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Netflix is pulling the plug on another series after a two-season run. The decision comes nearly three months after the second season dropped on the streaming platform.

Per Variety, Netflix has canceled Unstable after two seasons. The workplace comedy series, which co-starred Rob Lowe and his real-life son, John Owen Lowe, originally premiered on Netflix in March 2023. Season 2 debuted on Aug. 1, and the future of the series has since been unclear. The show getting the boot means that the big political cliffhanger in the finale will not be resolved.

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Unstable featured Rob Lowe playing Ellis Dragon, a biotech company CEO whose mind begins to unravel after the passing of his wife. His son, Jackson Dragon (John Owen Lowe), begins...

Unstable, the Netflix comedy starring Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe, is heading back into production for its second season with a new showrunner.

Andrew Gurland, creator of FX’s Married, has replaced Victor Fresco as showrunner for the second season of the series after its renewal by Netflix for another eight episodes.

Production will begin later this month after it was interrupted by the writers strike back in May. Production on the second season started in late March and shut down at the start of May.

Unstable follows an introverted son (John Owen Lowe) who goes to work for his very successful, wildly eccentric father (Rob Lowe) in order to save him and his successful biotech company from disaster. It is inspired by Rob and John Owen Lowe’s social media relationship, in which John Owen often humorously trolls his dad.

Rob Lowe’s Ellis Dragon is a universally admired,...

Exclusive: Unstable, the Netflix comedy series starring Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe, is the latest show to have production hit by the writers strike.

Deadline understands that production on the second season of the series, which launched at the end of March, has been shut down.

We hear that the series, which hadn’t received a full, official renewal greenlight, was prepping at Sunset Gower Studios in Hollywood. There were six scripts finished out of a planned eight-episode run with principal photography planned for later this spring. Employees were told earlier this week that production was being suspended and that they were being laid off at the end of the week.

Unstable is the latest scripted series shut down; Deadline revealed that NBC comedy Night Court is shutting down its second season and shows such as Netflix’s Cobra Kai, Starz’ Power Book III: Raising Kanan, Showtime...

The conversation about “nepo babies” has grown tiresome — and not just because “nepo baby” itself is such an unattractive turn of phrase. The general outrage over the idea that children of famous actors find themselves drawn to acting, ginned up by an artfully provocative recent cover story in New York magazine, has tended to elide the simple fact that said children often find themselves acting because they share talents with their parents, who are famous for good reason.

So it is with John Owen Lowe, who seems like a slightly altered carbon copy of his father Rob, with the smarm ironed out. Together, they’re headlining “Unstable,” a new Netflix comedy that’s infuriatingly better than it needed to be. Lowes père and fils share executive producer credits with Victor Fresco and Marc Buckland, two creatives with long comedy résumés. And what might have been expected to look like a...

Even geniuses need help sometimes.

On Thursday, Netflix dropped the trailer for the new comedy series “Unstable”, starring Rob Lowe as an eccentric entrepreneur with some serious problems, opposite his real-life son John Owen Lowe

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“Ellis Dragon (Rob Lowe) is a universally admired, eccentric, narcissist-adjacent biotech entrepreneur working to make the world a better place. He’s also in emotional free-fall. His son Jackson Dragon (John Owen Lowe) is… none of those things.”

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“Can Jackson save Ellis and his company and salvage their estranged relationship while also doing what may actually be impossible: escaping the shadow of his larger-than-life father?”

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The series, produced by Lowe, his son, Victor Fresco and Marc Buckland also stars Sian Clifford,...

Netflix has released a first look teaser for Unstable, starring Rob and John Owen Lowe, and announced a March 30 release date for the father-son comedy.

Unstable follows an introverted son (John Owen Lowe) who goes to work for his very successful, wildly eccentric father (Rob Lowe) in order to save him and his successful biotech company from disaster. It is inspired by Rob and John Owen Lowe’s social media relationship, in which John Owen often humorously trolls his dad.

