Aeysha Carr and Ramón Rodríguez Develop Oakland Police Drama for ABC
Writer Aeysha Carr and actor Ramón Rodríguez are developing a new police drama for ABC, set in Oakland, California. Deadline reported the project on 9 November 2026.
For now the show is going by the working title the Untitled Aeysha Project. "In development" means a network is working on a project with its creators before it commits to ordering episodes. Many projects at this stage never reach a screen.
The drama centres on an ultra-wealthy woman who has been widowed four times. She pays for a state-of-the-art forensic science facility to help Oakland police solve brutal murders. A police procedural is a show built around the step-by-step work of investigators, so the science lab sits at the heart of each case.
Carr will write the series and executive produce it, meaning she oversees the project from the page to the screen. Rodríguez executive produces through his company, Altura Productions. He is also under a first-look deal at 20th Television, which gives the studio the first chance to develop projects with him. 20th Television is the studio behind the show.
Oly Obst of 3 Arts is also an executive producer. Altura's Stephanie Dietz is co-executive producer.
For viewers, the news is a name, a setting and a premise. For the people who would make it, development is where a crew begins to take shape, with writers, producers and a plan for a first season. Whether it gets ordered, and when it might air, will depend on decisions still to come.
