Television
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Hosting, Producing Apple Docuseries Based on Their “Gutsy Women” Book
Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are bringing their “favorite stories of courage and resilience” to Apple TV+. The mother-daughter duo will host and executive produce a docuseries adaptation...
“Women’s Studies” Dramedy in the Works at HBO Max from Natalia Castells-Esquivel
HBO Max has put “Women’s Studies,” a one-hour dramedy described as “‘Dear White People’ meets ‘The L World’ sprinkled with some ‘Broad City...
Gugu Mbatha-Raw to Topline Apple TV+ Psychological Thriller “Surface” from Veronica West
Gugu Mbatha-Raw is getting her own Apple TV+ show. The “Morning Show” alumna will follow up her supporting role on the streamer’s flagship series with “Surface,” a...
Felicity Huffman Will Star in ABC Baseball Comedy
Still mourning the cancellation of “Pitch” and hoping against hope for a revival? There’s no update on the future of the dearly departed Fox drama, but a new female-led baseball...
Gabrielle Union Developing “New Money” Comedy Series at Showtime
Gabrielle Union isn’t letting “L.A.’s Finest’s” cancellation slow her down. The actress and producer just added another project to her packed slate. Variety reports that...
Alfre Woodard Will Play Civil Rights Activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Limited Series
Alfre Woodard is switching gears from futuristic sci-fi to a drama rooted in very real history. The star of “See” has signed on to headline and exec produce a limited series about civil...
Anthology About Remarkable Women in History Lined Up at Starz, Eleanor of Aquitaine to Be First Subject
Eleanor of Aquitaine is the latest female historical figure to get the television treatment at Starz. The cabler, home of “The Spanish Princess” and the upcoming “Becoming Elizabeth”...
Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain Will Pen TV Adaptation of “The Final Girl Support Group”
Imagine Laurie Strode, Nancy Thompson, and Sidney Prescott had each other to lean on in the wake of experiencing unimaginable horror and surviving killing sprees that left loved ones dead. “The...
Dailyn Rodriguez Developing “Wonder Girl” Series for The CW, Marks First DC TV Title Led by Latina Superhero
Batwoman and Supergirl may soon be welcoming another superheroine to their ranks. According to Deadline, The CW is developing “Wonder Girl,” a drama about Yara Flor, a Latina Dreamer and...
Eleanor Burgess and Stephanie Allain Will Give Jane Austen an Update in New CW Anthology
Make room, “Clueless” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary”: another contemporary spin on Jane Austen is on the way. Eleanor Burgess is writing “Modern Austen,” a...
Karena Evans to Direct Inaugural Episodes of HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl” Reboot
Karena Evans will introduce a new generation of viewers to Manhattan’s upper elite. She’s been tapped to helm the pilot and second episode of HBO Max’s “Gossip Girl”...
Dakota Johnson and Riley Keough to Star in “Cult Following” Limited Series
HBO just greenlit a second season of “The Vow” and Starz is currently airing “Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult,” and these are just the latest projects to capitalize on...
Jodie Turner-Smith Will Portray Anne Boleyn in Channel 5 Psychological Thriller
Jodie Turner-Smith is heading to King Henry VIII’s mind-fuck of a court. The “Queen & Slim” actress will play Anne Boleyn in a three-part “convention-defying” drama from...
Sunny Hostin Has Semi-Autobiographical Drama Series in the Works at Fox
Sunny Hostin will turn to her own life for her next TV project. The “View” host, lawyer, and anchor is executive producing “The Counsel” for Fox, Variety reports. Inspired by...
Nicole Kidman to Topline and Exec Produce Amazon Drama “Things I Know to Be True”
Nicole Kidman has added yet another television project to her slate. The Oscar winner will star in and executive produce “Things I Know to Be True.” Amazon has ordered the adaptation of...
Uzo Aduba to Star in Season 4 of HBO’s “In Treatment”
Uzo Aduba is set to take over Gabriel Byrne’s therapist chair. According to Deadline, the three-time Emmy winner has signed on to topline Season 4 of “In Treatment” in a reimagined...
Mira Nair’s “A Suitable Boy” Coming to Acorn TV
“A Suitable Boy” is coming stateside. A press release announced that AMC Networks’ Acorn TV snagged exclusive U.S. and Canada premieres of the Mira Nair-directed period drama, which...
