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ABC Pilot ‘Counter Culture’ Not Going Forward Following Delta Burke’s Injury

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday April 25, 2012 @ 3:15pm PDTTags: ABC, Counter Culture, Delta Burke
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I’ve learned that ABC’s comedy pilot Counter Culture is being shelved following last week’s injury suffered by one of its stars, Delta Burke, who fell on the set during pre-shoots two days before the multi-camera pilot’s main taping in front of studio audience. The producers had been hoping for a quick recovery that would allow the pilot to shoot and be in consideration for fall but that didn’t happen. I hear the matter is now in the hands of the insurance company, which has to sort out a host of issues surrounding the shutdown, including compensation for the cast and crew. The actors have not been formally released, allowing the network and producer Sony Pictures TV to film the pilot after the upfronts, though that doesn’t appear likely.

Written and executive produced by Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture was an early favorite as it was the first comedy pilot picked up by ABC this season but its production was delayed because of difficulties casting some of the leads. Counter Culture revolves around three sisters — Billie (Kerri Kenney), Nonie (Burke) and Joyce (Margo Martindale) — running their family diner together in West Texas who find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. Doris Roberts was to play the sisters’ aunt.

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ABC Pilot ‘Counter Culture’ Halts Production After Star Delta Burke Injured

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday April 17, 2012 @ 12:36pm PDTTags: ABC, Counter Culture, Delta Burke
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Delta Burke Injury Counter CultureI’ve learned that production on ABC’s comedy pilot Counter Culture has been stopped because of an injury suffered by one of its stars, Delta Burke, who had a fall on the set yesterday. The … Read More »

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Ken Howard Joins ABC’s ‘Counter Culture’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 27, 2012 @ 3:08pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Counter Culture, Ken Howard
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EXCLUSIVE: Veteran actor and SAG President Ken Howard has landed one of the last regular roles this pilot season — he is set to co-star in the ABC comedy Counter Culture. The multi-camera pilot, written and executive produced by Stephnie … Read More »

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‘Reno 911′ Alum Kerri Kenney Lands A Lead In ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Counter Culture’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday March 17, 2012 @ 3:26pm PDTTags: Counter Culture
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Kerri Kinney Reno 911 Counter CultureEXCLUSIVE: Reno 911 veteran Kerri Kenney is set as one of the leads in ABC/Sony TV’s multi-camera comedy pilot Counter Culture. Written and executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by … Read More »

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Chris Messina, Luis Guzman & Rade Serbedzija Cast In Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday March 10, 2012 @ 8:00am PSTTags: Counter Culture, Penoza
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Chris Messina Mindy KalingChris Messina has joined Mindy Kaling’s Fox single-camera comedy pilot, in which she stars as a young Bridget Jones-type Ob/Gyn balancing her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small office. Messina, who had multiple pilot offers this season, will play a character written for him by Kaling. Messina, repped by WME and Brillstein Entertainment, is finishing up a recurring role on Damages and is also recurring on Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming HBO series Newsroom. Read More »

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‘Justified’s Margo Martindale To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Counter Culture’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 29, 2012 @ 2:10pm PSTTags: ABC, Counter Culture, Margo Martindale
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Justified alumna Margo Martindale has been cast as one of the leads in ABC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Counter Culture. Additionally, Martindale has been taped for a guest-starring role in the Showtime pilot Masters Of Sex. Written and executive produced by … Read More »

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Doris Roberts & Trio Of Young Actors Cast In Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday February 25, 2012 @ 8:00am PSTTags: Counter Culture
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Emmy-winning Everybody Loves Raymond co-star Doris Roberts is returning to active series duty with a co-starring role in ABC’s multi-camera comedy pilot Counter Culture. Written and executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture revolves around three aging sisters running their family diner together in West Texas who find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. Roberts will play Aunt Lee, a meticulously coiffed southern belle with a doomsday attitude who runs the cash register at the diner. She recently did an arc on another ABC comedy, The Middle, toplined by her Raymond co-star Patricia Heaton.

Julian Morris has been cast in Fox’s pilot Guilty, a legal drama from Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, which centers on Billy Remz, a brilliant, morally questionable defense attorney who, after being falsely convicted of fraud and stripped of his legal license, uses his unorthodox methods to solve the cases he’s been banned from handling and to exact revenge on the men who set him up. Morris, repped by Gersh and Brillstein, will play an eager young attorney, dazzled and intimidated by Billy’s self-confidence and breezy ability when it comes to breaking the rules. McG is directing the Warner Bros. TV pilot written by Guggenheim. Read More »

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ABC Greenlights Sisters Comedy From Stephnie Weir & Claudia Lonow

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 13, 2012 @ 5:15pm PSTTags: ABC, Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture
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On the heels of ABC picking up drama pilot Gilded Lillys earlier today, the network just greenlighted  a half-hour pilot, multi-camera comedy Counter Culture. Written and executive produced by … Read More »

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