John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen/The Flash in the 1990s TV series, has been added to the cast of the CW/WBTV/DC pilot The Flash, which retells the story of scientist Allen (Grant Gustin) who, through a freak accident, is given the power of super speed. The producers are keeping Shipp’s recurring character a…

Constance Wu and Randall Park have been set as leads in ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Fresh Off The Boat, written/exec produced by Nahnatchka Khan and exec produced by Jake Kasadan. Based on Eddie Huang's memoir, it is set in the 1990s and revolves around a Chinese family that moves to suburban Orlando. It centers…

Childrens Hospital co-star Erinn Hayes is set as the co-lead opposite June Diane Raphael in NBC‘s comedy pilot Mason Twins. Written/executive produced by Raphael and Casey Wilson, with Stacy Traub supervising the script/exec producing, Mason Twins tells the the story of two fraternal twin sisters, estranged since high…

Role Models helmer David Wain has signed on to direct NBC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Old Soul, co-created by Amy Poehler and starring Natasha Lyonne. The Uni TV-produced project, which Poehler co-created with Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener, centers on a reformed wild child Nadia (Lyonne) who has a business caring for…

NBC has given pilot orders to two more comedies: Casey Wilson and June Diane Raphael’s Mason Twins and Ben Queen/Le Train Train’s A To Z. Single-camera Mason Twins, from ABC Studios, is written/exec produced by Wilson and Raphael and exec produced by Stacy Traub who supervised the script. Having been estranged for 15…