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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Coming off its highest-rated season in franchise history, CMT has renewed Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Making the Team for a 15th season, premiering later this fall.The series, which launched in 2006, continues to be a huge ratings driver for CMT.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorRiverdale is officially back in production in Vancouver.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Just ahead of the premiere of its Season 11 premiere this week, Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios has picked up America’s Court With Judge Ross for seven more seasons, through fall 2027.Featuring former Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Kevin A. Ross, America’s Court With Judge Ross is a daily half-hour syndicated courtroom series with clearances in over 90 percent of U.S.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorQuibi is expanding its dance series slate with On Beat, a docusoap set in the world of dance, from Siesta Key and Laguna Beach producers Creature Films and eOne.On Beat follows a group of young dancers in real-time. Balancing their personal relationships and professional journeys, these young dreamers have one goal in sight: conquer the dance scene.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorA familiar face is returning to Los Angeles morning news. Michaela Pereira has joined Fox 11’s Good Day LA .

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has put in development In The End, a drama from Pose co-creator Steven Canals and his Story Ave. Productions, and 20th Television, where Canals is under a deal.Written and executive produced by Canals, centers on Kiona Brown, who, incapable of living life to the fullest, makes the only logical choice – to embrace death as an end-of-life doula.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has set fall premiere dates for its Wednesday night comedy block. The Goldbergs, The Conners and Black-ish will all premiere October 21 and American Housewife will join the lineup on October 28.The Goldbergs will premiere its eighth season at 8 p.m.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEva Longoria and her UnbeliEVAble Entertainment are staying in business with 20th Television.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMichelle Obama and ATTN have lined up a star-studded roster for their VOMO: Vote Or Miss Out election comedy special.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMarie Lu’s bestselling YA sci-fi novel Warcross is in the works for the small screen. Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and Emmy-winning producer John Cameron have optioned the rights to adapt the novel as a television series.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDiary of a Future President creator Ilana Peña is expanding her relationship with CBS TV Studios, signing an overall deal with the studio behind the series.Peña also serves as co-showrunner and executive producer of the series, which has been renewed for a second season on Disney+.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorJohn Cena (Fast & Furious 9, The Suicide Squad) and Nicole Byer (Nailed It!, Girl Code) have been tapped to host TBS’ revival of the outrageous physical competition series Wipeout. Cena and Byer will be joined by Camille Kostek (I Feel Pretty) as the entrenched Host in the Field, covering the contestants’ progress throughout each round.The re-imagined series will return with new format twists.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing more of FBI Agent Devin Rountree on NCIS: Los Angeles. Caleb Castille, who recurred as the character last season, has been promoted to series regular for Season 12 of the CBS series.After Castille’s Devin Rountree appears on the radar of NCIS’ Office of Special Operations, Agents G.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Claws alumna Karrueche Tran has been tapped for a lead role in the second season of Games People Play, BET’s hour-long scripted drama series from executive producer Tracey Edmonds.She’ll join returning series regulars Sarunas J. Jackson, Karen Obilom, Parker McKenna Posey, Jackie Long, and Kendall Kyndall.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorBritish actress Shivaani Ghai (Dominion) is set for a major recurring role on the second season of the CW’s Batwoman. She will join new lead Javicia Leslie in the superhero series when it returns in January.Ghai will play Safiyah, the fiercely protective ruler of a small community on the island of Coryana.

