ABC continued to stock its primetime shelves for the upcoming season, giving series orders to another four new dramas and two more new comedies late last week in advance of its fall schedule unveiling Tuesday in New York. Fox, which presents its 2006-07 schedule Thursday, also handed out additional pickups to one new drama and two new comedies late last week. ABC's green lights on Friday went to the hourlong pilots Brothers & Sisters, a family soap starring Calista Flockhart and Rachel Griffiths; the telenovela-inspired Ugly Betty, set at a fashion magazine; the national security thriller Traveler; and Men in Trees, starring Anne Heche as a woman who moves to Alaska after her marriage breaks up. On the half-hour side, ABC gave the nod to two serialized projects, the single-camera half-hours Big Day, a look at a couple's wedding day through the eyes of the participants, and the untitled Burnett/Beckerman heist comedy, featuring Donal Logue as the ringleader of a group of guys who conspire to rob Mick Jagger.
- 5/14/2006
- 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
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.
Jeff Goldblum is in final negotiations to star in NBC's drama pilot Seeing Red, Anne Heche is set to topline ABC's one-hour Men in Trees, and Gale Harold has landed the lead in another high-profile drama pilot, Fox's Vanished. Meanwhile, Oscar-nominated Bruce Beresford and Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence are set to direct their first pilots with CBS' drama Orpheus and NBC's single-camera comedy Alpha Mom, respectively. In other pilot-casting news, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe has joined Fox's comedy pilot The 12th Man, and Bonnie Somerville has been tapped to star opposite Danny Comden in his comedy pilot for ABC.
- 2/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jeff Goldblum is in final negotiations to star in NBC's drama pilot Seeing Red, Anne Heche is set to topline ABC's one-hour Men in Trees, and Gale Harold has landed the lead in another high-profile drama pilot, Fox's Vanished. Meanwhile, Oscar-nominated Bruce Beresford and Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence are set to direct their first pilots with CBS' drama Orpheus and NBC's single-camera comedy Alpha Mom, respectively. In other pilot-casting news, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe has joined Fox's comedy pilot The 12th Man, and Bonnie Somerville has been tapped to star opposite Danny Comden in his comedy pilot for ABC.
- 2/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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