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NBC Picks Up ‘New Normal’ Family Comedy Pilot From Ryan Murphy And Allison Adler

It’s officially a go for NBC’s comedy project from the Glee duo of Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler. The network has given a pilot order to The New Normal, a single-camera project, co-written by Glee co-creator Murphy and Adler and to be directed by Murphy. The Book Of Mormon star Andrew Rannells is set for one of 3 leads in the project, a heartwarming comedy about a blended family of a gay couple and the woman who becomes a surrogate to help them start a family. The comedy had been as close to a sure thing as it could be since NBC landed the pitch in a three-way bidding war with penalty said to be bigger than any other commitment for a half-hour project this season. Murphy and Adler were still writing the first draft when NBC moved on to hire a casting director to explore options for the 3 leads. Rannells was tapped as one of them last week. 20th Century Fox TV is producing, with Murphy, Adler and Ryan Murphy Prods.’ Dante Di Loreto executive producing. The New Normal was one of 2 comedy projects about a gay couple with kids that NBC put in development this season, along with a half-hour written by Peter Tolan starring Sean Hayes. I hear that one is not going forward.

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Alias' actor Kevin Weisman joins NBC's 'Awake'

Kevin Weisman has joined the cast of upcoming NBC drama Awake.

The series stars Jason Isaacs as Michael Britten, a cop who lives in two worlds - one in which his wife died in a car crash and another in which his son was killed.

Alias actor Weisman will play 'Mr. Blonde', a mysterious figure who appears in both worlds and holds vital information regarding the accident, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Since Alias concluded in 2006, Weisman has appeared in episodes of Chuck, Fringe and CSI.

Awake has not yet been given a premiere date by NBC. The series temporarily shut down production in late 2011, with executive producer Howard Gordon claiming that the show's writers needed additional time to work on the complex scripts.

Gordon recently insisted that Awake will not confuse viewers, suggesting that it has "a fairly gettable concept".

"[Britten] sees clues and details that cross over from one world to the next, and he uses that insight to solve crimes," he explained. "Whatever learning curve there might be, we hope it's a shallow one."

The Event's Laura Innes and former Law & Order: SVU star BD Wong are among the other actors who have signed up to appear on the show.

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Shawnee Smith joins Charlie Sheen sitcom 'Anger Management

Shawnee Smith has joined the cast of Charlie Sheen's new sitcom Anger Management.

Smith was first named as one of a number of actresses being considered for the FX series last week.

The Saw star will play the ex-wife of Sheen's Charlie, a former baseball player turned anger therapist, according to Deadline.

She is believed to have beaten out Dexter's Julie Benz, Work It's Kate Reinders and In Plain Sight's Nichole Hiltz for the role.

A second female lead, to play Charlie's own therapist, has yet to be cast. Hellboy's Selma Blair and 90210's Elaine Hendrix are both rumoured to be up for the part.

Showrunner Bruce Helford recently described Anger Management as a "smarter" comedy, calling Charlie Sheen "a strong actor".

"[Charlie] hasn't had an opportunity to tap into that in a while," he said in October. "But he is capable of playing much more complicated characters."

The series has been picked up for an initial ten-episode run and will premiere on FX in June.

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Graham Patrick Martin joins 'Closer' spinoff 'Major Crimes'

Graham Patrick Martin has joined the cast of TNT's forthcoming Closer spinoff Major Crimes.

The Two and a Half Men actor will play homeless teen Rusty on the show, according to Deadline.

The character will be introduced in the series finale of The Closer, due to air later this year.

Major Crimes will star Mary McDonnell as police captain Sharon Raydor and had been picked up for a 10-episode season.

Martin was previously a series regular on TBS sitcom The Bill Engvall Show and has also appeared in episodes of Law & Order: Criminal Intent and Love Bites.

It has been suggested that the supporting cast on The Closer - including Corey Reynolds (Detective Gabriel) Tony Denison (Flynn), G W Bailey (Provenza) and Michael Paul Chan (Tao) - could join McDonnell and Martin on Major Crimes.

"I think that all of us are interested in continuing the storytelling," said Reynolds. "We just have to figure out what way is best to launch the new show."

Major Crimes will debut on TNT in summer 2012. NBC is also developing an unrelated legal drama of the same name.

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True Blood' Alan Ball's crime drama 'Banshee' picked up by Cinemax

Cinemax has picked up True Blood creator Alan Ball's new project Banshee to series.

