Sunny Hostin To Executive Produce Fox Drama Series About Her Life Called ‘The Counsel’

Sunny Hostin

Sunny Hostin To Executive Produce Fox Drama Series About Her Life Called ‘The Counsel’

The View co-host Sunny Hostin is sharing more of her life and career through a new drama series, set to air on Fox.

“The Counsel” will follow a group of women of color in their 30s who are currently leading in their perspective fields of journalism, law, politics, and public relations. The series takes a turn as the women have to use their friendships to work through a scandal that could potentially end everything they have worked for.

Erica Shelton, who wrote a number of episodes of Being Mary Jane at BET, will write and executive produce the project alongside Sunny Hostin, who will be an executive producer. Erica Shelton currently has an overall deal at Universal Television, which will produce the project in association with Fox Entertainment.

Sunny Hostin has been making lots of headlines this year. ABC executive Barbara Fedida was fired following an internal investigation that began in June into confidential, racist, and inappropriate statements towards black journalists, including Hostin.

As previously reported, Barbara Fedida allegedly called Hostin ‘low rent’ & referenced ‘picking cotton’ in a statement against Robin Roberts.  When the news broke she was immediately placed on leave.

It was confirmed that Barbara Fedida did say some of the ‘racially insensitive’ remarks she was accused of.  Peter Rice, chairman of ABC News parent Walt Disney Television said in a statement on Monday (July 21st,)

‘The investigation substantiated that Ms. Fedida did make some of the unacceptable racially insensitive comments attributed to her. It also substantiated that Ms. Fedida managed in a rough manner and, on occasion, used crass and inappropriate language.

‘Lastly, the investigation found no basis for the claims that Ms. Fedida was the subject of dozens of HR complaints and that ABC News spent millions of dollars in confidential settlements related to Ms. Fedida, as alleged in some press accounts.’