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Celebrating its 15th year in amplifying emerging diverse writers, NBCUniversal’s annual Writers on the Verge program has selected comedy writers Kim Tran, Shawn Parikh­, and Hakim “Kimo” Hill along with drama writers Cristina Boada, Julian Johnson, Hussain Pirani, Sujana Gowni, and Eric Anthony Glover for its 2020-21 class. The new class was selected from an applicant pool of more than 2,400 submissions. This year’s program is taking place virtually.

Oscar winner Regina King and her younger sister Reina will reportedly team up with former CSI: NY showrunner Pam Veasey to co-executive produce a new supernatural drama series called Slay.The CW is developing the show written by Julian Johnson, which is about African-American teenager Carson Jones inheriting supernatural gifts to protect Virginia's haunted Historic Triangle from evil - according to Deadline.The 49-year-old triple-threat and her 45-year-old sibling's production company RoyalTies Productions was previously behind ABC movie The Finest and two documentaries from director Dwayne Johnson-Cochran.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterRegina King is set to executive produce a drama series currently in development at The CW, Variety has confirmed.Titled “Slay,” the series focuses on Carson Jones. She is described as a bold, witty teenager with afro puffs, leather boots, seventies cool, and – thanks to her mother’s ancient African bloodline – supernatural gifts and the responsibility to use them to protect Virginia’s Historic Triangle (one of the most haunted areas in the country) from the forces of darkness.Julian Johnson will write and co-executive produce, with Pam Veasey supervising and executive producing.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: The CW is developing Slay, a drama executive produced by Oscar and Emmy winner Regina King.Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersWritten by Julian Johnson with former CSI: NY showrunner Pam Veasey supervising, Slay centers on Carson Jones, a bold, witty teenager with afro puffs, leather boots, seventies cool, and – thanks to her mother’s ancient African bloodline – supernatural gifts and the responsibility to use them to protect Virginia’s Historic Triangle (one of the most haunted areas in the country) from the forces of darkness.Regina King and her sister, Reina King, executive produce through their company Royal Ties Prods.