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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe Ellen DeGeneres Show drew solid ratings in its Season 18 premiere Monday, in which DeGeneres addressed allegations of a toxic workplace that had emerged over the summer.The series opener earned a 1.9 rating and 6 share among Households, improving its lead-in 1.2/4 by +58% in rating and 50% in share, and steady vs its year-ago September time period average rating of 1.9/6.Versus last year’s debut episode, Ellen was steady year-to-year with a 1.1 rating

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, DC veteran scribe Grainne Godfree (Legends of Tomorrow) has been tapped to write and executive produce a TV series based on Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ recently released YA novel, the first in a two-book series, which is in development at Amazon. The project hails from Sony Pictures TV and Josh Berman’s studio-based Osprey Productions, which landed the rights to the books in a competitive situation.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSyfy’s TZGZ weekly late-night animation block continues to expand its slate, with a six-episode series order to holiday comedy The Pole. The series, starring Bobby Moynihan and Jillian Bell, hails from Future Man writers Matthew Bass and Theodore Bressman, and Yeti Farm Creative (Hotel Transylvania Season 2, Pete the Cat Season 2).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Former The Americans star Holly Taylor is set as a new series regular in the upcoming third season of NBC’s Manifest, from Jeff Rake and Warner Bros. TV.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: John Hoogenakker (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) is set as a series regular in Dopesick, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book. The project is from The Handmaid’s Tale executive producer Warren Littlefield and Touchstone Television.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO Max has given a green light to Not So Pretty, a four-episode half-hour investigative docuseries about the beauty industry, from Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering’s Jane Doe Films (On The Record, The Hunting Ground) and Entertainment One. The series is currently in production.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Anthony Ruivivar (The Haunting of Hill House), Brandon Jay McLaren (The Twilight Zone), and Jeremy Maguire (Modern Family) are set as series regulars and Becca Tobin (Glee) will recur in Turner & Hooch, Disney+’s reboot of the classic 1989 buddy-cop comedy feature. The TV series, which has a 12-episode order, comes from Matt Nix and 20th TV.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorTrading Spaces alum Ty Pennington is set to star in Ty Breaker, a new home improvement reality show, for HGTV.The eight-episode series will follow Pennington as he helps desperate families decide whether to overhaul their current property or renovate a new one to better meet their needs. Joining Pennington will be fellow HGTV designers Alison Victoria (Windy City Rehab), Grace Mitchell (One of a Kind) and Sabrina Soto (The High Low Project).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorByron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has renewed its popular courtroom series Justice For All with Judge Cristina Perez for seven more seasons through fall 2027. It comes on the heels of last week’s seven-season renewal for America’s Court with Judge Ross.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorOn the heels of a record-setting series premiere, Starz has ordered a second season of Power Book II: Ghost. The first spinoff series in the expanded Power Universe franchise from executive producers Courtney A.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Sarah Jones (Marriage Story, The Incredible Jessica James), Sneaky Pete alum Giovanni Ribisi and Alexia Landeau (Day out of Days, 2 Days in Paris), who will expand her role as co-writer, round out the series regular cast of Netflix’s dramedy series On The Verge, from series creator Julie Delpy.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThere will be no Season 2 for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Netflix confirmed the cancellation Monday of Jim Henson’s epic fantasy adventure series — a prequel to the original 1982 film — just hours after the series’ win this weekend at the Creative Arts Emmys for Outstanding Children’s Program.“We can confirm that there will not be an additional season of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” said Lisa Henson, executive producer.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorOscar winner Kate Winslet (Ammonite) and Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Quantico) have joined HBO Max’s A World of Calm as narrators. They join previously announced Mahershala Ali, Idris Elba, Oscar Isaac, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Lucy Liu, Cillian Murphy, and Keanu Reeves.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorTheatre agent Kevin Lin and multicultural business executive Ruben Garcia are expanding their roles at CAA. The two have been named Co-Heads of Cultural Business Strategy for the agency, working with CAA President Richard Lovett and the CAA Board to strengthen creative opportunities and business growth for the agency’s diverse clients.“CAA is on a mission,” said Lovett.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorTheatre agent Kevin Lin and multicultural business executive Ruben Garcia are expanding their roles at CAA. The two have been named Co-Heads of Cultural Business Strategy for the agency, working with CAA President Richard Lovett and the CAA Board to strengthen creative opportunities and business growth for the agency’s diverse clients.“CAA is on a mission,” said Lovett.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPeacock has acquired crime-thriller drama series Mr. Mercedes, from David E.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEllen DeGeneres immediately took on the allegations of a toxic workplace environment on her show’s return Monday, its 18th season premiere, saying the show is embarking “on a new chapter.”“As you may have heard, this summer there were allegations of a toxic work environment at our show, and then there was an investigation,” a solemn DeGeneres told a “virtual” audience, as the show returned to filming in-studio amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Denise Petski Senior Managing Editor“This is so freakin’ weird,” said a clearly joyful King as she accepted her Emmy for outstanding actress in a limited series or movie for Watchmen, her fourth career Emmy win.King thanked her fellow nominees, Kerry Washington, Cate Blanchett, Octavia Spencer and Shira Haas, and the TV Academy “for choosing me to represent the best in the community.” She also gave a major shout-out to series creator Damon Lindelof.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: We can expect more trouble from Tierney in the upcoming season of the CW’s Pandora. Tina Casciani, who recurred as the character in Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for Season 2 of the sci-fi action series.Casciani’s Tierney is the ruthless leader of the criminal organization the Hypatia Syndicate.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHarley Quinn has been renewed for a third season — but not on DC Universe.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: FilmNation Entertainment, producer of the Emmy-nominated HBO limited series I Know This Much Is True, is signaling a further push into television, signing a multi-year TV development fund deal with Wishmore (The Personal History of David Copperfield), the company owned and run by Greek film financier and producer Christos V. Konstantakopoulos.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Michael Cimino, star of Hulu’s breakout series Love, Victor, has signed with CAA.Cimino stars in the title role in the series, an offshoot from the 2018 feature Love, Simon. Created by This Is Us executive producers/co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, who wrote the movie based on Becky Albertalli’s young-adult novel Simon vs.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAhead of its Season 2 premiere, the CW has renewed its horror anthology series Two Sentence Horror Stories for a third season. The multiplatform series is set to premiere its second season in the first quarter of 2021; it initially was slated to premiere this fall, but has been delayed by the coronavirus-imposed production shutdown.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: JT Neal (Bless This Mess, Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) is set as a series regular opposite Ginnifer Goodwin in Fox’s comedy pilot Pivoting, from writer Liz Astrof, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment and Warner Bros TV.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Astrof and to be directed by Tristram Shapeero, Pivoting follows three women — Amy (Coupe), Jodie (Goodwin) and Sarah (not yet cast) — after the death of their

