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The Kicker - J.B. Smoke Joins Cast
Actor-comedian J.B. Smoove has been cast opposite Geoff Stults and David Spade in The Kicker, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from the 30 Rock and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt trio of Tina Fey, Jack Burditt and Robert Carlock.
Written by Burditt, The Kicker centers on Daryl Thorkelsonan (Stults), an oddball athlete who drives family, friends and strangers insane after he unexpectedly finds himself retired. Smoove will play Gil, Daryl’s (Stults) extremely loyal, totally lovable employee.
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Deadline
Prototype - Annabelle Dexter-Jones Cast in a Lead Role
Annabelle Dexter-Jones has booked a lead role in Prototype, Syfy’s sci-fi thriller drama pilot written by Tony Basgallop (24: Live Another Day). It centers on three unlikely cohorts who inadvertently stumble upon an invention that challenges the very nature of quantum physics – a discovery which in turn puts their lives in grave danger.
Dexter-Jones will play Donna Neuring, a young coder and math whiz whose help has been enlisted to bring a potentially momentous invention to life. But while Donna may be the key to getting a working prototype, her home life is anything but functional.
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Deadline
Real Good People - Lindsey Gort and Betsy Beutler Join Cast
The Carrie Diaries‘ alumna Lindsey Gort and Betsy Beutler (You’re The Worst) have been cast opposite Nick Zano and Ross Kimball in Real Good People, CBS’ multi-camera comedy project, written/executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Greg Garcia. It centers on a conservative small-town family forced to reconcile their values when they discover their children’s lives are less than perfect.
Gort will play June, Billy’s beautiful fiancée and the Mayor’s daughter.
Beutler is Liz,’ Beau’s (Kimball) wife who is a former party girl and band groupie now trying to reinvent herself into the mother her husband adores.
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Deadline
Chicago Justice - Joelle Carter to Co-Star
Justified alumna Joelle Carter has signed on for a co-starring role opposite Philip Winchester and Nazneen Contractor in Chicago Justice (fka Chicago Law), the next installment of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise for NBC.
The planted spinoff will be introduced in Episode 21 of Chicago PD this season, which will be directed by Jean de Segonzac. Carter will play Lori Nagle, a tough-as-nails investigator.
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Deadline
No Tomorrow - Joshua Sasse Cast as the Male Lead
Joshua Sasse, who plays the title role in ABC’s medieval musical comedy Galavant, is set as the male lead opposite Tori Anderson in the CW pilot No Tomorrow. The project, from CBS Studios, has Sasse in first position.
Directed by Jane the Virgin pilot director Brad Silberling and written by Brinkerhoff and the comedy writing-directing team Scott McCabe and Tory Stanton aka Two Trick Pony, No Tomorrow centers on a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager (Anderson) at an Amazon-like distribution center. She falls in love with a freewheeling man (Sasse), who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, leading to comedic and poignant results as they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists. Brinkerhoff and Silverman executive produce for CBS TV Studios and Electus.
The underrated Galavant, created by Dan Fogelman with music and lyrics by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, has developed a cult following but has been softly rated in its limited runs as a midseason replacement. Its second second renewal was hailed as a “miracle” in the self-deprecating opening number of Season 2. Another such miracle is not expected, especially with the ABC Studios-produced show’s chief supporter at ABC, Paul Lee, gone. Still, even if Galavant is to beat the odds and come back, Sasse will only appear in the first episode of the potential third season in a carveout from No Tomorrow. It is hard to imagine Galavant continuing beyond that without Galavant.
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Deadline
Cruel Intentions - Peter Gallagher Joins Cast
Peter Gallagher has been cast in NBC’s revival of “Cruel Intentions,” Variety has learned exclusively.
Gallagher will play Edward Valmont, a sexy, beguiling, sophisticated, powerful and ruthless billionaire hotel magnate with fingers in many far-reaching financial pies — some legal, some not so much. Edward is delighted to discover that he’s got a long-lost grandson in the newly arrived Bash Casey and once the DNA test proves his claim, Edward immediately starts grooming Bash for a life of impossible wealth and opportunity.
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Variety
Bull - Christopher Jackson Joins Cast
Christopher Jackson, who plays George Washington in the Broadway smash hit musical, Hamilton, has been cast in the CBS drama pilot Bull, from Amblin TV and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio, Bull is based on popular daytime talk show host Dr. Phil’s early days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time. It centers on Dr. Jason Bull, who runs Trial Sciences Inc., a company that analyzes juries to help develop defense strategies.
Jackson will play Chunk, a stylist on the team who helps prepare defendants for trial, and a former All-American lineman.
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Deadline
Training Day - Justin Cornwell to Co-Star
EXCLUSIVE: Young Chicago actor Justin Cornwell has landed the co-lead opposite Bill Paxton in CBS’ drama pilot Training Day.
Written by Will Beall and directed by Danny Cannon, Training Day is a present-day reimagining of Antoine Fuqua’s acclaimed 2001 feature. Set 15 years after the film left off, the show centers on a bright, gung-ho, idealistic young African-American police officer, Kyle Craig (Cornwell), who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with seasoned, morally ambiguous detective Frank Rourke (Paxton).
