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Exclusive: Fivel Stewart (Umma) will exec produce and star in the horror-thriller Wake, from directors Tom Arizmendi and Austin Parks Stewart.

In the film written by Elizabeth H. Vu, a struggling actress, desperate for a lead role in a Hollywood remake, tracks down the lead of the original film, who’s now a mysterious recluse. Strange occurrences quickly turn the meeting into a nightmare. Stewart’s fellow producers on the project are Daniel Blake Smith, Teddy Van Gough and Sam Logan.

Stewart played Izzy on Netflix’s hit series Atypical, more recently starring opposite Sandra Oh in the Sam Raimi-produced supernatural horror film Umma, as well as in the Freeform film Close Up with A Quiet Place’s Millicent Simmonds. The actress has also been seen in films like The Never List and on such series as Awesomeness TV’s T@gged. She is represented by Sovereign Talent Group and Tsc Entertainment.

The saga continues. Leah Remini, who famously exited the Church of Scientology in 2013, is producing a Scientology TV series drama for A&E, EW reports. The King of Queens star's most recent series role was Nicki, on The Exes TV show, which was cancelled in 2015, after four seasons on TV Land. She also played Terry Baumgardner on Family Tools, which was cancelled in 2013, after two weeks, although ABC did burn off all 10 episodes produced.After Remini left Scientology, she and her family did a TLC reality series, Leah Remini: It's All Relative, which ran for two seasons, before being cancelled. Her mother, Vicki Marshall, reared Remini and her older sister Nicole in the faith, since childhood. On November 3, 2015, Ballantine Books released her memoir, Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood...

We’ve got questions, and you’ve (maybe) got answers! With another week of TV gone by, we’re lobbing queries left and right about shows including The Night Of, Preacher, Zoo and Mr. Robot!

1 | Boy/Girl Meets World fans, given the parallels between Cory and Riley’s experiences at Mount Sun Lodge, was there ever any doubt this wannabe sherpa was Lauren’s son?

2 | Was it any surprise — any surprise at all — that the fiancé on Killjoys turned out to be a bad guy? Also, how good were Luke Macfarlane/D’Av and Rob Stewart/Khylen at swapping characters?...

CBS on Friday added a pair of comedies to its 2015-16 season roster, including the Jane Lynch-Maggie Lawson multi-cam farce Angel From Hell.

The Eye network also ordered to series Life in Pieces, a star-studded single-camera family sitcom from Better Off Ted Ep Justin Adler.

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The two shows join five new dramas that CBS has ordered for next season, including a spinoff of Criminal Minds and an adaptation of the film Rush Hour.

See below for complete cast/Ep details and official loglines for Angel From Hell...

Danielle Nicolet (Family Tools) has joined the cast of CBS’ single-camera comedy pilot Good Session. Written by John Hamburg and Matt Miller and directed by Hamburg, the project revolves around a happy couple, Joel (James Roday) and Lindsay, who go to a therapist (Tracey Ullman) to help them decide if they should have a baby but quickly discover they have more to discuss. Nicolet will play Andrea Fisher, the no-nonsense, straight-talking wife of Joel’s best friend Seth (Rich Sommer). Nicolet, repped by Innovative Artists and Klwgn, most recently recurred on Bet’s The Game. Related: 2014 CBS Pilots Natasha Henstridge (The Secret Circle) has landed a guest star/recurring role in ABC/Warner Bros TV single-camera comedy pilot Selfie, written by Emily Kapnek and directed by Julie Anne Robinson. It centers on Eliza Dooley (Karen Gillan), a self-obsessed twentysomething who is more concerned with “likes” than being liked. Henstridge will play Mrs.

Triple Nine

Anthony Mackie ("Captain America: The Winter Soldier," "Pain and Gain") is in negotiations to join John Hillcoat's cop drama "Triple Nine" at Open Road Films alongside Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Kate Winslet, Aaron Paul, Gal Gadot and Teresa Palmer.

