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All Together Now
Network: FOX
Studio: 20
th Century Fox Television
Executive Producers: Alec Sulkin, Julius “Goldie” Sharpe
Writers: Alec Sulkin, Julius “Goldie” Sharp.
Logline: Revolves around 6 friends in their late 20’s who vow to unplug their mobile devices and engage each other for as long as they can stand it.
SSN Insight: Sulkin and Sharpe collaborated together last season on Fox’s
Dads.
Untitled Lucy Punch / Ant Hines / Casper Christensen Project
Network: FX
Executive Producers: Lucy Punch, Ant Hines, Casper Christensen
Writers: Lucy Punch, Ant Hines, Casper Christensen
Cast: Lucy Punch
Logline: Follows a desperate English expat who marries a death row convict so she can get a green card and stay in the states to pursue her dreams. She thinks her terrifying, besotted husband will soon be out of the picture, but her world is turned upside down when he shows up on her doorstep, having been reprieved just minutes before his scheduled execution.
Details: Script commitment
Assisted Loving
Network: NBC
Studio: Universal Television
Production Companies: Kapital Entertainment, KatCo
Executive Producer: Claudia Lonow, Aaron Kaplan, Tracy Katsky
Writer: Claudia Lonow
Logline: Two grown children help their elderly father in his quest to find a second love.
Details: Based on the book,
Assisted Loving: True Tales of Double Dating with My Dad, written by Bob Morris
SSN Insight: Lonow is also developing another project at NBC with Ed Helms called
Big Kids.
Untitled Daniel Dae Kim / Adele Lim Project (aka Good Doctor)
Network: CBS
Studio: CBS Television Studios
Production Company: 3AD
Executive Producers: Adele Lim, Lindsay Goffman, Daniel Dae Kim
Writer: Adele Lim
Logline: A brilliant doctor with Asperger’s uses his special gift for solving complex cases at a Boston teaching hospital.
Details: An adaptation of the South Korean drama series
Good Doctor.
SSN Insight: Daniel Dae Kim, known for his acting on
Lost and
Hawaii Five-O, takes on his first development project as an Executive Producer.
The Good Life
Network: CBS
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company: Here Comes Scrappy
Executive Producer: Bill Wrubel
Writer: Bill Wrubel
Logline: Centers on a family man who struggles with the fact that everyone around him is pursuing their dreams and enjoying life more than he is — but ultimately realizes he has everything he’s ever wanted.
SSN Insight: Project stems from Wrubel’s new overall deal at Warner Bros. Television.
DeTour
Network: FOX
Studio: 20
th Century Fox Television
Production Company: Tagline Television
Executive Producers: Steve Franks, Rivers Cuomo, Dan Field, Chris Henze, Willie Mercer
Logline: Centers on a thirty-something rock star who, unable to rationalize his success and worried that he may not have the tools to repeat it, walks away from the spotlight at the height of his fame in an effort to rediscover the parts of his life he missed while he was busy becoming a massive success.
Details: Inspired by the real-life experiences of Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo.
SSN Insight: Project will mirror and embellish Cuomo’s journey with fictional characters.
Nod
Network: FOX
Studio: 20
th Century Fox Television
Production Company: The Chernin Company
Executive Producers: Jason Richman, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope
Writer: Jason Richman
Logline: Set at a time when most of humanity loses the ability to sleep and scientists are at a loss to explain why no one is tired. Plot revolves around Tanya and Paul, an "inter somnial" couple – she, Awakened and flourishing, and he, one of the remaining few who are still handicapped by the need for sleep. When signs of deprivation start to show among the Awakened, the bonds of friendship and love get tested in unexpected ways — because if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
Details: Based on the novel,
Nod, written by Adrian Barnes.
SSN Insight: Richman was behind last season’s
Lucky 7 at ABC, which was canceled after airing only two episodes.
Untitled Johnny Knoxville Family Project
Network: ABC
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Companies: 3 Arts Entertainment, Hello Junior!
Executive Producers: Johnny Knoxville, Michael Rotenberg, Dave Becky
Logline: A Southern family comedy inspired by Johnny Knoxville’s unconventional childhood.
SSN Insight: Knoxville has recently signed a two-year first-look deal at ABC Studios.
