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Barry Sonnenfeld will be the keynote speaker for opening night of the St. Louis Jewish Book Festival on Sunday, November 1. Sonnenfeld will speak about his new book Call Your Mother: Memoirs of a Neurotic Filmmaker. Now in its 42nd year, the Festival is nationally recognized for both its excellence and its size – it is one of the largest in the country. People from all backgrounds and faiths come to Festival events to hear premier speakers on topics such as history, music, politics, cooking, family, religion, sports, and more. This year, the Festival expects to attract even more people through its accessible online format. The Jewish Book Festival, which runs November 1-8, is a program of the Jewish Community Center.

Festival-goers can take advantage of the Premier Pass, which grants access to...

After the success of NBC's This Is Us, the peacock seems to hoping that the new Council of Dads series will also be a hit in the ratings. Does this family drama have what it takes to survive? Will Council of Dads be cancelled or renewed for season two? Stay tuned. Status update below.

Based on the book by Bruce Feiler, the Council of Dads TV show stars Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, J. August Richards, Blue Chapman, Emjay Anthony, Michele Weaver, Thalia Tran, Steven Silver, Michael O’Neill, and Tom Everett Scott. A loving father of five, Scott Perry (Scott) has his entire life's plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare. He and his wife, Robin (Callies), call on a few of their most trusted friends to step in as back-up dads to help guide and support his growing family – just in case he can't...

Network: NBC

Episodes: 10 (hour)

Seasons: One

TV show dates: March 24, 2020 -- July 2, 2020

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, J. August Richards, Blue Chapman, Emjay Anthony, Michele Weaver, Thalia Tran, Steven Silver, Michael O’Neill, and Tom Everett Scott.

TV show description:

Based on the book by Bruce Feiler, the Council of Dads TV show follows the Perry clan and their extended surrogate family.

Scott Perry (Scott) is a loving father of five who has his entire life's plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare. After being diagnosed with cancer, he and his wife call on a few of their most trusted friends to step in as back-up dads to help guide and support his growing...

NBC has canceled the family drama “Council of Dads” after one season.

Series star J. August Richards broke the news in an Instagram post on Thursday. “I want to thank @joanrater and @tvphelan for the willingness to give voice and representation to #gayfamilies, #blacklgbt, #qpoc and the worldwide #lgbtq community by telling the story of Oliver, Peter and Tess Post-Richards,” he wrote in the post, also thanking the show’s fans for watching.

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So that’s a series wrap on @nbccouncilofdads (aka the show has been cancelled)… I want to thank @joanrater and @tvphelan for the willingness to give voice and representation to #gayfamilies, #blacklgbt, #qpoc and the worldwide #lgbtq community by telling the story of Oliver, Peter and Tess Post-Richards… I also want to thank You! Yes, You! I took a big risk and you let me know you have my back… And, in truth,...

The “Council of Dads” will not be re-convening for a second season.

A source has confirmed to Variety that NBC has canceled the one-hour drama. News of the cancelation comes as the series is about to air its ninth episode.

“Council of Dads” tells the story of an extended family which forms when Scott, a loving father of four, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by a cancer diagnosis [and] calls on a few of his closest allies to step in as back-up dads for every stage of his growing family’s life.

The trusted group of role models Scott has assembled to help his family include his oldest friend Anthony (Clive Standen), his AA sponsor Larry (Michael O’Neill) and his surgeon and wife’s (Sarah Wayne Callies) best friend Oliver (J. August Richards). The three men agree to devote themselves to supporting and guiding Scott’s family...

NBC convened its Council of Dads this Tuesday night, with a sneak preview airing more than a month ahead of its Thursdays-at-8/7c premiere. Will you (remember to) follow the family drama to its regular home?

Inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book of the same name, Council of Dads‘ verrrrry table-setty pilot opens up in the summer, where we meet Scott and Robin Perry (played by Tom Everett Scott and Prison Break‘s Sarah Wayne Callies) and their already sizable Georgia family: Luly (Love Is___‘ Michele Weaver), Scott’s daughter by another woman, who is waiting to hear about a...

