Pilot Season

'Happy Days' Vet Heads Back To Small Screen

Posted 03.08.2012

"Happy Days" star Marion Ross is headed to NBC's "Up All Night," reports TVLine. The former "Happy Days" star will play Chris' (Will Arnett) tough...

Piloting the Television Landscape

Molly Fosco | Posted 05.05.2012

Molly Fosco

It's pilot season in Hollywood! The entertainment industry is a buzz with the latest news on who's been cast in each network's newest television endeavor.

Dane Cook Headed To TV

THR.com | Posted 02.29.2012

Dane Cook is heading to series television. The stand-up comic-turned-feature actor has been tapped to star in NBC's comedy pilot "Next Caller Pleas...

Trouble In 'Cougar Town'? Star Books New TV Gig

Posted 04.30.2012

Josh Hopkins has joined the cast of "Lady Friends," Kari Lizer 's new NBC comedy pilot, reports TV Guide. But before you break out your Big Carl to m...

CBS Finds Its Sherlock Holmes ... In Angelina Jolie's Ex?

EW.com | Posted 02.14.2012

CBS has found its Sherlock Holmes. The network has tapped Jonny Lee Miller to play the iconic detective in its modern-day reboot of the character....

CW Orders 'Hunger Games'-Style Pilot & New J.J. Abrams Show

Posted 01.31.2012

The CW is currently in a pilot-ordering frenzy. The teen-centric network has orded three very interesting new pilots, including one that very reminisc...

Jimmy Kimmel's New TV Project: 'Borat Meets Green Acres'

The Hollywood Reporter | Posted 01.30.2012

Tony DiSanto and Liz Gateley’s DiGa are shopping a hybrid reality/scripted project with Jimmy Kimmel's Jackhole Industries described as "Borat meets...

The Bloodiest, Most Depressing Part Of The TV Industry

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 07.06.2011

NEW YORK — Jack Donaghy, the boss on NBC's comedy "30 Rock," had had enough of TV inefficiencies and waste. "Do you know what the business mode...

"The 'Annual Inefficiency'"

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 05.25.2011

Earl Pomerantz

Why do network presidents require their employees to dictate character adjustments, story fixes and, God help us, pitch jokes?

Hollywood Begins Salvage Operation

Los Angeles Times | Maria Elena Fernandez, Matea Gold | Posted 05.25.2011

With the strike over, the salvage operation begins. Hollywood lurched back into gear this week, reviving projects sidelined by the three-month labor ...