Tracy-Ann Oberman: 'I could see Sandi Toksvig as the Doctor'

Tracy-Ann Oberman has said that she could imagine Sandi Toksvig as The Doctor.

The Monroe and Friday Night Dinner actress told Digital Spy that it was a matter of time before a female star is cast in the title role of Doctor Who.

Asked what she thought of Matt Smith compared to 'her Doctor David Tennant', Oberman said: "He's brilliant! My Doctor really was Tom Baker, but they're all my Doctors.

"I think next time there'll have to be a female Doctor. There has to be at some point."

She added: "I could see Sandi Toksvig as the Doctor... she'd be very Doctor-like! But it'll probably be Cheryl Cole, won't it?"

Of whether she could ever return to the show after playing Yvonne Hartman in series two finale 'Army of Ghosts' and 'Doomsday', she added: "I love Doctor Who.

"Even if I was just to come back and smile in the back of shot I'd be very happy to do it."

Showrunner Steven Moffat has has refused to rule out the possibility of a female Doctor.

"A Time Lord could potentially turn into a woman," he said at this year's Edinburgh International Television Festival.

"The more often it's talked about, the more likely it is to happen someday, I suppose."

However, Smith has suggested that a female Doctor is unlikely "any time soon" despite naming the "kick-ass" Charlize Theron as a possible candidate.

"There are many actresses that could play it because there are so many wonderful actresses," he said.

"Would it change the fundamentals of the character? No. But it's an interesting idea."

'Downton Abbey' regains Sunday crown, 'X Factor' overtakes 'Strictly'

Downton Abbey won back its Sunday ratings crown off The X Factor last night, the latest overnight data has revealed.

Some 9.46m (a 36.3% share) watched the latest episode of ITV's hit period drama in the 9pm hour, while 254k (1%) caught the show on ITV1 +1 an hour later.

Meanwhile, The X Factor pulled in a steady 9.37m (35.3%) in the 8pm slot, adding 345k (2%) on +1 as Rylan Clark survived another week at the expense of Melanie Masson.

Strictly Come Dancing's half-hour results show, which culminated with the departure of Johnny Ball, drew 8.06m (32.5%) at 7pm.

However, ITV's late scheduling of an hour-long Coronation Street in the 7pm slot, which attracted 6.24m (25.3%), would have dented Strictly. Tracy Barlow's pregnancy bombshell in Corrie was seen by a further 484k (1.8%) on +1.

After Strictly on BBC One, Countryfile commanded a strong 6.44m (25.4%) at 7.30pm, then 4.51m (19.8%) watched The Antiques Roadshow, and Andrew Marr's History of the World stumbled on with 2.6m (11.3%) at 9.30pm.

Elsewhere, Homeland dipped to 1.83m (7%) at 9pm (+1: 415k/2.3%) and Friday Night Dinner's problems deepened as the sitcom mustered 715k (3.6%) at 19pm (+1: 114k/1.2%). Kevin McCloud's Man Made Home interested 1.42m (5.4%) earlier at 8pm (+1: 248k/0.9%).

Rocky Balboa's Channel 5 screening probably knocked Channel 4, with 1.1m (5.1%) watching the classic film between 9pm and 11.15pm (+1: 104k/0.8%). The Richard Desmond broadcaster's late-afternoon airing of A Bug's Life performed even better, enthralling 1.57m (10.2%) from 4.30pm (+1: 212k/1.1%).

Over on BBC Two, a rare showing of Fawlty Towers attracted 1.57m (6.2%) at 7pm, while Dragons' Den appealed to 1.79m (7.9%) later on in the 9pm slot.

Overall, ITV1 strolled to victory with a primetime share of 29.6% (+1: 1.2%), comfortably above BBC One's 19.9%. BBC Two and Channel 4 tied in third place with 5.4% (C4+1: 1.2%), while Channel 5 had 4.4% (+1: 0.5%).

X Factor: Sharon Osbourne 'will work with Dannii Minogue again'

Sharon Osbourne is reportedly so desperate to make an X Factor comeback, that she’ll even work with Dannii Minogue again!

Sharon and Danii clashed on The X Factor back in 2007, which saw Aussie Danii become the show’s first fourth judge.