Ava DuVernay and Sydney Freeland Team Up for Native American Drama at NBC
A history-making series could be coming to NBC. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network is developing a drama about a Native American family — “a first for network...
Ziwe Fumudoh Lines Up Variety Series at Showtime
Ziwe Fumudoh is getting her own Showtime series. The cable network has given the rising comedian’s untitled variety show a straight-to-series order, per The Hollywood Reporter. The project will...
“Flashdance” Series Reboot in the Works at Paramount+ from Angela Robinson and Tracy McMillan
Take out your legwarmers and pump up the volume on Irene Cara’s anthem: “Flashdance” is getting a second life. Deadline reports that an updated take on the classic 1983 dance pic is...
Kristen Bell to Topline and Exec Produce “The Woman in the House” for Netflix
Kristen Bell has left “The Good Place” and is nursing a broken heart. Deadline reports that she’s set to exec produce and star in “The Woman in the House,” an...
D.C. Bar-Set Comedy from “A Black Lady Sketch Show’s” Akilah Green in Development at ABC
Akilah Green, of “A Black Lady Sketch Show” and “Perfect Harmony,” is heading to “Nate’s.” She is writing and executive producing a half-hour multi-cam...
“How to Get Away with Murder’s” Abby Ajayi Has Family Drama “Riches” in the Works at ITV
“How to Get Away with Murder” scribe Abby Ajayi is teaming up with ITV for your next TV obsession. The UK channel has commissioned Greenacre Films to produce Ajayi’s...
“Slay” Supernatural Drama in Development at The CW, Regina King Exec Producing
Another teenage girl is set to embrace her destiny and slay in a supernatural drama series. Deadline reports that The CW is developing “Slay,” a genre project that’s receiving...
Natasha Rothwell and Aziza Barnes Adapting Ibi Zoboi’s Novel “Pride” for HBO
“Insecure” actress-writer-producer Natasha Rothwell and “Snowfall” writer Aziza Barnes are teaming up on an adaptation of Ibi Zoboi’s YA novel “Pride.” According...
Series About Baroque Artist Artemisia Gentileschi in Development at ViacomCBS
Get ready to learn more about Artemisia Gentileschi. A television series about the influential Baroque painter’s life is in the works at ViacomCBS International Studios, Deadline reports....
“Lumberjanes” Animated Series in the Works at HBO Max from Noelle Stevenson
Miss Quinzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thilstle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types is coming to HBO Max. The streamer scored rights to a series adaptation of “Lumberjanes” in a bidding...
Barbara Kopple Docuseries “The Supermodels” Lands at Apple TV+
Barbara Kopple is adding another project to her eclectic resume. The Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker is shifting her focus from the Iran hostage crisis to the catwalk. Deadline reports that the...
Iman Vellani Will Play “Ms. Marvel”
Iman Vellani will lead “Ms. Marvel.” Variety confirmed the news. Vellani’s portrayal of the Pakistani American caped crusader marks the Canadian actress’ on-screen debut. Her...
Karin Gist’s “Our Kind of People” Opens Writers Room at Fox Entertainment
“Our Kind of People” is one step closer to the small screen. Fox Entertainment is opening a writers room for the drama based on Lawrence Otis Graham’s nonfiction book “Our...
All-Female Directing Team Assembled for Peacock’s “Dr. Death”: Maggie Kiley, Jennifer Morrison, & So Yong Kim
Maggie Kiley, Jennifer Morrison, and So Yong Kim are teaming up to tell the story of Dr. Christopher Duntsch, better known as “Dr. Death.” The trio comprise the all-female directing...
Sam Jay Lines Up Her Own Late Night HBO Show
Sam Jay is following up her first hourlong comedy special, “3 in the Morning,” with her own late-night HBO series. A press release announced Jay will host and executive produce the...
Marsai Martin Is Hitting the Market with an Unscripted Series About Trailblazing Black Women
Marsai Martin is expanding her producing resume. The “Black-ish” star, who made history as the youngest person ever to executive produce a major studio feature with 2019’s...
Amma Asante Will Direct “Smilla’s Sense of Snow” TV Adaptation
Following her stints on “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Mrs. America,” Amma Asante has lined up another television directing job. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the...