The show will focus on a criminal with martial arts expertise who poses as a murdered sheriff to dish out his own brand of justice.

House director Greg Yaitanes will helm the pilot episode and will also serve as executive producer, according to Deadline.

Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler have scripted the first episode and will also exec produce alongside Ball and Peter Macdissi.

Banshee will begin filming in and around Charlotte, North Carolina this spring. The show is expected to premiere on Cinemax in 2013.

Ball will also work on the fifth season of True Blood and is developing new medical drama Wichita for HBO.

Other projects in development at Cinemax include a new season of action-drama Strike Back, BBC co-production Nemesis starring Melissa George and an adaptation of the Transporter film franchise.

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Glee' Mike O'Malley's comedy pilot 'Prodigy Bully' picked up by Fox

Fox has picked up a new comedy pilot from Glee actor Mike O'Malley.

O'Malley, who plays Burt Hummel on the network's musical drama, will write and executive produce Prodigy Bully, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The project, based on a series of short films by Hank Perlman, focuses on a young boy genius who uses his brains and brawn to manipulate others.

Southland's John Wells will work on the pilot, having previously worked with O'Malley on Showtime's Shameless.

O'Malley and Wells will be joined as executive producers by Glee director Paris Barclay and Andrew Stearn.

Fox has recently commissioned a string of comedy pilots, including Living Loaded from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Rob McElhenney and Rob Rosell, and sitcom Like Father from Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence.

Mike Royce's Little Brother and Ben Fox Is My Manny, from What Happens in Vegas writer Dana Fox, have also been picked up.

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Harry Potter' director, 'Goodfellas' writer pilots picked up by CBS

CBS has picked up three new drama pilots for the 2012-13 television season.

The L Word's Ilene Chaiken and Hollywood producer Joel Silver have teamed for Quean, according to TVLine.

The potential series, which has been compared to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo franchise, will focus on an edgy female hacker who helps an Oakland detective to solve crimes.

Harry Potter director Christopher Columbus has also had his project Applebaum picked up to pilot.

Based on the Mommy Track Mysteries book series by Ayelet Waldman, Applebaum follows a retired public defender who begins a new career as a private investigator.

A third, untitled commission - from Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pileggi and Greg Walker - is set in the 1960s and is based on the Las Vegas exploits of rodeo cowboy-turned-sheriff Ralph Lamb.

CBS recently picked up comedy pilot Super Fun Night, starring Bridesmaids actress Rebel Wilson, and Black Widow, a cop drama from CSI's Carol Mendelsohn.

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Pilot Season: CBS Picks Up Comedies From Raising Hope, Brothers & Sisters Producers

CBS has picked up comedy pilots for Friend Me, Partners and an untitled project from Greg Malins and Greg Berlanti.

Friend Me, from Raising Hope's Alan Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal, follows 20-something best friends who move to Los Angeles to begin their exciting new lives working at Groupon. Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum will also executive-produce.

Partners, from Emmy winners David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, is the personal story of two lifelong friends and business partners whose friendship has lasted longer than any of their romantic relationships. When one decides to propose to his girlfriend, the other's neurotic attempts to be supportive nearly result in a breakup.

The Malins and Berlanti project centers on a man who has a health scare, which leads him to realize that his best friend and business partner of 15 years is "the one." CBS previously ordered a pilot for Berlanti's drama Golden Boy.

CBS previously picked up the pilots Elementary, a modern take on Sherlock Holmes, a project from Jerry Bruckheimer, the legal drama Baby Big Shot, a half-hour comedy from Bridesmaids' Rebel Wilson, Widow Detective from CSI's Carol Mendelsohn, and an untitled Nick Stoller comedy. On Thursday, the network picked up drama pilots from The L Word's Ilene Chaiken, a Ralph Lamb bio and a project based on Ayelet Waldman's Mommy Track Mysteries book series.

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Pilot Season: ABC Picks Up Three More Comedy Pilots

ABC has picked up comedy pilots for How to Live With Your Parents for the Rest of Your Life, Only Fools & Horses and an untitled project from Due Date's Adam Sztykiel.

How to Live centers on a recently divorced, single mom who moves back in with her eccentric parents who have no boundaries. Accidentally on Purpose's Claudia Lonow created the project and will serve as executive producer alongside Brian Grazer and Francie Calfo.

