Will Trent joins the list of greatest TV detectives with his great back story and complex crimes. Based on a novel series of the same name by Karin Slaughter, the series follows the titular Gbi Special Agent as he solves some very dark and disturbing crimes but being dyslexic makes that a bit hard. Will Trent has a very troubled past which still haunts him to this day. Will Trent stars Ramon Rodriguez in the titular role with Erika Christensen, Jake McLaughlin, Sonja Sohn, and Iantha Richardson starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved Will Trent here are some similar shows you could watch after finishing the series.
The Mentalist (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – CBS
One of the best procedurals ever made which also had a highly intelligent protagonist like Will Trent is The Mentalist. Created by Bruno Heller, the CBS series follows the story of Patrick Jane,...
The Mentalist (Max & Prime Video Add-On) Credit – CBS
One of the best procedurals ever made which also had a highly intelligent protagonist like Will Trent is The Mentalist. Created by Bruno Heller, the CBS series follows the story of Patrick Jane,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
TV crossovers have been around almost as long as the medium of television itself. Before the advent of modern shared universes, they were mostly just a lark intended to goose viewership. When "Adventures of Superman" star George Reeves turned up as the show's namesake in the 1957 "I Love Lucy" episode "Lucy and Superman," it was all a big in-joke and not some kind of serious declaration that Lucy and Ricky Ricardo somehow existed in the same universe as the Man of Steel. Nearly 60 years later, when "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) crossed paths with Jess Day (Zooey Deschanel) from "New Girl," it was a similar bit of fun ... assuming you could refrain from thinking too hard about the in-universe implications.
Speaking of not thinking too hard about canonical implications, Hart Hanson's playful yet by and large grounded Fox procedural "Bones" likewise crossed over with, of all shows,...
Speaking of not thinking too hard about canonical implications, Hart Hanson's playful yet by and large grounded Fox procedural "Bones" likewise crossed over with, of all shows,...
- 12/23/2023
- by Sandy Schaefer
- Slash Film
Exclusive: NBC has increased the order of new drama series The Irrational by one episode. Originally picked up for 10 episodes, the series starring Jesse L. Martin will now produce 11 episodes in its first season. Meanwhile, Season 2 of NBC’s comedy series Lopez v. Lopez will consist of 10 episodes, down from the previously ordered 13.
The adjustments come as NBC is fine-tuning its scheduling plans for midseason. The network will likely reveal its midseason premiere dates next week after CBS and ABC announced theirs over the last few days.
The Irrational had filmed 7 episodes when the strike suspended production. The drama is scheduled to resume production next week in Vancouver. It was initially supposed to shoot the three remaining episodes, now that number has gone up to four.
The order increase follows a solid debut for both of NBC’s new drama series this fall, The Irrational and Found. The latter had wrapped production before the strike,...
The adjustments come as NBC is fine-tuning its scheduling plans for midseason. The network will likely reveal its midseason premiere dates next week after CBS and ABC announced theirs over the last few days.
The Irrational had filmed 7 episodes when the strike suspended production. The drama is scheduled to resume production next week in Vancouver. It was initially supposed to shoot the three remaining episodes, now that number has gone up to four.
The order increase follows a solid debut for both of NBC’s new drama series this fall, The Irrational and Found. The latter had wrapped production before the strike,...
- 11/18/2023
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Brian King (Somebody Somewhere) has been tapped for a key recurring role opposite Jesse L. Martin in NBC drama series The Irrational, from Arika Lisanne Mittman.
Written by Mittman, The Irrational is based on Dan Ariely’s bestselling novel Predictably Irrational. The show follows Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
King will play Jace Richards, an FBI agent who has become involved with Alec’s ex-wife. While he and Alec try and get along, they frequently butt heads over their different approaches to investigations.
Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi also star.
Martin also produced the pilot. Mittman executive produces with Mark Goffman and Samuel Baum, while Ariely serves as a consultant. David Frankel directs and also serves as executive producer.
Written by Mittman, The Irrational is based on Dan Ariely’s bestselling novel Predictably Irrational. The show follows Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
King will play Jace Richards, an FBI agent who has become involved with Alec’s ex-wife. While he and Alec try and get along, they frequently butt heads over their different approaches to investigations.
Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi also star.
Martin also produced the pilot. Mittman executive produces with Mark Goffman and Samuel Baum, while Ariely serves as a consultant. David Frankel directs and also serves as executive producer.
- 6/7/2023
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
The major broadcast networks are trying very hard this year to do what they do best – create franchise drama series built around the adventures of larger-than-life characters.
Kathy Bates, Kaitlin Olson, Carrie Preston and Shanola Hampton are among the female actors hoping to click as distinctive protagonists with new series in the 2023-24 season. Bates will bring to life a next-generation “Matlock,” while Preston limns a new chapter for Elsbeth Tascioni, the attorney character she has played on and off on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Paramount+’s “The Good Fight” since 2010.
This is good news for the hundreds of international television buyers heading to Los Angeles for next week’s LA Screenings market. Another welcome development is that the largest media congloms are now on a big push to reopen their doors to third-party buyers, after a few years of holding back the biggest shows for in-house streaming services.
Kathy Bates, Kaitlin Olson, Carrie Preston and Shanola Hampton are among the female actors hoping to click as distinctive protagonists with new series in the 2023-24 season. Bates will bring to life a next-generation “Matlock,” while Preston limns a new chapter for Elsbeth Tascioni, the attorney character she has played on and off on CBS’ “The Good Wife” and Paramount+’s “The Good Fight” since 2010.
This is good news for the hundreds of international television buyers heading to Los Angeles for next week’s LA Screenings market. Another welcome development is that the largest media congloms are now on a big push to reopen their doors to third-party buyers, after a few years of holding back the biggest shows for in-house streaming services.
- 5/17/2023
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Updated: The network upfronts are once again front-and-center for the television industry as major players gather in New York May 15-17 for the springtime ritual of presenting programming plans for the upcoming TV season.
