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Lifetime Orders Scripted Pilot ‘HR’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday July 30, 2012 @ 1:11pm PDTTags: Kapital Entertainment, Lifetime
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Lifetime has ordered another scripted pilot HR (working title) for 2013. Written by Glenn Porter (I Melt With You), HR centers on the uptight Director of Human Resources for a global company who, after a head injury alters her outlook on life, throws standard corporate practices out the window and inspires the business to strive for new ambitions and profits. HR is executive produced by Aaron Kaplan and Kapital Entertainment and co-executive produced by Porter and Michael Lohmann. HR joins recent Lifetime pilot orders for Cinnamon Girl, The Secret Lives Of Wives (working title) and Witches Of East End. This marks 3-year-old Kapital Entertainment’s 16th pilot, coming on the heel of the recent greenlight by Nick at Nite of comedy Instant Mom, which has Tia Mowry in negotiations to star.

Related: Lifetime Picks Up Renee Zellweger-Produced Drama ‘Cinnamon Girl’ To Pilot

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ABC Gives Pilot Green Light To Dan Fogelman’s Alien Family Comedy

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday December 6, 2011 @ 8:43am PSTTags: Aaron Kaplan, ABC, ABC Studios, Dan Fogelman, Kapital Entertainment
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ABC Picks Up Dan Fogelman Alien Comedy With Pilot Production Commitment

ABC has formally ordered to pilot an untitled half-hour single-camera comedy from feature writer Dan Fogelman (Crazy, … Read More »

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Sharon Horgan To Write And Star In Comedy Project For ABC Studios

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 13, 2011 @ 7:37am PDTTags: Aaron Kaplan, ABC Studios, Kapital Entertainment, Sharon Horgan
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EXCLUSIVE: Irish actress, writer and comedian Sharon Horgan has signed a blind deal with ABC Studios to write and star in a comedy project for the studio. She will executive produce with Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment. The pact extends … Read More »

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ABC Developing U.S. Version Of British Crime Comedy ‘Suburban Shootout’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday October 7, 2011 @ 12:14pm PDTTags: Aaron Kaplan, ABC, Kapital Entertainment
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EXCLUSIVE: ABC has put in development a U.S. version of the praised British comedy Suburban Shootout. Byron Balasco will write the hourlong adaptation of the half-hour original, a dark comedy about a woman who escapes the city and … Read More »

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Jeff Rake Sets Up 2 Projects At CBS

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday August 25, 2011 @ 8:00am PDTTags: Aaron Kaplan, Fanfare, Jamie Tarses, Kapital Entertainment, Sony Pictures TV
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The $treet and Miss Match co-creator Jeff Rake has sold two projects — a drama and a comedy — to CBS. Both are from Sony Pictures TV, where Rake is based, and both will be written by him. … Read More »

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ABC Family Developing US Version Of Mexican Drama ‘Terminales’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 16, 2011 @ 8:24am PDTTags: Aaron Kaplan, ABC Family, Kapital Entertainment, Lionsgate TV, Televisa
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EXCLUSIVE: What if Sex and the City‘s Carrie Bradshaw was dying of cancer? That in essence is the premise of the Mexican drama series Terminales, which is being adapted by ABC Family. Lionsgate TV and Kapital Entertainment are … Read More »

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Final Thoughts On The Broadcast Upfronts: Wind Of Change

