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Exclusive: For her followup to This Is Us, Chrissy Metz has chosen another drama with siblings at the center. The This Is Us alumna is set to star in and executive produce Help Me Rhonda, which has landed a script plus penalty commitment at NBCUniversal.

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Based on the best-selling novel 2 Sisters Detective Agency by James Patterson and Candice Fox, Help Me Rhonda comes from Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, James Patterson Entertainment, Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi’s PatMa Productions, Cathy Konrad’s...

Exclusive: Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, creators of the CW series Life Sentence and Significant Mother, are heading to an idyllic small town for their latest project.

The pair have teamed up with The Big Leap and Modern Family director Jason Winer to develop This Beautiful Life, a one-hour drama in the works at NBC.

The series follows a 30-year-old woman who is living her best single life in the city but wakes up in an idyllic small town 10 years later with a husband, a child and absolutely no idea how she got there. Thinking she’s lost her memory or her sanity, she searches for answers only to discover that something much bigger than her own psyche is behind this phenomenon … and that she’s not the only one trapped in this beautiful life.

The project is produced by 20th Television, where Winer and his Small Dog Picture Company is based,...

Exclusive: Writers-producers Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith have signed with CAA for representation in all areas.

The creators of Life Sentence and Significant Mother are in a multi-year overall deal at Warner Bros. Television under their In Good Company banner.

Within the last two years, they have developed four pilots, including the television adaptation of The Five People You Meet in Heaven at Fox with Mitch Albom, the supernatural comedic procedural Pandora’s Box & Ship with The CW and Spondoolie Productions, the family dramedy Love Me with ABC and Brownstone Productions, and the young adult soap The Beach at HBO Max with Alloy Entertainment, Julie Plec, and Jenna Dewan producing.

Cardillo and Keith met in acting class at Warner Loughlin Studios in the mid-2000s. They’ve been collaborating since, winning the New York Television Festival in 2013 with spec script We’re Not Your Parents and going on to create...

Exclusive: Significant Mother and Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith are heading back to The CW.

The network has put into development mystery drama Pandora’s Box and Ship from the pair.

The duo will write and exec produce via their production firm In Good Company with the Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas and iZombie exec producer Dan Etheridge exec producing. Rebecca Franko is producing.

It will be produced by Warner Bros. Television, Spondoolie and In Good Company.

The show follows the selfish and sarcastic, Lou Tucker, who is a grifter and her latest scam is stealing from packages at the Box and Ship where she works to make ends meet. But, when she opens a package that contains Pandora’s actual Box, she inadvertently unleashes all of the mythological evils of the ancient world into our modern one. And, unfortunately for humanity, it’s going to be up to her,...

Exclusive: Amazon has put in development Nobody’s Princess, a musical comedy, which puts a contemporary spin on classic fairytale princesses. The project hails from writer Nicole Delaney, Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, songwriters/screenwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (First Date musical), Fulwell 73 (Late Late Show with James Corden) and CBS TV Studios, where Fulwell 73 is under a deal.

Written and executive produced by Delaney, Cardillo, Keith, Zachary and Weiner, Noboby’s Princess is an irreverent musical comedy that reimagines the stories of four classic fairy tale princesses for today’s generation. Instead of being set “once upon a time, in a land far away” where princesses were waiting around for true love to find them, the time is now, the setting is New York City, and the princesses are a group of friends in their twenties who are setting out to create their own happily-ever-afters...

Soon-to-launch streamer HBO Max continues to work to bulk up its originals content library.

The WarnerMedia-owned direct-to-consumer platform has set a script development deal for “The Beach,” a one-hour drama based on the book “Beach Lane,” by New York Times bestselling author Melissa de la Cruz.

Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith are writing and executive producing alongside “Vampire Diaries” co-creator Julie Plec through her My So-Called Company production shingle, Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo of Alloy Entertainment and Jenna Dewan for Everheart Productions. Everheart Productions’ Jean Song is co-producing. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.

