As longtime Criminal Minds executive producer/showrunner Erica Messer is shepherding the drama’s upcoming 15th and final season, she has extended her exclusive overall pod deal with ABC Studios, the studio behind the long-running CBS series.
Under the pact, Messer is focusing on developing and executive producing original series for network, cable and streaming. That includes two projects for ABC, developed through her banner Erica Messer Productions: Best Kept Secret, which she is writing and executive producing, and Nightingale, which she is executive producing.
Best Kept Secret centers on a mother and ex-intelligence agent who’s long hidden her past from her family. She is forced to return to work when she discovers her daughter was tapped to join the same group she left years before.
Written and executive produced by Matt Partney and Corey Evett, who also are under an overall deal at ABC Studios, Nightingale is a sprawling,...
Under the pact, Messer is focusing on developing and executive producing original series for network, cable and streaming. That includes two projects for ABC, developed through her banner Erica Messer Productions: Best Kept Secret, which she is writing and executive producing, and Nightingale, which she is executive producing.
Best Kept Secret centers on a mother and ex-intelligence agent who’s long hidden her past from her family. She is forced to return to work when she discovers her daughter was tapped to join the same group she left years before.
Written and executive produced by Matt Partney and Corey Evett, who also are under an overall deal at ABC Studios, Nightingale is a sprawling,...
- 11/7/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Erica Messer has re-upped her overall deal with ABC Studios for a further three years, Variety has learned. She will continue to develop projects for broadcast, streaming, and cable.
Messer has served as the showrunner on the ABC Studios-produced drama “Criminal Minds” at CBS for the past nine years, with that show set to wrap up its run with a 15th and final season during the 2019-2020 broadcast season.
With the extension of her deal, Messer has now set up two drama projects for development at ABC.
The first is titled “Best Kept Secret,” on which Messer will serve as writer and executive producer. It follows a mother and ex-intelligence agent, who has long hidden her past from her family. But she is forced to return to work when she discovers her daughter was tapped to join the same group she left years before. Deborah Cincotta will also serve as...
Messer has served as the showrunner on the ABC Studios-produced drama “Criminal Minds” at CBS for the past nine years, with that show set to wrap up its run with a 15th and final season during the 2019-2020 broadcast season.
With the extension of her deal, Messer has now set up two drama projects for development at ABC.
The first is titled “Best Kept Secret,” on which Messer will serve as writer and executive producer. It follows a mother and ex-intelligence agent, who has long hidden her past from her family. But she is forced to return to work when she discovers her daughter was tapped to join the same group she left years before. Deborah Cincotta will also serve as...
- 11/7/2019
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Jennifer Aspen (Sharp Objects) is set as a series regular opposite Annie Ilonzeh and Andy Karl in ABC's drama pilot Staties, from Matt Partney & Corey Evett, Maniac Productions and ABC Studios. Written by Partney and Evett and directed by Rob Bowman, Staties centers on Eliza Cortez (Ilonzeh), a hard-charging NYPD detective who's banished to the boonies after a high-profile mistake and is paired with a new partner, Oregon State Trooper Sam King (Karl), whose investigative…...
- 2/26/2018
- Deadline TV
Annie Ilonzeh (Empire) has been cast as the lead in ABC's drama pilot Staties, from Matt Partney & Corey Evett, Maniac Productions and ABC Studios. She joins previously cast male lead Andy Karl and co-star David Zayas. Written by Partney and Evett and directed by Rob Bowman, Staties centers on Eliza Cortez (Ilonzeh), a hard-charging NYPD detective who's banished to the boonies after a high-profile mistake and is paired with a new partner, Oregon State Trooper Sam King…...
- 2/21/2018
- Deadline TV
Broadway actor and Law & Order: Svu alum Andy Karl has been cast as the male lead in ABC's Staties drama pilot, from Matt Partney & Corey Evett, Maniac Productions and ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Partney and Evett, Staties centers on Eliza Cortez, a hard-charging NYPD detective who's banished to the boonies after a high-profile mistake and is paired with a new partner, Oregon State Trooper Sam King (Karl), whose investigative techniques don't exactly…...
- 2/15/2018
- Deadline TV
ABC has ordered five more drama pilots. Four hail from sister studio ABC Studios — an untitled project from former CSI: NY showrunner Pam Veasey, Robin Roberts and Regina King; legal thriller The Fix from former O.J. Simpson prosecutor Marcia Clark; police dramas Safe Harbor, from Jason Richman, and Staties, from Matt Partney & Corey Evett and Maniac Productions. The fifth, dramedy A Million Little Things, hails from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, which will be the…...
- 1/27/2018
- Deadline TV
Check out a sneak peek of Monday's brand new episode of CSI: Miami. Horatio & Dr. Loman face a swarm of paparazzi when they arrive to the crime scene. CSI: Miami airs on Monday at 10pm/9c.
You can also view promo photos that we posted for the episode.
When America's Sweetheart Bursts Into Flames During A Concert, The CSIs Expose The Dark Side Of Pop Stardom, On "CSI: Miami," Monday, Jan. 11
"Show Stopper" – When America's sweetheart, Phoebe Nichols, bursts into flames during a concert, the CSIs expose the dark side of pop stardom, on CSI: Miami, Monday, Jan. 11 (10:00-11:00 Pm, Et/Pt) on the CBS Television Network.
Series Regulars
Horatio Caine……………………….. David Caruso
Calleigh Duquesne………………….. Emily Procter
Eric Delko……………………….. Adam Rodriguez
Jesse Cardoza………………………. Eddie Cibrian
Ryan Wolfe…………………………. Jonathan Togo
Det. Frank Tripp………………………….. Rex Linn
Natalia Boa Vista……………………… Eva La Rue
Walter Simmons………………………. Omar Miller
Recurring Cast
Tom Loman…...
You can also view promo photos that we posted for the episode.
When America's Sweetheart Bursts Into Flames During A Concert, The CSIs Expose The Dark Side Of Pop Stardom, On "CSI: Miami," Monday, Jan. 11
"Show Stopper" – When America's sweetheart, Phoebe Nichols, bursts into flames during a concert, the CSIs expose the dark side of pop stardom, on CSI: Miami, Monday, Jan. 11 (10:00-11:00 Pm, Et/Pt) on the CBS Television Network.
Series Regulars
Horatio Caine……………………….. David Caruso
Calleigh Duquesne………………….. Emily Procter
Eric Delko……………………….. Adam Rodriguez
Jesse Cardoza………………………. Eddie Cibrian
Ryan Wolfe…………………………. Jonathan Togo
Det. Frank Tripp………………………….. Rex Linn
Natalia Boa Vista……………………… Eva La Rue
Walter Simmons………………………. Omar Miller
Recurring Cast
Tom Loman…...
- 1/9/2010
- by texmex327
- TVovermind.com
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