NBC never did pick up the women's prison drama pilot Bad Girls - an adaptation of a UK series - that Jurnee Smollett was a star of. But the young actress has locked in 2 other TV jobs, including the previously-mentioned role as the daughter of Phylicia Rashad’s character, in NBC's Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish thriller, Do No Harm, as well as today's reveal - that she'll be joining the cast of HBO‘s True Blood during its upcoming sixth season. Ms Smollett will play Nicole Wright, described as "wide-eyed... who is not concerned with money and more concerned with the common good and...
- 1/21/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
NBC never did pick up the women's prison drama pilot Bad Girls - an adaptation of a UK series - that Jurnee Smollett was a star of. But she'll return to the network for a stint on the Jekyll-and-Hyde-ish thriller, Do No Harm. Smollett will join the midseason series for 3 episodes, playing the daughter of Phylicia Rashad’s character, Dr. Vanessa Young - the "strong and determined" chief of surgery who leads by example, as well as boss to the neurosurgeon with the split personality, played by Steven Pasquale. The program revolves around a brilliant neurosurgeon and his dangerous alter-ego that disrupts his...
- 1/16/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
Every year, the five major broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox and NBC) order pilots to be considered for the fall season. A pilot, as you may know, is the first episode of a TV series and the final step in a long development process from idea to screen.
From the 87 drama and comedy pilots ordered this year, a new crop of television shows will be selected -- and I read the scripts for each and every one of them. Over the course of this week, I'm walking you through the network's pilot slates, offering a bit of analysis on their present schedules and providing you with a rundown of the drama contenders. (Plus, a little bit of info about the comedies, too.) Of course, not all of these shows will find their way to your TV set -- in fact, most of them you may never hear of again.
From the 87 drama and comedy pilots ordered this year, a new crop of television shows will be selected -- and I read the scripts for each and every one of them. Over the course of this week, I'm walking you through the network's pilot slates, offering a bit of analysis on their present schedules and providing you with a rundown of the drama contenders. (Plus, a little bit of info about the comedies, too.) Of course, not all of these shows will find their way to your TV set -- in fact, most of them you may never hear of again.
- 4/3/2012
- by Garrett Greer
- Aol TV.
Exclusive: I Hate My Teenage Daughter star Jaime Pressly is making a dramatic turn with a co-starring role in NBC’s drama pilot Bad Girls. Adapted from the long-running UK series, the John Wells/Warner Bros. TV project follows the ins and outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison. Pressly will play prison warden Melinda, a sexy, ominous woman with a sadistic streak enjoying cat-and-mouse games with her inmates who are terrified by her. The project is formally in second position to Fox’s Teenage Daughter, which also is produced by Warner Bros. The freshman comedy has been de facto cancelled after Fox pulled it from the schedule earlier this week. This marks Pressly’s return to NBC where she co-starred on comedy My Name Is Earl, which earned her an Emmy. Newcomer Hannah New and Eka Darville have landed lead roles in the CW’s...
- 3/24/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Tracee Ellis Ross has joined NBC's remake of the UK drama Bad Girls. The CSI actress will play a corrupt businesswoman, according to Deadline. Her character Rachel is jailed after being caught selling phoney mortgages. Despite her new situation, Rachel is desperate to become pregnant. Ross previously appeared on the Upn / CW series Girlfriends from 2000 to 2008 and currently stars in and produces Bet sitcom Reed Between the Lines. Other stars attached to NBC's Bad Girls include Jurnee Smollett (Friday Night Lights), (more)...