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Vanessa Kai (New Amsterdam) 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 EditorABC has given a script commitment with penalty to Happy For You, a single-camera family comedy from former Single Parents writers-producers Taylor Cox and Kim Rosenstock and 20th Television where Rosenstock is under an overall deal.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Cox, in Happy For You, when the youngest of three sisters announces she’s getting married first, it sends her older, unmarried sisters — and their newly separated

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorGoodfellas and The Sopranos alumna Lorraine Bracco is re-connecting with her Italian roots in a new home renovation series for HGTV. The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actress is heading to the island of Sicily to renovate a 200-year-old home she purchased for only one euro for new HGTV series My Big Italian Adventure.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorRobin Roberts and ESPN Films have teamed on a documentary about WNBA star-turned activist Maya Moore and her years-long fight to free a man from prison for a crime he did not commit.The untitled documentary project, produced in partnership with Roberts’ Rock’n Robin Productions, will explore Moore’s unwavering faith; her connection with Jonathan Irons, a man wrongfully convicted and serving a prison sentence for burglary and assault; and how she stepped away

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLeah McSweeney, breakout star of season 12 of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City, has signed with WME for representation in all areas.McSweeney, who recently wrapped her first season on RHONY, quickly became a fan-favorite on the show. She recently updated her Instagram account to reveal her signing with WME amid reports of tense salary re-negotiations with Bravo for her to continue next season.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Will Poulter is set as a series regular opposite Michael Keaton, Kaitlyn Dever and Peter Sarsgaard in Dopesick, Hulu’s eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBlack-ish star and Mixed-ish creator Tracee Ellis Ross is expanding her relationship with ABC Signature, producer of the hit ABC comedy series, with a multi-year overall deal. Under the pact, Ross’ production company, Joy Mill Entertainment, will be based at the studio and produce content across all platforms.“I love sharing stories and using storytelling as a way to connect and celebrate humanity,” said Ross.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO Max has given a series order to period comedy Our Flag Means Death, from Oscar winner Taika Waititi (What We Do In The Shadows, Jojo Rabbit), writer David Jenkins (People of Earth) and Garrett Basch (The Night Of, What We Do in the Shadows).Created by Jenkins, who also serves as showrunner, Our Flag Means Death is loosely based on the true adventures of Stede Bonnet, a pampered aristocrat who abandoned his life of privilege to become a pirate.Waititi will

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Supernatural and Wildfire alumna Genevieve Padalecki is returning to acting with a heavily recurring role opposite her husband, Jared Padelecki, on his new CW series, Walker, a reimagening ofCBS’ long-running 1990s action/crime series Walker, Texas Ranger.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersLike the original series, created by Albert S.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO has put in development drama The Big D, from Lily Rabe and her Kill Claudio Productions and married writing/directing duo Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann (Sister Aimee, Best Kept Secret).Co-written by Buck and Schlingmann, The Big D is set during a hot and hotly contested summer in Dallas 1980.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAMC ordered six half-hour episodes of Mega City Smiths, an innovative stop-motion animated baby doll dramedy series from Patriot and Perpetual Grace, LTD creator Steve Conrad and Stoopid Buddy Studios (Robot Chicken, Crossing Swords) for premiere in 2021.Created by Conrad, the Mega City Smiths story unfolds via the stop-motion animation of baby dolls repurposed as a grown-up cast of characters.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorLifetime has set the cast for The Christmas Setup, its first holiday movie with a lead LGBTQ storyline, and A Sugar & Spice Holiday, its first movie centered on an Asian American family.