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[05/08/15 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Friday, May 8 - Odds & Ends
Updates include: ABC, CBS pass on the bulk of their remaining pilots; Terence Paul Winter named showrunner of ABC's "Castle"; and E.J. Bonilla joins the cast of A&E's revival of "Unforgettable."
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[03/24/15 - 06:02 PM]
2015 ABC Program Development Guide - Drama Series
ABC details its 13 drama pilots under consideration for next season.
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[03/11/15 - 11:53 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 11
Updates include: Teddy Sears to lead "Doubt" for CBS; Chace Crawford among the latest to "Boom" at ABC; and Jake McDorman to succeed Bradley Cooper in "Limitless" on CBS.
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[03/06/15 - 11:49 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 6
Updates include: Mark-Paul Gosselaar cast in "People Are Talking" at NBC; Joy Bryant, Coby Bell among latest cast in ABC's "The Advocate"; and Alexandra Chando tapped for role in The CW's "Dead People."
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[03/05/15 - 11:56 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 5
Updates include: Rutina Wesley bound for "The Broad Squad" at ABC; Daniel Sharman tapped for "LFE" at CBS; and Matthew Lillard cast in NBC's "Problem Child."
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[03/03/15 - 11:07 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, March 3
Updates include: IFC cancels "Garfunkel & Oates"; Jon Foo set as lead in "Rush Hour" at CBS; and Jack Gore is the "Problem Child" at NBC.
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[02/20/15 - 11:57 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 20
Updates include: MTV passes on "Self Promotion"; Laurie Holden heads to "Chicago Med" at NBC; and Morris Chestnut set as lead on FOX's "Rosewood."
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[02/06/15 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 6
Updates include: NBC eyes "Law & Order" revival as limited series; Colin Hanks to lead "Life in Pieces" at CBS; and Thomas Haden Church, Molly Shannon both bound for HBO's "Divorce."
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[01/26/15 - 11:55 PM]
Development Update: Monday, January 26
Updates include: FOX in talks to develop an "X-Men" TV series; Millie Brady to lead Lifetime's "The Clan of the Cave Bear"; and "Rush Hour" among the latest wave of pilot pickups.
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[09/30/14 - 11:38 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, September 30
Updates include: Yvonne Strahovski boards ABC's "The Astronauts Wives Club"; Kevin Biegel, Mike Royce to bring feature "Big" to small screen at FOX; and Yvette Nicole Brown is departing "Community."
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DEVELOPMENT
HISTORY:
9/30/14
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5/8/15
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STATUS:
previously in development (2015-2016 season) |
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/8/15 |
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, March 2015) It is 1978 and the Boston PD has just graduated its first class of female police officers as fully equal to the men. The press calls these extraordinary women, "The Broad Squad." They don't think of themselves as heroes, but they are nothing less - defying society's expectations and shaking up the ultimate old boys' club. There's 28-year-old Eileen Pearce (Lauren Ambrose), who was born into a family of cops and is married to one. Her marriage to Jim is beginning to feel the strain of his recent injury that is keeping him at home, taking care of their son while she fulfills a lifelong dream of joining the force. She'll learn how complicated it is for a woman to "wear the pants" in the family - much less when those pants come with a badge and gun. Molly Callahan (Charlotte Spencer) is a 22 year old who grew up in a family with mob connections, and joined the force to escape the life of crime her brothers lead. Still, her juvenile rap sheet is coming back to haunt her, used against her by the Captain who wants to enlist her in a covert war - against her own family. Joanne Jones (Rutina Wesley), 26, has to work twice as hard to get respect, since the cops call her a "two-fer," as in female and black. She's fighting for Dr. King's dream of freedom, even at the cost of her own brother, who is badly beaten as payback for her being a cop. She's shunned by family and community, who hate cops - and further isolated by a secret: that she has a girlfriend. Lisa Osgood (Cody Horn), 30, was a Beacon Hill rich girl, estranged from her family as a teen and forced to fend for herself in the world. She's battling the trauma of a sexual assault in her past, and has joined the force to help other women like her. But when she arrives on her first day, her past is shoved in her face - another cop in her district is the man who assaulted her. Working together, these women will try to change all the rules of one of the toughest, most tradition-infused police departments in the country, all set against the tumultuous, explosive and ever-changing world of Boston in the late 1970s. From Stephanie Savage and Josh Schwartz (The O.C., Gossip Girl) |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alberto Frezza as Frank Butler
· Charlotte Spencer as Molly Callahan
· Cody Horn as Lisa Osgood
· Kenneth Mitchell as Jim Pearce
· Lauren Ambrose as Eileen Pearce
· Michael Gaston as Captain Donahue
· Morgan Spector as Tommy Anthony
· Rutina Wesley as Joanne Jones
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Aaron Kaplan as EP
· Alexandra Lydon as PROD
· Bess Wohl as CRTR/CO-EP
· Coky Giedroyc as DIR (Pilot)
· Josh Schwartz as EP
· Len Goldstein as EP
· Stephanie Savage as EP
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GENRE(S):
· drama
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· Fake Empire
· Kapital Entertainment
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