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Jean Smart has joined the cast of HBO’s Watchmen as a series regular. Written by Damon Lindelof based on characters from DC, Watchmen is considered a dark satirical and dystopian take on the superhero genre. Set in an alternate history where "superheroes" are treated as outlaws, Watchmen embraces the nostalgia of the…

Jean Smart has signed on for a key recurring role opposite Connie Britton and Eric Bana in Dirty John, Bravo’s upcoming true-crime anthology series from Universal Cable Productions, Los Angeles Times Studios and Atlas Entertainment. Written by Chance co-creator Alexandra Cunningham, Dirty John is based on the articles…

Downton Abbey heartthrob Dan Stevens is returning to television as a superhero, signing on for the title role in Legion, FX's X-Men-universe pilot from Fargo creator Noah Hawley. Co-starring in the pilot, from Marvel TV and FX Prods., are Aubrey Plaza and Jean Smart, joining previously cast Rachel Keller. Legion…

EXCLUSIVE: Jean Smart has become a late addition to NBC‘s untitled Craig Robinson comedy pilot. She replaces Jane Adams who exited after the table read last week. The single-camera comedy is executive produced by Greg Daniels and Owen Ellickson, who wrote the script. It centers on a rough-edged musician Craig…

Jean Smart, who had been pursued for multiple comedy pilots this season, is set to co-star opposite Portia de Rossi in ABC’s dueling sisters single-camera comedy pilot The Smart One. (Maybe the title spoke to her — it had her name written all over it, literally). The project, written by Don Todd, centers on a…

Mark Valley is reuniting with David E. Kelley. The former Boston Legal regular, who most recently starred on Fox’s action drama Human Target before it got the ax last season, has landed a series-regular role in Kelley’s Harry’s Law on NBC. The deal has just closed, and he’s scheduled to begin the new gig on the Warner…

 Jean Smart is set to star in NBC’s untitled Dan Goor pilot. The multicamera comedy, from BermanBraun, UMS and writer-exec producer Dan Goor, centers on Adam Foote, a young doctor who joins his parents' medical practice and spends as much time tending to his family as to his patients. Smart will play Adam’s doting…