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After a very tough week for Arrowhead Game Studios and Sony, the Helldivers 2 community has finally calmed down and is showing mercy for the team behind the game. Johan Pilestedt, the CEO of Arrowhead Game Studios, showed how the studio received flowers from fans.

While this gesture appears to have resolved the controversy, some X users remain unsatisfied. Many CMs and the people behind the game were very bad at managing this situation, allowing the conflict to escalate even more. Many fans are asking the studio to take action.

Johan Pilestedt Is Trying to Move on From the Controversy Helldivers 2 CEO, Johan Pilestedt is making amends with the community.

Part of Helldivers 2’s community was vicious with the dev team and Sony for attempting to make players link their Psn accounts to play the game on PC. After the situation escalated to a dangerous level, both the development team and...

Exclusive: Blumhouse and Atomic Monster’s Night Swim from writer/director Bryce McGuire has added Amélie Hoeferle, Gavin Warren, Nancy Lenehan, and Jodi Long to the cast. The group have joined Wyatt Russell and Kerry Condon in the pic which hits theaters on Jan. 19, 2024. Production is currently underway in LA.

Based on the short film created by McGuire and Rod Blackhurst, Night Swim is described as a supernatural thriller built around the hidden source of terror found in an unassuming backyard swimming pool. Atomic Monster and Blumhouse are producing the film. Universal Pictures will handle distribution.

Hoeferle is a German-American actress who spent her youth in between the two countries. She will be next seen in Francis Lawrence’s prequel of Hunger Games: The Ballad Of Songbirds & Snakes for Lionsgate. She plays “Vipsania Sickle,” mentor to a tribute from District 7. She also played “Sam” in the award winning The Boogeywoman,...

Nancy Lenehan has signed on to join Ellie Kemper’s forthcoming comedy pilot “Drop-Off” at ABC as a series regular.

She’ll play Marianne, the warm, caring and responsible mother of Julia (Kemper) who’s been taking care of her kids for the last six years. “Having been a working single mom herself, Marianne is not without compassion for Julia’s situation and she loves her grandchildren, but she’s done. Marianne has decided to live her own life from now on, and that includes having an affair with a guy named Rene and firmly taking some time for herself,” reads the character description.

In addition to Kemper, she joins previously announced cast member Judy Greer.

“Drop-Off” is the American adaptation of the popular British comedy “Motherland.” Variety exclusively reported the adaptation news. The show was previously set up at Hulu by Lionsgate.

Per the official logline, “Julia is a...

Court is back in session at NBC. The network has formally given a pilot order to a spinoff of “Night Court” led by original series star John Larroquette and “The Big Bang Theory’s” Melissa Rauch.

The pilot, produced by Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television, was penned by “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” production alum Dan Rubin, who will serve as both executive producer and writer on the reboot.

The original series that aired on NBC from 1984-1992 starred Harry Anderson as an offbeat judge who worked the late shift at a Manhattan court house. Rauch will play the jurist daughter of Anderson’s Judge Harry Stone. She presides over the same court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (Larroquette).

Executive producing alongside Rubin are Rauch and her spouse Winston Rauch for After January Productions. Larroquette is also executive producing.

Exclusive: Night Court is back in session. NBC is developing a follow-up to the classic legal comedy series, with co-star John Larroquette set to reprise his Emmy-winning role and produce. The Big Bang Theory alumna Melissa Rauch executive produces the reboot for Warner Bros TV.

Written/executive produced by Dan Rubin (The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) based on the original series created by Reinhold Weege, the multi-camera Night Court centers on the unapologetic optimist judge Abby Stone, daughter of the late Harry Stone, who follows in her father’s footsteps as she presides over the night shift of a Manhattan arraignment court and tries to bring order to its crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (Larroquette).

The original Night Court, which aired on NBC for nine seasons from 1984-92 and earned three Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy nominations, followed the proceedings during the night shift of a Manhattan municipal court,...

