Pilot madness continues! ABC and CBS just picked up a slew of comedy pilots. There’s shows about bromance, romance, kooky families, get-rich schemes and even GroupOn. If you were a betting man, or gamblin’ woman, which of these would you put your money on? Is the next Modern Family here? (Or at least the next Suburgatory?).
Here’s the rundown:
– How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life (ABC): Logline: “Polly, a recently divorced, single mom, moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max, a couple who’s full of life but knows no boundaries.
Here’s the rundown:
– How to Live with Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life (ABC): Logline: “Polly, a recently divorced, single mom, moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max, a couple who’s full of life but knows no boundaries.
- 1/28/2012
- by James Hibberd
- EW - Inside TV
The CW dramedy pilot Danni Lowinski has cast its last 2 regulars, George Dzundza (Grey's Anatomy) and Utkarsh Ambudkar (Nevermind Nirvana). Meanwhile, Diego Klattenhoff (Men in Trees) has joined Showtime's drama pilot Homeland. Danni Lowinski is named after the series' central character: a scrappy hairdresser (Amanda Walsh) who graduates from law school but is brushed off by law firms and sets up her own practice in a shopping mall kiosk. Gersh-repped Dzundza will play Dani's well-meaning father, a widower who has become a full-blown alcoholic since losing his construction job. Ambudkar, repped by Gersh and Lou Viola Management, will play a hard-working and straightforward guy, working at Jb Computers during the day and on his novel at night. Homeland centers on U.S. Marine Sergeant Scott Brody (Damian Lewis), a Pow who miraculously returns home after nearly a decade of captivity in Iraq, and Carrie Anderson (Claire Danes), a driven CIA...
- 1/4/2011
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Rachael Leigh Cook has been tapped as the female lead on Fox's comedy pilot "Nirvana," and Sean Faris has landed the lead in "The Wyoming Project," Amy Sherman-Palladino's drama pilot for the CW.
In other pilot castings, Jere Burns has landed the lead in Fox's comedy "Strange Brew," with Aya Cash, Skylar Astin and Mo Mandel also cast; and Charles Dutton, Lea Thompson and Jeff Davis have been added to TBS' hourlong pilot "Uncle Nigel."
"Wyoming" centers on 22-year-old Gideon Thorpe (Faris), a horse trainer who becomes the patriarch of a Wyoming ranch responsible for his three younger sisters after their parents die.
Also cast in the pilot are Renee Smith as the oldest sister, an unstoppable multitasker and surrogate mother to her younger siblings.
Faris is coming off an episode arc on the CW's "The Vampire Diaries." He is repped by Gersh and Dino May Management.
"Nirvana" revolves...
In other pilot castings, Jere Burns has landed the lead in Fox's comedy "Strange Brew," with Aya Cash, Skylar Astin and Mo Mandel also cast; and Charles Dutton, Lea Thompson and Jeff Davis have been added to TBS' hourlong pilot "Uncle Nigel."
"Wyoming" centers on 22-year-old Gideon Thorpe (Faris), a horse trainer who becomes the patriarch of a Wyoming ranch responsible for his three younger sisters after their parents die.
Also cast in the pilot are Renee Smith as the oldest sister, an unstoppable multitasker and surrogate mother to her younger siblings.
Faris is coming off an episode arc on the CW's "The Vampire Diaries." He is repped by Gersh and Dino May Management.
"Nirvana" revolves...
- 2/21/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jimmy Wolk has landed the lead in Fox's Marc Webb-directed drama pilot "Midland," and "Avatar" co-star Laz Alonso will star in another hourlong Fox pilot, "Breakout Kings."
Elsewhere, "Prison Break" alum Amaury Nolasco has joined NBC's Jerry Bruckheimer-produced pilot "Chase," "Crossing Jordan" alumna Kathryn Hahn has boarded Fox's comedy pilot "Most Likely to Succeed," Erinn Hayes has landed a lead in NBC's comedy pilot "This Little Piggy," Utkarsh Ambudkar will co-star in Fox's comedy pilot "Nevermind Nirvana" and Damon Wayans Jr. has come aboard the ABC comedy pilot "Happy Endings."
"Midland," from 20th TV, is a soap set against the backdrop of an oil business that centers on a polygamist (Wolk) living a double life. Wolk, who toplined the ABC pilot "Solving Charlie" last season, is repped by Wme.
"Breakout," from 20th, is a procedural about a team of marshals and ex-cons that works to apprehend criminals who break out of prison.
Elsewhere, "Prison Break" alum Amaury Nolasco has joined NBC's Jerry Bruckheimer-produced pilot "Chase," "Crossing Jordan" alumna Kathryn Hahn has boarded Fox's comedy pilot "Most Likely to Succeed," Erinn Hayes has landed a lead in NBC's comedy pilot "This Little Piggy," Utkarsh Ambudkar will co-star in Fox's comedy pilot "Nevermind Nirvana" and Damon Wayans Jr. has come aboard the ABC comedy pilot "Happy Endings."
"Midland," from 20th TV, is a soap set against the backdrop of an oil business that centers on a polygamist (Wolk) living a double life. Wolk, who toplined the ABC pilot "Solving Charlie" last season, is repped by Wme.
"Breakout," from 20th, is a procedural about a team of marshals and ex-cons that works to apprehend criminals who break out of prison.
- 2/11/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
They are the two comeback stories of this pilot season, projects developed years ago that have been resurrected and have landed orders at the broadcast networks.
The two comedies -- "Nirvana" at Fox and "Outsourced" at NBC -- have something else in common: They both are ensemble shows about Indians and Indian Americans.
A third project, a U.S. version of popular British comedy "The Kumars at No. 42," about an immigrant Indian family, also is poised for revival. Eight years after NBC took a stab at the format, the show's British producers are shopping it to U.S. networks, including FX.
Is it a coincidence or a delayed "Slumdog Millionaire" effect?
"I do think that 'Slumdog' had a lot to do with it," a TV studio executive said of India's rapid emergence on the U.S. pop culture scene. "It was boiling, hovering there, with the increasing popularity of Indian clothing,...
The two comedies -- "Nirvana" at Fox and "Outsourced" at NBC -- have something else in common: They both are ensemble shows about Indians and Indian Americans.
A third project, a U.S. version of popular British comedy "The Kumars at No. 42," about an immigrant Indian family, also is poised for revival. Eight years after NBC took a stab at the format, the show's British producers are shopping it to U.S. networks, including FX.
Is it a coincidence or a delayed "Slumdog Millionaire" effect?
"I do think that 'Slumdog' had a lot to do with it," a TV studio executive said of India's rapid emergence on the U.S. pop culture scene. "It was boiling, hovering there, with the increasing popularity of Indian clothing,...
- 1/31/2010
- by By Nellie Andreeva
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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