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9/11 Drama ‘The Looming Tower’ In The Works At Hulu
9/11 drama The Looming Tower, based on the book of the same name by Lawrence Wright, is close to securing a ten episode series order at streaming service Hulu. The series examines the chain of events that led to the September 11th terrorist attacks. Of particular focus is the rising threat of Bin Laden and the Al-Qaeda network throughout the 1990s and how dysfunction at the heart of government, the FBI and CIA prevented U.S. authorities from identifying and disrupting the attack. Mykelti Williamson Joins Kiefer Sutherland’s ABC Drama ‘Designated Survivor’
ABC is staging a 24 reunion. Mykelti Williamson, who starred in the eighth season of the Fox counter-terrorism drama as the Director of CTU New York, has been tapped for a recurring role in Kiefer Sutherland's new ABC series Designated Survivor He will play Admiral Chernow, the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff who quickly becomes one of President Kirkman’s (Sutherland) most trusted advisers. 
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ABC Cancels Summer Drama ‘Mistresses’
Despite hopes it would go otherwise, ABC has cancelled their Summer drama Mistresses, based on the BBC One series of the same name, after four seasons. Tobias Menzies Set As Lead In AMC’s ‘The Terror’
Tobias Menzies (Outlander) has been set as one of the leads in The Terror, AMC's ten episode anthology drama based on the novel by Dan Simmons. Picked up straight-to-series, The Terror is set in 1847, when a Royal Naval expedition crew searching for the Northwest Passage is attacked by a mysterious predator that stalks the ships and their crew in a suspenseful and desperate game of survival. FX Cancels Denis Leary Comedy Series ‘Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll’
FX has cancelled their comedy series Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, created by and starring Rescue Me alum Denis Lear after two ten episode seasons, TVWise has confirmed. Fox Developing DC Drama ‘Black Lightning’ From Greg Berlanti
Fox has handed out a put pilot commitment to Black Lightning, an hour-long drama based on the DC Comics characters, which hails from super-producer Greg Berlanti.