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Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 10/7/13

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are

  • Sanjay Shah (ENLISTED) has sold an untitled autobiographical comedy about an immigrant family running a fast-food franchise together to NBC. (Where they keep on commissioning family comedies regardless of how indifferent their viewers seem to be to that particular arena.)
  • Chris Case (RETIRED AT 35) has an NBC pilot deal for MAYBE IT’S ME, an autobiographical comedy about a father juggling three strong women in his life. (Hmm, not only is this another family comedy, it’s also another autobiographical comedy. And you thought writers’ lives were boring!)
  • Stefan Jaworski (“hot Danish writer” is all we could get) is writing the pilot for WHITE EYE, a procedural thriller, for ABC. (Curse you, PERSON OF INTEREST! You’re so popular that everybody’s trying to duplicate your success. And we all know where that’s going to lead.)
  • Jeff Addiss & Will Matthews are writing a HOUDINI miniseries for ABC that seems to be about the famed escape artist solving contemporary crime. (But maybe it isn’t. The art of clearly stating a premise seems to have escaped the net’s PR.)
  • Chris Keyser (PARTY OF FIVE) is writing WARRIORS, a drama about a “national military hospital,” also for ABC. (Cuz that’s the one twist on a medical show that’s never been done as far as we know. Huzzah! for creativity.)
  • David Grae (CASTLE) is writing the pilot for ABC’s LIFE IS MURDER, a mother-daughter crime drama. (Oh, God, more family. But at least it’s not a comedy…we hope.)

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 11/14/12

“In the beginning was the word.” (um, God, we think.)

  • John Ross Bowie & Kevin Sussman (Yes, both are actors on BIG BANG THEORY) have sold their animated comedy, DARK MINIONS, to Amazon Studios. (In case anyone thought for 1 second that Amazon’s web series production arm was going to find new talent.)
  • Chris Case (RETIRED AT 34) is writing the pilot for THE CLUB, a sitcom about golf, for CBS.  (In case anyone thought CBS development knew a thing about what the audience wants to see.)
  • Austin Winsberg (JAKE IN PROGRESS) is writing the pilot for Fox’s THE TAO OF MARTHA, a sitcom based on Jen Lancaster’s forthcoming book of the same name. (And, yes, the “Martha” in question is Martha Stewart, who will be producing, of course.)
  • Sara Gamble (SUPERNATURAL) is writing the pilot for NORFOLK, a naval drama, for the CW. (The “in case” on this is that we believe the CW is going with it just “in case” the kids of NCIS viewers might be willing to give it a try.)
  • Thompson Evans (HIT LIST) is writing the pilot of NIGHT HUNTERS, a cop drama, for Fox and MAX GENERAL, a medical show, for NBC. (And “in case” you’re wondering, yes, he’s a relative unknown and we’re sure that what helped get both these deals is that he has partnered up with the former head of NBC Entertainment, Warren Littlefield.)