Editors Note: Earlier this week, Prentice Penny, showrunner of HBO’s Insecure, wrote a guest column this week for Deadline reflecting on the recent string of high-profile comedy series pulling older episodes featuring blackface scenes. In it, he wrote about Hollywood’s “sliding scale” that made it possible for so many episodes of so many series to make it through all layers of approval to the air with the offensive material. He called upon peers to “be uncomfortable and accountable,” urging them to make 60% of their shows’ staffs on every level people of color. The column received a strong response and opened a conversation. After we published it, black-ish executive producer Gail Lerner, a veteran comedy writer-producer and friend of Penny’s, reached out with her own response, sharing her internal struggle over an old TV episode featuring a blackface-related gag she was involved with, while offering her own plan...

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I know everybody loves The Good Doctor, but I'm not a fan. Still, I read all the reviews because that's my job.

I was shocked to learn that not only has Will Yun Lee been extraordinarily busy with Netflix's Altered Carbon (He was the best part of the series for me), he's also now taken up residence on The Good Doc.

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That's worrisome for me since he is also...

Donald Trump’s Worst Week started this morning with an Associated Press report in which more than 20 former crew, editors and contestants on NBC’s reality series The Apprentice claimed the show star rated female contestants based on breast size and the degree to which he would like to have sex with them. But the report got lost in the crush of reports about Trump that came out today and dominated the TV News cycle. Among them, WaPo broke the news New York Attorney…...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Night Of, Preacher, Zoo and Mr. Robot!

1 | Boy/Girl Meets World fans, given the parallels between Cory and Riley’s experiences at Mount Sun Lodge, was there ever any doubt this wannabe sherpa was Lauren’s son?

2 | Was it any surprise — any surprise at all — that the fiancé on Killjoys turned out to be a bad guy? Also, how good were Luke Macfarlane/D’Av and Rob Stewart/Khylen at swapping characters?...

FX’s Fargo this Monday night put a tidy-ish bow on its stellar second season — no small feat, given that when last we tuned in a bona fide UFO had descended upon the site of an epically bloody melee.

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Having yet again dodged death, Peggy and Ed Blumquist (played by Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons) sought safe harbor from Hanzee (Zahn McClarnon) in a supermarket, with Minnesota trooper Lou Solverson (Patrick Wilson) close on their heels. Alas, “The Indian” had put a bullet in Ed during the preceding foot chase, leaving “The Butcher...

NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt joked during an appearance at the National Hispanic Media Coalition’s 4th annual MediaCon Thursday about his network’s dust-up with Donald Trump. Greenblatt participated in a keynote Q&A with Nhmc president Alex Nogales at the conference, an annual event designed to advance the image and careers of Latinos in media. Nhmc executive vice president Jessica Gonzalez introduced Greenblatt, praising him for cutting ties with Trump in response to remarks the Republican presidential candidate made about Mexican immigrants during his campaign-announcement speech. Gonzalez also praised Univision, Macy’s and other Trump-dumping companies. Also read:...

Espn is the latest company to distance itself from Donald Trump. The network will move its Espy Celebrity Golf Classic on July 14 from Trump National Golf Club to Pelican Hill Golf Club, it announced on Monday. During his presidential launch speech, the real estate mogul referred to Mexican immigrants as “rapists” who bring crime and drugs into the United States, sparking a firestorm of backlash. Espn’s event will benefit cancer research for minority populations including Hispanics, prompting the company to rethink the suitability of Trump’s location for such a cause. Also Read: Donald Trump's Worst Week Ever: From NBC Breakup to Reelz'.

Donald Trump appears to have deleted a tweet he quoted that made questionable comments about Jeb Bush and his wife. On July 4th, Trump quoted another users tweet which claimed to know why Bush likes “Mexican illegals.” The tweet appeared to be live for 24 hours before Trump deleted it. Bush’s wife, Columbia, is Mexican. Also Read: Donald Trump's Worst Week Ever: From NBC Breakup to Reelz' $100K Miss USA Fire Sale Price Bush responded to Trump’s comments about Mexican immigrants being rapists and drug lords over the weekend. “I don’t think he represents the Republican Party,...

