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Alan Ball’s HBO Project ‘Virtuoso’ Lands Pilot Order, Elton John To Produce

By Patrick Munn | January 27, 2015 - 7:53 pm | No Comments

HBO has handed a pilot order to Alan Ball's musical drama project Virtuoso, which has Ball's partner Peter Macdissi attached to star and counts Elton John amongst its many executive producers.

Shondaland Drama ‘The Catch’, Dan Savage Comedy, ‘Broad Squad’ & ‘Chev & Bev’ Score ABC Pilot Orders

By Patrick Munn | January 27, 2015 - 11:43 am | No Comments

ABC is adding to their pilot pickups with two dramas and two comedies. All from the network's sister studio ABC Studios, the four projects that scored pilot pickups on Monday night were: The Catch, an hour-long drama from Scandal and How To Get Away With Murder producers Shondaland; an untitled comedy from LGBT activist Dan Savage; hour-long drama Broad Squad, from The OC's Josh Schwartz; and the Chevy Chase and Beverly D’Angelo fronted comedy Chev & Bev.

Monica Potter Fronted Comedy From Ellen DeGeneres Lands NBC Pilot Order

By Patrick Munn | January 27, 2015 - 11:41 am | No Comments

NBC is re-teaming with top talk show host Ellen DeGeneres for a new comedy series. The network has handed out a pilot order to an untitled comedy from the Ellen host, which has Boston Legal alum Monica Potter attached to star.

Dana Klein Family Comedy Gets Pilot Order From Fox

By Patrick Munn | January 27, 2015 - 11:35 am | No Comments

Fox has handed out a pilot order to an as-yet untitled family comedy from Dana Klein, prolific producer Aaron Kaplan and Friends With Better Lives producer 20th Century Fox Television.

Nick Jonas To Recur On Ryan Murphy’s Fox Series ‘Scream Queens’

By Patrick Munn | January 27, 2015 - 11:34 am | No Comments

Nick Jonas has landed a recurring role on 'Scream Queens', Ryan Murphy's newest anthology series for Fox. The 15 episode first season revolves around a college campus which is rocked by a series of murders.

CBS Hands Out Pilot Orders To ‘Super Clyde’, ‘Rush Hour’ & Bill Wrubel’s ‘Joe Time’

By Patrick Munn | January 27, 2015 - 11:33 am | 1 Comment

CBS has picked up pilots 'Rush Hour', based on the feature film franchise of the same name which starred Jackie Chan & Chris Tucker; comedy 'Super Clyde', a new take on the Greg Garcia project which was piloted two seasons ago, but never went to series; and multi-camera comedy 'Joe Time' from Modern Family's Bill Wrubel.

David Tennant To Star In Netflix’s ‘A.K.A. Jessica Jones’

By Patrick Munn | January 26, 2015 - 6:33 pm | No Comments

'Broadchurch' and 'Gracepoint' star David Tennant has signed on to star in Netflix's 13 episode series Marvel's A.K.A. Jessica Jones, Marvel announced on Monday.

ABC Orders Drama Pilots ‘Quantico’, ‘LA Crime’, ‘Runner’, ‘Mix’ & ‘Of Kings And Prophets’

By Patrick Munn | January 24, 2015 - 1:16 pm | No Comments

ABC has handed out pilot orders to Quantico, an FBI terrorism drama from Criminal Minds executive producer Mark Gordon; true-crime drama LA Crime; gun running drama Runner, which was originally set up at Fox under Kevin Reilly last year; family dramedy Mix; and biblical drama Of Kings And Prophets.