The story revolves around a group of corrupt cops who plan a major heist. The term is a police code for when an officer needs immediate assistance. Hillcoat ("Lawless," "The Road") helms from a script by Matt Cook. [Source: Variety]

Sleeping with other People

Alison Brie ("Community") and Adam Scott ("Parks and Recreation") are teaming on Leslye Headland's upcoming comedy "Sleeping With Other People". Brie will replace Kirsten Dunst in the film about which follows a cheater and a womanizer. [Source: Vulture]

The Age of Adaline

Kathy Baker and Amanda Crew have joined the cast of the romantic drama "The Age of Adaline" alongside Blake Lively, Harrison Ford, Ellen Burstyn and Michiel Huisman.

Kyle Bornheimer is boarding The D-Train. The Family Tools star has been cast opposite Jack Black and James Marsden in the low-budget comedy being produced by Mike White’s Rip Cord Productions, Black’s Electric Dynamite and Ealing Studios. Photos: 35 of 2014's Most Anticipated Movies: 'X-Men: Days of Future Past,' 'Mockingjay,' 'Spider-Man 2' D-Train centers on a Middle America high school reunion committee chairman (Black), still searching for high school acceptance, who has to do whatever it takes to get the most popular guy from high school -- now a failed actor working in commercials (Marsden) --

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Washington, February 28: Leah Remini has revealed that her best friend Jennifer Lopez has been giving her spiritual advice.

In an interview with Buzzfeed, the 'Family Tools' star has revealed that she has reclaimed her spirituality and has begun listening to affirmation tapes on the suggestion of Lopez, Radar Online reported.

The 43-year-old actress does a daily exercise, which requires her to look in a mirror and say "I love you, Leah. You're doing the best you can do".

She said that the 'Jenny From the Block' hitmaker made special rings for all the women in her life that say, 'I Love Me,' and Remini has come.

You know the face, you've seen him in a bunch of shows, and now Kyle Bornheimer is bringing his "oh yeah, that guy!" charm to Fox's Golden Globe winner Brooklyn Nine-Nine for a guest spot sure to wipe that smug look off of Peralta's face.

Slated for an early March appearance, Bornheimer — who was last seen in ABC's The Family Tools and plays a key role in A&E's upcoming Those Who Kill — will guest star in the season's 19th episode as Teddy, a cop from another precinct who used to date Santiago (Melissa Fumero). Needless to say, goofball Peralta (Andy Samberg) won't be too thrilled when the pair reconnects at a NYPD training exercise...especially when it becomes clear that the exes still have feelings for one another.

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Exclusive: Following her stint on Dancing With The Stars, Leah Remini is returning to TV comedy with a multi-episode arc on TV Land’s The Exes. The King Of Queens alumna will play Stuart’s (David Alan Basche) sister Nicki — a tough-talking, no-nonsense, stylish and sexy woman from Staten Island whose 17-year marriage ends when she finds out her policeman husband had an affair. Nicki retreats to Manhattan to seek the comfort of her brother, only to find out he’s sharing an apartment with two guys, Phil (Donald Faison) and Haskell (Wayne Knight), and living next door to his divorce attorney Holly (Kristen Johnston). Unable and unwilling to keep her opinions to herself, she turns all their lives upside down as she tries to put her life back together and make a new future for herself in Manhattan. This marks Remini’s return to multi-camera sitcoms six years after her CBS hit,...

Oh Happy day: Eliza Coupe is once again bringing her comedy chops to TV.

The Happy Endings aluma has been tapped to star in Benched, a single-camera project that received a pilot order from USA Network on Wednesday.

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From executive producers Michaela Watkins (Trophy Wife) and Damon Jones (The Groundlings), as well as Mark Gordon (Grey’s Anatomy) and Andrea Shay (Family Tools), the sitcom centers on a career-driven attorney who loses out on a promotion, suffers a nervous breakdown and rebounds as a public defender.

Mark Gordon has rolled into a new deal with NBC. NBC has entered a script deal with Gordon (“Criminal Minds,” “Grey’s Anatomy”) for a new comedy, “Fifth Wheel,” which Gordon will will executive produce. Also read: ‘Chronicles of Narnia’ Fourth Film Planned Thanks to Deal With Mark Gordon The project is a 20-something ensemble show about a girl learning to deal with being the only single person in her group of friends. “Shit People Say in La” duo Heidi Niedermeyer and Elena Crevello are writing the project. Also read: Mark Gordon Sells Spinster Comedy to NBC, Procedural to CBS...