The series “follows three local teens who work in the Hamptons’ lavish estates, exclusive beach clubs, and breath-taking boats over one magical summer as their lives and hearts become increasingly intertwined with wealthy families who swoop in from the city for the summer season,” according to HBO Max.

HBO Max will make its debut in May,...

Julie Plec continues to expand her wings beyond The CW.

The Vampire Diaries grad is developing the Ya drama The Beach, based on author Melissa de la Cruz's book Beach Lane, at the forthcoming streamer HBO Max.

The Beach follows three local teens who work in the Hamptons' lavish estates and exclusive beach clubs and on breathtaking boats during one magical summer as their lives and hearts become increasingly intertwined with wealthy families who swoop in from the city for the season.

Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith (Life Sentence) will pen the script and executive produce alongside Plec. The project marks ...

ABC has given a put pilot commitment to “Love Me,” a one-hour drama from “Life Sentence” creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, and Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone Productions, a rep for ABC told TheWrap.

According to ABC, “Love Me” follows the stories of a multi-generational family in Chicago as they search for love in our increasingly detached digital world, and explores how their unconditional love for one another helps them navigate the highs and lows of it all.

The project is based on the Swedish format from “Welcome To Sweden,” whose co-creator and star Josephine Bornebusch will executive produce. Warner Bros. TV, which houses Cardillo and Keith’s In Good Company banner, is also attached. Cardillo and Keith write and executive produce, along with Banks and Handelman. Brownstone’s Dannah Shinder will co-executive produce.

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Exclusive: In a competitive situation, ABC has landed Love Me, a one-hour drama based on a Swedish format, with a put pilot commitment. The project, one of the first significant pitch sales this broadcast development cycle, hails from Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith; Elizabeth Banks and Max Handelman’s Brownstone Productions; Welcome to Sweden co-creator/star Josephine Bornebusch; and Warner Bros. TV, where Brownstone and Cardillo and Keith’s In Good Company are based.

Written by Cardillo and Keith, Love Me follows the stories of a multi-generational family in Chicago as they search for love in our increasingly detached digital world and explores how their unconditional love for one another helps them navigate the highs and lows of it all.

Cardillo and Keith executive produce for In Good Company, with Brownstone’s Banks and Handelman. Bornebusch, who stars in, writes and directs the Swedish series, also executive produces.

Exclusive: Significant Mother and Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith are expanding their relationship with Warner Bros. TV, signing a multi-year exclusive overall deal with the studio. Under the pact, the duo will continue to develop projects through their In Good Company banner.

This is the first overall deal for Cardillo and Keith who have created two projects to date for the studio that have gone to series, Significant Mother in 2015 and and Life Sentence in 2018, both on CW. They also have sold a number of broadcast pitches with big commitments.

The duo have also written solo features in the romantic comedy genre. Cardillo’s Isn’t It Romantic for New Line and Warner Bros. has grossed $48 million domestic since its release on Valentine’s Day.

Cardillo and Keith met in acting class at Warner Loughlin Studios in the mid-2000s. They’ve been collaborating since, winning the...

Some 778 showrunners and screenwriters have signed a statement saying that they will fire their agents if the WGA fails to reach an agreement with the Association of Talent Agents for a new franchise agreement. Signers include a slew of A-listers, including Greg Berlanti, Alfonso Cuaron, James L. Brooks, Aaron Sorkin, Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes, Seth MacFarlane, Mike Schur, Tina Fey, Joss Whedon, Kenya Barris, Peter Farrelly, Oliver Stone, John Wells, Matthew Weiner, Noah Hawley, Vince Gilligan, John Singleton, David Chase, Barry Jenkins, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Colin Trevorrow, Eric Roth, David Shore, David Simon, Shawn Ryan, Lena Waithe, Paul Haggis, Mindy Kaling, Drew Goddard, Jenji Kohan, Carlton Cuse, Howard Gordon, Kurt Sutter, Krista Vernoff, Mara Brock Akil, Danny Strong, Rob McElhenney, Jason Katims, Terence Winter, Peter Lenkov, Michelle and Robert King, Al Jean, Robert Towne, Gloria Calderon Kellett, Kevin Williamson, Darren Star, Rashida Jones, Pamela Adlon, WGA West president David A. Goodman...

