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Lucy Liu to play Watson in CBS 'Sherlock Holmes' pilot 'Elementary'

Lucy Liu has been cast as Watson in the latest Sherlock Holmes television adaptation.

The 43-year-old actress, who is best known for her roles in Charlie's Angels, Kill Bill and Kung Fu Panda, will star opposite Jonny Lee Miller in Elementary, a new spin on the original story of the London-based consultant detective.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, this will be the first time that a woman has played Sherlock Holmes's sidekick.

The character of Watson was most recently portrayed by Jude Law on the big screen and by Martin Freeman in the BBC's take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's detective novels.

Other actors such as Ben Kingsley, Dudley Moore, Robert Duvall and James Mason have also previously played the part.

Elementary has previously been described as a modern-day take on Sherlock Holmes set in New York.

Sue Vertue - a producer of the BBC's Sherlock starring Benedict Cumberbatch - recently issued a warning to Elementary bosses, saying: "We have been in touch with CBS and informed them that we will be looking at their finished pilot very closely for any infringement of our rights."

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Cuba Gooding Jr joins Fox pilot 'Guilty'

Cuba Gooding Jr has signed on for a new Fox legal drama called Guilty.

The Oscar winner will play the lead in the drama, which is about a morally ambiguous attorney who is stripped of his license after being framed, Deadline reports.

Gooding Jr's character will use irregular methods to solve cases and to clear his name.

The pilot has been written and will be directed by Marc Guggeinheim, who is also executive producing with Greg Berlanti, McG, and Peter Johnson.

This will be 44-year-old Gooding Jr's first time as a lead and a regular on a television show.

In a recent interview with Graham Norton to promote movie Red Tails, the Jerry McGuire star spoke about an embarrassing on-set moment when his father asked co-star Tom Cruise if he was gay.

Red Tails, also starring Terrence Howard, was released earlier this year as one of the first action films with an all-black cast.

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Giancarlo Esposito joins JJ Abrams, Eric Kripke pilot 'Revolution

Giancarlo Esposito has won a role in NBC drama pilot Revolution.

The project - from JJ Abrams and Supernatural creator Eric Kripke - takes place in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist.

Esposito will play Captain Neville, a tough but refined military man with a secret agenda, according to TVLine.

The actor is best known for playing drug lord Gustavo 'Gus' Fring on AMC's Breaking Bad and recently appeared on ABC's Once Upon a Time.

He will also appear in a forthcoming episode of NBC's Community, while his film credits include 1992's Malcolm X and 1994's The Usual Suspects.

Iron Man director Jon Favreau will helm the Revolution pilot, which was picked up by NBC earlier this month.

Being Human's Tracy Spiridakos, Struck By Lightning actor Graham Rogers and Terra Nova actress Anna Lise Phillips will also star.

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'Sex and the City' prequel casts Katie Findlay, Ellen Wong

Katie Findlay and Ellen Wong have landed roles in The CW's pilot The Carrie Diaries.

The drama, which is a prequel to Sex and the City, is based on the book of the same name by Candace Bushnell and focuses on a teenage Carrie Bradshaw as she attends high school in 1980s Connecticut.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory star AnnaSophia Robb has already signed up for the lead role of Carrie.

She will now be joined by Findlay and Wong in the project, Deadline reports.

Wong will play Carrie's best friend in high school, Jill Thompson. Also known as 'The Mouse', Jill is said to be intelligent and loyal.

Meanwhile, Findlay will star in the project as Carrie's oldest friend Maggie Landers, the police chief's daughter. Whereas Carrie is beginning to explore Manhattan, Maggie has no desire to leave her town.

Findlay recently played Rosie Larsen inThe Killing and has had guest roles in Fringe and Psych, while Wong appeared in Combat Hospital and the movie Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.

The Carrie Diaries is being developed by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, who have previously collaborated on shows such as Gossip Girl, The O.C. and Hart of Dixie.

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Eva Amurri Martino joins Cuba Gooding Jr in Fox pilot 'Guilty'

Eva Amurri Martino has joined the cast of Fox pilot Guilty.

The legal drama will star Cuba Gooding Jr as a morally ambiguous attorney who is stripped of his licence after being framed.

Californication's Amurri Martino will play Lily, a lawyer who works alongside Gooding Jr's character, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The actress, who is the daughter of Susan Sarandon, has recently appeared on Fox in episodes of New Girl and House.

Pretty Little Liars actor Julian Morris will also appear in Guilty as an eager young layer.

