The Rookie and Will Trent‘s new seasons are not airing on ABC until 2025. It was revealed a few weeks back that several ABC shows would be pushed from the Fall to have midseason debuts. Now, we’re learning the reason why this decision was made, plus, there’s actually some good news about it, too! Keep reading to…
ABC has given a cast-contingent pilot order to Will Trent, a crime drama based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series, from The Big Leap creator Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen (Batwoman), who worked together on Fox’s The Passage. 20th Television, where Heldens is under a deal, is the studio. Written by Heldens and Thomsen, the potential pilot — whose green light hinges on…
Ramón Rodríguez is set as the lead role of ABC’s drama pilot Will Trent, which now has been officially cleared for production. He also will be a producer on the project, from 20th Television. While this is the last lead of a 2022 broadcast drama pilot to close, Rodríguez was approached just a couple of weeks after…
Emmerdale’s Mandy Dingle is in deep trouble in Friday’s episode (ITV, 7.30pm, see our TV Guide for full listings). With Mandy and Paddy Dingle’s wedding a few weeks away there’s still time for them to air skeletons, gripes or secrets before they head off into the future, starting entirely afresh. The soulmates couldn’t be more…
Erika Christensen has been cast as the female lead opposite Ramón Rodríguez in ABC‘s drama pilot Will Trent, from 20th Television. In Will Trent, written by Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series, Special Agent Will Trent (Rodríguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in Atlanta’s…
EXCLUSIVE: Jake McLaughlin (Quantico) and Iantha Richardson (American Soul) are set as leads opposite Ramón Rodríguez and Erika Christensen in ABC’s drama pilot Will Trent, from 20th Television. In Will Trent, written by Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series, Special Agent Will Trent (Rodríguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations was abandoned at birth and endured a harsh coming-of-age in…
Sonja Sohn Joins ABC Drama Pilot ‘Will Trent’ Peter Konerko Sonja Sohn is set as a lead opposite Ramón Rodríguez in ABC’s drama pilot Will Trent, from 20th Television. In Will Trent, written by Liz Heldens and Dan Thomsen based on Karin Slaughter’s bestselling book series, Special Agent Will Trent (Rodríguez) of the Georgia Bureau of Investigations was abandoned at birth…
There have been last minute developments as ABC is finalizing its decisions on off-cycle 2022 pilots. Drama Will Trent, which had been garnering the strongest buzz since early summer, has started to cool off. While Will Trent and The Company You Keep both appeared likely to go series, with writers rooms already up and running on both, I now hear that this…
ABC has picked up drama pilot Will Trent (working title) to series for a midseason launch. Will Trent, starring Ramón Rodríguez, is one of four 2022 ABC drama pilots whose production was targeted for off-cycle and the first of the bunch to land a series order. Will Trent emerged as an early front-runner in what ABC calls “second cycle” as part of its…
The network’s procedurals The Rookie and The Rookie: Feds made their midseason returns last week with a two-part crossover event, followed by the premiere of a new crime drama, Will Trent. According to live + seven-day Nielsen data, the network averaged a 0.8 rating among the advertiser-targeted 18-49 demographic for the Tuesday primetime lineup. That’s No. 1 among the broadcast…
