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Pilots
Viola Davis has landed the lead in joins ABC’s
How To Get Away With Murder, centered on ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor who become entangled in a murder plot.
Charlie Webber has also joined the cast.
Taraji P. Henson and
Jussie Smollett have been cast opposite Terrence Howard in Fox’s
Empire, about a music superstar 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.
Nate Torrence and
Becky Newton join Fox’s
Weird Loners, about four comically clueless misfits- who've never been able to sustain emotional relationships more than a few weeks- who gather together and form a new support unit -- a sort of extended family of "weird loners" who have one another's backs, come what may.
Judd Hirsch and
Ion Gruffudd have been cast in ABC’s
Forever, about a star medical examiner harboring the secret of his own immortality.
Keir Gilchrist,
Amanda Detmer,
Michael Trucco and
Kevin G. Schmidt have booked ABC’s
Sea Of Fire, about three teenage girls in a small town who star in a porn film, which tears their families apart and leads to a disappearance and murder.
Mykelti Williamson,
Kathleen Munroe and
Nick Gehlfuss are set for ABC’s
Clementine, about a profoundly troubled 28-year-old psychic who sees her life to begin to change in unexpected ways when she decides to stop running from her past.
Paget Brewster will co-star opposite Michael Imperioli in ABC’s
Saint Francis, centered 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.
Tracee Ellis Ross joins ABC’s
Untitled Anthony Anderson Project, about an upper-middle-class black man who struggles to raise his children with some sense of cultural identity despite constant contradictions and obstacles coming from his liberal wife, old-school father, and his own assimilated, color-blind kids.
Natasha Bassett has been cast 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.
Treat Williams will play a Colonel in NBC’s
Odyssey, where three families are torn apart when a stranded female soldier, a disillusioned corporate attorney and a disrespected political activist are pulled into the same shocking international military conspiracy.
Ben Feldman, Leonora Crichlow and
Henry Zebrowski join NBC’s
A To Z, which follows a relationship between a young couple, comprehensively, from meeting to breakup, over the course of a season.
Tone Bell will play the bailiff in the courtroom on NBC’s
Bad Judge, about a hard-living, sexually unapologetic woman who plays with the law, and whose life on the edge is constantly in balance as she also happens to be a judge in the Criminal Court system.
Sean Faris, Nathaniel Buzolic and
Lucien Laviscount will lead
Supernatural: Tribes, following various Mafia-esque monster families that, unknowingly to humans, "run" the underbelly of Chicago and are being tracked by a newly minted Hunter who’s trying to stop them and rid Chicago of anything or anyone supernatural.
Elisha Cuthbert will star opposite Nick Zano in NBC’s
One Big Happy, that centers on a lesbian and her straight male best friend who get pregnant just as he meets and marries the love of his life.
Amber Stevens has been cast in ABC’s
Keep It Together, about the post-divorce life of a couple trying to forge a friendship for the sake of their kids.
Kevin Hart will guest star in the pilot and recur if the series is picked up.
Justin Long,
Pete Davidson and
Ally Maki book Fox’s
Sober Companion, about an out-of-control lawyer forced to enlist a sober companion in order to get his life back on track.
Barry Sloane and
Milo Ventimiglia are set as the male leads 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.
Catalina Denis, Lily Rabe and
Kyle Harrison Breitkopf have also joined the cast.
Nick Thune will co-star in NBC’s
Old Soul, 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.
Tim Meadows,
Sarah Wright and
Tymberlee Hill join NBC’s
Marry Me, that centers on a young couple who get engaged, something they quickly realize is harder than it looks.
Jolene Purdy has been cast in USA’s
Benched, about a lawyer who loses her boyfriend and job on the same day, and is forced to work in the Public Defender's office, where she finds things more out of whack than her personal life.
Morena Baccarin and
Steve Kazee will play husband and wife 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.
Greg Grunberg,
Hampton Fluker and
Justina Machado have also joined the cast.
Krysten Ritter will star in 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.
Charlie Cox has been cast in CBS’
Untitled Wall Street Project, that follows a smart and sophisticated Wall Street hedge fund trader who served his country in Iraq and has the integrity and desire to do good.
Michael Stahl-David is set for 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.
Richard Cabral has joined ABC’s
American Crime, focusing on a racially charged murder and the subsequent trial, which are examined through the personal lives of the victims, the accused, and their families.
Geoffrey Blake will recur in 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.
Molly Shannon has been tapped as the lead in ABC’s
Bambi Cottages, where an overworked father dreaming of being "on vacation all year" who decides to uproot his family from the city and move them to New Hampshire where they open a group of tourist cottages. And where they rarely, if ever, feel like they’re on vacation.