The pilot will be written and directed by Green Lantern's Marc Guggeinheim, who will also executive produce alongside Greg Berlanti, McG and Peter Johnson.

Other drama pilots picked up by Fox include spy series The Asset starring Heroes actress Ali Larter and The West Wing's Bradley Whitford and Kevin Williamson's serial killer project with Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy.

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Jeananne Goossen joins Kevin Bacon Fox pilot

Jeananne Goossen has signed up for a role in Kevin Bacon's Fox pilot.

The drama, which is being developed by The Vampire Diaries's executive producer Kevin Williamson, focuses on a serial killer who uses technology to create a number of other murderers.

Bacon has already signed up to play Ryan Hardy, a retired FBI profiler who begins work on the case, while James Purefoy has landed the role of the serial killer Joe Carroll.

Goossen has now signed up for the female lead in the project, Deadline says.

Her character Jennifer Mason is a tough FBI agent who works with Hardy in an attempt to track down Carroll.

Goossen has previously appeared on shows like NCIS and CSI: NY and currently has a recurring role as Nikki on Alcatraz. She also has a part in the movie The Vow.

News of her casting comes after Shawn Ashmore and Valorie Curry also landed roles in the Fox pilot.

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Prison Break' creator's pilot 'Zero Hour' adds Addison Timlin

Addison Timlin has joined Prison Break creator Paul Scheuring's new ABC pilot.

Zero Hour will focus on a man who works as the editor of 'Modern Skeptic' magazine, yet finds himself drawn into a global conspiracy.

Californication's Timlin will play a journalist who works on the magazine, according to Deadline.

The actress previously starred on ABC's Cashmere Mafia and also appeared on short-lived crime drama Law & Order: Los Angeles.

Scheuring will executive produce Zero Hour with Man on a Ledge producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura and Dan McDermott.

ABC has picked up a number of other drama pilots, including action thriller Last Resort starring Scott Speedman and Robert Patrick, Americana with Lost's Emilie De Ravin and Roland Emmerich's untitled sci-fi pilot with veteran actor Martin Landau.

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Better With You' star Jake Lacy joins Fox pilot 'The Goodwin Games'

Jake Lacy has become the third lead to be cast in Fox pilot The Goodwin Games.

The comedy - from the creators of How I Met Your Mother - will focus on three estranged siblings who must reconcile to inherit their late father's money.

Lacy, who starred in ABC sitcom Better with You, will play the third sibling, according to Deadline.

He will appear alongside the previously cast Scott Foley and Becki Newton.

His character Jimmy is described as a petty thief who has only recently been released from jail.

New Girl director Peyton Reed will helm the Goodwin Games pilot.

Other comedy pilots picked up by Fox include Living Loaded starring Donald Sutherland, Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence's Like Father and Ben Fox Is My Manny with Saturday Night Live's Abby Elliott.

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Masters of Sex' Showtime pilot adds Caitlin Fitzgerald

Caitlin Fitzgerald has joined the cast of Showtime's Masters of Sex.

The pilot will star Michael Sheen and Lizzy Caplan as William Masters and Virginia Johnson, two researchers who sparked a sexual revolution.

Gossip Girl actress Fitzgerald will play Libby Masters, the wife of Sheen's character, according to Deadline.

She recently starred in the movie Newlyweds and has also appeared in episodes of Blue Bloods and Law & Order: SVU.

An adaptation of the book by Thomas Maier, the Masters of Sex pilot will be directed by The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel's John Madden.

Paul Bettany was originally attached to the project, but later dropped out and was replaced by Sheen.

Showtime is developing a number of other pilots, including drama Ray Donovan starring Liev Schreiber and House actor Peter Jacobson.

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Sex and the City' star David Eigenberg joins NBC pilot 'Chicago Fire'

David Eigenberg has joined the cast of NBC pilot Chicago Fire.

The Sex and the City star will play a veteran firefighter in the drama, according to Deadline.

When he loses his home due to foreclosure, the character is forced to move in with his in-laws.

Best known for playing Steve Brady in HBO's Sex And The City and its film spinoffs, Eigenberg's recent credits include episodes of Castle, Justified and Criminal Minds.

The Chicago Fire pilot will be executive produced by Law & Order creator Dick Wolf.

Oz star Eamonn Walker, Lie To Me's Monica Raymund and The Vampire Diaries actor Taylor Kinney will also star.

Derek Haas and Michael Brandt have written the pilot, which will be helmed by Homeland director Jeffrey Nachmanoff.

