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Exclusive: Amazon MGM Studios has taken in for development San Fuerte, a single-camera comedy written and executive produced by Shepard Boucher (Upload).

In it, Ben Schreiber is an American journalist who’s sent to the Latin American island nation of San Fuerte to interview its enigmatic dictator, Emilio San Juan. While there, Ben discovers the shocking truth: Emilio is his father, and he has no intention of letting him go home…

Boucher is executive producing alongside Aaron Kaplan of Kapital Entertainment.

A former journalist at ABC News, Boucher has worked as co-executive producer on such series as Prime Video’s Upload and My Lady Jane, Max’s Made For Love as well as Netflix’s Space Force and the upcoming medical procedural Pulse. His writing-producing credits also include the CW’s Riverdale and TBS’ Angie Tribeca. He is repped by CAA, Kaplan/Perrone and Del Shaw Moonves Tanaka.

Joe E. Tata, the prolific and versatile TV actor whose most enduring role was as Nat Bussichio, the owner of the Peach Pit on “Beverly Hills, 90210,” has died. He was 85.

“90210” castmate Ian Ziering relayed the news on Facebook, and TMZ later confirmed his death, saying Tata had battled Alzheimer’s since 2014 (the year of his last credited role).

Ziering, who played Steve Sanders on the ’90s show, wrote: “Joey was truly an Og, I remember seeing him on the Rockford files with James Garner years before we worked together on 90210. He was often one of the background villains in the original Batman series. One of the happiest people I’ve ever worked with, he was as generous with his wisdom as he was with his kindness. Though the peach pit was a 90210 set, It often felt like the backdrop to the Joe E Tata show. The...

Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo may be done with NCIS, but they're not done with CBS. 

The two former series regulars have joined forces to develop Mia, a brand new drama for the network. 

The series would focus on a homicide detective who is given a brand new partner to solve cases in Miami. 

Desperate to complete her final undercover assignment, the partner struggles to keep her personal life away from her job. 

The pilot will be penned by Shepard Boucher, who will serve as an Executive Producer alongside.

Weatherly currently stars on the drama, Bull, at CBS. That show is entering its third season next month. 

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He appeared on the first 13 seasons of NCIS as Tony Dinozzo, before making his big departure back in 2016 to take on new projects. 

de Pablo appeared on the procedural drama from 2005-2013 as Ziva David.

Christmas just came early for fans of NCIS‘ “Tiva.”

Series alumni Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo are reuniting to develop the drama series Mia at CBS.

The project centers on a newly minted homicide detective who is assigned to a by-the-book partner in Miami, but she struggles to keep her personal entanglements with her final undercover assignment from jeopardizing her future.

Though Weatherly and de Pablo will not be starring in the potential series, they are attached to executive-produce alongside Shepard Boucher (Riverdale), who will also write the script.

Weatherly and de Pablo ended their respective NCIS runs as...

NCIS alums Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo are reuniting to executive produce Mia, a new detective drama in the works at CBS. The network has put in development the hourlong Mia, from writer/executive producer Shepard Boucher (Upload), and CBS Television Studios.

Written by Boucher, in Mia, when a newly minted homicide detective is assigned to an experienced, by-the-book partner to solve cases in Miami, she struggles to keep the personal entanglements of her final undercover assignment from jeopardizing her future.

Boucher executive produces with Weatherly and de Pablo. CBS TV Studios, where Weatherly via his Solar Drive Productions has been under an overall deal, is the studio.

Weatherly, who currently stars in the title role in Bull, which is going into its third season on CBS, played lead Tony Dinozzo on the first 13 seasons of NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service. De Pablo joined Weatherly in Seasons 3-11 as Ziva David.

“Tiva” is reuniting — sort of. Former “NCIS” stars Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo are attached as executive producers on a drama series in development at CBS, Variety has learned.

Titled “Mia,” the series follows a newly minted homicide detective who is assigned to an experienced, by-the-book partner to solve cases in Miami. She struggles to keep the personal entanglements of her final undercover assignment from jeopardizing her future.

The series hails from writer and executive producer Shepard Boucher, whose previous credits include “Riverdale,” “Angie Tribeca,” and “Undateable.” He is repped by ICM. Weatherly and de Pablo will executive produce, with CBS Television Studios producing. Weatherly is currently under an overall deal at the studio.

de Pablo previously portrayed the character Ziva David on the long-running CBS procedural “NCIS” from 2005-2013. Weatherly starred as Anthony Dinozzo from the show’s first season in 2001 until 2016 when he left the show to...