The arguments ended with Sharon quitting, replaced by Cheryl Cole in 2008.

But recent reports have suggested that Sharon wants back on the panel, and this year joined Louis Walsh at judges’ houses in Las Vegas.

A source told the Daily Mail newspaper this weekend: “She’s made it clear she will work with Dannii again.

“There’s a feeling that a line-up featuring Dannii and Sharon would strengthen the show.”

The paper claims that X Factor boss Simon Cowell is planning a “big shake-up of the panel” for the tenth series next year.

Doctor Who: find out what happened to Rory, Amy and Brian after The Angels Take Manhattan

The BBC has released an unshot scene that tells us what eventually happened to Rory's dad and the Ponds…

Warning: if any of you are in a public place and don't want to be seen with a tear in your eye, then save this for later.

Here's a storyboard scene, written by Chris Chibnall, that tells us what finally happened to the Ponds, and to Rory's dad, Brian after the Angels took Manhattan...

TV Tonight 15th of October 2012

The daily list in alphabetical order, of all the new episodes airing.

    112 - på liv och död S06E25: "Del 25 av 36"
    2 Broke Girls S02E04: "And the Cupcake War"
    8 out of 10 cats S14E02: "TBA"
    90210 S05E02: "The Sea Change"
    999: What's Your Emergency? S01E05: "Episode 5"
    Adventure Time with Finn and Jake S04E25: "I Remember You"
    All on the Line S03E06: "Domino Dollhouse"
    Alphas S02E12: "Need to Know"
    American Chopper: Senior vs. Junior S04E07: "New Venture"
    Anderson Live S02E26
    Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations S08E15: "Rio"
    Antiques Road Trip S05E11: "Series 5, Episode 11"
    Are We There Yet? S03E21: "The V.I.P. Tickets Episode"
    Asbjørn Brekke Show S01E06: "Season 1, Episode 6"
    Basketball Wives LA S02E06: "Season 2, Episode 6"
    Be Good Johnny Weir S02E10: "Season 2, Episode 10"
    Be Good Johnny Weir S02E09: "Season 2, Episode 9"
    Big Brother (AU) S09E55: "Live Nomination 9"
    Boer Zkt. Vrouw S08E07: "Season 8, Episode 7"
    Bomb Hunters S01E08: "Episode 8"
    Brille S02E02: "Season 2, Episode 2"
    Can Of Worms S02E09: "Season 2, Episode 9"
    Canadian Pickers S03E08: "Drive to Win"
    Castle (2009) S05E04: "Murder, He Wrote"
    Chelsea Lately S06E162
    Chitose Get You!! S01E16: "Episode 16"
    Chrissy & Mr. Jones S01E04: "Run to the Rev"
    Clan S01E07: "Professionele Hulp"
    Classic Car Rescue S01E04: "Ford Mustang"
    Conan S02E152: "Cheryl Hines, Michael Kiwanuka"
    Coronation Street S53E204: "Mon Oct 15, 2012 [Episode 2]"
    Coronation Street S53E203: "Mon Oct 15, 2012 [Episode 1]"
    Crimi Clowns S01E03: "Jefke 90"
    Dancing With the Stars (US) S15E07: "Season 15, Episode 7"
    Daybreak S03E31: "October 15, 2012"
    Days of our Lives S47E229: "Ep. #11939"
    Deal Or No Deal (UK) S08E55: "Episode 2048"
    Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives S15E09: "Handcrafted"
    Dinosaur Train S02E29: "Tiny's Tiny Friend"
    Doctors S14E110: "Home Free"
    EastEnders S28E163: "October 15, 2012"
    Emmerdale S41E243: "October 15, 2012"
    Färjan S04E09: "TBA"
    Farmen S08E04: "Season 8, Episode 4"
    Fast N' Loud S01E13: "TBA"
    Fifth Gear S21E07: "Series 21, Episode 7"
    Figure It Out S05E01: "Season 5, Episode 1"
    Gary: Tank Commander S03E04: "Big Cuts are the Biggest"
    General Hospital (US) S50E138: "#12666"
    Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden S23E31: "Season 23, Episode 31"
    Gossip Girl S06E02: "High Infidelity"
    Halv åtta hos mig S09E33: "Motala - Johnny"
    Hawaii Five-0 (2010) S03E04: "Popilikia is Hawaiian (Misfortune)"
    Helicopter Heroes S06E11: "Series 6, Episode 11"
    Hoarders S06E05: "Joni & Millie"
