If ever there was an expedient excuse to cite the proverb "the more things change the more they stay the same," the broadcast networks’ 2019-2020 fall schedule is such an occasion now that the annual hoopla of the upfronts are over. Gotham is gone on Fox, but Gotham City is swinging back to the small screen with the…

As usual, NBC has kicked off its pickups of new series with orders to pilots from its sister studio Universal Television. The network has picked up to series Memphis legal drama Bluff City Law, starring Jimmy Smits, from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris and producer David Janollari; and Queens immigrant comedy Sunnysid…

EXCLUSIVE: MaameYaa Boafo is set as a series regular opposite Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in NBC's legal drama pilot Bluff City Law (working title) from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Janollari, Michael Aguilar and Universal TV. Co-created by Georgaris and Aguilar and written by Georgaris, Bluff City Law is…

EXCLUSIVE: Jayne Atkinson (House of Cards) is set as a lead opposite Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in NBC's legal drama pilot Bluff City Law (working title) from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Janollari, Michael Aguilar and Universal TV. Co-created by Georgaris and Aguilar and written by Georgaris, Bluff City…

The First alum Keiko Agena has booked a series-regular role in Fox's crime drama pilot Prodigal Son. Written by Feder and Sklaver and directed by Lee Toland Krieger, Prodigal Son is described as a fresh take on a crime franchise with a provocative and outrageous lead character and darkly comedic tone. It centers on…

Barry Sloane (Six) and Michael Luwoye (Hamilton) are set to co-star opposite Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in NBC's legal drama pilot Bluff City Law (working title) from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Janollari, Michael Aguilar and Universal TV. Co-created by Georgaris and Aguilar and written by Georgaris, Blu…

Jimmy Smits has been tapped as the male lead in NBC's legal drama pilot Bluff City Law (working title) from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Janollari, Michael Aguilar and Universal TV. Co-created by Georgaris and Aguilar and written by Georgaris, Bluff City Law is a character-driven legal drama that follows…

Caitlin McGee (Grey’s Anatomy) has been cast as the female lead in NBC’s legal drama pilot Bluff City Law (working title) from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Janollari (Midnight, Texas) and Michael Aguilar (Kidding) and Universal TV. Written by Georgaris, Bluff City Law is a character-driven legal drama that…

NBC has kicked off its pilot season orders with green lights to two dramas, Prism, from Daniel and Ben Barnz's We're Not Brothers Productions, Carol Mendelsohn and Julie Weitz and Bluff City Law (working title) from The Brave creator Dean Georgaris, David Janollari (Midnight, Texas) and Michael Aguilar (Kidding)…