Bravo adds trio to scripted slate

Bravo Media in the US is continuing its push into scripted series with three new projects in development, including one from BBC Worldwide (BBCWW)-owned Adjacent Productions.

Jane Tranter

White Collar Wives looks at the scandals surrounding an FBI investigation of a New York hedge fund accused of insider trading, as the women married to the financial elite go to extreme lengths to save themselves.

Written by Vanessa Reisen (Weeds) for Adjacent, its executive producers include BBCWW Productions chief Jane Tranter, who is in the process of leaving the LA-based company to return to the UK, and Julie Gardner, senior VP of scripted at BBCWW Productions.

Elsewhere, Adam Brooks and Paul Adelstein, who have directed and starred in episodes of Bravo’s first scripted series Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce respectively, are the writers behind the dark comedy My So Called Wife.

Produced by Universal Cable Productions, the series follows a female con artist who gets men to fall in love with her, marries them and then disappears with their money and blackmails them.

Finally, All that Glitters is a miniseries based on the book examining how Anna Wintour and Tina Brown dominated the 1980s publishing world.

The latter series is produced by Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment (The Walking Dead) and Judith Verno’s Peace Out Productions (Masters of Sex) for Universal Cable Productions and Sony Pictures Television.

Bravo ordered a second season of Girlfriends’ Guide to Divorce earlier this year, while it is gearing up to launch its first half-hour scripted comedy series, Odd Mom Out, on June 8.