Thursday, June 5, 2014

Development News - 'Desperate Housewives' & 'Numb3rs' Vets Join ABC Family Drama Pilots; Plus 1 More Update!

Development News - June 5, 2014

ABC Family's Recovery Road & Stitchers; and Amazon's Red Oaks.






AMAZON's RED OAKS
  • Ennis Esmer (The Listener) has been cast on the comedy pilot starring Richard Kind. He will play Nash, the roguish and mischievous head tennis instructor who teaches David the ins and outs of country club life.
ABC FAMILY's STITCHERS
  • Diane Farr (Numb3rs) and Minni Jo Mazzola (Parks and Recreation) have been cast on the drama pilot starring Emma Ishta. Farr will play Maggie, the head of a secret government program and Cameron's (Kyle Harris) mother who recruits Kirsten (Ishta) to be an operative. Mazzola will play Camille, a gifted computer science student in Dr. Pecha's (Felix Gomez) graduate class and Kirsten's roommate.
ABC FAMILY's RECOVERY ROAD
  • Desperate Housewives alum Doug Savant has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Samantha Logan. He will play Alan, Maddie's (Logan) father and a charismatic politician who's at a loss in terms of how to deal with her now that he can no longer pretend she's his "perfect" little girl.