Apple Orders New Moore

By Jon Lafayette
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Sony has ordered a new original drama from Ronald Moore, creator of Battlestar Galactica that marks the producer’s return to stories set in space.

The untitled one hour drama will be produced by Sony Pictures Television and Moore’s Tall ship Productions.

It will be created, written and executive produced by Ronald Moore with Matt Wolpert and Ben Nedivi and executive produced by Maril Davis.

The order comes as Apple ramps up its production of television series. It has hired senior TV executives away from Sony and ordered a series set at a TV morning show starring Reese Witherspoon and a reboot of Amazing Stories from Steven Spielberg.

Jon Lafayette
Jon Lafayette

Jon has been business editor of Broadcasting+Cable since 2010. He focuses on revenue-generating activities, including advertising and distribution, as well as executive intrigue and merger and acquisition activity. Just about any story is fair game, if a dollar sign can make its way into the article. Before B+C, Jon covered the industry for TVWeek, Cable World, Electronic Media, Advertising Age and The New York Post. A native New Yorker, Jon is hiding in plain sight in the suburbs of Chicago.