Cornwell’s Kyle is one of the good guys — an LAPD cop who is fearless in the face of terrible odds and driven to avenge the murder of his father, also a cop. Tapped to go undercover, Kyle is reassigned to the Special Investigation Section, where he’s supposed to take down rogue cop Rourke.
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Deadline
The Great Indoors - Christopher Mintz-Plasse Joins Cast
Christopher Mintz-Plasse (How To Train Your Dragon 2) has been cast opposite Joel McHale in The Great Indoors, CBS‘ multi-camera pilot written and executive produced by Mike Gibbons. The comedy, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Joel (McHale), an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when he becomes boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of their magazine.
Mintz-Plasse will play Clark, one of Joel’s colleagues, a tech/nerd survivalist who knows everything about surviving at sea, in the woods and on Mars, but hasn’t left downtown in five years. Cast also includes Shaun Brown and Christine Ko.
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Deadline
Model Woman - Steven Weber Cast as the Male Lead
Steven Weber is set as the male lead opposite Andie MacDowell in ABC’s drama pilot Model Woman.
Weber will play Miller, a character inspired by Jerry Ford. Miller is Bertie’s tall, charming, imposing and handsome husband and the father of their three children. A sharp businessman, Miller runs Geiss Agency with his wife, and he’s grown it into the top modeling agency in the world. He genuinely adores Bertie and has tremendous respect for her remarkable talents. Miller smolders without even knowing it.
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Deadline
Riverdale - Casey Cott Cast as Kevin Keller
And last but certainly not least--KEVIN KELLER (@CaseyCott) joins the ever-expanding "Riverdale" universe!! pic.twitter.com/GfKENlZpGu
— RobertoAguirreSacasa (@WriterRAS) March 12, 2016
Spark - Rege-Jean Page Cast as the Male Lead
Rege-Jean Page (Roots) is set as a male lead in ABC pilot Spark, from writer Michael Cooney and producers Ian Sander & Kim Moses. Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centers on the battle for power between two rival families and a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires.
Page is Alex, a handsome and charismatic young man with a wickedly sexy smile, he’s the youngest son of the powerful Lavelle family, the industrial natural gas titans who control half the city and who are constantly jockeying to undermine the coal interests that rule the other half. Page has a starring role in History’s upcoming Roots miniseries and played Guy Braxton in Waterloo Road.
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Deadline
Four Stars - Danielle Savre Joins Cast
Danielle Savre (Hollywood Heights) is set as a series regular opposite Bruce Greenwood in Four Stars, CBS’ drama pilot from playwright/TV writer Becky Mode, CBS TV Studios, and studio-based Timberman/Beverly Productions. Written by Mode and to be directed by RJ Cutler, Four Stars centers on two powerful rival families in the military community of Tampa, Florida who make decisions at the highest levels in the interest of national security.
Savre will play Lieutenant Kriss, a decorated combat pilot and lifelong adrenaline junkie, and the daughter of four‐star special ops legend General Buckley (Greenwood). She’s repped by TalentWorks and Zero Gravity.
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Deadline
Chicago Law (Now Titled 'Chicago Justice') - Nazneen Contractor to Co-Star; Will Appear in Episode 21 of Chicago PD
UPDATED: Coming off a major role on Heroes Reborn, Nazneen Contractor is staying in the NBC fold with a lead role opposite Philip Winchester in the next installment of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise for NBC, I have learned. Originally titled Chicago Law, the name of the legal drama has now been changed to Chicago Justice.
Coming off a major role on Heroes Reborn, I hear Nazneen Contractor is staying in the NBC fold with a lead role opposite Philip Winchester in the next installment of Dick Wolf’s Chicago franchise for NBC, tentatively titled Chicago Law.
The planted spinoff will be introduced in Episode 21 of Chicago PD this season, which will be directed by Jean de Segonzac. Winchester and Contractor will guest star in the episode/backdoor pilot. I hear Contractor will play Assistant State’s Attorney Dawn Harper to Winchester’s lead prosecutor.
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Deadline
Untitled Laura Steinel FOX Comedy Pilot - Patton Oswalt Cast as the Male Lead
Patton Oswalt is headed for Fox.
The busy actor — who narrates ABC's The Goldbergs — has booked the male lead in the network's untitled comedy pilot from Laura Steinel, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The single-camera comedy (known as HR) centers around Jane (Judy Greer), who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO (Oswalt) who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future.
Oswalt will take on the role of Sam, the CEO, who lives life at a higher octave than everyone else. Sam is an ""ideas"" guy, however, none of them are suitable for this small-town New Jersey plastics plant.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Cruel Intentions - Bryce Cass Joins Cast
Bryce Cass (Battle Los Angeles) is set as a series regular in NBC’s drama pilot Cruel Intentions, based on the cult 1999 movie. Set in present day, Cruel Intentions picks up more than 15 years after the movie left off. It follows the beautiful and cunning Kathryn Merteuil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) as she vies for control of Valmont International as well as the soul of Bash Casey (Taylor John Smith), the son of her brother, the late Sebastian Valmont, and Annette Hargrove. Upon discovering his late father’s legacy in a hidden journal, Bash is introduced to a world of sex, money, power and corruption he never could have imagined.
Cass will play Miles Castillo, the kid brother of Carmen, the Barrett family’s chief of staff. He’s repped by Mitch Smelkinson, Coast to Coast Talent, and Anonymous Content.
