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There’s a line in the pilot of NBC’s new comedy series I Feel Bad where the show’s working mom and boss Emet, played by Sarayu Blue, asks her millennial staff “Am I still do-able?” One TCA reporter remarked to series EPs Aseem Batra and Amy Poehler that the line is in “the wrong time, wrong place” in the current…

Nicole Parker (MADtv) is set for a lead role opposite Devere Young and John Gemberling in NBC comedy pilot Friends-In-Law, from The McCarthys creator Brian Gallivan and Warner Bros. TV. Written by Gallivan, Friends-In-Law centers on Brian (Rogers) and Jake (tbd) who are polar opposites and must quickly figure out how…

UPDATED with Isabella Russo casting: Former Reign star Rachel Skarsten has booked a series regular role in ABC drama pilot For Love, from writer Michael Cooney, producer Kim Moses and ABC Studios.  In addition, Isabella Russo also is cast as a regular in the drama written by Cooney and directed by John Dahl.  For Love…

Sarayu Blue (the CW’s No Tomorrow) has landed the lead in NBC‘s half-hour single-camera from comedy Aseem Batra, Amy Poehler, Julie Anne Robinson and Universal TV. Paul Adelstein (Scandal) has been tapped as male lead opposite Blue in the pilot, written by Batra and directed by Robinson. The untitled comedy, inspired…

NBC has given a pilot order to a half-hour single-camera from comedy Aseem Batra (Marlon), Amy Poehler, Julie Anne Robinson and Universal TV, where Batra, Poehler and Robinson are under overall deals. Written by Batra, the untitled comedy, inspired by Orli Auslander’s book I Feel Bad: All Day. Every Day. About Everythi…

Claire van der Boom (Love Is Now) has booked a regular role on NBC’s drama pilot Game Of Silence. Based on a Turkish format and directed by Niels Arden Oplev, Game Of Silence centers on Jackson (Lyons), a rising attorney on the brink of success who could lose his perfectly crafted life when his long-lost childhood…

Hello Ladies‘ Christine Woods is set as the female lead opposite Michael Cassidy in NBC's untitled pilot written by Aseem Batra and directed by Betsy Thomas. The politically incorrect office comedy centers on best friends Dale (Cassidy) and Georgie (Woods) whose relationship is upended when he starts dating the…

NBC is adding a new comedy voice to its pilot slate, giving a green light to an untitled multi-camera comedy from Aseem Batra (Animal Practice). This marks the first pilot order for writer-actress Batra, who has been under an overall deal at Universal TV. Written by Batra, the untitled project is a politically…