Deadline has exclusively revealed that the first major network bidding war was for The Ambassador. The drama is based on Spanish series The Embassy (La embajada) and hails from Ilene Chaiken (Empire), Eva Longoria and Ben Spector's UnbelieEVAble Entertainment. The drama has a big put pilot commitment at ABC.
The Ambassador, which was pursued by multiple networks, is based on the Spanish series The Embassy (La embajada). In the adaptation, written by Chaiken, when the thrice married, very rich and politically connected US Ambassador to France is killed in a freak speedboat accident, his much younger and arguably unqualified third wife is appointed to replace him. Ambassador Roxanne Eagleton takes on the challenges of her new position as she also navigates the drama and intrigue of her late husband’s family while beginning to suspect that his death was not an accident. The Ambassador takes us behind the curtain of the US Embassy in France – the glamorous but treacherous “upstairs” of the Ambassador’s life in Paris, and the “downstairs” lives of the career diplomats that are there to serve their Ambassador and their country.
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