Exclusive: Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith are the most prolific writers this broadcast developing season, selling a third high-profile project. NBC has given a put pilot commitment to 3,000 Hours, a drama from Cardillo, Keith, Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Prods. and Warner Bros. TV, where Berlanti Prods. is based. The sale gives Berlanti Prods. at least one project with a big commitment at each of the five broadcast networks this season.

Penned by Cardillo and Keith, 3,000 Hours revolves around a group of master’s psychology candidates who embark on the 3,000 clinical hours they must spend in the field with patients to get their degrees — all while balancing their education, friendships and messy personal lives. Along the way, they’ll not only find unique and surprising ways to help their patients, they’ll also learn how to help each other and, ultimately, themselves.

Cardillo and Keith executive produce via...

Exclusive: As Crazy Ex Girlfriend is coming to an end, the CW is setting its sights on a new musical comedy series, which puts a contemporary spin on classic fairytale princesses. The network has put in development Nobody’s Princess, from Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, songwriters/screenwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (First Date musical), Fulwell 73 (Late Late Show with James Corden) and CBS TV Studios where Fulwell 73 is under a deal.

Written and executive produced by Cardillo, Keith, Zachary and Weiner, Nobody’s Princess is a musical comedy that reimagines the stories of four classic fairy tale princesses for today’s generation. Instead of being set “once upon a time, in a land far away” where princesses were waiting around for true love to find them, the time is now, the setting is New York City, and the princesses are a group of friends in...

Fox has given a put pilot commitment to The Family Practice, an hourlong adoption drama from Life Sentence and Significant Mother creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, director-producer Jason Winer and 20th Century Fox TV.

Written by Cardillo and Keith, The Family Practice is an emotional procedural set in the world of adoption, from the point of view of an eclectic group of attorneys and social workers who grapple with their own familial dysfunction while striving to create perfect families for their clients.

Cardillo and Keith executive produce with Winer and Jon Radler for Winer’s Small Dog Pictures. Winer might direct the potential pilot as well, subject to availability. 20th Century TV, where Winer has been based for a while, produces with Small Dog Picture Company and In Good Company.

Cardillo and Keith started out as actors and met in acting class about 13 years ago. Each began working on...

Fox has given a put pilot order to a new drama that hails from Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, Variety has learned.

The hour-long project is currently titled “The Family Practice.” It is described as an emotional procedural set in the world of adoption, from the point of view of an eclectic group of attorneys and social workers who grapple with their own familial dysfunction, while striving to create perfect families for their clients.

Cardillo and Keith serve as writers and executive producers. The duo most recently created the CW series “Life Sentence” starring Lucy Hale and had previously developed multiple projects for that network. Both are repped by UTA. Cardillo is also repped by Bloom Hergott, while Keith is also repped by Lichter Grossman.

In addition to Cardillo and Keith, “Modern Family” director and “Life in Pieces” director and executive producer Jason Winer will also executive produce “The Family...

The CW has released trailers for its new dramedy Life Sentence starring Lucy Hale and military dram Valor. Watch both below. Life Sentence — Dramedy Produced by Warner Bros TV and Doozer Productions. From writers/executive producers Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith and executive producers Jeff Ingold and Lee Toland Krieger. Valor — Drama Produced by CBS Television Studios. From writer/executive producer Kyle Jarrow and executive producer Bill…...

Lucy Hale is headed to The CW. Deadline reports the network has ordered the new TV series Life Sentence.From Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, the dramedy "centers on a young woman (Hale) diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she finds out that she’s not dying after all, she has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to 'live like she was dying.'"Read More…...

“The Originals” fans, rest easy: Klaus and krewe will be back for another year, marking the show’s fifth season.

Also renewed by The CW: “iZombie,” for a fourth season.

