The joint partnership between NAACP and CBS Studios has reportedly resulted in five series sold in their first year with several of those shows revealed today.
One is “Soapdish,” a Paramount+ series reboot of the all-star 1991 comedy ensemble of the same name which starred Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Elisabeth Shue, Whoopi Goldberg, Carrie Fisher, Teri Hatcher, Cathy Moriarty, Kathy Najimy and Garry Marshall.
Goldberg will reprise her film role of Rose Schwartz, head writer for the venerable soap “The Sun Also Sets,” in this new take which hails from “Jane the Virgin” creator Jennie Snyder Urman and is co-written with Asha Michelle Wilson.
CBS Studios and Paramount TV Studios are backing the project which is expected to be a bit more of a dramedy than the outright soap opera-lampooning farce of the original, but still plans to be “juicy, soapy, and twisty”.
There’s also an untitled series starring D.L. Hughley which has been set up at FOX with a script commitment plus penalty. Co-created by Hughly and “The Last O.G.” showrunner Owen Smith, Hughley plays an unapologetic and opinionated radio host under siege at home as he navigates life with an LGBTQ+ daughter, a son on the autism spectrum, and another daughter who spends like wildfire.
Then there’s an untitled series set up at CBS starring and co-created by comedian Earthquake. Robb Chavis (“black-ish”) pens the series which centers on single dad-and-dating comedian Quake who goes from good time dad to full time dad when his two kids move in with him.
Then there’s the Paramount+ series “Construction,” penned by “The Good Fight” and “Evil” co-executive producer Davita Scarlett, which follows a fifth-generation Black, NYC female construction magnate in the hard-knuckled male-dominated trillion dollar industry.
Finally there’s “Little Rock Nine,” an eight-part limited series in very early development at Apple TV+ which takes a deep dive into the 1957 school year when nine black students were registered to attend the previously all-white Little Rock Central High. Things got so heated President Eisenhower had to intervene to provide military escort to the teens.
Source: Deadline
