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MONDAY, MAY 15

10:30 AM: NBCUniversal Upfront Presentation Radio City Music Hall, 1260 Avenue of the Americas

4 PM: Fox Upfront Presentation The Beacon Theatre, 2124 Broadway

 TUESDAY, MAY 16

9:15 AM: ESPN Upfront Minskoff Theatre, 200 W. 45th Street

11 AM: Univision Upfront Presentation The Lyric Theatre, 213 W 42nd St

4 PM: ABC Upfront Presentation  David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center, 132 West 65th Street

WEDNESDAY, MAY 17

10:15 AM: Turner Upfront Presentation The Theater at Madison Square Garden

4 PM: CBS Upfront Presentation Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Ave. (57th Street and 7th Ave)

THURSDAY, MAY 18

11 AM: The CW Upfront New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street

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As we approach Upfronts, news will be coming out quickly. For the next week, I (your mod) will be away from home. While I have access to the Internet and my  computer, it's highly likely that I will not be able to update throughout the day, but at the end of each day. So, if you want more immediate information, I'd like to share with you all the resources of Deadline. The link above will take you to news not just about new series, but renewals and cancellations as well. Please enjoy, and may the odds be in all our favorites' favor.

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Ordered To Series

ABC 

Alex, Inc. (May 11, 2017­)

The Crossing (May 11, 2017)

Deception (May 12, 2017)

For the People (May 11, 2017)

Inhumans (Nov 14, 2016)

The Good Doctor (May 11, 2017)

The Gospel of Kevin (May 11, 2017)

The Mayor (May 11, 2017)

Splitting Up Together (May 12, 2017)

  CBS

9JKL (May 12, 2017)

By the Book (May 12, 2017)

Instinct (May 12, 2017)

Me, Myself, & I (May 12, 2017)

Seal Team (May 12, 2017)

S.W.A.T. (May 12, 2017)

Wisdom of the Crowd (May 12, 2017)

Young Sheldon (Mar 13, 2017)

 CW

Black Lightning (May 10, 2017)

Dynasty (May 10, 2017)

Life Sentence (May 10, 2017)

Valor (May 10, 2017)

 FOX 

Gifted (May 9, 2017)

Ghosted (May 10, 2017)

LA To Vegas (May 10, 2017)

The Resident (May 10, 2017)

 NBC

A.P. Bio (May 8, 2017)

The Brave (May 4, 2017)

Champions (May 13, 2017)

Good Girls (May 11, 2017)

Reverie (May 12, 2017)

Rise (May 4, 2017)

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I've shared links on many of the dramas to a site with script previews. The site approaches comedies somewhat differently, so here are their rankings (thus far) for the network comedies:

ABC

CBS

FOX

NBC

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ABC Masterlist

S- will go to series, P- pilot only

Comedies

S- Alex, Inc. Based on the podcast, Alex Schuman is an inquisitive journalist, husband and father who dives headfirst into the brave new world of entrepreneurship when he quits his stable job and starts his own business.

P- Charlie Foxtrot A cautious, lovable dentist stationed at Fort Bragg promises to look after his brother’s impulsive fiancée and her two misfit teens while the brother is deployed in Iraq.

(being retooled) Household Name A family gets a chance to buy the house of their dreams but they must live with the current owner — an eccentric, larger-than-life actress — until she dies.

P- Jalen vs. Everybody Former NBA star and current TV personality Jalen Rose juggles his career responsibilities with the challenges of being a single dad.

P- Libby and Malcolm  Two polar opposite political pundits fall in love despite all odds and form an insta-family as well as a work partnership.

(being shopped to Freeform) Liberal Arts Zoey Johnson (Black-ish) heads to college.

P- Losing It Three misfit adult siblings and their parents are all losing it in different ways and family is the only way they’re going to find it.(

being shopped to cable networks) Raised by Wolves One tough mother struggles to support her five opinionated, eccentric kids on a shoestring budget in a Midwestern town. Based on the UK series.

S- The Mayor When an outspoken, idealistic rapper runs for office as a publicity stunt and actually gets elected, he surprises everyone when he has a natural knack for the job and slowly transforms City Hall.

