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Ashecliffe
Network: HBO
Studio: Paramount Television
Production Companies: Phoenix Pictures, LBI Entertainment, Appian Way, Mythology Entertainment
Executive Producers: Dennis Lehane, Martin Scorsese, Emma Koskoff, Bradley Fischer, Laeta Kalogridis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Rick Yorn, Christ Donnelly, Mike Medavoy, Arnold Messer
Writer: Tom Bernardo, Dennis Lehane (has been mentioned)
Director: Martin Scorsese (has been mentioned)
Logline: Focuses on an isolated mental hospital and the secrets and misdeeds perpetrated by its founders, who erected the hospital in the early 20th Century and developed the methods of treatment used for the mentally ill.
Details: A prequel to the novel
Shutter Island written by Dennis Lehane. Also a prequel to the film that was directed by Martin Scorsese in 2010.
SSN Insight: Paramount Television recently ordered 13 episodes of
School of Rock based on the 2003 feature film.
Untitled Andy Stern / Ellen Pompeo Crime Project
Network: ABC
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company: Calamity Jane
Executive Producers: Ellen Pompeo, Laura Holstein
Co-Executive Producer: Andy Stern
Writer: Andy Stern
Logline: A young, Boston-area cop, gravely wounded in the line of duty, returns six years later as a police psychologist and finds herself embedded in the very same precinct she left. She’ll bring along her new perspective on cops and solving crime, but she’s returning as an outsider, no longer a cop.
SSN Insight: Calamity Jane, which is going through its first development season, is also developing
Debt for ABC Family.
An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth
Network: ABC
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment
Executive Producers: Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker, Erwin Stoff, Tom Lassally
Consulting Producer: Chris Hadfield
Writer: Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker
Logline: An astronaut back from space finds that re-entering domestic life might be the hardest mission he’s ever faced.
Details: Based on the book
An Astronaut’s Guide To Life On Earth, written by Chris Hadfield
SSN Insight: This is the second astronaut-themed project for ABC. They will be airing the series
The Astronaut Wives Club in March 2015.
The Bad Stanleys
Network: FOX
Studio: 20
th Century Fox Television
Production Company: Kapital Entertainment
Executive Producer: Dana Klein, Aaron Kaplan
Writer: Dana Klein
Logline: About two competitive brothers– one who peaked early in life and one who is peaking now– and their respective families. Told from the point of view of the brother who peaked early, the show is about sibling rivalry– comparing and competing and worrying you haven’t lived up to your potential when your brother has clearly exceeded his.
SSN Insight: Kaplan and Klein reunite once again; they both produced the Fox series
Friends with Better Lives this past season, which wasn’t renewed.
Friday Night Dinner
Network: CBS
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Companies: 3 Arts Entertainment, Big Talk Productions
Executive Producers: Robert Popper, Kenton Allen, Michael Rotenberg
Writer: Robert Popper
Logline: Focuses on the regular dinner experience of a family each Friday night.
Details: Project is a remake of the British comedy,
Friday Night Dinner, which began airing on Channel 4 in 2011.
SSN Insight: A separate American remake of the British comedy,
Friday Night Dinner, went to pilot at NBC in 2012 but was not ordered to series.
@DadBoner
Network: Comedy Central
Production Company: Avalon Management Group, Ltd.
Executive Producers: Mike Burns, Tim Long, Kara Baker, Jon Thoday, Richard Allen-Turner, David Martin
Co-Executive Producer: Dan Lubetikin
Writers: Mike Burns, Tim Long
Logline: Karl Welzein, a middle-aged Michigan man who is separated from his wife and loves Bob Seger, has developed his own philosophy of life: indulging in dangerously generous helpings of booze, fast food, and American pride. Since his wife kicked him out of the house, Karl has been crashing at his buddy Dave’s and living like a "true bad boy" with "plenty of babes" — in his own mind.
Details: Based on the Twitter feed
@DadBoner, created by comedian Mike Burns, which was subsequently turned into a novel called
Power Moves: Livin' the American Dream, USA Style, also written by Burns.
Wing Mom
Network: NBC
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company: Kari’s Logo Here
Writer: Kari Lizer
Logline: Centers on a divorced woman who has been waiting until her two kids were grown before starting to date again. When her 18-year-old son starts to offer her romance advice, she quickly realizes that he and his friends actually need her help — they need a wing mom.
Details: Based on the life of Kari Lizer.
Untitled Sarah Watson / Jason Katims Medical Project
Network: CBS
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company: True Jack Productions
Executive Producers: Sarah Watson, Jason Katims, Michelle Lee
Co-Executive Producer:
Writer: Sarah Watson
Logline: Set at a high-tech Silicon Valley hospital with a cutting-edge approach to medicine.
