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[03/26/18 - 11:02 PM]
2018 ABC Program Development Guide - Drama Series
ABC details its 11 drama projects under consideration for next season.

[03/14/18 - 11:07 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 14
Updates include: Sarah Jones to star in "L.A. Confidential" at CBS; Travis Tope, Melvin Gregg tapped for new season of Netflix's "American Vandal"; and Shea Whigham among latest tapped for Amazon's "Homecoming."

[03/09/18 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Friday, March 9
Updates include: Jeremy Sisto to lead Dick Wolf's "F.B.I." at CBS; Christopher Abbott to likewise topline Hulu's "Catch-22"; and Lyndon Smith set as new lead on The CW's "Dead Inside."

[03/07/18 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, March 7
Updates include: Ginnifer Goodwin to star in ABC's "Steps"; Kether Donohue lands female lead in NBC's "Like Family"; and Brooke Elliott to topline Bobby Bowman's comedy pilot for the Alphabet.

[02/27/18 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, February 27
Updates include: Breckin Meyer, Merrin Dungey join "The Fix" at ABC; Brandon Mychal Smith to lead NBC's "Like Family"; and Adam Scott books return to HBO's "Big Little Lies."

[02/22/18 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 22
Updates include: NBC flips time periods for "A.P. Bio," "Champions"; Taye Diggs cast in The CW's "Spencer"; and Bellamy Young to topline "False Profits" for ABC.

[01/26/18 - 11:54 PM]
Development Update: Friday, January 26
Updates include: "Magnum, PI," "Cagney & Lacey" among latest wave of CBS pilot orders; ABC greenlights six dramas, one comedy to pilot; and Mary-Louise Parker, Courtney B. Vance to star in FX's "Compliance."







FINEST, THE (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
1/26/18 - 3/26/18
STATUS:
previously in development (2018-2019 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release, March 2018) Untitled Holmes Sisters is an hour-long episodic drama that chronicles the lives of five African-American sisters, all officers in the NYPD, as they face the challenges of their high-risk jobs while juggling the responsibilities of marriage, motherhood, and family. Raised in the borough of Queens by working-class parents, the Kendrick sisters are New York's finest. Untitled is from writer/executive producer Pam Veasey, director/executive producer Regina King, and executive producer Robin Roberts.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Amirah Vann as Ella Kendrick-Graves
· Aubin Wise as Serena Kendrick-Archer
· Dorian Missick as John Archer
· Eric Balfour as Oz Darosa
· Frances Turner as Lena Kendrick
· Gerard Celasco as Jessie Castiano
· Leigh-Ann Rose as Nicole Kendrick
· Michael Beach as Langston Graves
· Tisha Campbell-Martin as Anise Kendrick-Morrison
· Zoe Robins as Taylor Montgomery
CREW INFORMATION:
· Pam Veasey as CRTR/EP
· Regina King as EP/DIR (Pilot)
· Robin Roberts as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· Rock'N'Robin Productions
· Royal Ties