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Enrique Murciano, Rebecca Mader & James Callis Among Latest Pilot Cast Additions

Without a Trace alum Enrique Murciano is back at the network with a co-starring role opposite Minnie Driver in the hourlong pilot Hail Mary. The project, from Warner Bros., is a buddy P.I. show centered on Mary Beth (Driver), a suburban single mom in Atlanta who teams up with a streetwise hustler to solve crimes. Murciano will play Carlos Moreno, a detective with the Atlanta P.D. working the Major Crimes Division who went to high school with Mary Beth  and has had a crush on her ever since. He winds up being Mary Beth's de facto mentor in criminology, although he yearns for something more. In addition to Hail Mary, Murciano, who was pursued for several pilots this season, just landed a multi-episode arc on CBS' hit NCIS as Garza, new love interest for Ziva (Cote de Pablo). He is with Gersh and Untitled.

Lost alumna Rebecca Mader, who is recurring on ABC's freshman drama No Ordinary Family, is staying at the network but switching to comedy with a role in ABC' comedy pilot Work It. The  multicamera project, from Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen, is about out-of-work car salesmen Lee and Angel (Amaury Nolasco) who realize that it is now a woman's world and decide that in order to find work again and succeed they are going to have to dress as women to get jobs as pharmaceuticals reps. Mader, repped by Innovative and Mosaic, will play a bitchy and pseudo-sophisticate drug sales rep with a know-everything attitude.

Greek alumna Amber Stevens has boarded Fox's medical drama pilot Weekends at Bellevue. The project, from UMS, BermanBraun and Lisa Zwerling, centers on Ellie (Lauren Ambrose), the psychiatrist in charge of the weekend shift of Bellevue Hospital psychiatric unit. Stevens, repped by ICM and Red Baron, will play a fresh faced psychiatry intern. She will  be seen in The Amazing Spider-Man.

Battlestar Galactica alum James Callis is reuniting with the series' developer-executive producer Rob Moore on Moore NBC pilot 17th Precinct. The Deep End star Matt Long has also joined the project set in the fictional town of Excelsior where magic and supernatural elements rule over science and revolving around the cops at the local 17th Precinct. Long recently recurred on Mad Men.

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Pilot Scoop: Aidan Quinn Joins Prime Suspect

Aidan Quinn are set to co-star opposite Maria Bello in NBC's drama pilot Prime Suspect. The remake of the iconic British series centers on Jane Timoney (Bello), an iconoclastic female detective who has to make her bones in a tough New York precinct that is dominated by men. Quinn will play Jane's boss, Lt. Kenny Rowe, the squad commander. Quinn, repped by Framework and Paradigm, co-stars opposite Liam Neeson in Unknown. Peter Berg is executive producing the UMS-produced pilot and directing from a script by Alexandra Cunningham.

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'The River' & 'Awakening' Find Their Leads, Two Board 'Tagged' & 'Wonder Woman

British actor Joe Anderson (Across the Universe) has landed the lead in ABC's drama pilot The River directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The horror thriller, from DreamWorks TV, ABC Studios and Paranormal Activity mastermind Oren Peli, centers on Lincoln Cole (Anderson) who, after his famous TV explorer father goes missing way up the Amazon, reluctantly abandons his medical studies and follows in his father's footsteps - accompanied by a small camera crew, and with Something Deadly in the water, waiting for him. Anderson, repped by CAA, Management 360 and U.K.'s United Agents, co-stars in the two-part The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, in which he plays English nomadic vampire Alistair.

Another twentysomething Brit, Lucy Griffiths, has landed the lead in the CW's zombie thriller Awakening. The project, from WBTV and Reveille, is about two sisters coming of age and facing off against one another amidst the beginning of a zombie uprising. It centers on the older sister, Jenna (Griffiths), an attorney in the New York City's public defender's office who, like her sister, is a zombie. This marks the first U.S. acting gig for Griffiths, which stems from the talent holding deal she inked last month with CW's sibling network CBS. In the U.K., the actress, repped by the Kohner Agency, Principal and the U.K.'s Hamilton/Hodell, played Maid Marian on BBC's Robin Hood.

