Television
Niecy Nash Late-Night Pilot Ordered by TNT
Wish you could spend more time hanging out with Desna at Nail Artisans? If “Claws” leaves you wanting more Niecy Nash, you’re in luck. The cabler behind the nail salon dramedy just...
Faye Ward’s Fable Pictures to Bring “Chocolate Wars” to TV, Smita Bhide Penning the Script
Get your candy bars ready: the story of the most delicious-sounding battle ever could be heading to the small screen. Faye Ward’s Fable Pictures has optioned Deborah Cadbury’s “The...
Adoption Drama from Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith Gets Put Pilot Order at Fox
“Life Sentence” didn’t receive a second season but that hasn’t slowed down its creators, Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith. Fox has given the duo a put pilot order for their...
Renée Zellweger to Topline Netflix Anthology “What/If”
Renée Zellweger has signed on to her first major TV project. Deadline reports the Oscar winner will star in the debut season of “What/If,” an upcoming anthology thriller series at...
“Nashville” EPs Meredith Lavender & Marcie Ulin Have a New Music Drama in Development at NBC
Former “Nashville” scribes are working on bringing another story about a female musician to the small screen. Meredith Lavender and Marcie Ulin’s pitch for a one-hour drama scored a...
Jenny Bicks Inks Overall Deal with Lionsgate TV
Jenny Bicks has signed an overall deal with Lionsgate TV, Deadline reports. The new pact sees the Emmy winner developing and producing original series for the studio. Perhaps best known for her work...
“Anne With an E” Returning for a Third Season
Get ready to hear Anne spin another yarn. Prince Edward Island’s most beloved fictional resident is sticking around the small screen. Netflix and Canadian broadcaster CBC have renewed...
More “Designing Women” Could Be On the Way
“Designing Women” could be following in the footsteps of “Murphy Brown,” “Charmed,” and “Daria.” The Hollywood Reporter confirms the...
Archie Panjabi Legal Drama Lands at NBC
It’s been years since Archie Panjabi left Lockhart/Gardner behind, but she’s returning to the legal biz. The Emmy-winning “Good Wife” alumna will topline...
“Queen Sugar” Renewed for a Fourth Season
We’ll get to hang out with the Bordelon family for at least another season. Variety confirms “Queen Sugar” is getting a fourth run at OWN. The Ava DuVernay-created intergenerational...
Ruby Rose Will Portray Lesbian Batwoman for The CW
The CW’s DC Universe is getting more and more inclusive. As The Hollywood Reporter writes, Ruby Rose will take on the role of superheroine Batwoman (aka Kate Kane), an out lesbian, in the...
Gal Gadot to Portray Hedy Lamarr in Showtime Series from Sarah Treem
Gal Gadot may play a real-life Wonder Woman. The box office heroine is reportedly near a deal to topline and executive produce a Showtime series about Hedy Lamarr. Best known for acting in titles...
HBO Developing Series Based on Colleen Scriven’s “Lesser Gods”
HBO is developing another project based on a podcast. The premium cable network has already taken Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson’s “2 Dope Queens” to the screen, and now...
Julia Ormond to Star in BBC One’s “Gold Digger”
Julia Ormond has nabbed the lead role in”Gold Digger,” a six-part drama for BBC One. Deadline confirmed the news. The Emmy winner will play a woman whose relationship with a much younger...
Four Universal Cable Prods. Pilots Will Have Women Directors
Universal Cable Productions (UCP) has brought on four female directors to helm some of its biggest pilots. Variety reports the NBCUniversal company hired Ana Lily Amirpour, Steph Green, Laure de...
Aidy Bryant-Starrer “Shrill” Ordered to Series at Hulu
Hulu is taking notes from a loud woman. Variety reports that the streamer has given a six-episode series order to an adaptation of Lindy West’s 2016 memoir. Titled “Shrill: Notes from a...
Hillary Clinton to Exec Produce Women’s Suffrage TV Drama
Hillary Clinton is bringing her passion for women’s rights to television. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the woman we wish were president will make her executive producing debut with a TV...