Rob Lowe’s Ellis Dragon is a universally admired, eccentric, narcissist-adjacent biotech entrepreneur working to make the world a better place. He’s also in emotional free-fall. His son Jackson Dragon (John Owen Lowe) is… none of those things. So the question is: Can Jackson save Ellis and his company and salvage their estranged relationship while also doing what may actually be impossible: escaping the shadow of his larger-than-life father?...

Netflix has added to the cast of Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe’s upcoming scripted comedy. Joining the father and son duo in Unstable are Sian Clifford, Rachel Marsh, Emma Ferreira, and Aaron Branch as series regulars. Fred Armisen, Tom Allen, and Jt Parr will be recurring guest stars. The series was created by the Lowes and Victor Fresco, and they will executive produce with Marc Buckland. Unstable follows an introverted son, Jackson (John Owen Lowe), who goes to work for his very successful, wildly eccentric father, Ellis (Rob Lowe), in order to save him and his successful biotech company from disaster. It is inspired by Rob and John Owen Lowe’s social media relationship, in which the latter often humorously trolls his father. Clifford will play Anna, the company’s Chief Financial Officer who has been with Ellis since the beginning. Described as “strong, smart, opinionated, and 100 percent loyal” to him,...

Netflix’s new scripted comedy Unstable has added 7 new cast members to its roster including series regulars Sian Clifford (Fleabag), Rachel Marsh (Head of the Class), Emma Ferreira (Transplant), and Aaron Branch (Kenan); and recurring stars Fred Armisen, Tom Allen (Barry), and Jt Parr.

Clifford will play Anna, the Chief Financial Officer of the company run by Ellis (Rob Lowe), who has been with him since its founding. Strong, smart, opinionated, and one hundred percent loyal to her boss, Anna is one of the only people in Ellis’s life who can go toe-to-toe with him.

Marsh will play Luna, a genius biotech engineer who works in the lab with her friend and research partner Ruby (Ferreira). Shy and awkward, Luna is happy to let her more outgoing partner do the talking for the two of them.

Ferreira will play Ruby,...

Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe’s Netflix comedy series “Unstable” has added six new cast members, Variety has learned.

Sian Clifford, Rachel Marsh, Emma Ferreira and Aaron Branch have all joined the show as series regulars, while Fred Armisen, Tom Allen and Jt Parr will appear in recurring guest star roles.

“Unstable” was picked up to series at Netflix in April, with the Lowes having created the series along with Victor Fresco. The show follows an introverted son (John Owen Lowe) who goes to work for his very successful, wildly eccentric father (Rob Lowe) in order to save him and his successful biotech company from disaster. It is inspired by Rob and John Owen Lowe’s social media relationship. The Lowes and Fresco executive produce “Unstable,” with Marc Buckland also executive producing.

Clifford will play Anna, the CFO of the company run by Ellis (Rob Lowe), who has been with him since its founding.

MarVista Entertainment has signed an exclusive production agreement with the company’s former Evp development and production Robyn Snyder and her new Front Row Films banner to create and develop movies and series originating from intellectual property and other sources.

The partnership, supported by a targeted development fund from MarVista, kicks off with a development slate of approximately 15 projects, including series Deprivers, based on the best-selling book by Steven-Elliot Altman with script written by David Simkins, and Story of My Life, a family series from Emmy-winning director Marc Buckland, and the feature, Prada & Prejudice, inspired by the book by Mandy Hubbard,, with Debby Ryan set to star and produce. Additionally, Snyder continues to work on a handful of projects already in development, including the King Kong Skull Island series and Godwinks telefilm.

“Robyn has worked tirelessly for over nine years,...

Kj Smith (Dynasty) and The Killing alum Brent Sexton are set as series regulars opposite Ben Aldridge and Matt Barr in the CW drama pilot Skinny Dip, from writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner, Keshet Studios and CBS TV Studios. Written by Friend and Lerner based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen and directed by Marc Buckland, Skinny Dip centers on Joey, who, after her husband, Chaz (Aldridge), tries to kill her on what she thought was a romantic cruise to celebrate their…...

