Lifetime orders Amazing, CBS picks up CRU action drama
August 10, 2008 by Cheril Vernon
From a new show on Lifetime where a supermarket manager mom becomes governor of New Jersey to a new drama for CBS based on a character from a James Patterson book, there are many shows in development.
Variety is reporting the following being developed:
• Lifetime has ordered The Amazing Mrs. Novak. The show is a one-hour drama based on the six-part U.K. series The Amazing Mrs. Pritchard, which first aired in 2006. In the series, a supermarket manager, wife and mother becomes the governor of New Jersey through a series of unexpected events.
• CBS has picked CRU action drama project from CSI alumni Josh Berman featuring James Patterson’s “Step on a Crack” character. The book “Step on a Crack” centers on a homicide detective who is put in the role of a negotiating team leader when hostages are taken at the funeral of a former first lady. CRU stands for Catastrophic Response Unit. Read more
Racy Secret Life of a Call Girl series starts on Showtime
June 15, 2008 by Cheril Vernon
Coming to Showtime Monday (June 16) is the British import hit Secret Life of a Call Girl, which will debut at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT after the premiere of the fourth season of the network’s highest rated series, Weeds.
Showtime will air the entire first season of eight half-hour (Mature Audience) episodes of the racy and sexy comedy Secret Diary of a Call Girl featuring British actress Billie Piper (Doctor Who) as a high-class independent London call girl.
The series was taken from the best-selling real-life diaries of a call girl with a double life. In her personal life, she is Hannah, a nighttime legal secretary (to her family and friends). To her clients, she is Belle, their ultimate fantasy.
Piper had the opportunity to work closely with the real Belle, who published her diaries in 2005, yet still remains anonymous.
Read here for a Billie Piper interview and series preview. Compared to most of the video clips I’ve found on the Net about the show, this one is the cleanest.
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