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Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Paul James (Soundtrack) is set as a series regular opposite Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon and Cybill Shepherd in Bayer’s half-hour Showtime comedy pilot I Love This for You (fka Big Deal).Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersCo-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This for You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Latin Grammy winner and actress Alejandra Guzman (Una familia con suerte), Laura Leon (Dos mujeres un camino) and Cristián de la Fuente (Amor bravio) have joined the season 2 cast of Pantaya’s hit Spanish-language scripted series El Juego de Las Llaves (The Game of Keys).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMTV has ordered Deliciousness, a spinoff of its long-running hit series Ridiculousness, hosted by Alexa & Katie alumna Tiffani Thiessen.The author of Pull Up a Chair cookbook and host of Cooking Channel’s Dinner at Tiffani’s, Thiessen will be joined by panelists including Angela Kinsey (The Office), Kel Mitchell (All That, Kenan & Kel) and Tim Chantarangsu (Basic to Bougie).

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSteven Lightfoot, known for his work on NBC’s Hannibal and Netflix’s The Punisher, has signed on to Apple’s anticipated international saga Shantaram as showrunnner.Lightfoot replaces Eric Warren Singer, who earlier exited the ambitious international production shot across two continents.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorJust weeks after expanding its representation team, Armada Partners’ roster continues to grow.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorThe end for Black Lightning is in sight. The CW confirmed today that the superhero drama will end with the upcoming fourth season, which is set to premiere early next year.The move follows the network’s announcement last week that it is planning a planted spinoff of the series titled Painkiller, starring Jordan Calloway who will reprise his role as the titular character.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman) and Emery Kelly (Alexa & Katie) are set for recurring roles in Big Shot, Disney+’s upcoming original series written and executive produced by David E.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Alondra Delgado (Mayans M.C.) is set for a recurring role on the third season of the CW’s All American. Season 2 found Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), now a football state champion, with a tough decision to make.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Luis Guzmán (Traffic, Code Black) is set for a season-long arc on the second season of Starz’s crime drama series Hightown, starring Monica Raymund, from Jerry Bruckheimer and Lionsgate Television.Production is currently underway on the ten-episode second season of the series created by Rebecca Cutter (Gotham), who will make her television directorial debut this season.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorFriends will be returning to Nick At Nite. Nickelodeon has renewed the hit Emmy-winning sitcom from Warner Bros.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorGeoff Stults (Little Fires Everywhere, 12 Strong), Tamara Tunie (Black Earth Rising, Dietland), Mason Alexander Park (Hedwig and the Angry Inch National Broadway Tour), Rachel House (Thor Ragnarok, Soul), Ann Truong (Strikeback!, Hard Target 2) and Hoa Xuande (Ronny Chieng: International Student, Top of the Lake) have joined the cast of Cowboy Bebop, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of the cult Japanese animated series.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMayans M.C. alum Antonio Jaramillo is set for a recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of FX’s Snowfall.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Trey Tucker (What Lies Below) and Robby Ramos (Snowfall) are set for recurring roles opposite Stephen Amell, Alexander Ludwig and Mary McCormack in Heels, Starz’s eight-episode hourlong drama set in the outrageous world of independent professional wrestling.Written by Michael Waldron, with Mike O’Malley as showrunner, Heels is a story about the men and women who chase their dreams in the world of small-town pro wrestling.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorPeanuts specials A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and A Charlie Brown Christmas, which left their longtime home at ABC for Apple, will return to traditional TV for some special airings this holiday season. In addition to streaming on their new home Apple TV+, the specials will air ad free on PBS and PBS Kids on Sunday, Nov.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorMary-Louise Parker and Nick Offerman have been tapped to star as the adoptive parents of former superstar quarterback and activist Colin Kaepernick in the Netflix limited series Colin in Black & White from Kaepernick and Oscar-nominee and Emmy winner Ava DuVernay.Created by Kaepernick and Duvernay and written by Emmy-nominee Michael Starrbury, the six-episode Colin in Black and White will provide an introspective look at Kaepernick’s adolescent years as a

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Mena Massoud, titular star of Disney’s Aladdin remake, has signed with Gersh for representation.After a competitive search, Massoud landed the coveted role in the 2019 live-action feature, which grossed over 1 billion dollars worldwide. Massoud also is set to star in the sequel, which will be directed by Guy Ritchie.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Cybill Shepherd is set as a lead opposite Vanessa Bayer and Molly Shannon in Bayer’s half-hour Showtime comedy pilot I Love This For You (fka Big Deal).Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series ordersCo-created and executive produced by Bayer and Jeremy Beiler (Saturday Night Live), I Love This For You is a grounded comedy in which Bayer plays a character, inspired by her own past, who overcame childhood leukemia to achieve her lifelong

