Videoage International March-April 2020

24 March/April 2020 V I D E O A G E ABC (Comedy) ADOPTED Prod Co: ABC Studios, Kimmelot Writers/Exec Prods: Shawn Vance, Daril Fannin, Jimmy Kimmel Premise: When a Green Beret returns home to Texas from military service, he and his family struggle with the challenges of adopting his new brother, a 12-year-old Russian boy. Inspired by a true story. HOME ECONOMICS Prod Co: ABC Studios, The Tannenbaum Company Writers/Exec Prods: Michael Colton, John Aboud Exec Prods: Eric Tannenbaum, Topher Grace Co-Exec Prod: Jason Wang Premise: A series about three adult siblings — one in the one percent, one middle class, and one barely hanging on. MY VILLAGE Prod Co: ABC Studios, Sony Pictures Television Writer/Exec Prod: Kari Lizer Premise: An empty-nester mom wonders how she ended up alone while her children live their best lives thousands of miles away. As she reinserts herself into their lives, her kids realize they might need her more than they thought. PROSPECT Prod Co: ABC Studios Writers/Exec Prods: Sherry Bilsing-Graham, Ellen Kreamer Exec Prod: Randall Einhorn Premise: A comedic western with a feminist twist: an idealistic young woman moves to the frontier to be a schoolteacher, but her ideals are quickly tested when she learns that her students are rowdy ranch hands, not children. UNTITLED KAPNEK/HOLLAND PROJECT Prod Co: ABC Studios Writer/Exec Prod: Emily Kapnek Director/Exec Prod: Dean Holland Premise: A love story with a twist centering on New York teen Lennon Cochrane, whose life is turned upside down when she stumbles on a family secret. WORK WIFE Prod Co: ABC Studios, Milojo Productions, Ryan Seacrest Productions Writers/Exec Prods: David Windsor, Casey Johnson Director/Exec Prod: Todd Holland Exec Prods: Kelly Ripa, Mark Consuelos, Albert Bianchini, Ryan Seacrest, Nina Wass, Andrea Shay Premise: Inspired by the real-life partnership of producers Ripa and Seacrest, this single-camera comedy set in the world of real estate, about a platonic male/female team whose friendship makes their professional and personal lives work. ABC (Drama) THE BIG SKY (straight-to-series order) Prod Co: 20th Century Fox Television, A+E Studios Exec Prods: David E Kelley, Ross Fineman, C.J. Box Premise: A private detective partners with an ex-cop to find two sisters who have been kidnapped by a long-haul trucker. They discover that the sisters are not the only girls who have disappeared and must stop the killer before another victim is taken. Based on The Highway by C.J. Box. THE BRIDES Prod Co: ABC Studios, Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions Exec Prods: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Roberto Aguirre- Sacasa, Maggie Kiley Writer: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa Premise: A sexy contemporary reimagining of Dracula , The Brides is a vampire soap about empowered, immortal women and the things they do to maintain wealth, prestige, and legacy in their non-traditional family. HARLEM’S KITCHEN Prod Co: ABC Studios, Mandeville TV Writer/Exec Prod: Zahir McGhee Exec Prods: Marcus Samuelsson, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Laurie Zaks Premise: Ellis Rice, executive chef and patriarch, runs a successful Harlem restaurant with his wife and three daughters. But an unexpected death puts the restaurant’s future in jeopardy as long-buried secrets are revealed. REBEL Prod Co: ABC Studios, Sony Pictures Television Exec Prods: Krista Vernoff, John Davis, John Fox, Alexandre Schmitt, Erin Brockovich Co-Exec Prod: Mike Stern Writer: Krista Vernoff Premise: Inspired by the life of Erin Brockovich. Annie “Rebel” Bello is a blue-collar legal advocate without a law degree who cares desperately about the causes she fights for and the people she loves. THIRTYSOMETHING (ELSE) Prod Co: ABC Studios, MGM Television Writers/Exec Prods: Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick Premise: A reboot of Thirtysomething, with the emphasis being on the original cast’s children, the new generation of thirty-somethings. WRECKAGE Prod Co: ABC Studios, Timberman & Beverly, Black Lamb Writer/Exec Prod: Jacquie Walters Exec Prods: Keith Samples, Marc Webb, Sarah Timberman, Carl Beverly, Mark Martin Premise: On the surface, Lillian Linden looks like a brave plane- crash survivor, but she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her and her fellow survivor off a deserted island in the South Pacific. Missing for almost four years, the castaways are thrust into the spotlight after their rescue, becoming media darlings overnight, unable to tell the real story. CBS (Comedy) B POSITIVE Prod Co: Warner Bros. Television, Chuck Lorre Productions Writer/Exec Prod: Marco Pennette Exec Prod: Chuck Lorre Premise: Faced with finding a kidney donor, newly divorced dad Drew runs into Gina, a rough-around-the edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. Together, they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives. FUN Prod Co: Warner Bros. Television, MPK Productions Writers/Exec Prods: Michael Patrick King, Tracy Poust, Jon Kinnally Exec Prods: Becki Newton, Michael Urie Premise: A life-long love story between a brother and a sister who always encourage each other to have fun— in spite of the fact that the family business is a funeral home. The brother returns to his Pennsylvania hometown to help his sister run the struggling business after his emotional and devastating break-up with show business. GHOSTS Prod Co: CBS Television Studios, Lionsgate, BBC Studios, Monumental Television Writers/Exec Prods: Joe Port, Joe Wiseman Exec Prods: Matthew Baynton, Jim Howick, Simon Farnaby, Laurence Rickard, Ben Willbond, Martha Howe-Douglas, Alison Carpenter, Debra Hayward, Alison Owen, Angie Stephenson Premise: A struggling young couple inherit a beautiful country house, only to find it’s both falling apart and inhabited by many of the deceased previous residents. Based on the British comedy series of the same name. JURY DUTY Prod Co: CBS Television