There is a legal thread going through the drama development at Eva Longoria‘s UnbeliEVAable Entertainment with a third sale of an hourlong project with legal elements. The project, Vega V. Vega, has landed at NBC. Written/co-executive produced by Laurie Silverstein, the show centers on a brilliant, young, successful lawyer who suddenly finds herself forced to go into a practice with her mother, a pioneering female attorney with whom she has a love/hate relationship. Attorney Elizabeth Bradley, who starred on David E. Kelley’s NBC reality series The Law Firm, serves as producer. Bradley started her legal career in the law firm where her mother was a partner, and the two later launched a successful practice together, Bradley & Bradley, Llp. Vega V. Vega is produced by Warner Bros TV and UnbeliEVAable, with Longoria, George W. Perkins, Sunta Izzicupo and Ben Spector executive producing. This marks CAA-repped UnbeliEVAble’s fourth sale this season.
- 9/30/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Along with loading up on genre/superhero series, the CW has been looking to launch medical, cop and legal franchises. Beauty & The Beast qualifies as a police drama, and the network tried out medical drama Emily Owens, MD last fall. Now it is teaming with Eva Longoria for a legal drama project that will feature the CW’s signature soapy elements. Written by Nikita co-executive producer Albert Kim, the untitled drama centers on a woman imprisoned for a double murder she didn’t commit who earns her law degree while behind bars, then wins her freedom and joins the high-powered law firm that she believes is at the center of the conspiracy that framed her. Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment is producing with Warner Bros Television. UnbeliEVAble’s Longoria and Ben Spector executive produce with Kim. This marks CAA-repped UnbeliEVAble’s third sale this season. The company also has Trust, an...
- 9/27/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Prepare yourself for another season of bed-hopping and backstabbing on ABC’s “Mistresses.” The drama will be back next summer for a second season, a network representative told TheWrap. Also read: ‘Bones’ Creator Hart Hanson Developing Drama Based on ‘Good Thief’s Guide’ for ABC “Mistresses,” though never a ratings barn-burner, did snag 3.91 million viewers to its Sept. 9 finale and a 3 rating among the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. It ranked No. 2 for summer scripted series second only to CBS’s “Under the Dome.” It stars Alyssa Milano, Rochelle Aytes, Jes Macallan and Yunjin Kim. Also read: Eva Longoria’s Us Adaptation...
- 9/25/2013
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
Showing off her gorgeous gams on the small screen, Eva Longoria appeared on "Extra" at The Grove in West Hollywood on Friday (September 20).
The "Desperate Housewives" star wore a silky cream blouse, matching shorts, and heels as she chatted with host Mario Lopez.
Soon, the busy 38-year-old star will serve as producer on an hour-long soap drama just picked up by ABC.
Based on the Colombian telenovela "Pura Sangre," the show centers on a Miami attorney who becomes the Trustee of the wealthy Lagos estate, which reunites him with his first love, Rosella Lagos.
The "Desperate Housewives" star wore a silky cream blouse, matching shorts, and heels as she chatted with host Mario Lopez.
Soon, the busy 38-year-old star will serve as producer on an hour-long soap drama just picked up by ABC.
Based on the Colombian telenovela "Pura Sangre," the show centers on a Miami attorney who becomes the Trustee of the wealthy Lagos estate, which reunites him with his first love, Rosella Lagos.
- 9/21/2013
- GossipCenter
ABC has just bought a project from its former “Desperate Housewives” star-turned-producer Eva Longoria. In a partnership between Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment, Berman/Braun and Universal Television, an American adaptation of the popular Venezuelan telenovela “Pura Sangre” called “Trust” has landed at ABC, a network representative told TheWrap. Also read: Eva Longoria, Mario Lopez to Co-Host Alma Awards Written by Katie Lovejoy (NBC’s “Dracula”), the series revolves around David Montenegro, who’s described as a humble Miami attorney. David finds himself in a love triangle between his ex-girlfriend, Rosella Lagos, and her fiance. In the process, he gets drawn...
- 9/19/2013
- by Jethro Nededog
- The Wrap
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