TV present
has been the most well-liked collection on tv for the previous 4 months, smashing a string of streaming viewing information. The Fits franchise, which concluded in September 2019 with the collection finale, is already planning a comeback.
In line with
Deadline
, collection creator Aaron Korsh is engaged on a Fits spinoff for
NBCUniversal
. Offers are nonetheless being finalized, however I’ve heard the challenge will likely be accelerated with a powerful dedication.
This isn’t a revival or reboot, and, in contrast to the 2019 Pearson, it isn’t a derivative – it will be a Fits universe collection within the trend of the CSI and NCIS franchises, with new characters in a brand new locale, based on sources. I’ve heard that Los Angeles is being explored as a setting for the office drama.
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A community or platform for the proposed new collection has but to be established, as is the case with most NBCUniversal productions. Fits and its spinoff Pearson each aired on the corporate’s USA Community. They have been created by UCP, a division of Common Studio Group. I’ve heard that UCP, the place Korsh spent a few years with back-to-back general offers, is in talks to create the brand new spinoff. Korsh is slated to govt produce alongside David Bartis and Doug Liman, who labored on the primary collection with him. A consultant for NBCU declined to remark.
Fits follows distinguished litigator Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht), who hires college expelled Mike Ross (Patrick J. Adams) after being impressed by his photographic reminiscence and abilities.
The sitcom, which additionally starred Rick Hoffman, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty, and Gina Torres, was well-liked in its day, lasting 9 seasons and spawning a short-lived spinoff, Pearson, starring Torres. It shifted to streaming and was out there on Prime Video and Peacock for years till, final yr, Netflix took over the primary eight seasons of the present in an unassuming, reasonably priced ($200K-$400K per episode) second-cycle non-exclusive contract, sharing them with Peacock.
What occurred subsequent was nothing in need of a lightning strike. Fits has exploded in recognition, presumably fueled by curiosity about Markle’s closing function earlier than turning into a British royal, and helped by the collection’ breezy, addictive storytelling and memorable characters, in addition to a summer time launch when popcorn fare has all the time thrived, and final week surpassed Ozark for essentially the most No. 1 general finishes within the Nielsen Streaming High 10 ever.
Even Fits creator Aaron Korsh is stunned by his present’s resounding success in its second season. “I all the time thought we have been underestimated, but it surely seems, even I underestimated #Fits,” he wrote in a retweet of Deadline’s story on the newest streaming file damaged by his present. “It’s good to be the King.”
Korsh is represented by UTA, Literate’s Dennis Kim, and legal professional Mitch Smelkinson.
