John Michael Higgins has been tapped to lead the cast of ABC's comedy The Thick of It.
Additionally, veteran Bill Smitrovich and Jason Antoon have joined Fox's comedy pilot Me & Lee, Mark Moses and Smith Cho have been added to ABC's untitled D.C. comedy pilot, and Paul F. Thompkins and Amanda Detmer have been cast as the leads in CBS' comedy pilot 1321 Clover.
In other pilot casting news, Strong Medicine star Rosa Blasi has been cast in the CW comedy Eight Days a Week, while Living Single alum Kim Coles has been added to another CW comedy, Hell on Earth.
Thick, from Sony Pictures TV and BBC Worldwide Prods., focuses on the nonpartisan high jinks that ensue in the office of a newly elected congressman (Higgins). The show reunites Higgins with the project's writer/executive producer, Mitch Hurwitz; Higgins recurred on Hurwitz's previous series, the Emmy-winning Arrested Development. The actor next will appear in Evan Almighty.
"Me & Lee" from Lionsgate, centers on Joel (Jamie Kennedy), a chronic back pain victim who gets more than he bargained for when he undergoes "bionic" surgery in a secret lab run by actor Lee Majors (playing himself) in the basement of his Beverly Hills mansion.
Additionally, veteran Bill Smitrovich and Jason Antoon have joined Fox's comedy pilot Me & Lee, Mark Moses and Smith Cho have been added to ABC's untitled D.C. comedy pilot, and Paul F. Thompkins and Amanda Detmer have been cast as the leads in CBS' comedy pilot 1321 Clover.
In other pilot casting news, Strong Medicine star Rosa Blasi has been cast in the CW comedy Eight Days a Week, while Living Single alum Kim Coles has been added to another CW comedy, Hell on Earth.
Thick, from Sony Pictures TV and BBC Worldwide Prods., focuses on the nonpartisan high jinks that ensue in the office of a newly elected congressman (Higgins). The show reunites Higgins with the project's writer/executive producer, Mitch Hurwitz; Higgins recurred on Hurwitz's previous series, the Emmy-winning Arrested Development. The actor next will appear in Evan Almighty.
"Me & Lee" from Lionsgate, centers on Joel (Jamie Kennedy), a chronic back pain victim who gets more than he bargained for when he undergoes "bionic" surgery in a secret lab run by actor Lee Majors (playing himself) in the basement of his Beverly Hills mansion.
- 3/26/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CBS has greenlighted the single-camera comedy pilot Ex Men.
In pilot directing news, Walt Becker has signed on to helm CBS' single-camera comedy pilot 1321 Clover, while Deran Sarafian will direct Fox's drama pilot K-Ville.
Ex Men, from CBS Paramount Network TV, centers on a newly single guy who is taken under the wing of a group of more experienced guys.
Frasier alum Rob Greenberg is the writer/executive producer.
1321 Clover, from CBS Par TV and writers Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, chronicles documentary-style the lives of a typical suburban American family.
Becker is the director of the upcoming feature film Wild Hogs, starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy. His other credits include the film Van Wilder.
K-Ville, from 20th Century Fox TV, revolves around cops in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Veteran director Sarafian is making his pilot debut with K-Ville. He has been working on the hit Fox medical drama House, on which he has directed about a dozen episodes.
Sarafian, who has also directed multiple episodes of such dramas as the three "CSI" series, is repped by CAA and Thrive Entertainment.
In pilot directing news, Walt Becker has signed on to helm CBS' single-camera comedy pilot 1321 Clover, while Deran Sarafian will direct Fox's drama pilot K-Ville.
Ex Men, from CBS Paramount Network TV, centers on a newly single guy who is taken under the wing of a group of more experienced guys.
Frasier alum Rob Greenberg is the writer/executive producer.
1321 Clover, from CBS Par TV and writers Paul Corrigan and Brad Walsh, chronicles documentary-style the lives of a typical suburban American family.
Becker is the director of the upcoming feature film Wild Hogs, starring Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy. His other credits include the film Van Wilder.
K-Ville, from 20th Century Fox TV, revolves around cops in post-Katrina New Orleans.
Veteran director Sarafian is making his pilot debut with K-Ville. He has been working on the hit Fox medical drama House, on which he has directed about a dozen episodes.
Sarafian, who has also directed multiple episodes of such dramas as the three "CSI" series, is repped by CAA and Thrive Entertainment.
- 2/14/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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