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After flipping the switch overnight from lighter procedurals like Rizzoli & Isles to dark serialized dramas like Animal Kingdom and Good Behavior under Kevin Reilly, TNT will gradually bring back procedurals and lighter fare, Reilly said at TCA on Sunday. The plan is to reintroduce a procedural drama on the network in…

TBS renewed two of its new comedies, Angie Tribeca and Detour, for a second season before they had premiered. As a result of the early pickups, both will air two 10-episode seasons in 2016. For Angie Tribeca, it will be less than six months between the premieres of Season 1 (January 17) and Season 2 (June 6). During th…

EXCLUSIVE: Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired North American rights to Detour, the twisty new thriller from writer/director Christopher Smith (Severance, Black Death) that world premiered last month at the Tribeca Film Festival. Detour stars Tye Sheridan (Mud, The Tree of Life), Emory…

In The Flow star Affion Crockett has been cast as a series regular in Fox’s single camera comedy pilot Detour, from 20th Century Fox TV. Inspired by the real-life story of Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo, Detour centers on Michael Sturges (Ben Aldridge), a charming rock star who, unable to rationalize his success…

Peter Gallagher and Olivia Thirlby will co-star opposite Ben Aldridge in Fox's single-camera comedy pilot Detour, from 20th Century Fox TV. Inspired by the real-life story of Weezer lead singer Rivers Cuomo, Detour centers on Michael Sturges (Aldridge), a charming rock star who made the unexpected choice at age 30 to…

In his first U.S. pilot gig, British actor Ben Aldridge has landed the lead in Fox's single-camera comedy pilot Detour, from 20th Century Fox TV. Also cast in the pilot, written by Psych creator Steve Franks and directed by The Wedding Ringer’s Jeremy Garelick, is Joey Morgan. Inspired by the real-life story of Weezer…

Charlie McDowell, coming off a strong feature directorial debut with indie romantic comedy The One I Love, will make his TV helming debut with HBO’s untitled Sarah Silverman comedy pilot. Written by Secret Diary Of A Call Girl creator Lucy Prebble, the project is described as a comic look at a pathologically honest…

Two high-profile Fox comedy projects have received pilot orders: Fantasy Life, starring Entourage alum Kevin Connolly, and DeTour, from Psych creator Steve Franks and Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo. Both come from Fox sibling 20th Century Fox TV and had put pilot commitments. The multi-camera/hybrid Fantasy Life was…

Psych creator Steve Franks has teamed with rock musician Rivers Cuomo for DeTour, a single-camera comedy inspired by the Weezer frontman’s real-life experiences. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, has landed at Fox with a put pilot commitment. DeTour centers on a thirtysomething rock star who, unable to…