“The Affair” co-creator Sarah Treem has signed an overall deal with Fox 21 Television Studios, the studio announced on Tuesday.
The deal comes after “The Affair” wrapped its five-season run on Showtime last week.
“I have wanted to work with Sarah for a long time, and leapt at the chance as soon as ‘The Affair,’ which I loved, ended,” Fox 21 president Bert Salke said in a statement. “There are very few creators who have her muscular sense of story and her gift for building unique and idiosyncratic characters. On top of all that she’s a great showrunner and has great taste. And she’s cool.”
“I’m really honored and excited to be joining Bert, Dana [Walden] and Craig [Hunegs] at Fox 21,” Treem said. “I’m so grateful they’re choosing to invest in the kinds of stories I want to tell and I can’t wait to get going.”
Under the multi-year, overall deal with Fox 21, Treem will create, develop, produce and oversee new projects for network, cable and streaming. She is next to serve as writer, showrunner and executive producer on Showtime’s untitled Hedy Lamarr limited series starring Gal Gadot.
Her previous credits include Netflix’s “House of Cards,” HBO’s “In Treatment,” as well as the plays “When We Were Young and Unafraid,” “A Feminine Ending,” “The How and the Why” and “Mirror Mirror.”
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Broadcast is back in session: Fall TV a.k.a. the kickoff to the traditional September-to-May season, began last month with CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW starting to premiere fresh seasons of their returning shows and debuting new series. To date, 17 new fall programs have premiered on the broadcast networks and we've got each of their starts charted by total viewers below. Find our summer version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.
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Rank: 16 Show: "Sunnyside" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 1.794 million
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Rank: 15 Show: "Batwoman" Net: The CW Total Viewers: 1.799 million
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Rank: 14 Show: "Bless the Harts" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 1.808 million
Fox
Rank: 13 Show: "Perfect Harmony" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 2.601 million
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Rank: 12 Show: "Almost Family" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 2.951 million
Fox
Rank: 11 Show: "Mixed-ish" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.009 million
ABC
Rank: 10 Show: "Emergence" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.111 million
ABC
Rank: 9 Show: "Prodigal Son" Net: Fox Total Viewers: 4.180 million
Fox
Rank: 8 Show: "Stumptown" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 4.534 million
ABC
Rank: 7 Show: "Evil" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 4.618 million
CBS
Rank: 6 Show: "Bluff City Law" Net: NBC Total Viewers: 4.727 million
NBC
Rank: 5 Show: "Kids Say the Darndest Things" Net: ABC Total Viewers: 5.399 million
ABC
Rank: 4 Show: "Bob Hearts Abishola" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.876 million
CBS
Rank: 3 Show: "Carol's Second Act" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 5.965 million
CBS
Rank: 2 Show: "All Rise" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 6.006 million
CBS
Rank: 1 Show: "The Unicorn" Net: CBS Total Viewers: 6.007 million
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Broadcast is back in session: Fall TV a.k.a. the kickoff to the traditional September-to-May season, began last month with CBS, NBC, Fox, ABC and The CW starting to premiere fresh seasons of their returning shows and debuting new series. To date, 17 new fall programs have premiered on the broadcast networks and we've got each of their starts charted by total viewers below. Find our summer version of these rankings here and the midseason list here.