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Ramón Rodríguez ( Gang Related ) has been tapped as the male lead opposite Aubrey Plaza in Olga Dies Dreaming , Hulu ’s one-hour drama pilot based on the novel by Xochitl Gonzalez. Both Rodríguez and Plaza also serve as producers on the pilot, written by Gonzalez and to be directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon. Olga Dies Dreaming is the story of a Nuyorican brother (Rodríguez) and sister (Plaza) from a gentrifying Sunset Park in Brooklyn who are reckoning with their absent, politically radical mother and their glittering careers among New York City’s elite in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Rodríguez’s Prieto is Olga’s (Plaza) older brother is a popular Congressman who wears his Puerto Rican pride like a badge of honor. He grew up playing a part: the cheerful, overachieving, involuntary patriarch of a broken home. He’s lonely and tired, but he wakes up every morning wholly prepared to be the fixer, continuing to present this facade to his constituents and his opponents alike. … [Read more...] about Ramón Rodríguez To Star In ‘Olga Dies Dreaming’ Hulu Pilot

Snapshot updated with finals : New series premieres: Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders (1.6 in 18-49, adjusted down a tenth 6.1 million); returning series premieres: NBC’s This Is Us (3.9 in 18-49) and CBS’ NCIS (13.2 million viewers) top night. UPDATED : It was (mostly) an amazing night for NBC, fueled by the This Is Us phenom , and not so great for CBS and Fox. This Is Us was on fire last night (in more ways than one), with the second-season premiere of the hit family drama, featuring that twist at the end , soaring over its highly rated freshman season to set a new series high in adults 18-49. This Is Us (3.9 Live+Same Day adults 18-49 rating, after an +0.1 upward adjustment in the finals, 12.94 million viewers overall) built on its The Voice demo lead-in (2.7, after an +0.1 uptick in the finals). It was also up 36% from its impressive Season 1 premiere (2.8) and up 15% from its previous series high, set by the Season 1 finale (3.4). … [Read more...] about ‘This Is Us’ Season 2 Premiere Hits Ratings High; ‘Menendez Murders’ Debuts OK

Snapshot : New series premieres: CBS’ SEAL Team (1.5, 9.7 million ; Returning series premieres all down double-digits ; Fox” s Empire (2.4 in 18-49 ) tops night in demo, SEAL Team in viewers. After two days of fireworks with the big premieres of Young Sheldon, The Good Doctor and sophomore This Is Us , there were no big standouts on Wednesday night, which was marked by a steep overall year-to-year ratings drop for the Big 4 networks. The only new series, CBS’ drama SEAL Team, did solid business fitting into the network’s lineup with strong viewership pull and OK demo performance. Two former No. 1 broadcast drama series, Fox’s Empire and NBC’s The Blacklist , fared OK in their moves to new time slots. NBC’s This Is Us decisively has taken the crown of highest-rated broadcast drama from Empire from the get-go this season (3.8 in 18-49 in fast nationals for the Season 2 premiere of This Is Us vs. 2.4 for Empire ). Last year, they started at … [Read more...] about ‘SEAL Team’ Has Solid Ratings Debut; ‘Empire’ Boosts ‘Star’ Amid Declines

HBO Max has opted not to proceed with Overlook , the drama project from J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Prods. inspired by Stephen King’s The Shining . The company and studio Warner Bros. Television are currently shopping the show, which is expected to land at a new home soon, with Netflix a likely destination, I hear. Reps for Bad Robot, WBTV and Netflix declined comment. Overlook was part of the inaugural Bad Robot slate at HBO Max under the company’s mega 2019 deal with WarnerMedia, which was commissioned by the previous regimes at the streamer. While Overlook was announced as a series order at the time, it was actually development with a series commitment, I hear. Written by Dustin Thomason and Scott Brown, horror-thriller Overlook, inspired by and featuring iconic characters from King’s The Shining , explores the untold, terrifying stories of the most famous haunted hotel in American fiction. I hear HBO Max brass liked the project but felt it was not a fit for … [Read more...] about ‘The Shining’ Offshoot Series ‘Overlook’ From Bad Robot Not Going Forward At HBO Max, Closing In On New Home

EXCLUSIVE: The Mindy Project alum Ed Weeks has been tapped as the male lead opposite Gabrielle Dennis in Someone Out There , NBC ’s romantic comedy pilot based on a Spanish format. Kimia Behpoornia , who was originally cast in the 2020 iteration of the pilot, is set to reprise her role. Also cast as series regulars in the pilot, from Matt Hubbard, Josh Siegal, Dylan Morgan, and Universal Television, are child actors Percy Daggs IV ( Solos ) and Elizabeth Allhands ( The Haunting of Bly Manor ). Written/executive produced by Hubbard, Siegal and Morgan, Someone Out There is based on the Spanish format Pequeñas Coincidencias created by Javier Veiga. The single-camera romantic comedy is about two set-in-their-ways adults, Derek (Weeks) and Chloe (Dennis), who are challenged by very unexpected strangers to become the best versions of themselves in order to find love and possibly each other. Weeks’ Derek is a film composer who gets into the right restaurants, Derek … [Read more...] about Ed Weeks Set To Star, Kimia Behpoornia Returns To ‘Someone Out There’ NBC Comedy Pilot