Other NBC drama pilots in contention for the 2012-13 television season include a remake of UK series Bad Girls and JJ Abrams / Eric Kripke project Revolution starring Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito.

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Beauty And The Beast' ABC pilot casts F Murray Abraham

F Murray Abraham has joined ABC's Beauty And The Beast pilot.

The drama will star singer-turned-actor Darius Campbell as Shiro, a mercenary who forms a connection with princess Grace.

Oscar-winning actor Abraham will play the chancellor of one Emperor Dorian, according to Deadline.

The character is trusted by the emperor and is considered to be wise, but is keeping his own secrets.

Abraham, who won the Academy Award for his role in 1984 film Amadeus, is best known for his film credits, including 1983's Scarface and 1993's Last Action Hero.

His recent television roles include guest stints on The Good Wife and Blue Bloods.

ABC's Beauty And The Beast will also star former Home and Away actor Chris Egan.

Meanwhile, The CW is also developing its own pilot based on the Beauty And The Beast tale, starring Smallville's Kristin Kreuk.

Runaway Jury's Gary Fleder is involved in both projects, directing the CW pilot and executive producing the ABC version.

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Kal Penn's ABC pilot 'Prairie Dogs' adds Charlotte Newhouse

Charlotte Newhouse has joined ABC comedy pilot Prairie Dogs.

Harold & Kumar actor Kal Penn will play Neil, an office worker who has his identity stolen.

When Neil discovers that the thief has improved on his life, he recruits the criminal to help him better himself.

Newhouse has been cast as Neil's fun-loving co-worker, according to Deadline.

The actress, a former member of LA comedy troupe The Groundlings, has appeared in episodes of Community, The Big Bang Theory and Men of a Certain Age.

The Hunger Games star Dayo Okeniyi and Wanderlust actress Michaela Watkins will also appear in Prairie Dogs.

That '70s Show team Jackie and Jeff Filgo have co-written the pilot and will also executive produce.

Other comedy pilots picked up by ABC include Judy Greer's American Judy and Counter Culture starring Everybody Loves Raymond actress Doris Roberts.

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Sucker Punch' star Jamie Chung joins Fox spy pilot 'The Asset'

Jamie Chung has joined the cast of Fox pilot The Asset.

The spy drama will focus on Anna King, a globe-trotting photographer who secretly works for the CIA.

Sucker Punch star Chung will play a fellow operative, according to Deadline.

A polygraph expert, Chung's character will initially clash with King (Ali Larter).

The actress recently appeared in film comedy The Hangover Part II and has featured in episodes of Grey's Anatomy and Castle.

The Asset is being developed by Josh Friedman, who previously created Fox's Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

The West Wing's Bradley Whitford will also appear in the pilot as Leo, the CIA's station chief in New York.

Limitless director Neil Burger is attached to helm the project.

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Hollyoaks' actor Barry Sloane joins ABC pilot 'Gotham'

Barry Sloane has landed a lead role in ABC pilot Gotham.

The drama will focus on Annie Travers, a female cop who discovers a magical world that exists within New York.

British actor Sloane - best known for his roles in UK soaps Hollyoaks and Brookside - will play detective Boyo, according to Deadline.

A denizen of Gotham, Boyo becomes Annie's new partner when she arrives in the magical world.

The River's Michael Green has written the Gotham pilot, which will be helmed by I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence.

Other drama pilots in development at ABC include a Beauty And The Beast update and a sci-fi project starring Martin Landau.

A remake of Dutch crime series Penoza and Devious Maids from Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry are also in the works.

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How I Met Your Mother

9.13 Million

3.6/10

Pretty Little Liars

2.48 Million

1.0/3

Gossip Girl

1.16 Million

0.5/1

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2 Broke Girls

10.13 Million

3.7/9

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Two & A Half Men

11.18 Million

3.6/9

Hart Of Dixie

1.39 Million

0.5/1

Being Human

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N/A

The Lying Game

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Mike & Molly

10.09 Million

2.9/7

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Hawaii Five-O

9.44 Million

2.5/6

Castle

9.06 Million

2.2/6

Smash

6.85 Million

2.2/5

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Breaking Bad' star Matt Jones joins Fox comedy pilot 'Rebounding'

Breaking Bad's Matt Jones has been cast in a new Fox pilot.

The actor - who plays Badger on the AMC drama - will appear in basketball comedy Rebounding, according to Deadline.

Written by Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, the potential series will focus on Danny, a man who recovers from the death of his fiancée with the help of his basketball team.

