Nathan Fillion to Star in ABC Cop Dramedy The Rookie From Castle EP

ABC has lured Nathan Fillion back into a life of crime-solving, tapping the Castle star to headline the cop-themed dramedy The Rookie, TVLine has confirmed. According to Deadline, The Rookie — which has nabbed a straight-to-series order from the network — reunites Fillion with onetime Castle showrunner/EP Alexi Hawley and finds the TV fave playing John Nolan, […]

Scott Foley to Star as FBI Agent in ABC Dramedy Pilot From Scrubs Creator

Scott Foley is sticking with ABC… and he wants to hang onto that government pension, too. The Scandal veteran has signed on to star in the ABC action dramedy pilot Whiskey Cavalier, according to our sister site Deadline, with Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence onboard as an executive producer. Foley will play FBI agent Will Chase […]

Hulu Developing RuPaul Dramedy Queen From EP J.J. Abrams

Hulu to RuPaul and J.J. Abrams: Shantay, you stay. The streaming service will develop Queen, the duo’s dramedy based on RuPaul’s journey from club kid to drag icon, according to The Hollywood Reporter. (The potential series is being described as a “fictionalized version” of the Drag Race host’s life.) Power‘s Gary Lennon is on board to write […]

Wonder Woman Writer to Pen Shondaland Dramedy Pilot at ABC

Now here’s a superhero team-up we’re excited to see: The screenwriter of Wonder Woman and Shonda Rhimes are joining forces for a new ABC pilot. Allan Heinberg has signed a script deal with the network to write a new Shondaland dramedy pilot, TVLine has learned, along with an overall development deal with ABC Studios. The […]

Claws Series Premiere: Are You Digging TNT's Polished Crime Dramedy?

After upholding the law (to varying degrees of success) for more than a decade on the small screen, Niecy Nash is finally playing by her own rules in TNT’s Claws — and she’s having a blast. RELATEDClaws Star Dean Norris on Playing a Bisexual Crime Boss, Wild Funerals A boss in every sense of the […]

‘Landline’ Trailer: The ‘Obvious Child’ Team Reunites for a New Ensemble Dramedy

Director Gillian Robespierre’s Obvious Child was such a pleasant surprise for a lot of people back in 2014 that news she was reuniting with star Jenny Slate for a new movie called Landline was greeted with cheers. Amazon Studios picked up the film and has debuted the first trailer for the dramedy, which is set in 1995 and focuses […]

RuPaul Biographical Dramedy In the Works From J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot

Now here’s an idea that sounds just crazy enough to werk. A half-hour period dramedy series is in the works about the rise of drag superstar RuPaul — and we apparently have J.J. Abrams to thank for it. RELATEDRuPaul Makes Herstory, Wins Emmy for Outstanding Reality Show Host Abrams’ Bad Robot is teaming with World […]

Jason Ritter to Star in ABC Dramedy Pilot The Gospel of Kevin

No pressure Jason Ritter, but you’ve got the whole world in your hands. The Parenthood vet is set to play the title role in The Gospel of Kevin, an hour-long comedic drama pilot about a down-on-his-luck man who is tasked by God with a mission to save the world. RELATEDPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New […]

Toni Collette CIA Dramedy, Conspiracy Thriller Get ABC Pilot Orders

United States of Tara‘s Toni Collette will toil for the United States of America, as a CIA wonk in the ABC pilot Unit Zero. RELATEDPilot Season ’17: Scoop on This Fall’s (Possible) New Shows, Who’s In Them Written by Lindsey Shockley (Trophy Wife) and also executive-produced by black-ish creator Kenya Barris, the action-dramedy follows Jackie […]