Janine Sherman Barrois Developing Family Drama “The Kings of Napa” at OWN
Janine Sherman Barrois is shifting her focus from acrylics to Cabernet Sauvignon. Deadline reports that the “Claws” showrunner and exec producer has a new series in development at OWN,...
Demi Moore Will Star in Amazon’s Series Adaptation of “Dirty Diana” Podcast
Demi Moore is returning to the world of “Dirty Diana.” The Hollywood Reporter confirms the “Brave New World” actress will star in Amazon’s television adaptation of the...
Patricia Arquette to Star in Apple TV+ PI Comedy “High Desert”
Patricia Arquette has signed on to another Apple TV+ series. The Oscar and Emmy winner is already attached to star in workplace thriller “Severance” for the streamer, and now word comes...
Amy Ziering & Kirby Dick Have a Docuseries About the Beauty Industry in the Works at HBO Max
Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick are set to investigate the ugly side of the beauty industry. Deadline report that HBO Max has greenlit “Not So Pretty,” a four-episode half-hour docuseries from...
“Ms. Marvel’s” Directors Roster Includes Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Meera Menon
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy and Meera Menon are among the directors who will bring “Ms. Marvel’s” historic story to the small screen, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Penned by Bisha K....
Kat Coiro to Direct “She-Hulk” Series for Disney+
Kat Coiro is bringing a different kind of “hulk out” to Disney+. Deadline reports that the director is in negotiations to helm the pilot and several other episodes of Marvel’s...
Lily Rabe, Samantha Buck, and Marie Schlingmann’s Political Drama “The Big D” in Dev at HBO
Lily Rabe, Samantha Buck, and Marie Schlingmann will dive into the drama of 1980 Dallas. The “American Horror Story” star and the “Sister Aimee” filmmakers are joining forces...
Quinta Brunson Has a Teacher Comedy in the Works at ABC
Quinta Brunson is shining a spotlight on the trials and tribulations of our nation’s educators. The “A Black Lady Sketch Show” star has received a put pilot commitment for a...
Chelsea Handler Sells Comedy Series to HBO Max and Peacock
Chelsea Handler has new shows in the works at both HBO Max and Peacock. Deadline reports the multi-hyphenate will executive produce “Blair” for the former and “Wiped Out” for...
“Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’s” Kristen Bartlett Has “Big Wishes” Comedy Series in the Works at ABC
“Full Frontal with Samatha Bee’s” Kristen Bartlett explores what happens when folks age out of Make-a-Wish and other charities dedicated to making sick kids’ dreams come true...
TV Series About The Slits’ Viv Albertine in the Works
Punk’s not dead on the small screen: a limited series about Viv Albertine is in the works. Deadline reports that Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley’s Number 9 Films and Rachael...
Mamie Till Mobley Limited Series Ordered at ABC, Gina Prince-Bythewood Will Direct First Ep
Another project about Mamie Till Mobley is in the works. On the heels of the announcement that Chinonye Chukwu is directing a feature about Emmett Till, his death, and Mobley’s galvanization of...
Elizabeth Debicki to Topline and Exec Produce Limited Series About WWII Spy “Code Name Hélène”
Elizabeth Debicki has signed on to play another trailblazing woman in a project based on a true story. She’ll follow up her turn as Virginia Woolf in “Vita & Virginia” with...
Diablo Cody and Heather Regnier Developing Live-Action “Powerpuff Girls” Reboot for The CW
Time to combine sugar, spice, and everything nice with Chemical X: a “Powerpuff Girls” reboot is in the works. Variety confirms a live-action update of Blossom, Bubbles, and...
Keira Knightley and Clio Barnard Team Up for Apple TV+ Adaptation of “The Essex Serpent”
Keira Knightley has signed on to topline another period drama. Deadline reports that she’ll lead and exec produce “The Essex Serpent,” an adaptation of Sarah Perry’s 2016...
Cara Delevingne Will Explore Gender and Sexuality in Hulu/BBC Three Docuseries
Cara Delevingne has appeared in genre projects (“Suicide Squad,” “Carnival Row”), gritty dramas (“Her Smell”), and YA novel adaptations (“Paper Towns”)...
Janicza Bravo Will Tell Dan Mallory’s Story in “A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions”
Janicza Bravo is taking on another story about an unreliable narrator. The “Zola” filmmaker has been tapped to write and direct “A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of...