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EXCLUSIVE: Castle alumna Tamala Jones is returning to ABC with a series regular opposite Katey Sagal in Rebel, ABC's drama pilot inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich. Additionally, Jones just booked a recurring role on the new Fox series 911: Lone Star, playing Det. Washington, a detective investigating an…

EXCLUSIVE: The ABC pilot thirtysomething(else) has assembled the new generation of thirtysomethings. Auden Thornton (This Is Us) has been cast as a lead opposite Odette Annable, Chris Wood and Patrick Fugit in the sequel to Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick's beloved 1987-91 drama series. Thornton will play Brittany…

The CBS crime drama lineup took the latest Friday night demo wars, posting an 0.7 across the board and helping the eye network to a victory based on audience totals. Fox’s two-hour WWE Friday Night SmackDown had the same demo score of 0.7, but trailed in overall audience, giving the decision to CBS. For CBS, MacGyver…

EXCLUSIVE: Patrick Fugit (Outcast) is set as a lead opposite Odette Annable and Chris Wood in the ABC pilot thirtysomething(else), a sequel to Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick's beloved 1987-91 drama series, playing grown-up Ethan Weston. Written by Herskovitz and Zwick and to be directed by Zwick, thirtysomething(else…

ABC has handed out a pilot pickup to Adopted, a single-camera comedy co-written and executive produced by Jimmy Kimmel. It hails from ABC Studios and Kimmelot, Kimmel’s joint venture with Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment. Written and executive produced by Kimmel and The Green Beret's Guide to Surviving the A…

That ’70s Show alum Topher Grace is returning to network comedy as a star of Home Economics, ABC’s single-camera family comedy pilot from writers Michael Colton and John Aboud, the Tannenbaum Co., Lionsgate TV and ABC Studios. Grace, who also will executive produce Home Economics, was among the sought after actors…

EXCLUSIVE: James Lesure has been cast as a series regular opposite Katey Sagal in Rebel, ABC's drama pilot inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich. Executive produced by Brockovich, Rebel hails from Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, Davis Entertainment, Sony Pictures…

Dedee Pfeiffer is set to co-star in The Big Sky, ABC's straight-to-series drama created and executive produced by David E. Kelley. The project, based on The Highway, the first book in C.J. Box's Cassie Dewell series of novels, hails from A+E Studios, which will produce in association with 20th Century Fox Television…

ABC has given a pilot order to Home Economics, a single-camera family comedy from writers Michael Colton and John Aboud (Penguins Of Madagascar), Lionsgate TV and Eric and Kim Tannenbaum’s studio-based Tannenbaum Company. Written by Colton and Aboud, Home Economics is about three adult siblings: one in the 1 percent…

EXCLUSIVE: John Corbett is set as a male lead opposite Katey Sagal in Rebel, ABC’s drama pilot inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich. Executive produced by Brockovich, Rebel hails from Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, Davis Entertainment, Sony Pictures TV and ABC…

John Carroll Lynch (American Horror Story) is set to co-star in The Big Sky, ABC’s straight-to-series drama created and executive produced by David E. Kelley. The project, based on The Highway, the first book in C.J. Box's Cassie Dewell series of novels, hails from A+E Studios, which will produce in association with…

SPOILER ALERT: This story includes details about tonight’s live, politically themed episode of The Conners on ABC — the 8 PM East Coast version & the more recent West Coast version that both incorporate the New Hampshire Primary. UPDATE, 8:50 PM PT: The second verse was not quite the same as the first for ABC's The Con…