Based on the iconic British series, Only Fools & Horses chronicles the misadventures of two streetwise brothers and their aging grandfather. The trio concoct outrageous and morally questionable get-rich-quick schemes in their quest to become millionaires. Happy Endings and Scrubs scribes Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley will write the pilot.

The Sztykiel project is a raw peek behind the curtain of modern 20-something relationships. Sztykiel will write and co-executive-produce. Sean Perrone and Aaron Kaplan will executive-produce.

ABC previously picked up comedy pilots The Manzanis, White Van Man, Counter Culture, the untitled Dan Fogelman project and a Kari Lizer comedy.

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Only Fools and Horses' for US remake?

Only Fools and Horses is to be remade in America, it has been reported.

Steven Cragg and Brian Bradley, writers and producers of Happy Endings and Scrubs, are said to be adapting the classic sitcom for ABC

The US version will centre around two brothers and their grandfather as they attempt various get-rich-quick schemes to become millionaires, much like John Sullivan's original BBC show, the Radio Times reports.

David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst starred in Only Fools and Horses for the BBC.

Originally airing between 1981 and 1991 and later followed by a number of Christmas specials, it attracted audiences of over 24m at its peak.

Other shows which have been remade for US audiences include Steptoe and Son, which became Sanford and Son and ran for six seasons between 1972 and 1977, and The Office, which is currently in its eighth season on NBC.

Only Fools and Horses creator Sullivan died in April 2011 at the age of 64. He had been suffering from viral pneumonia.

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Friday 27th January

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Chuck

4.12 Million

1.2/4

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Chuck

4.32 Million

1.3/4

Fringe

3.37 Million

1.2/3

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Spartacus Vengence

1.39 Million

0.6/2

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Sunday 29th January

7:30PM

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The Cleveland Show

2.74 Million

1.3/3

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Once Upon A Time

10.78 Million

3.4/8

The Simpsons

5.12 Million

2.4/6

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Napoleon Dynamite

4.42 Million

2.1/6

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The Good Wife

10.97 Million

2.2/5

Family Guy

5.91 Million

3.0/7

Shameless

1.36 Million

0.7/2

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American Dad

4.78 Million

2.4/5

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CSI Miami

10.48 Million

2.2/6

House Of Lies

1.02 Million

0.6/2

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Californication

N/A

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Will & Grace' creators, 'Brothers & Sisters' exec for new CBS pilots

CBS has ordered three more comedy pilots for the 2012-13 television season.

Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick have sold new sitcom Partners to the network, according to TVLine.

The potential series will focus on two life-long male friends who begin to grow apart when one decides to propose to his girlfriend.

A version of the Partners pilot, starring Jay Mohr and Brian Austin Green, was filmed in 2007 for CBS. A second attempt, with Alan Tudyk and Ty Burrell, was also made for ABC in 2008.

Brothers & Sisters executive producer Greg Berlanti and How I Met Your Mother's Greg Malins are also developing an untitled romantic comedy.

The project will revolve around a man who suffers a health scare, leading him to realise that his best friend is the true love of his life.

The third pilot, from Ajay Sahgal and Raising Hope's Alan Kirschenbaum, is entitled Friend Me and will follow two men who relocate to Los Angeles to work for the deal-finding website Groupon.

CBS recently picked up a string of pilots, including Black Widow - a cop drama from CSI's Carol Mendelsohn - and comedy Super Fun Night, starring Bridesmaids actress Rebel Wilson.

Crime series Quean, an untitled drama from Goodfellas writer Nicholas Pileggi, and an adaptation of the the Mommy Track Mysteries book series are also in the works.

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Americana', 'Nashville' pilots ordered by ABC

ABC has ordered pilots for two new dramas, Americana and Nashville.

Americana, which focuses on the life of a fashion designer, has been described as a "family soap".

The project comes from Mark Gordon, whose credits include Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Reaper and Criminal Minds.

Meanwhile, the show is being penned by Michael Seitzman, who previously worked on North Country.

Elsewhere, Nashville focuses on two musicians - one is already famous, while another is about to hit the big time. The project has been penned by Thelma & Louise scribe Callie Khouri.

ABC has now ordered a pilot for each of the two projects, TV Guide reports.

Other pilots in the works at ABC include a remake of British comedy Only Fools and Horses and a fairytale drama called Beast.

