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The Sopranos alum Michael Imperioli has been cast opposite Zach Braff in ABC’s untitled single-camera startup comedy pilot (formerly known as Start Up) toplined and directed by the Scrubs star. It hails from Sony TV and studio-based Davis Entertainment. Written by Tarses, the comedy is based on Alex…

For the first time since California in 2015 implemented a new $330 million-a-year tax credit program to stem runaway production, the state is seeing a drop in the number of broadcast drama pilots this season with 7 shows, down from last year’s 11. Following the dismal all-time low of 5 broadcast drama pilots in 2014…

Tiya Sircar (The Good Place) has landed a series-regular role opposite Zach Braff in ABC comedy pilot Start Up, from Sony TV and Davis Entertainment. Written by Matt Tarses based on Alex Blumberg's podcast, Start Up is about all the things that happen — the good, the bad and the ugly — when Alex (Braff), a guy in his…

ABC has given pilot orders to two of its highest-profile comedy projects, Start Up, toplined and directed by Scrubs star Zach Braff, which had a put pilot commitment, and an untitled half-hour about a hip-hop artist-turned-mayor from writer Jeremy Bronson (Late Night with Jimmy Fallon) and Hamilton co-star Daveed Diggs…

EXCLUSIVE: Scrubs star Zach Braff is returning to series television and to ABC as the star of Start Up, a single-camera comedy, which has received a put pilot commitment. Braff, who also is set to direct, is reuniting with Scrubs co-executive producer Matt Tarses on the Sony TV/Davis Entertainment project, which ABC…

The Walking Dead alum Jose Pablo Cantillo has booked a series regular role in Taken, NBC's straight-to-series adaptation of the movie franchise. Written and executive produced by Alex Cary, who serves as showrunner, Taken is a modern-day prequel to the film franchise that depicts how Bryan Mills (Clive Standen)…

Irish actor David Wilmot (71, Calvary, Shadow Dancer) has signed on for a regular role on the fourth season of Starz’s Treasure Island prequel series Black Sails. He will play bounty hunter Israel Hands. Season 3 premiered last week, picking up in the wake of the destruction of Charles Town, with the world in fear of…

Sony’s Crackle is expanding its scripted programming slate with a 10-episode order of drama series Start Up, starring Martin Freeman (Fargo), Adam Brody (CHiPs), Edi Gathegi and Otmara Marrero. The hourlong series explores what happens when a brilliant, yet controversial tech idea gets incubated on the wrong side of…