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New to the network: “Black Lightning,” which was originally developed at Fox but eventually moved to The CW. Cress Williams stars as Jefferson Pierce, “who made his choice: he hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hell-bent on justice and a star student being recruited by a local gang, he’ll be pulled back into the fight as the wanted vigilante and DC legend — Black Lightning.”

Then there’s “Life Sentence,” an hour-long dramedy starring Lucy Hale as a a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she finds out that she’s not dying after all, she has to...

A new superhero and a (former) liar are making their way to The CW.

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The network on Wednesday gave official series orders to Black Lightning, a DC Comics property starring CW vet Cress Williams (Hart of Dixie) in the title role, and Life Sentence, which stars Lucy Hale (Pretty Little Liars), who also enjoyed a stint on the network via the short-lived Privileged.

Black Lightning stars Williams as a retired superhero named Jefferson Pierce, who finds himself back in vigilante mode thanks to his justice-seeking daughter and the threat of a...

Carlos PenaVega (Grease: Live) has been cast as a series-regular opposite Lucy Hale in Life Sentence, the CW's dramedy pilot from Wbtv and Bill Lawrence's studio-based Doozer Prods. Written by Significant Mother creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith and directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Life Sentence centers on Stella (Hale), a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she finds out that she's not dying after all, she has to learn to live with the choices she made…...

Elliot Knight (American Gothic) has been cast in a lead role opposite Lucy Hale in Life Sentence, the CW's dramedy pilot from Wbtv and Bill Lawrence's studio-based Doozer Prods. Written by Significant Mother creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith and directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Life Sentence centers on Stella (Hale), a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she finds out that she's not dying after all, she has to learn to live with the choices she made…...

Gillian Vigman (The Hangover) is set for a series-regular role opposite Lucy Hale and Dylan Walsh in Life Sentence, the CW's dramedy pilot from Wbtv and Bill Lawrence's studio-based Doozer Prods. Written by Significant Mother creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, Life Sentence centers on Stella (Hale), a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she finds out that she's not dying after all, she has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to…...

Former Nip/Tuck and Unforgettable star Dylan Walsh is set to co-star opposite Lucy Hale in Life Sentence, the CW’s dramedy pilot from Wbtv and Bill Lawrence's studio-based Doozer Prods. Written by Significant Mother creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, Life Sentence centers on Stella (Hale), a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer. When she finds out that she's not dying after all, she has to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to "live like…...

Pretty Little Liars‘ Lucy Hale is set to serve a Life Sentence (of sorts) as the lead of a drama pilot picked up by The CW.

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From Significant Mother‘s Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, Life Sentence is a dramedy about a young woman who is diagnosed with terminal cancer… only to find out that she’s not dying after all. From there, she has to learn to live with the (regrettable?) choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying.” Bill Lawrence...

The CW has ordered two new pilots, Lucy Hale-led dramedy “Life Sentence” and “Insatiable” from “Dexter” producer Lauren Gussis. “Life Sentence” follows a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer, who finds out that she’s not dying after all, forcing her to learn to live with the choices she made when she decided to “live like she was dying.” Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith are writing and executive producing the pilot, with Bill Lawrence and Jeff Ingold also serving as EPs. The project hails from Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Also Read: CW's 'Dynasty' Reboot Casts 'UnReal' Star in Lead.

2016 has been a banner year for the New York Television Festival. The Duplass Brothers-produced “Animals” pilot, which won Best Comedy at the festival in 2013, landed a two-season deal over at HBO. Multi-year alums of the festival Tory Stanton and Scott McCabe wrote a pilot called “No Tomorrow” that will score a premiere on The CW this fall. And that’s just the start.

Deadlines have passed for this year’s annual Independent Pilot Competition (Ipc) and the festival’s inaugural Nytvf Scripts competition. The statistics show interest in independent television — at least as far as it crosses into the festival — is hotter than ever.

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The inaugural Nytvf Scripts competition received 995 submissions from comedy writers in the indie TV community Nytvf received a record number of Independent Pilot Competition submissions:...