P- Schooled Set in the 1990s, it follows two high school teachers who become unlikely father figures to the kids at their Philadelphia school, William Penn Academy, the same school Adam of The Goldbergs graduated from.

S- Splitting Up Together A couple’s marriage is reignited by their divorce. They still live in the same house, alternating weeks, with one living upstairs and doing the parenting while the other lives downstairs in the guest apartment. Based on the 2016 Danish series.

P- The Trustee A driven but stubborn detective finds unlikely help from her precinct’s trustee, a larger-than-life ex-con finishing out her prison sentence doing menial tasks for the police department.

P- Untitled Single Dad Project An intellectual but emotionally challenged single dad moves to Queens with his two young daughters and forms an unlikely family with the other residents in their apartment building.

Dramas

S- The Crossing Refugees from a war-torn country start showing up to seek asylum in an American town. Only the country these people are from is America and the war they are fleeing is 250 years in the future.

S- Deception When his career is ruined by scandal, superstar magician Cameron Black has only one place to turn to practice his art of deception, illusion and influence: the FBI.

P- Doomsday When a catastrophe occurs that’s ripped from the pages of a post 9/11 doomsday book, the team that dreamed it up is brought back years later to prevent the disasters of their own making.

S- For the People In the Southern District of New York Federal Court, aka “The Mother Court,” six brand-new lawyers work on opposite sides as they handle the most high-profile and high-stakes cases in the country, all as their personal lives intersect.

S- The Good Doctor A young surgeon with Savant syndrome is recruited into the pediatric surgical unit of a prestigious hospital.

S- The Gospel of Kevin Kevin is a down-on-his-luck man who is tasked by God with a mission to save the world.

S- Marvel’s Inhumans The Inhumans are a race of superhumans with diverse and singularly unique powers, and the TV series will explore the never-before-told epic adventure of Black Bolt and the royal family.

P- Las Reinas Detective Sonya De La Reina is forced to confront her past when a case compels her to reconnect with her estranged family – the most powerful criminal outfit in Miami.

(being shopped elsewhere) Red Blooded The sheriff of colorful small town Oxblood, KY, finds her red-state outlook challenged when a young FBI agent of Middle Eastern descent is sent to help her solve a horrific crime.

P- Salamander A brilliant but misanthropic engineer recruits a skeptical Homeland Security agent to help him track a mysterious bank robber. Based on the 2012 Belgian series.

S- Somewhere Between  Superstar news producer and fiercely loving mom Laura Price isn’t crazy: She knows her daughter Serena is going to be murdered. She doesn’t know who the murderer is or why she’ll be killed, but she knows exactly when it will happen, where and how.

P- Unit Zero A brilliant but unassuming CIA engineer and single mom leads a team of desk jockeys into the field as secret agents. Overlooked in the workplace, their invisibility makes them perfect for the CIA’s most covert missions.

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CBS Masterlist

S- will go to series, P- pilot only (none means undetermined so far)

Comedies 

S- 9JKL A man lives in apartment 9K in the building he grew up in, sandwiched between his parents’ apartment, 9J, and his brother, sister-in-law and their baby’s apartment, 9L. He attempts to set boundaries with his intrusive but well-meaning family.

P- Brothered Up An emotionally guarded African-American cop gets partnered with an emotionally available Pakistani cop and they are forced to find a way to connect as they patrol a Detroit neighborhood.

S- By the Book A modern-day man at a crossroads in his life decides to live according to the Bible. Based on A.J. Jacobs’ bestseller The Year of Living Biblically.

P- Distefano Izzy and Chris are twentysomethings raising their newborn daughter and merging their meddling families – one Colombian, one Italian. Inspired by the comedy of Chris Distefano.

Hannah Royce’s Questionable Choices A woman has made some interesting choices throughout her life – namely, having three kids with three different men – but all have led her to having a very unique, loving, blended family.

S- Me, Myself, and I Examines one man’s life over a 50-year span, focusing on three distinct periods: as a 14-year-old in 1991, a 40-year-old in present day and a 65-year-old in 2042.

P- Real Time Chronicles the relationship of two twentysomethings, Nora and Drew, who go from being co-workers on opposite coasts to working in the same office.

S-Young Sheldon The Big Bang Theory prequel follows Sheldon Cooper at age 9, living with his family in Galveston, Texas and going to high school.

