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Many late-night hosts have regular segments they can turn to again and again to get laughs. Seth Meyers has “A Closer Look.” Jimmy Kimmel has “Mean Tweets.” Jimmy Fallon has his “Thank You Notes.” And James Corden has “Carpool Karaoke.”

On “Full Frontal,” one of TBS’ late-night entries, host Samantha Bee has none of those things. With a program that airs once a week, she doesn’t have the luxury of relying on regular concepts. “We expect to change things up for our personal interests,” says Bee in a recent interview. “I like to reinvent things as much as possible.”

Over the course of four seasons (the show’s fifth cycle just got underway), Bee has changed the set, the opening, and in recent weeks, some of her regular contributors and head writers. Earlier this month, “Full Frontal” elevated Mike Drucker and Kristen Bartlett to head writer titles, replacing Melinda Taub.

The WGA Awards boosted a pair of movie screenplays into Oscar frontrunner status on Saturday night, handing its marquee Original Screenplay award to Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won for Neon’s Parasite, and its Adapted Screenplay award to Taika Wiatiti for Searchlight’s Jojo Rabbit. Both of the winning scripts are nominated for Oscars on February 9.

This year the guild wasted no time in its 72nd edition, awarding its marquee prizes early in the night in simultaneous ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York. Many of the film-side nominees gathered in the Edison Ballroom in NYC, so as to make the shorter jump to the BAFTAs which are Sunday in London.

Last year, the guild did not line up with Oscar’s screenwriting prizes, awarding Bo Burnham’s Eighth Grade in original screenplay and Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? in adapted. Green...

Samantha Bee is once again nominated at the Emmys for her variety talk series, “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee.” She now has 12 nominations in total, with one victory for her “Not the White House Correspondents’ Dinner” special in 2017.

Bee recently spoke with Gold Derby senior editor Daniel Montgomery to discuss the turbulent news cycle, her episode on Yemeni refugees and her plans for a new tech project. Watch the exclusive video interview above and read the complete transcript below.

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Gold Derby: As we’re recording this it’s been another scary and bizarre week of news with Jeffrey Epstein’s death and an Ice raid in Mississippi, but it’s kind of like every news week feels this way now. Is it getting more challenging over time to...

On any given day, Samantha Bee is juggling a lot between her TBS late-night series, “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” and her family. This often includes getting work done in the car on the way to picking up or dropping off her three young children. It also results in her Manhattan office being a bit “frenetic.” Although she considers it a “pretty” space, she doesn’t have the time to keep it neat and tidy. “Usually it’s a godforsaken mess with piles of stuff and shoes I haven’t put away and clothes laying over chairs,” she says. “You have to do it all, so my office is the physical expression of that.”

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If there is a focal point in Bee’s office, she considers it to be the red blazer she wore during her first episode, back in 2016, that is now framed and hung behind her desk.

Exclusive: Steven Fisher has been upped to partner at Trevor Engelson’s Beverly Hills-based management/production company Underground.

Fisher has been with Underground for five years. Prior to his post at Underground, he was an agent at both UTA and ICM. His client roster includes Alex Karpovsky, Michael Zegen (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Desi Lydic (The Daily Show), Jessie Ennis (Mythic Quest), Instagram’s Celeste Barber, Leon Neyfakh (the creator of the podcasts Slow Burn and Fiasco) and Melinda Taub (Executive Producer and Head Writer for Full Frontal With Samantha Bee). Most recently, Fisher executive produced the Comedy Central special Desi Lydic: Abroad with Engelson.

“Steven has been a critical part of Underground’s growth,” said Engelson. “His appointment reflects not just the contribution he has made, but his innovation and commitment to creating unique opportunities for our clients, and the growth we are planning for our immediate future at Underground.