Giving fans a sneak peek before its summer premiere, ABC family unleashed the first teaser for Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling's upcoming series “Mystery Girls” on Tuesday (March 18).

The “Beverly Hills, 90210” co-stars are officially making their big return to the small screen as “two former detective TV show starlets brought back together by a real-life mystery.”

Created by Shepard Boucher and Tori herself, the comedy is set to debut on the network June 25th.

Check out the hilarious clip below and stay linked to GossipCenter for the latest about “Mystery Girls.”...

Fans of "Beverly Hills, 90210" mourning the loss of SoapNet from their cable systems got a nice consolation prize Monday (Jan. 6): ABC Family has greenlit "Mystery Girls," a comedy series starring "90210" veterans Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling.

The show is one of two ABC Family ordered to series on Monday. The other is "Young & Hungry," which stars Emily Osment ("Hannah Montana") as a food blogger who lands a job as personal chef to a hotshot tech entrepreneur (Jonathan Sadowski). Both are set to begin production in the coming weeks and premiere later in the year.

"Mystery Girls" stars Garth and Spelling as the former stars of a TV detective show. Garth's Charlie Contour has left Hollywood, while Spelling's Holly Hamilton is looking for a way back into showbiz. They're brought back together when a witness to a real-life crime (Miguel Pinzon) -- and superfan of their show (also called "Mystery Girls...

Donna Martin investigates! — and Kelly Taylor is going to be right alongside her.

ABC Family has greenlit Mystery Girls, starring Beverly Hills, 90210 alums Tori Spelling and Jennie Garth.

The project follows a former starlet named Charlie Contour (Garth), a suburban housewife and mom, who is roped into solving crimes with her former mystery TV show co-star Holly Hamilton (Spelling) when a witness to a crime — and a huge fan of their former show — will only speak to the infamous Mystery Girls.

Spelling, Garth and Maggie Malina (Single Ladies) will executive-produce the show, which is based on a story by Spelling...

It's official -- Donna and Kelly will be back together again!

ABC Family officially announced on Monday (Oct. 7) that Jennie Garth will be joining her former "Beverly Hills 90210" co-star Tori Spelling in the network's comedy pilot, "Mystery Girls."

The comedy follows former starlet Holly (Spelling) who is roped into solving crimes with her former mystery TV show co-star Charlie (Garth) when a witness to a crime will only speak to the infamous 'Mystery Girls,' which was the highest rated program of the '90s. Holly, desperate to regain her former fame, plans to resurrect her life by using her acting skills and crime "experience" to open a detective agency. However, she has to get Charlie, now a suburban housewife and mother, on board with her plan.

Besides co-starring, both Spelling and Garth will serve as executive producers, alongside Maggie Malina ("Single Ladies"). Spelling developed the story with Shepard Boucher...

Life imitating art? Former Beverly Hills, 90210 costars Jennie Garth and Tori Spelling may be reuniting in a new comedy TV series . . . about costars reuniting. According to Deadline, Garth, 41, is in talks to join Spelling, 40, in the upcoming ABC Family pilot, Mystery Girls. Sources tell Deadline they are "optimistic" the deal will be made. The network announced in August that Spelling would star in the show, which is based on a story she co-wrote with Shepard Boucher. Mystery Girls is a comedy about a [...]...

The New Adventures Of Old Christine alumna Emily Rutherfurd has been cast as one of the two leads in ABC Family‘s comedy pilot Work Mom, written by Grant Levy and Dominik Rothbard. The workplace comedy follows Heather, who finally gets promoted at her digital marketing firm, and winds up hiring her vivacious, recently unemployed mother, Eden (Rutherfurd), who mixes up the office in a way no one could have predicted. Jennie Garth is in talks to join Tori Spelling in another ABC Family comedy pilot, Mystery Girls. Sources are optimistic about the deal, which would reunite the former 90210 co-stars. Mystery Girls, penned by Shepard Boucher based on a story by him and Spelling, follows a former starlet (Spelling) who is roped into solving crimes with her former mystery TV show costar (Garth) when a witness to a crime will only speak to the infamous Mystery Girls. Spelling and Maggie Malina executive produce.

