CBS Orders Pilot For Navy SEAL Drama

 ABC Picks Up Comedy Pilot ‘The Trustee’

 Kaling, Fey, Lawrence Comedies Land NBC Pilots

  Oprah Winfrey To Be '60 Minutes' Contributor

  NBC Orders ‘Drama High’ Pilot From ‘Parenthood’ and ‘Hamilton’ Producers
      NBC has ordered the drama pilot “Drama High” from “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood” producer Jason Katims, TheWrap has learned.
Based on the book of the same name by Michael Sokolove, and also life rights of Lou Volpe, “Drama High” centers on an extraordinary working class high school drama department and the incredible students who come alive under a passionate teacher and family man whose dedication to the program galvanizes the entire town.

  CBS Picks Up Pilot for Mexican-American Family Cop Drama From Paul Attanasio
      The project hails from Paul Attanasio, co-creator of CBS’s “Bull.” Attanasio will serve as writer and executive producer, along with Leonard Goldberg, David Barrett and Rodrigo Garcia, who will direct the pilot. CBS Television Studios will produce.
The untitled pilot centers around multi-generational members of a Mexican-American family with deep roots in San Diego who intertwine personally and professionally, due to their powerful careers in law enforcement.

   Fox Orders Pilots for Medical Drama ‘The Resident’ & College Rape Series ‘Controversy’

   Fox Orders Two Workplace Comedy Pilots From Will Ferrell, ‘New Girl’ and ‘Modern Family’ Producers

  CBS Orders 'Real Life' Pilot From 'HIMYM' Team
       Originally based on a web series from Avital Ash, the project had been ordered to pilot last season, but redeveloped for this year. The hybrid comedy chronicles the relationship of two 20-somethings who go from being co-workers on opposite coasts to working in the same office. Sony Pictures Television will produce in association with CBS Television Studios. Winston will serve as writer and executive producer alongside exec producers Bays and Thomas.
 

The daily strip focusing on entertainment and celebrity news and gossip has now been sold in more than 150 markets in advance of its debut next fall, the Twentieth announcement said.
“Page Six TV offers local stations a fresh and groundbreaking program for their access time periods — an area within the syndication marketplace that has been void of new program offerings for many years,” said Ken Lawson, SVP and General Sales Manager, Broadcast Sales of Twentieth Television. “We are thrilled that stations across the country are following the lead of the Fox Television Stations in showcasing the program across their high-profile evening time slots.”  It will most likely air on WKBW-7 or WUTV-29 or WNYO-49.

  ABC Picks Up Pilots From DeGeneres, Kaplan
     The network has picked up pilots for “Charlie Foxtrot” and “Splitting Up Together,” Variety has learned.
“Charlie Foxtrot” hails from scribe Sam Sklaver, a writer/producer on ABC’s “American Housewife.”  The single-camera comedy follows Captain Charlie Taylor, a cautious, lovable dentist stationed at Fort Bragg, who promises to look after his brother’s impulsive fiancée and her two misfit teens while his brother is deployed in Iraq.
“Splitting Up Together” hails from “Suburgatory” and “Selfie” creator Emily Kapnek, who penned the pilot. Ellen DeGeneres is exec producing through her company, A Very Good Production.
The single-cam comedy tells the story of a couple whose marriage is reignited by their divorce.
The pilot is based on the original Danish series, created by Mette Heeno, who will serve as an executive producer on the ABC pilot, along with Mie Andreasen and Hella Joof. DeGeneres’ producing partner Jeff Kleeman is also an EP. Warner Bros. Television is the studio.

  The CW Orders Army Pilot ‘Valor’
         In “Valor,” the boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a US Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions. The drama unfolds in the present as well as in flashbacks to a failed mission involving one of the first female pilots in the unit, ultimately uncovering layers of personal and government/military secrets, and leading to a season-long plan to rescue a group of MIA soldiers.