Jones, who has also appeared on NCIS and Community, will play a rock musician who is one of Danny's close friends.

Better Off Ted's Malcolm Barrett and The Game Plan actor Hayes MacArthur will also appear in Rebounding.

Modern Family director Jason Winer has signed up to helm the pilot.

A new comedy from the creators of How I Met Your Mother and sitcom Ben Fox Is My Manny with Saturday Night Live's Abby Elliott are among the other pilots in the works at Fox.

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Charlie Sheen's 'Anger Management' gets June premiere date

FX has set the broadcast date for Charlie Sheen's new show Anger Management.

It has been announced that the comedy is due to debut on Thursday, June 28 with back-to-back episodes.

Sheen stars in the primetime comedy as a therapist who specialises in anger management. Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith, Daniela Bobadilla, Michael Arden and Noureen DeWulf also star.

The 46-year-old actor left the hit comedy Two and a Half Men, after a series of public comments about show creator Chuck Lorre. Ashton Kutcher joined the show in a new role last year, which Sheen recently came out to criticise.

Also set to return for FX's comedy block are the second season of Elijah Wood's Wilfred, Louie, and Russell Brand's new late-night talk show Strangely Uplifting.

Anger Management is produced by Debmar-Mercury, which has signed comedian George Lopez for his own television comeback in a ten-episode sitcom deal.

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Descendants' writer cast in Fox comedy pilot 'Ned Fox Is My Manny

Nat Faxon has been cast in Fox comedy pilot Ned Fox Is My Manny.

The Oscar-winning Descendants screenplay writer will take the male lead in the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The single-camera comedy - previously titled Ben Fox Is My Manny - has been written by Dana Fox (Couples Retreat, What Happens in Vegas).

The show focuses on an uptight single mother whose laid-back brother moves in with her to help raise her child. The male lead is reportedly based on Dana Fox's real-life brother Ben.

Faxon joins Saturday Night Live star Abby Elliott, who will play the mother.

Child star Maggie Jones was also cast in the pilot earlier this month.

The 8-year-old previously appeared in Fox's 2010 project Most Likely to Succeed.

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'Cougar Town' Josh Hopkins joins NBC pilot 'Lady Friends'

Josh Hopkins has signed up for a role in NBC's pilot Lady Friends.

The comedy, from The New Adventures of Old Christine's Kari Lizer, focuses on female friends Nicole and Jen.

Hopkins has now joined the cast of the show, TV Line reports.

He will play Nicole's husband.

However, Hopkins will only be able to join the NBC project if his current show Cougar Town is not renewed for a fourth season.

Cougar Town's creator Bill Lawrence also urged the show's fans not to worry about Hopkins's casting in Lady Friends, joking on Twitter: "I'm still betting we will survive and that pilot will be screwed. But I'm an optimistic guy."

As well as starring as Grayson in Cougar Town, Hopkins has appeared in shows such as Ally McBeal, Brothers & Sisters, Swingtown and Private Practice.

Andrea Anders has already signed up to play Nicole in Lady Friends, while other stars cast in the project include Rachel Dratch and Danny Comden.

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Glee' star Max Adler, 'Homeland' Omid Abtahi join ABC's 'Last Resort'

Glee star Max Adler and Homeland's Omid Abtahi are among the latest actors to join ABC pilot Last Resort.

The drama - from The Shield creator Shawn Ryan - follows the crew of a nuclear submarine who become fugitives after refusing to fire their missiles.

Taking refuge on a small island, the crew establish themselves as the world's smallest nuclear nation.

Ryan confirmed the latest castings on Twitter, writing: "Max Adler of recent Glee fame has also been added to the Last Resort cast."

He later added: "Homeland's Omid Abtahi the latest to join Last Resort cast. Thrilled to have him

In addition to his Glee role, Adler has featured in episodes of Ghost Whisperer and Cold Case. Abtahi - who played Raqim Faisel on Homeland - has appeared on Fringe and The Good Wife.

Ryan later announced that both X-Men star Bruce Davison and Avatar actor Matt Gerald will appear in the Last Resort pilot.

Davison was nominated for a 'Best Supporting Actor' Oscar for his role in 1989 film Longtime Companion, while Gerald has previously worked with Ryan on both The Shield and CBS drama The Unit.

Filming on Last Resort begins tomorrow (February 30) in Hawaii. Scott Speedman, Robert Patrick, Dichen Lachman, Andre Braugher and Autumn Reeser will also star.

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