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When THUD reported on the March 5th premiere date for the NBC I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-The Departed crime drama The Black Donnellys, there was a lot of buzz about how the announcement didn’t come with a return date for the show it was replacing, Studio 60 on… Continue reading
Lucy “Xena” Lawless, who’s recently played a Cylon on Battlestar Galactica and one of the best FBI agents ever in the history of badass FBI agents on Veronica Mars, has joined the cast of ABC’s Football Wives, the much-hyped adaptation of the British soap… Continue reading
Last week, THUD took a look at some of the new pilots currently filming in hopes of being picked up for the fall season. Since then, a number of other exciting ones – including the Peter Krause vehicle Dirty Sexy Money, about ethically flexible rich people –… Continue reading
Peter Krause, one of those actors who should be a much bigger star than he is, signed Friday to star in the new ABC pilot Dirty Sexy Money. The NYU graduate (sort of represent) will play an idealistic lawyer who inherits more than an old record collection… Continue reading
Torque star Martin Henderson is trading in his wheels for an assassin’s rifle. The New Zealand actor, who is currently one of the galaxy of stars appearing in Smokin’ Aces, signed with to star opposite Jordan Brewster in the pilot for Mr. and Mrs. Smith. The… Continue reading
Jeff Zucker, the George W. Bush of television, will be named chief executive of NBC Universal this week, reports the L.A. Times. Zucker, the 41-year-old former president of NBC’s prime-time entertainment division and executive producer of Today, succeeds… Continue reading
It’s that time again, tv fans—pilot season. Even as we speak, thousands of struggling actors and writers are descending on production offices nationwide (okay, maybe just New York and L.A.), all chasing the dream. And even as we speak, the men and women in… Continue reading
Last week, THUD reported that Spike Lee signed to direct the pilot M.O.N.Y. for NBC. At the time, I said that the project – about an ordinary guy who becomes the mayor of New York – sounded like an ideal match for Lee and that it was one of the new pilots to… Continue reading
It appears Andy Bernard passed his anger management training – Ed Helms is becoming a regular on NBC’s The Office. Look, Greg Daniels and his team of writers have proven over the last two and a half seasons that they know what they’re doing, so they have the… Continue reading
