CBS is handing out sequence orders!
Whereas the community is passing on Patrick Dempsey’s political drama, Methods and Means, and two others, they picked up a comedy and a drama.
One other potential sequence, Solely True Lies, has been pushed off-cycle however continues to be in rivalry.
A multicamera comedy titled Smallwood beginning Pete Holmes has been given the greenlight.
It comes from government producers David Hollander and Brian D’Arcy James, and the pilot was directed by Mark Cendrowski.
Holmes stars as an peculiar man who turns to professional bowling to assist his household after being laid off from the GM manufacturing unit.
Chi McBride and Katie Lowes costar.
Smallwood, from CBS Studios, looks like a superb match for Holmes.
He beforehand created and starred on Crashing that aired on HBO from 2017-19.
The Sophia Bush pilot, Good Sam, additionally received the greenlight.
This present was held over from final yr’s pilot season, and Bush has been praised for her efficiency.
In response to The Hollywood Reporter, “The sequence revolves round a gifted but stifled surgeon who embraces her management function after her famend and pompous boss falls right into a coma.
“When he awakens and desires to renew surgical procedure, it falls to her to oversee the overbearing blowhard who by no means acknowledged her abilities — and who additionally occurs to be her father.”
Costars embody Jason Isaacs, Edwin Hodge, Skye P. Marshall, Michael Stahl-David, Davi Santos, Omar Maskati, and Wendy Crewson.
That is the primary starring function for Bush on a sequence after she exited Chicago PD in 2017.
Katie Welch writes and government produces, and Jenny Snyder Urman government produces, together with Joanna Klein government producing for Sutton St. Productions. Tamara Davis government produces and directs the pilot.
Different exhibits which are already greenlit embody CSI: Vegas, FBI: Worldwide, and NCIS: Hawaii, which be part of renewed sequence Blue Bloods, Bob Hearts Abishola, Bull, FBI, FBI: Most Wished, Magnum PI, NCIS, NCIS: KA, The Neighborhood, SWAT, Younger Sheldon, and The Equalizer.
That leaves All Rise, SEAL Crew, Clarice, The Unicorn, B Optimistic, and United States of Al nonetheless hanging in limbo.
Apparently, Variety is reporting that SEAL Crew could possibly be on the transfer.
Their sources inform them that it could possibly be making the shift to Paramount+.
That deal, ought to it occur, would possibly discover the army present starring David Boreanaz airing a restricted variety of new episodes on CBS earlier than leaping to streaming. It appears Clarice is in the same state of affairs, and it looks like a win throughout.
Whereas it is not perfect for many who historically watch broadcast, it exhibits that even when a sequence does not do good in a business surroundings, there may be hope when that community additionally provides a viable streaming choice.
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