After a long sting at CBS TV Studios, veteran drama showrunner Ken Sanzel has inked an overall deal with Universal Television. Under the two-year pact, Sanzel will develop, executive produce and supervise new projects for Universal. The former New York City cop, who was a member of the Decoy Squad in the NYC Transit Police Department, currently serves as executive producer/showrunner on the CBS/CBS Studios midseason drama NYC22, executive produced by Robert De Niro. Before that, Sanzel spent several years as executive producer/showrunner on the CBS/CBS Studios long-running drama Numbers. “Ken is a talented showrunner and possesses all the skills to create and sustain a hit show,” Universal TV’s Evp Bela Bajaria said. “Additionally, having had a prior life in the NYPD, Ken brings a unique, authentic, fresh perspective to everything he does.” Sanzel, repped by UTA and manager Jeff Field, previously created the series...
- 4/26/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Former ER showrunner Scott Gemmill has been tapped to serve as executive producer/showrunner on ABC's Women's Murder Club.
Gemmill's stint on Murder stems from his overall deal with 20th TV. Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, who also are under an overall deal at the studio, have come aboard the series as co-executive producers.
Based on James Patterson's series of mystery books, Murder revolves around four girlfriends (Angie Harmon, Laura Harris, Aubrey Dollar, Paula Newsome) who solve tough murder cases.
On the show, Gemmill will serve as an executive producer alongside Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, who penned the pilot script, as well as Patterson, Brett Ratner and Joe Simpson.
Gemmill's series credits also include Fox's Jonny Zero, which he created, as well as CBS' Smith and JAG.
Gemmill's stint on Murder stems from his overall deal with 20th TV. Gretchen Berg and Aaron Harberts, who also are under an overall deal at the studio, have come aboard the series as co-executive producers.
Based on James Patterson's series of mystery books, Murder revolves around four girlfriends (Angie Harmon, Laura Harris, Aubrey Dollar, Paula Newsome) who solve tough murder cases.
On the show, Gemmill will serve as an executive producer alongside Liz Craft and Sarah Fain, who penned the pilot script, as well as Patterson, Brett Ratner and Joe Simpson.
Gemmill's series credits also include Fox's Jonny Zero, which he created, as well as CBS' Smith and JAG.
- 5/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar winner Ellen Burstyn has joined the cast of NBC's drama pilot Book of Daniel. Meanwhile, in a rare foray into television, Danny DeVito has come aboard to direct Fox's comedy pilot Queen B. In other pilot-casting news, Gail O'Grady has been tapped to lead the cast of ABC's Hot Properties, with Stephen Dunham also cast in the project; Alan Ruck is set to star in Fox's Don't Ask; and Eddie McClintock has joined ABC's Crumbs. Additionally, Andrew Walker has landed the lead role in ABC's Adopted, Thad Luckinbill will star opposite Kevin Sorbo in ABC's Bobby Cannon, John Francis Daley has come aboard Fox's Kitchen Confidential, Lizzy Caplan has been cast as a lead in the WB Network's untitled Liz Tuccillo project, and Virginia Williams has nabbed one of the two leads in the WB's Mindy and Brenda. On the series side, Fox has pulled the plug on the midseason drama Jonny Zero.
- 3/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Mayor Michael Bloomberg welcomed five new television pilots currently filming at Queens-based Silvercup Studios in a press conference Tuesday on the set of the Fox series Jonny Zero. The mayor attributed the filming to his Made in New York tax-incentive program he signed into effect in early January, which he expected to bring more than $15 million into the city. "New York City's production industry employs 100,000 New Yorkers and generates $5 billion for the city annually, and we are committed to expanding our share of this vital industry," Bloomberg said. Among the pilots lined up at Silvercup are NBC Studios' NY-70, a cop-drama set in the 1970s starring Tony Lo Bianco, Bobby Cannavale, Kat Foster and Donnie Wahlberg.
- 2/23/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Model-turned-actor Jason Shaw has inked a one-year talent holding deal with Warner Bros. TV-based John Wells Prods. Shaw grabbed the attention of Wells and JWP executive vp Andrew Stearn this past development season with his starring role in Dark Shadows, the company's drama pilot for the WB Network. Shaw is the latest up-and-coming actor to land on JWP's talent roster. Last year, the company signed Franky G, who now toplines JWP/WBTV's new drama series for Fox Jonny Zero. Shaw, who appeared in two episodes of the WB's Charmed this past season, did a stint as a correspondent for E! Entertainment Television. He is repped by Innovative Artists and manager Joannie Burstein.
- 7/29/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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