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TV Castings For 2/19/14: Debra Messing Set As The Lead In NBC’s ‘The Mysteries of Laura’

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Debra Messing will lead NBC’s The Mysteries Of Laura, that follows the life and relationships of a female homicide detective who can handle murderous criminals — but not her evil twin children. Terrence Howard is set as the lead in Fox’s Empire, about a music superstar that is determined to take his company, Empire Entertainment, public -- a first in the field of urban entertainment, but when he challenges his three sons to compete for the head job at Empire, he sets in motion internecine forces that could tear his empire -- and his family -- apart. Cristin Milioti is set for the lead in NBC’s A To Z, which follows a relationship between a young couple, comprehensively, from meeting to breakup, over the course of a season. Elisabeth Rohm and Rose Rollins join TNT’s Guilt By Association, about a Deputy District Attorney working for the Special Trials unit of L.A. County's D.A.'s office. Gerald McRaney and Jamey Sheridan join TNT’s Agent X, centering on a person called upon in times of extreme crisis, when traditional law and government aren’t in a position to help. Created by the original founding fathers, but hidden from the public, the agent of unknown identity that is trained and ready to serve — and deployed only at the careful discretion of the Vice President. Christina Chang and Jeffrey Nordling have been cast in ABC’s Sea Of Fire, about three teenage girls who star in a pornographic film that tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance, a murder and a host of other secrets boiling under the surface in a small town. Jennifer Carpenter will play an FBI Agent. Alfred Enoch, Karla Souza and Jack Falahee will play students in ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder, centered on ambitious law students and their brilliant and mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot. Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland and Belle Shouse join ABC’s, Secrets & Lies, about a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect. Matt Barr is set to co-star opposite Ahna O’Reilly in CW’s Identity, that centers on a young Brooklynite recruited by the CIA to infiltrate her recently discovered biological family, a wealthy and powerful dynasty in Texas suspected of having criminal alliances across the globe. Vondie Curtis-Hall joins NBC’s Tin Man, about a fugitive robot accused of first-degree murder, who may hold the key to the future of human evolution, and the young female public defender forced to fight for his cause. Romany Malco has lifted the casting contingency of ABC’s Keep It Together, about the post-divorce life of a couple trying to forge a friendship for the sake of their kids. Ely Henry and Asif Ali will play freshman students in Fox’s Cabot College, that takes place at a former all-girls college that has just opened its doors to men for the first time. Nick Jonas and Kiele Sanchez are set to co-star in DirecTV’s Navy Street, following a family set against the backdrop of a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym in Venice, California. Rosa Salazar has joined NBC’s The Pro, about a former tennis doubles champion whose career flamed-out as his misguided investments have left him working as the pro at a tennis and golf club, where he tries to hustle and charm his way back into America’s 1%. Jane Krakowski will star in Fox’s Dead Boss, that centers on a woman trying to prove her innocence after being falsely accused and convicted of killing her boss. Meagan Good is the first to be cast in NBC’s Babylon Fields, about a town’s residents that come back from the dead. Alyson Hannigan will play the female lead, opposite Tom Papa, in CBS’ More Time With Family,  that centers on a guy who changes his career and gives up a life on the road to spend more time at home with his family — but when he gets there, he realizes no one asked him to do that. Octavia Spencer, Charlie Rowe, Rebecca Rittenhouse and Zoe Levin join Fox’s Red Band Society, that explores, with dark humor, the daily life of a group of teenage patients living in a hospital who become unlikely friends. Jane Kaczmarek, David James Elliott, Peter DaCunha, Jon Heder and Brendan Meyer will star in Fox’s Here’s Your Damn Family, about a stunted, set-in-his-ways thirty-something man living with his mom who finds his perfectly organized world upended when she gets married and her new husband- plus his three teenage children- move in. Gavin Stenhouse lands the lead in NBC’s Coercion, about a grown man who finds his parents are former spies, and faces a choice between family and country when their handler returns and demands his cooperation. Christine Woods and Echo Kellum have been cast in NBC’s Two To Go, centering on the last two singles in a group of friends moving into marriage and parenthood, navigating life and love as they Friday- night barhop then Saturday-morning moon bounce surrounded by kids — none of whom are their own. Warren Kole will star in NBC’s Salvation, a big family saga set against the backdrop of a Texas mega church. When the leader of the Spring Hill Congregation dies, the matriarch of the Strickland family rallies to keep the family together in a show about faith and family and all the complications that come with both. Elvis Nolasco and Caitlin Gerard have booked ABC’s American Crime, that centers on a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the victims, the accused, and their families. Michael Imperioli has been tapped as the lead in ABC’s Saint Francis, that centers on a blue-collar, no-nonsense Long Island cop and family man who butts heads with the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister gets pregnant out of wedlock. Jacinda Barrett joins Netflix’s Untitled Kessler/Zelman Project, focusing on a family of adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home. Kal Penn is first cast in CBS’ Battle Creek, about two detectives, with very different world views, who are teamed up. Olivia Williams has been cast as the female lead in WGN America’s Manhattan, set against the backdrop of the clandestine mission to build the world’s first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Plot follows the brilliant but flawed scientists and their families as they attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives. Caroline Ford and Antony Bunsee join Fox’s Hieroglyph, that centers on a notorious thief who is plucked from prison to serve the Pharaoh, navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers. Malcolm Barrett and Jonathan Slavin are set for NBC’s Mission Control, that examines what happens when a strong woman butts heads with a macho astronaut in the race to land on the moon. Paige Turco will guest star and has the potential to recur, as the wife to Scott Bakula, on CBS’ NCIS: New Orleans, that centers on the office which handles cases from Pensacola through Mississippi and Louisiana to the Texas panhandle. Karen Gillan is the first cast in ABC’s Selfie, that tells the story of a self-obsessed twenty-something woman who is more concerned with "likes" than being liked. Jada Pinkett Smith joins Fox’s Gotham, that explores the origin stories of Commissioner James Gordon and the villains who made Gotham City famous. Gordon is still a detective with the Gotham City Police Department and has yet to meet Batman. Don Hany has been cast in ABC’s Warriors, that follows the best and brightest of active duty military doctors and nurses as they practice trailblazing medicine on critically wounded warriors returning home from Afghanistan, on military families and veterans, as well as administering to Washington’s government elite. Greta Lee lands a role on NBC’s Old Souls, about a young woman who is trying to find herself, but in the meantime she’s working as the aide to a group of opinionated elderly people. Derek Webster is the first cast in ABC’s The Visitors, about a race against the clock to defeat an unseen alien enemy out to destroy the world using our most precious resource against us. Deon Cole has booked TBS’ Tribeca, about an eccentric but brilliant group of people who investigate crime and reveal too much personal information about themselves in the process. Edi Gathegi and Caroline Rose Kaplan join TNT’s Proof, about a surgeon who investigates cases of reincarnation, out-of-body experiences, hauntings — all of it looking for verifiable proof, to try to answer one of life’s greatest questions: Is death truly the end, or is there something … beyond?

