‘True Lies’ Pilot Moves Off Cycle at CBS

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Natalie Morales (“The Little Things”), Amy Landecker (“Transparent”) and Alice Lee (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) have been cast in TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s single-camera CBS comedy inspired by her book “How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings.” Cooper serves as co-writer and executive producer of the untitled project along with showrunner Cindy Chupack (“Otherhood”).The pilot, which is described as a look into three women at different stages in their

EXCLUSIVE: Natalie Morales (The Little Things), Amy Landecker (Transparent) and Alice Lee (Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist) are set as the leads in CBS’ comedy pilot based on TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings. Morales also serves as a producer on the pilot, from Cooper, Cindy Chupack, Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Annie Gonzalez (“Gentefied”) and newcomer Sofia Capanna have been cast in the ABC multi-cam sitcom pilot “Bucktown,” joining previously announced cast members Jane Lynch (“Glee”), Shannon Woodward (“Westworld”) and Nicole Richie (“The Simple Life”).Per the show’s logline, the comedy follows Amy (Woodward) who, after being dumped by her boyfriend and kicked out of her apartment on the eve of a big promotion, finds refuge at her mom Helen’s (Lynch) house in the blue-collar

Joe Otterson TV ReporterChi McBride has joined the untitled CBS multi-cam comedy pilot based on the life of pro bowler Tom Smallwood, Variety has learned.In the series, after being laid off from the assembly line at the GM factory, seemingly ordinary man Tom (Pete Holmes) makes the extraordinary decision to provide for his family by following his dream of becoming a professional bowler.McBride will star as Archie.

Gentefied‘s Annie Gonzalez and newcomer Sofia Capanna are set as series regulars opposite Shannon Woodward, Jane Lynch and Nicole Richie in ABC comedy pilot Bucktown, from The Conners‘ Emily Wilson, Tom Werner and Sara Gilbert and ABC Signature.

Hawaii Five-O alum Chi McBride is set as a lead opposite Pete Holmes in CBS’ untitled Tom Smallwood multi-camera comedy pilot, from CBS Studios.

Tiffany Haddish-fronted variety series Kids Say The Darndest Things is set to premiere on CBS in May – coming a year after ABC cancelled the reboot.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals will both be returning to their home fort in Rhode Island in late July (overlapping into August by one day), although organizers caution that the two landmark gatherings “won’t look exactly the same” due to “modified capacities.” Tickets for the festivals, which tend to be near-instant sellouts even in a full-capacity year, will be made available “in phases.”Most intriguing is the revelation that the Newport Folk Festival, which

The Powerpuff Girls are back! And this time, they are sporting brighter and vibrant outfits! On Wednesday, CW's Powerpuff Girls live action series kicked off and fans for the first time got a glimpse of actors Chloe Bennet, Dove Cameron and Yana Perrault. The trip will be essaying the beloved superhero girls Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup.

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EXCLUSIVE: Amy York Rubin (Love, Victor) is set to direct CBS’ comedy pilot based on TikTok star Sarah Cooper’s book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, from writer Cindy Chupack and producers Nina Tassler and Denise Di Novi.

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Plestis knows a thing or two about Korean formats after finding success with The Masked Singer and I Can See Your Voice.

The cast of CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot The Three of Us, led by Oliver Hudson, Malin Akerman and Brent Morin, has been released. The options on the actors in two 2020 CBS comedy pilots, The Three Of Us and the single-camera Ghosts, were up today. They were not exercised on the CBS/CBS Studios’ The Three Of Us while Ghosts was picked up to series this afternoon.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“The Three of Us,” a comedy pilot at CBS, is no longer moving forward at the network.The multi-camera pilot was a holdover from CBS’ 2020 pilot crop, which was thrown into disarray due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It starred Oliver Hudson, Malin Akerman, Brent Morin, and Vanessa Lachey.

EXCLUSIVE: New York-based firm FilmRise has picked up global distribution rights to drama Broken Diamonds, starring Tony and Grammy-winner Benjamin Platt (Dear Evan Hansen), Lola Kirke (Mozart In The Jungle) and Yvette Nicole Brown (Community).

Nickole Jones, an Emmy-nominated hairstylist whose work was seen on the women of Big Little Lies and the kids of Young Sheldon, died March 25 of cancer in Los Angeles. She was 45.

Actor-comedian Pete Holmes has been tapped as the lead of CBS’ untitled Tom Smallwood multi-camera comedy pilot, from CBS Studios.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla Comedian Pete Holmes will star as an aspiring Midwestern professional bowler in an untitled CBS comedy from CBS Television Studios and writer Mark Gross.One of three new pilots CBS has ordered this year, the untitled multi-camera pilot revolves around Tom Smallwood, a Michigan man who is laid off from a General Motors automotive plant and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a professional bowler.David Hollander and Brian D’Arcy James (a native of Saginaw, Mich.) will

More sad news for Superstore fans – the planned spinoff focused on Cheyenne and Bo is not moving forward.

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