It may feel like late-night talk shows often overwhelmingly consist of a barrage of recounts of the most recent, or most polarizing, political headlines or tweets. It’s a subject matter that can’t, and perhaps shouldn’t, be avoided, given the changing state of local laws when it comes to health care, that families are literally being ripped apart at the border, Ice raids, unemployment rates, climate-change deniers, new tariffs, and so much more. It may be a scramble for such late-night shows to keep up at all, let alone consistently come up with clever commentary to offer around the hard truths. So perhaps it comes as no surprise that some such programs are talking less about politics while others are forced to find new coping mechanisms to avoid political burnout.

“One of the great joys of ‘The Daily Show’ is that we’ve learned how to expand the...

Melinda Taub, a writer for “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” wrote this piece for the Down to the Wire issue of TheWrap’s Emmy magazine. On election night, after the results came in and the world realized that Donald Trump was really, truly going to be the president, I got a lot of wonderful messages from friends. “Can’t wait for ‘Full Frontal’ tomorrow,'” they said. “We really need you guys.” A lovely sentiment, but it was 3 in the morning, I couldn’t stop crying and the show wasn’t written yet. I was working as hard on getting my sister to come to.

Fresh off an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Variety Talk Series, Full Frontal With Samantha Bee -- the first female-led series to be recognized in the category -- is taking audiences behind the frontlines of the Iraq war against Isis in Kurdistan.

Although Bee has taken the show on the road during the 2016 presidential campaign, filmed an alternative White House Correspondents’ Dinner in D.C. and reported from the Syrian border, it’s the first time the host has gone to Iraq -- a trip she completed in just four days during Ramadan in June.

On Wednesday, the TBS show will run the first of two episodes dedicated to their field coverage produced by Razan Ghalayini, a documentary filmmaker-turned-field producer on the show who is also responsible for Full Frontal’s visit to a Syrian refugee camp in Jordan during the first season.

“In watching the news, you realize that all the Isis coverage is on the frontline...

For the most part, ABC's summer programming focuses on reality TV series, like The Bachelorette and game shows like Celebrity Family Feud. Still, the Alphabet Network always makes a little room for summertime scripted series. Although Mistresses was cancelled after four seasons, last fall, the Downward Dog sitcom premiered in May, and the Somewhere Between drama series kicks off in July. Joining them is the Still Star-Crossed TV show. Will this Romeo and Juliet sequel be cancelled or renewed for a second season? Stay tuned. A Shondaland TV series adaptation of Melinda Taub's novel, Still Star-Crossed stars Grant Bowler, Wade Briggs, Torrance Coombs, Dan Hildebrand, Lashana Lynch, Ebonee Noel, Medalion Rahimi, Zuleikha Robinson, Sterling Sulieman, Susan Wooldridge, and Anthony Head. The ABC drama features the bloodshed and palace intrigue overwhelming fair Verona in the aftermath of the tragic deaths of Romeo (Laviscount) and Juliet (Rugaard).

Network: ABC. Episodes: Seven (hour). Seasons: One. TV show dates: May 29, 2017 — July 29, 2017. Series status: Cancelled. Performers include: Grant Bowler, Wade Briggs, Torrance Coombs, Dan Hildebrand, Lashana Lynch, Ebonee Noel, Medalion Rahimi, Zuleikha Robinson, Sterling Sulieman, Susan Wooldridge, Anthony Head, Caspar, Carl Chambers, Greg Chillen, Shazad Latif, Clara Rugaard, and Lucien Laviscount. TV show description: A Shondaland period drama based on the Melinda Taub novel, the Still Star-Crossed TV show is a sequel the William Shakespeare tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. In the wake of the young lovers' senseless deaths, Verona finds itself in the throes of upheaval, thanks to the Montague and Capulet feud. Upon the death of his father, Escalus (Sulieman)...

More than 400 years after William Shakespeare’s death, one of the playwright’s most beloved works is at last being given the sequel treatment in the form of an ABC drama series.

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Based on Melinda Taub’s 2013 novel, ABC’s Still Star-Crossed strives to answer a whole bunch of questions no one asked about the extended Romeo and Juliet universe, including how its members fared after the titular lovers’ deaths.

