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EXCLUSIVE: Former Two and a Half Men executive producer/co-showrunner Jim Patterson is returning to the Chuck Lorre fold. He has joined Warner Bros TV/Chuck Lorre Prods’ multi-camera CBS comedy series B Positive as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside creator Marco Pennette. Patterson spent a decade working…

CBS has set the first airdates for scripted series from its regular fall lineup. The network this morning announced November premiere dates for 10 scripted series — dramas NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans, S.W.A.T and All Rise, and comedies Young Sheldon, The Neighborhood, Bob ♥ Abishola, new comedy B Posi…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS' new Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy series B Positive has firmed up its regular cast and has set a number of recurring players. Young actress Izzy G, who played the co-lead AJ opposite RuPaul on the Netflix comedy series AJ and the Queen, has joined the main cast as a series regular…

EXCLUSIVE: Terrence Terrell (Giants) is set as a series regular in CBS' new Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy series B Positive, headlined by Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford. Created by Pennette, B Positive is about a therapist and newly divorced dad (Middleditch) who is faced with finding a…

EXCLUSIVE: Young actress Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate) has been cast as one of the leads of CBS’ new Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy series B Positive, headlined by Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford. Jones has joined the series in a recasting; a different teen actress played the role in…

CBS on Tuesday unveiled its fall 2020 primetime schedule, which features a pair of new shows and a third in the works for midseason. The network also unveiled videos showcasing the trio, including a full trailer for its lone new comedy on the schedule B Positive. The two dramas include the Queen Latifah-toplined The Eq…

Any other year, CBS’ 2020-21 schedule would be considered very conservative, with three nights left intact and the other three undergoing only minor changes, including adding two new series, drama The Equalizer starring Queen Latifah and Chuck Lorre comedy B Positive, and holding S.W.A.T. for midseason. But in the…

CBS has picked up three new series for next season: The Equalizer reboot starring Queen Latifah, Silence of the Lambs sequel Clarice starring Rebecca Breeds; and the Chuck Lorre-Marco Pennette multi-camera comedy B Positive headlined by Thomas Middleditch and Annaleigh Ashford. The dramas have received…

This story is a followup to Pilot Season 2020 In Turmoil Due To Coronavirus As Pilots Get Pushed published Friday morning.  When the dust settled Friday night after two days of dozens of production shutdowns and postponements coming at a frantic pace amid deepening coronavirus crisis, there were just a couple…

Silicon Valley star Thomas Middleditch has been tapped as the lead in B Positive, CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot from the Mom team of Marco Pennette, Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros TV. Written by Pennette, B Positive centers on Drew (Middleditch), a newly divorced dad faced with finding a kidney donor and who is at the…

You’re the Worst alumna Kether Donohue and Sara Rue (Impastor) are set as leads opposite Annaleigh Ashford in B Positive, CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot from the Mom team of Marco Pennette, Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. TV. Written by Pennette, B Positive centers on Drew, a newly divorced dad faced with finding a…

Annaleigh Ashford has been tapped as the female lead in B Positive, CBS’ multi-camera comedy pilot from the Mom team of Marco Pennette, Chuck Lorre and Warner Bros. TV. Ashford’s casting involved a complex logistical puzzle and the will to make it happen of two top TV showrunners, Lorre and Ryan Murphy. She co-stars…