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Exclusive: Independent Artist Group has elevated Nathan DeRemer to Partner, upping Anthony Marotto to Vice-President, Physical Production.

DeRemer began his career at APA in 2013 — prior to the agency’s merger with Artist Group International to form Iag — within three years rising through the ranks to TV Lit Agent. The Berkeley grad quickly established himself as a tastemaker in the department and was promoted to Vice President, Scripted Literary in 2021. In his time at Iag, he’s cultivated an eclectic roster of premium storytellers and brokered numerous multimillion dollar overall deals for clients at HBO, FX, Amazon, and Wbtv. He’s also spearheaded competitive spec sales that led to series orders at AMC and Freeform/Hulu, and recently had back-to-back seasons with pilot production orders at CBS (Jumpstart) and ABC (Forgive and Forget).

Anthony Marotto

DeRemer’s client roster includes House of the Dragon writer/producer Kevin Lau and Found pilot director and EP DeMane Davis,...

From sitcoms and dramas to limited series and revivals, fall TV is officially back with more new shows than in the past. But who’s creating this content? Here, Variety highlights the showrunners behind some of the new, most highly anticipated series coming in the next few months.

Kevin Abbott

Writer and executive producer of “Happy’s Place,” Abbott has worked with Reba McEntire before, both as a writer on and produce on “Reba.” Previously, Abbott produced 160 episodes of “Last Man Standing” and worked on “My Name Is Earl,” “Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place,” “Roseanne” and “The Golden Girls.”

Produced by: Universal TV

Premiere: Oct. 18, NBC

Joe Barton

“Black Doves,” a spy thriller set in London at Christmastime, was created by Barton and is led by Keira Knightley. In the past five years, he created and produced “Giri/Haji,” “The Bastard Son & the Devil Himself” and “The Lazarus Project.

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Prime Video is ready with an entertainment-packed October this year. The upcoming month will see the return of some of Prime Video’s best original shows including The Legend of Vox Machina and also new hit movies like Challengers. Just like every month, Prime Video is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the 12 new movies and TV shows coming to Prime Video in October 2024.

Challengers (October 1)

Challengers is a romantic sports drama film directed by Luca Guadagnino from a screenplay by Justin Kuritzkes. The 2024 film revolves around a love triangle between an injured tennis star turned coach, her low-circuit tennis player ex-boyfriend, and her tennis champion husband in a span of 13 years. Challengers stars Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist in the lead roles with Darnell Appling, Shane Harris,...

With Fire Country becoming a bonafide hit for CBS, the network doubles down on firefighter dramas. Apart from the potential Jared Padalecki-led spinoff and Sheriff Country, the network is developing a new firefighter series, Deadline reports. From Damon Wayans Jr, whose latest series, Poppa's House, will premiere this fall on CBS, Ten House is a New York-set drama series about the iconic Fdny Ten House. The series is written by Pilar Golden, creator and executive producer. Ten House comes from Wayan's Jr first-look deal with CBS Studios, extending to 2026.

Today, Prime Video released the trailer and key art for Beyond Black Beauty, which was inspired by the iconic novel Black Beauty.

All eleven episodes of Beyond Black Beauty will be available on October 15 exclusively on Prime Video in the US and UK.

Beyond Black Beauty follows young equestrian Jolie Dumont, whose Olympic dreams are dashed when her mother moves them from Belgium to her family’s urban ranch in Baltimore. An angry Jolie wants to escape until she bonds with a spirited horse named Black Beauty.

Jolie will learn to embrace her heritage while continuing toward her Olympic-hopeful future and discover the value of family and home.

The series stars Kaya Coleman (Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders) as Jolie Dumont, Gina James (Transplant), Sagine Sémajuste (Grand Army), Lisa Berry (Supernatural), and Gilles Marini (Sex and the City).

The project is executive produced by Leif and Agnes Bristow, Blair Powers,...

CBS is hot for firefighter dramas.

Damon Wayans Jr.’s Two Shakes Entertainment, the actor’s production company with Kameron Tarlow, is developing with CBS Studios a New York-set firefighter drama titled Ten House, Deadline reports.

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Written by Pilar Golden (God Friended Me, Beyond Black Beauty), the series is set at the titular Fdny engine and ladder company, which...

Exclusive: CBS is looking to expand its firefighter drama footprint beyond the California-based Fire Country with the New York-set Ten House. The firehouse project, now in development, comes from Two Shakes Entertainment, Damon Wayans Jr.’s production company with Kameron Tarlow, and CBS Studios where the company has been based since its 2018 launch, recently renewing its first-look deal through May 2026.

Written by Pilar Golden, creator/executive producer of the upcoming Amazon Freevee series Beyond Black Beauty, Ten House takes place at the iconic Fdny Ten House. It follows two rookies as they grapple with their legacies as children of 9/11 first responders while navigating burgeoning feelings toward one another, the firehouse’s well-trained yet formidable veterans, and the demands of emergency response in the ever-changing yet always challenging city of New York.

Golden executive produces alongside Two Shakes’ Wayans Jr. and Tarlow.

This marks Golden’s second broadcast sale this development season,...

Exclusive: NBC and Universal TV are developing Keats (w/t), a new drama series from Bassett Vance Productions, Angela Bassett and Courtney B. Vance’s production banner.

The duo executive produce the project alongside Bassett Vance Productions President, Lynnette Ramirez and writer Pilar Golden.

Keats follows Alex Keats, a fourth-generation police officer who walked away from the badge and her family, who returns to Philadelphia to bury her mother. Mom is a decorated officer who supposedly died by suicide. The closer Alex gets to discovering the truth about her mother’s death, the closer she gets to joining her family back on the force … where she belongs.

Bassett Vance Productions most recently produced the Showtime film Heist 88 written by Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, Bassett and Vance’s producing partner. Ramirez joined the company in 2021 with a focus on developing and uplifting Bipoc projects and storytellers.

Recently, CBS served up the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Hawaii Five-o" episode 9 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Hana Keaka" is Hawaiian for "Charade," and it turns out that we're going to see some pretty interesting stuff go down as Five-0's latest investigation has Danny going undercover as a college professor, and more! In the new,9th episode press release: Five-0 Goes Back To School When A College Professor Is Killed And Danny Goes Undercover As His Replacement, On "Hawaii Five-0," Friday, Nov. 20. Press release number 2: Five-0 will go back to school when a college professor is killed and Danny will go undercover as his replacement. Guest stars feature: Taylor Wily (Kamekona), Andrew Lawrence (Eric Russo), Kekoa Kekumano (Nahele Huikala), Julie Benz (Inspector Abby Dunn), Micah J.K. Ramos (Brandon Aquino), Chelsea Ricketts (Casey Lehrer), James Duval (Kaili Huikala), Dominic Hoffman (Dean Andrew Letoa), Anela...