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Morgan Spector Joins ABC Pilot ‘Broad Squad’; Riley Smith Cast In ‘Studio City’

Five days after NBC pulled Allegiance, the series’ co-star Morgan Spector has landed a new series regular gig: a male lead role in ABC's period female-cop procedural drama pilot Broad Squad, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Coky Giedroyc. A fictionalized account of the graduating class of Boston's first female…

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Lauren Ambrose To Star In ABC’s ‘Broad Squad’; Michael Gaston, Others Also Cast

ABC has set the four leads in its period female-cop procedural drama pilot Broad Squad, with the last one going to Lauren Ambrose, currently seen in USA’s limited series DIG. Also cast in the pilot, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Coky Giedroyc, are Michael Gaston (The Mentalist), Kenneth Mitchell (Jericho) and…

‘True Blood’s Rutina Wesley To Star In ‘Broad Squad’, More ABC Pilots Add Cast

Rutina Wesley, coming off playing Sookie’s best friend Tara on True Blood for seven seasons, has been cast as one of the four leads in ABC's period female-cop procedural drama pilot Broad Squad, written by Bess Wohl and directed by Coky Giedroyc. A fictionalized account of the graduating class of Boston's first…

Luis Guzman To Star In CBS’ ‘Code Black’; Cody Horn In ABC’s ‘Broad Squad’

Veteran Luis Guzman is set as a lead opposite Maggie Grace in CBS pilot Code Black, a medical drama written by Michael Seitzman and directed by David Semel for ABC Studios. Based on Ryan McGarry's feature documentary of the same name, the show is set in the busiest and most notorious ER in the nation and revolves…

Stacey Farber To Star In ‘Take It From Us’, Charlotte Spencer In ‘Broad Squad’

Stacey Farber, best known for her role on the hit Canadian series Degrassi: The Next Generation, has been cast as the female lead in the NBC comedy pilot Take It From Us, from Greg Malins, Barry Schwartz and Sony TV. The multi-camera/hybrid project, described as a love story told in flashbacks in 1990s New York, is…

Michael M. Robin To Helm ‘The Advocate’; Two Other ABC Drama Pilots Set Directors

Veteran pilot director Michael M. Robin has been tapped to helm the ABC drama pilot The Advocate, from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein's Vendetta Prods. and Warner Bros TV. Two British TV directors have been hired on other ABC drama pilots: Tom Shankland (Ripper Street) for LA Crime and Coky Giedroyc (The Hour) for B…

ABC Nabs 1970s Female Cop Drama From Fake Empire & Kapital Entertainment As Put Pilot

In their first collaboration, Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage’s Fake Empire has teamed with Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment for Broad Squad, a period female cop procedural, which has received a put pilot commitment from ABC. ABC Studios, where Fake Empire is under a deal, is producing. Set in 1978, the series…