Upfronts are always a hectic time, but this year it’s even more so because of the writers strike that began May 2. Writers and many actors are sitting out the upfront presentations in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America. The promise of WGA pickets surrounding all major events spurred Netflix to make a hasty decision to switch to a virtual presentation rather than an in-person event at the company’s Paris Theater.
As content chiefs outline their plans for the 2022-2023 television season, here is a running list of new drama and comedy series orders handed out by ABC, Disney, CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC, Fox, the CW and other major players in the upfront.
Upfronts are always a hectic time, but this year it’s even more so because of the writers strike that began May 2. Writers and many actors are sitting out the upfront presentations in solidarity with the Writers Guild of America. The promise of WGA pickets surrounding all major events spurred Netflix to make a hasty decision to switch to a virtual presentation rather than an in-person event at the company’s Paris Theater.
As content chiefs outline their plans for the 2022-2023 television season, here is a running list of new drama and comedy series orders handed out by ABC, Disney, CBS, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBC, Fox, the CW and other major players in the upfront.
- 5/15/2023
- by William Earl
- Variety Film + TV
NBC has finally released its schedule for the 2023 to 2024 TV season, and this time around new series from Jon Cryer and Tom Hanks are leading the charge alongside network staples. NBC’s fall schedule will include three new scripted series as well as a new night of Big Ten Football.
“Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Law and Order: Organized Crime” will also officially be returning, though they’re not set to premiere until midseason. According to Jeff Bader, President of Entertainment Program Planning Strategy for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, “Organized Crime” is currently undergoing a showrunner change and does not currently have a showrunner. “It actually is best for the show to have some time to regroup, and it’ll come on as part of the Thursday lineup later in the season,” Bader told TheWrap.
As for “American Auto,” “Grand Crew” and “Young Rock,” NBC has yet to make a decision...
“Lopez vs. Lopez” and “Law and Order: Organized Crime” will also officially be returning, though they’re not set to premiere until midseason. According to Jeff Bader, President of Entertainment Program Planning Strategy for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, “Organized Crime” is currently undergoing a showrunner change and does not currently have a showrunner. “It actually is best for the show to have some time to regroup, and it’ll come on as part of the Thursday lineup later in the season,” Bader told TheWrap.
As for “American Auto,” “Grand Crew” and “Young Rock,” NBC has yet to make a decision...
- 5/12/2023
- by Kayla Cobb
- The Wrap
As one door closes, another opens.
With The Flash‘s final, truncated season fast approaching, Jesse L. Martin’s NBC crime drama The Irrational has been ordered to series.
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With The Flash‘s final, truncated season fast approaching, Jesse L. Martin’s NBC crime drama The Irrational has been ordered to series.
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Ordered as a pilot back in April — just as news broke that Martin was stepping down to recurring status on The CW’s The Flash, where since Day...
- 12/27/2022
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
NBC has placed a series order for “The Irrational,” the network announced on Tuesday.
According to the logline, the drama follows Alec Baker, a world-renowned professor of behavioral science, lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior. The series is inspired by Dan Ariely’s novel “Predictably Irrational,” which was published in February 2008 by HarperCollins. Ariely will serve as a consultant.
Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi will star.
NBC first ordered the pilot in February along with the drama “Blank Slate” from “The Brave” creator Dean Georgaris.
Known for her work as a writer and producer on popular shows like “La Brea” and “Timeless,” Arika Lisanne Mittman will serve as a writer and executive producer alongside Mark Goffman and Samuel Baum. David Frankel will direct and executive produce.
According to the logline, the drama follows Alec Baker, a world-renowned professor of behavioral science, lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior. The series is inspired by Dan Ariely’s novel “Predictably Irrational,” which was published in February 2008 by HarperCollins. Ariely will serve as a consultant.
Jesse L. Martin, Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi will star.
NBC first ordered the pilot in February along with the drama “Blank Slate” from “The Brave” creator Dean Georgaris.
Known for her work as a writer and producer on popular shows like “La Brea” and “Timeless,” Arika Lisanne Mittman will serve as a writer and executive producer alongside Mark Goffman and Samuel Baum. David Frankel will direct and executive produce.
- 12/27/2022
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
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NBC is bolstering its drama series lineup.
The network has picked up The Irrational, which stars The Flash and Law & Order alum Jesse L. Martin as a behavioral scientist who helps solve high-stakes problems. NBC ordered a pilot for the series as part of its development for this season, and Martin was cast in April, but it’s still to be determined if the show will air in 2022-23 or be held for next season.
The series, written by Arika Lisanne Mittman (La Brea, Timeless), is inspired by Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational, which delves into the many forces that shape the way people think and make decisions. Martin will play Alec Baker, a renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
NBC is bolstering its drama series lineup.
The network has picked up The Irrational, which stars The Flash and Law & Order alum Jesse L. Martin as a behavioral scientist who helps solve high-stakes problems. NBC ordered a pilot for the series as part of its development for this season, and Martin was cast in April, but it’s still to be determined if the show will air in 2022-23 or be held for next season.
The series, written by Arika Lisanne Mittman (La Brea, Timeless), is inspired by Dan Ariely’s book Predictably Irrational, which delves into the many forces that shape the way people think and make decisions. Martin will play Alec Baker, a renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
- 12/27/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC has picked up drama pilot The Irrational, starring Jesse L. Martin, to series.
The Irrational, from Arika Lisanne Mittman, was ordered to pilot in February and signs were looking good for a series order. As Deadline previously reported, a mini writers room was set up in the fall to produce a couple of backup scripts, and cast options, which had been set to expire in October, were extended through the end of this month.
Related: 2022-23 NBC Pilot & Series Orders
Written by Mittman, The Irrational is based on Dan Ariely’s bestselling novel Predictably Irrational. The show follows Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi also star.
Martin also is producing the pilot.
The Irrational, from Arika Lisanne Mittman, was ordered to pilot in February and signs were looking good for a series order. As Deadline previously reported, a mini writers room was set up in the fall to produce a couple of backup scripts, and cast options, which had been set to expire in October, were extended through the end of this month.
