Adam Goldberg has been cast in recurring role as Simon Hayes, the techie billionaire Simon Hayes who may or may not be owner of the God Account on CBS series God Friended Me, EP Bryan Wynbrandt announced Wednesday at TCA. God Friended Me stars Brandon Micheal Hall as an outspoken atheist who receives a “friend&#8221…

CBS’s new series God Friended Me is not Highway to Heaven or Touched By Angel, executive producers wanted to make very clear to TV critics at TCA. That, though both NBC’s Highway and CBS’s Touched were quite successful long-running series. Both those shows featured angels; this series does not. “There is nothing…

ABC has officially pulled the plug on its once-promising new comedy series The Mayor. The series was unofficially canceled early this year when it was scheduled to return from hiatus, but the network pulled the remaining four episodes, airing Modern Family reruns in its Tuesday 9:30 PM slot instead. The Mayor was…

Brandon Micheal Hall, the breakout star of the ABC freshman comedy series The Mayor, has been tapped as the lead in CBS’ light hourlong procedural pilot God Friended Me, from Alcatraz co-creators Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, director Marcos Siega, Greg Berlanti's Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. TV. The Mayo…

The Odd Couple co-star Yvette Nicole Brown has been cast opposite Brandon Micheal Hall and Lea Michele  in ABC's untitled City Mayor comedy pilot, produced by Hamilton standout Daveed Diggs. Brown’s casting is in second position to the CBS sitcom, which did not get a Season 3 back order and is on the bubble, with its…

ABC’s untitled City Mayor comedy pilot, from Jeremy Bronson (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and Hamilton co-star Daveed Diggs, has set Search Party‘s Brandon Micheal Hall to play the lead. The casting was done in conjunction with the formal pilot green light for the single-camera comedy yesterday as the project had a…