Brian Stokes Mitchell and Sheryl Lee Ralph have signed on for series regular roles in CBS comedy pilot Fam, from writer Corinne Kingsbury (The Newsroom), Kapital Entertainment and CBS TV Studios. Written by Kingsbury, Fam is about a woman's younger half-sister who comes to live with her and her fiancé to escape their…

Brian Stokes Mitchell is set for a series-regular role opposite Noah Wyle in Perfect Citizen, CBS' legal drama pilot from The Good Wife executive producer Craig Turk. Written/executive produced by Turk and directed/exec produced by Paris Barclay, Perfect Citizen centers on Deck (Wyle), the former general counsel for…

UPDATE, Friday AM: Tributes are raining down like tears in memory of B.B. King,  the all-time greatest of cats, who departed from Las Vegas to the Heaviside Layer yesterday at the age of 89. I expect an especially emotional gathering at King’s Times Square outpost, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill and the Lucille Café…

EXCLUSIVE: The famed safe-house for developing theater writers will honor multiple Tony Award nominee (and winner for Kiss Me, Kate) and Actors Fund board chair Brian Stokes Mitchell with its 2015 Distinguished Achievement Award, to be presented at New Dramatists’ 66th Annual Spring Luncheon on May 14 in New York. The…