Primetime Pilot Panic News

EXCLUSIVE: Portia Doubleday (Mr. Robot), Christine Adams (Black Lightning) and Ken Kirby (Good Trouble) are set as series regulars opposite Sarah Shahi, Reid Scott and François Arnaud in Judgement, ABC's drama pilot from former Charmed showrunner Joey Falco and 20th Television. Written and executive…

EXCLUSIVE: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’s Reid Scott and François Arnaud (Midnight, Texas) are set as the male leads opposite Sarah Shahi in Judgement, ABC's drama pilot from former Charmed showrunner Joey Falco and 20th Television. Related Story Sarah Shahi To Headline ABC Pilot ‘Judgement…

EXCLUSIVE: Michaela Conlin has been cast as a series regular opposite Ellie Kemper in ABC's Drop-Off (working title), a comedy pilot based on the British series Motherland, from writer Julieanne Smolinski, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford's Merman Television, Paul Feig's Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate…

Sex/Life star Sarah Shahi is set as the lead and also will produce Judgement, ABC’s drama pilot from former Charmed showrunner Joey Falco and 20th Television. Shahi had been in talks for the project since January as ABC and the producers had to work through her commitment to Sex/Life, which she…

ABC has assembled the lead cast opposite Anthony Anderson of ABC’s single camera comedy pilot Public Defenders. Erika Henningsen, Arturo Castro, Kimrie Lewis, Natasha Lopez and Isaiah Dòdó-Williams have been set as series regulars in the pilot, written by Eddie Quintana and to be directed by Randall…

Jason Ritter is set as a lead opposite Kathy Bates in CBS' drama pilot Matlock, a new take on the classic legal TV drama that starred Andy Griffith. The new show comes from Jane the Virgin creator Jennie Snyder Urman and NCIS: Los Angeles star Eric Christian Olsen. Ritter rounds out the series regular…

Judy Greer is set as a lead opposite Ellie Kemper in ABC’s Drop-Off (working title), a comedy pilot based on the British series Motherland, from writer Julieanne Smolinski, Sharon Horgan and Clelia Mountford's Merman Television, Paul Feig's Feigco Entertainment, Lionsgate and ABC Signature. Karan Soni…

EXCLUSIVE: The Power, Prime Video's global thriller drama based on Naomi Alderman's feminist sci-fi book, continues to undergo personnel changes. Emmy-winning The Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano, who had been with the project since its early stages, has exited as both a director and an executive…

Amirah J (Shameless) has been cast as a series regular opposite Kaitlin Olson and Daniel Sunjata in ABC's character-based procedural drama pilot based on TF1's popular detective series HPI (High Intellectual Potential), from top TV and film writer Drew Goddard and ABC Signature, where Goddard and his…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is moving forward with The Flintstones spinoff series Bedrock. Elizabeth Banks, who has been shepherding the project as exec producer, will lead the voice cast of the series, starring as Pebbles, the adult daughter of Fred and Wilma. The project has scored a pilot presentation…

ABC has confirmed Deadline’s exclusive report about a pilot order for Drop-Off (working title), a comedy based on the British series Motherland, with Ellie Kemper (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) to star and executive produce.  As we reported, Karan Soni (Deadpool franchise) also is set as a lead in the…

A year after Black-ish ended its run, Anthony Anderson is returning to ABC as a star of another single-camera comedy, pilot Public Defenders. Randall Einhorn has come on board to direct the pilot written by Eddie Quintana. Liz Astrof is set as showrunner. In the comedy, up to their earholes in…