Dramas

P- The Get A team of tireless Internet journalists pursue and expose stories of injustice using their unconventional investigative techniques in today’s anything-goes world of reporting.

Higher Ground Members of an elite team of investigators for the Northeast Regional U.S. Hate Crimes Unit solve myriad crimes against humanity as they confront their own biases.

S- Instinct A former CIA operative who has since built a “normal” life as a gifted professor and writer is pulled back into his old life when the NYPD needs his help to stop a serial killer on the loose. Based on James Patterson’s upcoming book.

(pushed to next season) El Jefe Revolves around the multi-generational members of a Mexican-American family with deep roots in San Diego intertwine personally and professionally due to their powerful careers in law enforcement.

Mission Control The next generation of NASA astronauts and scientists juggle both their personal and professional lives during a critical mission with no margin for error.

P- Perfect Citizen After his involvement as a whistleblower in an international scandal, the former General Counsel for the NSA embarks on a new career at a storied law firm in Boston, facing the reality that while half the country thinks he’s our greatest patriot, the other half thinks he’s a traitor.

S- Seal Team Follows the lives of the elite Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high-stakes missions our country can ask.

S- S.W.A.T. A locally born and bred SWAT lieutenant is torn between loyalty to the streets and duty to his fellow officers when he’s tasked to run a highly trained unit that is the last stop for solving crimes in Los Angeles. Inspired by the 2003 Sony movie that was based on the 1970s TV series.

S- Wisdom of the Crowd Inspired by the notion that a million minds are better than one, it centers on a tech innovator who creates a cutting-edge crowd-sourcing hub to solve his own daughter’s murder, as well as revolutionizing crime solving in San Francisco. Based on the Israeli format.

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CW Masterlist

S- will go to series, P- pilot only (none means undetermined so far)

S- Black Lightning Jefferson Pierce made his choice: He hung up the suit and his secret identity years ago, but with a daughter hellbent 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.

S- Dynasty A modernized reboot of the 1980s primetime soap that follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children.

Insatiable A disgraced, dissatisfied civil lawyer-turned-beauty pageant coach takes on a vengeful, bullied teenager as his client and has no idea what he’s about to unleash upon the world.

S- Life Sentence When a young woman diagnosed with terminal cancer 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.”

P- Searchers Ten years after the death of their parents, a pragmatic brother and free-spirited sister are forced to team up when they learn that their mother’s terrifying and bizarre stories might be a road map to discovering the great legends, myths and unexplainable mysteries of the world.

S- Valor The boundaries between military discipline and human desire are tested on a U.S. Army base that houses an elite unit of helicopter pilots trained to perform clandestine international and domestic missions.

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FOX Masterlist

S- will go to series, P- pilot only (none means undetermined so far)

Comedies

P- Amy’s Brother An unconventional family is formed when a successful type-A man and his estranged sister, plus her two children, find themselves not only back in one another’s lives but also living under one roof.

S- Ghosted A cynical skeptic and a genius “true believer” in the paranormal are recruited by the Bureau Underground to look into the rampant “unexplained” activity in Los Angeles.

S- LA To Vegas An ensemble workplace comedy set on the Friday night flight from LAX to Vegas and the returning flight on Sunday, it follows a group of underdogs trying to find their place in the world who all share the same goal: to come back a winner in the casino of life.

Linda from HR All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from HR’s monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could unravel everything.

Thin Ice A woman reclaims her dreams when she finds herself at the end of the earth – in Antarctica – surrounded by a group of brilliant misfits.

Type-A An office comedy about a group of consultants hand-picked to do the dirty work most professionals can’t handle: layoffs, downsizing, generally delivering horrible news. To everyone else, they’re the enemy – to one another, they’re family.

 Dramas

(currently pushed) The Beast A life-and-death procedural that each week will follow three challenging medical cases. In the end, two of the patients will live, one will die. The series will center on their doctor — with a clinical fear of death — who never stops fighting the odds.

Behind Enemy Lines  Described as a “distinctly patriotic series,” the military soap thriller follows a group of U.S. soldiers trapped behind enemy lines. It is a multi-perspective narrative.

