A lawyer, a blogger, and a TV exec walk into ABC and sell it a show
Answering the age-old joke, “What do you get when a lawyer, a blogger, and the creator of Drop Dead Diva walk into a TV network and pitch them a show,” ABC has purchased a pilot for a new crime and media drama, Notorious. The series—from executive producers Josh Berman, blogger Allie Hagan, attorney Kenny Meiselas, and a bunch of other people—is apparently a ”provocative look at the interplay of criminal law and the media,” and was inspired—as all provocative things must be—by Larry King. Specifically, Deadline reports, the relationship between Larry King Live producer Wendy Walker and high-profile defense attorney Mark Geragos, who often appeared on the CNN suspenders forum. Geragos and Walker will both executive produce on the series, presumably on the logic that it’s what everybody’s doing these days.