College Sports Betting Series ‘Knockouts’ in the Works at Paramount TV Studios, Skydance Sports From Clara Nevins, Harper Oreck(EXCLUSIVE)

By Joe Otterson

Joe Otterson

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In a competitive situation, Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Sports have landed the spec script “Knockouts” from writers Clara Nevins and Harper Oreck, Variety has learned exclusively.

Per the official logline, the show is “set against the glossy world of SEC sports and Southern sorority life, where four girls in a bottom-tier sorority use their insider knowledge to build an illegal sports betting ring out of their basement.”

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