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HBO Orders ‘Lewis And Clark’ Miniseries, Casey Affleck & Matthias Schoenaerts To Star

By Patrick Munn | January 31, 2015 - 3:45 pm | No Comments

HBO has given the greenlight to 'Lewis And Clark'. their long gestating six hour mini-series starring Casey Affleck and Matthias Schoenaerts, which tells the story of the two legendary explorers.

ABC Orders Drama Pilots ‘The Adversaries’, ‘Kingmakers’, ‘Boom’ & ‘The Advocate’

By Patrick Munn | January 31, 2015 - 3:43 pm | No Comments

ABC on Friday night gave the greenlight to four drama pilots: The Adversaries, a legal thriller from Betrayal creator David Zabel; Kingmakers, a college-set murder mystery from Sallie Patrick; oil drama Boom from 24 executive producer Tony Krantz; and The Advocate, a medical drama from Sheldon Turner.

Anna Gunn Set As Female Lead In New Globetrotting ‘Criminal Minds’ Spin-Off

By Patrick Munn | January 30, 2015 - 8:58 am | No Comments

Breaking Bad and Gracepoint star Anna Gunn has been tapped to play the female lead opposite Gary Sinise in CBS' new (and as-yet untitled) Criminal Minds spin-off, which is being piloted as a planted episode of the original series set to air later this year.

Comedies ‘Fantasy Life’ & ‘Detour’ Picked Up To Pilot At Fox

By Patrick Munn | January 30, 2015 - 8:57 am | No Comments

Fox has handed out pilot orders to two of their comedy projects: Fantasy Life, a fantasy football comedy from The Office's Tim McAuliffe which has Entourage alum Kevin Connolly attached to star; and Detour, a single camera comedy from Psych creator Steve Franks.

CBS’ Summer Series ‘Extant’ Adds Jeffrey Dean Morgan For Season 2

By Patrick Munn | January 30, 2015 - 12:26 am | No Comments

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who had a recurring role on the WB/CW series 'Supernatural' as John Winchester, has been tapped for a co-starring role in the second season of the Halle Berry fronted summer series 'Extant'.

NBC Hands Out Pilot Order To ‘Problem Child’ Reboot

By Patrick Munn | January 30, 2015 - 12:06 am | No Comments

NBC has handed out a pilot order to Problem Child, a single camera comedy inspired by the 1990s feature film of the same name which starred John Ritter, Michael Oliver and Amy Yasbeck, TVWise has learned.

Netflix’s Marvel Series ‘A.K.A. Jessica Jones’ Adds ‘Crisis’ Alum Rachael Taylor

By Patrick Munn | January 29, 2015 - 9:58 pm | 2 Comments

Crisis and Grey's Anatomy star Rachael Taylor has joined the cast of Netflix's upcoming 13 episode drama series 'A.K.A. Jessica Jones'.

‘Cuckoo’ Remake Ordered To Pilot At NBC

By Patrick Munn | January 29, 2015 - 8:52 pm | No Comments

NBC has ordered a pilot for single camera comedy 'Cuckoo', an adaptation of the BBC Three series of the same name whic starred Andy Samberg. Tyger Drew Honey, Greg Davies and (later) Taylor Lautner.