    Hollyoaks S18E206: "October 15, 2012"
    Home and Away (AU) S25E191: "Episode 5626"
    Hotel cæsar S29E65: "Season 29, Episode 65"
    House Crashers S07E03: "Seattle Basement Bar"
    House Hunters S50E81
    House Hunters International S34E77
    How I Met Your Mother S08E04: "Who Wants to Be a Godparent?"
    Intervention S13E09: "Ryan"
    Isabel S01E06: "El Fantasma"
    Ixion Saga DT S01E02: "Episode 2"
    Jimmy Kimmel Live S09E319
    Kami-sama Hajimemashita S01E03: "Episode 3"
    Kickin' It S02E17: "Wazombie Warriors"
    La que se avecina S06E03
    Lab Rats (2012) S01E17: "Night of the Living Virus"
    Lekarze S01E07: "Kłamstwo ma wiele twarzy"
    Live with Kelly and Michael S30E26: "Cynthia Nixon, Max Greenfield"
    Loose Women S17E31: "Series 17, Show 31"
    Made S12E20: "Circus Performer"
    Made in Chelsea S04E01: "Series 4, Episode 1"
    Major Crimes S01E10: "Long Shot"
    Market Warriors S01E08: "Antiquing in Canton, TX (Part 1)"
    Mike & Molly S03E04: "Molly in the Middle"
    Monday Night Football S43E11: "Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers"
    Monroe S02E03: "Series 2, Episode 3"
    Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse S01E16: "Episode 16"
    Neighbours S28E201: "Episode 6511"
    Never Mind the Buzzcocks (UK) S26E04
    New Tricks S09E08: "Blue Flower"
    Nigelissima S01E04: "Episode 4"
    Oh Oh Europa S01E36: "Season 1, Episode 36"
    Only Connect S06E08: "Accountants v Cinephiles"
    Pair of Kings S03E13: "King vs. Wild"
    Panorama S60E38: "Kill at Will? America on Trial"
    Partners (2012) S01E04: "The Key"
    Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs S01E07: "Episode 7"
    Pointless S07E34: "Series 7, Episode 34"
    Project Runway Sverige S01E03: "Season 1, Episode 3"
    Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja S01E11
    Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja S01E10:
    Regular Show S04E04
    Revolution (2012) S01E05: "Soul Train"
    Richard Hammond's Crash Course S02E01: "Stuntman"
    Ridiculousness S02E17: "Chanel and Sterling"
    Searching for Finland's Top Model S05E07: "Season 5, Episode 7"
    SlugTerra S01E01: "The World Beneath Our Feet, Part 1"
    Strictly Come Dancing - It Takes Two S09E06: "Series 9, Episode 6"
    Superjail! S03E03: "Uh-Oh Magic"
    Switch (UK) S01E01: "Episode 1"
    Switched at Birth S01E29: "The Trial"
    The Bad Girls Club S09E13: "Fist, Fist, Bang Bang"
    The Bold and the Beautiful S26E144: "Ep. #6428"
    The Chase (2009) S05E116: "Series 5, Episode 110"
    The Chew S02E26: "Episode 264"
    The Colbert Report S08E128: "Evan Thomas"
    The Daily Show S17E166: "J.K. Rowling"
    The Dr. Phil Show S11E30: "A Twisted Family Tragedy"
    The Ellen DeGeneres Show S10E26
    The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange S01E15
    The Inbetweeners (US) S01E09: "Fire!"
    The Jeremy Kyle Show S08E31: "October 15, 2012"
    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson S08E156
    The Project S04E246: "Season 4, Episode 246"
    The Real Housewives of New York City S05E20: "Reunion, Part 2"
    The View S16E30: "Chris O'Donnell, Trisha Yearwood"
    The Voice (US) S03E12: "The Battles Continue"
    The X Factor (AU) S04E22: "Season 4, Live Finals 5"
    The Young and the Restless S40E143: "Ep. #10012"
    Threesome S02E03: "Alice's Friend"
    Thuis S18E36: "Season 18, Episode 36"
    TI & Tiny: The Family Hustle S02E08: "TBA"
    University Challenge (1994) S19E12
    Watch What Happens: Live S08E27: "Jill Zarin"
    Wereld draait door, De S08E31: "Season 8, Episode 31"
    Wolfblood S01E11: "Episode 11"
    Wonderland (UK) S05E09: "Walking with Dogs"
    WWE Raw S20E42: "Episode 1012"
    Интерны S07E09: "Лечащий врач"