Count Nascar among the organizations to race away from Donald Trump over his controversial remarks about Mexican immigrants. The motorsports series has decided not to hold its season-ending awards ceremonies at the Trump National Doral Miami resort, NBC News reports. Nascar spokesman David Higdon made the announcement Friday, citing concern from sponsors and partners. Also Read: Donald Trump's Worst Week Ever: From NBC Breakup to Reelz' $100K Miss USA Fire Sale Price “We looked at everything we saw coming down and what we heard from our sponsors and our partners and what we feel we should be doing, and that’s what led us.

Even as the NFL sought to put fans’ focus back on the field Sunday, an 11th-hour roster move has left one of its stars, Greg Hardy, sidelined while he appeals a domestic violence conviction. In deactivating the standout linebacker just two hours before their home opener against the Detroit Lions, the Carolina Panthers reversed their earlier decision to let him play while his case is ongoing. Also read: NFL's Best and Worst Week Ever: Here's 9 Things You May Have Missed During Ray Rice Scandal The move comes just a week after the National Football League's handling of a domestic violence case.

Chris Brown had advice for the former Baltimore Ravens running back who has been the target of worldwide scorn since a graphic video was released Monday showing him punching his then-fiancee Janay Palmer in the face while riding in an Atlantic City elevator. Also read: NFL's Best and Worst Week Ever: Here's 9 Things You May Have Missed During Ray Rice Scandal “To Ray, or anybody else — because I'm not better than the next man — I can just say I've been down that road,” Brown told MTV News‘ Sway Calloway on Thursday. “I deal with situations and I've made my...

Welcome to primetime football, CBS. CBS and the NFL Network's debut broadcast of ”Thursday Night Football” soared 108 percent in ratings from last year's comparable game, which was only available on the NFL Network. This time around, with the Pittsburgh-Baltimore game, the new duo scored an overnight household rating/share of 13.7/23 in the 56 metered markets. Last year, the N.Y. Jets-New England matchup earned a 6.6/12. Also read: NFL's Best and Worst Week Ever: Here's 9 Things You May Have Missed During Ray Rice Scandal Overall, Thursday night's primetime programming on CBS and NFL Network from 8 p.m.-11 p.m. averaged a household rating/share of 12.9/22, which.

Never begin a relationship with a lie.  That's not wisdom I got from watching ABC's new sitcom "Mixology," which actually preaches quite the opposite. "Mixology" strongly advocates that the best way to get laid involves some level of performativity or outright lying. So maybe it's appropriate, actually, that "Mixology" begins literally every episode with a lie. "This is the story of 10 strangers, one night and all the ridiculous things we do to find love," declares the opening voiceover to "Mixology." My ass. "Mixology" is as much about people on a quest for love as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is about an archeologist on a quest for snakes.  When you get down to it, "Mixology" is about 10 hateful people looking for sex, irrespective of the lack of chemistry between either the characters or the actors. Set across one night, "Mixology" is desperately invested in making you care whether or not sex will happen,...

Fox Broadcasting Company is bringing the network’s greatest moments to Twitter users via the social media platform’s advertising program, Amplify. The American Express-sponsored content represents a multi-platform collaboration, the first of its kind for scripted entertainment programming. Promotional clips from Fox’s most popular series will include “Glee,” “New Girl,” “Bones” and more. Also read: NBC, CBS Tie in Key Demo as Fox Has Worst Week Since December “We are thrilled to collaborate with American Express and Twitter to give Fox viewers access to timely content via social media that will complement and add to their TV-viewing experience,...

Quickest Turnaround: Lifetime will air “Jodi Arias: Dirty Little Secret” — a movie covering the titular character’s murder of Travis Alexander — on June 22, just a month after her conviction.

Biggest Surprise: Elementary opted not to end their first season on a cliffhanger.

Unhappiest Fans: Despite early buzz that Happy Endings would be picked up by another outlet if ABC axed the series, it’s now looking as if the show might be dead in the water.

Unkindest Cut: Only two weeks after All My Children and One Life To Live hit Hulu with new episodes airing four days a week, production company Prospect Park announced that starting Monday, the soaps will only air twice a week.

Best Showdown: Literally an entire season in the making, Calzona’s Greys Anatomy blowout was a stunner.

