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Boyhood and Where’d You Go, Bernadette director Richard Linklater has teamed with Knife Fight director Bill Guttentag for a ten-part animal rescue docuseries for CBS All Access.

The untitled project takes place in and around Linklater’s hometown of Austin, Texas, and looks at the colorful and diverse world of animal rescue through the stories of the animals and the humans who love them.

Linklater and Guttentag, who created NBC’s Law & Order reality spin-off Crime & Punishment, will exec produce. It will be produced by CBS Television Studios in association with Dr. Phil’s Stage 29, Linklater’s Detour Filmproduction, and Guttentag and Nayeema Raza’s 1891 Productions.

Dr. Phil McGraw and Jay McGraw of Stage 29 and Julia Eisenman also exec produce, with Nayeema Raza as co-executive producer.

“I come to this project hoping to shine a light on the folks I’ve met who are making a difference...

CBS had no trouble taking the Sunday night victory with its telecast of the theatrical A Time to Kill, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. The competition had a slow night all around. NBC's fortunes perked up at 10 p.m. with the second season debut of summer reality series Crime & Punishment from Law & Order boss Dick Wolf. CBS took the night with an average of 10.9 million viewers and 3.1 rating/9 share in the adults 18-49 demo.