Agent Coulson will headline Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D.

Clark Gregg and Joss Whedon appeared at New York Comic-Con this weekend to confirm some fan-pleasing news…

“There was never going to be a S.H.I.E.L.D. show without Agent Phil Coulson.” And with those words from the mouth of Kevin Feige, hordes of Marvel fans at the New York Comic-Con and around the world breathed a sigh of relief. Agent Coulson would be appearing in Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. (the show’s current title), and Clark Gregg was there to prove it.

The news was announced with some trickery. Ostensibly, Gregg was at the Comic-Con to discuss his role on the animated Ultimate Spider-Man but during the panel, a video was shown of Whedon and Marvel head Kevin Feige discussing Agent Coulson’s role in Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. “He’s headlining the show and always was”, confirmed Whedon.

The Avengers viewers will know that Coulson’s appearance begs more questions than it answers at this stage, but however Whedon and co. are going to play it, let’s rest happy that for however long, in whatever circumstances, Coulson is back where he belongs.

Development Update: The 15th of October

CONFESSIONS OF THE BACKUP DANCER (The CW) - Andrew Leeds and David Lampson (NBC's "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer") will take a new crack at the long-in-the-works drama, which "follows a young filmmaker who is hired to make a documentary about a world famous pop star and her controversial tour." Ilene Chaiken penned the original take in 2009 with Sascha Penn trying again in 2010, both of which are based on Tucker Shaw's novel of the same. Warner Bros. Television-based Alloy Entertainment is behind the hour with Gina Girolamo and Leslie Morgenstein executive producing alongside the duo. It's not clear if director Marcos Siega is still attached to the project. (TVLine.com)

CROWNINSHIELD (NBC, New!) - Oscar-winner William Monahan ("The Departed") and actor Kevin Kline are on track to sell a new drama to the Peacock about "a genius investigator-consultant and confirmed bachelor who winds up rooming with compulsive thief." Universal Television and Scott Free Productions are behind the project, which would presumably star Kline and be executive produced by Monahan, Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker. (Variety.com)

ELECTROPOLIS (The CW, New!) - Ken Olin and J.J. Abrams ("Alias") are set to re-team for a potential drama which "revolves around after-hours Los Angeles and the young people who live their lives while most of the city sleeps." Olin's son Cliff and Justin Feil will pen the script to the project, which the elder Olin conceived alongside the duo and is attached to direct. Olin, Abrams and Bad Robot's Bryan Burk then will executive produce for Warner Bros. Television with writers Olin and Feil serving as co-executive producers, as is Kathy Lingg. (Variety.com)

F--- I'M IN MY TWENTIES (NBC, New!) - Emma Koenig's Tumblr blog-turned-book - which consists of hand-drawn musings about the plight of today's millennials - is being developed as a comedy at the Peacock. Jeff Lowell ("Common Law") will co-write the half-hour alongside Koenig, which will track "a woman's experience as a twentysomething living in the big city." Universal Television-BermanBraun is behind the project, with the company's Gail Berman, Lloyd Braun and Gene Stein also executive producing. (Deadline.com)

THE GREAT ESCAPE (TNT) - The cable channel has passed on a second season of the reality series, in which teams of competitors try to find their way out of seemingly impossible situations for a chance to take home a cash prize. The show's nine-episode freshman run averaged 1.143 million viewers and a 0.5 rating among adults 18-49, making it the least-watched program on the network this year. Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri were among the executive producers while NFL Network's Rich Eisen served as host. (TVGuide.com)