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Deadline
The Death of Eva Sofia Valdez - Jeimy Osorio Joins Cast
Jeimy Osorio (Celia) is set as a series regular in ABC’s drama pilot The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez. Written by Cuban-American playwright Charise Castro Smith, The Death Of Eva Sofia Valdez is described as a sexy revenge drama with a supernatural twist. It centers on Eva Sofia Valdez (Gina Torres), a Cuban immigrant who rose from rags to riches and is a celebrated Miami entrepreneur and a champion for immigrant rights. But her success is fueled by an insatiable ambition that could destroy her family, a vendetta against the lover Blair Monroe (Eric Close) who betrayed her, and ghosts from the past who threaten to reveal the dark sacrifices Eva Sofia made to attain the American Dream.
Osorio will play Luz, wild-haired and hugely pregnant, she’s another of the strange “shadow women” who is delighted to help Eva Sofia exact revenge on Blair Monroe.
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Deadline
Training Day - Julie Benz to Co-Star
Defiance star Julie Benz is set as a regular role opposite Bill Paxton in CBS’ drama pilot Training Day.
Written by Will Beall and directed by Danny Cannon, Training Day is a present-day reimagining of Antoine Fuqua’s acclaimed 2001 feature. Set 15 years after the film left off, the TV show centers on an idealistic young African-American police officer, Kyle Craig, who is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD where he is partnered with seasoned, morally ambiguous detective Frank Rourke (Paxton).
Benz will play Holly McCabe, an unapologetic Hollywood madam who looks like a woman half her age and takes pride in how well she treats her girls. In addition to having a tacit understanding with Frank (Paxton), they are also a couple. Drew Van Acker, Katrina Law and Lex Scott Davis also co-star.
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Deadline
Spark - Antonia Thomas to Star in ABC's Drama Pilot
In-demand British actress Antonia Thomas has been tapped to play the lead in the ABC drama pilot Spark, from ABC Studios.
Written by Michael Cooney, Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centers on the battle for power between two rival families and Pin (Thomas), a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires. Thomas’ Pin is the smart, driven, fiercely independent young woman whose mission it is to bring back electricity to the masses no matter the cost.
This marks the US television debut for Thomas, who fielded multiple offers for lead pilot roles this season, with ABC and ABC Studios particularly aggressive. In her native England, Thomas played one of the lead roles in the BAFTA award-winning series Misfits. She was nominated for the Best Female Newcomer Empire Award for her role in hit musical-feature Sunshine on Leith. She also stars in Scrotal Recall for Channel 4 and Netflix.Thomas is repped by Gersh, Principal LA and Curtis Brown.
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Deadline
A.P.B. - Justin Kirk to Star; Eric Winter to Co-Star
Fox's APB has found their men. The network has collard Justin Kirk and Eric Winter to star in the cop drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The pilot revolves around a tech billionaire who purchases a troubled police precinct in the wake of a loved one’s murder. It poses the question of if the eccentric and enigmatic figure’s cutting-edge approach fix the broken ways of these blue blooded veterans? Inspired by the New York Times story ""Who Runs the Streets of New Orleans?""
Golden Globe nominee Kirk (Weeds, Wayward Pines) will star as Gideon Reed, the multi-billionaire and creative genius with a childlike curiosity, whose alien awkwardness is balanced by an undeniable charm. After a tragic crime rate claims the life of a dear friend, Gideon literally buys himself a police precinct, the dysfunctional 13th, and sets out to rethink everything about the way cops do business.
Winter (The Mentalist, Witches of East End, Days of Our Lives) will co-star as Tom Murphy, a vice cop and tough guy with a big heart and a family man. Tom is married to homicide detective Amelia Murphy (Natalie Martinez), with whom he has two children.
Person of Interest's David Slack will pen the script and exec produce the 20th Century Fox Television drama alongside Len Wiseman (Sleepy Hollow).
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The Hollywood Reporter
Chad: An American Boy - Matthew Mindler Joins FOX's Comedy Pilot
Matthew Mindler (Our Idiot Brother) has been cast as a series regular in Fox pilot Chad: An American Boy, a single-camera Middle Eastern family comedy co-created by and starring Saturday Night Live alumna Nasim Pedrad and directed by Jason Winer. Written by Pedrad & Rob Rosell, Chad centers on a 14-year-old boy (Pedrad) in the throes of adolescence who’s tasked with being the man of the house, which leaves him with all the responsibilities of being an adult without any of the perks.
Mindler will play Chad’s (Pedrad) best – make that only- friend, an aloof, pubescent, oddly content kid. He’s repped by Innovative Artists and Inspired Artist Management.
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Deadline
Untitled Laura Steinel FOX Comedy Pilot - Milana Vayntrub Joins Cast
Milana Vayntrub (Other Space) is set as a series regular opposite Judy Greer in Fox’s untitled Laura Steinel comedy pilot (aka HR). The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, centers around Jane (Greer), the over-used and under-appreciated head of H.R. for a Fox plastic molding plant, who is caught between trying to manage her charmingly incompetent human resources department and a new eccentric CEO who dreams of bringing the New Jersey plastics plant into the future.