Robin Givens has joined the cast of Fox's pilot Tagged. The hybrid comedy, from Sony TV, Reveille and writers David Guarascio and Moses Port, is a workplace ensemble set at the Los Angeles County's coroner's office that centers on Wally Percy (Tommy Dewey) who, just fresh out of medical school, joins his father, respected coroner James Percy (Gary Cole), and his team at the coroner's office. Givens, repped by Marshak/Zachary, will play the relentlessly cheerful, marginally bone-headed new head of the county department, who doesn't know a thing about forensics or pathology.

Pedro Pascal, who has been recurring on CBS' The Good Wife, is the latest actor to join David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman reboot for NBC. The project stars Adrianne Palicki as comic book heroine Wonder Woman/Diana Themyscira/Diana Price who is a successful corporate executive working to balance all of the elements in her complicated life. Pascal will play a liaison to the police department who is devoted and loyal to Diana. Pascal is the third actor cast in Wonder Woman in the past 24 hours, following deals for Tracie Thoms as a regular and Elizabeth Hurley as guest star.

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Jeff Hephner Set As The Lead In 'Playboy

EXCLUSIVE: Actor Jeff Hephner just got his big break, landing the lead role in NBC's drama pilot Playboy. The project, from 20th TV, Imagine TV and writer-executive producer Chad Hodge, is set at the Playboy Club in Chicago in 1963. Hephner went through rigorous auditioning process, beating a number of better known actors for the role, the last major part in the pilot to get cast. And he certainly has the right last name for it that sounds exactly like the  moniker of the father of the Playboy empire, Hugh Hefner.

Playboy centers on Nick Dalton (Hephner), described as "the ultimate playboy." He is an attorney in Chicago and a Keyholder at the glamorous, exclusive Playboy Club. A fixer who knows how to make problems disappear, he has mysterious ties to the mob. The pilot, directed by Alan Taylor, co-stars Laura Benanti, Amber Heard, Naturi Naughton, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Leah Renee, David Krumholtz and Wes Ramsey. Hephner, repped by Paradigm and the Group Entertainment, is recurring on CW's Hellcats and has also done arcs on NBC's Mercy and Fox's The O.C.

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Jean Smart, Gabrielle Union & Kelly Hu Among Latest Pilot Casting Additions

Jean Smart is set to star in NBC's untitled Dan Goor pilot. The multicamera comedy, from BermanBraun, UMS and writer-exec producer Dan Goor, centers on Adam Foote, a young doctor who joins his parents’ medical practice and spends as much time tending to his family as to his patients. Smart will play Adam's doting, meddlesome mom, Dr. Barbara Foote. Emmy winner Smart recurs on 2 CBS series this season, drama Hawaii Five-0 and comedy $#*! My Dad Says.

Gabrielle Union is set to co-star opposite Rob Corddry, Paula Marshall and Kevin Hart in Rob Thomas' single-camera comedy pilot for Fox Little in Common. The WBTV-produced pilot is about 3 families united through their kids’ little league sports. It centers on the Wellers (Corddry, Marshall) who move from San Jose, CA to Austin, TX, but find that their adjustment won't be quite that easy, considering that their Latino neighbors, the Pachecos, have a radically different approach to child-rearing than they do, while their other new neighborhood acquaintances, the African American Burlesons (Hart, Union), take sports very seriously. Union's Nicole Burleson is a lobbyist on the fast track to success who is every bit as competitive and intense as her husband.


Kelly Hu, Sandra Vergara and JR Bourne have joined Michael Patrick King's NBC pilot A Mann's World. In the vein of Shampoo, the project, from Warner Bros. TV, centers on Allan Mann (Johnson), a 50something handsome and sexy straight Beverly Hills hairdresser who is struggling to stay young and relevant in a place where looks are everything. Hu, repped by Kohner Agency and Untitled, will play Allan's second wife and the mother of their 4 year old daughter, a brilliant  architect who is is a killer in the boardroom and a bombshell in the bedroom. Main Title-repped Vergara, the younger sister of Modern Family star Sofia Vergara, will play a gorgeous junior stylist. She will next be seen  in Fright Night. Bourne will play one of the star stylists at the salon, a "shaggy", handsome, gay man who is a loyal friend and confidant to Allan.

