Disney’s 20th Television has signed a new multi-year first-look deal with Lee Daniels, who has been working with 20th Television for ten years, where he worked on “Empire”, “Star” and the recent “Wonder Years” reboot. As part of this new deal, Lee Daniels will develop and executive produce comedy, drama, and limited series for linear […]
Disney’s 20th Television has signed a new overall deal with Erin and Sara Foster, who are behind the recent Netflix hit series, “Nobody Wants This”, which stars Kristen Bell and Adam Brody. Erin and Sara Foster previously had a production deal with 20th Television from 2019 through 2022, which saw them develop “Nobody Wants This,” […]
Following on from the huge success of “The Kardashians” and her appearance in the latest season of FX’s “American Horror Story”, 20th Television has signed Kim Kardashian to a new overall deal. She is currently working on a brand new drama series for Hulu called “All’s Fair”, which she will star in and also produce. […]
20th Television has recently hired two new executives to boost its division, including former Netflix executive Jillian Longnecker and Showtime’s Brendan Countee. Jillian will be taking up the role of EVP and Head of Production, who will oversee all of 20th Television’s physical production for its slate of drama, comedy and limited series, which currently […]
Disney’s 20th Television has signed a new multi-year overall deal with Todd Harthan, who has previously worked on “Rosewood”, “The Resident”, “Psych” and the Disney+ Original series, “The Crossover”. Todd recently replaced Rob Thomas as showrunner on the upcoming drama series High Potential. The series is based on the popular French show Haut Potentiel Intellectuel […]
Disney’s 20th Television and Freeform have begun early development of a brand new series based on the upcoming vampire novel, “Night’s Edge”, which is a mother-daughter story set against the background of a pandemic of vampirism. The official novels description says: Having a mom like Izzy meant Mia had to grow up fast. No extracurriculars, […]
Disney’s 20th Television has extended its overall deal with Liz Heldens, who is the co-developer and executive producer of new drama series, “Will Trent”, which is premiering on ABC today and it will be released on Hulu tomorrow. As part of this overall deal, Liz Heldens will create, develop, write and produce new series for […]
20th Television has signed a new multi-year overall deal with Robert Siegel, who is the creator, writer, showrunner and executive producer of the Hulu/Star Original limited series, “Welcome To Chippendales” and “Pam & Tommy”. This is in addition to working on films like “The Wrestler”. Under this new deal, which was made a while ago, […]
20th Television has announced some new promotions, with Jenna Riley becoming the new senior vice president of drama development. In her new role, Jenna Riley will oversee the drama development team while working across the studio’s roster of established writers, producers and directors. She will report to Carolyn Cassidy, executive vice president of development, […]
Disney’s 20th Television has signed a new multi-year overall deal with Adamma & Adanne Ebo, who are currently working on a new animated series for Freeform called, ” Supashawty Girls, Funkamatic Bangbang” and a pilot called ” Supply, 404″ with Gloria Sanchez and MRC. As part of the overall deal, they will be developing, creating […]
Disney’s 20th Television and ABC Signature have signed a new, multi-year overall deal with Warren Littlefield. The Littlefield Company originally signed a deal with Fox 21 and 20th Television in 2016, but this new deal will mean the company is exclusive to Disney until 2026. Warren Littlefield has created a number of series for Hulu […]
This is an exciting time of year when it comes to casting news and pilot orders from Disney’s network of television studios. And hot off the heels of the news we shared with you a few days ago, the new ABC comedy series pilot has cast another series regular. Deadline reports that Evangeline Young has […]