Controversy The Junior Counsel of a prestigious Illinois university must deal with an out-of-control scandal when a young co-ed accuses several star football players of sexual assault.

S- Gifted Two ordinary parents discover that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family joins up with an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive.

(currently pushed) The Passage What begins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller morphs into a post-apocalyptic saga with vampires. The series spans over a century and focuses on a young girl named Amy who must save the human race. Based on Justin Cronin’s fantasy book trilogy.

S- The Resident An idealistic young doctor begins his first day under the supervision of a tough, brilliant senior resident who pulls the curtain back on all of the good and evil in modern-day medicine. Lives might be saved or lost, but expectations will always be shattered.

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NBC Masterlist

S- will go to series, P- pilot only (none means undetermined so far)

Comedies

S- A.P. Bio A hilariously cynical Ivy League professor loses out on his dream job and goes to work as a high school biology teacher where he imposes his unorthodox teaching style and uses the kids to plot out revenge on those who wronged him.

S- Champions Vince, a charismatic gym owner with no ambition, lives with his younger brother, a gorgeous idiot. Their simple life of women and working out is put on hold when Vince’s teenage son is dropped off on their doorstep.

P- Relatively Happy An adult brother and sister wind up living together for the first time since they were kids after one of them suffers a big loss.

The Sackett Sisters Two estranged sisters perform a Sully Sullenberger-esque act of public heroism, then are forced to navigate their newfound notoriety together.

P- Spaced Out Follows a working-class genius and his struggles to fit in with an established team, all made more difficult when their job is building a rocket to Mars.

P- What About Barb? A psychotherapist tries to cut ties with her most overbearing patient but is unsuccessful and gains an annoying family member in the process. Female-led reboot of 1991 movie.

P- Where I'm From The only girl in the only mixed-race family in the suburbs of Philadelphia grows up dealing with real-world issues like race and gender while never losing focus of her life goal: to become a Laker Girl like her idol, Paula Abdul.

 Dramas

S- The Brave A heart-pounding look into the complex world of our bravest military heroes who make personal sacrifices while executing the most challenging and dangerous missions behind enemy lines.

S- Good Girls Three “good girl” suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.

P- Redliners A pair of former operatives get reactivated and drawn into a larger conspiracy while attempting to maintain their undercover lives.

S- Reverie A former detective specializing in human behavior is brought in when the launch of an advanced virtual reality program has dangerous and unintended consequences.

S- Rise An extraordinary working-class high school drama department and its incredible students come alive under a passionate teacher and family man whose dedication to the program galvanizes the entire town. Inspired by Lou Volpe as chronicled in the book Drama High.

P- Shelter Real-time “extreme event” medical series follows the nurses and doctors of an understaffed Brooklyn hospital that becomes the borough’s last viable trauma center after a catastrophic hurricane wreaks havoc on the city.

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LIBERAL ARTS STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Kenya Barris, Larry Wilmore

 ABC is considering a spinoff, to be introduced as a backdoor pilot episode this spring, for Black-ish co-star Yara Shahidi. The spinoff would focus on her character Zoey Johnson in college. Zoey — Dre and Rainbow’s popular, entitled, stylish and socially active 17-year-old daughter — is currently college-bound on the mother show. This season, to bolster her applications, her dad got her an internship at Teen Vogue.

A backdoor pilot will air late in this season on Black-ish, with guest stars:

Chris Parnell (SNL) as a college administrator

Matt Walsh (Veep) as a college administrator

Trevor Jackson (American Crime) as a freshman at the college

If this goes to series, Walsh has a guest-star/recurring option and Parnell and Jackson have series regular options.

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CHARLIE FOXTROT STUDIO: ABC Studios/Kapital Entertainment TEAM: Sam Sklaver, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Todd Holland

LOGLINE: Captain Charlie Taylor is a cautious, lovable dentist stationed at Fort Bragg who promises to look after his brother’s impulsive fiancée and her two misfit teens while the brother is deployed in Iraq.

 Cast (thus far)

Jason Biggs (American Pie) will play Captain Charlie Taylor, a cautious, lovable dentist stationed at Fort Bragg who is a bit of a pushover. He promises to look after his brother’s fiancée and her children while his brother is deployed in Iraq.