Also signed for pilots are Krysta Rodriguez (Fox comedy Iceland), Hannah Simone (Fox comedy Chicks & Dicks) and Damaris Diaz (Fox comedy Family Album)

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'Battlestar' Alumna Tricia Helfer Joins Ron Moore's NBC Pilot '17th Precinct

EXCLUSIVE: The more, the merrier. Battlestar Galactica developer/ executive producer Ron Moore has tapped a third co-star from the hit Syfy series, Tricia Helfer, to join his new sci-fi project, NBC's pilot 17th Precinct. The Sony TV-produced drama is set in the fictional town of Excelsior where magic and supernatural elements rule over science and revolves around the cops at the local 17th Precinct. Helfer will play Morgana, a necromancer, the magical equivalent of a coroner, who is an expert at manipulating the potions, tools, herbs and spells of her trade.In the pilot, Helfer joins fellow Battlestar alumni James Callis and Jamie Bamber.

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Thursday 3rd March

8:00PM

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American Idol

23.60 Million

7.6/23

10:00PM

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Fairly Legal

3.20 Million

0.9/3

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Cary Elwes Joins NBC's 'Wonder Woman

EXCLUSIVE: Cary Elwes is set to co-star opposite Adrienne Palicki in David E. Kelley's Wonder Woman reboot for NBC. The project stars Palicki as comic book heroine Wonder Woman/Diana Themyscira/Diana Price who is a successful corporate executive working to balance all of the elements in her complicated life. Elwes will play Henry Detmer, the acting CEO of Themyscira Industries who is deeply devoted to Diana. He runs the day to day operations of the company and acts like an Uncle to Diana although he could be a possible love interest down the line. Elwes' only previous regular TV series gig was his starring role on The X-Files. He recently did a couple episodes of USA's Psych. The actor, repped by APA and KLWG, is filming  Gary Marshall's New Year’s Eve and was recently seen in No Strings Attached. He has Tin Tin coming out later this year.

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Jim Caviezel To Star In Jonah Nolan/J.J. Abrams CBS Drama Pilot 'Person Of Interest

CBS has found its 'Person of Interest'. In what would be his first series gig, The Passion of the Christ star Jim Caviezel has signed on to topline CBS' crime drama pilot Person of Interest. Written/exec produced by Jonah Nolan and executive produced by J.J. Abrams, the project centers on  ex-CIA agent Reese (Caviezel), presumed dead, who teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch (Michael Emerson) to prevent violent crimes in New York City. On TV, ICM-repped Caviezel previously starred in the AMC miniseries The Prisoner.

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Becki Newton To Star In CBS Comedy Pilot

CBS' comedy pilot from Jeff and Jackie Filgo has won the Becki Newton sweepstakes. With several pilots vying for the former Ugly Betty co-star, Newton picked the CBS family comedy (formerly Homegrown) as her starring vehicle this pilot season. The pilot is formally in second position to Newton's NBC series Love Bites, which is yet to be scheduled and has little chance of returning for a second season.

The untitled Filgos project centers on a blue-collar guy who wrestles with how to parent his unmarried grown daughter (Newton) and her 12-year-old son while sharing a house with them as well as his wife and his recently widowed mother. Newton is with Gersh.

In other pilot castings, singer-songwriter-actress Caitlin Crosby has joined NBC's drama A Mann's World, starring Don Johnson as a fiftysomething Beverly Hills hairdresser. Crosby, repped by Paradigm and John Carrabino, will play the genius hair colorist at the salon.

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Anjelica Huston Joins NBC's 'Smash

In what would be her first regular series gig, Oscar winner Anjelica Huston has been tapped to co-star opposite Debra Messing and Christian Borle in NBC's drama pilot Smash, which follows a cross-section of characters who come together to put on a Marilyn Monroe musical on Broadway. Huston will play a shrewd, classy but cynical New York theater producer who is at home with the elite. Also co-starring in the pilot are Megan Hilty, Jack Davenport and Katharine McPhee. On TV, Huston recently recurred on the NBC/CBS drama Medium.

