2 Black Dudes
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Fuzzy Door Productions
Executive Producer(s): Seth MacFarlane, Michael A Mariano
Writer(s): J. Lee
Logline: Originally from St. Louis, two African-American cousins with two completely different perspectives on life, now live in Los Angeles and continuously bump heads on everything from religion, sex, politics, and being black in America all the way down to who’s the best ninja turtle.
SSN Insight: J. Lee was previously a story editor on MacFarlane’s The Cleveland Show. Mariano took over for creator Greg Garcia as showrunner on the final season of the Fox/20th TV comedy series Raising Hope under a multi-year deal with Fox that included development.
8 Years Lost
Network: USA Network
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): Blumhouse Productions
Executive Producer(s): Jason Blum
Writer(s): Lauren MacKenzie, Andy Gettens
Logline: Jayna Beckner was a teenage girl who went missing in 2007 and whose body is discovered eight years later. When we learn these remains were just a few weeks old the mystery deepens– where has Jayna been all this time? And why was she killed now?
SSN Insight: Will look and feel exactly like a true crime documentary. MacKenzie and Gettens recently wrote for A&E The Returned and are now producers on CBS’s American Gothic.
Animal Kingdom
Network: TNT
Studio: Warner Horizon Television
Production Company(s): John Wells Productions
Executive Producer(s): John Wells, Jonathan Lisco, Andrew Stearn, David Michôd, Liz Watts
Writer(s): Jonathan Lisco
Logline: When 17-year-old Josh moves in with his wild, free-wheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town, he is pulled into their life of indulgence and excess. But after Josh discovers that it’s all being funded by criminal activities, it becomes clear to him that joining the family comes with more danger and excitement than he might be ready to handle.
Details: Based on the film, “Animal Kingdom,” (Australia/ 2010) directed by David Michôd and starring Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton and Jacki Weaver.
SSN Insight: TNT ordered the pilot back in May and gave a series order on December 10.
Bob’s Your Uncle
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): Amigos de Garcia Productions
Executive Producer(s): Greg Garcia
Writer(s): John Cochran
Logline: A hot shot lawyer takes his socially awkward nephew under his wing and becomes his guide both in and out of the office.
SSN Insight: Cochran finished 8th on Survivor’s South Pacific season before winning Survivor: Caramoan – Fans vs. Favorites in 2012.
Designated Survivor
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company(s): infinitum nihil
Executive Producer(s): Nikki Toscano, Johnny Depp, Christi Dembrowski, Norman Todd
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: Sutherland will star as the President. Fox has given a straight to series order.
Dope Girls
Network: MTV Networks
Production Company(s): Management 360
Executive Producer(s): Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan, Marcus Blakely, Guymon Casady, Jill McElroy
Writer(s): Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Logline: Paige and Jordan may be weed dealers, but in their eyes they are entrepreneurs. Their dope delivery app is quickly gaining popularity with foodies, celebrities and the most particular and crucial consumers, hipsters. These two girls, living in Los Angeles, are desperate to succeed, find a little romance, and keep their clients happy and high, all with the least amount of effort possible.
SSN Insight: MTV has given a series order as of December 14.
Good Behavior
Network: TNT
Writer(s): Blake Crouch, Chad Hodge
Logline: Letty Dobesh is a thief and a con artist whose life is always one wrong turn, one bad decision from implosion — which is exactly how she likes it. Fresh out of prison, Letty is attempting to stay afloat. But when she overhears a hitman being hired to kill a man’s wife, she sets out to derail the job, setting her on a collision course with the killer and entangling them in a dangerous and seductive relationship.
Details: Based on the Letty Dobesh novel series, written by Blake Crouch and published by Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
SSN Insight: TNT ordered the pilot back in July and has since given a series order on December 10.