When NBC closes a weepy family melodrama door, it opens a weepy family melodrama window. Tonight the Peacock Network uses the fourth season finale of its hit series This Is Us to launch a new series that also aims to “tell the story of a family.” Council Of Dads is loosely based on Bruce Feiler’s 2010 memoir The…...

When at Scad aTVfest in February, we had a chance to chat with the cast and showrunners of Council of Dads.

The new NBC series is previewing tonight at 10/9c just after the This Is Us Season 4 finale.

The show was created by married couple and former Grey's Anatomy showrunners Tony Phelan and Joan Rater.

The premise of Council of Dads is that, when death is a possibility, a man (Tom Everett Scott) reaches out to his friends in the hopes that they can help his family through his loss.

Here is the official synopsis from NBC:

Family takes on a different meaning in this transformative and inspirational new drama when Scott Perry, a loving father of five, has his entire life's plan thrown into upheaval by an unexpected health scare.

He calls on a few of his most trusted friends to step in as back-up dads to help guide...

When Bruce Feiler was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in his early forties, the author and television personality concocted a creative plan to ensure that his young twin daughters would grow up with all the love and wisdom he wanted to share with them, care of a “council of dads” who would step in should he pass away. Feiler then assembled a six-man council to do just that, tapped to pick up the slack after Feiler’s passing and guide his kiddos through a tough time with love and care. Feiler never had to activate his so-called council, though he did write a bestselling book about the scheme, and it eventually spawned Joan Rater and Tony Phelan’s gentle if scattershot NBC drama “Council of Dads.”

Like NBC’s other tearjerking family drama “This Is Us” — there’s certainly no coincidence that the pilot of “Council of Dads...

NBC has delayed the launch of its new drama series Council of Dads. Originally scheduled to premiere on March 10, Council of Dads now will debut on Tuesday, March 24 at 10 Pm Et/Pt, immediately following the season finale of This Is Us.

The scheduled shift was revealed in a New Amsterdam promo that aired last night on NBC. The hit medical drama series will now air March 10 and 17 in its 10 Pm time slot

NBC has made a big investment in sophomore New Amsterdam, which was recently given a massive three-season renewal. The scheduling tweak will give the Ryan Eggold-starring series two more airings in the coveted post-This Is Us slot where it has excelled, logging its best Live+ Same Day numbers since the fall last night.

Under the new arrangement, the Council Of Dads premiere still will benefit from the and buzz generated by the This Is Us Season 4 finale,...

NBC has shifted back the series premiere of its new drama “Council of Dads” by two weeks so that it will now air immediately after the Season 4 finale of “This Is Us.”

The freshman show will also be changing weeknights when it returns, as it was originally scheduled to settled into the Dan Fogelman-created drama’s 9 p.m. Tuesday slot once that series ended its current run. Now it’s going to Thursdays, with “Ellen’s Game of Games” taking over the time period from “This Is Us.”

“Council of Dads,” which was set to debut at 10/9c on Tuesday, March 10, will now premiere in that same hour on Tuesday, March 24, just after the final episode of the fourth season of “This Is Us.”

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That means “New Amsterdam,” which usually occupies that 10 p.m. hour on Tuesdays,...

Sarah Wayne Callies has starred in her share of successful shows, and with the upcoming Council of Dads she is venturing into the family drama genre. Inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book, Council of Dads centers on a Scott (Tom Everett Scott) and Robin Perry (Callies), a couple who open up their family [...]

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NBC’s new drama Council of Dads has settled on a March launch date. The series will premiere on Tuesday, March 10 at 10 p.m, it was revealed Saturday before the network’s TCA panel. The timeslot sets up the series to air after similarly emotional drama This Is Us.

Council of Dads will remain in that time slot for its first 3 episodes, then move to the Tuesday 9 p.m. slot on March 31.

The new drama, inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book of the same title, deals with the fallout of a father’s death and how that father’s closest friends step in to act as a sort of dad collective for his five children, one of whom is transgender.

In Feiler’s autobiographical book, the father lives but assembles the “council” after a cancer diagnosis. In the series (spoiler alert) Dad, portrayed by Tom Everett Scott, dies at end...

One Tree Hill alumna Hilarie Burton is set for a multi-episode arc on NBC’s new midseason drama series Council of Dads, from Doubt creators Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Universal TV. It’s slated to premiere in March.