Monday’s premiere spun the mostly familiar tale of forbidden lovers who defied their feuding...

Still Star-Crossed, the novel by Melinda Taub, is an interesting and clever look at the world Shakespeare didn’t actually lay out all that distinctly in Romeo & Juliet. It’s equal parts fan fiction and development cheat by appropriation, but it spins a decent yarn and delivers an updated sense of drama. It’s not only solid Ya entertainment, but it’s just the sort of effort we could use more of, both as an enticement to read more and backward entry into other literature.

Still Star-Crossed, the show, dresses up the idea wonderfully but renders it all rather lifeless by trying to out-drama itself at every turn in a decidedly Shondaland morass of overworked histrionics. Oddly, this manages, at points, to come full circle and become interesting again by offering up near-cornball drama in situations that actually require all the drama you would think you could muster.

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We all know the story of Romeo and Juliet's fleeting romance and tragic deaths, but what happens next has always been a mystery -- until now.

Inspired by the novel by Melinda Taub, ABC's new summer series, Still Star-Crossed, ramps up the action and drama after Romeo and Juliet die, and the treacherous feud between the Montague and Capulet families that continues to rage on. But another forbidden romance presents itself at the end of the premiere episode and that will certainly ruffle 17th century feathers as the season progresses.

"It's the ultimate romantic story about forbidden love and I think a lot of people can relate to that," actress Medalion Rahimi, who plays Princess Isabella, tells Et of the time-honored Romeo and Juliet tale. "The tragedy in the end -- I don't want to say that it's good to necessarily glorify young lovers' suicide -- but the idea that because of prejudice these young lovers...

Romeo and Juliet was just the beginning. Literally. Still Star-Crossed debuts in just a few days, picking up right where the classic Shakespearean tale leaves off, after teenage lovers Romeo and Juliet have died. However, the series, based on the book by Melinda Taub and from executive producer Shonda Rhimes, takes that ending in a bit of a new direction filled with "love, passion, deceit, and hate, and family, and war," according to star Lyshana Lynch. "At the end of the original story, the death of Romeo and Juliet healed both of the households," star Zuleikha Robinson says in the exclusive featurette above. "However, in our story, the rifts get bigger."  In the pilot,...

It's finally happening. ABC has announced its Still Star-Crossed TV show will premiere on on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2017 at at 10:01pm, directly following The Bachelorette.The seven episode first season of Still Star-Crossed stars Wade Briggs, Lashana Lynch, Sterling Sulieman, and Torrance Coombs. Inspired by Melinda Taub’s novel, the new ABC TV series is a sequel to William Shakespeare's famous tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.Read More…...

Kal Penn is clapping back at his haters with a fundraiser for Syrian refugees.

The 39-year-old American actor has started a CrowdRise fundraiser in the name of a commenter who told him he doesn’t belong in America.

The message appeared to be written in an Instagram post of Penn’s, in which he spoke out about the personal effect President Donald Trump‘s “Muslim Ban” is having on him and his friends.

“Families are being torn apart,” Penn wrote. “Shame on us. This is un-American. ‬What Donald Trump and the Republican Party are doing is wholly unAmerican.”

His online critic responded,...

When will Still Star-Crossed debut? ABC boss Channing Dungey recently discussed the status of Shonda Rhime's latest TV series, Deadline reports.Based on the book by Melinda Taub, the period drama "picks up where the famous story of Romeo and Juliet ends, charting the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate." The cast includes Wade Briggs, Anthony Head, Zuleikha Robinson, Lashana Lynch, Ebonee Noel, Sterling Sulieman Medalion Rahimi, Grant Bowler, Susan Wooldridge, Torrance Coombs and Dan Hildebrand.Read More…...

