{
  "id": 801685,
  "title": "Milo Ventimiglia Cop Drama American Blue Scrapped At HBO Max",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/milo-ventimiglia-cop-drama-american-blue-scrapped-at-hbo-max",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-13T20:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TVLine",
    "slug": "tvline",
    "url": "https://www.tvline.com/2236525/american-blue-canceled-hbo-max-pilot-milo-ventimiglia/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "American Blue, a cop drama pilot starring Milo Ventimiglia, will not be moving forward with HBO Max, according to Deadline. The project, which was initially set to premiere on the streaming platform, is now being shopped around to other networks. Ventimiglia, known for his role in the NBC family drama \"This Is Us,\" was slated to play Brian Milkovich in the series. In the pilot, Milk returns to his hometown of Joliet, Illinois, to rescue a struggling police force while seeking personal redemption. The pilot was written by Jeremy Carver, known for \"Supernatural,\" and directed and executive produced by David Ayer, who also worked on \"Suicide Squad.\" Carver and Ayer were part of the team behind HBO Max's \"The Pitt,\" which produced the series with 15 episodes per season. Ventimiglia has earned three Emmy nominations for his work on \"This Is Us\" and recently starred in Netflix's adaptation of Harlan Coben's novel \"I Will Find You.\" His other TV credits include roles in \"Gilmore Girls,\" \"Heroes,\" \"The Company You Keep,\" and \"Countdown.\"",
  "summary": "American Blue will not be getting its badge and gun after all: HBO Max isn't moving forward with the cop drama starring Milo Ventimiglia.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}