Alicia Witt is moving to Harlan County.

The Friday Night Lights actress has landed a major recurring role in Justified‘s fifth season, Deadline reports. She’ll play the “smart, sexy sister” of Florida-based crime lord Dale Crowe Jr. (the just-cast Michael Rapaport).

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Twilight/Family Tools alum Edi Gathegi has also joined the FX drama as a Haitian criminal working for the aforementioned Crowes.

Ready for more of today’s TV dish? Well…

• Veteran actor Ed Asner is slated to guest-star in an upcoming episode of CBS’ new comedy The Crazy Ones, TVGuide.com reports.

Kenyan-American actor Edi Gathegi has joined the cast of the upcoming 5th season of FX's Justified, in what is said to be a major recurring role.  Gathegi will play a character named Jean Baptiste, described as a former member of the Haitian secret police, with a cold, merciless attitude, who runs the Crowe family gator farm. Justified isn't a series that I watch, so I can't offer any valuable commentary on it, or what Gathegi's Jean Baptiste addition might mean for the Crowe family. Those who are fans can chime in... Gathegi has kept himself busy in TV land, appearing in 3 series this year - ABC's Family Tools, Red Widow, as well...

Justified showrunner Graham Yost is making good on his plan to integrate more of Elmore Leonard's characters into the show's forthcoming seasons following the creator’s passing earlier this year. FX’s outlaw drama has added three new cast members to its fifth season, all part of the fictional Crowe family, which Yost told Deadline “is a big part of [Leonard’s] world.”TV Line reported that Michael Rapaport will play ex-convict and gator farm owner Dale Crowe, Jr., a “smart, ruthless and charismatic patriarch of a Florida crime family who will face off against Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) in the upcoming season.” Playing Crowe’s smart, sexy paralegal sister Wendy is Alicia Witt, a character who “dickers with Raylan to cut a nice deal for Dale, in exchange for essentially nothing tangible, and enjoys outmaneuvering the Kentucky lawman,” according to Deadline. Then there’s Edi Gathegi (last seen on ABC...

Exclusive: In the company’s first two official sales this development season, Mark Gordon‘s Mark Gordon Co. has set up two comedy projects from writer Scott King (The Neighbors) — one at ABC and one at Fox. Both are produced by ABC Studios where the Mark Gordon Co. is based. The ABC project, The After Party, is an adult ensemble comedy about three recently single siblings who have two things in common: 1) insanely happily married parents and 2) failed marriages. The Fox project, Clothing Optional, is about a family who own and operate a wholesome all-inclusive resort but suddenly must put their morality and better judgment on hold when a scandal rocks their hotel and they decide to just go with it and turn the place into a Clothing Optional resort to keep the business afloat. Comedy has been a priority for the Mark Gordon Co., which has built its TV...

Exclusive: In yet another example of cross-pollination between vertically integrated companies this buying season, Fox has taken in an ABC Studios-produced comedy in a script deal with penalty. It hails from Courteney Cox and David Arquette‘s studio-based Coquette and writer Vijal Patel who also has an overall deal at ABC Studios. The single-camera comedy centers on tiger parents who realize raising smart confident kids is a horrible idea when they turn into smart confident teenagers who make your life hell. Patel is writing and will executive produce with Cox and Arquette, with Coquette’s Thea Mann co-executive producing. Patel, repped by Apa and attorney Bruce Gellman, serves as co-executive producer on ABC/ABC Studios’ new comedy series Trophy Wife. He previously serves as co-executive producer on Family Tools and spent three seasons on The Middle. Coquette is co-producing with ABC Studios the TBS comedy series Cougar Town starring Cox.

Though her ABC series, "Family Tools" was cancelled in May, Leah Remini has another exciting gig lined up as she'll join the cast of "Dancing with the Stars" this season.