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 24, 2011 @ 1:04am PDTTags: 2 Broke Girls, Alcatraz, Apartment 23, Awake, BFF, Bob Greenblatt, Chernin Entertainment, DreamWorks TV, How To Be a Gentleman, Kapital Entertainment, Man Up, Mark Pedowitz, Once Upon a Time, Paul Lee, Smash, The River, Touch, Whitney
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Exactly 20 years ago, German rock band Scorpions released Wind of Change, which became an anthem for our generation of young Eastern Europeans going through a dramatic political change: the fall of communism. Coming back from the broadcast upfront presentations in New York last week, I’ve been having a hard time getting the catchy tune out of my head. While less far-reaching and profound, there is a clear sense of changing of the guard and a new direction for the broadcast networks this year. I can’t remember a time where the majority of the networks had new heads at their upfront presentations. Paul Lee took over for Steve McPherson at ABC, Bob Greenblatt for Jeff Gaspin and Angela Bromstad at NBC, and Mark Pedowitz is succeeding Dawn Ostroff at the CW. There is a similar changing of the guard among the top TV producers this year. Upstart Chernin Entertainment and DreamWorks TV, which is re-entering the broadcast arena, topped the pods with the most new series, three each, with another recently launched company, Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, scoring two new shows. And in its first season, Marty Adelstein and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps/Adelstein Prods.got one pilot, Tim Allen’s Last Man Standing, picked up to pilot, with another, Fox’s Family Album, in serious contention. Meanwhile, such longtime upfront fixtures as Jerry Bruckheimer TV, Mark Gordon Co. and Wonderland didn’t land any new series for next season. Read More »

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The Over-Achievers Of This Year’s Upfront

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday May 19, 2011 @ 2:51pm PDTTags: 2011 Upfronts, Alloy, Andrew Reich, Andy Ackerman, Beth McCarthy Miller, Chernin Entertainment, Chris Moynihan, Chuck Lorre, Craig Zadan, Danny Cannon, David Hornsby, DreamWorks TV, Emily Deschanel, Fake Empire, Jessica St. Clair, JJ Abrams, Kapital Entertainment, Kevin Williamson, Lennon Parham, Neil Meron, Seth MacFarlane, Shonda Rhimes, Ted Cohen, Timberman/Beverly Productions, Whitney Cummings, Zooey Deschanel
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Here is the second-annual honor roll of the best and brightest at the broadcast upfront. First off, to all who got their pilots picked up to series — congratulations. You’re already winners. This is a list of those who took their upfront success to an extra level:

Whitney Cummings: The undisputed queen of Upfront 2011. She is behind two new comedy series that are among the highest-profile new half-hour entries next fall. She created, stars in and executive produces her eponymous comedy for NBC, which was assigned the network’s best comedy slot, following The Office. She also co-wrote on spec with Michael Patrick King the CBS comedy 2 Broke Girls, which broke records as CBS’ best-testing pilot (comedy or drama) ever. Both were the first comedy pilots to get a series order at their networks. Cummings, who also has a talk show in contention at E!, will serve as an executive producer on 2 Broke Girls but will be full-time on Whitney, which was in first position. I hope that doesn’t impact 2 Broke Girls, which King is expected to run/co-run, because the pilot indeed looks great. Honorable mention in the category of creators with multiple projects for Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. One of their two ABC pilots, Work It, was picked up to series, while the other, Smothered, is very much in contention for midseason.

What a comeback for J.J. Abrams! After his high-profile NBC drama Undercovers went bust last fall, some questioned whether the networks will continue to bet on him. But bet they did this upfront, with both pilots he produced, CBS’ Person of Interest and Fox’s Alcatraz, going to series. Person of Interest instantly became one of the most anticipated new fall series when CBS made it its new Thursday 9 PM anchor. The network also said it was its best-testing drama pilot ever. And over at Fox, Alcatraz prevailed over several high-profile pilots to land one of only two drama series spots. Then, as icing on the cake, Abrams’ modestly rated but well-liked Fox sci-fi series Fringe got a renewal for next season, bringing the producer’s series for next season to three. Read More »

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UPDATE: ABC Orders Two Family Comedy Pilots From Female Creators

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 28, 2011 @ 11:35am PSTTags: ABC Pilots, Bad Mom, Bad Mom Pilot, Kapital Entertainment, My Frickin' Family, My Frickin' Family Pilot, Sharon Horgan, TV, TV Deals
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UPDATED: Modern Family, meet Frickin’ Family. ABC has handed out a pilot order to My Frickin’ Family (previously Cowboys and Indians), a single-camera comedy from writer Erica Rivinoja. Additionally, the network has handed a pilot order to another single-camera family … Read More »

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