THE LAST SHIP (TNT) - The ever-busy character actor Titus Welliver has boarded the drama pilot, in which a global catastrophe nearly obliterates the earth's population, forcing the crew of a naval destroyer to confront the reality of their new existence in a world where they are among the only survivors. He'll play Mike Slattery, "second in command to Captain Tom Chandler (Eric Dane) onboard the USS Nathan James, a fair man who cares deeply for his family." Producer Michael Bay, director Jonathan Mostow and writers Hank Steinberg and Steven Kane are all behind the hour, which is based on the novel by William Brinkley. Michaela McManus, Charles Parnell, Travis Van Winkle, Christina Elmore and Sam Spruell also star. (Deadline.com)

MICHAEL BOLTON'S DAUGHTER IS DESTROYING MY LIFE (ABC, New!) - Grammy-winner Michael Bolton is set to star in a potential comedy at the Alphabet about "a naive young writer who moves to the big city and ends up taking a job heading social media for singer-songwriter Michael Bolton only to have her hands full with Bolton and the wild-child daughter he has recently taken in." Tami Sagher ("30 Rock") is penning the Universal Cable Productions-based half-hour, which is based on an idea by actress Allison Miller ("Go On") and her real-life celebrity encounters when she first came to Hollywood. Tagline Television's Willie Mercer, Ron West, J.B. Roberts and Kelly Kulchak also serving as executive producers with Bolton and Miller receiving co-executive producer and producer credits, respectively. (Deadline.com)

PROS & CONS (ABC, New!) - Alexi Hawley ("Castle") has snagged a script order from the Alphabet about "a young FBI agent who discovers the father she never knew is a master thief and his unique insight into crime proves invaluable to her work." Mark Gordon and Nicholas Pepper also serve as executive producers on the project, which is set up at their ABC Studios-based The Mark Gordon Co. (Deadline.com)

#RESISTANCE (CBS, New!) - Daniel Cerone ("The Mentalist") has booked a new drama at the Eye about an unconventional young female detective for the San Francisco Police Department who's fired from the force for going too far only "to be secretly recruited by the Chief of Police to become an undercover officer posing as a vigilante, allowing her to break the law in order to serve justice." Cerone will write and executive produce alongside McG and Peter Johnson for their Warner Bros. Television-based Wonderland Sound and Vision banner. (Deadline.com)

THE ROYALS (ABC, New!) - Screenwriter Matt Lopez ("The Sorcerer's Apprentice") has sold a new drama to the Alphabet about "a young woman who falls for a prince in foreign country and finds herself wrapped up in palace intrigue and a murder mystery." Sony Pictures Television-based Thunder Road is behind the hour, which has a penalty attached. Lopez then will executive produce alongside the company's Basil Iwanyk ("The Town"). (Variety.com)

THE SECRET LIVES OF WIVES (Lifetime) - Callum Blue, Valerie Cruz and newcomer Derek Smith have all been cast in the drama pilot, which explores the unvarnished truth behind the marriages of four different women - Michelle (Kim Raver), Reed (Salli Richardson), Keaton (Amber Clayton) and Jessie (Lauren Bittner), breaking down the creative ways each close friend nurtures, maintains and endures what many see as an impossible convention of modern life. Blue is set as Jessie's husband Dan, "a Lutheran Minister who looks more like a sexy rock star than a pastor"; with Smith as "Keaton's husband of one year, an accountant"; and Cruz as Alyse, "a pretty yet frail girl who's a cancer survivor who claims to have had an affair with Michelle's husband, Wil." Jill Gordon penned the Warner Horizon Television-based hour, which is inspired by the book by Iris Krasnow. (Deadline.com, THR.com)

SEX DIARIES (ABC, New!) - Tom Spezialy ("Chaos") has sold a potential new series to the Alphabet billed as "a sexy and heartfelt dramedy set in New York City that explores the sex lives, loves, and experiences of 10 characters who are interconnected in surprising ways." ABC Studios-based The Mark Gordon Co. is behind the hour, which is inspired by New York Magazine's popular weekly feature. Gordon and Nicholas Pepper also serve as executive producers. (Deadline.com)

