Madeline Wise & Inga Schlingmann Join CBS’ Mother-Son Legal Drama Pilot; Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro Set As Showrunners

EXCLUSIVE: Dave Annable is set as a lead opposite Matt Passmore and Floriana Lima in Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.

Jen Shah‘s not letting her legal troubles stop her from having a good time. The Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City star twerked up a storm at Latto‘s concert in SLC on Wednesday, March 30 after being invited onstage. The mom of two didn’t appear to have a care in the world as she danced, showing off her physique in a fitted patterned catsuit with a matching headscarf, sunglasses, and over the knee leather boots.

EXCLUSIVE: Ravi Patel (Wonder Woman 1984), Eric Edelstein (Creepshow) and Johnny Jay Lee (NCIS: Los Angeles) are set as series regulars in CBS comedy pilot Rust Belt News, from The Simpsons writer and The Mindy Project exec producer Matt Warburton. They join previously announced cast members Rich Sommer, Lauren Lindsey Donzis, Jayma Mays, Bailey Gavulic, Bentley Green and Angel Laketa Moore.

EXCLUSIVE: Matt Passmore (The Glades) and Floriana Lima (A Million Little Things) are set as the leads of Blank Slate, NBC’s drama pilot from Dean Georgaris, John Fox, Davis Entertainment and Universal Television.

A-listers love to relax! Drew Barrymore, Nina Dobrev and more have been raving about what they use to unwind.

EXCLUSIVE: Jacqueline Obradors (Promised Land), Jon Beavers (Licorice Pizza) and Ruth Righi (Sydney To The Max) are set as leads opposite Scott Bakula, Anna Wood, Oluniké Adeliyi and Cress Williams in NBC’s drama pilot Unbroken (working title). They also join previously announced series regulars Delon de Metz, Amanda Payton and Shian Tomlinson in the project from New Amsterdam executive producer Shaun Cassidy and Universal Television.

EXCLUSIVE: Rosa Arredondo (Ordinary Joe) and Tristen J. Winger (Insecure) are set as series regulars opposite Marcia Gay Harden and Skylar Astin in CBS’ untitled Mother & Son legal drama pilot.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Rankin (Claws) and Elizabeth Rodriguez (Orange is the New Black) are set as leads opposite Amanda Warren and Jimmy Smits in the CBS police drama pilot East New York.

EXCLUSIVE: There is a major casting change on CBS’ untitled Mother & Son Legal Drama Pilot. Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden is in negotiations to play the female lead opposite Skylar Astin. She will replace fellow Oscar winner Geena Davis, who was originally cast in the pilot but is no longer part of the project.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterCress Williams and Shian Tomlinson have both been cast in the NBC drama pilot “Unbroken,” Variety has learned.The series follows three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California as they make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.The pair joins previously announced cast members Scott Bakula, Anna Wood, Amanda Payton, Delon de Metz, Oluniké Adeliyi.Williams will star as Will Stanton, a retired bull-riding champion and manager of the Holleren ranch. A warm and unflappable man, Will is Cole’s (de Metz) best friend and uncle to his two adult children.

Former Black Lightning star Cress Williams has been tapped as a lead opposite Scott Bakula, Anna Wood and Oluniké Adeliyi in NBC’s drama pilot Unbroken (working title). Also cast in the project, from New Amsterdam executive producer Shaun Cassidy and Universal Television, is newcomer Shian Tomlinson whose only previous TV credit is a guest spot on NBC/Uni TV drama New Amsterdam.

NYPD Blue alum Jimmy Smits is returning to the cop drama beat, signing on as the male lead opposite Amanda Warren in the CBS hourlong pilot East New York.

John Travolta is sharing his excitement after receiving his aeronautical credentials! The Hollywood star is now licensed to fly a 737 airplane and has shared the special moment with his fans and followers.The 68-year-old actor, who has been a licensed pilot since he was 22 years old, says that it is “a very proud moment” in his “aviation history” explaining that he “just received my 737 license.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“East New York,” the drama pilot currently in the works at CBS, has added four new cast members.Ruben Santiago Hudson (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” Broadway’s “Lackawanna Blues”), Richard Kind (“Argo,” “A Serious Man”), Lavel Schley (“Barriers,” “Tell My Family I Love Them”), and Olivia Luccardi (“The Thing About Pam,” “The Deuce”) have all joined the pilot alongside previously announced series lead Amanda Warren.In the pilot, Regina Haywood (Warren) is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, an impoverished, working-class will neighborhood at the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting during the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.

Amanda Warren has been tapped as the lead in the CBS drama pilot East New York.

Former Quantum Leap star Scott Bakula is returning to NBC as the lead of ranch drama pilot Unbroken (working title).

Skylar Astin is taking on a new role!

Skylar Astin, coming off his starring role on Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, has been tapped as the male lead opposite Geena Davis in CBS’ mother-and-son legal drama pilot from writer/executive producer Scott Prendergast and executive producer Phil McGraw.