Primetime Pilot Panic News

Peacock is developing Laid, a comedy based on the Australian series of the same name, from Young Rock and Fresh Off The Boat creator Nahnatchka Khan, Son of Zorn showrunner Sally Bradford McKenna, Davis Entertainment (The Blacklist) and Universal TV, where Khan and Davis Entertainment are under deals. Written by Khan…

EXCLUSIVE: With Riverdale coming to an end after its upcoming seventh season, the CW is eyeing another soapy, noir thriller teen drama set in the world of Archie Comics. Jake Chang, which is in development at the network, comes from writer Oanh Ly and writer-director Viet Nguyen, who both worked on the Archie…

Megan Stalter, one of the breakout stars of HBO Max’s Hacks, is fronting a new comedy in development by HBO Max and A24. The streaming platform and A24 are developing a pilot for Church Girls, a comedy created, executive produced by and starring Stalter, inspired by her true-life experiences. The half-hour comedy…

Showtime has given a green light to Seasoned, a half-hour comedy pilot starring real-life husband and wife Mandy Patinkin (Homeland) and Kathryn Grody (The Lemon Sisters). Co-created and co-written by writer-director Ewen Wright and their son Gideon Grody-Patinkin, Seasoned is a scripted comedy inspired by the…

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Zegers has been tapped as a series regular on ABC’s new hourlong series The Rookie: Feds, headlined by Niecy Nash-Betts. Co-created by Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter, The Rookie: Feds stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy. The spinoff was introduced in a…

EXCLUSIVE: TNT’s Snowpiercer will be pulling into the station. The post-apocalyptic drama’s upcoming fourth season, which is in production, will be its last. I hear the cast’s options were coming up and were not picked up, releasing the actors to book other jobs. “We can confirm that Snowpiercer will end after a…

EXCLUSIVE: Julia Chan (Archive 81) has been cast as a series regular opposite Michaela McManus and Parker Young in Criminal Nature, ABC's drama pilot from Rashad Raisani, 20th Television and A+E Studios. Ian Duff also stars. Written by Raisani, Criminal Nature (fka untitled National Parks project) is described as a…

EXCLUSIVE: Donald Faison and Abigail Spencer are set as the co-leads opposite Jon Cryer in Mike O’Malley’s off-cycle multi-cam NBC comedy pilot from Lionsgate Television. Written by Survivor's Remorse creator O'Malley, the untitled comedy centers on Jim (Cryer) and Julia (Spencer) who, after an amicable divorce…

EXCLUSIVE: Showtime is developing The Whites, a crime drama limited series starring and executive produced by Ethan Hawke. Written by Tony Award-winning playwright and prolific screenwriter Jez Butterworth (Ford v. Ferrari, Spectre), the series is adapted from Richard Price's novel of the same name. The Whites is a…

Ian Duff (We Own This City) is set as a lead opposite Michaela McManus and Parker Young in Criminal Nature, ABC's drama pilot from Rashad Raisani, 20th Television and A+E Studios. Written by Raisani, Criminal Nature (fka untitled National Parks project) is described as a propulsive, soapy procedural set in the…

EXCLUSIVE: Good Girls alum Manny Montana is set as a series regular opposite Dominique Thorne in Marvel Studios’ Disney+ series Ironheart, Deadline has learned. Details about his character are kept under wraps. A rep for Marvel had no comment. Ironheart, which is now filming, stars Thorne as Riri Williams, a genius…

EXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has picked up Before, a limited series starring Billy Crystal, who also will serve as executive producer, Deadline has learned. I hear details on the project, including the size of the order, are being finalized. Written by Sarah Thorp (The Bounty Hunter) and to be directed by Barry Levinson, Befor…