- 3/15/2012
- by By Morgan Jeffery
- Digital Spy
Exclusive: Bonnie Somerville is set for the female lead opposite Theo James in CBS’ drama pilot Golden Boy, from Nick Wootton and Greg Berlanti. The project, produced by Warner Bros TV and Berlanti Prods. and directed by Richard Shepard, centers on cop Walter Clark (James) and chronicles his meteoric rise from officer to detective and ultimately police commissioner. Somerville, repped by UTA and McKeon Myones Entertainment, will play Detective Deborah McKenzie, a Long Island native and third-generation cop who is the only female detective on the homicide squad. Girlfriends alumna Tracee Ellis Ross has been cast as one of the leads in NBC’s drama pilot Bad Girls. Adapted from the long-running UK series, the project, from John Wells Prods. and Wbtv, follows the ins and outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison. Ross will play Rachel, a high-powered business woman who is now serving time for selling phony mortgages.
- 3/14/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
NBC's slate of pilots run the gamut from hospitals and fire department to trailer parks and prison and even the White House. Here are the NBC pilots of the 2012-13 television season.
Dramas
"Bad Girls": Amy Smart ("Shameless") and Jurnee Smollett ("Friday Night Lights") star in this drama about women in federal prison and their scandalous female warden. John Wells ("Shameless," "The West Wing") is the executive producer. It's based on a British series.
"Beautiful People": This drama set in the near future features a society where humans co-exist with mechanical androids, who are treated as second-class citizens. Until the androids begin to awaken. Frances Conroy, David Conrad and Ernie Hudson have been cast.
"Chicago Fire": A new action drama that focuses on the men and women of the Chicago Fire Department, starring "House" alum Jesse Spencer, "Vampire Diaries" Taylor Kinney and executive-produced by "Law & Order's" Dick Wolf.
Dramas
"Bad Girls": Amy Smart ("Shameless") and Jurnee Smollett ("Friday Night Lights") star in this drama about women in federal prison and their scandalous female warden. John Wells ("Shameless," "The West Wing") is the executive producer. It's based on a British series.
"Beautiful People": This drama set in the near future features a society where humans co-exist with mechanical androids, who are treated as second-class citizens. Until the androids begin to awaken. Frances Conroy, David Conrad and Ernie Hudson have been cast.
"Chicago Fire": A new action drama that focuses on the men and women of the Chicago Fire Department, starring "House" alum Jesse Spencer, "Vampire Diaries" Taylor Kinney and executive-produced by "Law & Order's" Dick Wolf.
- 3/14/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
After the high profile and, what Hollywood execs like to call “high concept” shows of last week’s article, this week I will be going through new pilots which follow two trends I like to call “remaking is breaking” and “Desperate Housewives is over and Grey’s Anatomy has got to end sometime”.
Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives have been big ratings pulls in the coveted demographic (18-49 if you don’t know) for ABC and have meant big advertising bucks. And, even though Grey’s prolific creator Shonda Rhimes, who will be show running three to five shows next season depending on pickups, has claimed that Grey’s will move past eight seasons, there is a general sense that the show is on the decline and, coupled with the loss of Desperate Housewives at the end of the current season, there is a definite hole in the market.
Grey’s Anatomy and Desperate Housewives have been big ratings pulls in the coveted demographic (18-49 if you don’t know) for ABC and have meant big advertising bucks. And, even though Grey’s prolific creator Shonda Rhimes, who will be show running three to five shows next season depending on pickups, has claimed that Grey’s will move past eight seasons, there is a general sense that the show is on the decline and, coupled with the loss of Desperate Housewives at the end of the current season, there is a definite hole in the market.
- 3/9/2012
- by Fred Salmon
- Obsessed with Film
Minnie Driver has a new gal pal, having been tapped to star opposite Andrea Anders in Keri Lizer’s NBC comedy pilot Lady Friends.
Also among the latest wave of pilot castings: a Shameless gal and House‘s green-card wife.
Lady Friends is about two life-long female pals who are living very different lives but can’t live without each other. Driver (The Riches) will play Jen, who has made some terrible life decisions — a 17-day marriage to a guy who dumped her, for one — but is Nicole’s (played by Anders) rock. Earlier this week, Cougar Town‘s Josh Hopkins...
Also among the latest wave of pilot castings: a Shameless gal and House‘s green-card wife.