Related: 2022-23 NBC Pilot & Series Orders
Written by Mittman, The Irrational is based on Dan Ariely’s bestselling novel Predictably Irrational. The show follows Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
Maahra Hill, Travina Springer, Molly Kunz and Arash DeMaxi also star.
Martin also is producing the pilot.
- 12/27/2022
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC is keeping drama pilot The Irrational in contention a little longer. The network and producing studio Universal Television have extended the options on the cast, headlined by Jesse L. Martin. As Deadline reported last month, the actor options on the show were up in late October. I hear they have now been extended through the end of December.
In a promising sign, NBC last month commissioned a mini-room to produce a couple of backup scripts to go with the well received pilot but the network clearly is not ready yet to make a series pickup decision on the project, the last of NBC’s 2022 pilots to learn its fate.
Written by Arika Mittman, The Irrational is based on bestselling author Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational.” The show follows on Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science, who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments,...
In a promising sign, NBC last month commissioned a mini-room to produce a couple of backup scripts to go with the well received pilot but the network clearly is not ready yet to make a series pickup decision on the project, the last of NBC’s 2022 pilots to learn its fate.
Written by Arika Mittman, The Irrational is based on bestselling author Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational.” The show follows on Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science, who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments,...
- 10/27/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Maahra Hill, who played the title role in the OWN series Delilah, has been tapped as the female lead opposite Jesse L. Martin in NBC’s drama pilot The Irrational.
Created by Craig Wright, Delilah premiered in March 2021. It was quietly canceled several months ago, sources tell Deadline, making Hill available for pilots and series.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Written by Arika Mittman, The Irrational is based on bestselling author Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational.” The show follows on Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science, who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
Hill will play Marisa, an astute and intelligent FBI agent with a passion for her work who often finds herself teaming up with Alec (Martin) in one way or another.
Martin also is producing the pilot,...
Created by Craig Wright, Delilah premiered in March 2021. It was quietly canceled several months ago, sources tell Deadline, making Hill available for pilots and series.
2022 NBC Pilots & Series Orders
Written by Arika Mittman, The Irrational is based on bestselling author Dan Ariely’s “Predictably Irrational.” The show follows on Alec Baker (Martin), a world-renowned professor of behavioral science, who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, law enforcement and corporations with his unique and unexpected approach to understanding human behavior.
Hill will play Marisa, an astute and intelligent FBI agent with a passion for her work who often finds herself teaming up with Alec (Martin) in one way or another.
Martin also is producing the pilot,...
- 5/19/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Jesse L. Martin has been tapped as the lead of NBC’s drama pilot The Irrational as he is leaving the CW’s The Flash after eight seasons. While Martin will no longer be a series regular on the Berlanti Prods./Warner Bros. TV-produced The Flash, he is expected to appear in multiple episodes of the DC drama in its recently picked up ninth season.
Tony winner Martin was one of four remaining Flash original cast members, along with star Grant Gustin, Candice Patton and Danielle Panabaker. The existing contracts of all four were up at the end of the current eighth season. As Deadline reported in late January, the studio closed a new deal with Gustin ahead of the CW’s renewal of the show for Season 9 last month. Patton and Panabaker are believed to be in negotiations to return. Martin had not been approached to come back, making...
Tony winner Martin was one of four remaining Flash original cast members, along with star Grant Gustin, Candice Patton and Danielle Panabaker. The existing contracts of all four were up at the end of the current eighth season. As Deadline reported in late January, the studio closed a new deal with Gustin ahead of the CW’s renewal of the show for Season 9 last month. Patton and Panabaker are believed to be in negotiations to return. Martin had not been approached to come back, making...
- 4/13/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC is developing a mystery drama about a therapist who is forced to move to a small town, starring Merrin Dungey.
In Between comes from Liz Vassey, the All My Children actress turned writer/producer, and Call Me Kat and The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik.
Dungey, who stars in Starz’ Shining Vale alongside Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino, plays a highly successful New York City therapist, who is forced to relocate to Between, Ga, with a population of 297, after learning her estranged brother was involved in a mysterious accident. While struggling to make a place for herself in such a quirky therapy-resistant community, she realizes this tiny town has big secrets and may just need her more than she could have ever imagined — especially her gifted but misunderstood 9-year-old niece.
Produced by Bialik’s Sad Clown Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, Vassey will...
In Between comes from Liz Vassey, the All My Children actress turned writer/producer, and Call Me Kat and The Big Bang Theory star Mayim Bialik.
Dungey, who stars in Starz’ Shining Vale alongside Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear and Mira Sorvino, plays a highly successful New York City therapist, who is forced to relocate to Between, Ga, with a population of 297, after learning her estranged brother was involved in a mysterious accident. While struggling to make a place for herself in such a quirky therapy-resistant community, she realizes this tiny town has big secrets and may just need her more than she could have ever imagined — especially her gifted but misunderstood 9-year-old niece.
Produced by Bialik’s Sad Clown Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, Vassey will...
- 12/3/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: NBC has handed out a put pilot commitment to The Irrational, an investigative thriller from writer/executive producer Arika Lisanne Mittman, executive producers Mark Goffman (Umbrella Academy) and Samuel Baum (Lie To Me) and Universal Television where Mittman is under an overall deal.
Written by Mittman, The Irrational is inspired by behavioral economics professor and author Dan Ariely’s bestselling book Predictably Irrational. In it, a master of human behavior finally meets his match in a suspected domestic terrorist whose behavior even he can’t quite predict.
Mittman, Goffman and Baum executive produce while Ariely serves as a consultant. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Mittman is an executive producer on NBC/Utv’s breakout new drama series La Brea, which was recently renewed for a second season. She previously served as executive producer and co-showrunner on Spectrum’s Southern Gothic mystery series Paradise Lost.
Written by Mittman, The Irrational is inspired by behavioral economics professor and author Dan Ariely’s bestselling book Predictably Irrational. In it, a master of human behavior finally meets his match in a suspected domestic terrorist whose behavior even he can’t quite predict.
