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Jason Jones To Co-Star In CBS Comedy Pilot ‘The Assistants’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 29, 2011 @ 7:47pm PDTTags: CBS, The Assistants
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The Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones is set to co-star opposite Heather Locklear in CBS’ comedy pilot The Assistants, a Tucker Cawley-written ensemble about the assistants who work for a celebrity, Ali (Heather Locklear), and her younger hunky husband Gale (Jones) who lives in her shadow. It centers on Mike (David Henrie) who, newly arrived in Hollywood from a small town, is hoping his job as an assistant to Ali might open doors for him. This the second consecutive broadcast pilot for Jones, repped by UTA and Brillstein Entertainment. Last season, he toplined ABC’s comedy pilot How to Be a Better American. He joins fellow Daily Show correspondent Rob Riggle who stars in another CBS comedy pilot, Home Game.

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Several More Actors Join Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 25, 2011 @ 8:44pm PDTTags: Casting, I Hate That I Love You, My Life as an Experiment, Reconstruction, The Assistants, The Secret Circle, TV Pilots, Weekends at Bellvue
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Danneel Ackles (formerly Harris) and Jamie Lee Kirchner have landed the last 2 leads in NBC’s comedy pilot I Hate That I Love You. The single-camera project, from writer/exec … Read More »

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Heather Locklear To Star In CBS’ Comedy Pilot ‘The Assistants’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday March 18, 2011 @ 8:30pm PDTTags: The Assistants
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Heather Lockelar has closed a deal to star in the CBS comedy pilot The Assistants, a young ensemble about the assistants who work for a celebrity, Ali (Locklear), and her husband. Written by Tucker Cawley, the project centers on Mike … Read More »

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TV CASTINGS: Slew Of Actors Join Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 10, 2011 @ 11:12pm PSTTags: Awakening, Grace, Iceland, Kari Lizer, Lamorne Morris, Lost and Found, Tagged, The Assistants, The River, Titus Welliver, Zach Gilford
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Saturday Night Live alum Tim Meadows has joined NBC’s untitled Kari Lizer project. The workplace comedy centers on Mary (Sarah Paulson), a relationship-challenged woman who, with the help of her co-workers, guides people through unexpected career transitions and downsizings. Meadows, repped by APA and Brillstein Entertainment, will play Mary’s  partner, a psychotherapist and the reality check to Mary’s eternal optimism.

Off the Map co-star Zach Gilford has been cast as the male lead in the Fox single-camera pilot Iceland. The project centers on Mackenzie (Kerry Bishe), a twentysomething woman whose fiance recently passed away. Gilford, from WME and D/F Management, will play a guy friend of Mackenzie described as “bad influence.” For Gilford, the casting is in second position to Off the Map. He is the third cast member from the midseason drama to book a pilot this season along with Martin Henderson and Rachelle Lefevre, both cast in NBC’s Reconstruction.

Paul Blackthorne (Lipstick Jungle) has just been cast in the ABC drama pilot The River directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. The horror thriller centers on Lincoln Cole (Joe Anderson) who, after his famous TV explorer father Dr. Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) goes missing way up the Amazon, reluctantly abandons his medical studies and follows in his father’s footsteps. Blackthorne, repped by SDB Partners, Seven Summits & Optimism, will play the producer of Emmet Cole’s long-running documentary series. Read More »

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Emily Rutherfurd, Rhys Darby Join CBS Comedy Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday March 1, 2011 @ 4:00pm PSTTags: David Hornsby, Emily Rutherfurd, How To Be a Gentleman, How To Be a Gentleman Pilot, The Assistants, The Assistants Pilot, TV, TV Casting, TV Deals, TV Pilots
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Emily Rutherfurd is set to co-star in Tucker Cawley’s comedy pilot for CBS The Assistants, a young ensemble about four assistants who work for celebrity couple Mike and Ali. Rutherfurd will play Ali’s friendly, a bit manic and socially awkward … Read More »

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Two More Actors Join Broadcast Pilots

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday February 26, 2011 @ 11:30am PSTTags: Josh Brand, The Assistants, The Assistants Pilot, The Crossing, The Crossing Casting, The Crossing Pilot, Tucker Cawley The Assistants, TV, TV Casting, TV Pilots
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TJ Miller is the first actor cast in Tucker Cawley’s comedy pilot for CBS The Assistants, a young ensemble about four assistants who work for a celebrity couple. WME-repped Miller will play one of them, who at night he plays drums for a struggling band. Read More »

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CBS Picks Up Comedy Pilot From ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Veteran

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday February 2, 2011 @ 5:54pm PSTTags: CBS Pilots, Eric and Kim Tannenbaum, The Assistants, The Assistants Pilot, Tucker Cawley The Assistants, TV, TV Pilots
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CBS is back in business with Tucker Cawley, former executive producer of the network’s hit Everybody Loves Raymond. CBS has greenlighted to pilot Cawley’s multicamera comedy The Assistants, a young ensemble about four assistants who work for a celebrity … Read More »

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