Alicia Silverstone has been tapped as the lead in ABC's comedy pilot Pink Collar, while Alexondra Lee has landed the lead in another comedy pilot, NBC's Alpha Mom. Meanwhile, Alan Dale has joined ABC's one-hour pilot Ugly Betty, Jennifer Coolidge has come on board Fox's comedy pilot If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now, Shawn Hatosy has been tapped as the second lead in Fox's comedy pilot Southern Comfort, Rosemarie DeWitt has landed the female lead opposite Ron Livingston in Fox's drama pilot Primary, Jennifer Aspen has joined CBS' comedy pilot Welcome to the Jungle Gym, Paige Turco has come on board ABC's one-hour pilot Women in Law, Ming-Na and Robert Hoffman round out the cast of Fox's drama pilot Vanished, and newcomer Brian Thomas Smith will play the lead in Fox's comedy pilot The 12th Man. Additionally, Pamela Reed has joined CBS' drama pilot Jericho, Kevin Weisman has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot Mr. Nice Guy, Seth Gabel and Adrian Lester have joined Fox's drama pilot Beyond, and Gabriel Casseus and Alex Fernandez have been added to ABC's drama pilot Sixty Minute Man.
- 3/13/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Jesse Bradford is the answer to Twenty Questions as the actor has been tapped as the lead in the ABC drama pilot, while Eddie McClintock has gotten the second lead in NBC's untitled Chris Sheridan comedy, lifting the contingency on the pilot. Meanwhile, Colm Meaney and Sarah Jones have joined ABC's drama pilot Sixty Minute Man, Gerald McRaney has joined CBS' drama pilot Jericho, newcomer Kat Foster has landed one of the female leads in ABC's comedy pilot 'Til Death, Justina Machado and Scott Holroyd have come on board NBC's comedy pilot Alpha Mom, and Mo Collins has joined Patricia Heaton in her untitled comedy pilot at ABC. Additionally, Michael Cassidy and Amber Heard have been added to the CW's untitled Kevin Williamson drama pilot, while Nichole Hiltz has joined USA Network's pilot In Plain Sight.
Jessica Collins, Lourdes Benedicto and Scott Wolf have been cast in ABC's untitled Steinbergs drama pilot, while Laura Harris and Jaime Ray Newman have landed the title roles in ABC's drama pilot Hollis and Rae. Additionally, Jon Avnet has been tapped to direct ABC's drama pilot Sixty Minute Man. On the pilot-pickup front, ABC has given cast-contingent orders to two comedies, I Love Things I Hate About You and 52 Fights, while CBS has ordered a reworked version of last year's drama 3 Lbs and has greenlighted the comedy The Weekend. The untitled Steinbergs project, from Warner Bros. TV and creator Hank Steinberg and K.J. Steinberg, chronicles the lives of nine strangers after they were held hostage for 52 hours during a botched bank robbery.
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