The CW has put in development hourlong romantic dramedy I Do Crew from Significant Mother creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith, and Little Engine Productions. Written by Cardillo and Keith, I Do Crew focuses on the events leading up to a destination wedding from the point of view of the friends of the bride and groom. Cardillo and Keith will executive produce with Little Engine's Gina Matthews & Grant Scharbo. Warner Bros TV is the studio. Cardillo & Keith are repped…...

Following their big split at the end of last week’s episode, is there any hope left for Jimmy and Lydia in Monday’s Significant Mother season finale (The CW, 9:30/8:30c)?

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Series creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith won’t say, but they do promise that the finale will fill in a few blanks from the couple’s latest argument, in addition to revealing “whether or not it’ll all end happily.” And what’s this about Nate coming to their rescue?

“There’s a point where...

CW Seed might be less than a year old, but they have already found success in the world of the Internet. The online platform has announced 6 new series that will kick off this summer, as well as the return of a few fan favorites. Perhaps some of the biggest new series will be the Veronica Mars spin-off series Play It Again, Dick and Whose Line Is It Minis.

We will also see the return of series The P.E.T. Squad Files, CelebTV on CW, Husbands, and Very Mallory. Those series will air new episodes later on this year.

CW Seed will mark their one year anniversary in August as a new platform of shorter seasons of series that are all online. It the CW’s attempt to compete with the likes of other networks/companies starting their own online series. So far they have found success with the platform and...

The ninth annual New York Television Festival chose pilots Re: Verse and Killer Moves among its winners in this year’s Independent Pilot Competition awarding scripts in 11 categories. Also announced tonight at the awards ceremony at Manhattan’s Sva Theatre were the winners of 20 development deals from Nytvf studio and digital partners including Bet, Bio Channel, Channel 4, CW Seed, Gannett Broadcasting, History, IFC, MTV, National Geographic Channel, Sundance Channel, truTV and VH1. Scroll down for full 2013 Nytvf winners: 2013 Development Deals MSN Short-Form Storytellers Challenge Coolest Thing I’ve Ever Made by Guy Georgeson (Toronto, On, Canada) Nytvf Pitch - Bio Channel: Anre Garrett (Miami, Fl) - Gannett Broadcasting: David Guthrie and Nick Nelson (Toronto, On, Canada) - National Geographic Channel: Justin Lamb (New York, NY) - Sundance Channel: Alex J. Mann (New York, NY) Fox-nytvf Comedy Script Contest We’re Not Your Parents by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith (Los Angeles,...

David F. Morgan's "City Baby" is a modest character study of Cloey (Cora Benesh, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an aspiring...something, boldly going nowhere. With her father (Daniel Baldwin) footing the bills without question, Cloey is free to pursue her relationship with aging rockstar-wannabe Jesse (Andrew Harris) as she perpetually despairs over her life in Portland. When a blown audition call leads to a meet-cute with Michael (Richard Keith), a considerably more on-point ad exec, Cloey juggles competing feelings while attempting to come into her own as a twenty-something layabout. Yes, it's a story that's been told half to death in the last decade or so, but Morgan never lets it get too portentous and Benesh leads a strong cast while turning in a strong performance that's only somewhat undone by an tidy ending that feels out of step with the rest of the film. Despite our impression...

David F. Morgan's "City Baby" is a modest character study of one Cloey (Cora Benesh, who also co-wrote the screenplay), an aspiring...something, boldly going nowhere. With her father (Daniel Baldwin) footing the bills without question, Cloey is free to pursue her relationship with aging rock star-wannabe Jesse (Andrew Harris) as she perpetually despairs over her life in Portland. When a blown audition call leads to a meet-cute with Michael (Richard Keith), a considerably more on-point ad exec, Cloey juggles competing feelings while attempting to come into her own as a twenty-something layabout. Yes, it's a story that's been told half to death in the last decade or so, but Morgan never lets it get too portentous and Benesh leads a strong cast while turning in a strong performance that's only somewhat undone by an tidy ending that feels out of step with the rest of the film. Despite...