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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Jamie-Lynn Sigler is set as a series regular opposite Parisa Fitz-Henley and Michael Ealy in Triage, ABC’s second cycle medical drama pilot from David Cornue, Erica Messer, Jon M. Chu and 20th Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersCreated by Cornue, Triage is a character-driven medical drama that follows pioneering surgeon Finley Briar (Fitz-Henley) over three distinct decades at the same hospital.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorICM Partners has tapped Julia Johnson as its new General Counsel and EVP, Head of Business and Legal Affairs. Johnson, who moves to ICM Partners from APA, replaces longtime ICM Partners General Counsel Rick Levy, who announced earlier this year he would be leaving the agency at the end of 2020.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO Max has slotted Thursday, November 26 for the premiere of The Flight Attendant, starring and produced by Kaley Cuoco. The streaming service also unveiled the key art, featuring Cuoco, with the tagline, “A Deadly Mystery With A Turbulent Descent”.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNineteen years after the premiere of the hit comedy film Legally Blonde, the cast will gather again for a virtual reunion. The film’s star Reese Witherspoon teased the reunion, which will benefit World Central Kitchen, Monday on Instagram.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHGTV has unveiled its 2021 programming slate, giving a production green light to 13 new series and three pilots. Details below.New Series:Home Against With the Fords will star sister-brother duo and home reno experts Leanne and Steve Ford, a series in which they will help clients transform their childhood homes.Lara Spencer will host Everything but the House (wt).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAfter a 47-year broadcasting career, Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick is hanging up the mic.Emrick announced his retirement Monday after calling hockey for three decades, including 22 Stanley Cup Finals, 45 Stanley Cup Playoffs/Final Game 7s, six Olympics, NHL Winter Classics and All-Star Games.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Anthony Keyvan (Alexa & Katie), Diego Josef (Goliath), J. August Richards (Council of Dads), John Ross Bowie (Speechless), Mary Birdsong (Succession), Patricia De Leon (Mayans M.C.) and Sydney Mae Diaz (High Fidelity) are set for recurring roles on HBO Max’s Lena Dunham-produced half-hour dramedy, Generation.Created by Zelda Barnz and her father Daniel Barnz, who also directs, Generation is a dark yet playful half-hour following a group of high

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe Starfleet crew clearly has more work to do. A day after its Season 3 premiere, CBS All Access announced it has renewed Star Trek: Discovery for a fourth season, with production set to begin on November 2.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorKate Hudson has been tapped to star alongside Octavia Spencer in Season 2 of Apple drama series Truth Be Told.Created by Nichelle Tramble Spellman and produced by Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Chernin Entertainment and Endeavor Content, Truth Be Told is a quasi-anthology series in the vein of USA drama The Sinner and NBC comedy Trial & Error where there is a central protagonist(s) that carries over as each season focuses on a new story with new

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has put in development Nate’s, a half-hour multi-camera comedy about a beloved Washington, D.C. bar, from writer Akilah Green (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and 20th Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Green, the comedy revolves around Nate’s, a black-owned, Washington, D.C.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Former The Last Ship star Travis Van Winkle and NCIS: New Orleans alumna Shalita Grant are set as series regulars opposite Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti on the upcoming third season of Netflix series You.Developed by Sera Gamble and Greg Berlanti, You is based on Caroline Kepnes’ bestselling books You and Hidden Bodies.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: How To Get Away With Murder alum Conrad Ricamora is set for a key recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of Fox’s hit medical drama The Resident.Ricamora will play Dr. Jake Wong, a handsome gay plastic surgeon, and amateur singer-songwriter in his off hours.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has handed a series order to First Kill, a YA vampire series based on the short story by New York Times bestselling author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, with American Horror Story and Scream Queens star Emma Roberts set to produce via her Belletrist Productions.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has handed a series order to First Kill, a YA vampire series based on the short story by New York Times bestselling author Victoria “V. E.” Schwab, with American Horror Story and Scream Queens star Emma Roberts set to star and produce via her Belletrist Productions.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorCBS All Access has set the voice cast for The Harper House, its upcoming adult animated comedy series from China, IL creator Brad Neely, Katie Krentz (Star Trek: Lower Decks), CBS Television Studios and 219 Productions.Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Jason Lee (My Name Is Earl), Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black) and newcomer Ryan Flynn (Stupidface) will star as the Harper family, with VyVy Nguyen (Young Sheldon), Lance Krall (Fameless), Roberta Colindrez (Vida),