When ABC’s midseason schedule was announced this morning, there was one noticeable omission: Shondaland’s latest drama series Still Star-Crossed. The Romeo and Juliet sequel, based on the book by Melinda Taub, was ordered to pilot last season. Because of Shonda Rhimes’ packed schedule, it started production late in Europe. It was picked up to series for midseason 2017 without a completed pilot. But the big-scope costume drama won’t debut this season. “It has taken us a…...

I defy you, stars. Back in November, we reported that ABC was likely to change the title of Shondaland's upcoming Still Star-Crossed TV show, starring Wade Briggs, Lashana Lynch, Sterling Sulieman, and Torrance Coombs. Inspired by Melinda Taub's novel, the new project is a Romeo and Juliet sequel series.Coombs, who played Sebastian "Bash" de Poitiers on The CW's Reign (which was cancelled last week), plays Count Paris in the new show. He has been tweeting about it, referring to it as, "our as-yet-untitled Shondaland period drama." He later added, "It'll be on ABC some time in the new year. Possibly even with a different title. I'll keep you guys posted." Coombs also confirmed...

But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? Deadline reports British actress Claire Cooper has been cast to recur as Lady Montague in the Still Star-Crossed TV show, coming to ABC in 2017. Based on the Melinda Taub novel of the same name, the Shondaland period drama picks up where Romeo and Juliet ends. ABC says it features, "...the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate."Still Star-Crossed stars Wade Briggs as Benvolio Montague, Anthony Head as Lord Silvestro Capulet, Zuleikha Robinson as Lady Guiliana Capulet, Lashana Lynch as Rosaline, and Ebonee Noel as Livia. Also starring are Sterling Sulieman as Prince Escalus, Medalion Rahimi as Princess Isabella, Grant Bowler as Damiano Montague,...

Along with announcing its fall 2016 schedule, ABC on Tuesday unveiled sneak peeks of its new shows, including Kiefer Sutherland’s Potus thriller Designated Survivor, legal drama Conviction and Minnie Driver comedy Speechless.

On the midseason front, trailers were also released for Shondaland’s Romeo and Juliet follow-up Still Star-Crossed, Jenna Elfman laugher Imaginary Mary and more.

Watch the trailers in their entirety below, preceded by the logline for each series:

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What light through yonder window breaks? 'Tis ABC's newest Shonda Rhimes series, Still Star-Crossed. TVLine reports the network has given a series order to the Romeo and Juliet sequel.

The show is based on Melinda Taub's book of the same name and tells the story of the Montagues and the Capulets after the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet.

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ABC is holding onto The Catch, while adding another Shondaland drama to its stable.

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In addition to ordering Season 2 of the Mireille Enos/Peter Krause cat-and-mouse drama, ABC has ordered to series Still Star-Crossed, a Romeo & Juliet sequel from Shonda Rhimes’ production company.

Either of the above could help fill ABC’s #Tgit gap this fall, seeing as Scandal is quite possibly not returning until midseason.

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Based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed picks up where the...

ABC announced a slew of pickups and renewals on Thursday, including Season 2 orders for freshman series “Dr. Ken” (pictured), “The Real O’Neals” and “The Catch.” John Ridley‘s Emmy-winning drama “American Crime” has also been renewed for another season. The critically acclaimed anthology series will tackle a new crime in a new setting in Season 3. Shondaland’s “Romeo and Juliet” sequel from writer and executive producer Heather Mitchell, “Still Star-Crossed,” has also been ordered to series at the network. Based on the book by Melinda Taub, the series charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the.

Young British actor Lucien Laviscount (Scream Queens) has been cast as Romeo opposite Clara Rugaard’s Juliet in ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, from Shondaland and ABC Studios. Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet left off. Because of the premise, both Romeo and Juliet are guest-starring roles in the pilot, which charts the treachery…...

Spoiler alert: Juliet dies at the end of Romeo & Juliet.

Now that we’ve cleared that up, let’s say a (brief) hello to Danish actress Clara Rugaard, who will portray one of Shakespeare’s most famous lovers in the pilot of ABC’s Romeo & Juliet sequel Still Star-Crossed, our sister site Deadline reports.