Lady Friends is about two life-long female pals who are living very different lives but can’t live without each other. Driver (The Riches) will play Jen, who has made some terrible life decisions — a 17-day marriage to a guy who dumped her, for one — but is Nicole’s (played by Anders) rock. Earlier this week, Cougar Town‘s Josh Hopkins...
- 3/2/2012
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Amy Smart and Karolina Wydra have been cast in NBC’s drama pilot Bad Girls. Adapted from the long-running UK series, the project, from John Wells Prods and Warner Bros TV, follows the ins and outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison: a scandalous female warden, her new protégé and a host of inmates — some mothers, some friends — who struggle with loyalties to people on the inside and outside. Smart will play “the perfect blond Barbie doll from Orange County” serving time for stealing her friend’s credit card and running it up to the max. Wydra will play a scheming, sultry inmate. Smart, repped by Gersh and Untitled, is recurring on Showtime’s Shameless. Wydra, repped by Ifa and Artist Management, recurs on Fox’s House as Dr. House’s green card wife. Friday Night Lights alum Matt Lauria has joined Kj Steinberg and Shonda Rhimes...
- 3/1/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Without a Trace alum Anthony Lapaglia is poised to return to TV in style, while actor-comedian John Leguizamo is on board for a U.S. take on a British comedy, in two of the latest pilot castings per our sister site Deadline.
Lapaglia has landed the lead in Americana, an ABC sudser set around a legendary fashion designer and his family and business.
Pilot Season Lingo Guide (Including the ‘Scary’ Second Position), Plus a List of Picked-Up Pilots
Leguizamo meanwhile has signed on to star in ABC’s Only Fools and Horses, a multicamera comedy — based on the British format...
Lapaglia has landed the lead in Americana, an ABC sudser set around a legendary fashion designer and his family and business.
Pilot Season Lingo Guide (Including the ‘Scary’ Second Position), Plus a List of Picked-Up Pilots
Leguizamo meanwhile has signed on to star in ABC’s Only Fools and Horses, a multicamera comedy — based on the British format...
- 2/18/2012
- by Vlada Gelman
- TVLine.com
Jurnee Smollett has landed a lead on NBC’s drama pilot Bad Girls. Adapted from the long-running U.K. series, the project, from John Wells Prods. and Warner Bros. TV, follows the ins and outs of a group of unlikely women in a federal prison: a scandalous female warden, her new protégé and a host of inmates — some mothers, some friends — who struggle with loyalties to people on the inside and outside. Smollett will play Gwen, a famous rap star who lives the high life on the local club scene until she gets busted by the DEA and finds herself tossed into a women’s prison without bail. Smollett, repped by ICM and Storefront, next stars in Tyler Perry’s The Marriage Counselor. Erik Jensen (Black Knight) has joined NBC’s drama pilot The Frontier, which revolves around a group that heads West from Missouri across the uncharted country in the 1840s.
- 2/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
Bad Girls pilot ordered by NBC ER, Southland, Saving Grace and The West Wing executive producer John Wells' Bad Girls is being penned by Nancy Pimenthal of Shameless (also exec. produced by Wells). Variety reports that the prison drama Bad Girls is based on a British series following women in a federal prison, including inmates as well as staff members. Shed Media also produces and Pimental is on as an executive producer alongside Andrew Stearn and Wells. with Wells and Andrew Stearn. Film-wise, Wells produced The Good Thief, White Oleander, and the more recent, and enjoyable The Company Men...
- 1/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Bad Girls pilot ordered by NBC ER, Southland, Saving Grace and The West Wing executive producer John Wells' Bad Girls is being penned by Nancy Pimenthal of Shameless (also exec. produced by Wells). Variety reports that the prison drama Bad Girls is based on a British series following women in a federal prison, including inmates as well as staff members. Shed Media also produces and Pimental is on as an executive producer alongside Andrew Stearn and Wells. with Wells and Andrew Stearn. Film-wise, Wells produced The Good Thief, White Oleander, and the more recent, and enjoyable The Company Men...
- 1/31/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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