Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Development News - CBS Gives Pilot Orders to 'Nancy Drew' Adaptation and 2 Hybrid Comedy Pilots

Development News - January 19, 2016

CBS' Drew, My Time/Your Time and Untitled O'Shannon, Butler & Hope Project.





CBS' DREW
  • The broadcast network has ordered a pilot for drama Drew, a contemporary take on the character from the Nancy Drew book series. Now in her 30s, Nancy Drew is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes using her uncanny observational skills, all while navigating the complexities of life in a modern world. Joan Rater and Tony Phelan will write the pilot, and executive produce with Dan Jinks. CBS Television Studios and The Dan Jinks Company will produce.
CBS' UNTITLED DAN O'SHANNON, ROBYN BUTLER & WAYNE HOPE PROJECT
  • The network has also given a pilot order to an untitled hybrid comedy written by Dan O'Shannon, Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope. Inspired by the Australian show Upper Middle Bogan, the project centers on a wife and mother who learns she was adopted and that her birth parents are a flamboyant but loving family of drag-racers. O'Shannon, Butler and Hope will executive produce alongside Todd Holland. CBS Television Studios, ABC Studios and Dark Toy Entertainment will produce.
CBS' MY TIME/YOUR TIME
  • The network is also getting back into business with How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas with a pilot order for hybrid comedy My Time/Your Time. Hilary Winston wrote the pilot, which counts Bays and Thomas as executive producers. Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Studios will produce. Based on Avital Ash's web series 7P/10E, the project centers on a young couple as they begin a long distance relationship.