straczynski, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Marcy Ross
Writer(s): J. Michael Straczynski
Logline: The story explores the colonization and terraforming transformation of Mars into a place where humans can sustainably live. It asks the core question – what is it to be human when we are no longer of earth? Are we not then Martians? Based on the novel series by Kim Stanley Robinson.
Details: Based on Kim Stanley Robinson’s “Mars” novel series, starting with “Red Mars,” published by Spectra – Bantam Books, January 1, 1993.
SSN Insight: Originally in development as a miniseries for Syfy with Valhalla attached as the prodction company and Gale Anne Hurd attached as executive producer- the project rolled over to 2008-2009 at AMC. Rolled over to 2009-2010 season at AMC. Spike has given a series order of ten episodes.
Section 13
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company(s): Tom Welling Productions
Executive Producer(s): Carla Kettner, Tom Welling
Writer(s): Carla Kettner
Logline: After a personal tragedy, a CIA black ops officer-turned-private contractor joins a covert organization devoted to carrying out the most difficult and dangerous high-stakes assignments.
SSN Insight: Tom Welling previously starred in CW’s long-running Smallville TV series. He will next be seen in film in Lionsgate’s The Choice. He will star in Section 13.
Shady Neighbors
Network: truTV
Production Company(s): 3 Arts Entertainment, Thank You, Brain! Productions
Executive Producer(s): Dean Lorey, Tracey Baird, Krysia Plonka, Jonathan Berry, Tom Lassally
Writer(s): Dean Lorey
Logline: Tom and Wendy’s marriage lacks pizzazz, and to make matters worse, nothing seems to be going their way. They’ve lost their jobs, the bills are mounting up, and it seems the world is out to get them. Fed up and worn out, they make a bold decision to dabble in a little criminal activity. Feeling pretty good after a successful heist, they find that their newly found life of crime is sort of addictive – and it breathes new life into their marriage.
SSN Insight: truTV has given a pilot order.
The Code
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Production Company(s): Nemo Films, Rooney McP, DCD Media, Playmaker, Me2U Productions
Executive Producer(s): Graham Yost, Fred Golan, Michael Dinner
Writer(s): Graham Yost, Fred Golan
Logline: Two very different brothers, a journalist and a hacker, unearth information that those at the highest levels of political power will kill to keep secret.
Details: Based on the Australian series, “The Code,” which premiered on Australia’s ABC1 on September 21, 2014.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
The Halcyon
Network: ITV 1
Production Company(s): Left Bank Pictures
Executive Producer(s): Sharon Hughff
Logline: The story of a bustling and glamorous five-star hotel at the center of London society and a world at war. It will reveal London life against the backdrop of war and the impact it has on families, politics, relationships and work across every social strata. It unspools through the eyes of visiting American journalist Joe O’Hara.
SSN Insight: ITV has given a series order of eight episodes.
Through My Eyes
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Fox 21 Television Studios
Production Company(s): Bender Brown Productions
Executive Producer(s): Lawrence Bender, Kevin Brown, Zaur Bolotaev
Writer(s): Joel Wyman
Logline: The show is a horror/thriller where the story unfolds though the direct point of view of a different character each episode. Based on the Russian format.
Details: Based on the Russian format, “Moimi glazami (Through My Eyes)” which premiered in 2013 on the Russian network, TNT.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial script commitment.
Transylvania
Network: CW Television Network
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Midnight Radio
Executive Producer(s): Hugh Sterbakov, Jeff Pinkner, Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, Scott Rosenberg
Writer(s): Hugh Sterbakov
Logline: Set in 1880, a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father ventures from New York City to Transylvania where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard detective. Together they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.
SSN Insight: Midnight Radio has a first-look deal at CBS Studios.
Untitled Stephen Falk Alison Bennett Comedy Project
Network: FX Network
Studio: FX Productions
Executive Producer(s): Stephen Falk, Alison Bennett
Writer(s): Stephen Falk, Alison Bennett
Logline: Ali is an unrelentingly dissatisfied TV writer who returns to her hometown in rural Pennsylvania to live “the simple life.”
SSN Insight: Falk recently signed an overall deal to develop and produce projects for FX Networks and FX Prods. following FXX’s third-season renewal of You’re The Worst, which he created and executive produces.
Untitled Sue Chung Jennifer Johnson Drama Project
Network: CW Television Network
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Executive Producer(s): Sue Chung, Jennifer Johnson
Writer(s): Sue Chung
Logline: A trio of women work outside the law to deliver justice against those who evade punishment in the legal system. At the same time, they seek personal revenge against the people responsible for destroying their own lives.
SSN Insight: Chung has previously written on Gotham and Agent Carter.
Upstart Crow
Network: BBC 2
Production Company(s): BBC In House Productions
Logline: The show focuses on the life of playwright William Shakespeare before he became famous.
Details: Inspired by the pre-famous life of William Shakespeare.
SSN Insight: BBC 2 has given a series order of 6 episodes.
Vatican City
Network: Amazon
Studio: CBS TV Studios
Production Company(s): Scott Free Prods., King Size Prods.
Executive Producer(s): Robert King, Michelle King, Liz Glotzer, Ridley Scott, David Zucker
Writer(s): Robert King, Michelle King
Logline: Tells the story of an American, female, on-screen reporter working at a financial news network in Rome. There she comes to the attention of the liberal pope, Clement, who, knowing he can’t buck tradition and make women priests, decides to shake up the curia by making her the papal spokesperson. Once there, she’s forced to navigate 2000 years of sexism and a boss who 1.2 billion people consider infallible.
SSN Insight: Robert King and Michelle King are behind two other series: CBS’ The Good Wife and the upcoming BrainDead. Scott Free previously produced the 2013 Showtime drama pilot The Vatican.
Voice of the City
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Universal Television
Executive Producer(s): Claudia Shear, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, Bruce Cohen
Writer(s): Claudia Shear
Logline: Set in New York City in 1891 and told from the point of view of a romantic showman, Patrick and his love, Lucy, as they struggle to create a life in a new land in the only business they know.
SSN Insight: Actress and playwright Shear was previously nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play and Best Actress for Dirty Blonde. Her musical adaptation of Tuck Everlasting opens on Broadway this spring 2016.
You’re Back In The Room
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Production Company(s): BBC Worldwide Productions, Tuesday’s Child
Executive Producer(s): Karen Smith
Logline: Contestants are challenged to complete a variety of simple, everyday tasks, from frosting a cake to painting a picture after being hypnotized.
Details: Based on the UK series, “You’re Back In The Room,” which premiered on ITV on March 14, 2015.
SSN Insight: Fox has given a series order of eight episodes.