Amazon developing 'Windy City' TV show

Amazon MGM Studios is developing a television adaptation of Liz Tomforde’s “Windy City” series, according to a May 6 Deadline report and a May 24 Yahoo Entertainment write-up that revived attention around the project. Deadline reported that Amazon MGM Studios secured the rights to the bestselling book series and is developing it for television. Alison McDonald is attached to write and executive produce, according to that report. Liz Tomforde’s books have built a large readership in the sports-romance market, and the adaptation would give Amazon another project aimed at that audience. Yahoo Entertainment described “Windy City” on May 24 as a series that “Off-Campus” fans would want to binge, framing it as part of the current push to turn romance-book fandom into streaming television. ### Which books are part of “Windy City”? Liz Tomforde’s “Windy City” series consists of five core novels published between 2022 and 2025: “Mile High,” “The Right Move,” “Caught Up,” “Play Along” and “Rewind It Back,” according to book-listing sources and romance-series guides. The books are interconnected standalones set in Chicago and centered on different couples. (deadline.com) Chicago sports are the through line in the series. Coverage of the adaptation says the books move across hockey, basketball and baseball settings, which helps explain why the project is being positioned as a sports-romance show rather than a single-team drama. ### Who is making the TV version? (goodreads.com) Deadline named Alison McDonald as the writer and executive producer attached to the adaptation. The report said Amazon MGM Studios landed the rights and is developing the project as a television series. Premeditated Productions is also part of the project, according to follow-up trade coverage citing Amazon’s development setup. (swooon.com) That reporting said the adaptation is being developed under the company’s first-look arrangement with the studio. ### Why are people comparing it to “Off-Campus”? (deadline.com) Yahoo Entertainment made the comparison directly in its May 24 article, calling “Windy City” the new sports-romance show that “Off-Campus” fans will want to binge. USA Today, in separate coverage of Prime Video’s “Off Campus,” described that series as part of a broader hockey-romance wave on screen. Taken together, those reports suggest media outlets are grouping “Windy City” with the same adaptation trend around romance novels and athlete-centered stories. (blexmedia.com) BookTok is part of that backdrop. Coverage of “Windy City” says the novels developed a strong following there before the television deal, which fits the pattern of online reading communities helping push romance properties toward screen adaptation. ### Has Amazon said when the show will arrive? (yahoo.com) Amazon has not announced a release date, cast list or episode order in the reports currently available. The confirmed public details are the rights acquisition, the development status and McDonald’s attachment as writer and executive producer. (swooon.com) A development announcement does not guarantee a near-term premiere. The next concrete milestone would usually be additional producing announcements, casting, a formal series order or platform scheduling details from Amazon MGM Studios, none of which had been publicly disclosed in the reports available as of May 24, 2026. (deadline.com)