Worst Trend: Brian Grazer indicated that producers of the Friday Night Lights movie might ask fans to help fund the movie.

Update: I hear among the pilots remaining in serious contention are dramas Backstrom and Beverly Hills Cop and comedy Friends With Better Lives. I also gear that the serialized Hostages, which had been rumored for a midseason run, has received a 15-episode order and may air as a limited run. Previous, 2:30 Pm: CBS is going for star power — both in front and behind the camera — with its series pickups. The network has ordered projects starring Robin Williams, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anna Faris, Allison Janney, Will Arnett, Kal Penn, Tony Shalhoub, Jerry O’Connell, Toni Collette, Dylan McDermott, Josh Holloway, and Marg Helgenberger from writers/producers Chuck Lorre, Greg Garcia, David E. Kelley and Jerry Bruckheimer. Living up to the buzz that CBS has been higher on its comedy pilots than dramas this season, the network has picked up four new comedy series vs. two dramas. The comedies are two...

ABC premiered another late edition to their Wednesday comedy lineup with "Family Tools." Kyle Bornheimer portrays Jack Shea, a bumbling doofus with a good heart who returns home to take over his father's handyman business. J.K. Simmons is as crusty as ever as Jack's dad, Tony, who isn't at all keen about his son taking over the family business. But by the end of this pilot, he'd already had two heart attacks, so it was pretty clear he needed to take a step back.

Leah Remini was the mastermind behind the whole thing as Tony's little sister, Terry. After Tony's second heart attack, Terry forces him to have a heart-to-heart with his son, but Tony is a man's man meaning he doesn't really know how to.

He admits he's tougher on Jack because Jack's his son. "Yeah, that’s it. That’s all I got!" Tony said. "I’m not a shrink,...

When ABC's newest sitcom "Family Tools" premieres on Wednesday (May 1), it'll mark Leah Remini's return to network comedy after her long-running CBS hit "King of Queens" went off the air in 2007. It's also the first time Remini's worked in a single-camera series, as opposed to the traditional three-camera series filmed in front of a live audience that she's used to.

Remini tells Zap2It that working without an audience took some getting used to. "It's very depressing because you don't have people laughing, you know?" she says. "It's like all you've got to do is smile at somebody in the audience or say hello or sign a script and [they scream] and you're like, 'I love this!' You get that validation, you know?"

Silence is golden on a single-camera set, something Remini likens to a funeral. "You're not allowed to laugh, no one can make a noise when you're filming,...

The blueprint: Assemble familiar character actors into an on-screen family, then nail it to one of the last new series of the television season.

Premiering Wednesday, May 1, the ABC sitcom "Family Tools" revolves around a passing of the torch as a heart attack forces veteran handyman Tony (J.K. Simmons, "The Closer") to turn his business over to his ne'er-do-well son Jack (Kyle Bornheimer, "She's Out of My League"). Though his aunt Terry (Leah Remini, "The King of Queens") offers Jack encouragement, he has much to prove as he sets out to move the family trade forward.

"Family Tools" is based on the British show "White Van Man." Writer-producer Bobby Bowman ("Raising Hope") did the Americanization and defines that title term as a "sort of fix-it guy. The direct translation would be 'jack-of-all-trades'; that's why I named (the central character) Jack. The British version was Ollie. I don't know any Ollies.

For some unknown reason, network TV executives are convinced that Kyle Bornheimer is destined to be a huge sitcom star. In 2008 he starred in CBS' Worst Week (cancelled after 16 episodes). In 2010 he starred in ABC's Romantically Challenged (cancelled after four episodes). And in 2011, he starred in NBC's Perfect Couples (cancelled after 11 episodes).

Now he's in ABC's new comedy Family Tools, premiering Wednesday, May 1 at 8:30pm. But surely this time he'll finally break through, right?...

After having a tough week, you’d think Selena would have some sympathy for Justin. But a source tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively that Selena has good reason not to pick up her phone when he calls. Keep reading!