Untitled David Marshall Grant Medical Drama Project
Network: ABC
Studio: Warner Bros. Television
Production Company: Vendetta Productions
Executive Producers: David Marshall Grant, Sheldon Turner, Jennifer Klein
Consulting Producers: Byrdie Lifson-Pompan, Dr. Valerie Ulene
Writer: David Marshall Grant
Logline: Centers on a tough, resourceful and at-the-top -of-her -game type-A businesswoman, who has a medical scare only to be dangerously misdiagnosed - a experiences first-hand the hazards of our healthcare system. Shocking her friends and family, she leaves her career behind, becoming instead a brilliant and relentless advocate for anyone caught in the chaotic and ever-changing maze that is modern medicine.
Details: Inspired by the real-life experiences of former agent Byrdie Lifson-Pompan.
SSN Insight: This project gets added to the list of many medical dramas that have surfaced this development season.
Marseille
Digital Platform: Netflix
Production Company: Federation Entertainment
Writer: Dan Frank
Director: Florent-Emilio Siri
Logline: A tale of power, corruption and redemption set against the rich backdrop of the French port city, that focuses on the story of Robert Taro, Mayor of the city for 25 years.
Details: Netflix has ordered 8 episodes.
SSN Insight: This is Netflix’s first original French production.
The Greatest American Hero
Network: FOX
Studio: 20
th Century Fox Television
Production Company: Lord Miller
Executive Producers: Tawnia McKiernan, Rodney Rothman, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Seth Cohen
Writer: Rodney Rothman
Logline: Chronicles inner-city teacher Isaac’s adventures after his discovery of a superhero suit that gives him superhuman abilities. Unfortunately for Isaac, he hates wearing the suit and has to learn how to use its powers by trial and error because he quickly misplaces the suit’s instructions. He also has to deal with a government handler who has very different objectives than him and struggles as to whether he should use his newfound gifts to help others or just himself.
Details: Based on the television series,
The Greatest American Hero, which aired on ABC from 1981-1983.
SSN Insight: Lord Miller recently sold an
Untitled Dan Sterling Project to CBS, and is behind the FOX project
The Last Man on Earth, which will air in 2015.
Jack Irish
Network: FOX
Studio: 20
th Century Fox Television
Production Companies: Chernin Entertainment, Essential Media and Entertainment
Executive Producers: Anna Fricke, Seamus Kevin Fahey, Peter Chernin, Katherine Pope, Chis Hilton, Ian Collie, Simonne Overend
Writer: Seamus Kevin Fahey
Logline: Centers on Jack Irish, a part-time lawyer, debt collector, and apprentice cabinet maker, who is getting his life back together after the murder of his wife. Through his cases he, more often than not, finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time, uncovering much larger things at play.
Details: Based on both the 2012 Australian miniseries
Jack Irish, starring Guy Pearce and on the Jack Irish detective novel series written by Peter Temple. Project has received a script plus penalty commitment.
Cold Blood
Network: ABC
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company: Kapital Entertainment
Executive Producers: Janine Sherman Barrois, Aaron Kaplan
Logline: Set at New York Memorial, the world’s most prestigious hospital, the story follows Dr. Cara West, an African-American attending who joins the staff after the mysterious disappearance of one of their doctors. She soon discovers that this elite team has no problem crossing ethical boundaries in order to make progress and save lives.
SSN Insight: This is the sixth project sold for Kapital Entertainment for the 2015-2016 season.
Kids In America
Network: NBC
Studio: Universal Television
Production Company: 222 Productions
Executive Producer: Aaron Blitzstein, Adam Levine, Jordan Feldstein, Josh Gummersall
Writer: Aaron Blitzstein
Logline: Inspired by Levine’s real-life experiences and centered on an unconventional family as seen through the eyes of a teenager with the dream of becoming a rock star.
Details: Project has received a script commitment.
SSN Insight: Levine and 222 productions are also developing a miniseries for NBC based on the music of 1970’s.
Untitled Jermaine Fowler Comedy Project
Network: ABC
Studio: ABC Studios
Production Company: 3 Arts Entertainment
Executive Producers: Jermaine Fowler, Avi Gilbert, Michael Rotenberg
Cast: Jermaine Fowler
Logline: A college dropout winds up living with his estranged grandmother, a former DC cop who provides the perfect mix of parenting, laughs and adventure that gets him off the couch and out into the world.
Details: Based on Jermaine Fowler's life.