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSaffron Burrows (Mozart in the Jungle, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) has been promoted to series regular from recurring, and Dylan Arnold (Halloween, Nashville) and Tati Gabrielle (Uncharted, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) also are set as new series regulars on the upcoming third season of the Netflix series You.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO Max has made the series premiere episode of The Flight Attendant available to stream now for free ahead of its Thursday, November 26 premiere.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Apple TV+ has rounded out the ensemble cast for season 2 of drama series Truth Be Told.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Martin Donovan (Big Little Lies), Matt McGorry (How To Get Away With Murder), Julia Chan (Katy Keene), Evan Jonigkeit, and Ariana Neal (Hidden Figures) are set as series regulars in Netflix’s Archive 81 series, based on the supernatural horror podcast.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorIMDb TV, Amazon’s premium free streaming service, has put in development Hialeah: Dade F*ckin County, a half-hour family comedy from writers Monique Alvarez and Jessica Lee Williamson and Amazon Studios.Co-created and written by Alvarez and Williamson, Hialeah: Dade F*ckin County follows first generation Cuban-American, ChiChi Rodriguez, who makes a run from her failed marriage and lands back with her disapproving family in the Cuban mecca of Hialeah: a hard

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Liza Colón-Zayas (David Makes Man), Manhattan alum John Benjamin Hickey and Quintessa Swindell (Trinkets) have been tapped for recurring roles opposite Uzo Aduba in the upcoming fourth season of HBO’s Emmy-winning drama series In Treatment.In Treatment, which ended a three-season run in 2010, is returning for a fourth season as a reimagined half-hour series.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Transparent alumna Alexandra Billings has joined ABC’s The Conners for a multi-episode arc in the current third season.Billings plays Robin, a transgender woman who lives in Lanford and works as a supervisor in the local factory. No-nonsense, but fair, Robin is a friend and mentor to Darlene (Sara Gilbert).In Season 3, The Conners continue to face the daily struggles of life in Lanford.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNick Jonas is returning to The Voice. The singer-songwriter will take his place in the rotating red chair for the Emmy-winning singing competition show’s 20th season premiering this spring, NBC announced Tuesday on Today.He’ll step in for Gwen Stefani, who will take a break from her coaching duties.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Tamera Mowry-Housley has joined Daytime Emmy-nominated Home & Family as a contributor as part of a new overall deal with Crown Media Family Networks. Under the pact, Mowry-Housley will star and executive produce original films for Hallmark Channel, beginning with the  holiday-themed movie Christmas Comes Twice, set for premiere Sunday, December 13 at 8 p.m.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorSyfy has set Thanksgiving weekend for the premiere of new late-night comedy series The Movie Show, a fictional public access movie review show hosted by puppets Deb and Wade, voiced by Adam Dubowsky and Alex Stone. The Movie Show will debut with two preview telecasts on Friday, Nov.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Actress and artist Hunter Schafer, known for her breakout role as Jules in HBO’s Emmy-winning series Euphoria opposite Zendaya, has signed with CAA for representation.Euphoria received six 2020 Primetime Emmy nominations, winning three, including lead actress for Zendaya.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorABC has set the full cast for its None of the Above (working title) pilot, a single-camera comedy written and executive produced by Kenny Smith (Black-ish). Gregg Wayans (Kidding) and Asjha Cooper (Snowfall) are set as leads, and Ron Taylor (Oh Jerome, No), Justin Miles (Paradise Lost) and Katelyn Tarver (Famous in Love) round out the series regular cast.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorAs COVID-19 continues to surge throughout the country and people are hunkering down at home, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are hoping to bring some holiday cheer. They are returning to CBS for a one-hour remotely filmed special, Garth & Trisha Live! A Holiday Concert Event, set to air Sunday, Dec.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix has ordered a second season of Space Force, its workplace comedy which may have drawn inspiration from President Donald Trump’s Space Force initiative. Production is slated to begin in Vancouver in 2021.Co-created by Steve Carell and Greg Daniels and starring Carell, the series centers on a decorated pilot with dreams of running the Air Force, four-star general Mark R.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Silverman (No Good Nick, Salvation) has been tapped for a recurring role on the upcoming fourth season of NBC’s Good Girls, from creator Jenna Bans.Written and executive produced by Bans, Good Girls stars Christina Hendricks, Retta and Mae Whitman as three suburban moms who get tired of trying to make ends meet and decide it’s time to stick up for themselves by robbing the local grocery store.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorDarkwing Duck may be making a comeback. A reboot of the 1990s’animated action-adventure comedy series is in the works at Disney+.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorNetflix is rounding out the cast for the fourth and final season of its critically acclaimed series Ozark. Alfonso Herrera (The Exorcist, El baile de los 41) and Adam Rothenberg (The Serpent, Ripper Street), are set as new series regulars and Felix Solis (Ten Days in the Valley, Charmed) and Damian Young (The Trial of Chicago 7, Homeland) who both recurred in Season 3, have been promoted to series regulars for the new season.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Ava Capri (Blast Beat) and Anthony Keyvan (Alexa & Katie) are set for recurring roles on the upcoming second season of Hulu’s comedy series Love, Victor.Set in the world of the 2018 Love, Simon film, Love, Victor follows Victor (Michael Cimino), a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city and exploring his sexual orientation.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Alex Landi (Grey’s Anatomy) is set for a recurring role opposite Keegan Allen and Jared Padalecki in the CW’s Walker, a reimagining of CBS’ long-running 1990s action/crime series Walker, Texas Ranger, from Rideback and CBS Studios.Like the original series, created by Albert S. Ruddy & Leslie Greif, the reboot, in which Walker is getting a female partner, will explore morality, family and rediscovering our lost common ground.