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorTracy Morgan’s The Last O.G. will be back for a fourth season.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorStar Wars franchise alums Kelly Marie Tran (Rose Tico), Billy Dee Williams (Lando Calrissian) and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO) will be reprising their iconic roles in the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special set to air November 17 on Disney+.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPresident Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden will face off (sort of) tonight in dueling town halls live in primetime, simultaneously on broadcast networks NBC and ABC, respectively.Both events were scheduled on the night of the town hall-style second presidential debate, which was canceled after Trump would not agree to a virtual event following his COVID-19 diagnosis.The Trump event will air at 8 p.m.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorYasha Jackson (Manifest) is set for a recurring role on HBO Max’s thriller series The Flight Attendant, starring and executive produced by Kaley Cuoco. The Flight Attendant is a story of how an entire life can change in one night.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNBC has put in development a drama series based on the novel and movie Fried Green Tomatoes, with Reba McEntire attached to star, and Norman Lear executive producing, Deadline has confirmed. Written by Jennifer Cecil, the project is described as a modernization of the beloved novel and movie that explores the lives of descendants from the original work.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIs it over yet? Not quite. Amazon will say farewell to 2020 with Yearly Departed, a new comedy special hosted by comedian Phoebe Robinson (2 Dope Queens) and executive produced by The Marvelous Mrs.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBET+ has picked up scripted comedy Ms. Pat from the Empire duo of co-creator/executive Lee Daniels and executive producer Brian Grazer with a 10-episode series order.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAnimator/writer/director Jorge Gutierrez (Maya and the Three) is expanding his relationship with Netflix, signing an overall deal with the streaming giant for original content.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIt was a rare sight Tuesday on the Jeopardy stage with one contestant remaining for the final round.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIn a move to expand diverse voices in the romance novel industry, writer Bobby Smith Jr.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNickelodeon has unveiled a first look photo of SpongeBob and his pals Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Plankton and Mr. Krabs – the characters in its new CG-animated series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years, the first original spinoff of Nick’s iconic hit series SpongeBob SquarePants.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Childrens Hospital alum Ken Marino, Milan Carter (Dolemite Is My Name), in a recasting, and Juliet Donenfeld (The Big Show Show) are set as series regulars opposite Julie Bowen and Stephanie Koenig in Wilde Things (fka The Big Bad Wolfes), CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: TLC is expanding its hit 90 Day Fiancé franchise with two new original digital series in partnership with Facebook Watch.Ask Mama Chantel, starring The Family Chantel‘s Karen Everett, will premiere Thursday, October 22 with new episodes dropping each week, and Spice It Up with David & Annie, featuring 90 Day Fiancé and Pillow Talk favorites David Toborowsky and Annie Suwan, will premiere weekly beginning Wednesday, October 28, on Facebook Watch.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorShowtime has set Sunday, December 6 at 9 PM for the premiere of the 11th and final season of its hit dramedy series Shameless.The network’s longest-running series started production on its final season on September 8 following the COVID-19 imposed shutdown.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Keenan Tracey (Bates Motel), Daniel Doheny (Alex Strangelove), Natalie Malaika (Fractured), newcomer Morgan Holmstrom and Kristy Dinsmore (Vikings) are set as series regulars in Syfy’s Day of the Dead, based on George A. Romero’s classic zombie film, from Abbott Street Films and Cartel Entertainment (Creepshow).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Tony Chung (Hours of Operation) is set as a series regular opposite Olivia Liang in Kung Fu, the CW’s reimagining with a female lead of the 1970s David Carradine-starring TV series, from Christina M.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: After a successful West Coast/East Coast partnership over the past three years, Platform PR and Serge PR are becoming one — officially partnering under the Platform banner.Scott Boute (Serge PR CEO) will join Siri Garber (Platform PR CEO) and Angela Mach (Platform PR Vice President) to head up the West Coast office in Los Angeles, with industry veteran Darren Olcsvary remaining head of New York operations.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Erik Feig’s Picturestart is making its first foray into animation, acquiring the rights to Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel Beverly to develop as an animated series.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe team behind the iconic 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap — Rob Reiner, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest — are getting back together for a virtual reunion/fundraiser October 14 to benefit Pennsylvania Democrats. “Every dollar raised goes directly towards ending Trumpism by winning Pennsylvania,” according to the invitation.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorApple TV+ has set a star-studded ensemble cast for its upcoming musical comedy project starring Saturday Night Live‘s Cecily Strong and executive produced by Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe end is in sight for F Is For Family. Netflix has ordered a fifth and final season of the praised animated comedy series for premiere in 2021.Created by Bill Burr and Emmy winner Michael Price (The Simpsons) F Is For Family is set in the 1970s, a time when political correctness, helicopter parenting and indoor smoking bans weren’t part of anyone’s vocabulary, let alone the norm.