Vayntrub will play Alex, who’s new to the company’s H.R department and the adult workplace as this is her first job in the real world.
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Deadline
Bunker Hill - Odette Annable to Star
Odette Annable (The Astronaut Wives Club) is set as the female lead opposite Dermot Mulroney and Augustus Prew in Bunker Hill, CBS’ medical drama pilot written by Jason Katims and directed by David Semel.
The project follows James Bell (Prew), a young Silicon Valley tech titan who enlists Walter Wallace (Mulroney), a veteran surgeon with a controversial past in starting a hospital with a cutting-edge, “new school” approach to medicine. Annable will play Zoe (aka Alex), a forthright, idealistic physician at Bunker Hill, and a positive life force.
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Deadline
No Tomorrow - Amy Pietz Joins Cast
The Nine Lives of Chloe King alumna Amy Pietz is set as a series regular opposite Tori Anderson in the CW pilot No Tomorrow, from the Jane The Virgin duo of writer/co-executive producer Corinne Brinkerhoff and executive producer Ben Silverman. Based on a Latin American format, No Tomorrow centers on Evie, formerly Sarah (Anderson), a risk-averse, straight arrow, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center who falls in love with a freewheeling man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, to comedic and poignant results as they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists.
Pietz will play Deirdre, Evie”s (Anderson) boss at the distribution center. Amy Pietz, repped by Haven Entertainment, Innovative Artists, and Jackoway Tyerman, most recently appeared on Devious Maids and Backstrom.
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Deadline
Untitled NBC Vladimir Caiman Comedy - Josh Segarra Joins Cast
Sirens alum Josh Segarra has joined the cast of NBC’s untitled multi-camera family comedy pilot starring Vladimir Caamaño. Produced by Bill Lawrence and written by Adam Sztykiel and Caamaño, the project is inspired by Caamaño’s real-life family dynamic living with his Dominican father and older brother in the Bronx.
Segarra will play Frankie, Vlad’s (Caamaño) older brother. Segarra is coming off a role in Judd Apatow’s Trainwreck and is currently starring in Broadway musical On Your Feet.
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Deadline
What Goes Around Comes Around - Alyssa Milano to Star; Jee Young Han Also Cast
Earl and Billie are getting back together! Alyssa Milano is set as the female lead opposite Jason Lee in CBS’ comedy pilot What Goes Around Comes Around. The duo, who played husband and wife Earl and Billie on NBC’s single-camera comedy series My Name Is Earl, will once again play a couple in the CBS single-camera pilot. Also cast in the project, from Dan Kopelman and Aaron Kaplan, is Jee Young Han.
Written by Kopelman and directed by Tim Story, What Goes Around Comes Around centers on two fortysomething parents — Kenny (Lee), a husband, father and owner of a hip music management company; and Robin (Milano) — who were wild and reckless teenagers now face their worst nightmare of raising three teenagers. After vowing that she’d never be like her overly strict parents, Robin Spiller now tries to be open and understanding with her teenage kids — but sometimes she’d just like to lock them up until they’re ready for college.
Han plays Jess, the opinionated receptionist at Kenny’s (Lee) firm, who is always painting the worst-case scenarios of what his kids are doing and loves cornering Kenny’s clients for her own thrills.
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Deadline
Time After Time - American Idol Winner Jordin Sparks Cast in Recurring Role
In her pilot debut, singer-actress Jordin Sparks has joined Kevin Williamson’s time-traveling ABC pilot Time After Time in a recurring role.
Using the 1979 novel by Karl Alexander and movie as a starting point, Time After Time will chronicle the epic adventures of young H.G. Wells (Freddie Stroma). Upon arriving in modern New York, he is captivated by museum curator Jane Walker (Genesis Rodriguez).
Sparks will play New York stylist Jesse Givens who is also Jane Walker’s (Rodriguez) roommate and good friend. Williamson wrote Time After Time and is executive producing. Marcos Siega is directing. Warner Bros. TV is the studio.
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Deadline
Mars Drama - America Olivo & Mark Leslie Ford Join Cast
America Olivo (Chicago PD) and British actor Mark Leslie Ford are set as series regulars on The CW’s Untitled Mars Project pilot, from CBS TV Studios.
Written by Doris Egan (Reign), the thriller follows a team of explorers who arrive on Mars to join the first human colony on the planet, only to discover that their predecessors have vanished. Led by a woman whose husband is among the missing, the colonists are forced to change their mission from exploration and settlement to investigation and survival, while navigating the hostile planet and their own personal demons.
Olivo will play Captain Gautier, the woman in charge on the mission. Ford will play Friedman, a director and documentarist hired to capture the recruiting process and mission to Mars.
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Deadline
Prototype - Cote de Pablo in Talks to Star in Syfy's Quantum Physics Pilot
EXCLUSIVE: NCIS alumna Cote de Pablo is nearing a return to series television. I have learned that the fan favorite is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Jack Davenport in Prototype, Syfy’s sci-fi thriller drama pilot written by Tony Basgallop (24: Live Another Day). It centers on three unlikely cohorts — two of them played by de Pablo and Davenport — who inadvertently stumble upon an invention that challenges the very nature of quantum physics – a discovery which in turn puts their lives in grave danger.