Highland
Network: Amazon
Studio: Amazon Studios
Production Company(s): Tomorrow Studios, ITV Studios
Executive Producer(s): Margaret Cho, Liz Sarnoff, Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements
Writer(s): Liz Sarnoff
Logline: After a court ordered rehab, Margaret Cho gets a chance to start over but has to move in with her dysfunctional family who now runs a pot dispensary.
SSN Insight: Adelstein and Clements currently executive produce ABC’s Last Man Standing, NBC’s Aquarius and TNT’s Good Behavior.
Little Darlings
Network: MTV Networks
Production Company(s): Shiny Penny
Executive Producer(s): Stacey Sher, Emily Levitan, Amanda Lasher
Writer(s): Jennifer Kaytin Robinson
Logline: College student Ophelia is an edgy, hip young trouble magnet: she works in a vintage record store, sells weed on the side, and is on a first-name basis with Campus Security. Jules is a sweet, small-town girl who is a member of the one of the best sororities on campus — but she has a secret identity as a masked superheroine who dishes out rough justice to those getting away with sexual assault and bullying on campus. When Ophelia learns all about Jules and her clandestine operation, she insists on playing Batgirl to , well, to Batgirl.
SSN Insight: MTV gave a series order as of December 14.
Miracle Man
Network: NBC Entertainment
Studio: Sony Pictures Television
Executive Producer(s): Sam Raimi, Robert Tapert, Kevin Sorbo, Bob Eisele, Sam Sorbo
Writer(s): Bob Eisele
Logline: Jason, a decorated Army Ranger, is nearly killed in Afghanistan. Haunted by the experience, he’s discharged and returns home to a wife who’s left him and an adult son he barely knows. As he struggles to piece his life together, he discovers that he has the ability to make miracles happen that can change people’s lives, and sets out on a quest to discover why.
SSN Insight: Series to star Kevin Sorbo who previously starred in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Andromeda and on the film side, God’s Not Dead.
NOS4A2
Network: AMC
Studio: AMC Studios
Production Company(s): The Tornante Company
Executive Producer(s): Michael Eisner
Logline: Victoria “Vic” McQueen is a young woman with an uncanny talent for finding lost things… a gift that is gradually destroying her mind. Her search for help leads her to someone with powers not unlike her own: the psychopath Charlie Manx, who has survived for a century by abducting children in his 1938 Rolls-Royce Wraith (license plate: NOS4A2), and draining his passengers of their souls to keep himself forever young. When Manx kidnaps Vic’s own son, she’ll plunge into the impossible, nightmare world that lies just beneath the surface of everyday America in a desperate attempt to get him back. Based on the novel.
Details: Based on the novel, “NOS4A2,” written by Joe Hill and published by William Morrow on October 15, 2013.
SSN Insight: Hill’s fantasy thriller Horns was adapted for the 2014 film starring Daniel Radcliffe, his novel Heart Shaped Box is currently being redeveloped at Warner Bros. and Hill’s supernatural comic series Locke & Key was first developed for TV and later as a feature at Universal.
Now You See Her
Network: CBS Entertainment
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company(s): James Patterson Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): James Patterson, Leopoldo Gout, Siobhan Byrne O’Connor, Bill Haber, Bill Robinson
Writer(s): Siobhan Byrne O’Connor
Logline: A successful attorney at a boutique New York City law firm is hiding her true identity and past as a murderer when one case threatens to expose her and upend her new life and career. Based on the novel.
Details: Based on the novel, “Now You See Her,” written by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge and published by Little, Brown and Company June 27, 2011.
SSN Insight: James Patterson Entertainment has a first-look deal at CBS TV Studios.
Shots Fired
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Imagine Television
Executive Producer(s): Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo
Writer(s): Gina Prince-Bythewood, Reggie Rock Bythewood
Logline: When a black officer shoots a white teen in a racially charged Tennessee town, the country is suddenly buzzing. Meanwhile, outrage over police brutality has been going unheard for awhile. Considering the unusual circumstances of this case, however, two out-of-town, black prosecutors are brought in to sort through the evidence and find out what really happened. Preston Terry and Ashe Bell have different ways of doing things, but both seek justice all the same. As new evidence surfaces and the community grows anxious, Terry and Bell must keep personal bias and suspicions to themselves as they seek the truth.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a pilot presentation. The project is planned as a limited series.
