Original Article on Deadline Hollywood

EXCLUSIVE: Former Homicide executive producers Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson are back on the beat, this time at the CW. The network has bought Musketeers 3.0, a cop drama project which will be written by Fontana and executive produced by him and Levinson. It centers on three outstanding but out-of-control New York detectives who meet their match when a sexy, young rookie is assigned to their team. Levinson and Fontanas banner The Levinson/Fontana Co. is producing with Warner Bros. TV. Rookie cops are popular on TV these days ABC has Rookie Blue and CBS is launching The 2-2 in midseason. Developing procedurals, which have better repeatability, has been one of the goals of new CW president Mark Pedowitz going into this season. The CW had be...(read more)