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16 March/April 2021 V I D E O A G E (Continued on Page 18) Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings , this comedy follows three women at different stages in their careers at a male-dominated company who help each other navigate modern gender politics in their professional and personal lives. Untitled Tom Smallwood Project Prod Co: CBS Studios Writer: Mark Gross Exec Prods: David Hollander, Brian D’Arcy James Premise: After being laid off from the GM factory, a seemingly ordinary man makes the decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler. Based on professional bowler Tom Smallwood’s life. Welcome to Georgia (2020 holdover) Prod Co: CBS Studios, Kapital Entertainment Writers/Exec Prods: Corinne Kingsbury, John Francis Daley, Jonathan Goldstein Exec Prods: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Wendi Trilling Exec Prod/Director: Pamela Fryman 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 kid. Wilde Things (2020 holdover; formerly known as Please Hold for Frankie Wolfe, The Big Bad Wolfes ) Prod Co: Universal Television Writer/Exec Prods: Max Mutchnick, David Kohan Premise: A successful crisis manager’s world is turned upside down when she decides to let someone into her life for the first time — an 11-year-old girl who she adopts and raises with the occasional help of her sister. CBS (Drama) Good Sam (pilot pick-up) (2020 holdover) Prod Co: CBS Studios, Sutton St. Productions Writer/Exec Prod: Katie Wech Exec Prods: Jennie Snyder Urman, Joanna Klein Exec Prod/Director: Tamra Davis Premise: A talented surgeon embraces her leadership role after her 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. True Lies Prod Co: 20th Television, Lightstorm Enter- tainment, Wonderland Sound and Vision, Flying Glass of Milk Productions Writer/Exec Prod: Matt Nix Exec Prods: James Cameron, Mary Viola, Rae Sanchini Exec Prod/Director: McG Premise: Shocked to discover that her husband is a skilled international spy, an unfulfilled suburban housewife is propelled into a life of danger and adventure when she’s recruited to work alongside him to save the world as they try tale about second chances, chasing your dreams and taking back what’s yours. The show centers on a group of diverse underdogs from all different walks of life who compete to be part of a competition reality series that is putting on a modern, hip remake of Swan Lake . Blood Relative (2020 holdover) Prod Co: Paramount Television Studios, Ano- nymous Content, Fox Entertainment Writers/Exec Prods: Chris Levinson, James Renner Director/Exec Prod: Philip Noyce Exec Prod: Liza Chasin Premise: Genetic genealogy is the best new tool in crime-scene forensics, and nobody knows it like Louise Kelly. Too bad she’s impossible to deal with. Based on a 2018 Cleveland Scene article by journalist and author James Renner. The Cleaning Lady (2020 holdover) Prod Co: Warner Bros. Television, Fox Enter- tainment Writer/Exec Prod: Miranda Kwok Exec Prod: Shay Mitchell Exec Prod/Showrunner: Melissa Carter Director/Exec Prod: Michael Offer Premise: Based on an Argentine series, the darkly aspirational character drama follows a whip-smart doctor who comes to the U.S. for a medical treatment to save her ailing son. She becomes a cleaning lady for the mob and starts playing the game by her own rules. Fantasy Island (series pick-up) Prod Co: Fox Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Gemstone Studios Writers/Exec Prods: Elizabeth Craft, Sarah Fain Premise: A modern semi-anthology series that delves into the questions, both big and small, that keep us awake at night. Untitled Goonies Re-enactment project (2020 holdover) Prod Co: Warner Bros. Television, SideCar/Fox Entertainment, Amblin Television Writer/Exec Prod: Sarah Watson Exec Prods: Gail Berman, Lauren Shuler Donner, Richard Donner, Justin Falvey, Darryl Frank Exec Prod/Director: Greg Mottola Premise: After failing to make it in New York and carrying a heavy secret with her, Stella Cooper returns to her automotive hometown to substitute teach. She finds inspiration and ultimately salvation when she agrees to help three students who put on an impossibly ambitious shot-for-shot remake of one of the students’ favorite movies, The Goonies . NBC (Comedy) American Auto (ordered to series) Writer: Justin Spitzer Prod Co: Kapital Entertainment, Universal Tele- vision Exec Prod: Aaron Kaplan Premise: A workplace comedy set at the head- quarters of a major American automotive to revitalize their passionless marriage. Based on the 1994 James Cameron movie. Ways and Means (2020 holdover) Studio: CBS Studios, PatMa Productions, 3 Arts Writers/Exec Prods: Mike Murphy, Ed Redlich Exec Prods: Nina Tassler, Denise Di Novi, Tom Lassally, Patrick Dempsey Exec Prod/Director: Phil Abraham Premise: A powerful congressional leader who has lost faith in politics finds himself working secretlywith an idealistic young congresswoman from the opposing party to subvert the hopelessly gridlocked system he helped create. FOX (Comedy) Housebroken (series pick-up) Writers: Clea Duvall, Jennifer Crittenden, Gabrielle Allan Exec Prods: Sharon Horgan, Clelia Mountford, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor Premise: An irreverent comedy that explores human dysfunction and neurosis through a group of neighborhood animals who live in the suburbs. Pivoting (pilot pick-up) (2020 holdover) Prod Co: Warner Bros. Television, Fox Enter- tainment, Kapital Entertainment Writer/Exec Prod: Liz Astrof Exec Prods: Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor Director/Exec Prod: Tristram Shapeero 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. This Country (series pick-up) Prod Co: Lionsgate Television, BBC Studios LA, Fox Entertainment, Perkins Street Prods, Feigco Entertainment Exec Prods: Paul Feig, Angie Stephenson, Dan Magnante, Charlie Cooper, Daisy May Cooper Premise: In this half-hour mockumentary series inspired by the BBC format, a documentary crew goes to a small town to study young adults and their current concerns. Their focus is the daily lives of cousins Kelly and Shrub Mallet and their idiosyncratic surroundings. Untitled Dan Harmon Project (series pick-up) Prod Co: Bento Box Entertainment, Fox Enter- tainment Exec Prod: Dan Harman Premise: Set in mythical ancient Greece, the series centers on a flawed family of humans, gods, and monsters that tries to run one of the world’s first cities without killing each other. FOX (Drama) The Big Leap (2020 holdover) Prod Co: 20th Television, Fox Entertainment Writer/Exec Prod: Liz Heldens Director/Exec Prod: Jason Winer Exec Prod: Sue Naegle Premise: Inspired by a U.K. format, the hour-long pilot is described as a funny and contemporary (Continued from Page 14) New U.S. TV Season Pilots