Reign alum Ben Aldridge is returning to the CW and CBS TV Studios as one of the leads of their drama pilot Skinny Dip, from writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and Keshet Studios. In the pilot, he joins another former CW star, Valor‘s Matt Barr. Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen and directed by Marc Buckland, Skinny Dip centers on Joey, who, after her husband, Chaz (Aldridge), tries to kill her on what she thought was a…...

Exclusive: Matt Barr, the male lead of the CW/CBS TV Studios military drama Valor, has been tapped as a star of another the CW/CBS TV Studios project, drama pilot Skinny Dip, from writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and Keshet Studios.

Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen and directed by Marc Buckland, Skinny Dip centers on Joey, who, after her husband tries to kill her on what she thought was a romantic cruise to celebrate their second wedding anniversary, teams with a jaded ex-cop to exact her own twisted brand of revenge on her cheating spouse and winds up uncovering a wider conspiracy in the process.

Barr’s Mick is an old soul, unplugged from society, skeptical of the world and cynical beyond his years. A former police detective who was removed from the force, he lives alone on a...

Exclusive: Matt Barr, the male lead of the CW/CBS TV Studios military drama Valor, has been tapped as a star of another the CW/CBS TV Studios project, drama pilot Skinny Dip, from writers Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner and Keshet Studios. Written by Russel Friend and Garrett Lerner based on the novel by Carl Hiaasen and directed by Marc Buckland, in Skinny Dip, after her husband tries to kill her on what she thought was a romantic cruise to celebrate their second…...

Linda From Hr is down but she’s not out.

Despite failing to land a spot on Fox’s 2017-18 schedule, the Lauren Graham-fronted comedy pilot still has a pulse. “It is definitely still in consideration,” Fox Chairman and CEO Gary Newman told reporters early Monday.

The half-hour, single-camera sitcom centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything. The cast also includes Happy Endings‘ Zachary Knighton and Lois & Clark‘s Michael Landes.

Linda From Hr is making another major staffing change.

Michael Landes (Special Unit 2, Lois & Clark) has replaced White Collar vet Tim DeKay as the husband of Lauren Graham’s titular heroine in the Fox comedy pilot, TVLine has learned. According to sources, producers decided to take the character in a slightly different direction.

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Michael Landes (Save Me, Hooten & the Lady) has landed a series regular role opposite Lauren Graham in Fox's single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr in a recasting. This is one of two casting changes made on the pilot after the table read. Ryan Michelle Bathe recently replaced originally cast Angel Laketa Moore; Landes is taking over for Tim DeKay. Written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld and directed by Marc Buckland, Linda From Hr centers on the eponymous heroine…...

Dominic Burgess (Feud: Bette and Joan) is set for a series regular role opposite Lauren Graham on Fox's single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr. Written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld and directed by Marc Buckland, Linda From Hr centers on the eponymous heroine, Linda Plugh (Graham); all it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from Hr's monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret that could…...

Ryan Michelle Bathe (This is Us) is set for a series-regular role opposite Lauren Graham on Fox's single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr in a recasting. Written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld and directed by Marc Buckland, Linda From Hr centers on the eponymous heroine, Linda Plugh (Graham). All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from Hr's monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home life and a secret…...

Lauren Graham‘s new comedic sidekick is getting an extreme makeover.

In an 11th hour recasting, This Is Us‘ Ryan Michelle Bathe has replaced ER alum Angel Laketa Moore in Graham’s Fox sitcom pilot Linda From Hr, TVLine has learned.

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Bathe...

ER alumna Angel Laketa Moore has booked a series-regular role opposite Lauren Graham on Fox's single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr. Also cast as a regular in the project is Ellis Rubin. Written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld and directed by Marc Buckland, Linda From Hr centers on the eponymous heroine, Linda Plugh (Graham). All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from Hr's monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing…...

Linda From Hr is staffing up.

