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Nellie Andreeva, Dominic Patten ICM Partners is finalizing an agreement with the WGA, sources tell Deadline.The pact, which would join a similar deal the guild reached with UTA last month, paves the way to eliminating the practice of packaging by June 30, 2022, which had been contingent on two of the so called “Big 4” agencies, CAA, WME, UTA and ICM, reaching agreements with the WGA.Noone would comment but, according to sources, the terms in ICM’s deal are in the ballpark of the ones negotiated

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVTop CAA agent Nick Khan, who was Co-Head of Television, is departing the agency to join client WWE as President & Chief Revenue Officer, reporting directly to WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon.Khan fills the void left by the January exit of Co-Presidents George Barrios and Michelle Wilson who were ousted in January amid a rocky last year for the company.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski As part of a major push into adult animation, Comedy Central has given a series green light to a reimagening of the cult Emmy-nominated The Ren & Stimpy Show. Comedy Central has been tapping into IP across ViacomCBS to build an original animated slate around stalwart South Park.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Miramax Television is rebooting cult 1997 horror sci-fi thriller movie Mimic as a TV series. Paul WS Anderson is set to direct the potential pilot and executive produce the series with his longtime producing partner Jeremy Bolt.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersJim Danger Gray (Orange is the New Black) will write the adaptation, executive produce and serve as showrunner.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVDesperate Housewives and Women Who Kill creator Marc Cherry has has signed with A3 Artists Agency. This marks the highest-profile showrunner signing for A3, which last month brought in four former Paradigm agents to reestablish a literary division, led by Andy Patman and Adam Kanter, Co-Heads of Television Content and Motion Pictures, respectively.Cherry was one of Patman’s longtime clients at Paradigm who is now following him to the new agency.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Landmark Studio Group, a Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment company, has partnered with District 33 (BlackBalled) to develop and produce Shadows In The Vineyard, a limited event drama series based on journalist Maximillian Potter’s bestselling book, Shadows in the Vineyard: The True Story of the Plot to Poison The World’s Greatest Wine, with Noah Wyle and Judith Light attached to star and executive produce.

Dominic Patten, Nellie Andreeva As talks continue with Gabrielle Union over the former America’s Got Talent judge’s racial discrimination claims, NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy has become the subject of an internal investigation into allegations of professional misconduct.

Nellie Andreeva, Peter White AMC Networks Entertainment Group President Sarah Barnett will be stepping down from her position after Labor Day.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski Crazy Ex-Girlfriend co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna has brought in Heather Morris as VP of Development and Production at her ABC Studios-based Lean Machine production company. Morris will identify and develop projects for the company under the overall deal Brosh McKenna signed in January with ABC Studios, a part of Disney Television Studios.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Casey Kyber has left 20th Century Fox TV, where she served as VP of drama development, to join Jenna Bans’ production banner, Minnesota Logging Company, as Head of Television. The hire is part of a ramp-up of Minnesota Logging Co.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Taylor Schilling (Orange Is the New Black), Rosemarie DeWitt (Little Fires Everywhere), Aaron Eckhart (Midway) and Paul Dano (Escape At Dannemora) are set as leads in the voice cast of Pantheon, AMC’s hourlong animated primetime drama series from Turn creator/executive producer Craig Silverstein and AMC Studios.Pantheon, which received a two-season order in March, is based on the short stories by Ken Liu about Uploaded Intelligence, or human

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Otmara Marrero (StartUp) has been tapped as a lead in the NBC comedy series Connecting, from Blindspot creator/exec producer Martin Gero, his frequent collaborator Brendan Gall and Universal Television.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten and executive produced by Gero and Gall, Connecting, which last month received an eight-episode straight-to-series order, is an ensemble comedy about a group of friends trying to

Patrick Hipes, Nellie Andreeva Univision’s La Rosa de Guadalupe was Thursday’s top-rated show in primetime among adults 18-49 (Live+Same Day), scoring a 0.6 rating in the demo, along with 1.63 million viewers.

David Robb, Nellie Andreeva Now that UTA has signed the WGA’s franchise agreement after lengthy negotiations, speculation is mounting over which of the other Big Four agencies – WME, CAA or ICM Partners – will be the next to sign.Sources tell Deadline that WGA West president David A.