Justin Bieber isn’t impressing Selena Gomez with his recent behavior. The 19-year-old pop star had a tough week in London, fainting on stage, showing up late to concerts and lashing out at the paparazzi. But Selena “doesn’t find his behavior hot.”

A source close to Selena, 20, tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively, “Justin calls Selena from time to time, but she’s over him. Selena has kept an eye on Justin in the news and just laughed and laughed. She doesn’t give a s**t anymore. Justin is crazy and she doesn’t want to be his mom anymore. She feels so free and loves hanging out with her girlfriends. He...

This week may not have been so great for Justin Bieber, but, hey, it’s Friday. The week is over! Celebuzz would like to honor the end of Justin’s Worst Week Ever with a #CaptionContest dedicated to him and his gas mask. Before you add a caption in the comments below, check out yesterday’s #CaptionContest winners....Read more»...

CBS’ Partners is adding a real Workaholic to the cast.

Jillian Bell (Workaholics) has landed a recurring role on the new comedy series as Renata, the second cousin of Sophia Bush’s character, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Not only is Renata related to Bush’s Ali, she’s also employed at her jewelry store. Described as “a work-in-progress,” Renata is a bit of a personal and professional mess, who’s suffered a string of bad relationships and recently got fired from her truck stop diner job because of nerves.

Guys With Kids is adding a girl.

Childrens Hospital actress Erinn Hayes is joining the upcoming NBC comedy as a series regular.

She’ll play “Shelia,” the controlling and perfectionistic ex-wife of Chris (Jesse Bradford) who shares custody of their 9-month-old son. She’s described as ambitious attorney who “keeps Chris on a very short leash where his parenting duties are concerned.” Hayes is replacing actress Sara Rue, who had the role in the pilot (Rue is moving over to ABC’s Malibu Country).

Guys With Kids, created by Jimmy Fallon and Charlie Grandy, debuts in its regular time slot Sept.

The time to Suits up is near, as evidenced by mounting guest star news.

For one, USA Network’s sophomore drama has enlisted Law & Order: Svu alum Diane Neal to fill the guest-starring role of Allison Holt, a cocky, straight-shooting legal eagle who is hired by Pearson Hardman to defend Harvey in a lawsuit against him — and in doing so gleans that her client may not be entirely innocent of a cover-up.

TheHollywoodReporter.com first reported on the casting of Neal, who appears in the coming season’s sixth episode.

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Last Resort

According to the Official ABC Description: 500 feet beneath the ocean’s surface, the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado receive their orders. Over a radio channel, designed only to be used if their homeland has been wiped out, they’re told to fire nuclear weapons at Pakistan.

Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) demands confirmation of the orders only to be unceremoniously relieved of duty by the White House. Xo Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) finds himself suddenly in charge of the submarine and facing the same difficult decision. When he also refuses to fire without confirmation of the orders, the Colorado is targeted, fired upon, and hit. The submarine and its crew find themselves crippled on the ocean floor, declared rogue enemies of their own country. Now, with nowhere left to turn, Chaplin and Kendal take the sub on the run and bring the men and women of the Colorado to an exotic island.

CBS has officially made its new series orders for next season. The network is likely putting a pin in its plans for comedy expansion by only picking two new half-hour series, the multi-camera Partners and Friend Me. CBS also showed that it is not ready to launch its first single-camera comedy since Worst Week in 2008 by passing on Nick Stoller’s well-regarded Entry Level. The network is loading up on the drama side with four new series, the contemporary Sherlock Holmes reboot Elementary, period drama Vegas (formerly Ralph Lamb), legal drama Made In Jersey (form. Baby Big Shot) and cop drama Golden Boy. The order of four new drama series does not bode well for the network’s bubble dramas. When CBS picked up four new dramas in 2010, it killed four existing dramas, including veterans The Ghost Whisperer and Cold Case. Last year, the network picked up four new drama series and canceled three.

Gail Lerner has signed on to be the new showrunner on NBC’s single-camera comedy, Animal Practice. As the name of the series suggests, the comedy focuses on a veterinarian, played by Weeds star Justin Kirk.

Lerner most recently worked on ABC’s Happy Endings. She also worked on Will & Grace, Back to You and Worst Week.

