Lifetime Adds Pair of Procedural Dramas

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime Television has expanded its slate of scripted programming with two new dramas for its schedule, Against the Wall and Exit 19.

Each show is slated for a 13-episode run. Against the Wall follows a Chicago police detective who joins the department’s Internal Affairs division, causing a rift between her and her family. Nancy Miller (Saving Grace, CSI: Miami) executive produced the pilot from Universal Cable Productions. Exit 19 is centered on a divorced mother who must balance her personal and professional life as an intuitive LAPD homicide detective while raising two boys. The drama is from ABC Studios and CBS Television Studios.

Nancy Dubuc, Lifetime Networks’ president and general manager, said, “Over the last several months, we have been working tirelessly on a new development slate of scripted dramas, nonfiction series and original movies at Lifetime. Continuing our legacy of great scripted dramas is critical to our success. The relationships and environments so brilliantly created in both of these dramas are unique to today’s landscape and promise to deliver the high-quality auspices and great emotional storytelling you can expect from Lifetime in the future.”