Inspired by Bruce Feiler’s best-selling memoir The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness and the Men Who Could Be Me, the series tells the story of Scott and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges. Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Tom Everett Scott and J. August Richards star.

Burton will play Margot, a funny, intelligent foodie who is an executive manager at the Gladwell Restaurant...

NBC’s 2019-2020 primetime schedule is heavy on stability with four new dramas and four comedies set to join the Peacock’s lineup.

Here’s the schedule and descriptions of the new scripted series:

NBC Fall 2019-20 Schedule

(New programs in Upper Case; all times Et)

Monday

8-10 P.M. — The Voice

10-11 P.M. — Bluff City Law

Tuesday

8-9 P.M. — The Voice

9-10 P.M. — This Is Us

10-11 P.M. — New Amsterdam

Wednesday

8-9 P.M. — Chicago Med

9-10 P.M. — Chicago Fire

10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D.

Thursday

8-8:30 P.M. — Superstore

8:30-9 P.M. — Perfect Harmony

9-9:30 P.M. — The Good Place

9:30-10 P.M. — Sunnyside

10-11 P.M. — Law & Order: Svu

Friday

8-9 P.M. – The Blacklist

9-11 P.M — Dateline NBC

Saturday

8-10 P.M. — Dateline Saturday Night Mystery

10-11 P.M. – Saturday Night Live (encores)

Sunday

7-8:20 P.

Updated May 10 at 11:47 a.m. with “Speechless” canceled by ABC.

It’s that time of year again! As the broadcast networks consider new series for their fall slates ahead of their upfront presentations to advertisers next week, they’ve also begun to winnow down which current shows will return next season and which will come to an end.

Below is every scripted (and a few unscripted) show that ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and The CW have renewed or canceled so far, along with those still awaiting their fates for the 2019-20 slate. We’ve also included descriptions of the new shows that have been picked up so far.

Check back throughout the week for updates. You can read our pilot guide to see what projects may soon be ordered to series here.

We are just weeks away from Upfronts, and the broadcast networks have already started the process of picking up some of the pilots series.

We have some sad news for Jane the Virgin fans: The CW has confirmed it is no longer moving forward with Jane the Novella, an anthology series which would have been narrated by original series star Gina Rodriguez.

Each season was said to be about one of Jane Villanueva's novels

The first installment was to be set “at a Napa Valley vineyard, where family secrets (and family members) don’t stay buried for long,” per the network.

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The cast for the pilot to included Marcia Cross (Desperate Housewives), Hunter Parrish (Weeds), Jane the Virgin star Ivonne Coll.

It will be bittersweet news for fans of the original series given that Jane the Virgin is set to...

NBC has handed out another series order for the 2019-20 broadcast season. Council of Dads is an emotional drama series that is inspired by Bruce Feiler's best-selling memoir, The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness, and the Men Who Could Be Me.

Here's the network's brief description of Council of Dads:

When Scott, a loving father of four, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by a cancer diagnosis, he calls on a few of his closest allies to step in as back-up dads for every stage of his growing family’s life. Scott assembles a trusted group of role models that includes Anthony, his oldest friend; Larry, his AA sponsor; and Oliver, his surgeon and...

NBC has ordered one-hour drama “Council of Dads” to series.

“Council of Dads” tells the story of an extended family when Scott, a “loving father of four, has his entire life’s plan thrown into upheaval by a cancer diagnosis [and] calls on a few of his closest allies to step in as back-up dads for every stage of his growing family’s life.”

The trusted group of role models Scott has assembled to help his family include his oldest friend Anthony, his AA sponsor Alrry and his surgeon and wife’s best friend Oliver. The three men agree to devote themselves to supporting and guiding Scott’s family through “all the triumphs and challenges life has to offer — just in case he ever can’t be there to do so himself.”

“Council of Dads” stars Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Tom Everett Scott, J. August Richards, Blue Chapman, Emjay Anthony,...

NBC has given a series order to drama pilot Council of Dads, from Doubt creators Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Universal TV.

The project, inspired by Bruce Feiler’s best-selling memoir, had been a standout throughout the pilot process. Having a similar sensibility to This Is Us, Council of Dads is considered a potential companion for the hit family drama.

