CBS has touted its improvement in diversity with a number of its new slate featuring African American leads but has vowed to continue in its effort to become more representative. The network unveiled a raft of new series this morning and it was noticeably more diverse than in previous seasons. Chuck Lorre's Bob ♥ Abish…

CBS has made its first drama series orders of the season, picking up its most buzzed about pilots, supernatural drama Evil from Michelle and Robert King, Dick Wolf’s FBI: Most Wanted spinoff and legal drama All Rise (fka Courthouse) from writer Greg Spottiswood. The three series originate from three different studios…

EXCLUSIVE: Tony winners Lindsay Mendez (Carousel) and Ruthie Ann Miles (The King & I) have joined the series regular cast of CBS' legal drama pilot Courthouse, from Warner Bros. TV. Written by Greg Spottiswood and directed by Mike Robin, Courthouse pulls back the curtain on the court system. It follows the dedicated…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Luke Cage star Simone Missick is set as the lead in CBS’ legal drama pilot Courthouse, from Warner Bros. TV. Written by Greg Spottiswood and directed by Mike Robin, Courthouse pulls back the curtain on the court system. It follows the dedicated, chaotic, hopeful and sometimes absurd lives of the…

EXCLUSIVE: Former CSI, Intelligence and Under the Dome star Marg Helgenberger is returning to CBS with a co-starring role in the network’s legal drama pilot Courthouse, from Warner Bros. TV. Written by Greg Spottiswood and directed by Mike Robin, Courthouse is a show that pulls back the curtain on the court system. It…

Grimm alum Reggie Lee is set as a series regular opposite Jennifer Morrison in Under the Bridge, a CBS drama pilot from Rina Mimoun and Jerry Bruckheimer TV. Under the Bridge, penned by Mimoun and directed by Victoria Mahoney, centers on surgeon Caitlin Lanchaster (Morrison). When a scandal rocks the medical practice…

EXCLUSIVE: Daredevil alum Wilson Bethel is set as a series regular in CBS' legal drama pilot Courthouse, from writer Greg Spottiswood (Remedy) and Warner Bros. TV. Written and executive produced by Canadian writer Spottiswood and directed by Mike Robin, Courthouse is a show that pulls back the curtain on the court…

EXCLUSIVE: Taken alumna Jessica Camacho is set as a series regular in CBS’ legal drama pilot Courthouse, from writer Greg Spottiswood (Remedy) and Warner Bros. TV. Written and executive produced by Canadian writer Spottiswood and directed by Mike Robin, Courthouse is a show that pulls back the curtain on the court…

CBS has ordered three more drama pilots: The Republic of Sarah from writer Jeffrey Paul King (Elementary), James Corden’s Fulwell 73, Marc Webb and CBS TV Studios; legal drama Courthouse from writer Greg Spottiswood (Remedy) and Warner Bros. TV; and Frankenstein from writer Jason Tracey, Elementary creator Rob Doherty…