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====''Lucifer''====
{{Main|Lucifer (TV series)}}
{{update section|reason=Recast speculation in future tense with concrete statements about what it ultimately was|date=August 2023}}
On September 16, 2014, ''Deadline'' reported that DC and Fox were developing a television series based on the ''Sandman'' character [[Lucifer (DC Comics)|Lucifer]] created by Neil Gaiman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/09/lucifer-show-pilot-dc-comics-fox-834452/|title=Fox Nabs DC Entertainment ''Lucifer'' Drama From Tom Kapinos As Put Pilot|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|website=Deadline Hollywood|date= September 16, 2014|access-date=September 16, 2014|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151108212026/http://deadline.com/2014/09/lucifer-show-pilot-dc-comics-fox-834452/|archive-date= November 8, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> On February 19, 2015, the official pilot order was given.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2015/02/lucifer-pilot-order-len-wiseman-director-jerry-bruckheimer-producer-fox-1201376635/|title=''Lucifer'' Gets Pilot Order At Fox, Len Wiseman Directing, Jerry Bruckheimer EP|website=Deadline Hollywood|last=Andreeva|first=Nellie|date=February 19, 2015|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150907222309/http://deadline.com/2015/02/lucifer-pilot-order-len-wiseman-director-jerry-bruckheimer-producer-fox-1201376635/|archive-date= September 7, 2015|url-status= live}}</ref> According to the premise reported by ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', the potential series would greatly differ from the comic book version of the character featured in ''The Sandman'' and his own solo comic book series. Lucifer was  featured in a ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]''-like or ''[[Elementary (TV series)|Elementary]]'' style television show with supernatural elements.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/db-woodside-joins-foxs-lucifer-781120|title= D.B. Woodside Joins Fox's ''Lucifer''|first1= Bryn Elise|last1= Sandberg|first2= Lesley|last2= Goldberg|date= March 12, 2015|work= The Hollywood Reporter|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150315045729/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/db-woodside-joins-foxs-lucifer-781120|archive-date= March 15, 2015|url-status= live|quote= The show stars Tom Ellis (''Rush'') as Lucifer, the bored and unhappy Lord of Hell who decides to resign his throne for the beauty of Los Angeles. He gets his kicks helping the LAPD punish criminals.}}</ref> The show began airing on January 25, 2016, and concluded on September 10, 2021