Nellie Andreeva, Dominic Patten In what would be the biggest get yet for the WGA in its yearlong standoff with the top agencies, the scribes’ union appears close tonight to an agreement with UTA.We hear that at a captains meeting Tuesday evening, WGA West president David Goodman revealed to members that the union were finalizing a deal with “major agency.” Official details of the possible breakthrough agreement could coming as soon as Wednesday, sources say.The agency in question was not

Nellie Andreeva, Dino-Ray Ramos EXCLUSIVE: The suspense novel The Red Lotus from New York Times bestselling author Chris Bohjalian is getting the TV treatment.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski The Moody family will be back. Fox has picked up a second season of comedy The Moodys, starring Denis Leary and Elizabeth Perkins.The show, based on Australian series A Moody Christmas, started as a holiday event comedy series with the first installment airing during the holiday season last year.The second season, targeted for the 2020-21 season will not be holiday-themed, with a bigger order size than the six-episode original limited run.

Nellie Andreeva, Peter White EXCLUSIVE: CBS Entertainment has combined the network’s specials and alternative programming units under Jack Sussman, a 22-year CBS veteran who has overseen the network’s specials since 1998, most recently as EVP, Specials, Music and Live Events. In the new setup, Sussman will take on additional responsibilities and head the combined department.The restructuring comes three months after Sharon Vuong exited CBS as SVP and head of alternative.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: Orange is the New Black alumna Dascha Polanco is set as a lead opposite Tate Donovan and Melissa Leo in the Fox pilot Blood Relative.

Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva EXCLUSIVE: The story of former Philadelphia Police Officer Jeffrey Walker is headed to the screen.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVABC has handed a pilot production commitment to The Wonder Years, a new iteration of the network’s 1980s family comedy-drama. It comes from Dave executive producer Saladin K.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski FX and Hulu have teamed to launch The New York Times Presents, a 10-episode monthly documentary series set to premiere Friday, July 10 at 10 PM.The New York Times Presents is the new incarnation of The Weekly, which FX referred to a second season of the NYT docuseries on its 2020-21 programming slate released in May.The New York Times Presents hails from the same creative team as The Weekly and will also feature breaking news, investigations and character-driven

Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva CBS Television Studios has parted ways with top showrunner Peter Lenkov.A spokesperson for the studio just released the following statement:“Peter Lenkov is no longer the executive producer overseeing MacGyver and Magnum P.I., and the Studio has ended its relationship with him. Monica Macer will be the showrunner on MacGyver, and Eric Guggenheim will run Magnum P.I.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski EXCLUSIVE: HBO Max has put in development Rip Crew, a crime drama from Code Black creator/executive producer Michael Seitzman, executive producer Mike Weiss and ABC Signature Studios.Written by Weiss, in Rip Crew, when a disgraced ex-FBI agent turned criminology professor discovers that his most gifted students are planning a massive heist, he decides to scoop their score and become the criminal he used to chase.Weiss and Seitzman executive produce with Ross

Denise Petski, Nellie Andreeva FX has put in development a new series from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, Deadline has confirmed.Details are being kept under wraps, but we hear the project is a half-hour dramedy with a mystery element and Charlie Kaufman-type odd and quirky comedic tone. Weiner would write, direct and executive produce.

Jake Kanter, Peter White, Nellie Andreeva EXCLUSIVE: Billions’ Damian Lewis and The Affair alum Dominic West are in negotiations to headline and executive produce a limited series adaptation of bestselling Cold War espionage thriller A Spy Among Friends for Spectrum Originals and UK streamer BritBox.The six-episode A Spy Among Friends, based on Ben Macintyre’s book, comes from former Homeland executive producer Alexander Cary, Sony Pictures Television and ITV Studios.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVA3 Artists Agency has brought in four former Paradigm agents to reestablish a literary division. Veterans Andy Patman and Adam Kanter have come on board as A3 partners and Co-Head of Television Content and Motion Pictures, respectively.

Nellie Andreeva, Denise Petski The worldwide best-selling game franchise Fallout is headed to television via Prime Video. Following months of dealmaking, Amazon Studios has licensed the rights to the games for Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy to develop a TV adaptation, which has received a series commitment.This marks the first major project to come out of Westworld creators/executive producers’ big overall deal with Amazon Studios.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Television Studios Co-President Chris Parnell will be departing the studio later this month after more than 16 years. He will be joining Apple TV+ in a senior programming role on the domestic development team, reporting to Matt Cherniss, Apple’s head of scripted development and current programming.In light of Parnell’s departure, Jason Clodfelter will become solo Co-President, SPT Studios.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLongtime TBS rising star Thom Hinkle has stepped down as head of original content for TBS, TNT and TruTV after less than a year in the top programming post. He will be replaced by Sam Linsky and Adrienne O’Riain who have been promoted to co-head Scripted Originals for the three linear networks.