Mittman, Goffman and Baum executive produce while Ariely serves as a consultant. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.
Mittman is an executive producer on NBC/Utv’s breakout new drama series La Brea, which was recently renewed for a second season. She previously served as executive producer and co-showrunner on Spectrum’s Southern Gothic mystery series Paradise Lost.
- 11/30/2021
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Over 100 actors, directors, writers, and more have signed an open letter protesting tonight’s NBC town hall with Donald Trump. The event is scheduled to begin at 8pm Et and air in direct conflict with ABC’s town hall with Joe Biden. The Trump town hall is set to run for 60 minutes and will cut into the first hour of Biden’s 90 minute town hall. The petition letter is signed by the likes of Seth Rogen, J.J. Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Sarah Silverman, Adam McKay, Kumail Nanjiani, Aaron Sorkin, and more.
“We have been devastated to learn that [NBCUniversal] has chosen to air President Trump’s town hall this Thursday night at 8 p.m., directly opposite Vice President Biden’s town hall,” the petition states. “This is not a partisan issue. This is about the political health of our democracy.
Trump and Biden were originally scheduled to take part in an in-person debate tonight,...
“We have been devastated to learn that [NBCUniversal] has chosen to air President Trump’s town hall this Thursday night at 8 p.m., directly opposite Vice President Biden’s town hall,” the petition states. “This is not a partisan issue. This is about the political health of our democracy.
Trump and Biden were originally scheduled to take part in an in-person debate tonight,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The slate of Phyllis Nagy is getting a massive showing of support from some of the biggest names in film and television. More than 300 writers of all levels in the film and TV business, from up-and-comers to superstars, have signed an open letter endorsing Nagy, who is running for president of WGA West, as well as her slate of Craig Mazin, who’s running for vice president, and Nick Jones Jr., up for secretary-treasurer.
Those who have signed the letter include heavyweights Shonda Rhimes, Greg Berlanti, Ryan Murphy, Ava DuVernay, Dan Fogelman, Kenya Barris, Steve Levitan, Damien Chazelle, Courtney Kemp, Aaron Sorkin, David E. Kelley, Akiva Goldsman, Lena Waithe, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Allan Heinberg, David Benioff, Db Weiss, Alex Kurtzman, Sarah Treem,, Darren Star, Nic Pizzolatto, Scott Frank, Eric Kripke and Alex Gibney.
The list also includes top showrunner John Wells, one of the most respected leaders in the...
Those who have signed the letter include heavyweights Shonda Rhimes, Greg Berlanti, Ryan Murphy, Ava DuVernay, Dan Fogelman, Kenya Barris, Steve Levitan, Damien Chazelle, Courtney Kemp, Aaron Sorkin, David E. Kelley, Akiva Goldsman, Lena Waithe, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Allan Heinberg, David Benioff, Db Weiss, Alex Kurtzman, Sarah Treem,, Darren Star, Nic Pizzolatto, Scott Frank, Eric Kripke and Alex Gibney.
The list also includes top showrunner John Wells, one of the most respected leaders in the...
- 7/26/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in United States history.
HBO’s The Wizard of Lies is based on the stockbroker, investment adviser and financier Bernie Madoff when he made headlines around the world for being arrested for perpetrating the largest financial fraud in 2008.
The film stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hank Azaria, Kristen Connolly, Lily Rabe, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow and Kathrine Narducci. Barry Levinson directed the film with Sam Levinson, Samuel Baum and John Burnham Schwartz wrote the screenplay. It is based on the book with the same title from Diana Henriques.
Lrm has one digital code giveaway to one lucky reader on the site!
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HBO’s The Wizard of Lies is based on the stockbroker, investment adviser and financier Bernie Madoff when he made headlines around the world for being arrested for perpetrating the largest financial fraud in 2008.
The film stars Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Hank Azaria, Kristen Connolly, Lily Rabe, Alessandro Nivola, Nathan Darrow and Kathrine Narducci. Barry Levinson directed the film with Sam Levinson, Samuel Baum and John Burnham Schwartz wrote the screenplay. It is based on the book with the same title from Diana Henriques.
Lrm has one digital code giveaway to one lucky reader on the site!
To participate in this giveaway, e-mail contest@lrmonline.com with your e-mail address, name, mailing address and phone number. Please put HBO’s The Wizard of Lies in the subject line of the e-mail. Winners will be notified via e-mail address with the codes.
- 7/21/2017
- by Gig Patta
- LRMonline.com
The HBO original film “The Wizard of Lies,” Barry Levinson’s insightful and sharp look inside the rise and fall (and fall and fall) of American fraudster Bernie Madoff, ends with a question. Robert De Niro, as the baffled, wide-eyed Madoff, stuck in prison for a sentence he can never outlive, implores a visitor: “Do you think I’m a sociopath?”
By then, Madoff’s precise pathology doesn’t matter much; he’s a bad man who did horrible things. And ultimately, neither De Niro nor Levinson are concerned with diagnoses or medical opinions. They’re hung up on something much more timely and urgent.
Read More: ‘The Wizard of Lies’ Review: Robert De Niro’s Canny HBO Movie is a Ponzi Scheme That Pays Off
“All I do is think of Donald Trump,” De Niro said when IndieWire sat down with the pair last week and asked for his...
By then, Madoff’s precise pathology doesn’t matter much; he’s a bad man who did horrible things. And ultimately, neither De Niro nor Levinson are concerned with diagnoses or medical opinions. They’re hung up on something much more timely and urgent.
Read More: ‘The Wizard of Lies’ Review: Robert De Niro’s Canny HBO Movie is a Ponzi Scheme That Pays Off
“All I do is think of Donald Trump,” De Niro said when IndieWire sat down with the pair last week and asked for his...
- 5/18/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Samuel Baum has signed a two-year exclusive cable writing and producing deal with HBO. The pact comes on the heels of HBO Films greenlighting The Wizard Of Lies, the Bernie Madoff movie starring Robert De Niro on which Baum was a writer. The film about the disgraced financier has been shooting in New York with Barry Levinson directing. Baum recently co-wrote and executive produced the Amazon pilot Cocked. He previously created and executive produced the Fox drama series Li…...