Animal Practice was created by Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka. Executive producers include Alex Tanaka, Ravi Nandan, and Scot Armstrong as well as Anthony and Joe Russo, who are directors on the pilot.

In Animal Practice, Kirk is a off-beat doctor, who hates humans but loves animals.

Exclusive: Gail Lerner has come aboard NBC’s newly picked up comedy series Animal Practice as executive producer/showrunner. Created by feature writers Brian Gatewood and Alessandro Tanaka, Animal Practice is a single-camera office comedy centered on a “House”-like veterinarian (Justin Kirk) who loves animals but usually hates their owners (especially the new woman who runs the clinic). This marks the first executive producer/showrunner gig for Lerner, who is coming off a stint as a co-executive producer on ABC’s Happy Endings this season. On the Universal TV/American Work-produced Animal Practice, she will serve as an executive producer alongside Gatewood, Alex Tanaka, Ravi Nandan, Scot Armstrong and the pilot’s directors Anthony and Joe Russo. Lerner, repped by Vision Art’s Scott Schwartz, previously worked on Will & Grace, Back To You and Worst Week. Related: ‘Animal Practice’ To Recast Female Lead...

Why do "Bent" and leading man David Walton get no love?

In ensemble comedies, there's always one actor that manages to transform their character and inadvertently transcend the others -- even just a little. It's a totally subjective thing, but as far as I'm concerned, Monica Geller ("Friends"), Jack McFarland ("Will & Grace"), Brad Williams ("Happy Endings"), Ellie Torres ("Cougar Town") and Jay Pritchett ("Modern Family") could or can do no wrong, and they shine just a teensy bit brighter than the rest.

Aside from those characters, my new favourite is Pete Riggins, played to scene-stealing perfection by David Walton. Oh, David Walton. (If this was Twitter, the hashtag would be #swoon.) He isn't exactly sublime or particularly innovative with his performances (based on his latest series, "Bent," the criminally undervalued "Perfect Couples") and he was the one notable exception in the dismal "100 Questions." In fact, he's really a two-note pony...

CSI: Miami will be down one investigator if renewed for an eleventh season, as Eva La Rue — who currently stars in CBS’ on-the-bubble cop drama — has been cast in ABC’s Untitled Mandy Moore Project.

The half-hour comedy centers on newlyweds Annie (Moore) and Ben (Traffic Light’s Nelson Franklin), who open a restaurant in Annie’s hometown, bringing her closer to her needy and high maintenance family. La Rue will play Annie’s older sister.

The actress joins the previously cast Stockard Channing (The West Wing), Kurt Fuller (Better With You), Erinn Hayes (Worst Week) and Majandra Delfino (Roswell...

Matt Long, who played the lead in ABC’s short-lived legal drama The Deep End, is back at the network as the young male lead of period drama pilot Gilded Lilys. Also cast in the project, written/exec produced by Kj Steinberg and executive produced by Shonda Rhimes, are Army Wives co-star Brigid Brannagh and Maury Sterling (Homeland). Set in 1895, Gilded Lilys centers on the Lilys who are looking to revive their family’s fortunes by opening the most lavish hotel in New York history while their beautiful daughter Violet (Sarah Bolger), engaged to be married to a wealthy family friend, falls madly in love with charismatic lowly ship’s servant John Kidd (Long). Brannagh will play Violet’s mother Elizabeth who is married to Edwin Lily (Brían F. O’Byrne). Sterling will play the sharp-tongued valet of Edwin’s playboy brother. Long’s series credits also include an arc on Mad Men.

Hayes MacArthur and Malcolm Barrett have signed up for roles in Fox's pilot Rebounding. The comedy focuses on a man trying to move on from the death of his fiancée with the help of his basketball team. MacArthur has now signed up to play one of the team members, Deadline reports. He previously appeared in Worst Week and Perfect Couples, and his movie credits include parts in Life As We Know It and The Game Plan. He has also guest starred in shows such as Happy Endings, Whitney and How I Met Your Mother. Barrett will also appear in Rebounding as one of the members of the basketball team, (more)...

