Actor Danny Strong attends the Hollywood Reporter celebration of “The 35 Most Powerful People in Media” at the Four Season Grill Room on April 11, 2012 in New York City.
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Recount and Game Change screenwriter Danny Strong has sold a pilot to CBS. David O. Russell is on board to direct the pilot — his first TV gig — and Robert De Niro’s production company Tribeca films will produce the show. (Don’t get too excited about the De Niro connection: Tribeca was behind NYC 22, too.) According to Deadline, the show is loosely based on New York’s own father-daughter defense duo Murray and Stacey Richman. Doyle from Gilmore Girls, moving on up.