- 10/5/2015
- Deadline TV
Family is like a loaded gun. Especially if you’re Richard Paxson (True Blood’s Sam Trammell) and you left your rural Colorado family and its gun business 20 years ago and vowed never to go back.
After some unfortunate circumstances, the big city corporate exec is forced to return home to help save the family business. But older brother Grady Paxton (My Name is Earl’s Jason Lee), a playboy bachelor and gun aficionado, isn’t so happy to have him back. And his liberal wife and opinionated teenage kids are horrified by the world they have been thrown into. Hilarity, epic fights and emotional breakdowns ensue.
Created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan – TV series), Cocked is an hour-long dark comedy that also stars Tony award-winning Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman), Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad), and Dreama Walker (The Good Wife) – a stellar cast.
After some unfortunate circumstances, the big city corporate exec is forced to return home to help save the family business. But older brother Grady Paxton (My Name is Earl’s Jason Lee), a playboy bachelor and gun aficionado, isn’t so happy to have him back. And his liberal wife and opinionated teenage kids are horrified by the world they have been thrown into. Hilarity, epic fights and emotional breakdowns ensue.
Created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan – TV series), Cocked is an hour-long dark comedy that also stars Tony award-winning Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman), Laura Fraser (Breaking Bad), and Dreama Walker (The Good Wife) – a stellar cast.
- 1/29/2015
- Hollywonk
Jason Lee
Cocked, Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”
Written by Samuel Baum and Sam Shaw
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Released January 15, 2015 by Amazon
Familial strife over business concerns has been a story told often in television and movies, but rarely has the business in question been the gun business in America. Among Amazon’s batch of pilots is a show that aims to tackle that very ground, in the form of Cocked. Looking at a big gun company staring down financial troubles just as an estranged member of the family that runs it is forced to come back home, the episode unfortunately squanders the show’s potential, pairing a celebration of one character and all he represents with poor work fleshing out the rest of the show’s group and the world it’s set in.
The biggest issue with this pilot is the manner it which it appears to implicitly...
Cocked, Season 1, Episode 1: “Pilot”
Written by Samuel Baum and Sam Shaw
Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts
Released January 15, 2015 by Amazon
Familial strife over business concerns has been a story told often in television and movies, but rarely has the business in question been the gun business in America. Among Amazon’s batch of pilots is a show that aims to tackle that very ground, in the form of Cocked. Looking at a big gun company staring down financial troubles just as an estranged member of the family that runs it is forced to come back home, the episode unfortunately squanders the show’s potential, pairing a celebration of one character and all he represents with poor work fleshing out the rest of the show’s group and the world it’s set in.
The biggest issue with this pilot is the manner it which it appears to implicitly...
- 1/25/2015
- by Deepayan Sengupta
- SoundOnSight
Amazon Studios is once again bringing the public into its version of "pilot season," putting sample episodes of new series online simultaneously and factoring public and critical reaction into its decision of which ones to order as full series. Here are some quick reactions to the new batch of scripted (and, in one case, partly scripted) pilots:Cocked Co-created by writers Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan), this comedy-drama about a struggling family-owned gun manufacturer feels like a wannabe-daring premium-cable show. It's not without a certain intelligence and sass, but it tries way too hard to be edgy and "politically incorrect," and it can't seem to figure out what to do with its female characters, who tend to be nags, generic tough chicks, troubled floozies, or nonentities. Brian Dennehy plays Wade Paxson, the patriarch of Paxson Firearms, which is getting stomped in the marketplace by Rayburn, a...
- 1/15/2015
- by Matt Zoller Seitz
- Vulture
Amazon Studios’ first pilot season of 2015 will debut Thursday, Jan. 15, unveiling seven drama and comedy projects as well as a half-dozen kid-centric pilots.
Already due to debut via Amazon Studios this year are the first full seasons of Bosch, Hand of God and Red Oaks, plus Season 2 of Transparent. (Chris Carter’s The After meanwhile just had its series order scrapped.)
The dramas and comedies are as follows (click photos to zoom):
Cocked | Created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan), this drama stars Sam Trammell (True Blood) as a man who 20 years ago left his...
Already due to debut via Amazon Studios this year are the first full seasons of Bosch, Hand of God and Red Oaks, plus Season 2 of Transparent. (Chris Carter’s The After meanwhile just had its series order scrapped.)
The dramas and comedies are as follows (click photos to zoom):
Cocked | Created by Samuel Baum (Lie to Me) and Sam Shaw (Manhattan), this drama stars Sam Trammell (True Blood) as a man who 20 years ago left his...
- 1/6/2015
- TVLine.com
Brian Dennehy is in negotiations to star opposite Sam Trammell in Amazon Studios’ dramedy pilot Cocked. Written by Samuel Baum and Sam Shaw, Cocked centers on Richard Paxson (Trammell), a Washington D.C. management consultant who’s estranged from his father Wade (Dennehy) and brother but is pulled back in to the fray of his family’s gun manufacturing company after a corporate rival, run by their uncle, moves to take them over. Dennehy, repped by ICM Partners, was the only choice for the role and was approached shortly after the project was picked up to pilot. He has now entered formal negotiations. Co-starring in the pilot is Don’t Trust the B—- alumna Dreama Walker. Related: 2014 Amazon Studios Pilots...
- 6/3/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Don’t Trust the B—- alumna Dreama Walker is set to-co-star opposite Sam Trammell in Amazon Studios’ dramedy pilot Cocked. Written by Samuel Baum and Sam Shaw, Cocked centers on Richard Paxson (Trammell), a Washington D.C. management consultant who’s estranged from his father Wade and brother but is pulled back in to the fray of his family’s gun manufacturing company after a corporate rival, run by their uncle, moves to take them over. Walker will play Wade’s illegitimate daughter Tabby, who now works in marketing for the Paxson Firearms company and butts heads with Richard. Related: 2014 Amazon Studios Pilots Jocko Sims (TNT’s The Last Ship) has joined the second season of Showtime‘s Masters Of Sex as recurring. He will play Robert, who first comes into Libby’s (Caitlin Fitzgerald) orbit through his sister, Coral, who is working in the Masters’ home. He is...
