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It’s Official: ‘Chaos’ Picked Up To Series At CBS For Midseason

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 21, 2010 @ 7:15pm PDTTags: 20th Century Fox TV, Brett Ratner, CBS Chaos, Chaos Actors, Chaos Pickup, Chaos Production, CIA Drama Pilot Chaos, Dana Walden, Freddy Rodriguez, Gary Newman, James Murray, Nina Tassler, Tim Blake Nelson, Tom Spezialy, Tom Spezialy Drama Chaos
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Back From the Dead: CBS’ ‘Chaos’ Is Alive!

CBS eyeTom Spezialy’s CIA drama pilot Chaos completed its remarkable comeback with a midseason series order at CBS. The network and producing studio 20th Century Fox TV just closed a deal for a 13-episode order to the Brett Ratner-directed pilot. Chaos was presumed dead 3 weeks ago when CBS and 20th TV could not come to an agreement after 5 weeks of negotiations and the options on the actors were let to expire on June 30. Freddy RodriguezBut in the past 3 days, the network and the studio were able to patch things up on the dealmaking front (the lunch CBS Entertainment president Nina Tassler had with 20th TV chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman on Monday certainly helped) and to get the cast back. Closing the deals for the actors was no small feat, especially as it was accomplished in 48 hours. Coming back for the series are the pilot’s star Freddy Rodriguez and co-stars Eric Close, James Murray, Tim Blake Nelson and Carmen Ejogo. Per decision the network and studio made right after the upfront, Stephen Rea, who was also in the pilot, will be recast.

Chaos joins another comeback kid at 20th TV, drama pilot Breakout Kings, which landed a pickup at A&E after being passed on by Fox. At CBS, Chaos joins the network’s other midseason drama series, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.

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‘Chaos’ Creator Tom Spezialy Sets New Project At CBS With Blind Script Deal

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday July 7, 2010 @ 4:00pm PDTTags: CBS Chaos Pilot Dead, CBS TV Studios, Tom Spezialy, Tom Spezialy Drama Chaos
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Chaos creator Tom Spezialy is getting another shot at CBS. In the aftermath of the implosion of the CBS/20th Century Fox TV deal for a midseason order to Chaos last week, the network has inked a blind script pact with Spezialy for a new project. But this time, the project is … Read More »

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SHOCKER! Drama ‘Chaos’ Left To Die After CBS And 20th TV Can’t Agree On Order

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 1, 2010 @ 12:06pm PDTTags: CBS, CBS Chaos Pilot Dead, Chaos, Chaos Production, CIA Drama Pilot Chaos, Tom Spezialy, Tom Spezialy Drama Chaos, TV
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UPDATED: After five weeks of negotiations between CBS and 20th Century Fox TV over a midseason order for CIA drama pilot Chaos, the project, once considered a shoo-in for a spot on the schedule, now appears dead after the options on … Read More »

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