THE SIXTH GUN (NBC, New!) - "Lost" alum Carlton Cuse is developing a small screen take on Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn's Oni Press comic of the same name, about six pistols of otherworldly power in the Old West, the most dangerous of which falls into the hands of an innocent girl named Becky Montcrief who - alongside shadowy gunfighter Drake Sinclair - must battle vile men thought long dead that have set their sights on retrieving the gun. Said effort was originally eyed as a six-hour mini-series at Syfy. Screenwriter Ryan Condal ("Galahad") will pen the script and executive produce alongside Cuse and Closed on Mondays Entertainment's Eric Gitter and Andy Bourne for Universal Television. (Deadline.com)

UNTITLED JOHN LEGEND PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Grammy-winner John Legend is developing a new single-camera comedy at the network about "a guy in his early 20s who becomes the guardian to his own siblings while having to manage his burgeoning career and social life." Said half-hour, from the 20th Century Fox Television-based Chernin Entertainment, is loosely on Legend's upbringing. Tommy Dewey and Greg Bratman ("Sons of Tucson") are penning the script and will serve as co-executive producers. Get Lifted Film Co.'s Legend, Mike Jackson and Ty Stiklorious then will executive produce alongside Katherine Pope and Peter Chernin. (Deadline.com)

UNTITLED RON WEINER PROJECT/WHITES (NBC, New!) - Ron Weiner ("30 Rock") has sold of pair of comedies to the Peacock. First up: an untitled half-hour about "a contentious work marriage in which two people who are total opposites must manage a team together." 20th Century Fox Television-based Chernin Entertainment is behind said effort with Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope also serving as executive producers. Then there's "Whites," based on the short-lived U.K. comedy "set in the kitchen of a country house hotel, following the trials and tribulations of head chef Roland White and his long suffering sous chef Bib." Universal Television is behind the half-hour with 3 Arts Entertainment's Howard Klein also on board as an executive producer. (Deadline.com)

UNTITLED RYAN TAVLIN PROJECT (FOX, New!) - Screenwriter Ryan Tavlin ("Counting Backwards") is developing a modern-day take on Bonnie and Clyde at the network about "two sexy, young lovers from struggling families in East Texas, who use their respective skill sets to pair up and fight back, one crime at a time." Sony Pictures Television-based One-Two Punch Productions is behind the hour with the company's Maria Grasso and Deborah Spera executive producing alongside Tavlin. (Deadline.com)

THE CHURCH (NBC, New!) - Feature writer Howard Franklin ("The Big Year") has sold a potential drama to the Peacock which "chronicles the struggles of a family who is part of a seemingly innocuous and upstanding organization that they come to realize is a controlling cult." The Universal Television-based Wolf Films is behind the hour with the company's Dick Wolf, Peter Jankowski and Danielle Gelber executive producing alongside Franklin. (Variety.com)

THE CISKO KID (CBS, New!) - Diego Gutierrez ("Without a Trace") is spearheading a new small screen take on O. Henry's iconic Mexican caballero, which has been adapted into numerous film and TV incarnations - most recently in 1994 as a TV movie with Jimmy Smits in the title role and Cheech Marin as his sidekick Pancho. Gutierrez's take will focus Cisco, an Afghanistan veteran who teams with his best friend/fellow Marine, Sam, to defend the city's disenfranchised after his father is murdered. CBS Television Studios is behind the hour with Ventanarosa's Salma Hayek and Jose Tamez as well as Donners' Company's Lauren Shuler Donner and Jack Leslie executive producing alongside Gutierrez. Separately, Gutierrez is also developing "Flesh and Bones" at FX with producers Eli Roth and Eric Newman. (Deadline.com)

CONTINUING FRED (ABC Family) - Mimi Gianopulos ("What to Expect When You're Expecting") has booked the lead role on the comedy pilot, about 20-something Winifred "Fred" Harris, a newly-graduated slacker with an overbearing family who surprisingly finds purpose when she begins to teach at a local elementary school. Bill Daly is behind the multi-camera project, which was picked up last month. (Deadline.com)

