{"id":20140,"date":"2024-02-09T10:30:28","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/"},"modified":"2024-02-09T10:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T15:30:32","slug":"kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Williamson Signs Overall Deal with Universal Television"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Television has signed an overall deal with Kevin Williamson (<em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em>, <em>Scream<\/em>, <em>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em>) and his production banner, Outerbanks Entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>The writer-producer is currently developing several projects, including <em>Rear Window<\/em>, based on the classic Hitchcock film; <em>The It Girl<\/em>, based on the book by Ruth Ware; <em>The Game<\/em>, based on the film written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris; and a family crime drama called <em>The Waterfront<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson is known for co-creating the supernatural CW drama <em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em>, which ran for eight series and had two spin-offs, <em>The Originals<\/em> and <em>Legacies<\/em>. He also created the teen drama <em>Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em>, which ran for six seasons on the WB, as well as the Kevin Bacon drama <em>The Following<\/em> on FOX. His writing credits include <em>Scream<\/em>, <em>I Know What You Did Last Summer<\/em> and <em>The Faculty<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn&#8217;t be more thrilled to be part of the Universal Television family,\u201d said Williamson. \u201cWhen making television, it\u2019s so important to have partners who believe, support and inspire you. In Universal Television, I have found exactly that. I\u2019m excited to be working with such an amazing team doing what I love to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKevin is a prolific and brilliant creator with a proven track record of producing iconic hits for both the big and small screen,\u201d said Erin Underhill, president of Universal Television. \u201cHe\u2019s a trusted collaborator whose imagination is boundless and inspiring. 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We think fans will love everything they are cooking up.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Television has signed an overall deal with Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer) and his production banner, Outerbanks Entertainment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":20141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[6345,8511,8512,226],"class_list":["post-20140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-erin-underhill","tag-kevin-williamson","tag-outerbanks-entertainment","tag-universal-television","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Kevin Williamson Signs Overall Deal with Universal Television - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kevin Williamson Signs Overall Deal with Universal Television - TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Universal Television has signed an overall deal with Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries, Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer) and his production banner, Outerbanks Entertainment.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVDRAMA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-09T15:30:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-09T15:30:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2017\/07\/UniversalTelevision-Logo-0224.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"394\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/\",\"name\":\"Kevin Williamson Signs Overall Deal with Universal Television - TVDRAMA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-09T15:30:28+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-09T15:30:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/kevin-williamson-signs-overall-deal-with-universal-television\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kevin Williamson Signs Overall Deal with Universal Television\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/\",\"name\":\"TVDRAMA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. 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