ABC adds a TV icon & an up-and-comer, NBC pulls a Breaking Bad-er on to LOLA, and TNT gets a little Leverage for a classic ER hunk.
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ABC eyes a shot at getting back into the Tim Allen game, while Disney eyes the end of the Jonas craze.
CBS orders another from the web, AMC, NBC, and Sundance bring series back to life for another go round, and Hammersley signs long-term for Discovery.
Disney XD locks a lot of cast in place, and Fox snags a female lead for another Americanized Brit comedy.
CBS eyes an America/Canadian border cop series, Disney XD orders 3 news shows (Tron included), FX stirs a little controversy with an illegal immigrant PI, NBC wants us to laugh at Russell Peters’ life, HBO adds some behind the scenes creatives on that Nikki Finke project, WB locks Kevin Williamson in for a long-term stay, and NBC terminates JJ’s new spy series before mid-season.
HBO casts two in the upcoming Documental pilot, while NBC casts an ex-Hero to get a little Rest.
FOX picks up a father/son dating comedy, HBO gets documental with the Tropic Thunder gang, NBC gets into drug trouble, girl trouble and aging trouble, while USA hands out pilot commitments to a trio of new shows, and Community gets a few more episodes thanks to that spectacular Halloween episode!
NOW HIRING: time travel dinosaur action drama writers, with experience not making shows suck by midseason, and not reverting to a “wedding” or “baby on the way” save until at least the second season.
CBS brings a TV star to Chaos, HBO breaks an SNL-alum out of her nunnery, and Meryl Streep decides to do a web series.
ABC Americanizes two foreign hits & wins a bidding war for one hell of an actioner, FX looks for The Hurt in the worst hospital in America, HBO looks to Molly Shannon’s ex-nunnery, while CW and CBS keep a tight watch on two shows on the fence.
ABC looks to Hewitt for Bad Taste in Men, to Fairstein & Solarz for more police drama, and to Khan and McCreary for some Dealbreakers, Lifetime picks up ex-CBS series Exit 19 and converts a tv-movie to series, while NBC eyes supernatural vineyards for new hits!
ABC Family stacks a few pilots, CBS bumps one to series regular, CW adds a pair, and Lifetime snags a new lead!
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ABC looks into adoption drama, CBS picks up a comedy starring the man, the myth, the brows, FOX looks to Jack Black for a few Little Bitches, HBO gets into political comedy, NBC picks up something new from the man behind Spin City, and Jane has a new director!
ABC adds a favorite, Dasher become Jane for ABC Fam, Levy goes to the eye, Fox adds a sniper to Bones, and HBO just may have a new Seinfeld vet as vice president.
Castle finds a star from the 70s, Switched at Birth adds a trio, Apatow and Dunham round out a cast, Lifetime stacks 3 against the wall, TNT snags a series star for another pilot, and USA pulls a recently out of work actor to star in a new pilot.
Showtime goes Boycrazy, while HBO just says no to polygamy.
ABC looks back at the Angels, TNT finds a Bird Dog, CBS and SyFy kill a few shows, HBO promises more of a few others, and guess what Martin Scorsese and Nicholas Pileggi are doing next?
CBS adds 1 to the Mentalist, and Fox sends a handful more back to Spielberg’s dino times!
NBC adds 1 for the Happiness Project.
HBO looks to Dexter for some political thriller action, while NBC looks to the race track for the guys version of “Parenthood”, and to the Happiness Project for Kristin Davis.
Hawaii Five-O sees a villain return, Big Bang Theory gets a dad, and Doc Brown is set to visit Fringe.
ABC buys 2, orders more of 4, and kills 1, CBS does 1 and 1, ABC Family greenlights 1, Comedy Central, FX and Starz each order something new, while NBC takes on 2 new series, FOX greenlights 1 and orders more of another, and hands out a deal for 2 more. (aka: a LOT OF TV NEWS TODAY!)
CBS gives full season orders, ABC gets into party planning and backstage drama and “Bones” gets a spin-off.
Pullman and Modine are too big, Wire alum Akinnagbe becomes a nurse and Klein partners up with Hanks.
Freddy Krueger guest stars on two shows and Marini teaches the tango on “Royal Pains!”
Fox orders even more animations, VH1 gets some Single Ladies, CW gets on the dance floor and Chuck, Chase, and Undercovers continues on!
Leary and Serpico set up 3 shows, Waldow does 2 and Martin with 1. V on the edge and NBC renews 3.
“Death Valley” gets a star, Lee reunites with Garcia, Bilodeau hangs with the super family, Boom goes Hawaii and Maeve gets diagnosed.
Will it be Mr. Braveheart himself?