Donna and Kelly forever?

TVLine reports that Jennie Garth is in talks to join her former "Beverly Hills 90210" pal Tori Spelling in the new ABC Family comedy pilot "Mystery Girls."

The project centers on a former starlet (Spelling) who gets involved in solving crimes with her former mystery TV show costar (Garth's potential role) when a witness to a crime will only speak to the fictional Mystery Girls.

Shepard Boucher ("Men at Work") is writing the script.

The last time Garth and Spelling appeared onscreen together was six years ago when they reprised their breakout roles during the first season of The CW's "90210" reboot.

Are you excited about a possible Garth-Spelling reunion?...

9021-Oh hell yes.

Jennie Garth is in talks to join fellow West Bev alum Tori Spelling in ABC Family’s comedy pilot Mystery Girls, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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The project follows a former starlet (Spelling) who is roped into solving crimes with her former mystery TV show costar (the role Garth is circling) when a witness to a crime will only speak to the infamous Mystery Girls.

Shepard Boucher (Men at Work) is penning the script.

Garth and Spelling last appeared onscreen together six years ago when they...

ABC Family has greenlighted three new comedy pilots: Mystery Girls starring Tori Spelling, Work Mom and Young & Hungry, exec produced by Ashley Tisdale. The network has been looking to expand its current comedy portfolio, which includes Baby Daddy, renewed for a third season, and Melissa And Joey, picked up for a fourth. Mystery Girls follows a former starlet (Tori Spelling) who is roped into solving crimes with her former mystery TV show costar when a witness to a crime will only speak to the infamous Mystery Girls. Beverly Hills, 90210 alumna-turned-reality star Spelling and Maggie Malina (Single Ladies) serve as executive producers. The pilot was written by Shepard Boucher based on a story by him and Spelling, who previously toplined another comedy series co-created by her, So NoTORIous on VH1. Work Mom is a workplace comedy following Heather, who finally gets promoted at her digital marketing firm, and winds up hiring her recently unemployed mother.

Having made her mark on the small screen with a role that won’t soon be forgotten, Sarah Michelle Gellar returned once more to television back in 2011 in The CW’s short-lived Ringer.

It looks like Gellar is now hoping to take the lead in a new programme, and if all goes well, will be venturing into the world of sitcoms for an untitled series that is currently being developed at Fox, TV Line report.

The show,

“chronicles the hijinks parents get into while their kids are not at home.”

And Gellar would be playing the wife/mother.

The script has been written by Shepard Boucher, whose credits include serving as a staff writer on Men at Work, starring Danny Masterson (That ’70s Show) and Adam Busch (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), which began airing last spring.

The project will reportedly be shopped to the major networks in the coming weeks,...

Some people belong on television. In my humble opinion, Sarah Michelle Gellar is one of those people. With the moody CW soap Ringer dead and buried after just one season, is Gellar ready for her next come-back?

According to the new TV Line exclusive, there’s a new half-hour comedy in the works and it’s got Gellar’s name all over it. I’m glad, of course, but my initial concern is, a comedy? Really?

The series, which is as of yet untitled, is being developed over at 20th Century Fox TV, which boys and girls, was also home to Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Oooo! I can’t get a feel for whether this is clean fun, or one of those sitcoms that would air closer to my bedtime. Still, it has a family centric plot. It details the crazy capers parents can get caught up in when their kids are not at home.

With her most recent television comeback, Ringer, earning the rare distinction of being canceled by The CW (presumably after it started several office fires), Sarah Michelle Gellar is attempting to find more gainful employment that will allow Freddie Prinze Jr. to stay at home, hosting Tupperware parties and making himself look pretty. TV Line reports that her next possible project will be intentional comedy this time, namely a sitcom from Men At Work's Shepard Boucher that will tackle the world of motherhood with the same satirical acuity that show tackles the world of men with vaguely defined personalities. Gellar ...

Los Angeles, Jan 7: Actress Sarah Michelle Gellar reportedly has plans to make her television return in a new sitcom.

The 35-year-old actress is best known for roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and more.

The potential new series is now in development at 20th Century Fox TV. Currently untitled, the show will focus on a married couple who misbehave when their kids are not home, reports digitalspy.co.uk.

