Mixed-ish showrunner Karin Gist has re-upped her overall deal with 20th Century Fox TV. As part of the new pact, she has launched a production banner, The Gist Of It, with Claire Brown as her Evp of Production and Development, and will create and supervise/develop new projects with the studio, part of Disney Television Studios.
In the first major talent synergy act among divisions of Disney TV Studios, Gist in May was loaned out by 20th TV to sibling ABC Studios to become executive producer and showrunner of that studio’s new ABC comedy series Mixed-ish, a prequel to the network’s hit Black-ish.
As part of the new 20th TV overall deal, The Gist Of It is working on East Nasty, a Nashville-set country music drama from writer Jamie Rosengard, which is in development at Freeform, with Gist and Brown exec producing. The show takes its name from...
In the first major talent synergy act among divisions of Disney TV Studios, Gist in May was loaned out by 20th TV to sibling ABC Studios to become executive producer and showrunner of that studio’s new ABC comedy series Mixed-ish, a prequel to the network’s hit Black-ish.
As part of the new 20th TV overall deal, The Gist Of It is working on East Nasty, a Nashville-set country music drama from writer Jamie Rosengard, which is in development at Freeform, with Gist and Brown exec producing. The show takes its name from...
- 3/4/2020
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
In today’s TV news roundup, Paramount Network revealed its new recurring cast members joining “Coyote” and Audible announced the debut of “Escape from Virtual Island”
Casting
Paramount Network revealed a dozen recurring cast members for the upcoming drama series “Coyote.” Mark Feuerstein, Kelli Williams, Daniel Mora, Emy Mena, George Pullar, Amy Forsyth, Ross Phillips, Romina D’ugo, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Bobby Daniel Rodriguez, Jose Pablo Cantillo and Drew Powell are joining the drama series, which stars Michael Chiklis as a retired United States Border Patrol agent. The show is scheduled to premiere on Paramount Network in the summer.
Dates
The new scripted comedy series, “Escape from Virtual Island,” is coming Apr. 2, Audible announced. The audio series follows Derek Ambrose (Paul Rudd) as he runs an island resort in 2038 where the wealthy come to live out their wildest fantasies in virtual reality. The all-star ensemble also includes Jack McBrayer, Paula Pell, Amber Ruffin,...
Casting
Paramount Network revealed a dozen recurring cast members for the upcoming drama series “Coyote.” Mark Feuerstein, Kelli Williams, Daniel Mora, Emy Mena, George Pullar, Amy Forsyth, Ross Phillips, Romina D’ugo, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Bobby Daniel Rodriguez, Jose Pablo Cantillo and Drew Powell are joining the drama series, which stars Michael Chiklis as a retired United States Border Patrol agent. The show is scheduled to premiere on Paramount Network in the summer.
Dates
The new scripted comedy series, “Escape from Virtual Island,” is coming Apr. 2, Audible announced. The audio series follows Derek Ambrose (Paul Rudd) as he runs an island resort in 2038 where the wealthy come to live out their wildest fantasies in virtual reality. The all-star ensemble also includes Jack McBrayer, Paula Pell, Amber Ruffin,...
- 2/6/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Freeform has put into development the country-music drama “East Nasty,” from “Mixed-ish” showrunner Karin Gist and writer Jamie Rosengard.
Inspired by the real-life community of East Nashville, where an “antiestablishment, vibrant music scene is pushing to redefine what country music looks and sounds like,” the show centers on two best friends — one a black, queer singer-songwriter, and one a seemingly tailor-made country musician from a deeply religious family.
Per Freeform, “Though they don’t fit the face or sound of conservative country music, they will fight to lend their unique voices to a genre steeped in tradition and history.”
Also Read: Freeform Orders 'Last Summer' Thriller Series From Jessica Biel
Rosengard will write and executive produce the project alongside Gist and her producing partner Claire Brown. “Where’d You Go Bernadette” producer Ginger Sledge and music industry veteran Paula Kay Hornick will also serve as EPs on the potential series.
Inspired by the real-life community of East Nashville, where an “antiestablishment, vibrant music scene is pushing to redefine what country music looks and sounds like,” the show centers on two best friends — one a black, queer singer-songwriter, and one a seemingly tailor-made country musician from a deeply religious family.
Per Freeform, “Though they don’t fit the face or sound of conservative country music, they will fight to lend their unique voices to a genre steeped in tradition and history.”
Also Read: Freeform Orders 'Last Summer' Thriller Series From Jessica Biel
Rosengard will write and executive produce the project alongside Gist and her producing partner Claire Brown. “Where’d You Go Bernadette” producer Ginger Sledge and music industry veteran Paula Kay Hornick will also serve as EPs on the potential series.
- 2/6/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Freeform has put in development East Nasty, a country music drama from writer Jamie Rosengard, Mixed-ish showrunner Karin Gist and 20th Century Fox TV, where Gist is under a deal.
Written by Rosengard, East Nasty takes its name from the real-life community of East Nashville, where a vibrant, anti-establishment music scene is pushing to redefine what country music looks and sounds like. The show follows two best friends — one a black, queer singer-songwriter and the other a seemingly tailor-made country musician from a deeply religious family — struggling alongside other musical misfits for a place at the table. Although they don’t fit the face or sound of conservative country music, they will fight to lend their unique voices to a genre steeped in tradition and history.
Executive producers Ginger Sledge (Where’d You Go Bernadette) and artist manager and music industry veteran Paula Kay Hornick brought the project to Freeform.
Written by Rosengard, East Nasty takes its name from the real-life community of East Nashville, where a vibrant, anti-establishment music scene is pushing to redefine what country music looks and sounds like. The show follows two best friends — one a black, queer singer-songwriter and the other a seemingly tailor-made country musician from a deeply religious family — struggling alongside other musical misfits for a place at the table. Although they don’t fit the face or sound of conservative country music, they will fight to lend their unique voices to a genre steeped in tradition and history.
Executive producers Ginger Sledge (Where’d You Go Bernadette) and artist manager and music industry veteran Paula Kay Hornick brought the project to Freeform.
- 2/6/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV


Spoiler Alert: This article contains details of tonight’s midseason finale of Empire‘s sixth and final season.
“I think what we’re seeing here is that this family truly loves one another, but they have a lot of baggage and they have a lot of drama,” Empire showrunner Brett Mahoney says of the Fox series’ Lyon clan as they head toward their final episodes. “So, the question is, at the end of the day, do they have enough love to keep them together or will the drama pull them apart?”
To that question, halfway through the supersized sixth and final season of the Lee Daniels- and Danny Strong-created hip hop drama, tonight’s midseason “Cold Cold Man” finale ended with a typical Empire bang — at least that is the implication.
With a humiliated and heartbroken Tracy Kingsley (Amanda Detmer) pointing a pistol at Terrence Howard’s mogul Lucious Lyon,...
“I think what we’re seeing here is that this family truly loves one another, but they have a lot of baggage and they have a lot of drama,” Empire showrunner Brett Mahoney says of the Fox series’ Lyon clan as they head toward their final episodes. “So, the question is, at the end of the day, do they have enough love to keep them together or will the drama pull them apart?”
To that question, halfway through the supersized sixth and final season of the Lee Daniels- and Danny Strong-created hip hop drama, tonight’s midseason “Cold Cold Man” finale ended with a typical Empire bang — at least that is the implication.
With a humiliated and heartbroken Tracy Kingsley (Amanda Detmer) pointing a pistol at Terrence Howard’s mogul Lucious Lyon,...
- 12/18/2019
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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