- 5/5/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Stephen Monroe Taylor has been cast in History’s miniseries Texas Rising (working title) from A+E Studios and ITV Studios America. Leslie Greif (Hatfields & McCoys) is exec producing the project, which will detail the Texas Revolution against Mexico and the rise of the legendary Texas Rangers. Taylor, repped by House of Reps and Main Title, will play Texas Ranger Gator Davis, a drawling good ol’ boy from Louisiana who can strum a guitar and sing with the best of them. He’s also a fearless fighting man who meets danger head on. Taylor currently recurs on Anger Management. Fern Champion Casting is handling casting for Texas Rising. True Blood‘s Sam Trammell is set as a male lead in Amazon Studios’ dramedy pilot Cocked from Lie To Me creator Samuel Baum. Baum co-wrote the project with Manhattan creator Sam Shaw. Trammell will play Richard Paxson, a Washington DC management...
- 4/24/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Amazon Studios traditionally doesn’t announce its pilots until they’re fully cast and starting production. That is why it this morning confirmed the first two pilots from its third pilot season — half-hour dramatic comedy The Cosmopolitans, from Whit Stillman, and one-hour drama Hand Of God, from executive producers Marc Forster, Ben Watkins, Ron Perlman, Brian Wilkins and Jeff King. Both were greenlighted in January. The Cosmopolitans, about young American expatriates in Paris searching for love and friendship, stars Adam Brody and Chloë Sevigny. Hand Of God stars Ron Perlman as a hard-living powerful judge-turned vigilante and co-stars Dana Delany and Garret Dillahunt. Yet to be confirmed are three other Amazon pilots ordered this year, single-camera comedy Red Oaks, executive produced by Steven Soderbergh and executive produced and directed by David Gordon Green, Shaun Cassidy’s drama Hysteria and Samuel Baum’s dramedy Cocked. Here are detailed descriptions and credits...
- 4/9/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
As Amazon Studios is releasing its current crop of 10 pilots today, the company already is working on the next batch. I’ve learned that Amazon has greenlighted hourlong dramedy pilot Cocked, from Lie To Me creator Samuel Baum. Written by Baum and Sam Shaw, the project centers on an estranged son who must return to work with his father and brother at his family’s gun manufacturing company after a corporate rival, run by their uncle, moves to take them over. Cocked joins three other pilots recently greenlighted by Amazon Studios: drama Hand Of God, written by Ben Watkins, directed by Marc Forster and starring Ron Perlman; comedy Cosmopolitan from The Last Days Of Disco filmmaker Whit Stillman; and drama Hysteria from Invasion creator Shaun Cassidy. Related: Amazon Releases 10 New Pilots...
- 2/6/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: There have been developments in HBO Films’ long-gestating movie about Bernie Madoff starring Robert De Niro as the disgraced financier. Lie To Me creator Samuel Baum has been brought in as the new writer, and HBO has optioned a second book, Truth And Consequences: Life Inside The Madoff Family by Laurie Sandell. It will be used as additional source material alongside Diana Henriques’ bestseller The Wizard Of Lies: Bernie Madoff And The Death Of Trust, on which the HBO movie, also titled The Wizard Of Lies, is based. The film, which tells the story of the imprisoned swindler and the $65 billion Ponzi scheme he concocted, has been in the works at HBO since 2011, when the network optioned Henriques’ book, attached De Niro to play Madoff and hired John Burnham Schwartz to write the script. Tribeca Prods is producing, with its principals De Niro and Jane Rosenthal executive producing.
- 11/20/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
In less than a month, the broadcast networks will be announcing which new series they're picking up for the 2013-14 season. Zap2it can't wait for that, though, so this week we're doing a series of pilot previews.
In addition to this gallery of 22 shows we hope the networks order to series, we're also going to take a closer look at pilot scripts from each of the networks. While a lot can change between now and a series premiere, and these are by no means full reviews, we hope to offer some insight at some of the projects the networks are considering this spring.
Jason Isaacs' "Awake" didn't survive the 2011-12 pilot season on NBC, but he's back as "The Surgeon General" on CBS, one of the pilots we're hoping gets picked up for this fall.
What it's about: War medic Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs) is wounded in a...
In addition to this gallery of 22 shows we hope the networks order to series, we're also going to take a closer look at pilot scripts from each of the networks. While a lot can change between now and a series premiere, and these are by no means full reviews, we hope to offer some insight at some of the projects the networks are considering this spring.
Jason Isaacs' "Awake" didn't survive the 2011-12 pilot season on NBC, but he's back as "The Surgeon General" on CBS, one of the pilots we're hoping gets picked up for this fall.
What it's about: War medic Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs) is wounded in a...
- 4/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
Exclusive: The Lord Of The Rings‘ Sean Astin has joined Jason Issacs and Kathryn Morris in CBS’ drama pilot Surgeon General. Written by Samuel Baum and produced by CBS TV Studios, the project centers on Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs), the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. Astin, repped by Innovative, LuberRoklin and Dave Feldman, will play Dr. Fischer, a psychiatrist and a member of Dr. Sherman’s team, overseeing the nation’s mental health. He will next be seen in The Call.
- 3/15/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Former Cold Case star Kathryn Morris is returning to CBS with a lead role opposite Jason Issacs in the network’s drama pilot Surgeon General. Written by Samuel Baum and produced by CBS TV Studios, the project centers on Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs), the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. Morris, repped by Gersh and Mosaic, plays Lydia, the Surgeon General’s Chief of Staff. Anna Wood has landed the female lead in CBS‘ drama pilot Reckless, directed by Catherine Hardwicke from a script by Dana Stevens. The sultry legal show set in Charleston, Sc, centers on Jamie (Wood), a gorgeous Yankee litigator, and Roy (Cam Gigandet), a Southern City Attorney, who struggle to hide their intense attraction while clashing over a police sex scandal. Wood is repped by SMS, Leading Artists and Liberman Zerman.
