Mother & Son Legal Drama From Scott Prendergast & Dr. Phil Gets CBS Pilot Order
deadline.comCBS has made its first order of the 2022 pilot season. The network has handed a pilot pickup to a mother and son legal drama from Scott Prendergast, who wrote on FX’s Wilfred and starred in HBO’s Silicon Valley, and Dr.
Phil McGraw.The untitled drama, which comes from CBS Studios, is written and executive produced by Prendergast and exec produced by McGraw, Jay McGraw, Julia Eisenman via their Stage 29 Productions banner.The series follows a talented but directionless P.I.
who is the black sheep of his family and despite their opposing personalities, agrees to work as the in-house investigator for his overbearing mother, a successful attorney reeling from the recent dissolution of her marriage.2022 CBS Pilots & Series OrdersThe pilot order comes as CBS’ Bull, which is exec produced by Dr.
Phil and based on his experiences, is coming to an end with its sixth season.Prendergast had previously teamed up with Dr. Phil on Melanie, which was in development at CBS during the 2018-2019 cycle but didn’t go to pilot.
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