CW scoops up 'Carrie Diaries'

'The Barbara Diaries'The CW is diving in to the Barbara Bradshaw business. The network has scooped up "The Barbara Diaries'' project -- an roots story for that central "Sex and also the City" character in line with the book series by Candace Bushnell -- from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage's Fake Empire banner and Warner Bros. TV. Former "Sex and also the City" scribe Amy B. Harris is onboard to evolve the books and professional produce with Schwartz and Savage. The "Barbara Journals" team were built with a pitch ending up in CW executives on Friday that by all accounts went lower as simple as a cranberry Cosmo. "They purchased within the room,Inch stated a resource. Bushnell will probably come with an professional producer credit, though final particulars continue to be hammered out. The "Barbara Journals" book series particulars Bradshaw's senior high school years and just how she first makes her method to Gotham to become author. Cinemax is understood to possess been encouraging of CW's quest for the project, which can make the procedure softer for those involved because of the pay cabler's charge of the "Sex and also the City" TV and film franchises. Reps for CW and Warner Bros. TV rejected to comment. Fake Empire is repped by WME. Harris is repped by CAA. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com