Fox’s Lauren Graham-fronted comedy pilot has added White Collar‘s Tim DeKay and Happy Endings‘ Zachary Knighton in series-regular roles, TVLine has learned.

The half-hour, single-camera project centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.

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Former White Collar star Tim DeKay and Happy Endings alum Zachary Knighton are set as male leads opposite Lauren Graham on Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr. Written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld and directed by Marc Buckland, Linda From Hr centers on the eponymous heroine, Linda Plugh (Graham). All it takes is one bad decision to throw Linda from Hr's monotonous, unfulfilled life into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing work life, home…...

The prospective 2017-18 TV season just got a lot more exciting.

Gilmore Girls star Lauren Graham has signed on to star in Fox’s half-hour, single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr, TVLine has learned. Graham’s casting lifts the cast contingency on the pilot order.

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The potential series centers on Graham’s Linda Plugh, an Hr employee whose one bad decision throws her monotonous, unfulfilled existence into an exciting but dangerous tailspin of balancing her work life, her home life and a secret that could unravel everything.

Coming off reprising her starring role in Gilmore Girls: A Year In the Life on Netfllix, Lauren Graham has booked two high-profile TV gigs. She has been tapped as the lead of Fox’s single-camera comedy pilot Linda From Hr, lifting the contingency on the project. Additionally, she is set to recur on the upcoming new season of Larry David’s HBO comedy series Curb Your Enthusiasm. Written by Geoff Barbanell and Itai Grunfeld and directed by Marc Buckland, Linda From Hr…...

Chris Koch has been tapped to direct ABC’s single camera comedy pilot Chunk & Bean. Written by Ed Herro and Brian Donovan, Chunk & Bean is a dual-family comedy centered on the unlikely friendship of two misfits, Chunk and Bean, who benefit from having two very different sets of parents living next door to each other. Koch’s numerous TV directing credits include ABC’s Galavant and Fox’s Grandfathered. Marc Buckland is set to direct ABC’s Dream Team, a single camera comedy…...

Veteran TV comedy director-producer Marc Buckland has signed a two-year overall deal with Warner Bros. TV to work on pilots and series. The deal will start in June when Buckland’s current pact at Universal TV is up. Buckland previously worked with Wbtv on the NBC drama series The West Wing, on which he served as a director, and on the Fox comedy pilot Strange Brew, which he directed and executive produced. Buckland’s extensive pilot resume includes NBC’s My Name Is Earl, for which he won a directing Emmy, Grimm and most recently NBC’s comedy The Gates last season. He is repped by ICM Partners and Esa’s Paul Alan Smith.

The Happy Endings gang's huge pilot season is continuing. Former Happy Endings Ep Jonathan Groff has signed on to executive produce NBC's comedy pilot Fifth Wheel, with Sean Saves the World's Marc Buckland boarding as director, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Story: TV Pilots 2014: The Complete Guide The ensemble comedy centers on a young woman who confronts her new reality after her last single friend gets engaged. YouTube duo Heidi Niedermayer and Elena Crevello (Shit People Say in L.A.) will pen the script and serve as supervising producers. The multicamera comedy hails from ABC Studios and The Mark

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NBC’s single-camera comedy The Gates has recast two regular roles following Wednesday’s table read. Ally McBeal alum Greg Germann and Ben & Kate co-star Echo Kellum are joining the pilot, replacing Aasif Mandvi and Justin Chon, respectively. Germann was cast as a regular, while Kellum is a guest star. Based on the British series, The Gates is an adult ensemble comedy set at the front gates of an elementary school drop-off and revolves around the parents, school staff and 15-minute social minefield they navigate at the beginning and end of each school day. The show centers on type-a Helen (Kathleen Rose Perkins), who just moved to town with her husband Mark (Ken Marino) and their 8-year-old daughter for Helen’s big new job. Germann will play another dad at the school, a super-driven, competitive Yale-educated lawyer who’s one of these comedically intense guys who pushes his kids way too hard.

