Archive for the ‘Pilot Season’ Category

No More “FlashForward” – Show Goes to The Network Chest of Death

FlashForward is heading back to the Network Chest of Death.
The popular series — which had rave reviews last Fall according to the unbalanced orthopedic charts of the Nieslen company — is tanking again. The UK, Fox Italia, and Cuarto in Spain all air the show via ABC… but nobody is really stepping up to [...]

Rebecca Mader Returning to LOST

Lost is considering bringing back it’s fiery perpetually seizing redhead!
March 16, 2010 – The popular ABC show is in talks with Rebecca Mader, who played the scientist Charlotte Lewis for 19 episodes before they killed her off. But in that odd way Lost has, The Island is thinking of bringing her back.
The rumor going [...]

Elisabetta Canalis Bangs Clooney, Gets Role on “Leverage”

Hey up-and-coming actors who train for five years and don’t get cast, we’re going to tell you something to really piss you off today.
Elisabetta Canalis, a star only because she and her gigantic rump are fornicating with George Clooney on a regular basis, is going to guest star on the TNT show Leverage. No, not [...]

Dustin Hoffman Makes Directing Debut with BBC’s “Quartet”

Did Dustin Hoffman drink seventeen liters of coffee this week?
The Oscar winning star has not only agreed to sign onto the new HBO thoroughbred racing series, Luck, but he’s also inking his signature to direct a new BBC Comedy. With the turning out of shows like Survivors (if you haven’t seen this, Google it [...]

BAD Casting Decision, Showtime – Gabourey Sidibe Joins “Big C” Pilot

Oh dear God. Why did they give Gabourey Sidibe a role in something ELSE?
The Precious star and her loud-mouthed, annoying personality are going to be starring in “The Big C”, a pilot that will inevitably get canceled and that is (to our shock) being helmed by Showtime.
Did someone get fired at our usually beloved [...]

HBO’s “Luck” Is Running Strong – Nick Nolte in Negotiations to Star

HBO’s Luck might be saddling a new star.
Nick Nolte is rumored to be in negotiations to star in extremely hush-hush pilot, starring Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman, of all people. Notle, who began his career in television many years ago with his breakthrough in Rich Man, Poor Man — is getting ready to ride [...]

CBS Pilot Hawaii Five-0 Brings On New Actor

Another starlet joins the celeb-filled cast of the new CBS pilot remake, Hawaii Five-0. And not just any starlet — two time Emmy nominated Jean Smart.
Kind of annoying for the up-and-coming actors out there without twenty years of film credits, but we digress. At least the acting will be awesome, since CBS seems [...]

Pilot Season: Another Oscar-Winner Gets The Role

The pilot “Kindreds” is spiking Kathy Bates’ attention.
Perhaps it’s the necessity for great writing, now that the jobs of screenplay pennists are less cushy and easy to obtain than they used to be. Perhaps it’s the fact that fewer movies are being made because of our in-the-toilet economy. Or perhaps it’s because Dustin [...]

Who’s Been Cast This Week? ABC, NBC, Fox Choose…

Even with the Oscar excitement, quite a bit of casting is happening this week in Los Angeles.

Body of Evidence has brought aboard the peppy blonde ICM upfront Jeri Ryan
NBC’s comedy Our Show has freshly cast Jonathan Sadowski and Nate Corddry
ABC’s new drama Edgar Floats has plucked Robert Patrick (remember him from The Unit?)
Former Kings (which [...]

CBS Can’t Find Lead for Tad Quill Pilot – 3rd Network Cancelation

Wow, another pilot has been thrown into the Network Chest of Death due to a casting difficulty.
CBS has decided to shelve Tad Quill, a new comedy pilot about a widowed dad with a 12-year-old son who’s just now re-discoveringing the dating world.  Liz Marx was the original casting director on the project.
This joins the other [...]