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Shane Brennan’s PI Pilot Starring Rebecca Romijn & Jon Tenney Gets TNT Series Order

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday January 15, 2013 @ 1:11pm PSTTags: Big Deals TV, Jon Tenney, Rebecca Romijn, Shane Brennan, TNT
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE UPDATED: A new duo will be joining TNT‘s primetime. I’ve learned that the network has given a series order to the pilot King And Maxwell starring Rebecca Romijn and Jon Tenney. The series, which is now untitled, hails from from CBS TV Studios and NCIS: LA boss Shane Brennan. Adapted from characters created by bestselling author David Baldacci, it has received a 10-episode order for a summer 2013 launch. In the vein of Moonlighting, the series follows Sean King (Tenney) and Michelle Maxwell (Romijn), who aren’t the typical pair of private investigators. Both are former Secret Service agents, and their unique skill sets (not to mention their razor-sharp chemistry) often gives them a leg up on suspects and conventional law enforcement. With her striking beauty, athletic prowess and Beltway connections, Maxwell is a formidable investigator, determined to prove herself after being forced to resign from the Secret Service. Brennan wrote the script and executive produces with Grant Anderson. Karen Spiegel is producing and Baldacci serves as a consultant. The project was originally developed for CBS last season. READ MORE »

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CBS Prepping ‘NCIS: LA’ Spinoff Created By Shane Brennan As Planted Two-Parter

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 5, 2012 @ 5:23pm PSTTags: Big Deals TV, CBS, NCIS, NCIS: LA, Shane Brennan
Nellie Andreeva

NCIS: LA Spinoff CBSEXCLUSIVE: CBS is looking to further expand its NCIS franchise with another spinoff. The untitled project, written/executive produced by NCIS and NCIS: LA executive producer Shane Brennan, is a planted spinoff from NCIS: LA, which Brennan created and serves as showrunner on. It will feature new characters who will be introduced in two-part episode of NCIS: LA later this season. The proposed spinoff, produced by CBS TV Studios, will follow a small mobile team of agents, who are forced to live and work together, as they crisscross the country solving crimes.

Shane Brennan NCIS SpinoffBoth NCIS: LA and its mothership series, juggernaut NCIS, originated as planted spinoffs, as two-part episodes of JAG and NCIS, respectively. In using NCIS: LA as a launchpad for the new spinoff, CBS is taking a page from the playbook of the long-running CSI franchise, in which the third series, CSI: NY, also started off as a planted spinoff from spinoff CSI: Miami.

Now in its 10th season, NCIS continues to be one of the biggest scripted series on television. Airing behind it, NCIS: LA, now in its fourth season, has been a solid ratings performer and commands one of the highest off-network syndication license fees for a drama series. (It is the subject of ongoing litigation by NCIS creator Don Bellisario.) Read More »

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2ND UPDATE: TNT Picks Up ‘Legends’, ‘Trooper’ And ‘King & Maxwell’ To Pilot

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 7, 2012 @ 11:40am PDTTags: Howard Gordon, Jerry Bruckheimer, Shane Brennan, TNT
Nellie Andreeva

2ND UPDATE 11:40 AM: TNT went for a trio of heavy TV hitters with its pilot pickups today, greenlighting Howard Gordon‘s Legends, Jerry Bruckheimer‘s Trooper and Shane Brennan‘s King & Maxwell. All three were … Read More »

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