Party Down alum Ken Marino and The Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi round out the cast of the NBC comedy pilot The Gates. Based on the British series, The Gates is an adult ensemble comedy set at the front gates of an elementary school drop-off and revolves around the parents, school staff and 15-minute social minefield they navigate at the beginning and end of each school day. The show centers on type-a Helen (Kathleen Rose Perkins), who just moved to town with her husband Mark (Marino) and their 8-year-old daughter for Helen’s big new job. Mark is described as a loveable, sweet, well-meaning, puppy-dog of a guy, a type B, or C, maybe even D to his wife’s type-a personality. Since he owns a construction business, he’s got a more flexible schedule than Helen and is at their daughter’s school more than his wife. Mandvi will...

Christina Kirk has joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot The Gates. The project, written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith and to be directed by Marc Buckland, received an early pilot green light last month. Based on the British series, The Gates is an adult ensemble comedy set at the front gates of an elementary school drop-off and revolves around the parents, school staff and 15-minute social minefield they navigate at the beginning and end of each school day. The show centers on the type-a Helen (Kathleen Rose Perkins), who just moved to town with her husband Mark and their 8-year-old daughter for Helen’s big new job. Kirk will play Sarah, a neglected, hot, depressed stay-at-home mom who starts hitting on Mark. Kirk, repped by Phoenix Artists and Circle of Confusion, recently did an arc on HBO’s Girls.

Exclusive: Episodes co-star Kathleen Rose Perkins is set as the lead in the NBC comedy pilot The Gates. Also cast in the project, from 20th Century Fox TV and Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment, are Diana Maria Riva, John Grisetti (Knights Of Prosperity) and Justin Chon. The Gates, written by Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith and to be directed by Marc Buckland, received an early pilot green light earlier this month. In addition to her starring role in The Gates, Perkins will also continue her regular gig on Episodes, filming the show’s upcoming third season after production on The Gates pilot wraps. If The Gates goes to series and Episodes goes to Season 4, Perkins would star on the NBC comedy and recur on the Showtime one. Based on the British series, The Gates is an adult ensemble comedy set at the front gates of an elementary school drop-off and revolves around the parents,...

Holy wesen! Titan Magazines is preparing another treat for nerds everywhere, with a magazine based on NBC’s horror fairy tale Grimm. The first issue comes to the states on March 12th, 2013, in the form of a giant 148 page tome featuring interviews with the cast, writers and producers as they dish dirt on the rest of season 2 and beyond.

Titan Magazines is responsible for The Walking Dead Magazine, which fans gobbled up to the point where it was the highest ordered mag from Diamond’s Previews. The cover is attached, and peruse the following press release hot off the…internet:

Following the success of NBC’s hit TV-show Grimm, Titan Magazines will publish two special collector’s edition magazines. Issue #1 hits newsstands on March 12, 2013 and will be the ultimate companion to the show.

Inspired by the classic Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales, NBC’s Grimm follows Portland Homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt (David Giuntoli,...

Exclusive: Sought-after pilot director Marc Buckland has been tapped to helm The Gates, NBC‘s recently picked up single-camera comedy pilot from writers Cathy Yuspa and Josh Goldsmith, Kapital Entertainment and 20th Century Fox TV. The project, which was given an early green light, is based on the British series of the same name that premiered on Sky Living in August. It is an adult ensemble comedy set at the front gates of an elementary school drop-off and revolves around the parents, school staff and 15-minute social minefield they have to navigate at the beginning and end of each school day. Yuspa and Goldsmith wrote the script and executive produce with Kapital Entertainment’s Aaron Kaplan as well as Laurence Bowen and Philip Clarke of Feelgood Fiction, the UK production company behind the original series. The Gates reunites Buckland with NBC and 20th TV, the network and studio behind the comedy My Name Is Earl,...

Plenty of “regular” shows are airing Halloween episodes this week, but we love that Our Shows are doing the same, especially when you consider that most regular episodes of Our Shows could be already be considered Halloween fare. Tonight, Grimm takes on Halloween with an episode that takes on a Latin American folk tale, La Llorona. We also learn that Wesen have a particular fondness for this holiday.

