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CBS Opens Writers’ Room for Jared Padalecki Texas-Set Medical Drama

The off-cycle room signals CBS is advancing the Padalecki–Fricke project under WGA development rules.

Overview

  • The WGA-covered development room has opened for at least 10 weeks with three or more writers including a showrunner, in line with the 2023 contract.
  • Anna Fricke serves as writer and executive producer, Jared Padalecki will star and executive produce, and Laura Terry is an executive producer; CBS Studios is producing.
  • The official logline centers on a headstrong doctor operating a mobile clinic in the medical desert of rural Texas with a protégé who is escaping her past.
  • CBS is using its year-round development strategy, following a path similar to recent projects like the Kings’ Cupertino and the medical drama Watson.
  • No series order or premiere window has been set, and Deadline reports Genevieve Padalecki is a producer with Dan Spilo no longer involved.