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Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer CBS Studios has suspended term deals with talkshow star Phil “Dr. Phil” McGraw, BET+’s “Kingdom Business” producer DeVon Franklin and “Nancy Drew” executive producer Lis Rowinski due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike. Representatives for CBS Studios declined to comment on the suspension of these deals Monday.

CBS has ordered three new series from this year’s crop of pilots.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorA group of 200 top writers, producers and directors have signed an open letter backed by the Brady gun violence organization that includes a pledge to incorporate gun safety best practices into their shows and to scrutinize the use of firearms in storytellling.The list of signatories includes Shonda Rhimes, Bill Lawrence, Jimmy Kimmel and the “Jimmy Kimmel Live” writing staff, Michelle and Robert King, Judd Apatow, Steve Levitan, David Shore, Matt Nix, Dan Lin and Jenni Konner. The letter frames gun safety an urgent social issue for the industry to embrace, in the same way that intentional depictions of such topics as cigarette smoking, drunk driving, the use of seat belts, marriage equality and LGBT rights helped change cultural attitudes and save lives.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEvil is not slated to begin filming its second season until next month, but during the show’s virtual New York Comic Con panel, the series creators and main cast members unveiled a homemade trailer.Written by Evil creators/executive producers Michelle and Robert King, it is performed by stars Katja Herbers, Mike Colter, Michael Emerson, Aasif Mandvi (who also provides sound effects), Christine Lahti and Kurt Fuller via Zoom.