A desperate housewife may return to ABC.
Felicity Huffman — who played Lynette Scavo on the long-running ABC drama Desperate Housewives — is set to headline the American Crime pilot opposite Timothy Hutton (Leverage). Executive produced by Oscar-winning John Ridley (12 Years a Slave), the drama pilot focuses on the murder of a war veteran and the trial that follows.
Huffman will play Barb Skokie, the ex-wife of Russ (Hutton) and mother of… Continue reading Felicity Huffman books ABC pilot
Fantastic Four‘s Ioan Gruffudd is taking the starring role in ABC’s drama pilot Forever.
Gruffudd will play New York City’s star medical examiner who is secretly immortal. Through his investigative work with a police detective and his relationship with his best friend the show will “peel back the layers of Henry’s colorful and long life.”
The show is from writer-producer Matt Miller (Chuck, 666 Park Avenue). In addition to playing Mr… Continue reading ‘Fantastic Four’ actor cast in ABC immortal pilot
FOX’s comedy pilot “Weird Loners” has one of the standout titles of this development season, and its cast is shaping up to be pretty strong as well.
Becki Newton has signed on to play one of the title characters in the pilot, which comes from writer Michael Weithorn (creator of “The King of Queens”) and director Jake Kasdan (“New Girl,”
News and notes from all over TV:
- FX is putting a few of its shows on a brief hiatus during the Winter Olympics. “Archer” and “Chozen” will be off for the next two weeks and return Monday, Feb. 24. “Justified” will air Tuesday (Feb. 11) as scheduled
CBS is giving Happy Endings creator David Caspe his second pilot order of the season: The network has issued a thumbs-up to Cuz-Bros, a comedy that he created with fellow Happy producer Erik Sommers. The multi-camera pilot, which will be written and executive produced by the pair, chronicles the exploits of a successful lady killer whose perfect life is thrown out of whack when his “mess of a cousin”… Continue reading CBS orders comedy pilot from ‘Happy Endings’ creator David Caspe
