Fox Orders Pilots For Drama, Comedy Series

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Fox Broadcasting said it has ordered pilots for new drama and comedy series.

The comedy is called Daddy Issues, from 3 Arts Entertainment in association with 20th Century Fox.

The single-camera show stars Erin Foster and is loosely based on her life as a single 30-something whose dad falls in love with her best friend.

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The drama is an untitled project from Ilene Chaiken and Melissa Scrivner Love. The show is from 20th Century Fox and 3 Arts Entertainment.

The program is about an FBI agent in the middle of a domestic terrorism investigation whose career is threatened by an affair she’s having with a prominent general and how she rebuilds her life and reputation.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.