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January 26 - February 1, 2020 WHATS UP! T5 BY MICHELLE ROSE TV Media 'A Really Good' deal: Six- time Emmy nominee Anna Chlumsky ("Veep") is among the cast of Shonda Rhimes' up- coming crime series, "Inventing Anna," coming to Netflix in 2020. But after that, it appears Chlumsky may be heading to Showtime. The actress, who got her big break as a child actress in "My Girl" (1991), is attached to a new dramedy series titled "A Really Good Day," which is currently in development at Showtime. The series will be based on the book "A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life," by Ayelet Waldman. And you can guess by the book's full title that it's a candid, autobiographical look at the former public de- fender and mother of four's mi- crodosing experiment with LSD. No word yet on whether the series will closely follow the book or simply borrow the premise, but Waldman is pen- ning the TV adaptation and will serve as executive producer along with her husband, "Star Trek: Picard" showrunner Mi- chael Chabon. Just last month, the husband- and-wife team signed a multi- year production deal with CBS Television Studios. "A Really Good Day" falls under that agreement, as does the planned adaptation of Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Amazing Adventures of Kava- lier and Clay." It's already taken 20 years for "Kavalier and Clay" to make it onto any screen. Cha- bon had been working with producer Scott Rudin to bring his 2000 bestseller to the big screen, and Sydney Pollack ("Tootsie," 1982), Jude Law ("The New Pope") and Ryan Gosling ("La La Land," 2016) are among the names that were attached to the title at various times. There was then talk of an eight-part series on HBO, but that didn't turn out, either. Now, given Chabon's multi- year deal, it looks like Show- time will be the one to help "Kavalier and Clay" make the leap from book to TV. Stiller funny: Ben Stiller ("Zoolander," 2001) hasn't had too many acting gigs of late — his most recent "actor" credit on IMDb is his recurring role as Tony Wonder on "Arrested De- velopment" — but that's only because Stiller is busy behind the camera. As a producer, Stiller has sev- eral projects coming out this year, including the films "Din- ner in America" and "Friends- giving" ("Dodgeball 2" has also been announced as a future project). But his name is also at- tached to a new comedy series that may be of interest to TV viewers. Through his Red Hour pro- duction company, Stiller is one of the executive producers be- hind the potential TV series "The Sidelines," which is in de- velopment at Fox. Former "He- roes" star Ali Larter will also serve as executive producer, but more importantly, she got the lead role. Larter will play a newly sepa- rated, 40-year-old mother of two who sets out to realize her lifelong dream of being a profes- sional cheerleader. She surpris- es many (and maybe even her- self) by making the squad for a local football team. And given her life experiences, Larter's character soon becomes den mother to the younger cheer- leaders. So far, "The Sidelines" has landed a script commitment from Fox. "The Good Place" writer Kate Gersten is attached as series writer and co-execu- tive producer. Expanding 'Property': "Property Brothers" Drew and Jonathan Scott have built a busi- ness and TV empire through real estate deals and renova- tions. But even after several sea- sons, series, spinoffs and spe- cials, the Canadian home-re- habbing twins aren't looking to move out of their home at HGTV anytime soon. In fact, they recently renewed their deal with parent company Dis- covery Inc., and that means they'll be staying put until at least 2022. Viewers can look forward to more new episodes of their Emmy-nominated flagship se- ries. There will also be a new season of "Brother vs. Brother" and many more episodes (40, to be exact) of "Property Brothers: Forever Home," which became HGTV's high- est-rated premiere when it de- buted last May. The spinoff has since been picked up by a num- ber of other broadcasters worldwide, which isn't surpris- ing since the "Property Broth- ers" franchise is already known to audiences in more than 160 countries. What else do the brothers have in store for us in 2020? They're showing no signs of slowing down — if anything, they're poised to have an even bigger year. When Variety first broke the news of the brothers' renewed deal, the exclusive alluded to a brand new TV project that was in the works, along with plenty more digital content. APOGEE ASTEROID CERES COMET COSMOS DEIMOS DIONE DWARF PLANET ECLIPSE ERIS GALAXY GANYMEDE HYDROGEN MARS MOON NASA NEBULA NEPTUNE ORBIT PLANETOID PROBE PULSAR RHEA ROCKET ROVER SATURN SKY STARS SUN TITAN TRANSIT TWILIGHT UNIVERSE URANUS VACUUM VENUS WANE WAX X-RAYS ZENITH Spaced Out Anna Chlumsky is set to star in Showtime's "A Really Good Day" WORD SEARCH STARS ON SCREEN Solution on page T23