CBS
Michael Angarano has landed the lead in the new UNTITLED NICK STOLLER COMEDY PROJECT, the single-camera comedy pilot from feature writer-director Nick Stoller. It centers on Jake (Angarano), a commitment phobic ad agency exec who, after breaking up with his girlfriend, realizes he has to continue working with her one cubicle away.
NBC
Tig Notaro and Ken Leung have rounded out the cast of the UNTITLED SARAH SILVERMAN COMEDY PROJECT. The project stars the comedian as successful singer/songwriter Susan Farrow, who realizes her stifling 10-year relationship has been a bust and returns to her old apartment in an upscale Manhattan apartment building.
FX
Selma Blair is set as the female lead opposite Charlie Sheen in his new comedy series ANGER MANAGEMENT. The series, which has an initial 10-episode order from FX, Sheen portrays Charlie, a former baseball player with anger issues who winds up as an unconventional anger management therapist. Blair will play Charlie’s own therapist, envisioned as a love interest for him.
HBO
Bobby Cannavale has joined the cast of the mob drama BOARDWALK EMPIRE as a series regular. He will play Gyp Rosetti, a charming but ruthless gangster who challenges Nucky.
TNT
Jamie Bamber has landed a lead role in David E. Kelley’s medical drama pilot CHELSEA GENERAL. He will play surgeon Tyler Wilson, a supernova vascular neurosurgeon who has a fling with a fellow neurosurgeon.
