Jeri Ryan has been cast in CBS' drama pilot Shark, Tom Cavanagh has joined CBS' comedy pilot My Ex-Life, and Illeana Douglas has come on board ABC's comedy pilot Women of a Certain Age. In other casting news, Xander Berkeley has joined ABC's drama pilot Women in Law, Marnette Patterson has come on board ABC's comedy pilot Southern Comfort, and Vincent Ventresca has been cast in Fox's comedy pilot Julie Reno, Bounty Hunter. Shark, from 20th Century Fox TV and Imagine TV, centers on a celebrity attorney-turned-prosecutor (James Woods). Ryan will portray Jessica, a district attorney and the new boss of Woods' character.
- 3/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Catherine Bell and Gary Cole have joined the cast of CBS' drama pilot Company Town, Mercedes Ruehl is close to signing on to co-star in CBS' untitled Paul Reiser comedy pilot, Rena Sofer has been tapped to star opposite Diedrich Bader in ABC's comedy pilot Mr. Nice Guy, Kevin Hart has come on board CBS' comedy pilot The Weekend, Bruce Davison has been added to ABC's comedy pilot Southern Comfort and Cheryl White and D.W. Moffett have been cast in the CW's untitled Kevin Williamson drama pilot. Additionally, John Sloan has landed the second lead in Fox's comedy pilot Happy Hour, Alexis Cruz has joined CBS' drama pilot Shark and Brendan Hines has been added to Fox's comedy pilot If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now. In pilot-pickup news, CBS has given a late green light to My Ex Life, from writer-executive producer Rich Appel.
- 3/19/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bruno Campos has departed ABC's comedy pilot Southern Comfort and is now set as the lead in Fox's one-hour pilot The Wedding Album, while Charlotte Ross has left ABC's drama pilot Ugly Betty and is in talks to join ABC's comedy pilot Pink Collar. Vanessa L. Williams has been tapped to replace Ross in Betty. Meanwhile, Jason O'Mara has been tapped as the lead in ABC's drama pilot Drift; Megyn Price has landed a lead role in CBS' untitled Tom Hertz comedy pilot; and Bumper Robinson, Stephen Tobolowski and David Anthony Higgins have been cast in ABC's comedy pilot The Guys. Additionally, Kevin Alejandro has joined Fox's drama pilot Faceless, Rachel Perry has joined Fox's drama pilot Beyond, and Sarah Carter has come on board CBS' drama pilot Shark.
- 3/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Bryan Greenberg has landed the lead and Tom Berenger has been tapped to co-star in ABC's drama pilot October Road. Meanwhile, Ed O'Neill and Christine Baranski have joined CBS' untitled Port/Weisman comedy pilot, Josh Cooke has been tapped to star in ABC's comedy pilot A Day in the Life, Hector Elizondo has come on board CBS' untitled Paul Reiser comedy pilot, and Jason Behr and Peter Strauss have landed lead roles in CBS' drama The Way. Additionally, Jim Parsons will star in CBS' comedy pilot The Big Bang Theory with Iris Bahr also cast in the project; Kevin Pollak has joined the cast of CBS' untitled Carol Mendelsohn drama pilot; Gina Torres and Michael Cudlitz are set to co-star in Fox's drama pilot Primary; Clifton Powell has come on board Fox's drama pilot Faceless; Aimee Garcia and Majandra Delfino have joined CBS' drama pilot Ultra; Seana Kofoed, John Amos and Suleka Mathew have been added to ABC's one-hour pilot Men in Trees; Lee Tergesen has joined Fox's drama pilot Southern Comfort; and Fairuza Balk has been cast in CBS' drama pilot Orpheus.
- 3/14/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alicia Silverstone has been tapped as the lead in ABC's comedy pilot Pink Collar, while Alexondra Lee has landed the lead in another comedy pilot, NBC's Alpha Mom. Meanwhile, Alan Dale has joined ABC's one-hour pilot Ugly Betty, Jennifer Coolidge has come on board Fox's comedy pilot If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now, Shawn Hatosy has been tapped as the second lead in Fox's comedy pilot Southern Comfort, Rosemarie DeWitt has landed the female lead opposite Ron Livingston in Fox's drama pilot Primary, Jennifer Aspen has joined CBS' comedy pilot Welcome to the Jungle Gym, Paige Turco has come on board ABC's one-hour pilot Women in Law, Ming-Na and Robert Hoffman round out the cast of Fox's drama pilot Vanished, and newcomer Brian Thomas Smith will play the lead in Fox's comedy pilot The 12th Man. Additionally, Pamela Reed has joined CBS' drama pilot Jericho, Kevin Weisman has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot Mr. Nice Guy, Seth Gabel and Adrian Lester have joined Fox's drama pilot Beyond, and Gabriel Casseus and Alex Fernandez have been added to ABC's drama pilot Sixty Minute Man.
- 3/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
John Lithgow has been tapped to star in the NBC comedy pilot Twenty Good Years, while Barry Sonnenfeld is set to direct ABC's comedy pilot Notes From the Underbelly. Additionally, Jay Mohr is set to star in another NBC comedy pilot, Community Service, with Christopher Wiehl also cast; Alicia Witt will play the title role in Fox's comedy pilot More, Patience; Justine Bateman has joined ABC's untitled Patricia Heaton comedy pilot; Marisa Coughlan has landed one of the leads in ABC's untitled sisters comedy pilot, lifting the contingency on the project; and Johnny Lewis has nabbed the lead in another ABC comedy pilot, Southern Comfort. In other pilot-casting news, Eion Bailey has joined CBS' Orpheus, Tim Daly is set to co-star in CBS' untitled Steinbergs drama, Abraham Benrubi has joined ABC's one-hour Men in Trees, John Patrick Amedori has been added to Fox's drama Vanished, and Kevin Rahm has come aboard NBC's comedy Alpha Mom.
Mena Suvari and Blair Underwood have been tapped to star in two CBS drama pilots, Orpheus and Company Town, respectively. Additionally, Mitch Rouse landed the lead in CBS' comedy pilot The Angriest Man in Suburbia, Kiele Sanchez has been tapped as the lead in ABC's comedy pilot What Happens on a Bus and Josh Meyers will play the lead in Fox's comedy pilot That Guy. Also, Matt Letscher has been cast as the male lead opposite Christine Taylor in ABC's comedy pilot 52 Fights, Nick Zano landed the second lead opposite Kevin Brennan in NBC's untitled Jace Richdale comedy pilot, Lori Loughlin joined the cast of the ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency, Will Patton has been cast in ABC's drama pilot The Way and Kerr Smith has come on board Fox's drama pilot American Crime. In other pilot castings, Rebecca Gayheart has joined Fox's drama Vanished, Jonathan LaPaglia and Patricia Wettig have been added to ABC's drama Brothers & Sisters, Bill Smitrovich and Nestor Serrano have been cast in ABC's drama A House Divided, Reiley McClendon and Jessica Stroup have joined Fox's drama Southern Comfort, while Tony Plana has come on board the ABC one-hour Ugly Betty.
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