Sweet Harts
Production Company(s): Hartbreak Films, 44 Blue Productions
Executive Producer(s): Melissa Joan Hart, Paula Hart, Stephanie Drachkovitch
Writer(s):
Logline: The show will focus on Melissa Joan Hart and her ex-showbiz siblings as they open and operate Melissa’s dream dessert store – Sweet Harts – in her hometown of Westport, Connecticut. After a failed attempt with other partners in Sherman Oaks, California, Melissa is ready to try again – but this time, the right way. With her opinionated family by her side helping her, everyone is excited to see this dream to fruition – but of course, it wouldn’t be a dream without a little drama along the way.
Details:
SSN Insight: Melissa Joan Hart can next be seen in the upcoming film, God’s Not Dead 2.
The Circus: Inside The Greatest Political Show On Earth
Network: Showtime Networks
Production Company(s): Left/Right Films
Executive Producer(s): Banks Tarver, Ken Druckerman, Mark Halperin, John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon
Logline: A weekly half-hour show between January and November that will follow multiple individual stories and key characters from the campaigns and capture their unique perspectives.
SSN Insight: The real-time documentary series will premiere in January.
The Job Squad
Network: ABC Entertainment Group
Production Company(s): Amigos de Garcia Productions, Big Talk Productions
Executive Producer(s): Stephnie Weir, Greg Garcia, Kenton Allen, Matthew Justice
Writer(s): Stephnie Weir, Greg Garcia
Logline: Set at an unemployment office in Burlington, Vermont, Trish is an office manager who heads up a staff of colorful characters doing their best to turn Un-Employment into Fun-Employment.
Details: Based on the British series, “The Job Lot,” which premiered on ITV in 2013.
SSN Insight: ABC has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.
The Letter
Network: ABC Family/ Freeform
Production Company(s): Sirens Media
Executive Producer(s): Rebecca Toth, Valerie Haselton, Lucila D’Agostino
Logline: In each episode, four people close to one another draw names and anonymously write to the selected person a thoughtful yet totally honest letter outlining what, in their opinion, needs to be changed in order to improve and transform for the better the life of the recipient. For one week, each “reader” must follow all the rules and instructions outlined in the letter – culminating in a dramatic and emotionally charged meeting where the authors of each letter reveal themselves to their best friends.
SSN Insight: ABC Family/Freeform has given a series order.
Untitled Coast Guard Drama Project
Production Company(s): Armada Partners
Executive Producer(s): David M. Rudy
Logline: The series will tell stories about the nation’s oldest and premiere maritime agency, the United States Coast Guard.
Details: Inspired by real-life stories of the U.S. Coast Guard.
SSN Insight: The U.S. Coast Guard has joined with production company Armada Partners to develop the project which is in the early concept stages. Established in 1790 the Coast Guard is the oldest continuous seagoing service within the U.S. Armed Forces.
Untitled Nicole Byer Comedy Project
Network: MTV Networks
Executive Producer(s): Avi Gilbert, Christian Lander
Writer(s): Christian Lander
Logline: Out of money, luck and options, myopically self-serving Nicole is forced to move in with her sister and her sister’s four kids.
SSN Insight: MTV gave a series order, as of December 14.
Untitled Richard LaGravanes/ Julianne Hough Dance Drama
Network: Fox Broadcasting Company
Studio: 20th Century Fox Television
Production Company(s): Temple Hill Entertainment
Executive Producer(s): Richard LaGravenese, Julianne Hough, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen
Writer(s): Richard LaGravenese
Logline: Set in the competitive world of dance, the show highlights how dancers must work, fight, and create to achieve their dreams.
SSN Insight: Fox has given an initial commitment of a script plus penalty.