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EXCLUSIVE: After 12 years at Sony Pictures Television, The Good Doctor creator David Shore is moving to 20th Television, a division of Disney Television Studios, with a premium overall deal. Under the three-year pact, which begins in November when his most recent Sony TV overall deal expires, Shore will develop, write and executive produce original series for 20th Television focused on linear networks and streamers, with a focus on Disney Entertainment Television platforms.
Shore has had just two studios over the past two decades. He spent eight years at Universal Television, where he created, produced and showran the hit medical drama House , before moving to Sony TV shortly after that series ended its eight-season run on Fox in 2012. With his next hit medical drama, ABC/Sony TV's The Good Doctor , also ending this year after seven seasons, Shore is making a change.
He will develop and executive produce new series for 20th TV through his Shore Z Prods., alongside Head of Development Erin Gunn, who joined the company in 2012, a few months after Shore’s tenure at Sony TV. After dipping his toe in the steamy originals space with 2015’s Sneaky Pete , Shore is expected to ramp up his efforts there while continuing to develop for broadcast. Only a handful of major TV studios, including Disney TV Studios, are doing both. (Most indies, including Sony TV, have pivoted their businesses from broadcast to producing for streaming.)
