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Katey Sagal has signed on for the title role in  Rebel, a drama inspired by the life of activist Erin Brockovich today, which has received a pilot order at ABC. Executive produced by Brockovich, Rebel hails from Grey's Anatomy and Station 19 executive producer/showrunner Krista Vernoff, Davis Entertainment, Sony…

ABC’s The Conners is getting political, with help from guest star Katey Sagal. The comedy is set to broadcast a live episode on Tuesday, February 11, the night of the New Hampshire Primary, ABC announced today as part of the TCA Winter Press Tour. In recognition of the nation’s first primary of the 2020 political…

Josh Cooke (Grace and Frankie) is set as the male lead lead opposite Katey Sagal in Nana, a multi-cam/hybrid starring and co-executive produced by Sons of Anarchy alum Sagal. The project also hails from writer Lon Zimmet, Ted Melfi and Kimberly Quinn's Goldenlight Films, Alcon Entertainment, 20th Century Fox TV and ABC…

ABC has ordered two comedy pilots – Nana, a multi-cam hybrid starring and co-executive produced by Sons of Anarchy alum Katey Sagal, from writer Lon Zimmet, Ted Melfi and Kimberly Quinn’s Goldenlight Films, Alcon Entertainment, 20th Century Fox TV and ABC Studios; and an untitled multi-camera family pastors comedy…

Sons of Anarchy alumna Katey Sagal and Freddie Stroma (UnReal) are set for recurring roles on Grand Hotel, ABC's drama series executive produced by Eva Longoria. Written by Brian Tanen based on a Spanish format, Grand Hotel is a soapy drama set against the backdrop of a Miami Beach hotel, centering on the family who…

It’s official — CBS is not picking up a third season of Superior Donuts, its multi-camera workplace comedy starring Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsch. After a decent ratings start last spring, goosed by a plum lead-in from The Big Bang Theory, Superior Donuts was renewed for a second season with some casting changes…

Creators of CBS’ new sitcom Superior Donuts did not dispute one TV critic’s suggestion at TCA that the network will spend zero time marketing its impressive pedigreee: adaptation of Broadway play of same name by a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright (Tracy Letts). Judd Hirsch plays a ’60s radical who now owns a donut…

Katey Sagal has been cast opposite Jermaine Fowler and Judd Hirsch in CBS' multi-camera comedy pilot Superior Donuts. After the upfronts, CBS ordered a new pilot for the project for midseason consideration, recasting several parts. While the role that Sagal will play is regular, she was cast as a guest star as for…

Katey Sagal and Brad Garrett are among the stars who will be seen in early episodes of NBC’s new ensemble series This Is Us. And, Gerald McRaney, seen in the pilot, will be back, based on very favorable reaction to his appearance, executive producer/showrunner Dan Fogelman beamed at TCA. The unusual show format, which…

Jack McBrayer and Katey Sagal are joining The Big Bang Theory, it was announced today at a Comic-Con panel of the hit CBS/WBTV show’s writers. They will play, respectively, Penny’s brother and mother. "We are finally going to meet more of Penny's family," EP Steve Molaro said. "We're going to be meeting Penny's mom…

ATX Television Festival will host a conversation with Kurt Sutter and Katey Sagal at the upcoming event which runs June 9-12 in Austin, TX. Organizers say the talk with the husband-and-wife duo will take an in-depth look at both of their careers and their collaboration on such shows as Sons of Anarchy and Bastard Execu…

Sons of Anarchy alum Katey Sagal has joined the cast of ABC's three-hour remake of Dirty Dancing. She will play “bungalow bunny” Vivian Pressman, a former beauty queen who likes to seduce younger male staff members like Johnny (Colt Prattes) at the Kellerman resort. Recently divorced and fabulously wealthy, Vivian…