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First 6 minutes of Grey’s Anatomy finale

It’s almost upon us, this week we will know how this season of “Grey’s Anatomy” pans out and who buys the farm in the episode. The first six minutes have been put online in an effort to keep the fans happy and also whet the appetite for the drama filled episode. Arizona certainly has some...
By Angela Share

NBC comedy Animal Practice gets showrunner

Comedy veteran Gail Lerner has just snagged the position of showrunner on NBC’s newly picked up series “Animal Practice”. Lerner will take up the reins of executive producer also. If you’re not familiar with the name Gail Lerner, let me throw a few of her projects out there, first up as a producer she’s worked...
By Angela Share

Lifetime get new branding still aimed at women

Lifetime, marketing to people who already watch you is all well and good, but I hope you didn’t pay some advertising / marketing gurus a lot of money for your new brand campaign because I could have come up with it in under and hour for way less “Your Life, Your Time”… seriously.. ugh. According...
By Angela Share

Tyler Perry gives Houston’s kid a break

Tyler Perry is famous, he’s rich and he was a friend of Whitney Houston. It was Perry’s private jet that transported Houston’s body, it was also Perry himself who delivered a eulogy at her funeral. Now he’s giving her daughter, Bobbi Kristina her first acting gig. The 19-year-old has snagged a recurring role on Perry’s...
By Angela Share

TV adaptation of Occult Crimes Taskforce inbound?

Sounds like Rosario Dawson’s comic book series “O.C’T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce” is about to get a TV series based on it. Word is Dawson is working with Gale Anne Hurd on the TV adaptation for A&E. The central character in the comic book series is Sophia Ortiz, pretty much based on Dawson herself, so let’s...
By Angela Share

David Lyons heads to JJ Abrams pilot

Aussie actor David Lyons has just been snagged for JJ Abrams/Eric Kripke NBC drama pilot. This is set to be directed by Jon Favreau and revolves around a group of survivors in a world where all forms of energy have mysteriously ceased to exist. Lyons has actually gained the role due to Billy Burke being...
By Angela Share

Hugh Dancy for NBC’s Hannibal

Partner of actress Claire Danes – that being Mr. Hugh Dancy – has just snagged a role in NBC’s Hannibal series. He’ll be playing one of the two leads in the show, that of FBI agent Will Graham. Funny, he’s in the FBI on his show and Danes is in the CIA in hers, must...
By Angela Share

Nelson Franklin for Mandy Moore comedy pilot

The geek from canceled series “Traffic Light” has a new gig, he’ll be playing Mandy Moore’s other half in her comedy pilot. Franklin will play Ben, husband of Annie (Mandy Moore), a newlywed couple (well it does star Mandy Moore) who get to run a restaurant. Trouble is the restaurant is in Annie’s hometown and...
By Angela Share

Rosie O’Donnell’s talk show canned

Who never saw this coming? I guess not every lesbian hosted talk-show can be a smash hit, though one has to wonder why Rosie O’Donnell is now so crap at this, when she was once top of the heap. The final episode of “The Rosie Show” will tape March 20 and air March 30. Oprah...
By Angela Share

Yunjin Kim headed to ABC’s Mistresses

Ugh, another US remake of a perfectly good UK series, oh well, at least the casting is coming along I suppose. “LOST’ alum Yunjin Kim is the latest to be cast as one of the four main female characters. She’ll be Katie, a therapist who had an affair with one of her patients. Her Brit...
By Angela Share

CBS goes renewal crazy

CBS haven’t messed about this week, by renewing loads of their shows, most of them in fact. I’ve got the full list after the jump for you. Notable inclusions are: “2 Broke Girls”, which I think is wicked as it’s generally pretty amusing. Needless to say “The Good Wife” also got a renewal, as did...
By Angela Share

Stockard Channing headed to Mandy Moore comedy

Stockard Channing, aka Rizzo – the lady who never seems to age – has snagged a new gig after the pickup fail of “17th Precinct”.  Channing will play mom to Moore’s lead character Annie. The show should play to Moore’s strength, the woman does have some great comedic timing. The only real downside of this...
By Angela Share

TNT working on Gregg Hurwitz adaptation

Word is TNT has gotten into bed with Gregg Hurwitz and Shawn Ryan to bring the Hurwitz novel series “Tim Rackley” -  including the novels “The Kill Clause”, The Program”, “The Last Shot” and “troubleshooter” – to TV. The main character in the books is U.S. Marshal Tim Rackley, an honor driven lawman held by...
By Angela Share

Janet Montgomery cast in CBS drama pilot

The lead role in CBS’ drama pilot “Baby Big Shot” has gone to Brit actress Janet Montgomery. From writer Dana Calvo, the legal drama focuses on Martina (Montgomery), a streetwise lawyer, who, whilst lacking the monetary resources of her upper-class colleagues, uses he street smarts to help with cases at a top New York law...
By Angela Share

Lily Tomlin snags ABC comedy pilot

Looks like Lily Tomlin may soon be back on screens regularly, this time opposite country star Reba McEntire. The ABC multi-camera comedy pilot will see Reba Gallagher (yeah, her name is Reba), a woman who moves her family from Nashville to Malibu, after her husband cheats on her and cleans out their bank account. Tomlin...
By Angela Share