De Pablo would play Laura Kale, a driven, extremely intelligent mother of two. Excited about a potentially world-changing machine being developed by herself and two partners, she is certain that she is on the brink of something history-making. Propelled by a shot at glory, she is not about to give up despite numerous setbacks.
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Deadline
My Time/Your Time - Izzie Steele & Langston Kerman Join Cast
UPDATES: Izzie Steele and Langston Kerman (Clear History) have been cast opposite Jane Levy and Nicholas Braun in My Time/Your Time, CBS’ hybrid comedy pilot from Hilary Winston and How I Met Your Mother creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. Based on the web series 7P/10E by Avital Ash, the project chronicles the relationship of a young couple as they begin dating long distance.
Steele will play Lauren, Marla’s (Levy) best friend who’s married to her college sweetheart and has trouble understanding the single life and Marla’s plight.
Kerman will play Parker. He and Wade (Braun) were childhood buddies while growing up in the Midwest, and now they’re each other’s closest friend in L.A.
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Deadline
The Fluffy Shop - Paul Walter Hauser Joins Cast
Paul Walter Hauser (Kingdom) is set as a series regular in ABC comedy pilot The Fluffy Shop, co-written by and starring Gabriel Iglesias. It follows Gabe (Iglesias), a stepfather and boss to his family and friends, while he navigates his home life during the few days he spends off the road each week.
Hauser will play Memo, high-spirited, earnest and sincere, he is Gabe’s oldest and most loyal friend.
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Deadline
Pitch - Ali Larter to Replace Elisabeth Shue
Heroes alumna Ali Larter is set for a leading role opposite Kylie Bunbury and Mark-Paul Gosselaar in Fox’s drama pilot Pitch. Larter, who will play sports agent Amelia Slater, replaces Elisabeth Shue who was originally cast in the role. The decision came after the pilot’s table read and followed creative changes made to the Amelia character over the past week. Upon seeing the character’s evolution, with the final version of Amelia different from the woman she signed on to play, I hear Shue asked out, and she and the producers parted ways amicably.
Written by Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer and directed by Paris Barclay, Pitch follows Ginny (Bunbury), a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. Larter’s Amelia Slater is an agent not to be trifled with – Ginny’s personal protector and pseudo big sister.
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Deadline
I'm Not Your Friend - Jessica Chaffin & Diana Maria Riva Join Cast
Jessica Chaffin (Spy) and Telenovela‘s Diana Maria Riva have been cast opposite Matt LeBlanc in CBS’ untitled LeBlanc/Filgos comedy pilot (aka I’m Not Your Friend).
Written on spec by Jeff & Jackie Filgos and to be directed by James Burrows, the multi-camera comedy stars LeBlanc as Adam, a contractor, who agrees to take over parenting chores when his wife Andi (Jenna Fischer) goes back to work. As he starts spending more time with his kids, he discovers the truth every parent eventually realizes: his little angels are maniacs.
Chaffin will play Marie, a frazzled mom who is disgruntled to learn that Adam (LeBlanc) doesn’t remember her — after meeting her a half dozen times. Riva is Mrs. Wannamaker, the lead teacher at the school who appears cozy and matronly but is a storm trooper who runs a very tight ship.
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Deadline
Bull - Freddy Rodriguez to Co-Star
Freddy Rodriguez is segueing from his co-starring role on NBC’s The Night Shift to playing one of the main characters in the CBS drama pilot Bull, from Amblin TV and CBS TV Studios.
Written by Phil McGraw and Paul Attanasio, Bull is based on popular daytime talk show host Dr. Phil’s early days as head of one of the most prolific trial consulting services of all time. It centers on Dr. Jason Bull, who runs Trial Sciences Inc., a company that analyzes juries to help develop defense strategies. Rodriguez will play Benny, the only lawyer on the team, who provides legal strategy and acts as the lawyer in their mock trials. He’s also Bull’s former brother-in-law and the closest thing Bull has to a friend. Rodriguez joins previously cast Geneva Carr.
Rodriguez was a series regular on NBC medical drama The Night Shift for the first two seasons, playing Michael Ragosa. He recently announced that he will not be returning for the upcoming third season.
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Deadline
Furst Born - Patrick Brammall Cast as the Male Lead
Patrick Brammall, who played the male lead Danny on the Australian comedy series Upper Middle Bogan, is set to reprise his role opposite Poppy Montgomery in CBS’ single-camera pilot adaptation Furst Born (formerly untitled Butler/Hope/O’Shannon).
Written by Modern Family alum Dan O’Shannon and creators of the original Australian comedy Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope, Furst Born is an extended family show that centers on Bess (Montgomery), a successful doctor, happily married to Danny (Brammall), a successful architect. Bess, also the mother of fraternal twins, Erin (Talitha Bateman) and Owen, is shocked to learn she’s adopted, a secret her mom (Swoosie Kurtz) has kept buried for 38 years. Katey Sagal and John Carroll Lynch co-star. Todd Holland is directing and executive produces alongside O’Shannon, Butler and Hope for CBS Studios and ABC Studios.
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Deadline
Recon - Nick Wechsler Joins Cast
Fox has cast “Revenge” alum Nick Wechsler in drama pilot “Recon,” Variety has learned.
