Queen of the South season 5: Isabela Vargas’ return ‘sealed’ as fans spot pilot clue

Unfortunately, this fan appeared to be in the minority as others expressed their dislike for Isabela’s bratty attitude in past episodes. Another viewer hit back: “Everytime she came on screen I wanted to fast forward the scene. “The actress was too cringy for me and the character came off as immature and annoying.” While the […]

Sarah Cooper’s How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings Adaptation Among CBS Pilot Orders

RELATED STORIES CBS has ordered a pair of comedy pilots for the 2021 development season, including one inspired by viral comedian Sarah Cooper‘s 2018 book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, TVLine has learned. The untitled pilot, which Cooper is co-writing with showrunner Cindy Chupack follows “three women at different stages in their […]

Live-Action Powerpuff Girls, Naomi Comic Adaptation From Ava DuVernay, Nun Dramedy Get CW Pilot Orders

RELATED STORIES The CW is prepping for a potential profusion of girl power. The network has greenlit three pilots centered on young women, TVLine has learned, including a live-action project based on The Powerpuff Girls cartoon series. The Powerpuff Girls will follow characters introduced in Craig McCracken’s Cartoon Network series, who are now “disillusioned twentysomethings who […]

Wonder Woman: Pedro Pascal Recalls His Previous Spin With Superhero, in NBC Pilot Starring Adrianne Palicki

Before he lorded over Black Gold Cooperative in the newly released Wonder Woman 1984, Pedro Pascal made nice with the Amazonian princess in the famously ill-fated NBC pilot starring Adrianne Palicki. Landing a plum role on the buzzy 2011 TV project “was like a dream come true,” Pascal told our sister site Variety. The David […]

The Big Leap Recast: Piper Perabo In, Laura Benanti Out in Fox’s Scott Foley-Fronted Ballet Dramedy Pilot

RELATED STORIES Fox’s ballet-themed comedy-drama pilot The Big Leap is taking the somewhat unusual step of recasting multiple roles at the 11th hour. And, yes, COVID is to blame. According to Deadline, Covert Affairs vet Piper Perabo is replacing Laura Benanti (Supergirl, Nashville), while Kevin Daniels (Council of Dads) will be stepping in for Little […]

TVLine Items: Grantchester Renewed, Laura Benanti Joins Fox Pilot and More

The vicar will continue his sleuthing: PBS has renewed Grantchester for Season 6, stars Tom Brittney and Robson Green announced via Instagram on Friday. The PBS Masterpiece/ITV series is set in the quaint but crime-ridden village of Grantchester, England, where the unlikely duo of Detective Geordie Keating (Green) and Reverend William Davenport (Brittney), an Anglican vicar, […]

Smash’s Original Pilot Script ‘Had a Lot of Nudity,’ Plus Other Fun Facts From the NBC Cast’s 7-Year Reunion

RELATED STORIES Fans of Marilyn Monroe, Broadway musicals and thinly veiled sexual baseball metaphors were given a temporary reprieve from all that is 2020 on Wednesday with a special presentation from the cast of NBC’s Smash. People, in partnership with The Actors Fund, aired a live stream of the short-lived series’ one-night-only concert recorded in […]

TVLine Items: Melissa Leo Leads Fox Pilot, Vida Return Date and More

Melissa Leo is solving crimes at Fox: The Oscar winner will star in the network’s drama pilot Blood Relative, our sister site Deadline reports. Based on James Renner’s 2018 article “Beyond the Jungle of Bad: The True Story of Two Women from California Who Are Solving All the Mysteries,” the pilot centers on genetic genealogy […]

Da Vinci Code Prequel Series Gets NBC Pilot Order: Who Should Play Langdon?

RELATED STORIES Get to dreamcasting a younger Tom Hanks, because NBC has given a pilot order to Langdon, which is about the earlier adventures of the code-cracking hero from The Da Vinci Code and Dan Brown’s other bestselling Robert Langdon novels. Based on Brown’s The Lost Symbol — which technically was the third Robert Langdon […]

Equalizer Reboot With Queen Latifah in Title Role Gets CBS Pilot Order

RELATED STORIES After hitting the big screen, The Equalizer is headed back to TV: CBS has officially handed a pilot order to a reboot of the late-’80s crime drama, now starring Queen Latifah in the title role, TVLine has learned. The original series ran on CBS from 1985 to 1989 and starred Edward Woodward as […]