Council of Dads, starring Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Tom Everett Scott and J. August Richards, marks NBC’s third new series pickup for next season, joining legal drama Bluff City Law starring Jimmy Smits and Kal Penn’s immigrant comedy Sunnyside. All three come from NBC sibling Uni TV.

Feiler’s memoir The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness and the Men Who Could Be Me was first adapted for TV eight years ago as a half-hour comedy by Peter Tolan, which went to...

NBC is convening Council of Dads for the 2019-20 TV season. The Peacock net has given the feel-good drama — starring Taken‘s Clive Standen and Prison Break‘s Sarah Wayne Callies — an official series order, TVLine has learned.

Inspired by the bestselling memoir by Bruce Feiler, Council of Dads follows Scott Perry (Tom Everett Scott), whose life is thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing mortality, he and his pregnant wife, Robin (Callies), assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends (one of whom is played by Standen) to support his family and guide them through...

Michael O’Neill (Jack Ryan), Steven Silver (13 Reasons Why), Emjay Anthony (Chef) and Thalia Tran are set as series regulars opposite Sarah Wayne Callies and Clive Standen in Council of Dads, NBC’s drama pilot inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book, from Doubt creators Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Universal TV.

Written by Rater and Phelan, Council of Dads is the story of Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin (Callies), assemble a unique group (council) of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

O’Neill will play Larry Malvern, a calming presence who is used to being in charge.

Silver will portray Evan, a smart, caring young man with a great sense of...

The NBC pilot “Council of Dads” has added four more regulars to its cast, Variety has learned.

Michael O’Neill, Steven Silver, Thalia Tran, and Emjay Anthony have all been cast in the drama pilot. They join previously announced cast members Sarah Wayne Callies, Clive Standen, Michele Weaver, Blue Chapman, and J. August Richards.

Based on Bruce Feiler’s memoir of the same name, the show follows Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin (Callies), assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

O’Neill will play Larry Malvern, described as a calming presence who is used to being in charge. O’Neill’s recent TV roles include “Swat,” “The Romanoffs,” “Shooter,” “Scandal,” and “Rectify.

You can add Clive Standen to the Council of Dads, now that the English Taken alum has boarded the NBC family drama pilot.

Inspired by the bestselling memoir by Bruce Feiler, Council of Dads follows Scott Perry, whose life is thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing mortality, he and his pregnant wife, Robin (to be played by Prison Break alum Sarah Wayne Callies), assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Per our sister site Variety, Standen — whose...

Taken star Clive Standen is returning to NBC as a lead opposite Sarah Wayne Callies in Council of Dads, NBC’s drama pilot inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book, from Doubt creators Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Universal TV.

Written by Rater and Phelan, Council of Dads is the story of Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin (Callies), assemble a unique group (council) of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Standen plays Anthony Lavelle. One of Scott’s oldest friends, Anthony is a chef and wears his heart on his sleeve. Michele Weaver, J. August Richards and young actor Blue Chapman co-star.

Rater and Phelan executive produce via their Midwest Livestock Productions with Bruckheimer,...

Clive Standen could be returning to NBC.

Variety has learned that the former “Taken” star has been cast in the NBC drama pilot “Council of Dads.”

Based on Bruce Feiler’s memoir of the same name, the project follows Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Standen will play Anthony Lavelle, one of Scott’s oldest friends. Anthony is a chef and wears his heart on his sleeve. Standen joins previously announced cast members Sarah Wayne Callies, Michele Weaver, Blue Chapman, and J. August Richards.

Standen was the star of NBC’s series adaptation of “Taken” for its two-season run. He is also known for his...

Mom’s the word for Colony‘s Sarah Wayne Callies, who has landed the matriarch role in the NBC drama pilot Council of Dads, TVLine has confirmed.

Inspired by the bestselling memoir by Bruce Feiler, Council of Dads centers on a couple — Scott and Robin (the latter of which will be played by Callies) — whose lives are thrown into upheaval when Scott gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, the pair assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support their family — which includes four children — and “guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges,...

Sarah Wayne Callies has been cast in a lead role of the NBC drama pilot “Council of Dads,” Variety has learned.