Wechsler has nabbed the series regular role of Freddie, a skillful and hardworking FBI agent who struggles with moral conflict while at the center of a key mission: A rookie FBI agent (Tracy Spiridakos) embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family. He joins other previously announced stars Alexander Siddig and Sarita Choudhury.
The pilot hails from Warner Bros. Television with Kevin Williamson, Julie Plec and Caroline Dries executive producing. Dries penned the pilot script, which will be directed by Adam Davidson.
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Variety
Lethal Weapon - Clayne Crawford to Star
Fox's Lethal Weapon reboot has found its Mel Gibson. Rectify and 24 alum Clayne Crawford has been tapped to star opposite Damon Wayans Sr. in the drama pilot, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Based on the feature film of the same name, the pilot kicks off when Texas cop and former Navy SEAL Martin Riggs (Crawford taking on the role played by Gibson in the feature film franchise) suffers the loss of his wife and baby, he moves to Los Angeles to start anew. There, he gets partnered with LAPD detective Roger Murtaugh (Damon Wayans Sr.), who, having recently suffered a ""minor"" heart attack, must avoid any stress in his life.
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The Hollywood Reporter
Marlon - Diallo Riddle Joins Cast
Former Late Night With Jimmy Fallon writer-performer Diallo Riddle has joined Marlon Wayans in NBC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Marlon.
Loosely inspired by Wayans’ life, Marlon centers on Marlon (Wayans), an inappropriate but loving father who is committed to successfully co-parenting with his polar opposite ex-wife Angie (Essence Atkins). Riddle will play Kevin, who introduces himself as Marlon’s best friend and occasional “business manager” but actually is just a guy who sleeps on Marlon’s couch, eats his food and repeatedly tells him that he is the “Wind Beneath His Wings.”
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Deadline
Spark - Austin Hébert Joins Cast
Austin Hébert has been cast as a series regular in ABC pilot Spark, from writer Michael Cooney and producers Ian Sander & Kim Moses. Spark is a lavish primetime drama series of passion, greed and hope in a Steampunk reality, circa 2016. Set in an alternate history where gas and coal fuel the world, the drama centers on the battle for power between two rival families and a rebellious young woman with a spark of invention that could level both their empires.
Hébert will play Cable Jones, a lovable rogue cursed with a heart of gold; caught within the battle of power between two rival families. His tentacles tend to reach down rather than up, securing his connections into the lower echelons of society.
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Deadline
The Jury - Nikki DeLoach Joins Cast
Awkward alumna Nikki DeLoach is set as a series regular opposite Jeremy Sisto, Archie Panjabi and Kevin Rankin in ABC’s murder trial drama pilot, The Jury. Written by VJ Boyd and Mark Bianculli, and executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, The Jury examines “the ultimate social experiment” that happens thousands of times a day in the U.S.: A person’s fate is placed in the hands of 12 strangers. Described as “12 Angry Men meets the podcast Serial,” the series follows a single murder trial a season as seen through the eyes of the individual jurors, exploring the biases and experiences that influence the jurors’ judgment and how their preconceptions change along the way.
DeLoach will play Haley, a beautiful, stylish Southern Belle who uses her flirtatious charm to cover the tragedy of her real life, which is spiraling out of control. DeLoach starred as Lacey Hamilton on all five seasons of MTV’s Awkward.
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Deadline
Furst Born - Poppy Montgomery to Star
Unforgettable star Poppy Montgomery is returning to CBS as the lead in Furst Born (form. untitled Butler/Hope/O’Shannon), a single-camera comedy pilot based on the Australian comedy Upper Middle Bogan.
Written by Modern Family alum Dan O’Shannon and the creators of the original Australian comedy, Robyn Butler and Wayne Hope, Furst Born is an extended family show that centers on Bess (Montgomery), a successful doctor, happily married to Danny, and the mother of fraternal twins, Erin (Talitha Bateman) and Owen, who is shocked to learn she’s adopted, a secret her mom, (Swoosie Kurtz), has kept buried for 38 years. Katey Sagal and John Carroll Lynch co-star. Todd Holland is directing and executive produces alongside O’Shannon, Butler and Hope for CBS Studios and ABC Studios.
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Deadline
Kevin Williamson's CW Pilot - Matt Passmore to Replace Bailey Chase
Kevin Williamson’s paranormal CW pilot is making a major casting change. Satisfaction star Matt Passmore has been tapped as the male lead in the project. He will replace Bailey Chase who was originally cast in the role. The decision was made after the pilot’s table read earlier this week.
Written by Williamson and directed by David Nutter, the CW pilot is about a young woman (Megan West) who seeks help from a parapsychologist (Passmore) when she begins to experience paranormal phenomena. Passmore’s Clark Patterson is a once-successful parapsychologist who is now just an attraction at local ghost conventions. But when he meets a mysterious young woman, everything begins to change.
Recastings are unfortunate but inevitable during pilot season when 80+ pilots rush to fill their casts on very tight deadlines. Being recast doesn’t necessarily reflect on the actor who sometimes just turns out not to be the best suited for the role, something that may not become clear until the table read. The CW pilot’s studio, Warner Bros. TV, has a strong relationship with Chase who recently co-starred on its drama series Longmire.
