CW scoops up 'Carrie Diaries'

'The Barbara Diaries'The CW is diving into the Barbara Bradshaw business. The network has scooped up "The Barbara Diaries'' project -- an roots story for your central "Sex as well as the City" character good book series by Candace Bushnell -- from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage's Fake Empire banner and Warner Bros. TV. Former "Sex as well as the City" scribe Amy B. Harris is onboard to evolve the books and professional produce with Schwartz and Savage. The "Barbara Journals" team stood a pitch winding up in CW professionals on Friday that by all accounts went lower as easy as a cranberry Cosmo. "They bought inside the room,In . mentioned an origin. Bushnell will most likely include an professional producer credit, though final particulars continue being hammered out. The "Barbara Journals" book series particulars Bradshaw's secondary school years and the way she first makes her approach to Gotham being author. Cinemax is understood to own been encouraging of CW's mission for that project, that make the process much softer for individuals involved due to the pay cabler's control of the "Sex as well as the City" TV and film franchises. Reps for CW and Warner Bros. TV declined to comment. Fake Empire is repped by WME. Harris is repped by CAA. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com