Denise Petski Senior Managing Editor20th Television has promoted Erin May to Vice President, Drama Development. In her expanded role, May will be responsible for identifying and developing talent, and helping to shepherd projects from pitch to series order for all platforms including broadcast, streaming and cable.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAMC Networks’ Shudder has begun production on season 2 of its hit horror anthology series Creepshow in Atlanta, GA.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorCameras are rolling again on the third season of Netflix’s British teen comedy-drama Sex Education following the coronavirus pandemic shutdown. Netflix announced production had resumed in a video post Wednesday on Twitter.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorKelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos have signed a deal with Lifetime to produce two new movies for the network’s Ripped from the Headlines slate via their Milojo Productions banner.Ripa, Consuelos, and Albert Bianchini will serve as executive producers for the untitled projects which are set to debut in 2021.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPeter Sarsgaard is set as a series regular opposite Michael Keaton in Dopesick, an eight-episode limited series based on Beth Macy’s bestselling book.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe Loud House is coming back for another go-round. Nickelodeon has ordered a 26-episode sixth season of the hit animated series.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDisney has announced a new Frozen animated short that will delve into the origins of the beloved summer-loving snowman Olaf.The short, Once Upon A Snowman, will premiere exclusively on Disney+ on October 23.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Carrie Wampler (Big Little Lies) has joined the upcoming eighth season of ABC comedy series The Goldbergs in a major recurring role in a recasting.Wampler will play Ren, a stylish, artsy, rebellious and effortless Manhattan NYC prep school girl who Erica (Hayley Orrantia) befriends at college. She’s also Barry’s (Troy Gentile) new girlfriend.Wampler takes over for Kelli Berglund, who initially was cast in the role.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Jeremy D.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorShowtime has ordered a fourth season of the Lena Waithe-created drama The Chi.“Each season, The Chi’s authentic storytelling resonates more deeply with its devoted and growing audiences,” said Gary Levine, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks Inc.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: A new face is headed to Port Charles. Emmy winner Kim Delaney has joined the cast of ABC’s long-running daytime drama series General Hospital.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorWarnerMedia’s Crunchyroll and Adult Swim are teaming on Shenmue, a 13-episode original anime series based on the SEGA game franchise. The co-production will stream worldwide outside of Japan and mainland China on Crunchyroll and air on Adult Swim’s Toonami in the domestic U.S.Shenmue follows the journey of Ryo Hazuki.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: CBS has put in development Closure, a one-hour drama loosely based on the life of baseball Hall-of-Famer turned funeral home owner, Andre Dawson, from Samantha Corbin-Miller (Swagger, Absentia), DeVon Franklin (Breakthrough) and his Franklin Entertainment and CBS Television Studios, where Franklin is under an overall deal.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Corbin-Miller, in Closure, a beloved baseball Hall-of-Famer

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNickelodeon has removed its preschool animated show Made by Maddie from its schedule in response to a controversy about similarities between its characters and those in Matthew A. Cherry’s Oscar-winning short Hair Love.The network announced the decision in a statement obtained by Deadline.“Made by Maddie is a show we acquired several years ago from Silvergate Media, a renowned production company we have previously worked with on other series.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Chelsea Handler has sold two half-hour comedies — Blair, based on the comic strip by Mo Welch to HBO Max, and Wiped Out from Charles Morris, to Peacock.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorWe’ll be seeing more of David, Emily, Leif and Tobin on the second season of Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Andrew Leeds, Alice Lee, Michael Thomas Grant and Kapil Talwalkar, who recurred respectively as the characters in season 1, have been promoted to series regular for season 2 of the NBC musical dramedy starring Jane Levy.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Rachel Lee Goldenberg (Unpregnant, Valley Girl) has been tapped to direct HBO Max’s comedy pilot Minx, from writer Ellen Rapoport (Paramount’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, Netflix’s Desperados), Paul Feig’s Feigco Entertainment and Lionsgate TV.Written by Rapoport, the half-hour Minx is set in 1970s Los Angeles and centers around an earnest young feminist who joins forces with a low-rent publisher to create the first erotic magazine for women.Rapoport

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSuits and Pearson alumna Gina Torres is set as a series regular opposite Liv Tyler and Rob Lowe on the second season of Fox spinoff series 9-1-1: Lone Star. Season 2 is scheduled to begin production in Los Angeles later this fall for a premiere in early 2021 as part of the network’s midseason schedule.9-1-1: Lone Star hails from 9-1-1 creators/executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorA new iteration of Pretty Little Liars is in the works from Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and Alloy Entertainment, sources close to the project have confirmed to Deadline.The reboot, which will be written by Aguirre-Sacasa, is in its very early stages, but we hear it will feature a new story and new characters.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDavid Blaine’s live stunt Ascension, in which he flew over the Arizona desert using helium balloons, has shattered a YouTube record.Today’s stunt was the most-watched YouTube Original Live Event to date, according to the video streaming platform, with over 770,000 peak concurrent viewers, besting Dear Class of 2020 (665k peak concurrents), The Creator Games Presented by MrBeast (662k peak concurrent), Will Smith: The Jump (more than 300k peak concurrents) and

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC Signature has hired former Comedy Central exec Kellyn Parker as Vice President, Comedy Development. In his new position, Parker’s responsibilities will include identifying and developing talent and material, and shepherding ideas from pitch to series order.