Three dramas, sitcoms get ABC pickup orders
ABC got busy putting the pieces of its 2006-07 schedule together Wednesday, handing series orders to the dramas The Nine, Six Degrees and Day Break and comedies In Case of Emergency, Help Me Help You and Notes From the Underbelly. NBC, which will kick off the broadcast networks' upfront week Monday, was widely expected to make the bulk of its series pickups Wednesday but did not. Pilots that are expected to get a formal series greenlight today or Friday include the dramas Friday Night Lights, Heroes and Raines and the untitled Tina Fey comedy. The comedies 20 Good Years, Community Service and The Singles Table are understood to be in contention for the remaining NBC comedy slots. Sources said NBC is passing on Andy Barker, P.I., Conan O'Brien's single-camera gumshoe comedy starring Andy Richter, and the project will be shopped to Fox.
- 5/11/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NBC snatches 'Kidnapped,' HBO picks 'Thug'
NBC has picked up the drama pilot Kidnapped to series, sources said. Meanwhile, HBO has given the green light to The Unsuccessful Thug, a single-camera comedy pilot starring Mike Epps. On the pilot-casting front, Diedrich Bader will be ABC's Mr. Nice Guy; Leslie Hope has signed on to star in the CW's drama Runaway; Barry Bostwick has been cast in Fox's comedy pilot The 12th Man; Jere Burns have joined ABC's comedy pilot Help Me Help You; Jessy Schram has landed the lead in the CW's drama pilot Split Decision, with Vanessa Lengies also cast in the project; Jana Marie Hupp and Virginia Williams have been cast as the female leads in NBC's untitled Chris Sheridan comedy; and Rick Peters has come on board the CW's untitled Aquaman pilot.
- 3/16/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
CBS pilot lands with Tucci
Stanley Tucci is set to star in CBS' untitled Peter Ocko drama pilot. Meanwhile, Campbell Scott is in negotiations to join ABC's drama pilot Six Degrees; Lolita Davidovich has joined ABC's comedy pilot Help Me Help You; Brittany Daniel is set to star opposite Jay Mohr in NBC's comedy pilot Community Service; Andrew McCarthy has joined CBS' drama pilot The Way; Marla Sokoloff has landed a lead in ABC's comedy pilot A Day in the Life, with Kurt Fuller and Miriam Shor also cast in the project; and Geoff Pierson has joined NBC's untitled Jace Richdale comedy pilot. Additionally, Peter Cambor has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot Notes From the Underbelly, and Lauren Stamile has joined Fox's comedy pilot That Guy.
- 3/15/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Alums back for 'Wing' sendoff
Rob Lowe and eight other West Wing alums are set to return for the White House drama's final episodes. Meanwhile, Ted Danson is in final negotiations to topline ABC's comedy pilot Help Me Help You and, separately, to do a seven-episode arc on NBC's upcoming dramedy series Heist. In other pilot castings, Hope Davis has joined ABC's drama Six Degrees, Victor Garber has come on board Fox's drama American Crime, Michael Landes is set to star opposite Bonnie Hunt in her untitled comedy for ABC, and RonReaco Lee has joined NBC's untitled Willie Reale drama. Additionally, Amanda Righetti and Bess Wohl have joined ABC's drama pilot Enemies, Rachael Harris, Michael Weaver and Melanie Paxon have joined ABC's comedy Notes From the Underbelly, Tamara Taylor has come on board the untitled Peter Ocko drama for CBS, and Sean Maguire has been added to CBS' comedy series The Class.
- 3/1/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Baldwin eyes Fey's NBC pilot
Alec Baldwin is in final negotiations to star opposite Tina Fey in Fey's untitled comedy pilot for NBC. In other pilot casting news, Bruce McGill has been cast in ABC's drama Enemies, Sean Bean has been tapped as the lead in Fox's drama Faceless, Eric Mabius is set to star opposite America Ferrera in ABC's drama Ugly Betty, Jaime King will play the female lead in Fox's comedy The Worst Week of My Life -- with Charles Malik Whitfield also cast in the project -- and Julie Hagerty has come on board Fox's comedy Becoming Glen. Additionally, Milo Ventimiglia (Gilmore Girls) has been tapped to co-star in the NBC/NBC Uni TV drama Heroes, Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein) has joined the ABC/Warner Bros. TV comedy Notes From the Underbelly, Michael Trucco has been added to the ABC/Touchstone comedy pilot Him and Us, Charlie Finn (The Dukes of Hazzard) and Darlene Hunt (The Darwin Awards) have been cast in the ABC/Regency TV comedy pilot Help Me Help You, and Dorian Missick (Freedomland) has come on board the ABC/Touchstone drama pilot Six Degrees.
- 2/17/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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