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Riverdale - Ross Butler, Daniel Yang and Cody Kearsley to Recur
The CW’s modern take on Archie comics has added three more “Riverdale” residents. Ross Butler, Daniel Yang and Cody Kearsley are joining the Greg Berlanti drama pilot, TheWrap has learned.
“Riverdale” is set in the present day and is based on the iconic Archie Comics characters. It is described as a surprising and subversive take on Archie (KJ Apa), Betty (Lili Reinhart), Veronica (Camila Mendes), Jughead (Cole Sprouse) and their friends, exploring the surrealism of small town life — the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome façade.
Butler will play the role of Reggie Mantle, Yang will be Dilton Doiley and Kearsley has landed the role of Moose Mason. All three will be recurring if the show goes to series.
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The Wrap
Still Star Crossed - Lashana Lynch Cast as the Lead; Zuleikha Robinson Also Joins Cast
Nine years after her breakout role on HBO’s Rome, Zuleikha Robinson has been tapped for another period drama, ABC pilot Still Star-Crossed, in which she will play Lady Capulet. The Romeo & Juliet sequel from Shondaland also has cast its female lead, which went to Lashana Lynch.
Written by Heather Mitchell based on the book by Melinda Taub, Still Star-Crossed is set in 16th century Verona and picks up where William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet left off. It charts the treachery, palace intrigue and ill-fated romances of the Montagues and Capulets in the wake of the young lovers’ tragic fate.
The story centers on Rosaline (Lynch), a gorgeous, intelligent and headstrong Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. Following the death of her parents, she is taken in by her aunt and uncle, Lady (Robinson) and Lord Capulet, and forced to work as a servant. She does her best to tolerate her aunt’s cruelty, and focuses on finding a way to free herself of the humiliation. She is eventually ordered to marry Benvolie (Wade Briggs), a Montague.
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Deadline
Conviction - Daniel DiTomasso Joins Cast
Daniel DiTomasso (Witches of East End) has booked a series regular role in ABC’s legal drama pilot Conviction, from The Mark Gordon Co. and ABC Studios. Co-created by Liz Friedman, who wrote the script, and Liz Friedlander, who will direct the pilot, Conviction stars Hayley Atwell as Carter Morrison, the brilliant but ne’er-do-well daughter of a former President who is blackmailed into taking a job as the head of Los Angeles’ newly created Conviction Integrity Unit. She, along with her team of lawyers, investigators and forensic experts, work together to examine cases where there’s credible suspicion that the wrong person may have been convicted of a crime.
DiTomasso will play Jackson Morrison, Carter’s (Atwell) younger brother and the family’s golden child, who also happens to be a top end lawyer. Initially conceived as a guest star, the role has been upgraded to a series regular. DiTomasso is best known for his role as Killian on Lifetime’s Witches of East End. He is repped by The Kohner Agency and Authentic Talent & Literary Management.
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Deadline
Notorious - Dilshad Vadsaria to Guest
Dilshad Vadsaria will appear in ABC’s drama pilot “Notorious,” which is based on the true-life stories of famed criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos and cable news producer Wendy Walker, Variety has learned exclusively.
Vadsaria has a guest role in the pilot and she joins previously announced series regulars Piper Perabo, Daniel Sunjata, J. August Richards and Kate Jennings Grant. The “Revenge” and “Greek” alum will play Sarah Keaton, the gorgeous wife of an internet tycoon, who has a secret past that’s coming back to haunt her.
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Variety
Hail Mary - Gareth Reynolds Joins Cast
Gareth Reynolds (The Naughty Show) has joined the cast of ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Hail Mary, from Sony TV and ABC Studios. Hail Mary, a half-hour adaptation of the hourlong Austrian series Braunschlag, was written by The McCarthys creator Brian Gallivan and directed by Julie Anne Robinson. It centers on a young small-town mayor named Mary Wolf (Casey Wilson) who has dysfunctional siblings, a dying father, disgruntled citizens, a nearly bankrupt town and the mafia breathing down her neck. Only a miracle can help her. So … she fakes one.
Reynolds will play Christopher, Mary’s older brother, never one to sugarcoat a situation or use tact, Christopher speaks in simple facts. An offbeat oddball who runs a taxidermy shop and believes in UFOs. Christopher may not show it, but he loves his family very much. Reynolds is repped by ICM Partners and by Generate.
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Deadline
Pitch - Bob Balaban Joins Cast
Bob Balaban is stepping up to the plate for Fox. The veteran actor has boarded the network's baseball drama pilot Pitch, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
The project hails from prolific producer Fogelman (Grandfathered, Galavant) and centers on Ginny, a young female pitcher who defies the odds when she becomes the first woman to play in the major leagues. Kylie Bunbury (Under the Dome, Tut) stars as Ginny.
Balaban, who will be credited as a recurring guest star should Pitch move to series, will play Frank Reid, the charming baseball club owner who is wealthy both in finance and wisdom. He understands that bringing Ginny up to the pros is a risk but sees the greater good in what he's doing.
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The Hollywood Reporter
24: Legacy - Ashley Thomas Joins Casr
Ashley Thomas is set as a lead opposite Corey Hawkins in 24: Legacy, Fox’s pilot that reboots the 24 franchise with brand new characters.
24: Legacy, written by 24 veterans Manny Coto and Evan Katz and directed by Stephen Hopkins (who helmed the original 24 pilot), centers on military hero Eric Carter (Hawkins) and chronicles his return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale terror attacks on American soil.