HBO Acquires Rights to “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal”
HBO has snagged the worldwide rights to Erin Lee Carr’s “At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal.” The premium cable network announced the news in a press release,...
Netflix Orders “Madam C.J. Walker,” Octavia Spencer to Star in the Limited Series
“Madam C.J. Walker” is headed to Netflix. The long-brewing Octavia Spencer limited series has received an eight-episode order from the streamer, Deadline confirms. The Oscar winner was...
Nicole Kidman and Lena Waithe Get Series Orders at Amazon
Nicole Kidman and Lena Waithe both cleaned up at last year’s Emmys, have numerous TV projects on the horizon, and just scored series orders from Amazon. The Hollywood Reporter confirms the...
Julianna Margulies to Topline National Geographic Ebola Drama
Julianna Margulies is going from lawyer to magazine editor to scientist. The “Good Wife” alumna and current “Dietland” star has signed on to topline a scripted Ebola drama...
“Picnic at Hanging Rock” Showrunner Larysa Kondracki Inks First-Look Deal at Amazon
Larysa Kondracki is taking a big step in her relationship with Amazon Studios, Deadline reports. After serving as showrunner on Amazon’s “Picnic at Hanging Rock” and helming three...
“Killing Eve” Gets a New Lead Writer and Women Directors
Stars Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are returning for Season 2 of “Killing Eve,” but a major shakeup is in the works behind the scenes of the spy thriller. Creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge is...
HBO Releases Remaining Doc Slate for 2018: Jane Fonda, Sandra Bland, & More
HBO has announced its documentary lineup for the second half of 2018, and seven of the 12 films are women-directed or co-directed. Among the first to air will be “Jane Fonda in Five...
Amazon Orders Drama About a Female-Led ’70s Rock Band from Reese Witherspoon
Reese Witherspoon has yet another project in development. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon just ordered 13 episodes of “Daisy Chain & the Six,” a ’70s-set drama about a rock...
Lena Waithe Signs First-Look Deal with Showtime
Lena Waithe is taking her relationship with Showtime to the next level. The Emmy winner has signed a new first-look deal with the network, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Showtime announced that...
Elisabeth Shue-Starrer and Female-Led Boxing Drama Ordered to Pilot at TNT
TNT has ordered its first drama pilots of 2018, and both are women-centric. The network is developing Elisabeth Shue-led “Constance,” a portrait of a former beauty queen turned small...
“2 Dope Queens” Getting Another Four Specials at HBO
Long live the Queens. HBO has announced that it will air four more episodes of Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson’s comedy podcast, “2 Dope Queens,” as hourlong specials in 2019....
Shondaland Announces First Slate of Netflix Series
Shondaland’s massive empire continues to grow. Netflix has announced the first slate of series being developed by TV titans Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers and their Shondaland team....
“Wynonna Earp” Gets Season 4 Renewal at Syfy
“Wynonna Earp’s” third season just debuted, but the Syfy fantasy series has already received an order for its fourth installment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the renewal...
Nicole Maines Joins “Supergirl,” Becomes TV’s First Trans Superhero
“Supergirl” is soaring into the history books. The CW series has cast Nicole Maines in its upcoming fourth season, where she’ll play TV’s first transgender superhero. The...
“Batwoman” Series in Development at The CW
Batwoman is on the prowl. A series about the famed DC vigilante is in the works at The CW, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. The character will make her debut in December as part of The CW’s...
“UnREAL’s” Fourth and Final Season Is Now on Hulu
“Everlasting” has concluded its final Elimination Ceremony. In a surprise twist fitting for the fictional “Bachelor”-esque series, all eight episodes...
Hayley Atwell and Tamara Lawrance to Topline BBC Miniseries “The Long Song”
Following her performance in Starz’s “Howards End,” Hayley Atwell is starring in another period piece, this time alongside “King Charles III’s” Tamara Lawrance....