Two of your favorite actors signed on to star in network sitcom pilots tonight. We'll start with Zachary Levi. Now that Chuck is off the air, Levi is free to play the field. THR reports the former NBC star is jumping over to Fox for the single-camera comedy pilot Let It Go. Levi will play a husband who tries to "navigate, negotiate, and sometimes manipulate society’s unspoken rules." Nothing special about the premise, so we'll have to see how Fox fills out the cast. The other main roles are the wife, her sister, and Levi's best friend. DJ Nash ('Til Death) wrote the script and will executive produce along with Peter Tolan (Rescue Me) and Michael Wimer (2012). Hit the jump for details on J.K. Simmons' new pilot on ABC, White Man Van. Simmons somehow sneaked 7 seasons and 103 episodes of The Closer into the last years. I don't...

J.K. Simmons (Law & Order, Oz, The Closer) has been cast as Kyle Bornheimer’s father in the ABC comedy pilot White Van Man, TVLine has learned.

The single-camera project, which is based on the same-titled UK series, centers on a blue collar guy (Worst Week‘s Bornheimer) who is forced to put his dreams on hold in order to take over the family handyman business from his dad (Simmons).

Raising Hope writer Bobby Bowman penned the script and will serve as an Ep alongside Mark Gordon (Grey’s Anatomy).

Simmons, along with The Closer castmate Corey Reynolds, will not be...

Kyle Bornheimer has signed up for the lead role in ABC's pilot White Van Man. The comedy is based on a British series starring Will Mellor. Bornheimer will take on Mellor's role as a man forced to give up his dreams to take over his dad's handyman business, TV Line reports. Bornheimer has previously starred in shows such as Worst Week, Perfect Couples and Romantically Challenged. Mellor recently claimed (more)...

Pilot casting is starting to heat up, and several actors familiar to TV fans have landed roles. The latest:

- Jessica Lucas, one of the better things about The CW's ill-fated "Melrose Place" reboot, will return to the network for its drama pilot "Cult," from writer Rockne S. O'Bannon ("Farscape") and "Gossip Girl" executive producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage. She'll star as a production assistant on a TV show who begins to suspect some of its fans are re-creating crimes from the series. [Deadline]

- A pair of multiple Emmy winners are in talks to star in NBC's adaptation of the Britcom "Friday Night Dinner." Allison Janney and Tony Shalhoub would play the parents of two grown children who come home for a Shabbat dinner every Friday. "The Office" and "Parks and Recreation" exec producer Greg Daniels is writing it. [Vulture]

- Mandy Moore has signed on to star in a...

Pilot season veteran Kyle Bornheimer has joined the cast of ABC’s blue collar comedy White Van Man.

The Perfect Couples/Romantically Challenged/Worst Week alum will play a man who is forced to put his dreams on hold in order to take over his father’s handyman business.

White Van Man, from former My Name is Earl co-exec producer Bobby Bowman, is based on the British series by the same name. Will Mellor (BBC’s Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps) played the aforementioned role in the UK’s version.

Kyle Bornheimer — last seen in Romantically Challenged, Perfect Couples and Worst Week — will join the cast of the ABC comedy pilot White Man Van.

The single-camera project from Bobby Bowman is based on the British format White Van Man, and centers on a man who is forced to put his dreams on hold in order to take over the family handyman business from his father.

White Man Van is one of eight new comedies in development for ABC’s fall 2012 lineup. If you don’t like the sound of that one, check out these others:

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Exclusive: Kyle Bornheimer is set to star in ABC’s comedy pilot White Van Man. With him on board, the pilot, originally picked up as cast-contingent, is moving forward to production. Michael Fresco has come on board to direct. The single-camera White Van Man is a blue collar ensemble based on the British format and centers on a man (Bornheimer) who is forced to put his dreams on hold in order to take over the family handyman business from his father. The series takes its name from the UK phrase that describes the stereotype for drivers of light commercial vehicles, often self-employed or owning small businesses such as handyman services. The ABC Studios-produced adaptation of the Adrian Poynton-created original was written by Bobby Bowman who executive produces with Mark Gordon and Andrea Shay. Earlier this season, Bornheimer, along with his brother Ryan, sold a comedy pitch to ABC...

