Friday, March 6, 2015

Development News - Rutina Wesley Joins 'Broad Squad'; Mark-Paul Gosselaar Books 'People Are Talking' Lead; Plus 8 More Updates!

Development News - March 6, 2015

ABC's The Adversaries, The Brainy Bunch, Broad Squad, The Catch & The Kingmakers; CBS' LFE; FOX's 48 Hours 'Til Monday & Fantasy Life; and NBC's People Are Talking & Problem Child.




FOX's FANTASY LIFE
  • Kimberley Crossman (Step Dave) has been cast on the comedy pilot starring Kevin Connolly. She will play Summer Dale, the network president's daughter, who got her the job as host of Mitch's (Connelly) new Fantasy Football league.
ABC's BROAD SQUAD
  • True Blood alum Rutina Wesley has booked one of the four lead roles on the drama pilot written by Bess Wohl. She will play Joanne, one of four newly minted female patrol officers in 1978 Boston.
ABC's THE ADVERSARIES
  • Lenny Platt (One Life to Live) has joined the cast of the drama pilot starring Terry O'Quinn & Christine Lahti. He will play Danny, the smart, energetic, high strung, straight out of Queens attorney and devoted employee.
ABC's THE CATCH
  • Elvy Yost (Mildred Pierce) has landed a regular role on the drama pilot starring Mireille Enos and Damon Dayoub. She will play Maria, who loves her job at Meyer, Morrison and Rose, and despite the fact that her mom keeps sending her job posts for big law firms, is happy exactly where she is.
CBS' LFE
  • Daniel Sharman (Teen Wolf, The Originals) has been cast on the drama pilot written by Paul Downs Colaizzo. He will play Joe, a good-hearted, expertly talented surgical resident.
FOX's 48 HOURS 'TIL MONDAY
  • Joe Spano (Hill Street Blues) will co-star on the comedy pilot starring Rob Riggle and Sarah Chalke. He will play Doug McGill, Louise's (Jane Curtin) husband who is currently living at Kelly (Chalke) and Charlie's (Riggle) house until he's recovered from a back injury and can go back to work.
NBC's PROBLEM CHILD
  • Matthew Lillard (The Bridge) is set as the male lead on the comedy pilot starring Erinn Hayes and Jack Gore. He will play the father of a brilliant but mischievous child (Gore).
ABC's THE KINGMAKERS
  • Parminder Nagra (The Blacklist, ER) has been cast on the drama pilot written by Sallie Patrick. She will play Radha, a beautiful British professor who is framed for supplying Julia with drugs and disposing of her body after her overdose. She calls Eli to warn him that Julia was murdered and to give him the information and contacts he needs to assume a new identity. She is fighting not only to save her own skin, but to uncover the intricate web of lies and trail of trouble.
NBC's PEOPLE ARE TALKING
  • Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Saved by the Bell, Franklin & Bash) has booked the lead role on the comedy pilot written by DJ Nash. He will play Mitch, a neurotic guy who tends to over think things, which is completely offset by his optimism, humor and likability.
ABC's THE BRAINY BUNCH
  • Melanie Griffith (Working Girl) will co-star on the comedy pilot written by Wendy & Lizzie Molyneux. She will play Celeste, Mona Lisa's mom, a former pageant queen who has graciously invited her daughter's family to live with her in Orange County.