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Based on 2013 novel by Melinda Taub, Shondaland’s Still Star-Crossed documents the rocky relationship between the Capulet and Montague families in the wake of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths; Rugaard, along with a yet-to-be-cast Romeo,...

Danish actress Clara Rugaard has been cast as Romeo’s Juliet in ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, from Shondaland and ABC Studios. Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet left off. Because of the premise, both Romeo and Juliet are guest-starring roles in the pilot, which charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the…...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Anthony Head is set as a regular in the ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, from Shondaland and ABC Studios. Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet left off. It charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers' tragic fate. The story centers…...

We know where Defiance‘s Joshua Nolan eventually landed — now that Grant Bowler has boarded Shondaland’s Romeo & Juliet sequel pilot, Still Star-Crossed.

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Based on the book by Melinda Taub and picking up where Shakespeare’s play left off, the ABC project charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of Romeo and Juliet’s tragic fate. Specifically, the story follows Rosaline (Lashana Lynch of BBC Three’s Crims), Juliet’s servant cousin who is ordered to marry Benvolio...

Former Defiance star Grant Bowler is set as a regular in the ABC drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, from Shondaland and ABC Studios. Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet left off. It charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers' tragic fate. The story centers on…...

The "Romeo & Juliet" TV pilot from Shonda Rhimes' Shondaland shingle has cast its female lead - British actress Lashana Lynch. Written by Heather Mitchell, and based on the book by Melinda Taub, the "Romeo & Juliet" sequel is titled "Still Star-Crossed" is set in 16th century Verona, picking up where Shakespeare’s original work ended. It chronicles the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate. The story centers on Rosaline (Lynch), described as a beautiful, intelligent and headstrong Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. Following the death of her...

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Dan Hildebrand is set to play Friar Lawrence in ABC's Still Star-Crossed TV series pilot. This Shondaland project is based on Melinda Taub’s 2013 novel, pictured above.

The story features the surviving characters of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet after the lovers' deaths. Heather Mitchell will write. She is executive producing with Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers, and Michael R. Goldstein. Michael Offer has been tapped to direct.

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Nine years after her breakout role on HBO’s Rome, Zuleikha Robinson has been tapped for another period drama, ABC pilot Still Star-Crossed, in which she will play Lady Capulet. The Romeo & Juliet sequel from Shondaland also has cast its female lead, which went to British actress Lashana Lynch. Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet left off. It…...

Torrance Coombs‘ next small-screen gig is a real tragedy.

Currently a regular on The CW’s Reign, Coombs has been cast in ABC’s drama pilot Still Star-Crossed, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Based on the 2013 Melinda Taub novel, the potential Shondaland-produced series will follow the Capulets and Montagues after the events of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.

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Coombs, whose time on Reign will reportedly end after Season 3, is playing Count Paris, the man Juliet’s parents intended for her to marry before she fell in love with Romeo.

Michael Offer has been chosen to direct ABC's Still Star-Crossed TV show pilot from Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ production company of the same name. A sequel to Romeo and Juliet, Still Star-Crossed is based on the Melinda Taub novel.

Offer also directed the pilot for How to Get Away with Murder and the reshoot of the new Of Kings and Prophets TV series pilot. Scandal's Heather Mitchell is set as writer.

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Michael Offer is back in Shondaland. The helmer, who directed the pilot for the Shonda Rhimes-produced hit ABC drama How To Get Away With Murder, has been tapped to direct the latest ABC drama pilot from Rhimes and Betsy Beers’ production company — Still Star-Crossed. The Romeo and Juliet sequel was written by Heather Mitchell (Scandal) based on the book by Melinda Taub. Set in 16th century Verona, it picks up where William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet left off, charting…...

The Romeo & Juliet sequel saga you forgot even existed has escaped death at ABC.

