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Exclusive: Cheech Marin Returning To TV!
4 April 2013 2:00 PM, PDT | Entertainment Tonight | See recent Entertainment Tonight news »
ETonline has exclusively learned that Cheech Marin is headed back to television on TBS' Do It Yourself.
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The pilot, which is aiming for pick-up this fall, revolves around a laid-off math teacher forced into the blue-collar world when he gets a job at Home Time, a big-box home-supply store. His co-workers are played by Bill Engvall, Ryan McPartlin and Melora Hardin, who plays their boss.
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On the show, Marin will play Perez, an offbeat Home Time employee who spends his days making keys and his nights preparing for the apocalypse (he's a survivalist).
Iconic for his role in 1978's Up In Smoke, Marin was previously a series regular on the short-lived series Rob and the very long-lived Nash Bridges. »
'Buffy' Vet Joins CW's 'The Selection'
6 March 2013 12:31 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Anthony Stewart Head is eying a return to American TV with The CW's "The Selection."
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Head will play King Clarkson, the ruler of a future nation in the "Hunger Games"-esque pilot that's set 300 years in the future. The drama centers on a young woman selected at random to compete against other women for a prince's hand in marriage.
The pilot also stars Yael Grobglas, Michael Malarkey, Sean Patrick Thomas, Peta Sergeant, Celia Massingham and Lucien Laviscount. The CW produced a pilot for "The Selection" last development season, but the network decided to retool it for this season.
In other pilot news ...
Matthew Lillard will co-star in "I Am Victor." Lillard will play the best friend of John Stamos' title character. [Deadline.com]
"Gossip Girl" veteran Jessica Szohr has joined "The List." Szohr will star opposite Michael Pena in the Fox pilot as an FBI agent. »
- Chris Harnick
Ben Rappaport To Topline TBS Pilot ‘Do It Yourself’, Bill Engvall To Co-Star
6 March 2013 8:00 AM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Outsourced star Ben Rappaport is set as the lead of another workplace comedy, TBS pilot Do It Yourself. Bill Engvall is co-starring in the multi-camera project written by Walt Becker and Rob Long and directed by James Widdoes. Do It Yourself tells the story of Nick Porter (Rappaport), a 20-something laid-off math teacher who finds himself thrust into the blue collar world when he gets a job at that most American of retail institutions: the big box home supply store. Engvall plays his co-worker Dale, an executive with 30 years of experience who was once a senior vice president at Circuit City but has been reduced to minimum wage since his company went belly-up. The two join previously cast Melora Hardin and Ryan McPartlin. Rappaport, repped by Gersh, Invictus Entertainment and attorney Rick Genow, recently made his Broadway debut in Picnic and will next be seen in feature The Brass Teapot. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
Ben Rappaport joins Bill Engvall in Do It Yourself
6 March 2013 3:14 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
TBS's Do It Yourself pilot has cast Outsourced's Ben Rappaport as the lead alongside Bill Engvall in the comedy. Deadline reports that the multi-camera project from Wild Hogs, Old Dogs' Walt Becker as well as Rob Long, tells of Nick Porter (Rappaport), math teacher who, after being laid off, is thrust into a blue collar world with a job at a big box home supply store. Engvall plays Dale, a co-worker with thirty years of experience as an executive, and a Circuit City VP who's now running on minimum wage. Melora Hardin and Ryan McPartlin were previously cast in Do It Yourself. »
Ben Rappaport joins Bill Engvall in Do It Yourself
6 March 2013 3:14 AM, PST | Upcoming-Movies.com | See recent Upcoming-Movies.com news »
TBS's Do It Yourself pilot has cast Outsourced's Ben Rappaport as the lead alongside Bill Engvall in the comedy. Deadline reports that the multi-camera project from Wild Hogs, Old Dogs' Walt Becker as well as Rob Long, tells of Nick Porter (Rappaport), math teacher who, after being laid off, is thrust into a blue collar world with a job at a big box home supply store. Engvall plays Dale, a co-worker with thirty years of experience as an executive, and a Circuit City VP who's now running on minimum wage. Melora Hardin and Ryan McPartlin were previously cast in Do It Yourself. »
TV on Tap: Fox Renews Four Shows, "Once Upon a Time" Isn't Recasting the Mad Hatter and "Vikings" Conquers Sunday's Ratings
5 March 2013 6:01 AM, PST | The Backlot | See recent The Backlot news »
White Collar wasn't planning on having a season finale tonight,
but it just happened upon a finale that was just sitting on the bench not doing anything.