In addition, Michele Weaver, Blue Chapman, and J. August Richards have been cast in the pilot in series regular roles.

Based on Bruce Feiler’s memoir of the same name, the show follows Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Callies will play Robin Perry, an Ob/Gyn and the mother/stepmother to four children ranging in age from 7 to 21 who is also pregnant.

Callies is known for her roles on “The Walking Dead” and “Prison Break.” She also previously starred in the USA Network...

The Walking Dead and Colony alumna Sarah Wayne Callies is set as the lead of Council of Dads, NBC’s drama pilot inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book. Love Is___ star Michele Weaver and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s J. August Richards co-star in the project from Doubt creators Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Universal TV.

Written by Rater and Phelan, Council of Dads is the story of Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin (Callies), assemble a unique group (council) of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Callies’ Robin is an Ob/Gyn, the mother/stepmother to four children ranging in age from 7 to 21 – and she’s pregnant.

Weaver will play the eldest child Luly Perry,...

NBC has ordered the drama “Council of Dads” to pilot.

Based on Bruce Feiler’s memoir of the same name, the show follows Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Tony Phelan and Joan Rater will serve as writers and will executive produce under their Midwest Livestock Productions banner. Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, and KristieAnne Reed will also executive produce for Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Feiler will serve as executive producer with Bruckheimer TV’s James Oh producing. Universal Television is the studio, where Phelan and Rater are under an overall deal.

Phelan and Rater previously served as showrunners on “Grey’s Anatomy” at ABC for eight seasons.

NBC has given a pilot green light to Council of Dads, a drama inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book from Doubt creators Joan Rater and Tony Phelan, Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Universal TV where Rater and Phelan have an overall deal.

Written by Rater and Phelan, Council of Dads is inspired by Feiler’s bestselling memoir The Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness and the Men Who Could Be Me. It is the story of Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Rater and Phelan executive produce via their Midwest Livestock Productions with Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed of Jerry Bruckheimer TV. Feiler and...

NBC has picked up the pilot “Council of Dads” from “Doubt” creators and former “Grey’s Anatomy” showrunners Tony Phelan and Joan Rater, the network announced Monday.

Based on the 2010 memoir by Bruce Feiler, “Council of Dads” is the story of Scott Perry and his family, whose lives are thrown into upheaval when he gets a potentially terminal diagnosis. Facing his mortality, he and his wife, Robin, assemble a unique group of carefully chosen friends to support his family and guide them through the ups and downs of life’s many challenges.

Rater and Phelan will write and executive produce the pilot via their Midwest Livestock Productions banner for Universal Television, where the duo has an overall deal.

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Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed will also executive produce for Jerry Bruckheimer Television. Feiler and James Oh will produce.

Joan Meyerson, an award-winning TV writer-producer and a longtime WGA West board member, will receive the 2019 Morgan Cox Award in recognition of her decades-long service to the guild. She’ll be honored at February 17 at the Writers Guild Awards L.A. ceremony.

“I had the pleasure of serving on the board of directors with Joan for many years, and no one better exemplifies dedication to our guild and its members than she does,” said WGA West president David A. Goodman. “She is one of our most valued, hard-working and selfless leaders, and the current board and I are thrilled we have the opportunity to honor her service.”

Meyerson served five terms on the guild’s board from 1991-95, 2002-04 and 2005-09, and served on the WGA’s 2004 negotiating committee and numerous other guild committees over the years. A guild member since 1972, she was a picket team captain during the 1981 WGA strike.

Doubt creators Joan Rater and Tony Phelan have sold two dramas to NBC, Council of Dads, inspired by Bruce Feiler’s book, with Jerry Bruckheimer Television producing, and Trust, based on an European format Banking District, with Keshet Studios producing. Both projects hail from Universal TV where Rater and Phelan have an overall deal and Keshet Studios is based.

Written by Rater and Phelan, Council of Dads is inspired by Feiler’s bestselling memoirThe Council of Dads: My Daughters, My Illness and the Men Who Could Be Me. It is the story of Scott Perry, who assembles a unique group of carefully chosen male friends to help his family adjust to a new normal after receiving a potentially terminal diagnosis.