Studios, Big Talk Productions Writers/Exec Prods: Dana Klein, Stephanie Darrow Exec Prods: James Acaster Kenton Allen, Matthew Justice Premise: A group of jurors are sequestered together until they all agree on a verdict — and they can’t even agree on lunch. RAISED BY WOLFE Prod Co: Universal Television Writers/Exec Prods: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan Premise: When Frankie’s neurotic sister, Tommie, abandons Quincy — a bright inner-city child who Tommie attempted to foster — Frankie is faced with the choice of taking him in or casting him out. Can these two damaged people find the companionship that has eluded them their whole lives? THE THREE OF US Prod Co: CBS Television Studios, Fulwell 73 Writer/Exec Prod: Frank Pines Exec Prods: Ben Winston, Jeff Grosvenor, James Corden Premise: Adult siblings who are children of divorce must circle the wagons when their sister’s husband unexpectedly announces he wants to call it quits on their marriage. THE UNITED STATES OF AL Prod Co: Warner Bros. Television, Chuck Lorre Productions Writers/Exec Prods: Maria Ferrari, David Goetsch Exec Prods: Chuck Lorre, Reza Aslan, Mahyad Tousi Premise: A comedy about the friendship between Riley, a Marine combat veteran struggling to readjust to civilian life, and Awalimir, the interpreter who served with Riley’s unit in Afghanistan and who has just arrived to start a new life in America. UNTITLED KINGSBURY/DALEY/GOLDSTEIN PROJECT Prod Co: CBS Television Studios, Kapital Entertainment Writers/Exec Prods: Corinne Kingsbury, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein Exec Prods: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling Premise: When Penelope’s career takes off at exactly the same time as her husband’s, they call on Penelope’s young single mom, Georgia, to help raise their son, but what they find is Georgia needs more raising than their child. CBS (Drama) CLARICE Prod Co: CBS Television Studios, MGM Television, Secret Hideout Exec Prod: Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet, Heather Kadin Co-Exec Prod: Aaron Baiers Writers: Alex Kurtzman, Jenny Lumet Premise: Set in 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs , this personal story continues to follow Clarice Starling as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high-stakes political world of Washington. THE EQUALIZER Prod Co: Universal Television, CBS Television Studio, Davis Entertainment, Martin Chase Productions, Flavor Unit Exec Prods: Queen Latifah, John Davis, John Fox, Debra Martin Chase, Richard Lindheim, Shakim Compere Premise: A reimagining of the classic series in which Queen Latifah portrays an enigmatic figure who uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn. GOOD SAM Prod Co: CBS Television Studios, Sutton St. Productions Writer/Exec Prod: Katie Wech Exec Prods: Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein Premise: A talented yet stifled surgeon embraces her leadership role after her renowned and pompous boss falls into a coma. When he awakens and wants to resume surgery, however, it falls to her to supervise this overbearing blowhard who never acknowledged her talents — and also happens to be her father. THE LINCOLN LAWYER (series production commitment) Prod Co: A+E Studios, CBS Television Studios Writer/Exec Prod: David E. Kelley Exec Prod/Director: Adam Bernstein Exec Prods: Michael Connelly, Ross Fineman, Ted Humphrey Premise: Based on Michael Connelly’s novels and the subsequent 2011 feature film, the drama revolves around an iconoclastic idealist who runs his law practice out of his Lincoln town car as he takes on cases across L.A. OUT THE DOOR Prod Co: CBS Television Studios Writer/Exec Prod: Evan Katz Exec Prods: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, KristieAnne Reed Premise: Upon learning that his impending retirement is being pushed back, an LAPD detective decides to do everything in his power to get fired. However, his bad behavior only leads to surprising success at solving cases. WAYS & MEANS Prod Co: CBS Television Studios, PatMa Productions, 3 Arts Writers/Exec Prods: Mike Murphy, Ed Redlich Exec Prods: Nina Tassler, Denise DiNovi, Tom Lassally, Patrick Dempsey Co-Exec Prod: Joannie Burstein Premise: A powerful congressional leader who has lost faith in politics works secretly with an idealistic young congresswoman from the opposing party to subvert the gridlocked system he helped create. Together, they’ll attempt to save American politics. FOX (Comedy) CALLME KAT (formerly CARLA) (series production commitment) Prod Co: FOX Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, That’s Wonderful Productions, Sad Clown Productions, BBC Studios Writer/Exec Prod: Darlene Hunt Exec Prods: Mayim Bialik, Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Angie Stephenson, Miranda Hart Premise: Carla is a 39-year-old woman who struggles every day against society and her mother. With money her parents set aside for her wedding, she opens a Cat Café in Louisville, KY. Based on the BBC UK original series Miranda created by Miranda Hart HOUSEBROKEN (Animated) (series order) Prod Co: FOX Entertainment, Kapital Entertainment, Bento Box Writers/Exec Prods: Sharon Horgan, Clea DuVall, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan Premise: The animated comedy explores human dysfunction and neurosis through a group of neighborhood animals who live in the suburbs. PIVOTING Prod Co: Warner Bros. Television, FOX Entertainment, Kapital Entertainment Writer/Exec Prod: Liz Astrof Exec Prods: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor Premise: After the death of their childhood best friend, three women are faced with the reality that life is short. In desperate attempts to find happiness, they make a series of impulsive, ill- advised and self-indulgent decisions, strengthening their bond and proving it’s never too late to screw up your life. New U.S. Broadcast TV Season 2020-2021 The latest pilot for the forthcoming season* Commissioned Pi lots