For the first time, NBC will be broadcasting tonight’s episode of Grimm in Spanish on Telemundo from 12-1 a.m. (Et) and English on mun2 at 1-2 a.m. (Et). These airings will follow the episode’s debut on NBC at 9/8c. More about that is in the press release, which follows these videos for your Halloween episode appetizers:

TV Spot: Grimm – Halloween Special

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Trailer: Grimm – The Legend of La Llorona

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It’s a good news/bad news report. Unfortunately, the bad news is that NBC has now confirmed that Mockingbird Lane, the Bryan Fuller-written-and-produced re-imagining of The Munsters, will not be produced as a series. The somewhat good news is that we don’t lose everything; the one hour pilot has been refashioned into a special, to air the Friday before Halloween.

Mr. Fuller himself tweeted this upbeat interpretation:

#Mockingbirdlane Lives!

— Bryan Fuller (@BryanFuller) October 11, 2012

It is perhaps a remote possibility that, should the special do well, the series still could become a reality, but that is wild speculation. Here’s the press release, which also details the episode of Grimm that will follow the special, and which will feature a Latin American folk tale:

NBC Stirs Up Creepy Cauldron For Halloween With A Fright Night Featuring One-hour Pilot Of ‘Mockingbird Lane’ Leading Into Haunting Episode Of ‘Grimm’ On...

Exclusive: Sought-after pilot director Marc Buckland is venturing into his own development with an hourlong project, which has sold to NBC through Universal TV. Titled This Thing Called Love, it is described as a comedic documentary that explores the minutae of modern relationships through the eyes of several very disparate couples. Buckland will write, direct and executive produce under his development deal with Universal TV. Under the pact, Buckland made his pilot-writing debut last season with single-camera comedy Rip, which also was set up at NBC. Both pilots Buckland directed for NBC the past two seasons — drama Grimm and comedy Next Caller Please — went to series. His directing work on the pilot for another NBC series, single-camera comedy My Name Is Earl, earned him an Emmy. ICM Partners-repped Buckland is currently helming single-camera comedy pilot Paging Dr. Freed for NBC sibling USA Network.

According to Deadline.com, Annie Potts has just been cast in USA's 'Paging Dr. Freed' pilot. The show is written by Michael Feldman and will be directed by Marc Buckland. Potts will play the mother of gynecologist brothers who 'inherit their fathers thriving medical practice after he dies from a heart attack he suffers during an attempt at playing doctor with his young secretary,' as described by Deadline.

Exclusive: Annie Potts is set to star opposite Kyle Howard and Joel David Moore in the USA Network comedy pilot Paging Dr. Freed. Written by Michael Feldman and to be directed by Marc Buckland, the single-camera comedy centers on gynecologist brothers David (Howard) and Jonathan (Moore) who inherit their father’s thriving medical practice after he dies from a heart attack he suffers during an attempt at “playing” doctor with his young secretary. Potts will play the brothers’ ball-busting, overbearing mother who hates Jonathan’s wife (Leslie Grossman) and keeps meddling in her sons’ lives. It has been a busy last couple of days for Potts, who also booked a recurring role on the new NBC comedy series Animal Practice where she also plays the mother of the lead who is a doctor, veterinarian Dr. George Coleman (Justin Kirk). The Designing Women alumna also was offered a plum guest turn on NBC’s 1600 Penn,...

Paging Annie Potts - Please come to Dr. Freed's Office. Annie Potts will star opposite Kyle Howard and Joel David Moore in the pilot of USA's comedy Paging Dr. Freed, written by Michael Feldman and helmed by Marc Buckland. Deadline reports that the single-camera comedy follows David and Jonathan, brothers who are gynecologists and inherit their father's practice after he suffers he dies from a heart attack while "playing doctor" with a sexy young secretary. Potts will apparently play the overbearing, medling mother who dislikes Jonathan's wife (played by Leslie Grossman of 10 Things I Hate About You, Nip/Tuck). Potts is also in a recurring role on Animal Practice for NBC, and was in Robert Harling's recently-canceled ABC comedy Gcb with Leslie Bibb.