Hinting about the project at the DesignCare benefit in late July, the "King of Queens" star told Us Weekly, "I'm deciding to do something right now and we'll know in the next week.It will be television. It might be in the reality, sitcom world."

Other stars rumored to be joining the former Scientologist are Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Amber Riley, Elizabeth Berkley, Christina Milian, and Keyshawn Johnson.

Next week, the official reveal will air on "Good Morning America" on Wednesday. Stay linked to GossipCenter for all your "DWTS" news.

ABC held Family Tools until the end of the season which typically means they have little confidence in it. Will the sitcom surprise them and become a big ratings hit? Will it be quickly cancelled instead? We'll need to follow the numbers.

The first season of Family Tools typically airs Wednesday nights at 8:30pm and there are 10 episodes (cut from 13). The sitcom's cast includes Kyle Bornheimer, J.K. Simmons, Johnny Pemberton, Edi Gathegi, Danielle Nicolet, and Leah Remini.

Below are the TV show's ratings for the 2012-13 season, the best way to tell if Family Tools is going to be cancelled or renewed for a second season.

These figures will be updated as the weeks progress so be sure to bookmark and return to this page:

Final season averages: 1.0 rating in the 18-49 demographic with...

Leah Remini is leaving Scientology after questioning its treatment of church members and the controversial, allegedly autocratic leadership of David Miscavige, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. Remini, who starred on the CBS sitcom King of Queens and, more recently, ABC's short-lived Family Tools, has quit following years of scrutiny in which she was alleged to have repeatedly been interrogated and forced to undergo "thought modification."  "I wish to share my sincere and heartfelt appreciation for the overwhelming positive response I have received from the media, my colleagues, and fans from around the world.  I am truly grateful and thankful for all

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On TV tonight: Big Brother‘s newest houseguests arrive, Franklin & Bash argue that Colleen’s profession isn’t the oldest one, Royal Pains heads ‘Pest and HBO offers a Newsroom catch-up. Here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

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8 pm Big Brother (CBS) | Season 15 premiere: Host Julie Chen welcomes a new batch of houseguests (meet them!) to their new digs, where they’ll kick off a season full of new twists (learn more!). (Check out our wish list for the new season.)

8 pm MasterChef (Fox) | Season 3 winner...

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

The network is changing up some of its serialized dramas - removing random repeats in favor of two "uninterrupted runs" of twelve episodes each (one in the fall, one in the spring) for shows like "Once Upon A Time," "Grey’s Anatomy," "Scandal" and "Revenge". The large gaps between the two half-seasons will be bridged by "limited series" designed around only 12-13 episode seasons.

Several other pilots didn't make the final cut and won't be seen including the high-profile "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" rip-off "Gothica", McG's rip-off of Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet" entitled "Westside", the series based on Disneyland's Big Thunder Mountain ride, the Annie Potts-led "Murder in Manhattan" about...

It's out with the old and in with the new when it comes to NBC comedy next season. The network renewed only two comedies this year -- "Parks and Recreation," which will be back in the fall with a full season, and "Community," which returns for another 13 episode arc at some point Tbd.

But NBC isn't cutting back on its commitment to comedy, they've simply ordered a slew of new shows including high-profile half-hours headlined by Emmy winners Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes.

Here's a rundown of the six new comedies NBC presented to advertisers today (May 13) at its 2013 upfront at Radio City Music Hall in New York City:

"The Michael J. Fox Show" (Thursdays at 9:30 p.m. Et)

One of the most anticipated fall comedies on any network, "The Michael J. Fox Show" brings Emmy-winning TV comedy legend Fox back to television as a stay-at-home dad who...

ABC has given a second season to the freshman comedy "The Neighbors," but has canceled the comedy "Family Tools," which debuted earlier this month as the network's lowest-rated comedy premiere ever. The May 1 premiere of "Family Tools" drew a 1.5 rating/4 share in the advertiser-sought 18-49 demographic, a network low for comedy premieres. "The Neighbors" premiered in September with a  3.3/9, benefiting from a lead-in of the network's hit comedy "Modern Family." J.K. Simmons, who starred in "Family Tools," has signed on for the NBC pilot "The Family Guide."...