Shondaland’s Still Star-Crossed, a one-hour period drama based on Melinda Taub’s 2013 novel that chronicles the fallout from the legendary lovers’ deadly acts, has snagged a formal pilot order at the Alphabet network.

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Heather Mitchell, who has worked on Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, will write and executive-produce, with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers attached as non-writing EPs.

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Shonda Rhimes‘ “Still Star-Crossed” has received a pilot order from ABC. A “Romeo and Juliet” sequel based on the 2013 book of the same name by Melinda Taub, the show follows the drama between the Capulets and Montagues in the wake of the teen lovers’ deaths at the end of the Shakespeare play. The project from ABC Studios is written by Heather Mitchell. Shondaland’s Rhimes and Betsy Beers serve as executive producers alongside The MrG Production Co.’s Michael R. Goldstein. Also read: 'Goldbergs' Creator Gets Comedy Pilot at ABC Shondaland had multiple projects in development at ABC this season,...

Just as the Capulets waged war with the Montagues (over… you know… that reason) in Romeo & Juliet, it seems the broadcast networks are also finding themselves at odds over the Shakespearean classic.

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Fox is cooking up a modern-day version of the star-crossed story, one which takes place in the world of Los Angeles’ music and radio industry, our sister site Deadline reports. (So, Empire meets… Empire?) The project, yet to be titled, is being written/executive-produced by Eduardo Cisneros and Jason Shuman.

Meanwhile, ABC is still developing its Romeo & Juliet sequel — yes,...

Spoilers for a 400-plus year old play, but Romeo and Juliet both die at the end of William Shakespeare's tragedy. But if you think a little thing like death is going to stop mega-producer Shonda Rhimes from developing a sequel series, you've got another thing comin'.

Variety reports that Rhimes — who's known for Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Scandal, and How To Get Away With Murder — is producing a TV adaptation of Still Star-Crossed, Melinda Taub's 2013 book that is described like this:

Romeo and Juliet are gone. Will love live on? Despite the glooming peace that's settled on Verona after the recent tragedy, Montagues and Capulets are brawling in the streets. Faced with more bloody battles, Prince Escalus concludes that the only way to truly marry the fortunes of these two families is to literally marry them together. Everyone is skeptical, but none more so than the pair selected,...

Romeo and Juliet might be dead, but who says you can't make good television out of a post-suicidal Verona? ABC has picked up yet another show from Shonda Rhimes's production company Shondaland: a Romeo and Juliet sequel from Scandal producer Heather Mitchell. Still Star-Crossed, adapted from Melinda Taub's 2013 Ya novel of the same name, will explore what became of Shakespeare's poor surviving Capulets and Montagues after the young teen lovers offed themselves. Mitchell will write and executive-produce, while Rhimes and Betsey Beers will produce. Still Star-Crossed is just one of many Shondaland shows in the pipeline for ABC, including the upcoming cat-and-mouse game The Catch, divorce comedy Splitsville, a nun drama, and even another medical drama. How long until ABC renames their network to Sbc?...

Have you ever wondered what became of the Capulets and Montagues after Romeo and Juliet killed themselves? … Well, too bad, you’re about to find out.

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Shondaland’s Still Star-Crossed, a one-hour drama about the fallout from the legendary lovers’ deadly acts, based on Melinda Taub’s 2013 novel, has been sold to ABC, our sister publication Variety reports.

Heather Mitchell, who has worked on Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal, will write and executive-produce, with Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers attached as non-writing producers.

(Also, my condolences to any...

Shonda Rhimes is getting behind another series project from a key writer-producer on one of her shows. In a competitive situation, ABC has nabbed Still Star-Crossed, a Romeo and Juliet sequel drama from Scandal co-executive producer Heather Mitchell. Written by Mitchell, Still Star-Crossed is based on the book by Melinda Taub. Set in 16th century Verona after the events in William Shakespeare’s tragedy, it follows the conflict between the Capulets and the Montagues in the…...