Julie Delpy and Sherry Marsh Developing New TV Projects
The television industry has been buzzing with various female-led and -driven adaptations. There’s Hulu’s adaptation of Celeste Ng’s “Little Fires Everywhere,”, a...
Christina Applegate to Star in Liz Feldman’s Netflix Series “Dead to Me”
“Bad Moms'” PTA extraordinaire Christina Applegate is the latest actor to join the ever-growing Netflix family. Deadline reports that Applegate has signed on to star in and exec produce...
Frankie Shaw Signs Overall Deal with ABC Signature Studios
Bridgette Bird isn’t destined for the WNBA and her acting career leaves much to be desired, but “SMILF” creator and and star Frankie Shaw’s own profile continues to rise. The...
Rosario Dawson to Topline USA Network P.I. Pilot “Briarpatch”
Rosario Dawson may be getting her own show. Deadline reports that the “Luke Cage,” “Iron Fist,” and “The Defenders” actress has signed on to star in...
“Claws” Renewed for Season 3
Celebratory mani-pedis are in order. Deadline confirms the nail salon-set crime dramedy “Claws” has received a Season 3 renewal at TNT, following an impressive ratings showcase in its...
Three Women-Created YA Pilots in the Works at Amazon
Amazon Studios has given the green light to three YA pilots from women. As Deadline reports, the projects are “Panic” from Lauren Oliver, “The Wilds” from Sarah Streicher,...
CAA Launches Database of TV Writers of Color
A recent Diversity Report from UCLA found that people of color accounted for just 7.1 percent of creators on broadcast scripted shows and 7.3 percent of creators on cable scripted shows in the...
Queen Latifah to EP Travel Docuseries About Women Comedians
Queen Latifah is pivoting from one “Girls Trip” to another. The multi-hyphenate is executive producing a documentary series following female comedians and their globe-trotting adventures....
“L.A.’s Finest” Officially Ordered to Series By Charter Communications
Following a roller coaster development ride, “L.A.’s Finest” has been ordered to series. Charter Communications gave a 13-episode straight-to-series order to the “Bad...
YouTube Premium Orders Comedy About the Birth of a Female Friendship
A platonic love story is headed to YouTube Premium. Variety reports that the streaming service snagged a half-hour comedy series from AwesomenessTV that charts the birth of a female...
Kirsten Dunst-Led “On Becoming a God in Central Florida” Lands Series Order from YouTube Premium
Kirsten Dunst is officially returning to the small screen. She’ll follow up her Emmy-nominated role in FX’s “Fargo” with “On Becoming a God in Central Florida,” a...
Bruna Papandrea Is Bringing Jessica Knoll’s “The Favorite Sister” to TV
Jessica Knoll’s novel “The Favorite Sister” is getting a television adaptation. “Big Littles Lies” producer Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories obtained the rights...
Toni Collette, Lisa Cholodenko, and More Join Netflix’s “Unbelievable Story of Rape”
Netflix limited series “An Unbelievable Story of Rape” has lined up a cast and director. The Hollywood Reporter confirms Toni Collette, Merritt Wever, and Kaitlyn Dever will star in the...
Lifetime Orders Three Movies Based on Jane Green Novels, Kim Raver to Co-Direct the First
Lifetime is partnering up with Jane Green. The author of 17 New York Times best-sellers, Green has been published in over 30 languages around the world. Looking to capitalize on that popularity,...
MTV Is Rebooting “Daria”
Daria Morgendorffer will deadpan once more. According to Variety, the iconic ’90s cartoon “Daria” will receive a reboot at MTV’s new production unit, MTV Studios....
“Coroner” Adaptation Coming to CBC, Serinda Swan Will Star
Jenny Cooper is coming to TV, and “Inhumans” alumna Serinda Swan will play her. Deadline reports that Swan will topline CBC’s adaptation of M.R. Hall’s best-selling book series...
Apple Orders Immigrant Anthology Series Co-Created by Emily V. Gordon
Emily V. Gordon has booked another gig. Apple just ordered a timely half-hour anthology series inspired by immigrant stories co-written by “The Big Sick” scribe, Deadline reports....