Peter Horton will direct and executive produce the pilot for NBC’s “The Philanthropist,” Daily Variety reports. Horton joins the project as David Eick takes over as showrunner and executive producer after Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson’s departure, the newspaper says. Horton has directed episodes of “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Six Degrees,” “One Tree Hill,” “The Shield’ and “Once and Again,” the newspaper notes.
—Vlada Gelman