CBS is developing a female mayor drama, “Ms. Mayor” from “Madam Secretary” showrunner Barbara Hall and former CBS Entertainment chairman Nina Tassler.
The project is from Tassler and her producing partner Denise Di Novi, under their PatMa Productions banner. Hall is also an executive producer and wrote the script. The project is from CBS TV Studios. The studio recently signed a new multi-year pact with Hall.
The logline for “Ms. Mayor” is: When a young activist runs for Mayor of New York City on a whim, her surprise victory launches her onto a political stage that she’s not prepared for, but is determined to take on with her idealistic enthusiasm.
Tassler had a lengthy tenure with the company, first joining in 1997 was VP of drama for CBS Productions, before shifting over to the network a year later to head up drama development. She became entertainment president in 2004 and chairman in 2014. She was chairman when Hall’s “Madam Secretary” was picked up, and worked on other projects with Hall during her tenure at CBS, including “Judging Amy” and “Joan of Arcadia.”
Hall was the showrunner for “Judging Amy” and the creator of “Joan of Arcadia.”
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Summer may not exactly be the Mecca of TV seasons, but people need to beat the heat somehow. Sometimes, that involves vegging out on the couch in front of the air-conditioner... and the boob tube.
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Scroll through our gallery to see how the new summer TV series rank by their premiere audiences.
For the purposes of this comparison, we omitted Fox's "One Strange Rock" because it previously aired on Nat Geo Channel.
We also didn't count Fox's "Phenoms," which was a series of documentaries on rising soccer stars the network ran on three consecutive Friday nights to promote the World Cup. That one just doesn't fit here, but they'd be 11 and 12, respectively.
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Summer may not exactly be the Mecca of TV seasons, but people need to beat the heat somehow. Sometimes, that involves vegging out on the couch in front of the air-conditioner... and the boob tube.
We know that NBC's "America's Got Talent" and CBS' "Big Brother" are staples of July and August, but what new potential hits were introduced in Summer 2018?
Scroll through our gallery to see how the new summer TV series rank by their premiere audiences.