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S. Epatha Merkerson, Jeffrey Ross, Melinda McGraw Among Pilot Guest Castings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 19, 2013 @ 11:45am PDTTags: Jeff Ross, Melinda McGraw, S. Epatha Merkerson
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In the last wave of pilot castings, the pilots are booking actors for guest starring roles, most of them with potential to recur if the pilots go to series. Here are several notable guest signings:

S. Epatha MerkersonJeffrey RossLaw & Order veteran S. Epatha Merkerson and Comedy Central roast master Jeff Ross, host of The Burn With Jeff Ross, will guest star in Fox’s Boomerang. Merkerson plays a mysterious agency bureaucrat; Ross, repped by Thruline  and WME, plays an agency handler of operatives. Merkerson, repped by ICM Partners and manager Bob McGowan, recurs on NBC’s Deception and just signed on to co-star in the Marvin Gaye biopic.

Melinda McGraw (Men Of A Certain Age) has joined Fox’s drama Delirium after recently recurring on the network’s comedy Ben & Kate. Repped by Domain and McKeon/Myones, she will play Lydia, the image-conscious wife of Thomas Fineman. READ MORE »

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S. Epatha Merkerson In Talks To Play Marvin Gaye’s Mother In Biopic

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Monday March 11, 2013 @ 3:27pm PDTTags: Marvin Gaye, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sexual Healing

Sexual Healing is becoming a bit of a mini-Law & Order reunion. S. Epatha Merkerson, who played Lt. Anita van Buren on the series for 19 years, is in negotiations to play Marvin’s Gaye’s mother Alberta … Read More »

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S. Epatha Merkerson To Recur On ‘Deception’, Jere Burns On ‘Bates Motel’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 3, 2012 @ 8:47am PSTTags: Bates Motel, Deception, Jere Burns, S. Epatha Merkerson
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EXCLUSIVE: Law & Order alumna S. Epatha Merkerson is returning to NBC with a recurring role on the network’s upcoming drama series Deception. The show, from writer Liz Heldens, Universal TV and BermanBraun, is described as an opulent soap in which detective Joanna Padget (Meagan Good) returns undercover to the wealthy and troubled Bower family she grew up in — as the maid’s daughter — to solve the murder of the notorious heiress Vivian Bower who was once her closest friend. Emmy winner Merkerson, repped by ICM Partners and Bob McGowan, will play Joanna’s mom Beverly Padget, who worked for the Bowers family when Joanna was a young girl. Read More »

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Michael Clarke Duncan, S. Epatha Merkerson & Justin Hartley Take On ‘The Challenger’

By BRIAN BROOKS | Wednesday March 7, 2012 @ 8:20am PSTTags: Michael Clarke Duncan, S. Epatha Merkerson

Michael Clarke Duncan and S. Epatha Merkerson have signed on for director-writer-director Kent Moran’s upcoming boxing drama The Challenger. The film centers on a … Read More »

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Margo Martindale Joins CBS’ Susannah Grant Drama Pilot, More Pilot Castings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 30, 2011 @ 6:55pm PDTTags: ABC, CBS, LoveLives, Margo Martindale, NBC, S. Epatha Merkerson
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In a recasting, Margo Martindale has been tapped for a co-starring role in CBS’ untitled Susannah Grant supernatural medical drama pilot. Jonathan Demme is directing the pilot, which centers on Michael (Patrick Wilson), an ultra-competitive surgeon … Read More »

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S. Epatha Merkerson Joins CBS’ Medical Drama Pilot Directed by Jonathan Demme

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 22, 2011 @ 4:00pm PDTTags: CBS, Jonathan Demme, Pilot, S. Epatha Merkerson, Susannah Grant
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Law & Order veteran S. Epatha Merkerson has joined CBS’ untitled Susannah Grant supernatural medical drama pilot. Jonathan Demme is directing the pilot, from CBS TV Studios and Timberman/Beverly, which centers on Michael (Patrick Wilson), an ultra-competitive … Read More »

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