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Taking a page out of White Collar‘s book, Breakout Kings features fugitives chasing down fugitives.

The acclaimed A&E crime drama series stars Laz Alonso (Avatar) and Domenick Lombardozzi (TV’s The Wire) as two veteran U.S. Marshals who have an unorthodox approach to their work. They give four fugitives an offer: Get out of prison and track down escaped convicts in exchange for a reduced sentence. But the question is, when the team are out, will they work for their freedom or go on the run themselves?

Created by Nick Santora and Matt Olmstead (TV’s Prison Break), the television show also stars Malcolm Goodwin (Crazy On the Outside), Serinda Swan (Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief), Jimmi Simpson (Date Night) and Brooke Nevin (TV’s Worst Week).

The Breakout Kings: The Complete First...

CBS has given the pilot green light to a comedy from feature writer-director Nick Stoller (The Muppets), Chernin Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV. Stoller wrote and will direct the untitled project loosely based on his real-life experiences. It is a twenty-something ensemble comedy about a guy who gets his heart broken by his girlfriend and now has to work one cubicle away from her at an ad agency. Stoller, Katherine Pope and Peter Chernin are executive producing. This is a rare venturing into single-camera comedy for CBS, which has built its comedy success on multi-camera sitcoms. Its very few single-camera series, including Worst Week and Welcome To The Captain, have fizzled. UTA-repped Stoller, who started off on Undeclared, is a frequent collaborator with Jason Segel, star of CBS’ long-running comedy How I Met Your Mother. The two co-wrote The Muppets, and Stoller directed the Segel-penned Forgetting Sarah Marshall. This...

There's no escape when Breakout Kings comes to DVD on March 13 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Don't miss the chance to catch up on the gripping suspense, meet the provocative characters and experience the non-stop action that helped Breakout Kings Season 1, post record ratings for an original drama series on A&E.

Now renewed for its second season, Breakout Kings follows some unconventional partners working to catch convicts on the run. Driven by the fact that there are few things more dangerous than a prisoner who has just escaped and tired of following protocol, veteran U.S. Marshals Charlie DuChamp (Laz Alonso) and Ray Zancanelli (Domenick Lombardozzi) are taking an unorthodox approach to their work: using former fugitives to catch fugitives. If they agree to help, the fugitives' sentences will be reduced for each escaped convict they bring in. However, if any of them should try to escape themselves their sentences will be doubled.

Next month, a new sitcom called "Work It," about two out-of-work salesmen who dress up as women to get jobs, will make its debut on ABC. There's nothing new about the premise -- Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari covered the same ground on the early-80s sitcom "Bosom Buddies" -- and the tone isn't exactly novel either. The stars of the show, Ben Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco, are operating in the prevailing frat-boy mode perfected by Bradley Cooper and Seann William Scott.

In May, an 84-second trailer of "Work It" hit the Internet, instantly attracting more blogger rage than most shows accumulate over the course of several seasons. Gobsmacked by the very fact that "This got made! And is going to series!", The Futon Critic lambasted the show's "limp attempts at misogyny," "groan worthy madcappery" and "Mrs. Doubtfire hijinx."

The Best Week Ever blog took special umbrage at the network's...

Next month, a new sitcom called "Work It," about two out-of-work salesmen who dress up as women to get jobs, will make its debut on ABC. There's nothing new about the premise -- Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari covered the same ground on the early-80s sitcom "Bosom Buddies" -- and the tone isn't exactly novel either. The stars of the show, Ben Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco, are operating in the prevailing frat-boy mode perfected by Bradley Cooper and Seann William Scott.

In May, an 84-second trailer of "Work It" hit the Internet, instantly attracting more blogger rage than most shows accumulate over the course of several seasons. Gobsmacked by the very fact that "This got made! And is going to series!", The Futon Critic lambasted the show's "limp attempts at misogyny," "groan worthy madcappery" and "Mrs. Doubtfire hijinx."

The Best Week Ever blog took special umbrage at the network's...