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[05/14/19 - 11:30 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, May 14
Updates include: Marcia Gay Harden cast in Nat Geo's "Barkskins"; Sela Ward bows out of CBS's "FBI"; and ABC confirms fates of its remaining pilots.

[02/22/19 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Friday, February 22
Updates include: Jussie Smollett dropped from "Empire" for remainder of season; production on hold for new season of "Wynonna Earp"; and Malik Yoba to return for ABC's "New York Undercover" revival.

[02/20/19 - 11:21 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, February 20
Updates include: Tyler Posey, Kiele Sanchez tapped for The CW's "The Lost Boys"; Zach Woods reports to HBO's "Avenue 5"; and Rainn Wilson, Dan Byrd score roles on Amazon's "Utopia."

[01/31/19 - 11:53 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, January 31
Updates include: CBS orders four pilots, including comedy "To Whom It May Concern"; ABC gives "New York Undercover" revival, two others pilot orders; and Showtime pushes final season of "Homeland" to the fall.

[01/29/19 - 11:28 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, January 29
Updates include: CBS orders backdoor pilot for "FBI" spin-off; Sasha Lane first to be cast in Amazon's "Utopia" import; and ABC orders Hannah Simone-led comedy, dramas "Stumptown," "Triangle" to pilot.

[01/23/19 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 23
Updates include: The CW orders four pilots, including "Riverdale," "Jane the Virgin" spin-offs; Kate Winslet to star in HBO's "Mare of Easttown"; and JoAnna Garcia Swisher cast in ABC's "Happy Accident."

[01/15/19 - 11:30 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, January 15
Updates include: Syfy cancels its anthology series "Channel Zero"; Matt Walsh to lead ABC's "Happy Accident"; and Li Jun Li cast in Netflix's "Wu Assassins."

[01/09/19 - 11:48 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 9
Updates include: Hulu cancels Sarah Silverman's "I Love You, America"; CBS gives pilot order to "Evil"; and Travis Fimmel is the first to be cast in TNT's "Raised by Wolves."

[11/26/18 - 11:51 PM]
Development Update: Monday, November 26
Updates include: Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey among those cast in Amazon's "Modern Love"; George Eads to exit "MacGyver" at CBS; and Vanessa Bayer tapped for arc on ABC's "Single Parents."







HAPPY ACCIDENT (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
11/26/18 - 5/14/19
STATUS:
previously in development (2019-2020 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
network passed on 5/14/19
DESCRIPTION:
(from TCFTV's press release, March 2019) Two Pittsburgh families – a father (Walsh) with three adult daughters, and a hotel lounge singer with her med student son – are forced together after a decades-old secret is revealed.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Elliot Knight as Kenan
· Jessie Pinnick as Samantha "Sammy" Bennett
· JoAnna Garcia Swisher as Eleanor Bennett
· Kether Donohue as Danielle Bennett
· Matt Walsh as Bud Bennett
· Robert Timonthy Smith as Miles
· Vanessa Williams as Sherri Foxx
CREW INFORMATION:
· Abraham Higginbotham as CRTR/EP
· Jeff Morton as EP
· Jon Pollack as CRTR/EP
· Kat Coiro as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· 20th Century Fox Television
· ABC Studios