Ana Ortiz (Devious Maids) will play Angelina Torres, a well-meaning, fierce single mother-lion who believes in putting her kids first, even if that means crossing a few lines. After her fiancé, Joe, dies, it looks as though she and her two children will have to move until Joe’s brother steps in.

Swoosie Kurtz (Mike & Molly) will have a regular role, but no information has been released on her character thus far.

Robert Baker (Texas Rising) will play Officer O’Brien, Taylor’s nemesis who works on the base.

 Further details: this will be a single-camera comedy

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HOUSEHOLD NAME STUDIO: Universal TV/Paper Kite TEAM: Michael Saltzman, Amy Peohler, Brooke Posch, Dave Becky, Michael Pelmont

LOGLINE: A family gets a chance to buy the house of their dreams but under extremely abnormal circumstances: They must live with the current owner — an eccentric, larger-than-life actress — until she dies.

 Cast (thus far)

Carol Burnett (The Carol Burnett Show) will play Vivian Valmont, the house’s current owner and an eccentric, larger-than-life actress.

Mary Holland (Blunt Talk) will play Wendy. She is a bit neurotic and a helicopter parent who is hesitant to move in with Vivian. They do not see eye to eye about a lot of things, but she concedes because the deal is too good to pass up.

Matt Oberg (The Real O’Neals) will play Tim, a teacher who views life as a never-ending education. He’s a people pleaser, who always tries to do the right thing and make everybody happy, only to find that he can’t.

Timothy Omundson (Galavant) will play Edward Von Glimpse, Vivian’s longtime, gay best friend. Edward’s her confidant, hype man, and apologist — sometimes all within the span of a single sentence. He’s droll with a dry wit and seen-it-all attitude, a throwback to a more civilized, elegant time.

 Further details: this will be a multi-camera pilot

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JALEN VS. EVERYBODY STUDIO: ABC Studios/20th Century Fox Television/Fierce Baby TEAM: Nahnatchka Khan, Jake Kasdan, Melvin Mar, Mandy Summers, Chris Koch

 LOGLINE: Follows former NBA star and current TV personality Jalen Rose as he juggles his career responsibilities with the challenges of being a single dad.

 Cast (thus far)

Jalen Rose will play a fictionalized version of himself. Former NBA player and current ESPN personality Rose must juggle his career responsibilities with the challenges of being a single dad.

Anna Maria Horsford (The Bold and the Beautiful) will play Jalen’s mother, Moms.

Marla Gibbs (227) portrays his grandmother, Grammie. Smart and meddlesome, Moms and Grammie keep close tabs on Jalen’s life and weigh in regularly, critiquing his ESPN shows and his personal life.

Kelly Jenrette (Grandfathered) will play Denise, Jalen’s ex, and the mother of their two girls, Samantha and Natalie, who live with her mostly, though they visit their dad regularly. Denise has her own jewelry business and is also starting to date again.

Laysla de Oliveira (Gothica) is Angela, Jalen’s girlfriend, who works for a fashion magazine. Angela’s a big part of Jalen’s life, and has a good relationship with his young daughters, and even his ex.

Jessica McKenna (Party Over Here) plays Becky, Jalen’s assistant at ESPN. Becky has a good relationship with Jalen that spans the professional to the personal: she keeps him up to speed on his ESPN duties but also reminds him of his daughter’s soccer games.

Rich Sommer (Mad Men) portrays Jacoby. A little neurotic, smart, and quick-­witted, he co-­hosts a successful ESPN show about sports and pop culture with Jalen.

 Further details: this will be a single-camera comedy

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LIBBY AND MALCOLM STUDIO: ABC Studios TEAM: Kenya Barris, Vijal Patel, Felicity Huffman, Courtney B. Vance, E. Brian Dobbins

 LOGLINE: Two polar opposite political pundits fall in love despite all odds and form an insta-family as well as a work partnership.

 Cast (thus far)

Courtney B. Vance (People v. O.J. Simpson) will play Malcolm Black, a smooth, confident Liberal pundit and father of three kids who arms himself with cold hard facts and an irresistible easy charm that wins over everyone he meets.

Felicity Huffman (American Crime) will play Libby — a strong, brilliant, White Republican who won his heart by knocking him off his feet. Now they’ll forge a new life together at home against all odds while going head-to-head at work on their fiery new political talk show.

