New TV Show To Document College Admissions Scam
Hollywood is already planning to adapt the scandal for the small screen only two months after the Justice Department charged 50 people in the largest cheating scandal in US history. The scandal, which involved actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, shook the world of academia, so it makes sense to create a television show that is based on one of the most talked about events of the year.
The one-hour limited series on the scandal will be made by Annapurna Television and the series will be written by D.V. DeVincentis. Annapurna Television optioned the rights to the upcoming book “Accepted” by Wall Street Journal reporters Jen Levitz and Melissa Korn.
The book is about the criminal conspiracy to influence undergraduate admission decisions at several prominent American universities, Annapurna’s Vice President of Communications Ashley Momtaheni said. A division of Penguin Random House, Portfolio, will be publishing “Accepted.”
For those who do not remember, in March, a total of 50 people nationwide was charged in the largest college admissions scam ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice, officials said. The scheme involved cheating on standardized tests or bribing college coaches and school officials to accept students as college athletes – even if the student wasn’t athletic.
By: Maytinee Kramer