FIVEHEAD (ABC, New!) - "America's Next Top Model's" Tyra Banks and Kenya Barris are set to re-team for a new single-camera comedy at the Alphabet which "chronicles the impressionable teenage years of Banks in the halls of her high school and at home, focusing on her family and the long journey that took Banks from awkward teen to one of the world's most recognizable supermodels." ABC Studios is behind the half-hour which Barris will pen off a story conceived alongside Banks with the duo executive producing for Bankable Productions. (Deadline.com)

GRANNY IS MY WINGMAN (CBS, New!) - Kayli Stollak's blog - which documents the 25-year-old New Yorker's experiences with online dating alongside her 76-year-old grandmother - is being eyed as a potential multi-camera comedy at the Eye. Donald Todd ("Hart of Dixie") is on board to co-write the half-hour, which is set up at the Warner Bros. Television-based Jerry Bruckheimer Television, alongside Stollak. Todd, Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman will executive produce with KristieAnne Reed and Stollak serving as co-executive producer and supervising producer, respectively. (Deadline.com)

LE GRAND (ION) - A deal to import the Jean Reno-led, eight-episode drama, about a tough elite cop who stops at nothing to solve mysterious murder cases in Paris, has become the focus of a $4 million transatlantic breach-of-contract lawsuit. Producer Atlantique Productions has alleged ION Media Networks backed away from a license deal for the series over "creative concerns, such as the 'intelligibility' of Reno's accent." ION has yet to comment on the lawsuit. René Balcer is behind "Le Grand," which was shot in English entirely on location in Paris. (THR.com)

LIFESTYLE LEMONAID (FOX) - Erin Richards ("Breaking In") has been tapped for the lead role on the comedy pilot presentation, based on Nikki Joel's tell-all blog about her marriage to top WME talent agent Brandt Joel. She'll play Nikki in the HBO-turned-FOX project, described as "a life force with a sense of mischief who's sexy, defensive and sometimes argumentative but always protective of her fashionista son." Jordon Nardino penned the half-hour, which is also executive produced by Mark Wahlberg and Steve Levinson as well as the Joels. (Deadline.com)

SECRET LIVES OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES (NBC) - Laura Allen ("Awake") has booked the final principal role on the drama pilot, based on Josie Brown's book about the secrets and lies of three suburban couples exposed in the aftermath of a murder. She'll play Alison Dunn, "a grounded and levelheaded mother and wife who happens to be hiding the darkest secret of all." Martin Henderson co-stars as her husband with Nicole Ari Parker, Jesse L. Martin, Perrey Reeves and James Tupper playing the other couples, the Cookes and the Deavers. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Mark Pellington and writer Sascha Penn are all behind the hour, which comes from Warner Bros. Television. (Deadline.com)

UNDATEABLE (NBC, New!) - Ellen Rakieten and Anne Coyle's book, subtitled "311 Things Guys Do That Guarantee They Won't Be Dating Or Having Sex," is being developed as a multi-camera comedy at the Peacock. Adam Sztykiel ("Due Date") is penning the project, which has a penalty attached and is "described as a bromantic comedy about two very different guys who are bonded by their common inability to attract women." Doozer's Bill Lawrence and Jeff Inglod are also on board to executive produce for Warner Bros. Television. (Deadline.com)

UNTITLED STEVE CONRAD PROJECT (HBO, New!) - Steve Conrad has booked a potential comedy at the pay channel from Mike White's RipCord Productions ("Enlightened"). No details were given about the project, which will be developed under White's recently signed overall deal with HBO. White and David Bernad then will presumably executive produce the untitled half-hour alongside Conrad. (Deadline.com)

WONDERLAND (NBC, New!) - Screenwriter Whit Anderson is developing a new drama at the Peacock billed as a sequel to Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland" centering on a new character, Clara, "who must wage war against Wonderland's reigning Queen, the woman we once knew as Alice." ABC Studios is behind the hour, with Dare to Pass' Anthony E. Zuiker and Matt Weinberg as well as Brillstein Entertainment Partners' JoAnn Alfano and Margaret Riley also among the executive producers. Anderson previously penned the much-ballyhooed feature reboot of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" in 2010 which didn't move forward. (Deadline.com)