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[12/18/08 - 06:42 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, December 18
Updates include: HBO gives "Hung" a series commitment; Kristin Chenoweth joins David E. Kelley's "Legally Mad" at NBC; and Michael Chiklis to develop "House of Cards" at FX.

[08/08/08 - 06:59 PM]
Development Update: Friday, August 8
Updates include: Martin Scorsese in talks to helm HBO's "Boardwalk Empire"; five check into "The Last of the Ninth" at HBO; and more from the casting front.

[05/29/08 - 04:51 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, May 29
Updates include: HBO casts "Last of the Ninth" leads; Josh Cooke added to ABC's "Fourplay"; and Peter Horton is tapped to take over NBC's "Philanthropist."

[03/17/08 - 05:41 PM]
Development Update: Monday, March 17
Updates include: ABC plots a sequel to "Hopkins 24/7"; "Big Brother" gets a 10th edition; and "Borat's" Ken Davitian to join Bernie Mac on FOX's "Starting Under."

[01/18/08 - 06:11 PM]
Development Update: Week of January 14-18
Updates include: Jason Kennedy named host of ABC's "Dance Machine," TV Land renews its "Myths & Legends" and the Alphabet looks to bring back "Circus of the Stars."

[08/17/07 - 06:21 PM]
Development Update: Week of August 13-17
Updates include: Fates come down on three HBO originals and Sci Fi's "Painkiller Jane," Lifetime shuffles its Sunday lineup and NBC preps a syndicated version of "Deal or No Deal."

[10/24/05 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: October 20-24







LAST OF THE NINTH, THE (HBO)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
10/24/05 - 12/18/08
STATUS:
previously in development (2008-2009 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
drama about clark's experiences as a rookie undercover officer assigned to keep tabs on the black panthers and other countercultural rabble-rousers during the post-vietnam era in new york, a period which saw scandalous levels of corruption among new york's finest
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Clifton Powell as TBA
· Fredric Lehne as Riley
· Jonah Lotan as Joe Dalton
· Lily Rabe as Mary Byrne
· Michael Gaston as Lt. John "The Rug" White
· Michael Raymond-James as Tommy "Babyface" Leone
· Ray Winstone as John Giglio
CREW INFORMATION:
· Bill Clark as CRTR/EP
· Carl Franklin as DIR (Pilot)
· David Milch as CRTR/EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Red Board Productions