For nine seasons, millions of viewers loved everybody on CBS' Everybody Loves Raymond. Now some of the key individuals behind that show are about to find out how they rate on their own. Patricia Heaton, a two-time Emmy winner for her work on Raymond, is starring in an untitled half-hour for ABC about a recently widowed woman who begins a new life after joining the PTA. Three-time Emmy victor Brad Garrett is toplining Fox's 'Til Death, an ensemble comedy featuring him as a long-married man who lives next door to newlyweds. Additionally, Raymond creator Phil Rosenthal and two of his top writers have joined forces on the CBS comedy pilot Play Nice.
James Van Der Beek has joined CBS' comedy pilot Sex, Power, Love & Politics, Ron Livingston has been tapped for one of the two leads in Fox's drama pilot Primary, and Steven Culp has joined ABC's drama pilot Traveler. Meanwhile, CBS has picked up Waterfront, a drama pilot from ER veteran Jack Orman with Joe Pantoliano attached to star. In other pilot castings, Jonah Lotan and Rachael Stirling have come on board Fox's drama Beyond, Peter Dinklage has joined CBS' drama Ultra, Alan Tudyk has been cast in CBS' untitled Carol Mendelsohn drama, Swoosie Kurtz has been added to CBS' comedy Play Nice, and John Allen Nelson has been cast in Fox's drama pilot Vanished.
- 2/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
In the latest pilot-casting news, Erika Christensen has joined ABC's Six Degrees, Gina Gershon is set to star in NBC's one-hour Lipstick Jungle and Ving Rhames will co-star in the CW's untitled Aquaman drama. Additionally, Timm Sharp has landed the male lead in CBS' Play Nice, Geoff Stults has been cast in ABC's October Road, Kristin Lehman is set to star opposite Cole Hauser in Fox's Damages and Rachel Boston will play a lead in CBS' untitled Joe Port/Joe Wiseman project. In pilot pickups, Fox has given the green light to the single-camera comedy Julie Reno, Bounty Hunter.
- 2/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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