Paging Annie Potts - Please come to Dr. Freed's Office. Annie Potts will star opposite Kyle Howard and Joel David Moore in the pilot of USA's comedy Paging Dr. Freed, written by Michael Feldman and helmed by Marc Buckland. Deadline reports that the single-camera comedy follows David and Jonathan, brothers who are gynecologists and inherit their father's practice after he suffers he dies from a heart attack while "playing doctor" with a sexy young secretary. Potts will apparently play the overbearing, medling mother who dislikes Jonathan's wife (played by Leslie Grossman of 10 Things I Hate About You, Nip/Tuck). Potts is also in a recurring role on Animal Practice for NBC, and was in Robert Harling's recently-canceled ABC comedy Gcb with Leslie Bibb.

Leslie Grossman (10 Things I Hate About You) is set to co-star opposite Kyle Howard and Joel David Moore in the USA Network comedy pilot Paging Dr. Freed. Written by Michael Feldman and to be directed by Marc Buckland, the single-camera comedy centers on gynecologist brothers David (Howard) and Jonathan (Moore) who inherit their father’s thriving medical practice after he suffers a heart attack during an attempt at “playing” doctor with his young secretary. Popular alumna Grossman, repped by Domain and Marsh Entertainment, will play Jonathan’s wife Mimi. Aunjanue Ellis has joined the cast of AMC’s untitled Richard Lagravenese/Tony Goldwyn project. Written by Lagravenese and to be directed by Goldwyn, the ensemble drama is a legal thriller centered on Adam Page (Damon Gupton), a District Attorney who uncovers new evidence that prompts the reinvestigation of a sensational murder case. Marin Ireland plays the female lead. Ellis will play Adam’s wife,...

My Boys alum Kyle Howard and Joel David Moore (Avatar) have landed the leads in USA Network’s comedy pilot Paging Dr. Freed, lifting the contingency on the project. Written by Michael Feldman and to be directed by Marc Buckland, the single-camera comedy centers on gynecologist brothers David (Howard) and Jonathan (Moore) who inherit their father’s thriving medical practice after he suffers a heart attack during an attempt at “playing” doctor with his young secretary. Along with taking over the family business, these brothers also must deal with something else their father left behind – their overbearing, neurotic mother. Trusted and beloved by their patients, these guys are professionals when it comes to women but only from the neck down. Fox21 is producing, with Katy McCaffrey and Brad Johnson exec producing alongside Feldman. Howard is already in the USA family — he has been recurring on the network’s series Royal Pains.

Longtime TV literary agent Paul Alan Smith will be leaving his position at International Creative Management on Jan. 1, Deadline reported.Smith is launching a new entertainment venture called Equitable Stewardship for Artists, which will not be a management company but is "expected to have a close working relationship with ICM," according to Deadline. He is reportedly beginning to transition his clients – which include actor Adam Arkin, TV producer-director Marc Buckland ("Grimm," "My Name is Earl"), writer-director Charles Burnett ("Killer of Sheep"), and more – to the new agency.Smith was previously an agent at literary agency Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann, which ICM acquired in 2006 to form its TV literary department.This is the latest departure of a veteran agent from ICM Partners in the last few months. Nicole Clemens, the former head of ICM's motion picture lit department, left in June after 15 years at the agency to become FX's...

Veteran TV lit agent Paul Alan Smith will be leaving ICM Partners on January 1 to start a new entertainment venture, Equitable Stewardship for Artists. The venture, which will not be a management company, is expected to have a close working relationship with ICM. Smith is now transitioning his clients to the agency. Those include Allen Coulter, Michael Fresco, Ted Kotcheff, Marc Buckland, Joe Chappelle and Jean De Segonzac. Smith was a member of the group of TV lit agents at Broder Webb Chervin Silbermann who formed the backbone of ICM’s TV lit department after the 2006 merger.