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ABC Finds Leads For Drama 'Poe' And Comedy 'Other People's Kids

Chris Egan is set as the lead in ABC's drama pilot Poe. The project, from Warner Bros. TV and Lin Pictures, is a crime procedural following Edgar Allan Poe (Egan), the world’s very first detective, as he uses unconventional methods to investigate dark mysteries in 1840s Boston. The casting stems from Egans' talent deal with ABC. The actor previously played the lead in NBC's drama Kings. Also cast in Poe today was The Legend of the Seeker alumna Tabrett Bethell as Poe's muse.

Jesse Bradford (NBC's Outlaw) has landed the lead in ABC's half-hour pilot Other People's Kids. The multicamera comedy, written by Hunter Covington and directed by Michael Fresco, centers on Adam (Bradford), a 32-year-old guy with no responsibilities who suddenly finds himself with an insta-family when he falls in love with an older woman (Bonnie Sommerville) who has two kids, an ex-husband, and ex-in-laws. Bradford also recurred on NBC's The West Wing and co-starred in Flags of Our Fathers.

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Bruce Greenwood Among Latest ABC Pilot Castings

After fielding multiple pilot offers, Bruce Greenwood has signed on to co-star in the ABC drama pilot The River directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The horror thriller, from DreamWorks TV, ABC Studios and Paranormal Activity mastermind Oren Peli, centers on Lincoln Cole (Joe Anderson) who, after his famous TV explorer father (Greenwood) goes missing way up the Amazon, reluctantly abandons his medical studies and follows in his father's footsteps - accompanied by a small camera crew, and with something deadly in the water, waiting for him.

Swingtown alumna Miriam Shor has joined the cast of ABC's dramedy pilot Good Christian Bitches. The sexy soap centers on Amanda (Leslie Bibb), onetime “mean girl” in high school who returns home humbled following a scandalous divorce, hoping to get a second chance at winning over her old classmates. Shor, repped by Gersh and Impression, will play one of the girls hurt by Amanda in high school who is now determined to ruin her life.

Darby Stanchfield (Mad Men), Jeff Perry and Liza Weil (Gilmore Girls) have been added to Shonda Rhimes' ABC drama pilot Damage Control, an ensemble based on the career of legendary crisis management consultant Judy Smith which stars Kerry Washington as Olivia, a professional fixer with a dysfunctional staff. Stanchfield will play a tireless investigator working for Olivia. Perry, who has been recurring on Rhimes' series Grey's Anatomy, will play an aide to the U.S. President Tony Goldwyn. Weil will play the recurring role of Amanda who may be romantically involved with the president. All 3 are with Principal Entertainment.  Perry is also with Innovative

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Friday 4th March

8:00PM

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The Defenders

8.56 Million

1.5/6

Smallville

2.24 Million

1.0/3

9:00PM

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Supernatural

2.22 Million

1.0/3

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Andrew J. West, Marcia Gay Harden, Sherri Saum Get Pilot Leads

Andrew J. West (Greek) is set as the lead in NBC's untitled Dan Goor pilot. The multicamera comedy, from writer-exec producer Dan Goor, centers on Adam Foote (West), a young doctor who joins his parents’ medical practice and spends as much time tending to his family as to his patients. Jean Smart was recently cast as his mom. West is with ICM and Group Management.

Marcia Gay Harden is set for a co-starring role in the ABC multi-camera comedy pilot Smothered, from Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. The project centers on young couple Zack (Kyle Howard) and Gillian, who find themselves smothered by their two very different sets of parents. Harden will play Zack's pretentious, often overbearing mother.

Sherri Saum (Gossip Girl) has landed a lead in ABC's drama pilot Grace, from writer Krista Vernoff. A dysfunctional family drama set in the world of professional dance, it centers on Michael Grace (Eric Roberts), a famous choreographer who tends to sleep with his dancers and has three daughters  with different mothers. He is in danger of losing his studio until his daughter Sarah (Abigail Spencer), a dancer-turned-lawyer, decides to buy her father's studio and run it for him. Saum will play Grace's second daughter, a beautiful, bright Bohemian artist. She's Sarah's half-sister and best friend.

