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Revenge alum Emily Alyn Lind, who has appeared in four episodes of CBS’ Code Black since the pilot, has been promoted to series regular for Season 3 of the medical drama. Lind plays Ariel Braeden. Having lost both her parents in the pilot, 14-year-old Ariel is in the process of being adopted by Dr. Leanne Rorish…

Veteran drama writer-producer David Marshall Grant has signed an overall deal with ABC Studios. Grant, who most recently was based at CBS TV Studios, will develop new projects as well as continue as executive producer on the CBS medical drama series Code Black, which is produced by ABC Studios in association with CBS…

For a second straight year, CBS medical drama Code Black has scored a last-minute renewal. The series, a co-production between ABC Studios and CBS TV Studios, has had an internal support at CBS whose executives have liked it creatively, and the show’s Season 3 pitch was well received I hear. CBS had reportedly been…

CBS this morning gave early renewals to 11 returning and five freshman series. Those that are staying on the bubble after not making the list include several veterans — dramas Elementary and Criminal Minds, comedy 2 Broke Girls and reality stalwart The Amazing Race. Also in limbo are third-year comedy The Odd Couple,…

It was a full house of originals on the Big 4 and the CW last night, with several shows making their returns after several weeks of encores — one reaching a very high standard and another wrapping its current season. The latter is CBS' Code Black (0.9/3), which saw its second season come to an infected end. And that…

There was no President Donald Trump in primetime on the Big 4 last night and NBC and ABC were all encores, but the end of the world still found a way to make it back to the small screen. Specifically that was with the return of The 100 (0.4/2) for its fourth season on the CW on a new night. However, on a night of far…

One week deeper into 2017, last night looked a lot like the Wednesday before ratingswise, with most shows on the Big 4 and the CW even or steady. The most notable change of the night came with Star (1.4/5), with the Lee Daniels co-created series declining 13% among adults 18-49 compared with its regular time-slot…

CBS has picked up six episodes each from new comedy series Man With a Plan and The Great Indoors, bringing their freshman seasons to 19 episodes. Additionally, the network has ordered three more episodes of Code Black, bringing its sophomore season to 16 episodes. The back orders for Man With a Plan, starring Matt…

Benched and Better Off Ted alum Jay Harrington has booked a key recurring role on the second season of CBS' medical drama series Code Black. He will play the brilliant Dr. Leo Fields, the most respected neurosurgeon in Los Angeles who’s forced to operate on one of the show’s major characters. Harrington joins new Code…

Snapshot updated with finals: New series Week 2, all drops under 20%: Lethal Weapon (2.0, in 18-49, down 9%, adjusted up from 1.9 in the fast nationals, 7.1 million) Designated Survivor (1.8, down 18%, 7.9 million), Speechless (1.8, down 10%, 6.4 million); Returning series all down from their premieres with the excepti…

The military high-and-tight hairstyle Rob Lowe sported on his recent Comedy Central Roast suddenly makes sense: The ‘do suits his new Code Black character Col. Ethan Willis, who we get a first look at in this new trailer. In Season 2 of the CBS medical drama, Lowe’s Willis is a doc in the Combat Casualty Care research…

Kathleen Rose Perkins (Episodes) has booked a major recurring role on the second season of CBS' medical drama series Code Black. She will play Amanda Nolan, a formidable psychiatrist at Angels Memorial. Perkins joins new Code Black regular Rob Lowe and major recurring players Noah Gray-Cabey, Emily Tyra and Nafessa…