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Yes they’re still calling it a pilot, but at least Syfy is issuing press releases about the Dominion project in development. Hopefully now that they have the major casting out of the way, they can get going on this and we’ll be hearing that it’s great and that it’s green-lit for a series run.

Syfy Rounds Out Cast For Dominion Pilot Anthony Stewart Head Is “David Weel,” Roxanne McKee To Play “Claire Rysen,” Luke Allen-gale Is “William Weel,” And Shivani Ghai Guest Stars As “Arika” In Supernatural Series Pilot Produced By Universal Cable Productions

New York – September 24, 2013 – Syfy announces additional casting for its upcoming supernatural drama pilot, Dominion with the signings of Anthony Stewart Head, Roxanne McKee, Luke Allen-Gale and guest star Shivani Ghai. Produced by Universal Cable Productions, the pilot is set to begin shooting this month in Cape Town, South Africa.

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"Free Agents" doesn't take the usual will they-or-won't they approach to romantic comedy. It's got a solid cast led by comedy veterans Hank Azaria, Kathryn Hahn and Anthony Head. Its creator was part of the team behind one of the funniest TV comedies of the past decade.

So, a less-traveled take on a familiar genre, good cast and good auspices should add up to a strong show, right? You would think.

Despite all that it would seem to have going for it, "Free Agents," which debuts Wednesday (Sept. 14) on NBC, ends up being less than the sum of its parts. It's a show I would really like to like, and there are elements present in the pilot that make me want to see how it's doing by, say, episode four or five, but it's not there yet.

Azaria ("The Simpsons," "Huff") and Hahn ("Crossing Jordan," "Step Brothers") play co-workers at a PR firm.

LONDON -- Tiger Aspect Prods. has poached BBC head of comedy Sophie Clarke-Jervoise to take the role of senior executive beginning Nov. 1, company chairman Peter Bennett Jones said Thursday. In the role, Clarke-Jervoise will be responsible for overseeing Tiger Aspect's comedy activity, managing the department and developing original programming as well as working on a number of series already in development. She will work alongside Geoffrey Perkins, Tiger Aspect's creative director for comedy. During her six-year tenure at the BBC, Clarke-Jervoise developed and executive produced such series as Manchild, Help, My Family and Coupling.

Showtime has teamed with Sony Pictures TV to develop an American version of the raunchy BBC comedy Manchild. Nick Fisher, creator of the short-lived original series, dubbed as "the male answer to 'Sex and the City, ' " is on board to adapt and executive produce. The original Manchild, whose ensemble cast included Nigel Havers of Chariots of Fire fame, centered on four 49-year-old male friends in the midst of their midlife crises who speak their minds on a wide range of topics, but most of all sex.

BBC's raunchy comedy Manchild has been adopted by ABC and Touchstone Television. The network and the studio are developing a U.S. version of the hot British show, often referred to as "the male answer to Sex and the City" with the original series' creator-writer-producer Nick Fisher attached to write and executive produce and its producer Linda Seifert on board as producer. Manchild centers on four 49-year-old male friends in the midst of their midlife crises who speak their minds on a wide range of topics, but most of all sex. Ray Burdis, Anthony Head, Don Warrington and Nigel Havers (who also narrates) star in the original series, which premiered in the United States on BBC America this summer to strong reviews. ABC has given a premium script commitment to the project, which had piqued the interest of least one other network. Fisher's TV credits also include Channel Four's Screaming Rebels and One Hour With Jonathan Ross and Granada Television's Children's Ward. On the feature side, he wrote Virtual Sexuality. Fisher and Seifert are repped by Paradigm.

CANNES -- BBC Worldwide said Monday that it has signed three major output deals in Eastern Europe, licensing almost 400 hours of programming to Russia and the Ukraine. The commercial arm of the BBC said it has signed output deals with TV Channel Kultura, part of Russian national broadcaster RTR; regional program distributor Russian Report; and Ukrainian private channel Studio 1+1. Under the terms of the deal with Channel Kultura, the channel will take almost 200 hours across all genres, including factual series How to Build a Human and Secrets of the Ancients as well as costume adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment and kids series Andy Pandy. Russian Report has acquired more than 140 hours of programming, including contemporary male drama Manchild and long-running detective series Dalziel and Pascoe. Studio 1+1 has signed up for 40 hours of programming, including the three forthcoming Walking With Dinosaurs specials and the new series Walking With Cavemen.