This could be a first:
Exclusive: Bold and the Beautiful Boss Bradley Bell Reacts to the Sudden Exit of Ronn Moss – by Michael Logan
Ronn Moss‘ decision to end his 25-year run as Ridge Forrester on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful — reportedly over salary issues — is quite the industry shocker!…What will B&B do without him? Will the role of Ridge be recast? TV Guide Magazine got the answers in this exclusive interview with the soap’s executive producer-head writer Bradley Bell.
…Complete with pics of the writers and verbiage that makes them seem, if not exactly stars, definitely important. You don’t see that everyday, and it’s one of the reasons (the biggest one) why we report on Deadline.Com’s reporting as much as we do. (Oh, so that’s what we do. Good to know.) Deadline’s latest announcement:
ABC Buys Extended Family Comedy, NBC Goes For International Crime Drama – by Nellie Andreeva(Deadline.Com)
ABC has handed a script commitment with penalty to Dumb F*ck, a single-camera comedy from FishBowl Worldwide Media. Written by Hank Nelken (Saving Silverman), the project is about an average guy and his brilliant wife who, due to financial hardship, are forced to live with her family of highly intelligent but emotionally stunted geniuses. Vin Di Bona, Bruce Gersh, Susan Levison and Shaleen Desai executive produce. FishBowl is repped by CAA, Nelken by Gersh.
…But why does it sound so familiar?
ABC Nabs Sera Gamble/Greg Berlanti Medical Drama With Penalty – by Nellie Andreeva
In Berlanti Prods.’ first sale this development season, the Warner Bros. TV-based company has set up a medical drama at ABC. The project, written/executive produced by former Supernatural co-showrunner Sera Gambleand executive produced by Greg Berlanti, centers on world-renowned neurosurgeon Dr. Steven Saylor who becomes a medical anomaly himself after suffering a traumatic brain injury. He’s forced to re-specialize as an internist at the hospital where he was once king. The untitled drama, produced by Berlanti Prods. and WBTV, has received a script commitment with penalty. Melissa Kellner Berman co-executive produces.
No, Ms. Foster isn’t the writer. She’s directing, but her name and pic do bring more eyes to the page than just about any writer’s. You know how that goes. Our apologies to Rob Fresco, who besides his cool name has some very heavy credits (TOUCH, HEROES, JERICHO, CROSSING JORDAN) for teaching him this difficult lesson. Anyway:
Jodie Foster Heads To Showtime To Direct Mob Drama ‘Angie’s Body’ – by Kevin Jagernauth
“I think I may spend some time on cable,” Jodie Foster told the Oregon Herald at Comic-Con last month, about where she might be going next…Foster will return behind the camera for her first effort since “The Beaver” with Showtime‘s “Angie’s Body.” Penned by Rob Fresco (“Heroes,” “Crossing Jordan“) the series adds a unique twist to the organized crime drama, and will center on a deadly woman who runs her own syndicate, and those are the only details so far. Foster doesn’t direct often, and thus far her choices have been interesting from the underrated drama “Little Man Tate,” the Christmas comedy “Home for the Holidays” and Mel Gibson vehicle “The Beaver.” But perhaps none of those are as intriguing as her very first gig behind the camera, helming a 1988 episode of “Tales From The Darkside” entitled “Do Not Open This Box” (watch below). Certainly, the television landscape has changed a lot since then.
This time, RINGER creators Nichole Snyder and Eric Charmelo are trying to work the magic at NBC, which now must have about 50 years of pilots in some form of development. Which does kind of stack the odds against each project making it on air. So our suggestion to everybody reading this is, no matter how cool this new show may sound, don’t get too attached.
‘Ringer’ Creators Developing Gothic Thriller for NBC – by Lesley Goldberg
Three months after The CW canceled its Sarah Michelle Gellar drama Ringer, creators Nicole Snyder and Eric Charmelo have sold another thriller — to NBC
