Several TV Series Book Recurring Actors

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 31, 2012 @ 4:30pm PDT
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Angelique Cabral has booked a recurring role on the second season of ABC’s Don’t Trust The B—- In Apartment 23. She will play Fox Paris, a woman who is also a junior analyst at the financial firm where June (Drema Walker) has just been hired. Cabral, repped by Pakula/King and Karen Forman Management, is currently co-starring in the feature The Perfect Family with Emily Deschanel.

Desperate Housewives alum Steven Culp is back on ABC with a recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy, playing Dr. Parker, a top dog doctor. He is with Domain and manager Miriam Milgrom.

Maureen Sebastian has landed a potentially recurring role on the new NBC drama Revolution, playing the wife of Aaron (Zak Orth) in flashbacks. She is repped by Buchwald/Fortitude and manager Susan Yoo.

Wendy Crewson (Saving Hope, The Vow) has booked a recurring role on ABC’s Revenge, playing Helen, a powerful business executive. She is repped by Domain and manager Perry Zimel. 

Tara Summers has been cast in a recurring role on FX’s Sons Of Anarchy. She will play Karen Dunhill, who is working alongside Tara (Maggie Siff). Summers also will recur on the TNT David E. Kelley drama Monday Mornings reprising the role she played as a guest star in the pilot, Allison McDaniels. She recently wrapped Hitchcock.

Three actors are returning to three sophomore series to reprise their recurring roles from Season 1. Grey’s Anatomy alumna Kate Burton, who is recurring on Veep, The Good Wife and Grimm, will return to ABC’s Scandal, playing Vice President Sally Langston. She is with Gersh and Principal. Michael Risploli will reprise his recurring role of Bel Jaffe on Season 2 of Starz’s Magic City. He is with Gersh and Principal Entertainment. Faran Tahir will do multiple episodes on the season season of TNT’s Dallas as ‘Smiling’ Frank. He is with Greene & Assoc.
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PRIMETIME PILOT PANIC: Which Pilots Look Good At ABC

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday May 11, 2012 @ 11:50am PDT
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ABCUPDATE FRIDAY AM: I’ve started hearing that drama pilot ZERO HOUR is heating up again and looks promising for a series order.

PREVIOUS THURSDAY 8PM: With NBC and Fox pretty much done with their new series pickups, ABC, which … Read More »

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MyNet Announces All-Rerun Schedule

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday May 25, 2011 @ 10:59am PDT
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I’m not sure why MyNetworkTV announces a fall schedule since the “programming service” has no original programming and its lineup only includes reruns of five procedurals – Law & Order: SVU, Cold Case, Without a Trace, Burn Notice and Monk — which will run as a double-bill Monday-Friday next season. Anyway, here is the schedule: Read More »

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‘Prohibition’, Fall Festival Lead PBS Slate

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday May 9, 2011 @ 3:38pm PDT

Ken Burns’ latest documentary Prohibition will kick off PBS’ fall season Oct. 2-4, the pubcaster announced today in unveiling its slate of programming, which will include the first-ever PBS Arts Fall Festival that will run into December. Prohibition, which will tell … Read More »

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