Current Series

Krista Allen will guest star on ABC’s Mistresses. Adam DeVine will lend his voice to FOX’s American Dad. Rob Huebel to play a unlikable owner of a tent store on NBC’s Parks and Recreation. Richard E. Grant, Anna Chancellor and Rade Sherbedgia are set to guest star in Season 5 of PBS’ Downton Abbey. Sunny Mabrey will appear on ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Arden Cho will guest star on ABC’s Castle. Alec Baldwin will guest star on NBC’s Law & Order: SVU. John Leguizamo (ER) is set to appear as a guest star on CBS’ The Good Wifeas the new Cook County State’s Attorney. Wendell Pierce has joined Showtime’s Ray Donovan as a recurring guest star. Thomas Lennon will guest star on ABC’s The Goldberg’s. Janel Parrish is set to guest star on Lifetime’s Drop Dead Diva. Chris Brochu to recur on CW’s The Vampire Diaries. Heather Hemmens will guest star.

New Series

Genevieve Angelson will play a detective opposite Rainn Wilson, in Fox’s Backstrom. Ryan McPartlin will guest star on USA’s Playing House.

Event Series

Jason Isaacs will star in USA’s Dig, that tells the story of an FBI agent stationed in Jerusalem who, while investigating a murder of a woman archeologist, uncovers a conspiracy 2000 years in the making that threatens to change the course of history.  

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