--- title: 'The Notebook' TV Series Is in the Works at The CW description: The CW is developing the series as a period drama set in the late 1940s canonical: https://time.com/3993193/notebook-cw-series/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-11T20:14:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:05:34.699Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: 'The Notebook' TV series is in the works og:description: The CW is developing the series as a period drama set in the late 1940s og:url: https://time.com/3993193/notebook-cw-series/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff997deb882a2301/69885ec8524fc032c5df3fd3/265902_full.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in "The Notebook." og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 'The Notebook' TV series is in the works twitter:description: The CW is developing the series as a period drama set in the late 1940s twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff997deb882a2301/69885ec8524fc032c5df3fd3/265902_full.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _The Notebook_ TV Series Is in the Works by [Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Aug 11, 2015 8:14 PM UTC  Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in "The Notebook." Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in "The Notebook."New Line Cinema by [Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Entertainment Weekly Aug 11, 2015 8:14 PM UTC A TV version of Nicholas Sparks’ beloved romantic drama _The Notebook_ is in the works at The CW. The network is developing a series based on Sparks’ bestselling 1996 novel and the 2004 New Line sleeper hit film, which starred Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. The official logline: “This series will follow the romantic journey of the two beloved central characters Noah and Allie, at the outset of their blossoming relationship as they build their lives and their future together against the backdrop of the racial politics, economic inequities, and social mores of post-World War II of the late 1940s in North Carolina.” If greenlit to series, _The Notebook_ would represent The CW’s second period drama after _Reign_ (and a surprisingly earnest one, at that—assuming the series reflects the tone of the source material). With the story’s framing device exploring the impact of Alzheimer’s, and a classically romantic tale that spans decades, _The Notebook_ is an intriguing potential departure from The CW’s action-filled genre shows and contemporary rom-coms. The project is a Nicholas Sparks Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Sparks will serve as an executive producer on the project along with Theresa Park. Todd Graff is the writer and producer. _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/11/notebook-cw) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3993193/notebook-cw-series/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3993193/notebook-cw-series/"},"headline":"The Notebook TV Series Is in the Works","datePublished":"2015-08-11T20:14:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:05:34.699Z","description":"The CW is developing the series as a period drama set in the late 1940s","url":"https://time.com/3993193/notebook-cw-series/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff997deb882a2301/69885ec8524fc032c5df3fd3/265902_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Entertainment Weekly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltff997deb882a2301/69885ec8524fc032c5df3fd3/265902_full.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in \"The Notebook.\"","caption":"Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams in \"The Notebook.\"","creditText":"New Line Cinema","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3993193/notebook-cw-series/","name":"The Notebook TV Series Is in the Works"}}]}] ```