- 3/11/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Cold Case‘s Kathryn Morris is eyeing a CBS comeback as the female lead in the network’s Surgeon General pilot, TVLine has learned.
Related | Pilot Season 2013: Your Guide This Fall’s (Possible) Newcomers, and Who’s In Them
The project, written and produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum, revolves around “America’s doctor” (as portrayed by Awake‘s Jason Isaacs).
Morris, whose seven-season run as Cold Case detective Lilly Rush came to a close in 2010, will play Lydia, the Sg’s Chief of Staff.
The cast also includes Disney Channel staple Katherine McNamara (as the Sg...
Related | Pilot Season 2013: Your Guide This Fall’s (Possible) Newcomers, and Who’s In Them
The project, written and produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum, revolves around “America’s doctor” (as portrayed by Awake‘s Jason Isaacs).
Morris, whose seven-season run as Cold Case detective Lilly Rush came to a close in 2010, will play Lydia, the Sg’s Chief of Staff.
The cast also includes Disney Channel staple Katherine McNamara (as the Sg...
- 3/11/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
Kathryn Morris is heading back to CBS. The Cold Case star has landed the female lead opposite Jason Isaacs in the network's medical drama pilot The Surgeon General, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The Surgeon General, from executive producer Samuel Baum (Lie to Me), follows Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs) as he steps into the highest medical office in the nation, attracted by the notion of nearly limitless resources, authority and impact on the health of all Americans. Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2013 Morris will portray Lydia Ferrari, the surgeon general's fiercely loyal chief of staff and longtime friend,
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- 3/11/2013
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Leverage alumna Beth Riesgraf has been cast in CBS’ drama pilot Surgeon General. Written by Samuel Baum and produced by CBS TV Studios, the project centers on Dr. John Sherman (Jason Isaacs) — the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. Riesgraf will play Dr. Page Wyatt, an expert in microorganisms. Rafi Gavron (Snitch) and Anisha Nagarajan have joined the cast of Bravo‘s hourlong pilot Rita. Written by Krista Vernoff and directed by Miguel Arteta, the family drama follows Rita (Anna Gunn), an acerbic, outspoken private-school teacher who struggles to raise her three teenage children while dealing with the inane bureaucracy and overprotective parents at her school. Gavron, repped by Affirmative and Nelson Davis Wetzstein, plays Rita’s cool, easygoing eldest son; Nagarajan plays an eager new teacher.
- 2/28/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Former Leverage pickpocket Beth Riesgraf is entering the medical profession as one of the stars of CBS’ Surgeon General drama pilot, TVLine has learned.
Related | Pilot Season 2013: Get the Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) Newcomers and Who’s in Them
The project, which will revolve around “America’s doctor” (as played by Awake‘s Jason Isaacs), is being written and produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum.
Riesgraf will play microorganisms expert Dr. Page Wyatt.
Criminal Minds fans will recognize Riesgraf as Reid’s mystery girlfriend from earlier this season.
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The project, which will revolve around “America’s doctor” (as played by Awake‘s Jason Isaacs), is being written and produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum.
Riesgraf will play microorganisms expert Dr. Page Wyatt.
Criminal Minds fans will recognize Riesgraf as Reid’s mystery girlfriend from earlier this season.
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- 2/28/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
A Leverage star has found her next gig. Beth Riesgraf, best known for portraying Parker on TNT's caper drama, will co-star with Jason Isaacs in CBS' drama pilot The Surgeon General, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Story: TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide The Surgeon General, from executive producer Samuel Baum (Lie to Me), follows Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs) as he steps into the highest medical office in the nation, attracted by the notion of nearly limitless resources, authority and impact on the health of all Americans. Riesgraf will play Dr. Page Wyatt, an expert on micro-organisms.
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- 2/28/2013
- by Philiana Ng
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Curb Your Enthusiasm standout Jb Smoove will co-star opposite Will Arnett in CBS‘ untitled Greg Garcia comedy pilot. The project, written and executive produced by Garcia, centers on Jack (Arnett), a recently divorced guy whose life gets more complicated when his parents have marital problems of their own. Smoove will play Deweyne, Jack’s good friend. Margo Martindale also co-stars. Devin Kelley has been cast in the ABC drama pilot, The Returned. The project, from Brillstein Entertainment, Brad Pitt’s Plan B and ABC Studios, chronicles how the lives of the people in Arcadia are forever changed when their deceased loved ones return. Kelley will play Gail, a young physician working in the small town in which she was born and raised when an unusual patient shows up in her clinic. Katherine McNamara has been added to CBS’ drama pilot Surgeon General. Written by Samuel Baum and produced by CBS TV Studios,...
- 2/26/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
There's so much pilot casting to report that sometimes you've just gotta group things by first name. In this case, TV favorites Jason Isaacs and Jason Ritter have both selected their pilots for the spring. Isaacs, who told HitFix in January that he was already weighing several offers, has selected the lead role in CBS' "The Surgeon General," from "Lie to Me" creator Samuel Baum. The pilot, which will be directed by Rod Lurie, focuses on the Surgeon General, who Deadline refers to as "the most powerful doctor in America." Leaving aside that ridiculous statement, the character has to...
- 2/14/2013
- by HitFix Staff
- Hitfix
Jason Isaacs has landed the starring role in CBS’ medical drama pilot The Surgeon General.
The show is billed as a drama about the most powerful doctor in the world — take that Seattle Grace! — who fights politicians and big businesses to protect the health of everyday Americans.
Isaacs will play the title role. The Harry Potter franchise actor was most recently in primetime as the star of NBC’s Awake.
Medical shows have had a rough ride lately. While ABC’s Greys Anatomy keeps chugging away on Thursday nights, spinoff Private Practice just wrapped up its run. Fox’s The Mob Doctor crashed.
The show is billed as a drama about the most powerful doctor in the world — take that Seattle Grace! — who fights politicians and big businesses to protect the health of everyday Americans.
