Ex-SUPERNATURAL Showrunner’s Medical Project Set Up at ABC

…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. read article

James Duff, THE CLOSER Creator-Showrunner Explains the Show’s Ending

…No, no, not because there was any confusion (there wasn’t.) But because, or so it seems, he just wanted to express his feelings. (Hey, Duff’s a modern kinda guy, you know what we’re saying?)

Kyra closes, and her character seems to almost get it…at last!

Whatever the reason, this is exactly the kind of info new writers, trying to get insight into how the series process works, need to know, which makes us very glad to be able to present:

The Closer Finale Postmortem: Creator James Duff Talks Brenda’s Final Confession – by Adam Bryant read article

Someone We Don’t Know Reviews GRIMM’s Season 2 Premiere

…And he seems to have liked a lot about it. Which makes us smile because we like it too:

Review: NBC’s ‘Grimm’ returns, improved, for season 2 – by Alan Sepinwall read article

Jodie Foster – “A Deadly Woman Who Runs Her Own Syndicate”

“What I do are personal stories and…TV’s the place for that.” Jodie Foster, now directing a pilot about a woman mobster because, evidently, it’s so personal for her.

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. read article

Creators of RINGER Set Up Another Thriller Series

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.

Snyder & Charmelo, writers not actors (you can tell by their posture)

‘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 read article