Thomas will play Isaac Carter, Eric’s (Hawkins) older brother. Isaac is angry at Eric regarding their bitter past (which includes Eric now married to Isaac’s former girlfriend Nicole (Anna Diop).
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Deadline
Making History - Leighton Meester to Star in FOX's Time Travel Comedy Pilot
Gossip Girl co-star Leighton Meester is returning to TV series as the female lead opposite Adam Pally in Making History, Fox’s time-travel single-camera comedy pilot executive produced by Phil Lord, Chris Miller & Julius “Goldy” Sharpe.
Meester will play Deborah, a colonial woman self-educated and incredibly motivated with modern ideals trapped in a regressive time. She has contemporary beliefs of gender and racial equality which everyone scoffs at in 1775.
Written by Sharpe, Making History revolves around three unlikely friends who find an even less likely way to travel through time, irreversibly complicating their personal lives in 2016. It centers on Dan (Pally), a nerdy computer science professor at a small college and the “failure” of an accomplished family, who is unpopular with both students and colleagues on campus, where his extreme intelligence comes off as odd. Dan invented time travel, hoping to get a fresh start and meet less shallow people. We see two Dans – the “nerd rage” guy having a hard time in the present, and the cooler more carefree guy in the past.
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Deadline
Transylvania - Amrita Acharia Joins Cast
Games Of Thrones alumna Amrita Acharia has been cast opposite Laura Brent in The CW genre-themed drama pilot Transylvania. Written by Hugh Sterbakov and directed by Jason Ensler, Transylvania is set in 1880 and centers on Victoria (Brent), a headstrong young woman in search of her missing father who ventures from NYC to Transylvania where she teams up with a wrongfully disgraced Scotland Yard Detective, and together they witness the births of the most famous monsters and villains in history.
Acharia will play Coriander, an exotic gypsy, the leader of the matriarchal Szgany clan that runs the fleshpots of the Old City — the haunted spot where Vlad the Impaler once killed thousands of their tribe. Acharia played the role of Irri in Game Of Thrones and appeared in feature I Am Yours.
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Deadline
Citizen - Ismael Cruz Cordova Joins Cast
Ismael Cruz Cordova has joined the cast of Hulu’s supernatural drama pilot Citizen. From Me And Earl And The Dying Girl director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, Paramount TV, and Anonymous Content, Citizen is a fresh take on the hero origin story blending elements of magical realism and gritty vigilantism against the backdrop of the vibrant world of east Los Angeles.
Cordova will play Chris Martinez, a fiercely ambitious cellular phone salesman methodically putting together an illicit drug empire with Mrs. Candy. Gersh-repped Cordova has recurred on Ray Donovan and The Good Wife.
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Deadline
The Great Indoors - Christine Ko Joins Cast
Christine Ko has been cast opposite Joel McHale in The Great Indoors, CBS‘ multi-camera pilot written and executive produced by Mike Gibbons. The project, from CBS TV Studios, centers on Joel (McHale), an adventure reporter who must adapt to the times when he becomes the boss to a group of millennials in the digital department of the magazine.
Ko will play Emma,the magazine’s millennial social media expert who views Joel (Joel McHale) as an out-of-touch relic from another time. Ko, repped by Abrams Artists Agency and Arsonhouse, recently appeared in HBO’s Ballers.
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Deadline
Recon - Yasmin Kaur Barn Cast in a Lead Role
EXCLUSIVE– Yasmin Kaur Barn has landed a leading role in the Fox TV drama Recon, the first Fox pilot order from an outside studio (Warner Bros TV) this season. Recon is about a rookie FBI agent who embeds herself in a suspected terrorist family. Barn will play the role of Oshin.
Recon is written by The Vampire Diaries exec producer Caroline Dries and exec produced by TVD co-developers/exec producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec. Dries wrote the script and is exec producing with Williamson and Plec through Warner Bros. TV and Williamson’s Outerbanks Entertainment.
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Deadline
Superior Donuts - David Koechner & Sarah Stiles to Co-Star
The Office alum David Koechner, Rules of Engagement alumna Megyn Price and Sarah Stiles have been tapped for co-starring roles opposite Brian d’Arcy James and Jermaine Fowler in Superior Donuts, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot written by Bob Daily and Neil Goldman & Garrett Donovan and directed by James Burrows. Superior Donuts follows the relationship between the owner of a donut shop, Arthur (James), his new young employee, Franco (Fowler), and their patrons in a gentrifying neighborhood of Chicago.
Koechner will play Tush, Arthur’s most loyal customer, who comes in every morning for breakfast and often stays through lunch and dinner, occupying his regular stool at the counter. Price is Randy, a sarcastic and matter-of-fact street cop. Superior Donuts is part of her beat.
Stiles will play Dana, a professor at nearby Loyola University with a weakness for jelly donuts and a soft spot for Arthur and her fellow patrons.
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Deadline
Still Star Crossed - Ebonée Noel Joins Cast
Tottance Coombs is segueing from one costume drama set in 16th century Europe to another. The Reign co-star has been cast in Still Star Crossed, ABC’s Romeo & Juliet sequel drama pilot from Shondaland. Also cast in the project, written b