   Update: Black Lightning Snags Pilot Order at The CW 
          The superhero drama, executive produced by Greg Berlanti, would join his ever-growing roster of primetime vigilantes, which include Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and the Legends of Tomorrow. Per Deadline, Fox ultimately decided not to proceed with the project due to its own expanding slate of genre-heavy fare, which includes Gotham and Lucifer, Seth MacFarlane’s live-action space dramedy and a Marvel series from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix.
     
    Fox Orders Sibling Comedy Pilot 
           Written and co-executive produced by Jim Cashman (Saturday Night Live) and Mitch Silpa (Bridesmaids), Amy’s Brother is about an unconventional family that is formed when a successful type-A man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in one another’s lives but also living under one roof.

     The Goldbergs’ 1990’s Spinoff Pilot Lands At ABC
          Set in the ’90s, the pilot follows two high school teachers who become unlikely father figures to the kids at their Philadelphia school.

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  ‘Weekend Update’ To Become Weekly Show?     
       NBC is in talks to air a 30-minute primetime weekly edition of “Saturday Night Live’s” “Weekend Update.” With Alec Baldwin’s impression of the president, SNL’s popularity has exploded in the Trump era. A stand-alone “Weekend Update” show could help NBC capitalize on a topsy turvy news cycle. "Variety" reports that SNL is up 22 percent in viewership -- its strongest start to a season in more than two decades, our colleagues at Morning Media note. The scuttlebutt is the show might air Thursday evenings later this year.

   CBS Picks Up Bible Comedy From Johnny Galecki
     The network on Tuesday handed out a pilot order to comedy Living Biblically, based on the book The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs.
The project centers on a modern-day man who, at a crossroads in his life, decides to live life according to the Bible.
The comedy was developed as a single-camera and will now be shot as a multicamera. It is written by Patrick Walsh (2 Broke Girls) and executive produced by The Big Bang Theory star Johnny Galecki as part of his overall deal with Big Bang producers Warner.
   
   NBC Orders Charlaine Harris Pilot ‘Redliners’ 

        Redliners” is described as a high-octane series that mixes humor, romance and espionage centering on a pair of former operatives who get reactivated and drawn into a larger conspiracy while attempting to maintain their undercover lives.

   CBS Orders Crime Drama Pilot ‘Wisdom of the Crow
      CBS has given a pilot order to “Wisdom of the Crowd,” a drama from writer and executive producer Ted Humphrey.
       Based on the Israeli television series of the same name, “Wisdom of the Crowd” is described as telling the story of a tech innovator who, inspired by the notion that a million minds are better than one, creates a cutting edge crowdsourcing hub to solve his own daughter’s murder, as well as revolutionizing crime solving in San Francisco.

   Jason Biggs to Star in ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Charlie Foxtrot’


 Fox Renews 'Lucifer' For Season 3
       

  James Burrows To Direct CBS Pilot 'Brothered Up'
        Rules of Engagement alum Adhir Kalyan is returning to CBS as one of two leads in Brothered Up, the network’s multi-camera buddy cop comedy from CBS TV Studios.
       Written and executive produced by Mark Gross, sitcom veteran James Burrows is set to direct and executive produce. Brothered Up centers on Calvin, an emotionally guarded African-American cop who is partnered with Farooq, an emotionally available Pakistani cop (Kalyan), and they are forced to find a way to connect as they patrol a Detroit neighborhood. Kalyan’s Farooq is described as a Pakistani police officer with optimism and a gung-ho attitude.

  'Superstore' Renewed For Season 3 At NBC
        The network on Tuesday handed out a renewal to the America Ferrera-led comedy. The series will return for a 22-episode third season. 

  Fox's 'Lethal Weapon' Renewed for Season 
        The drama will be back for a 22-episode second season.

  Days of Our Lives Renewed at NBC
      Despite rumors that Days of Our Lives was nearing extinction, NBC has renewed the venerable soap opera for a record 52nd season. The pickup comes a month after the sudser fired co-head writer Dena Higley and replaced her with General Hospital vet Ron Carlivati. Days‘ other co-head writer, Ryan Quan, is sticking around as a creative consultant.