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TBS has made it official, confirming that it has opted not to renew multi-camera comedy series Ground Floor for a third season. The decision formally frees up the romantic comedy’s cast, including stars Skylar Astin and Briga Heelan. Astin already had been fielding a slew of broadcast pilot offers and is in final…

TBS has picked up a 10-episode second season of multi-camera comedy Ground Floor, created by Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins and starring Skylar Astin and Briga Heelan. The renewal extends TBS’ streak of renewing its freshman series, which includes sitcoms Men at Work and Sullivan & Son and reality comedy King of the Ner…

TBS‘ new original comedy series Ground Floor premiered Thursday night with 1.6 million viewers, including 918,000 adults 18-49. This is an unspectacular ratings start for the workplace romantic comedy, given its auspices. Scrubs and Cougar Town creator Bill Lawrence wrote the sitcom with former Friends and How I Met Yo…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedy veteran Jeff Astrof (Grounded For Life) has been tapped as executive producer/showrunner of TBS’ new comedy series Ground Floor, from Bill Lawrence’s Doozer and Warner Horizon. Additionally, Astrof has signed a two-script development deal with Warner Bros. TV. Ground Floor, which Cougar Town…

EXCLUSIVE: The week keeps getting better for Bill Lawrence. After getting a series pickup at Fox for Surviving Jack on Wednesday and at NBC for Undateable earlier this morning, he also just received a series order for comedy pilot Ground Floor at TBS, which recently renewed his Cougar Town. Ground Floor, which the Scru…

Among recent TV castings, Pitch Perfect‘s Alexis Knapp was set to co-star in TBS’ comedy pilot Ground Floor, from Bill Lawrence and Greg Malins, which is toplined by another Pitch Perfect cast member, Skylar Astin, and Briga Heelan. She plays Tori, a sexy co-worker of Jennifer (Heelan) who hits the clubs at night and…

British actor J.J. Feild (Captain America: The First Avenger) has been cast in AMC's pilot Turn. Written by Craig Silverstein based on the book Washington's Spies and directed by Rupert Wyatt, Turn is set in the summer of 1778 and tells the story of New York farmer Abe Woodhull (Jamie Bell), who bands together with a…

Mike Colter has been added to the cast in CBS' drama pilot Surgeon General. which centers on Dr. John Sherman (Jason Isaacs), the most powerful doctor in the nation, the Surgeon General, who has 315 million patients. Colter, repped by Gersh, plays Dr. McCallan, the epidemiologist on Sherman's staff. He recurs on The Go…

TBS is close to locking in the leads of comedy pilot Ground Floor. Skylar Astin is in negotiations and Briga Heelan is set to star in the project, written by Lawrence and Greg Malins and directed by Gail Mancuso. Ground Floor, from Warner Horizon, is set in the world of corporate America and takes the Romeo and Juliet…

EXCLUSIVE: John C. McGinley, who played the acerbic Dr. Cox on Scrubs, is set to play a boss on Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence‘s new workplace comedy, multi-camera comedy pilot Ground Floor at TBS. Written by Lawrence and Greg Malins and directed by Gail Mancuso, Ground Floor is set in the world of corporate America and…