In the Works: Showtime Peddles More Drugs
"
Tim Robbins will write, exec-produce and direct
Possible Side Effects for Showtime, a drama pilot about a dysfunctional family tied to the big-bucks pharmaceutical industry, says
Variety.
" Sources tell the
New York Post's Page Six that
Star Jones, who just recently booked an
SVU gig (detailed below), has inked a deal to host her own Court TV show later this year.
UPDATE: Court TV announced Wednesday that Star will front a show about criminal justice issues that intersect with the pop culture world.
" Filmmaker
Curtis Hanson (
8 Mile,
L.A. Confidential) has inked a multiyear deal to create, develop and produce programming for CBS Paramount Network Television.
" Lifetime has ordered 13 episodes of
Side Order of Life, starring
Marisa Coughlan as a photographer who rethinks her life after a pal gets cancer, with
Jason Priestley playing her fiancé. A July premiere is slated.
" Fox News is in talks to pick up
24 creator Joel Surnow's
1/2 Hour News Hour, which recently sampled to above-average ratings.