Caitlin McGee (Shades of Blue) will play Zev, a brazen producer on Libby and Malcolm’s show.

Monique Green (Fresh off the Boat) will play Malcolm’s teen daughter Naya.

Sayeed Shahidi (Uncle Buck) will play 11-year-old Cassius, Malcolm’s son and a future politician for sure.

Jahi Winston (Feed the Beast) plays MJ, Malcolm’s youngest child.

 Further details: this review sings its praises and speculates that it is already deserving of Emmy’s

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LOSING IT STUDIO: ABC Studios/Kapital Entertainment TEAM: DJ Nash, Aaron Kaplan, Dana Honor, Julie Anne Robinson

LOGLINE: Three misfit adult siblings and their parents who — between divorce, new parenthood, early-onset dementia and let’s just say life — are all losing it in different ways. And family is the only way they’re going to find it.

 Cast (thus far)

Jon Cryer (Two and a Half Men) will play one of the adult siblings, Andy, a successful acupuncturist who turned to Eastern philosophy as a way to cope with his crazy family. While he’s close with his mother, his relationship with his father is complicated, especially since Andy finds himself having to take care of the dad who never really took care of him. A bit of a control freak, Andy believes he can fix anything – except for maybe his marriage that has been in trouble ever since he caught his wife with another man.

Natalie Morales (The Grinder) will play one of the siblings, Charlie, the adopted sister who is a baker.

Sam Huntington (Being Human) will play Owen, the handsome, charming and single younger brother, a successful birthday party magician without a care in the world.

 Further details: this will be a single-camera comedy

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RAISED BY WOLVES STUDIO: Warner Bros TV/Berlanti Productions/Big Talk Productions TEAM: Diablo Cody, Greg Berlani, Sarah Schechter, Caitlin Moran, Caroline Moran, Kenton Allen, Matthew Justice, Caroline Leddy

LOGLINE: Sheila Gable is one tough mother struggling to support her five opinionated, eccentric kids on a shoestring budget in a Midwestern town. Based on the UK series.

 Cast (thus far)

Georgia King (Vice Principals) will play Sheila Gable, one tough mother struggling to support her five opinionated, eccentric kids on a shoestring budget in a Midwestern town.

Craig T. Nelson (Parenthood) will play Paul “Grampy” Kosinski, Sheila’s father. A cheerfully entitled baby boomer with limited resources, he often takes advantage of her but also provides an odd comfort to the family.

Talia Jackson (A Green Story) will play Dusty Gabel.

Izabella Alvarez (Westworld), will play Dolly Gabel.

Lulu Wilson (Ouija) will play Yoko Gable, a gentle, wide-eyed 11-year-old who wants to save the world.

Cooper Friedman (Colony) will play six years old “Banksy,” the only son in the large family who carries the weight of his family’s financial stress and the complexities of the world.

Ella and Mia Allan (Jane the Virgin) will play Beebe.

 Further details: this will be a single-camera comedy

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SPLITTING UP TOGETHER- picked up to series STUDIO: Warner Bros TV/Piece of Pie Productions/A Very Good Productions TEAM: Emily Kapnek, Ellen DeGeneres, Jeff Kleeman, Mette Heeno, Mie Andreasen, Hella Joof, Mie Andreasen, Dean Holland

LOGLINE: The story of a couple whose marriage is reignited by their divorce. They still live in the same house, alternating weeks, with one living upstairs and doing the parenting while the other lives downstairs in the guest apartment. Based on the 2016 Danish series.

 Cast (thus far)

Oliver Hudson (Nashville) will play Martin, who adjusts to his suddenly divorced life with hopeful optimism, but as a newly single parent, he can’t help but wonder — during unfamiliar moments of freedom — what went wrong in his marriage.

Jenna Fischer (The Office) will play always-prepared Lena, who is struggling to navigate a new life after her divorce from ex-husband Martin, whose laid-back approach to raising their three children appalls her.

Diane Farr (Numb3rs) will play Maya, the wry single sister of Lena who pushes her to embrace her new singlehood in a plainspoken way that only a loving, older sister can.

 Further details: this will be a single-camera comedy

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