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Joely Fisher has been tapped to portray Brad Garrett's wife in Fox's comedy pilot 'Til Death. In other casting news, Esai Morales has landed a role in CBS' drama pilot Company Town, Steven Eckholdt and Susan Walters have joined the cast of the CW's drama pilot Split Decision, and Susan Floyd has been cast in the CW drama pilot Runaway. 'Til Death, from Sony Pictures Television, centers on a just-married young couple who move in next door to a long-married couple. Garrett and Fisher will play the long-married couple.

Catherine Bell and Gary Cole have joined the cast of CBS' drama pilot Company Town, Mercedes Ruehl is close to signing on to co-star in CBS' untitled Paul Reiser comedy pilot, Rena Sofer has been tapped to star opposite Diedrich Bader in ABC's comedy pilot Mr. Nice Guy, Kevin Hart has come on board CBS' comedy pilot The Weekend, Bruce Davison has been added to ABC's comedy pilot Southern Comfort and Cheryl White and D.W. Moffett have been cast in the CW's untitled Kevin Williamson drama pilot. Additionally, John Sloan has landed the second lead in Fox's comedy pilot Happy Hour, Alexis Cruz has joined CBS' drama pilot Shark and Brendan Hines has been added to Fox's comedy pilot If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home Now. In pilot-pickup news, CBS has given a late green light to My Ex Life, from writer-executive producer Rich Appel.

Mena Suvari and Blair Underwood have been tapped to star in two CBS drama pilots, Orpheus and Company Town, respectively. Additionally, Mitch Rouse landed the lead in CBS' comedy pilot The Angriest Man in Suburbia, Kiele Sanchez has been tapped as the lead in ABC's comedy pilot What Happens on a Bus and Josh Meyers will play the lead in Fox's comedy pilot That Guy. Also, Matt Letscher has been cast as the male lead opposite Christine Taylor in ABC's comedy pilot 52 Fights, Nick Zano landed the second lead opposite Kevin Brennan in NBC's untitled Jace Richdale comedy pilot, Lori Loughlin joined the cast of the ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency, Will Patton has been cast in ABC's drama pilot The Way and Kerr Smith has come on board Fox's drama pilot American Crime. In other pilot castings, Rebecca Gayheart has joined Fox's drama Vanished, Jonathan LaPaglia and Patricia Wettig have been added to ABC's drama Brothers & Sisters, Bill Smitrovich and Nestor Serrano have been cast in ABC's drama A House Divided, Reiley McClendon and Jessica Stroup have joined Fox's drama Southern Comfort, while Tony Plana has come on board the ABC one-hour Ugly Betty.