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Sunday 6th March

8:00PM

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The Simpsons

6.50 Million

2.8/8

8:30PM

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Bob's Burgers

4.94 Million

2.3/6

9:00PM

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Desperate Housewives

11.31 Million

3.4/8

Family Guy

6.32 Million

3.1/8

Army Wives

4.22 Million

1.4/4

Big Love

1.36 Million

0.6/2

Californication

0.469 Million

0.2/1

9:30PM

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The Cleveland Show

4.82 Million

2.3/6

10:00PM

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CSI Miami

10.65 Million

2.4/7

Brothers & Sisters

7.50 Million

2.2/7

Breakout Kings

2.80 Million

1.2/3

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Brandon T. Jackson To Star In CBS' 'Hail Mary

EXCLUSIVE: In his first regular series gig, Tropic Thunder co-star Brandon T. Jackson has been tapped as the male lead opposite Minnie Driver in  CBS' buddy P.I. pilot Hail Mary. Penned by  Jeff Wadlow, the project centers on Mary Beth Baker (Driver), a suburban single mom in Atlanta who, after her teen son gets killed, teams up with her son's best friend KZ (Jackson), a fast-talking con artist from the streets, to solve her son's murder and other crimes. Jackson, repped by CAA and ML Management, most recently appeared in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son and guest starred on Fox's Raising Hope.

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Robert Carlyle & Emma Bell Join Broadcast Pilots

Former Stargate Universe star Robert Carlyle is set to portray Rumplestiltskin in ABC's drama pilot Once Upon a Time, about a woman drawn into a town where the magic and mystery of fairy tales may be real and hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her troubled past. An expert on black magic, Rumplestiltskin agrees to help Snow White and Prince Charming counteract the Evil Queen's dark spells, but for a price.

Emma Bell has been added to NBC's drama pilot Reconstruction (formerly The Crossing). Written by Josh Brand and directed by Peter Horton, the project is set in a Missouri town during the post-Civil War Reconstruction era and centers on Jason (Martin Henderson), a soldier who crosses the country and settles into a complicated town where he is welcomed as its savior. Bell, repped by ICM and Brillstein, will play a strong-willed woman who denounces Jason as a coward. She recently recurred on AMC's The Walking Dead

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Hank Azaria To Star In NBC's Comedy Pilot 'Free Agents

EXCLUSIVE: Hank Azaria has been tapped to star in NBC's single-camera comedy pilot Free Agents, lifting the contingency on the project. The romantic comedy, based on the UK series of the same name, explores the attraction between two quirky PR executives working together - Alex (Azaria) and Helen - who both are on the rebound, Alex from a divorce and Helen from the loss of a fiance. The project brings Azaria back to NBC, where he recurred on Friends and starred in the short-lived comedy series Imagine That. On TV, Azaria, a key voice cast member of animated juggernaut The Simpsons, most recently headlined Showtime's offbeat series Huff. In film, he co-starred in Love and Other Drugs and next plays Gargamel in the Smurfs movie.

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John C. McGinley, Adam Arkin & Larry Wilmore Join Comedy Pilots

Scrubs alum John C. McGinley is set and Adam Arkin is in final negotiations to join the ABC multi-camera comedy pilot Smothered, from Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. The Warner Bros. TV-produced project centers on young couple Zack (Kyle Howard) and Gillian, who find themselves smothered by their two very different sets of parents, Zack's (Marcia Gay Harden, Arkin) and Gillian's (Julie White, McGinley).

TV writer-Daily Show correspondent Larry Wilmore has joined CBS' untitled Peter Knight comedy pilot. The project, from Sony and Happy Madison, is a workplace ensemble centered around the young adult employees of a high-powered venture capital firm. Wilmore will play the intimating boss who has a playful side and cares about his employees. The Bernie Mac Show creator Wilmore, repped by UTA and 3 Arts, was recently seen in Dinner for Schmucks.

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