Jenny McCarthy has been tapped to co-star opposite Patricia Heaton in Heaton's untitled comedy pilot for ABC. Meanwhile, Richard Kind has joined CBS' comedy pilot The Angriest Man in Suburbia. The untitled Heaton project, from Touchstone TV, stars Heaton as a recent widow who finds friends and a path to a new life through joining the PTA. McCarthy, who recently wrapped ABC Family's holiday movie Mary Christmas, next appears in the summer feature John Tucker Must Die.
- 3/31/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Writer-producer Larry Wilmore is moving in front of the camera with a co-starring role in CBS' untitled Port/Weisman comedy pilot. Meanwhile, Alicia Witt, who had been cast as the lead in Fox's comedy pilot More, Patience, has left the show. In other pilot castings, Matthew Glave has joined CBS' comedy pilot The Angriest Man in Suburbia, Amy Carlson is rounding out the cast of ABC's drama pilot Drift, Sam Page has come on board CBS' drama pilot Shark, and Ion Overman has been added to NBC's comedy pilot Andy Barker, P.I.
- 3/30/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Mena Suvari and Blair Underwood have been tapped to star in two CBS drama pilots, Orpheus and Company Town, respectively. Additionally, Mitch Rouse landed the lead in CBS' comedy pilot The Angriest Man in Suburbia, Kiele Sanchez has been tapped as the lead in ABC's comedy pilot What Happens on a Bus and Josh Meyers will play the lead in Fox's comedy pilot That Guy. Also, Matt Letscher has been cast as the male lead opposite Christine Taylor in ABC's comedy pilot 52 Fights, Nick Zano landed the second lead opposite Kevin Brennan in NBC's untitled Jace Richdale comedy pilot, Lori Loughlin joined the cast of the ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency, Will Patton has been cast in ABC's drama pilot The Way and Kerr Smith has come on board Fox's drama pilot American Crime. In other pilot castings, Rebecca Gayheart has joined Fox's drama Vanished, Jonathan LaPaglia and Patricia Wettig have been added to ABC's drama Brothers & Sisters, Bill Smitrovich and Nestor Serrano have been cast in ABC's drama A House Divided, Reiley McClendon and Jessica Stroup have joined Fox's drama Southern Comfort, while Tony Plana has come on board the ABC one-hour Ugly Betty.
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