Julianna Guill is the first cast in CBS’
The Mistake, that revolves around a couple who had just "finished" raising their kids when they discover they are pregnant again.
Laz Alonso joins 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.
Meta Golding,
Jee Young Han and
Erik Palladino have been cast in ABC’s
Agatha, in which a big city criminologist who is brought in to help local police crack a case involving a shocking string of disappearances.
Domenick Lombardozzi and
Eva Amurri Martino will play husband and wife in ABC’s
The Winklers, about an emotionally reserved construction worker who learns about love, life and hugs while unexpectedly living with his in-laws.
Matt Ryan lands the lead in NBC’s
Constantine, centered on John Constantine, an enigmatic and irreverent con man-turned-reluctant supernatural detective who is thrust into the role of defending us against dark forces from beyond.
Christian Borle and
Lindsay Price join NBC’s
Lifesaver, an odd couple comedy in which two polar opposites become inextricably linked after one saves the other’s life.
Chloe Wepper has been added to ABC’s
My Thoughts Exactly, a romantic comedy told from the point of view of both the male and the female.
Hope Davis and
Margarita Levieva will star 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.
Janet McTeer has been cast in CBS’
Battle Creek, about two detectives, with very different world views, who are teamed up.
Leslie Bibb will star in NBC’s
Love is Relative, about a married-with-children couple who find their life and their habits challenged when the wife’s newly single brother, comes to live with them.
Tim Daly will play Tea Leoni’s husband, in CBS’
Madam Secretary, that explores the personal and professional life of a maverick female Secretary of State as she drives international diplomacy, wrangles office politics and balances a complex family life.
Geoffrey Arend has also joined the cast.
Clifton Collins, Jr. has landed a role in ABC’s
Secrets & Lies, about a family man who finds the body of a young boy and quickly becomes the prime murder suspect.
Michelle Harrison will guest star and possibly recur in CW’s
The Flash, about a Central City assistant police forensics investigator who arrives in Starling to look into a series of unexplained robberies that may have a connection to a tragedy in his past.
Jamie Lee Curtis has booked the lead in CBS’
Only Human, AKA
Untitled David Marshall Grant Project, that revolves around quadruplets – three brothers and a sister – who grew up on a reality show.
Skeet Ulrich will co-star opposite Meagan Good, playing dual roles, in NBC’s
Babylon Fields, about a town’s residents that come back from the dead.
Sandrine Holt,
Pedro Pascal and
Peter De Jersey have been cast in ABC’s
Exposed, about an intrepid female journalist who uncovers a vast criminal conspiracy involving both the government and the corporate world.
Cedric Yarborough joins Fox’s
Dead Boss, that centers on a woman trying to prove her innocence after being falsely accused and convicted of killing her boss.
Callum Blue is set for 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?
Alexia Fast has landed a role 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.
Malcolm Goodwin,
Alexandra Krosney and
David Anders join CW’s
iZombie, that centers on a med student-turned-zombie who takes a job in the coroner’s office to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat to maintain her humanity.
Matt Lauria has been cast in DirecTV’s
Navy Street, following a family set against the backdrop of a mixed martial arts (MMA) gym in Venice, California.
Ashley Judd,
Stark Sands,
Meg Steedle,
Emma Dumont and
Jake Picking have joined NBC’s
Salvation, about 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.
Drew Tarver is set for Fox’s
How I Met Your Dad, that follows a group of New York friends and chronicles a female member of the group’s quest to meet her future husband.
Quincy Jones and
Peggy Lipton, will play the parents of real-life daughter, Rashida Jones in TBS’
Tribeca, about an eccentric but brilliant group of people who investigate crime and reveal too much personal information about themselves in the process.
Alfred Molina will guest star and possibly recur.
Current Series
Tim Daly to guest star on Fox’s
The Mindy Project.
Sherry Stringfield is set to recur on season 2 of CBS’
Under the Dome.
Michael Gross (
Family Ties) will guest star on ABC’s
Last Man Standing.
Questlove (Jimmy Fallon's
Tonight Show bandleader and The Roots drummer)and
Katie Couric (
Good Morning America)will guest star on NBC’s
Law and Order: SVU.
Mike Tyson will guest star as himself on TNT’s
Franklin and Bash.
Samuel Anderson is set to recur on BBC America’s
Doctor Who.
Ann-Margaret and Kip Pardue will recur on season 2 of Showtime’s
Ray Donovan.
Bailee Madison has landed a recurring role in season 2 of ABC Family’s
The Fosters.
Melody Thomas Scott will guest star on CBS’
The Crazy Ones.
Limited Series
Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele will recur in FX’s
Fargo, as FBI partners.