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Monday 30th January

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House

8.63 Million

2.8/8

Pretty Little Liars

2.54 Million

0.9/2

Gossip Girl

1.36 Million

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Alcatraz

8.34 Million

2.7/7

Hart Of Dixie

1.48 Million

0.7/2

Being Human

1.66 Million

0.8/2

The Lying Game

N/A

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Natalie Portman developing ABC drama pilot 'Scruples'

Natalie Portman is to executive produce a new drama pilot for ABC.

Scruples is based on the 1978 novel by Judith Krantz and charts the life of Wilhelmina 'Billy' Hunnewell Winthrop.

After deciding to reinvent herself, Billy loses weight and survives her rich first husband, eventually opening Beverly Hills clothing boutique 'Scruples'.

Portman will produce the pilot alongside Tony Krantz, son of author Judith, while Mel Harris and The Wonder Years writer Bob Brush will script the pilot, according to Entertainment Weekly.

Scruples was previously adapted as a television mini-series for CBS in 1980.

The project starred Bionic Woman actress Lindsay Wagner as Wilhelmina and also featured Oscar-nominated actress Gene Tierney in her final screen role.

The new adaptation will mark Natalie Portman's first production credit for television.

The Thor actress has previously served as an executive producer on her own film projects, including 2011's No Strings Attached and 2010's Joseph Gordon-Levitt vehicle Hesher.

Other projects currently in the works at ABC include family soap Americana, a remake of UK sitcom Only Fools and Horses and a modern-day Beauty and the Beast update.

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John Stamos to star in Fox comedy pilot 'Little Brother'?

John Stamos is reportedly being lined up for a Fox comedy pilot.

Little Brother, which has been penned by Everybody Loves Raymond writer Mike Royce, focuses on a man who discovers that he has a half-brother.

Stamos is now being lined up for the lead role, Deadline reports.

TJ Miller has already signed up for the role of the brother, who also happens to be an ex-con.

Stamos is now allegedly circling the project and will decide whether or not to sign up after a rewrite has been completed by Royce.

He has previously appeared in shows such as Full House, ER and, more recently, Glee.

Other pilots currently in the works at Fox include a comedy from Glee star Mike O'Malley, a project from the creator of Scrubs and a drama about a teenage spy.

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Pilot Scoop: CW Orders Three Dramas, Including Soap From J.J. Abrams and One Tree Hill Boss

The CW has ordered three more pilots, including two ambitious time-tripping dramas and a Maine-based soap from J.J. Abrams and One Tree Hill exec producer Mark Schwahn.

The deets:

Shelter
Logline: Drama set at an historic New England summer resort where the new and returning staff attend to the practical, emotional and often comical needs of the guests while navigating friendships, rivalries and romances of their own.

Executive Producer/Writer: Mark Schwahn
Executive Producers: J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk


The Selection

Logline: Based on the forthcoming series of books by Kiera Cass, The Selection is an epic romance set 300 years in the future which centers on a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads.

Executive Producers/Writers:  Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain


Joey Dakota

Logline: Based on the Israeli format Danny Hollywood. In this romantic-time-travel-musical, a documentary filmmaker travels back in time to the 1990’s where she meets and falls in love with the rock star subject of her film. When she unexpectedly returns to present day, she must find her way back to the past to reunite with her love and prevent his untimely death.

Executive Producers: Mark Harmon, Kim Tannenbaum, Eric Tannenbaum, Martha Haight
Writer: Bert Royal

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Green Arrow' pilot casts Stephen Amell in lead role

Stephen Amell has been cast as comic book superhero Green Arrow in a new CW drama pilot.

Green Lantern's Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim will write and executive produce Arrow, alongside The Vampire Diaries producer Andrew Kreisberg.

Hung actor Amell will play the eponymous archer, according to Deadline.

The Canadian star has previously appeared in episodes of The Vampire Diaries and Private Practice. He was also one of the finalists to replace the late Andy Whitfield as the lead on Starz drama Spartacus.

First introduced in 1941, Green Arrow is a Robin Hood-like superhero who uses trick arrows to fight crime, while maintaining the civilian identity of billionaire Oliver Queen.

Justin Hartley previously played the character on The CW's Smallville from 2006 to 2011.

Arrow will be produced by Warner Bros TV, with Game of Thrones director David Nutter hired to helm the pilot.

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Why the heck is Justin not playing Green Arrow, he did play the character for 5 years.