Diane Haithman contributes to Deadline’s TCA coverage. The pilot process has been a running theme at TCA since Fox's Kevin Reilly said his network plans to scrap the tradition. The question loomed large again at today's panel on the new ABC drama The Black Box. Producers were asked whether the show benefited from a…

Private Practice alum Paul Adelstein will co-star in Girlfriends' Guide To Divorce, Bravo's scripted pilot from Marti Noxon and UCP. Based on the book series by Vicki Iovine, it follows Abby (Lisa Edelsein), the famous author of a best-selling self-help book series who is hiding the fact that she's separated from her…

Laura Donnelly and Lotte Verbeek have become the latest cast additions to Starz’s Outlander, a Ron Moore series based on Diana Gabaldon's best-selling books. It follows the story of Claire Randall (Caitriona Balfe), a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743. When she is forced to…

ABC is rounding out its cast for its 13-episode drama series The Black Box. Ditch Davey (Spartacus: War Of the Damned) has signed on for the role of Dr. Marc Bickman, a brilliant neurosurgeon, David Ajala (The Dark Knight) will play Will Van Renseller, a professional  chef by trade and caretaker by nature, and Ali…

Terry Kinney has been cast in ABC’s 13-episode limited series The Black Box. Written by Amy Holden Jones, The Black Box centers on Elizabeth Black (Kelly Reilly), a world-renowned neuroscientist who appears to have it all but is constantly haunted by her own struggle with mental illness. Kinney will play hospital…

Vanessa Redgrave is set to co-star opposite Kelly Reilly in The Black Box, a 13-episode limited drama series written by The Relic and Mystic Pizza scribe Amy Holden Jones to air on ABC next year. Simon Curtis is directing the project, executive produced by Jones; Ilene Chaiken, who serves as showrunner; Bryan Singer…

ABC has cast Kelly Reilly (Flight, Sherlock Holmes) as the lead in The Black Box, a 13-episode limited drama series written by The Relic and Mystic Pizza scribe Amy Holden Jones to air next year. Simon Curtis (My Week With Marilyn) will direct the project, executive produced by Jones; The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken…

EXCLUSIVE: I’ve learned that ABC is finalizing deals for a 13-episode, straight-to-series order to The Black Box, a drama project written by The Relic and Mystic Pizza scribe Amy Holden Jones. She is executive producing with The L Word creator Ilene Chaiken, who will serve as showrunner, X-Men director Bryan Singer, 3…