Gellar apparently showed interest in the project after reading the script written by Shepard Boucher. The untitled show will be offered to major networks in the next few weeks.

Gellar and husband Freddie.

The CW brass were hoping to keep Sarah Michelle Gellar into the fold after the cancellation of her drama series Ringer. But seems like the Buffy The Vampire Slayer alumna will be headed elsewhere. Gellar is attached to a comedy script set up at 20th Century Fox TV, as first reported by TVLine. I hear the untitled project, from up-and-coming writer Shepard Boucher (Men At Work), chronicles the hijinks of two moms, one played by Gellar, while their kids are at school. ICM Partners-repped Boucher wrote the project on spec. The agency, which also reps Gellar, showed it to the actress who liked it and came on board. In part because of Gellar’s relationship with 20th TV chairman Dana Walden going back to Gellar’s says on the studio’s drama Buffy The Vampire Slayer, the project was set up at 20th TV, which put in development. Studio-based...

The actress, who has been looking for a new project ever since the CW cancelled the production values-challenged Ringer last summer, is reportedly eyeing a comedy by Men at Work's Shepard Boucher that's in development at 20th Century Fox. It would be Gellar's second comedic outing since the failure of her 2009 HBO pilot, The Wonderful Maladys, in which she played an aggressive alcoholic of a dysfunctional family. This go-around, she'd play a fun housewife who has to find wacky ways to amuse herself once her children go off to school. It's a long way from Buffy, but we guess everything is.

Sarah Michelle Gellar could soon be headed back to television. The actress, whose CW vehicle Ringer was canceled at the end of last season, is eying a comedy currently in development at 20th Century Fox TV. The Hollywood Reporter confirms that Gellar is circling the role of a wife in the sitcom about what parents do while they're kids aren't at home -- as first reported by TVLine. Men at Work staff writer Shepard Boucher penned the spec script, and David Hemingson (Don’t Trust the B---- in Apartment 23) and Margaret Riley (Love and Other Drugs) are attached as EPs. Should

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Sarah Michelle Gellar's TV return in "Ringer" last year didn't work out so well. But she's looking to get back on your screen next season, this time in a comedy pilot.

Gellar is attached to an untitled comedy set up at 20th Century Fox TV, TVLine reports. It's about parents and what they do when the kids aren't around. Gellar would play one half of the show's central couple.

The pilot is based on a spec script by Shepard Boucher ("Men at Work"). Comedy veteran David Hemingson ("Don't Trust the B---- in Apt. 23," "Just Shoot Me") and Margaret Riley ("Love and Other Drugs") are on board as executive producers.

It doesn't have a network home yet but will be shopped around in the next few weeks. The networks have already made most of their script purchases for the coming development season, but with Gellar attached this one could easily stir interest.

"Ringer" didn't work out for Sarah Michelle Gellar, but now she's planning her return to TV to try her hand at comedy.  The "Buffy" icon is in talks to star in an as-yet-untitled comedy being developed at 20th Century Fox TV. Not much of the plot has been revealed, but Gellar would play one half of a married couple who get into crazy situations along with their kids, according to TV Line.  Shepard Boucher ("Men at Work") wrote the spec script which will be executive produced by David Hemingson ("How I Met Your Mother") and Margaret Riley ("Love and Other Drugs"). The project will be shopped to the major...

Sarah Michelle Gellar may be back on the small screen next fall as the star of a new half-hour comedy, TVLine has learned exclusively.

The potential (and currently untitled) series, which is being developed at 20th Century Fox TV (home of Buffy the Vampire Slayer), chronicles the hijinks parents get into while their kids are not at home.

Gellar would play the wife/mother.

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The actress — who attempted a TV comeback last year with The CW’s now-cancelled Ringer — became interested in the project after reading the Shepard Boucher-penned spec script.

If only it happened that way... Fans of the Real Housewives of New York City watched as former BFFs Jill Zarin and Bethenny Frankel clashed - then had a major fallout - on season 3 of their hit Bravo show, which aired earlier this year. Now, Bravo is revisiting the feud and animating it for good (and parodistic) measure. This Thursday, the channel will air the animated special Shep & Tiffany Watch TV: The Best of 2010 (11 p.m. Est) which revisits major pop culture moments of 2010 with a humorous - and snarky - perspective based on animated web shorts from Shepard Boucher.