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Fox gave early renewals to four shows yesterday: The Following, New Girl, The Mindy Project and Raising Hope. The one surprise on that list is The Mindy Project, which has been on the bubble all year. However, Deadline reports that Raising Hope will have to go without series creator Greg Garcia who is expected to supervise one of the two comedy pilots he's developing for CBS.
Meanwhile, The Mindy Project is also getting a visit from Chloe Sevigny, who has been working hard to make up for the awfulness of her Big Love character.
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Alexis Bledel + Jason Ritter? Yes Please!
4 March 2013 5:46 PM, PST | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Rory Gilmore could be heading back to our screens this fall. Alexis Bledel has been cast alongside Jason Ritter in Fox's new comedy pilot, "Friends & Family," based on the UK series "Gavin and Stacey."
According to Deadline, Bledel will play Stacey to Ritter's Gavin. If the pilot is picked up to series, it will focus on the important moments in the couple's relationship and the difficulties they encounter "while combining their polarizing families’ lives."
Interestingly, Ritter just completed a stint on "Parenthood," playing the fiance of Bledel's on-screen "Gilmore Girls" mom, Lauren Graham. Fast-talking brunettes are obviously his type.
In other pilot casting news ...
TBS' "Do It Yourself" gets Awesome. Ryan McPartlin -- who played Captain Awesome on NBC's "Chuck" -- has joined the comedy pilot, which is set in a home improvement store called Home Time. McPartlin will play Tyler, "an enthusiastic employee of the paint department, where he gives several demonstrations a week. »
- Laura Prudom
Alexis Bledel joins Jason Ritter at Fox and more pilot casting
4 March 2013 4:01 PM, PST | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
In a boon for "Gilmore Girls" fan fiction writers anywhere, Alexis Bledel has found her next TV role.
Bledel, who appeared on "Mad Men" last season, will star opposite Jason Ritter in Fox's comedy pilot "Friends & Family," an adaptation of British series "Gavin & Stacey." She and Ritter will play the central characters, a couple whose families don't mix very well.
The "Gilmore" connection comes from the fact that Ritter is coming off "Parenthood," where his character was in a relationship with Sarah (Lauren Graham). Graham, of course, played Bledel's mom on "Gilmore Girls" -- although there was never a story line in which they were both interested in the same guy.
More pilot casting:
- Former "Lost" star Naveen Andrews will return to ABC in the network's drama pilot "Reckless," which stars Patrick Fugit as a man trying to free his wife (Eloise Mumford) from prison in a politically unstable country. »
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Ryan McPartlin Joins TBS’ ‘Do It Yourself’, Scoot McNairy Gets Lead In AMC’s ‘Fire’
4 March 2013 1:00 PM, PST | Deadline TV | See recent Deadline TV news »
Chuck alum Ryan McPartlin has been cast as in TBS’ comedy pilot Do It Yourself. James Widdoes is directing the multi-camera pilot written by Walt Becker and Rob Long. Do It Yourself tells the story of Nick, a 20-something laid-off math teacher who finds himself thrust into the blue collar world when he gets a job at that most American of retail institutions: the big box home supply store. McPartlin, repped by Evolution and ICM Partners, will play Tyler, a handsome Home Time employee who works in the paint department where he gives several paint demonstrations a week. The John Barrymore of paint, Tyler considers himself an actor and an artist, and really throws himself into his “shows.” Since his five-season stint on NBC’s Chuck as Captain Awesome, McPartlin appeared in Clint Eastwood’s J Edgar biopic and will next stars in the indie The Right Kind of Wrong. »
- NELLIE ANDREEVA
(Awesome) Pilot Scoop: Chuck's Ryan McPartlin Joins TBS' Workplace Comedy Do It Yourself
4 March 2013 1:00 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
TBS’ Do It Yourself pilot just got a little more awesome.
TVLine has learned that Ryan McPartlin, aka Chuck‘s Captain Awesome, is joining the cast as a series regular.
The multi-cam workplace comedy, from Walt Becker (Glory Daze) Rob Long (Sullivan & Son), focuses on a group of misfits working at a Home Depot-esque super store called Home Time.
Basically, it’s Buy More with cork flooring and dimmer switches instead of flatscreen TVs and iPads.
McPartlin will play Tyler, an enthusiastic employee of the paint department, where he gives several demonstrations a week. Tyler considers himself an actor and an artist, »
- Michael Ausiello
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