NBC has released a bunch of trailers and clips for a new collection of TV series that they have been developing. We've got stuff from 1600 Penn, Infamous, Save Me, Next Caller, Do No Harm, The New Normal, Guys With Kids, and Go On. It will be interesting to what shows make it and what shows end up on the chopping block. Check out the trailers and clips and let us know which ones look good to you!

1600 Penn:

“1600 Penn” — The Gilchrists are just the average American family dealing with all the everyday issues – like a grown kid who’s forced to move back home, children who are smarter than their teachers and a stepmom (Jenna Elfman, “Dharma and Greg”) desperately trying to win over the kids. They’re loving, fun and a little crazy. In other words, just like everybody else. With one exception: they live in a very special house.

The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the first announced today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on NBC.

With only a few shows from last season still sticking around (and none of them hits really), NBC is betting big on comedy this year to sit alongside its football and "The Voice" broadcasts. In fact though its ordered five new dramas, only two of those will be premiering in the Fall with the rest of the schedule filled out with either returning shows or new comedies.

"The Munsters" reboot "Mockingbird Lane" remains in development for a possible mid-season launch. Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen, the most galling of which is the Alaskan-set conspiracy mystery thriller "Midnight Sun" with Julia Stiles and Titus Welliver. Also missing out were...

New Comedies & Dramas For 2012-13 NBC Primetime Schedule Sitcoms expand to four nights this fall including Tuesday and Friday nights. New dramas from Dick Wolf and Jj Abrams. Here’s your first look: NBC’s Save Me - Comedy Produced by Sony Pictures Television and Original Film. Novelist John Scott Shepherd is executive producer/creator along with executive producer/director Scott Winant and executive producers Neal H. Moritz, Vivian Cannon, and Alexa Junge: NBC’s 1600 Penn - Comedy Produced by 20th Century Fox. From executive producer/director Jason Winer. The executive producers are Winer (who also directed the pilot), Gad and former White House speechwriter Jon Lovett: NBC’s Next Caller – Comedy Produced by Lionsgate Television and Universal Television. Created and executive-produced by Stephen Falk and directed by Marc Buckland, who also serves as executive producer on the pilot: NBC’s Guys With Kids – Comedy Produced by Universal Television and Holiday Road.

In advance of their official Upfronts presentation on Monday, NBC jumped the gun to be the first network to unveil their complete 2012-2013 schedule on Sunday.

The biggest story? "Community" is moving to Fridays, along with sophomore sitcom "Whitney," which will kick off that rather random new night of programming.

"Smash" is also being bumped -- all the way to midseason -- to make way for the premiere of "Revolution," a new thriller from J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke, which will air after "The Voice" on Mondays. And yes, that means "The Voice" will be back in the fall, giving it two cycles a year, as predicted.

NBC will also try their hand at airing comedies on Tuesday nights, with Matthew Perry's "Go On" and Ryan Murphy's "Th New Normal" getting paired together.

Also being saved for midseason are new sitcoms "Save Me," "1600 Penn" and "Next Caller," and new dramas "Do No Harm,...

In advance of their official Upfronts presentation on Monday, NBC jumped the gun to be the first network to unveil their complete 2012-2013 schedule on Sunday.

The biggest story? "Community" is moving to Fridays, along with sophomore sitcom "Whitney," which will kick off that rather random new night of programming.

"Smash" is also being bumped -- all the way to midseason -- to make way for the premiere of "Revolution," a new thriller from J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke, which will air after "The Voice" on Mondays. And yes, that means "The Voice" will be back in the fall, giving it two cycles a year, as predicted.

NBC will also try their hand at airing comedies on Tuesday nights, with Matthew Perry's "Go On" and Ryan Murphy's "Th New Normal" getting paired together.

Also being saved for midseason are new sitcoms "Save Me," "1600 Penn" and "Next Caller," and new dramas "Do No Harm,...