10 Greatest Those who win of TV Development Season

This story first made an appearance within the November. 25 problem from the Hollywood Reporter magazine.our editor recommendsBen Stiller's Shingle Ink TV Development Cope With ABC StudiosSarah Chalke Lands 20th TV Development Deal "An invite for an invitation to some pre-party." That's how ABC chief Paul Lee describes his network's fall script purchases, merely a small percentage that would finish on the environment. Still, every hit show begins by having an executive tallying to some pitch, and throughout yesteryear couple of several weeks, systems sand galleries have purchased 100s of promising new projects, from original ideas like "mechanical-human dramas" to remakes of classics such as the Munsters and also the Rifleman. Now, using the pitch part of development season approaching its finish, The Hollywood Reporter is crowning the ten greatest those who win, according to amount of network sales instead of size commitment or costs compensated. Note: Probably the most active producers according to quantity of network projects offered (not prices compensated or pilot obligations). PETER CHERNIN The Chernin Group, twentieth century Fox TV 16 projects offered Highlight:NBC'sUntitledGene Hong, an ensemble comedy occur a karaoke bar withThe VoicecoachAdam Levineattached being an Air. The network has given a script commitment with penalty. MARK GORDON Mark Gordon Co., ABC Galleries 14 projects offered Highlight:CBS has given a script plus penalty commitment toSource Code, an action/procedural that follows three former federal agents who are members of a high-secret program loosely in line with the Gordon-created feature film. PETER TRAUGOTT Peter Traugott Productions, Universal Television 13 projects offered Highlight:ABC has given a script order toI'm With Stupid, a pal comedy withParty DownduoMartin StarrandRyan Hansen. Starr will pen the script alongsideBetter Off Ted'sJustin Adler. JAMIE TARSES Fanfare Productions, The new sony Pictures TV 12 projects offered Highlight:Fox has doled out a script order to have an untitled single-camera father-boy place of work comedy where the boy may be the boss, fromWilfredscribesReed AgnewandEli Jorne. SHAWN LEVY and MARTY ADELSTEIN 21 Laps/Adelstein, 20th TV 11 projects offered Highlight:NBC has given a script plus penalty resolve for aRomancing the Stoneadaptation fromThe ForgottencreatorMark Friedman, with Levy (Date Evening) mounted on direct. John GRAZER Imagine Entertainment, 20th TV 10 projects offered Highlight:NBC has given a script plus penalty order for an hourlong legal drama from TV legendsSteven BochcoandDavid Milchabout a "rainmaker" lawyer in Washington, D.C., having a dark secret. AARON KAPLAN Kapital Entertainment 10 projects offered Highlight:NBC has given an airplane pilot order toIsabel, a comedy inspired with a French-Canadian series in regards to a normal family with magical components from scribesHoward BusgangandTom Nursall. VIVIAN CANNON and NEAL MORITZ Original Films, The new sony Pictures TV 9 projects offered Highlight:John Scott Shepherd's comedySave Me, which NBC granted a cast-contingent pilot order, focuses on a lady who thinks she's directing God. JOANN ALFANO Brillstein Entertainment Group, ABC Galleries 8 projects offered Highlight:CSIcreatorAnthony ZuikerandWorld Trade CenterwriterAndrea Berloffhave soldChameleon, a drama focusing on an undercover FBI agent who's an expert of disguise. DOUG ROBINSON Happy Madison, The new sony Pictures TV 8 projects offered Highlight:Rules of EngagementcreatorTom Hertz's multicamera generational family comedy exploring how childhood affects adult choices has gotten a put pilot commitment from CBS. Related Subjects John Grazer Peter Chernin TV Development Jamie Tarses The Objective Gordon Company