TNT Passes On ‘Major Crimes’ Spin-Off ‘S.O.B.’
So much for TNT's Major Crimes spin-off S.O.B. The network has officially passed on the project which would have starred Jon Tenney (The Closer, Major Crimes) and Laurie Holden (The Walking Dead, Chicago Med). 
And the latest Heroes cast member set to reprise their role on NBC's limited series Heroes Reborn is....Greg Grunberg. The former Alias star has signed on to reprise his role as LAPD Detective Matt Parkman in a multi-episode arc. 
MTV is continuing to build their Summer schedule. Fresh off of picking up a new music series and renewing Ibiza Live and Soundchain, MTV UK has ordered Hire Me, a new 8 episode factual entertainment format from Argonon owned indie Remedy Productions.
FX is putting the finishing touches on the casting for American: Crime Story. Star Trek Into Darkness alum Bruce Greenwood has joined the new anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk as a series regular. He will play Gil Garcetti, the Los Angeles County District Attorney who prosecuted O.J. Simpson for the murder of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.
The OC star Tate Donovan has landed a guest starring role on the third season of Showtime's period drama Masters Of Sex. He will play Graham, a confident scientist whose relationship with Margaret Scully brings him to Masters and Johnson’s clinic.
Discovery Channel has released a first look clip for Churchill's Toyshop, their one-off documentary special exploring Winston Churchill’s clandestine research institute that created strange and often ingenious weapons during the Second World War.
The Wire creator David Simon's new six-hour miniseries Show Me A Hero will premiere on HBO on Sunday August 16th at 9/8c, the network announced on Wednesday.