Code Black
Network: CBS
Studio: ABC Studios
Executive Producers: Michael Seitzman, Linda Goldstein-Knowlton, Marti Noxon
Writer: Michael Seitzman
Logline: One young doctor has just joined the extraordinary staff of Los Angeles’ busiest ER as they struggle in the face of a broken system to protect their ideals and the patients who need them the most.
Details: Based on the documentary
Code Black (2013/USA), directed by Ryan McGarry.
The Living and the Dead
Networks: BBC America, BBC-1
Studio: BBC Worldwide
Production Companies: Monastic Productions, BBC Wales
Executive Producers: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham, Faith Penhale, Katie McAleese
Writers: Ashley Pharoah, Matthew Graham
Logline: Set in the English countryside in 1888, the story centers on Nathan Appleby, a gentleman farmer who is obsessed with proving the existence of the afterlife. Appleby investigates hauntings, paranormal happenings, and ghostly visitations, encouraged by the Society for Psychical Research. Soon his interest in the occult poses a threat to his family, his livelihood and his sanity.
Details: Ordered straight to series. Network has ordered 6 episodes.
Blindspot
Network: NBC
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company: Berlanti Productions
Executive Producers: Martin Gero, Greg Berlanti
Writer: Martin Gero
Logline: An FBI agent is drawn into a complex conspiracy when a naked amnesiac is found in Times Square covered in tattoos... including his name on her back.
Critical
Network: NBC
Studio: Universal Television
Production Companies: UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, John Glenn Entertainment
Executive Producers: John Glenn, Eva Longoria, Ben Spector
Writer: Katie Lovejoy
Logline: A perfectionistic Latina doctor who returns to her hometown to take a job at a prestigious hospital.
SSN Insight: Project marks a reunion for Lovejoy and UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, who developed an adaptation of the telenovela
Pura Sangre at ABC together last season.
Justice
Network: NBC
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company: John Glenn Entertainment
Executive Producer: John Glenn
Writer: Matt Lopez
Logline: A larger-than-life DA is a brilliant prosecutor but has a dark secret that could bring his entire world crashing down.
Untitled Kerry Ehrin / Freddie Highmore Project
Network: NBC
Production Company: Kerry Ehrin Productions
Executive Producers: Kerry Ehrin, Freddie Highmore
Writers: Kerry Ehrin, Freddie Highmore
Logline: Set in the world of venture capitalism, it tells the story of the intimate relationship between an overly emotional-but-talented female executive and her ambitious and eccentric young British assistant.
SSN Insight: This is the first project Ehrin and Highmore are developing together. Ehrin is the co-creator/executive producer on A&E’s
Bates Motel that Highmore stars in.
Untitled Eric Falconer / Greg Garcia Comedy Project
Network: ABC
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company: Amigos de Garcia Productions
Executive Producers: Eric Falconer, Greg Garcia
Writer: Eric Falconer
Logline: Centers on a TV writer who, after losing his job, moves his family from Santa Monica to a predominantly Mexican neighborhood in East LA in order to save money. In doing so they experience culture shock but also discover a feeling of community in their new neighborhood that makes their family stronger.
Details: Loosely based on writer Eric Falconer’s experience moving his family to East Los Angeles. Script + Penalty
SSN Insight: This is Garcia’s first project being developed at ABC.
The Brain
Network: CBS
Studio: CBS Studios
Production Company: Kapital Entertainment
Executive Producers: Michelle Morgan, Aaron Kaplan
Writer: Michelle Morgan
Logline: Centers on an unintelligent guy who suffers head trauma and turns into a genius, which puts a strain on his family and friends, who liked him better when he was clueless.
Mix
Network: ABC
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company: Le Train Train Productions
Executive Producers: Jennifer Cecil, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack
Co-Executive Producer: Jeff Grosvenor
Writer: Jennifer Cecil
Logline: Explores the realities of modern-day families-- multi-cultural, multi-generational, built through divorces, affairs and adoptions -- set against the backdrop of a revered family restaurant at a crossroads.
SSN Insight: Le Train Train Productions is also behind the new NBC series
A to Z, which will air this fall.
The Cure
Network: FOX
Studio: 20
th Century Fox Television
Production Companies: Picturemaker Productions, Imagine Television
Executive Producers: Malcolm Gladwell, Glenn Gordon Caron, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo
Writer: Malcolm Gladwell, Glenn Gordon Caron
Logline: A young, impulsive African American neurologist decides to take the law into her own hands in the cause of tackling a deadly disease.
Rabbit Hole
Network: IFC
Studio: Universal Cable Productions
Production Company: Borderline Amazing Productions
Executive Producers: Chelsea Handler, Tom Brunelle, Brad Wollack
Writers: Kerri Kenney-Silver, Jamie Denbo
Cast: Kerri Kenney-Silver
Logline: A comedy set in Nevada’s “second most famous“ brothel.
SSN Insight: Kenny-Silver was a regular guest on Handler’s E! late night show, that has since been canceled.