Rater and Phelan executive produce via their Midwest Livestock Productions with Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman and KristieAnne Reed of Jerry Bruckheimer TV. Feiler and Jbtv’s James Oh serve as producers.

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Exclusive: In his first season as a CBS TV Studios-based producer following his June exit as CBS’ head of current programming, David Brownfield has sold two projects to the network. An untitled drama, from Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal’s CBS TV Studios-based Tribeca Prods., is written by former Brothers & Sisters and Smash executive producer David Marshall Grant. It centers on a counter-insurgency expert who comes back from Afghanistan to his old police precinct and begins to use techniques he employed overseas to try to control gang violence at home. Grant, De Niro and Rosenthal executive produce with Brownfield; Berry Welsh co-exec produces. Last year, Grant — repped by CAA and Untitled — developed two projects for CBS TV Studios, one of which, The CW’s Blink, went to pilot. He also has upcoming HBO series Looking. Tribeca is with CAA. Brownfield’s other CBS project is comedy Secrets Of Happy Families,...

Washington, Feb uary 20: Your family bliss can be found in sweating it out with your kids, playing a goofy game of charades and Kyle Richards, a star of Bravo's reality TV series "Real Housewives of Beverly Hills," according to best-selling author Bruce Feiler.

Feiler turned to hundreds of examples of non-parenting wisdom from a variety of sources-from bankers to Green Berets-for his new book, "The Secrets of Happy Families," to bring families closer together, according to ABC News.

Some advice was quite surprising: try moving the furniture, ditch date night and let the kids pick their own punishments.

For advice.

Ludwig Göransson is the new composer on the upcoming comedy 30 Minutes or Less. He is taking over from Nathan Barr who was originally attached to score the film as reported back in February. The project marks the first major studio feature for the Swedish composer who is best known for scoring the critically acclaimed NBC comedy show Community. 30 Minutes or Less is directed by Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) and centers on a pizza delivery driver who gets kidnapped by two fledgling criminals and is being forced to rob a bank within 30 minutes. The movie stars Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson and Michael Pena. Sony Pictures is releasing the film on August 12, 2011. The first trailer for the comedy recently premiered online and can be watched below. For more information on the film, visit the official movie webpage.

Göransson has been scoring Community since its first season. The show is...

Exclusive: The always in-demand Kyle Bornheimer is set to co-star in Peter Tolan's comedy pilot for Fox Council of Dads. Inspired by Bruce Feiler's non-fiction book, the pilot, which is being directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, tells the story of Michael who, just before he dies, enlists five of his guy friends from all aspects of his life to become a “council of dads” to his two young children. Bornheimer will play the "fun dad" on the council, a childhood friend of Michael's who is loud and larger than life, funny though sometimes inappropriate. On the Sony TV-produced pilot, Bornheimer joins previously cast Diane Farr, Patrick Breen and Ken Howard. Bornheimer fielded several pilot offers before choosing to go with Council. For him, the Fox pilot is in second position to NBC's softly-rated midseason series Perfect Couples, on which he co-stars. This is the second consecutive year,...

Diane Farr, Patrick Breen and Ken Howard have signed up for roles in Fox's pilot Council Of Dads. The comedy, which is based on a book by Bruce Feiler, examines what happens when a terminally ill man called Michael sets up a council of fathers to help raise his children after he dies. According to Deadline, Farr has joined the cast as Michael's wife. She is determined to stick with the idea of the council, but is shocked when the five members can't agree on anything. Breen will play council member Jerry, Michael's former therapist who serves as (more)...

Exclusive: The Job and Rescue Me alumna Diane Farr is reuniting with the two series' co-creator Peter Tolan. She is set as the female lead in Fox's comedy pilot for Fox Council of Dads. Also set as leads in the project are Patrick Breen and SAG president Ken Howard. Inspired by Bruce Feiler's non-fiction book, the pilot, which is being directed by Anthony and Joe Russo, tells the story of Michael who, just before he dies, enlists five of his guy friends from all aspects of his life to become a “council of dads” to his two young children. Farr will play Michael's wife, recent widow Catherine, who is absolutely intent on complying with her husband's dying wish but quickly finds out that the five guys on the Council can agree about absolutely nothing. Breen and Howard will play two of the Council's members. Howard plays Michael's dad Burt,...