Primetime Pilot Panic News

Prime Video has ordered Silent River, a thriller drama series starring and executive produced by John Krasinski (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan) and Matthew Rhys (The Americans). The project comes from Krasinski and Allyson Seeger's Sunday Night, whose first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios has been…

EXCLUSIVE: Amid strong internal buzz, Apple TV+ has handed a very early renewal to its upcoming drama series Your Friends & Neighbors, from creator Jonathan Tropper (Apple’s See, Warrior). Along with the pickup, the streamer has set April 11 as premiere date for the show, starring and executive produced…

EXCLUSIVE: So Help Me Todd fans still mourning the cancellation of the CBS series after two seasons, has something to cheer about. Series creator Scott Prendergast is back with Pennies, another light broadcast procedural that has two immediate family members at the center. In a competitive situation, Fox…

NBC has handed a Back 5 order to Happy’s Place, picking up five additional episodes of the Reba McEntire multi-camera comedy for an 18-episode total, considered a full-season order by today’s network standards. As a precursor to the episodic order, NBC recently picked up five extra scripts of Happy’s…

EXCLUSIVE: The Equalizer is the latest hit CBS series to explore a spinoff. The Queen Latifah crime drama will introduce two new characters in Episode 516 this season that could anchor their own series, sources tell Deadline. Casting is underway for the roles: a skilled younger female martial artist…

NBC has ordered three extra scripts each of its Friday comedies Happy’s Place and Lopez vs. Lopez. As Deadline reported today, both multi-camera sitcoms had originally been picked up for 13 episodes. Broadcast networks often commission additional scripts of shows they are considering for back…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has put in development Token White Friends, a multi-camera comedy from The Neighborhood team of CBS Studios and executive producers Aaron Kaplan via Kapital Entertainment, Wendi Trilling via TrillTV and Cedric The Entertainer & Eric Rhone via A Bird and Bear Entertainment. Written and…

EXCLUSIVE: Max has picked up for development a law enforcement drama from Tomorrow Studios (One Piece, Snowpiercer), Marty Adelstein’s joint venture with ITV Studios. The project, loosely inspired by Geraldine Hart’s experiences as an FBI agent and police commissioner, stems from Tomorrow Studios…

HBO has picked up to series The Chair Company, its half-hour comedy pilot starring Tim Robinson who co-wrote it with his writing partner Zach Kanin. The pickup for The Chair Company, which Robinson and Kanin executive produce with Adam McKay and Todd Schulman, follows the series order earlier this we…

EXCLUSIVE: CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker has been tapped as writer, executive producer and showrunner for The Quiet Tenant, a limited series adaptation of the horror/suspense debut novel by Clémence Michallon. Also boarding the project, which is in development at Blumhouse Television, is the media company…

HBO has ordered an ensemble comedy series starring, written and executive produced by Rachel Sennott. The project, about a codependent friend group that reunites, navigating how the time apart, ambition, and new relationships have changed them, originated as a pilot, which Sennott executive produced…

After formally picking up to series Shifting Gears, starring and executive produced by Tim Allen, ABC has opted not to proceed with its other multi-camera comedy pilot, Forgive & Forget, starring and exec produced by Ty Burrell. The pickup of Shifting Gears was fully expected. While not too…