The pilot casting blitz isn't over yet. Also after the jump: Kristen Wiig's Arrested Development role revealed Yeah, NBC is probably going to cancel Up All Night HBO decides not to go with James Gandolfini's pilot HBO's cancelled drama Luck finds new life as a blog Survey says House of Cards is a success for Netflix…
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It's pilot casting season! And as such, Rupert Grint, JK Simmons, Dylan McDermott, Billy Campbell, Jennifer Beals, and tons more have found new homes on the small screen. Also after the jump: Peter Sarsgaard has joined AMC's The Killing Dexter Season 8 adds a Walking Dead alum Ridley Scott is bringing The Terror to AMC…
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With the semi-annual Television Critics Association press tour in full swing, there's no shortage of TV news at the start of this week. After the jump: Ryan Murphy's Normal Heart is coming to HBO Ricky Gervais' Life's Too Short will end this season Sarah Michelle Gellar is returning to TV with a comedy NBC explains…
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NBC's shaking things up, while its former employee Dan Harmon's bouncing back on Adult Swim. After the jump: NBC doesn't want that Dwight Schrute spinoff The Farm after all NBC decides to turn Up All Night into a multi-camera sitcom Adult Swim orders Dan Harmon's new animated comedy to series Chloë Sevigny signs up for A&E…
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For better or for worse, networks are finally sorting out their schedules for the 2012-2013 season, which means renewals and cancellations are being announced left and right. Viewers of NBC and ABC's comedy lineups will be happy to see most of their favorites safe for another year, but Awake fans should prepare to say goodbye.…
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Fans of NBC's Thursday night lineup will want to keep a close eye on TV news in the coming days, as the network is nearing a seventh season renewal for 30 Rock. As for geek favorites Community and Parks & Recreation, let's just say the latter seems to have a better shot of coming back…
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Whether you're a new parent or a singleton, whether you're into video games, drugs, cable news, there's a little something for everyone in this rather random edition of TV Bits. After the jump: Breaking Bad showrunner Vince Gilligan admits has no idea how his AMC series will end SyFy taps Legion helmer Scott Stewart to…
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There's plenty of good stuff in today's TV Bits, including new trailers for HBO's Luck and Showtime's House of Lies, which I'm hoping will help the one bit of really bad news go down a bit easier: NBC's benching its highly praised but under-watched Community. After the jump: NBC puts Community on hiatus and picks…
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A lot of the reviews I've read of this fall's new series seem to keep returning to the same theme: television comedy is making a comeback. That's definitely the case in this edition of TV Bits, which includes news about the cancellation of NBC's much-hyped drama The Playboy Club, and new sitcoms for AMC and…
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam run down some fall TV show premieres, praise the low-budget Trollhunter, try to make sense of Netflix's recent moves, and hear about some of the best films at the Toronto International Film Festival this year. Special guest Laremy Legel joins us from Film.com. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com,…
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