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Mary Grill Joins Fox’s ‘The Mindy Project’, ABC Pilot ‘Trophy Wife’ Adds A Regular

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday December 7, 2012 @ 10:00am PSTTags: The Mindy Project, Trophy Wife
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Mary Grill has landed the major new role on Fox’s freshman comedy series The Mindy Project. Grill, a Second City Chicago alum and founding member of the NY sketch group New Excitement, will play the recurring role of Maggie, a tomboyish college friend of Mindy’s (creator and star Mindy Kaling). The introduction of the character is part of a creative overhaul of the show midway through its freshman season, which includes the elimination of a character, played by regular Amanda Setton, and the downgrade of another one, played by Anna Camp, from regular to recurring. Additionally, Stephen Tobolowsky’s recurring character was written off. Grill, repped by Vincent Nastri of Bleecker Street Entertainment, recently appeared on Boardwalk Empire and has upcoming guest stints on Whitney and Don’t Trust the B—- In Apt.23. READ MORE »

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Duane Martin Cast In Nick Pilot ‘Instant Mom’, Natalie Morales In ABC’s ‘Trophy Wife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday November 26, 2012 @ 4:00pm PSTTags: Instant Mom, Trophy Wife
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Duane Martin (All Of Us) and Moesha alumna Sheryl Lee Ralph are set to co-star opposite Tia Mowry in the Nick at Nite family comedy pilot Instant Mom. Youngsters Sydney Park, Tylen Williams and Damarr Calhoun round out the cast of the project, from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. Written by Warren Bell and Jessica Butler loosely based on their real life, Instant Mom centers on a 25-year-old party girl (Mowry) who trades in cosmos for carpools when she marries Charlie (Martin), an older man with kids, Gabrielle (Park), James (Williams) and Aaron (Damarr). Ralph plays Tia’s mother Maggie. Bell, Butler and Kaplan executive produce. Read More »

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Bradley Whitford Set, Marcia Gay Harden In Negotiations For ABC Pilot ‘Trophy Wife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday October 28, 2012 @ 10:30am PDTTags: ABC, Trophy Wife
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Bradley Whitford is set to co-star opposite Malin Ackerman in ABC‘s single-camera comedy pilot Trophy Wife. Marcia Gay Harden is in negotiations for the project, written … Read More »

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Pierre Morel To Helm NBC Pilot ‘After Hours’, Jason Moore To Direct ABC’s ‘Trophy Wife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 18, 2012 @ 3:30pm PDTTags: After Hours, Pierre Morel, Trophy Wife
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EXCLUSIVE: Pierre Morel, the French director who helmed the 2008 sleeper hit Taken starring Liam Neeson that spawned an even more successful sequel, is set to direct NBC’s drama pilot After Hours, from writers/executive producers Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah. The project, produced by Sony Pictures TV, is an ensemble medical show about a group of Army doctors who return to work the night shift together at a hospital in San Antonio. Last season Morel made his pilot directing debut with ABC’s thriller Zero Hour, which went to series. Read More »

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Malin Akerman Set For ABC’s ‘Trophy Wife’, Lifts Pilot’s Contingency

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 25, 2012 @ 12:14pm PDTTags: ABC, Malin Akerman, Trophy Wife
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Malin Akerman Trophy Wife ABCMalin Akerman is now set to star in ABC‘s recently picked-up single-camera comedy pilot Trophy Wife, written and executive produced by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins and executive produced by Bad Teacher scribes Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky. Akerman had been in negotiations for the lead in the project, which received a cast-contingent pilot order earlier this month. With her on board, the contingency is lifted, and the pilot will be heading to production. Trophy Wife was originally developed last season, and I hear ABC’s decision to give it a pilot order hinged on the producers being able to land Akerman. Read More »

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Malin Akerman In Negotiations To Star In ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Trophy Wife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday September 13, 2012 @ 11:45am PDTTags: ABC, Malin Akerman, Trophy Wife
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EXCLUSIVE: ABC is moving swiftly on casting its newly picked up single-camera comedy pilot Trophy Wife, written and executive produced by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins and executive produced by Bad Teacher scribes Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky. Malin Akerman is in negotiations for the lead in the project, which received a cast-contingent pilot order on Friday. Read More »

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ABC Gives Pilot Order To Comedy ‘Trophy Wife’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday September 7, 2012 @ 2:37pm PDTTags: ABC, Trophy Wife
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EXCLUSIVE: ABC has handed out a cast-contingent pilot order to Trophy Wife, a half-hour single-camera written and executive produced by Emily Halpern and Sarah Haskins and executive produced by Bad Teacher scribes Lee Eisenberg & Gene Stupnitsky (NBC’s The Office). The two writing teams have separate overall deals at ABC Studios, which is producing the project. Trophy Wife centers on reformed party girl Kate, who finds herself with an insta-family when she falls in love with a man with three manipulative kids and two judgmental ex-wives. The comedy was originally developed at ABC and ABC Studios last season. Read More »

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