Jon Huertas, who starred in all eight seasons of Castle as Detective Esposito, has been tapped for a recurring role on NBC's upcoming drama series This Is Us, which hails from Dan Fogelman and 20th Century Fox Television. 
TBS is adding to their comedy slate. The Turner owned cable network, which is focussed on comedy, has put Think B.I.G., a half-hour project based on the lyrics by Notorious B.I.G. into development; and ordered ten episode digital animated comedy series Storyville, TVWise has learned. 
Actor turned political radio talk show host Jerry Doyle passed away at his Las Vegas home on Wednesday July 28th at the age of 60. The cause of death is not yet known, though an autopsy is expected in the coming days.
A mere two episodes into the show's second season, HBO has renewed their Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson fronted comedy series Ballers for a third run. 
John Adams and The Big C star Laura Linney has been set as the female co-lead in Ozark, the ten episode drama series from Jason Bateman, Bill Dubuque and Chris Mundy which landed at Netflix back in February. 
Amazon has picked up their drama pilot The Last Tycoon, starring Matt Bomer (White Collar) and Kelsey Grammer (Boss), to series, TVWise has confirmed. Ten episodes have been ordered for the show's first season. 
During the show's panel at the Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour, Netflix announced the global premiere date and released the first trailer for their Gilmore Girls revival series, known as A Year In The Life. 
Showtime has found the President-Elect for the upcoming sixth season of Homeland. Elizabeth Marvel has been set as Elizabeth Keane, the former US Senator for the state of New York who recently won the election and is waiting to be sworn in as the next President of the United States. The character is described as a natural politician who can be bright, charming, lively and blunt.