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ABC Buys Jenna Bans/Shonda Rhimes Legal Drama Project

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday September 12, 2011 @ 9:55am PDTTags: ABC, ABC Studios, Jenna Bans, Off the Map, Shonda Rhimes, Shondaland
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Off the Map creator/executive producer Jenna Bans and executive producer Shonda Rhimes are teaming for a new ABC drama project created by Bans. The untitled legal drama centers on a young, idealistic defense attorney who, after being ignominiously fired from his high-powered Minneapolis law firm, struggles to start his own firm with an eclectic group of lawyer misfits, while starting to realize that he may have been fired from his old job because he got too close to a deadly cover-up. ABC Studios and Shondaland are producing, with Bans, Rhimes and Betsy Beers executive producing. Before she created Off the Map, Bans worked on Rhimes’ veteran medical drama Grey’s Anatomy and now serves as a co-executive producer on Rhimes’ midseason ABC drama Scandal. This marks Shondaland’s second ABC sale this season. Last month, the ABC Studios-based company set up Gilded Lillys, a 1895 drama written by The Nine co-creator KJ Steinberg. Bans and Rhimes are with ICM.

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TV TEASER: ABC’s Midseason ‘Off the Map’

By MICHAEL AUSIELLO, TV Columnist | Monday December 20, 2010 @ 10:00am PSTTags: ABC Midseason Schedule, ABC Off the Map, ABC Shonda Rhimes, Caroline Dhavernas, Jenna Bans, Martin Henderson, Off the Map, Shonda Rhimes, TV, Zach Gilford

Here’s an exclusive first look at the extended teaser for Off the Map, ABC’s new medical hour from Shonda Rhimes and Jenna Bans that’s set to premiere on January 12. The drama revolves around a group of doctors working at a medical clinic in the South American jungle and stars  … Read More »

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‘Off the Map’ Gets Wednesday 10 PM Slot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday November 2, 2010 @ 2:22pm PDTTags: ABC Midseason Schedule, ABC Scheduling, Brothers & Sisters, Jenna Bans, Off the Map, Shonda Rhimes, TV, TV Scheduling
Nellie Andreeva

Shonda Rhimes/Jenna Bans’ new ABC medical drama Off the Map will premiere Jan. 12 and will succeed the network’s recently cancelled new legal drama The Whole Truth in the Wednesday 10 PM time slot. ABC had originally planned to … Read More »

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Midseason Show News: New Name For Fox’s ‘Ride-Along’, More Scripts For ABC’s ‘Map’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday October 26, 2010 @ 4:17pm PDTTags: Fox, Jenna Bans, Off the Map, Ride-Along, Shawn Ryan, Shawn Ryan Chicago Cop Show, Shawn Ryan The Chicago Code, The Chicago Code, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATE: Here is what Shawn Ryan just said about the name change of his new Fox series: ”Changing the title from Ride-Along to THE CHICAGO CODE reflects our belief that this is more than just a cop show.  It’s not just about the police, … Read More »

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