CBS is loading its big guns for next season. The network picked up series fronted by such stars as James Woods, Stanley Tucci, Ray Liotta, Virginia Madsen and Joe Pantoliano and backed by such auspices as David Crane, John Wells and Jon Turteltaub. On the drama side, the network ordered Shark, Jericho, Smith, the untitled Peter Ocko project and Waterfront; The Class and the untitled Tom Hertz project made the comedy cut. Midseason entries The Unit and The New Adventures of Old Christine have been picked up for a second season along with the freshman drama Close to Home.
- 5/16/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer-producer Larry Wilmore is moving in front of the camera with a co-starring role in CBS' untitled Port/Weisman comedy pilot. Meanwhile, Alicia Witt, who had been cast as the lead in Fox's comedy pilot More, Patience, has left the show. In other pilot castings, Matthew Glave has joined CBS' comedy pilot The Angriest Man in Suburbia, Amy Carlson is rounding out the cast of ABC's drama pilot Drift, Sam Page has come on board CBS' drama pilot Shark, and Ion Overman has been added to NBC's comedy pilot Andy Barker, P.I.
- 3/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kelsey Grammer has been tapped to direct the CBS comedy pilot My Ex-Life. Meanwhile, the CW has picked up the comedy pilot Flirt, starring Wayne Brady. In other casting news, Bo Derek has joined My Network TV's drama series Secret Obsessions, Constance Zimmer has come on board ABC's comedy pilot 52 Fights, and Danielle Panabaker has been added to the cast of CBS' drama pilot Shark. My Ex-Life revolves around two divorced couples and the way they deal with their lives after divorce. The show, from 20th Century Fox TV, stars Tom Cavanagh and Gillian Vigman.
- 3/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kelsey Grammer has been tapped to direct the CBS comedy pilot My Ex-Life. Meanwhile, the CW has picked up the comedy pilot Flirt, starring Wayne Brady. In other casting news, Bo Derek has joined My Network TV's drama series Secret Obsessions, Constance Zimmer has come on board ABC's comedy pilot 52 Fights, and Danielle Panabaker has been added to the cast of CBS' drama pilot Shark. My Ex-Life revolves around two divorced couples and the way they deal with their lives after divorce. The show, from 20th Century Fox TV, stars Tom Cavanagh and Gillian Vigman.
- 3/29/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast of ABC's drama pilot Drift. In other pilot news, Emmy winner Jane Alexander will appear in CBS' drama pilot The Way, and Romy Rosemont has joined CBS' drama pilot Shark. Drift, from Touchstone Television, centers on a New York detective (Jason O'Mara) who has insomnia, which affects his job. Harden will portray the detective's therapist.
- 3/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden has joined the cast of ABC's drama pilot Drift. In other pilot news, Emmy winner Jane Alexander will appear in CBS' drama pilot The Way, and Romy Rosemont has joined CBS' drama pilot Shark. Drift, from Touchstone Television, centers on a New York detective (Jason O'Mara) who has insomnia, which affects his job. Harden will portray the detective's therapist.
- 3/23/2006
- 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
James Woods has been tapped to star in CBS' drama pilot Shark, lifting the cast contingency on the project, while Spike Lee has come aboard to direct the 20th Century Fox TV/Imagine TV pilot. The recruitment of Woods and Lee marks a remarkable comeback for the project, about a celebrity attorney-turned-prosecutor, which was all but dead 10 days ago. With a cast contingency hanging over Shark and no lead cast by mid-February -- five weeks before the scheduled production start date -- CBS was quickly losing faith in the project's chances to land a star on time and was preparing to pull the plug. The network already was working on a deal for a late pickup of another drama pilot -- the Joe Pantoliano starrer Waterfront, from ER veteran Jack Orman -- to fill the void left by Shark when, at an eleventh-hour breakfast meeting between Woods and Imagine's Brian Grazer and David Nevins on Feb. 17, Woods agreed to do the pilot.
- 2/27/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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