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Onyx Collective has given a series greenlight to Reasonable Doubt to stream on Hulu. Emayatzy Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere) is set to star in the lead role of the legal drama, from writer/executive producer Raamla Mohamed (Scandal); executive producer Kerry Washington, who will direct the first episode; and ABC Signature.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Freeform has renewed the drama “Motherland: Fort Salem” for a third and final season ahead of the second season’s finale on Tuesday. The series, written and created by Eliot Laurence (“Claws,” “The Big Gay Sketch Show”), stars Taylor Hickson, Jessica Sutton, Ashley Nicole Williams, Amalia Holm, Demetria McKinney and Lyne Renée.“We’re excited to bring ‘Motherland: Fort Salem’ back for a third season,” Freeform President Tara Duncan said in a statement.

” “Happy Endings,” “Scrubs” and “Girlfriends.” “When we mapped out our strategy and ideal partners for Onyx Collective, Prentice Penny was at the top of the vision board,” Tara Duncan, president of Freeform and Onyx Collective, said in a statement Monday. “Prentice has a depth of experience telling wildly entertaining, culturally specific stories.

The Freeform series Cruel Summer has officially been renewed for a second season after breaking records for the network!

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAhead of its Season 1 finale, psychological thriller “Cruel Summer” is getting a second season at Freeform after becoming the network’s most-watched series ever.“Renewing Cruel Summer for a season 2 was an easy decision,” said Freeform president Tara Duncan. “It’s the biggest series debut in Freeform’s history and the audience response has been overwhelmingly positive.

Onyx Collective, Disney General Entertainment Content’s slate of premium entertainment programming by creators of color and underrepresented voices, has named its nonfiction programming execs. Jacqueline Glover is set as Head of Documentary Programming, and Jihan Robinson is VP Documentary Programming.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterAs part of an effort to promote inclusive storytelling, Disney General Entertainment is launching the Onyx Collective, a curated collection of projects from creators of color and underrepresented voices that will be presented as a content brand on Hulu.Freeform president Tara Duncan, who joined the network a year ago, is spearheading Onyx while continuing her duties at the young adult cabler, also a Disney subsidiary. All Onyx Collective titles will be released on the

Creators of color and underrepresented voices including Natasha Rothwell and Ryan Coogler will craft content for a new curated content brand at Disney.

EXCLUSIVE: Insecure co-star and producer Natasha Rothwell has signed a multi-year overall deal with ABC Signature. Under the rich pact, which is in conjunction with Disney General Entertainment’s BIPOC Creator Initiative led by Tara Duncan, Rothwell will develop new projects for television via her Big Hattie Productions. Financial details are not being revealed but I hear the three-year pact is in the eight-figure range.

Freeform has a new head of casting. As part of Disney's continued realignment to focus on content groups, Lindsey Kasabian has been named senior vp casting for the younger-skewing basic cable network.

Lindsey Kasabian, who most recently led casting efforts at Touchstone Television (aka Fox 21 Television Studios) as Vice President, has been named Senior Vice President of Casting for Freeform. Kasabian replaces Elizabeth Boykewich, who departed the Disney cable network as head of casting and talent earlier this month as part of the regime change at the net last May.

EXCLUSIVE: Elizabeth Boykewich, a 16-year Freeform/ABC Family veteran, has departed the Disney cable network where she most recently served as SVP, Casting and Talent.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterWhen it comes to Freeform’s young adult-oriented programming, “relatable” is the name of the game.Network president Tara Duncan, who stepped into the top spot at Freeform last June — and no thanks to the pandemic, has still not set foot in the network’s Burbank offices during her tenure — sees the cabler as a destination for stories that “authentically reflect and speak to the Gen Z and millennial experience.”“I really have a priority of making that seen both in front

Tara Duncan has been in the job as President of Freeform for just over seven months and she is starting to put her mark on the Disney-owned network.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterDisney has named Carlos W.

Two days after picking up Sundance’s Documentary Grand Jury Prize, Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) has been picked up by Searchlight and Hulu.

Freeform is bolstering its executive ranks following the departure of Lauren Corrao.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVLauren Corrao is leaving Freeform after a year-and-a-half stint as EVP, Original Programming and Development. Her exit comes four months after Tara Duncan was appointed President of Freeform, succeeding Tom Ascheim.In her return to the executive ranks, Corrao was tapped for the head of original programming job in April 2019 by Ascheim.

Freeform tapped producer Tara Duncan as its new president.

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