Isaacs will play the title role. The Harry Potter franchise actor was most recently in primetime as the star of NBC’s Awake.
Medical shows have had a rough ride lately. While ABC’s Greys Anatomy keeps chugging away on Thursday nights, spinoff Private Practice just wrapped up its run. Fox’s The Mob Doctor crashed.
- 2/14/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
CBS has won the Jason Isaacs sweepstakes. The Awake star, who was offered virtually every drama male lead in his age range this season, has closed a deal for CBS’ The Surgeon General. Rod Lurie has come on board to direct the pilot, from Lie To Me creator/executive producer Samuel Baum. The CBS TV Studios-produced project centers on Dr. John Sherman (Isaacs)— the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. As “America’s Doctor,” Sherman and his team battle the powerful forces of politics and business, fighting to protect the health of everyday Americans. Brit Isaacs is with Gersh, The Collective and UK’s Paul Lyon Maris.
- 2/14/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Awake‘s Jason Isaacs has landed the title role in CBS’ Surgeon General drama pilot, TVLine has learned.
The project, which will revolve around “America’s doctor,” is being written and produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum.
Related | Pilot Season 2013: Get the Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) Newcomers and Who’s in Them
Isaacs’ top doc is described as “a man of solid build and solid character” who has the rare mix of resolve, humanity and dry wit.
The part is Isaacs’ first major TV role since NBC put Awake to sleep in 2012.
The project, which will revolve around “America’s doctor,” is being written and produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum.
Related | Pilot Season 2013: Get the Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) Newcomers and Who’s in Them
Isaacs’ top doc is described as “a man of solid build and solid character” who has the rare mix of resolve, humanity and dry wit.
The part is Isaacs’ first major TV role since NBC put Awake to sleep in 2012.
- 2/14/2013
- by Michael Ausiello
- TVLine.com
There could be more Hatfields & McCoys coming to TV.
Following the enormous ratings from History Channel’s Hatfields & McCoys movie (which was seen by a dizzying 14 million viewers last May), NBC has greenlit the pilot for TV series take on the feuding families.
Only this time, the story is set in modern times. Here’s the logline for NBC’s version of Hatfields & McCoys: “Set in present day Pittsburgh, a startling death re-ignites the feud between these two legendary families. Unleashing decades of resentment, the blue collar McCoys will put the Hatfields’ wealth and power at risk as they go...
Following the enormous ratings from History Channel’s Hatfields & McCoys movie (which was seen by a dizzying 14 million viewers last May), NBC has greenlit the pilot for TV series take on the feuding families.
Only this time, the story is set in modern times. Here’s the logline for NBC’s version of Hatfields & McCoys: “Set in present day Pittsburgh, a startling death re-ignites the feud between these two legendary families. Unleashing decades of resentment, the blue collar McCoys will put the Hatfields’ wealth and power at risk as they go...
- 1/29/2013
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
"Lie to Me" creator Samuel Baum has landed a drama pilot with CBS, an individual with knowledge of the order said Monday. The pilot, titled "The Surgeon General," is a medical show centered around -- hold your breath -- the Surgeon General of the United States. Also read: "Beverly Hills Cop" Among 3 CBS Pilot Orders Baum (pictured) is writing the project, as well as executive producing. CBS Television Studios is producing. CBS has been busy on the pilot front in recent days. Aside from "The Surgeon General," the network has given the green...
- 1/28/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
CBS has added a medical drama to its mix of hourlong pilots, greenlighting The Surgeon General from Lie To Me creator/executive producer Samuel Baum. Baum wrote and executive produces the CBS TV Studios-produced project, which centers on Dr. John Sherman — the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. As “America’s Doctor,” Sherman and his team battle the powerful forces of politics and business, fighting to protect the health of everyday Americans. The Surgeon General stems from the development deal Baum inked with CBS TV Studios last fall. This is the second CBS drama pilot with a doctor at the center, joining the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced conspiracy thriller Hostages starring Toni Collette as a successful DC surgeon selected to operate on the President of the United States who is thrust into the middle of a political conspiracy. As usual, the network is betting...
- 1/28/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
CBS is looking to take the medical drama to new heights — that being no less than the office of the Surgeon General of the United States.
The Eye network on Monday ordered the drama pilot The Surgeon General, to be penned and exec-produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum and revolve around “America’s doctor.”
CBS’ previous drama pilot orders — all of which can be found here — include Hart Hanson’s Backstrom, a Beverly Hills Cop follow-up, The Ordained (about a...
The Eye network on Monday ordered the drama pilot The Surgeon General, to be penned and exec-produced by Lie to Me creator Samuel Baum and revolve around “America’s doctor.”
CBS’ previous drama pilot orders — all of which can be found here — include Hart Hanson’s Backstrom, a Beverly Hills Cop follow-up, The Ordained (about a...
- 1/28/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
CBS is looking to tell a story about the top doc. The network on Monday handed out a pilot order to The Surgeon General, a medical show centered on America's doctor -- the surgeon general of the United States. Story: TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide The CBS Television Studios drama is written and executive produced by Samuel Baum, who created Fox's Lie to Me. Surgeon General becomes the network's seventh drama pilot order this season, joining Toni Collette starrer Hostages, which revolves around a surgeon who is thrown into a political conspiracy, as well as an NCIS: L.A. spinoff and Beverly
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- 1/28/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg , Lacey Rose
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Lie To Me creator/executive producer Samuel Baum has signed a development deal with CBS TV Studios. Under the pact, he has sold a drama to CBS. The untitled project, which Baum will write and executive produce, centers on Dr. John Sherman — the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. As “America’s Doctor,” Sherman and his team battle the powerful forces of politics and business, fighting to protect the health of everyday Americans. Baum, repped by CAA and Jackoway Tyerman, co-created the 2006 ABC drama series Evidence before creating the Tim Roth starrer Lie To Me, which ran on Fox for three seasons. A Broadway production of his play, The Engagement Party, is in the works with producer Scott Delman.
- 10/3/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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