Several geek-related television projects have seen recent updates, and we round them up here.

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The revamped version of The Muppets on ABC is losing co-creator Bob Kushell as showrunner. A rushed production schedule and clashes with Bill Prady (Big Bang Theory) are contributing factors to Kushell (Third Rock from the Sun, Anger Management) departing, according to Deadline. Despite mixed reviews, the show is Tuesday's highest rated new TV show among adults 18- 49. Kristin Newman (How I Met Your Mother) is in talks to succeed Kushell. The series is expected to take a hiatus after finishing Episode 10, returning mid-winter with a soft reboot.

The reboot of the classic action-comedy The Greatest American Hero steps closer to reality for the second time in as many years, as 20th Century Fox TV commits to a pilot, according to Deadline. This latest revamp about an ordinary man receiving superpowers comes from Rick Famuyiwa (Dope), Phil Lord & Chris Miller (2012 movie 21 Jump Street), and veteran TV director Tawnia McKiernan. The original 1981 television show ran for three seasons, and was an early parody of the superhero genre.

Geek prince Wil Wheaton is slated to join the second season of Powers, the streaming PlayStation show, in an "exciting, mysterious and powerful" role, according to IGN. The second season will reportedly follow the "Who Killed Retro Girl?" comic storyline, and explore the drama around the demise of one of the main characters (see "First Look at 'Powers' Retro Girl").

Famed Preacher comic writer Garth Ennis could see another one of his works adapted to television. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg have already brought Preacher to AMC (see "First 'Preacher' Trailer"), but they have joined forces with Supernatural creator Eric Kripke to try to bring another Ennis title, The Boys to the small screen. The Boys follows a CIA black ops team tasked with keeping a rein on the superheroes of the world, including occasionally assassinating them.

The rights to sci-fi horror graphic novel The Woods have been picked up by Universal Cable Productions, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The story of the kids and adults from a suburban Milwaukee prep school transported to an alien forest was a 2014 critical and popular success for Boom! Studios, who publish The Woods.

NBC has committed to a fantasy-drama featuring Harry Potter co-star Rupert Grint in an untitled comic-centric story by Silvio Horta (Ugly Betty), according to Deadline. The show focuses on Rupert, a comic-book afficionado and low-level office worker in New York who discovers that the comic book his deceased father wrote is not a fantasy, but a reality, and one in danger without his help.