Philip Roth’s 2004 alternate history novel “The Plot Against America” is being adapted for an HBO miniseries. Centering on a Jewish family in New Jersey in the 1940s, the story imagines an America under the presidency of Charles Lindbergh and the rise of fascism and rampant anti-Semitism.
The six-part series is from producers David Simon, Ed Burns, Joe Roth, Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Nina Noble, Megan Ellison and Sue Naegle. Philip Roth is an executive producer. No casting has been announced.
NBC is developing “Save the Deli,” a workplace comedy about a 30-year-old woman who becomes the new owner of her family’s Chicago delicatessen after the death of her grandfather. It’s based on David Sax’s book “Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty Rye and the Heart of Jewish Delicatessen” as well as writer Lauren Bachelis’ own experiences. Her grandfather owned Mort’s Deli in Tarzana.
Bachelis is executive producing the series with Milo Ventimiglia (“This is Us”) and Russ Cundiff of Divide Pictures.
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