The Family Guide is in the market for a new mom.

Parker Posey has left the newly greenlit NBC comedy, sources confirm to TVLine.

The single-camera project — from writer/Ep DJ Nash (Bent) — centers on a son who idolizes his blind father (played by J.K. Simmons, The Closer, Family Tools) and enjoys his mom’s newfound adolescence after his folks divorce and ultimately grow closer.

Posey played the boy’s mother in the series’ pilot; the part will be recast.

There will be a recasting on NBC‘s newly picked up comedy series The Family Guide, from DJ Nash. Parker Posey, who played the female lead in the pilot, won’t continue on the series. The project, written/exec produced by Nash, is about a son who idolizes his blind father (J.K. Simmons) and is bemused by his mother’s newfound adolescence who watches his family come closer together post-divorce. Posey played the mother. Technically, The Family Guide also doesn’t have a male lead at the moment as Simmons co-stars on the ABC series Family Tools. He is expected to be released soon as Family Tools will be cancelled.

ABC premiered another late edition to their Wednesday comedy lineup with "Family Tools." Kyle Bornheimer portrays Jack Shea, a bumbling doofus with a good heart who returns home to take over his father's handyman business. J.K. Simmons is as crusty as ever as Jack's dad, Tony, who isn't at all keen about his son taking over the family business. But by the end of this pilot, he'd already had two heart attacks, so it was pretty clear he needed to take a step back.

Leah Remini was the mastermind behind the whole thing as Tony's little sister, Terry. After Tony's second heart attack, Terry forces him to have a heart-to-heart with his son, but Tony is a man's man meaning he doesn't really know how to.

He admits he's tougher on Jack because Jack's his son. "Yeah, that’s it. That’s all I got!" Tony said. "I’m not a shrink,...

"Family Tools" -- the new comedy based on UK series "White Van Man" -- premiered Wednesday (May 1) on ABC and we're wondering if you're planning to commit to this home improvement project or if you think the whole thing ought to be condemned?

What did you think of Kyle Bornheimer's ("Perfect Couples") performance as Jack Shea, a goofball ready to prove to his dad Tony (J.K. Simmons, "The Closer") that he has what it takes to step up and take over the family business?

How did you feel about Leah Remini's return to network comedy after "King of Queens" came to an end in 2007, playing Terry, Jack's aunt and Tony's sister -- forcing Jack to relinquish the control of the business by refusing to let the paramedics in to the house to provide aid to Tony during a heart attack?

And what were your thoughts on Edi Gathegi...

There’s a five or six year span somewhere around the late ’80s to early ’90s that has become known as a true Golden Age of sitcoms, and if the last two or three years can be said to have one absolute trend, it’s trying to update and recapture the formula that made those shows into the ratings behemoths they were. Not only are there interesting markers of public appeal like the fact that these Golden Age shows are becoming the staples of Nick-at-Nite and TV Land, but the surprisingly popular original programming on TV Land is clearly leading the way when it comes to this revival.

The bigger networks are adding their own efforts that, though decidedly updated in one way or another, aim to explore the possibilities still open by way of the general sensibilities and frameworks that worked so well for shows of the past.

Los Angeles — Leah Remini had good reason to join the new ABC sitcom "Family Tools."

The former "The King of Queens" star has a development deal with the network, and ABC Entertainment Group President Paul Lee asked her to be part of the comedy debuting 8:30 p.m. Edt on Wednesday.

Then Remini's mother weighed in.

"She said, `Who's in it?'" the actress recalled. After hearing the cast included J.K. Simmons ("Juno," "The Closer"), Remini's mom replied, "He's a real actor, Leah. You should do it."

"As opposed to me," Remini said, wryly. "He's real, he does drama."

Remini has made her career largely in comedy but her mom still can brag on her. Besides the 1998-2007 run opposite Kevin James in CBS' "King of Queens," Remini has worked steadily in a string of sitcoms including "Cheers" and "In the Motherhood." She was a co-host on "The Talk" for...

Family Tools debuted Wednesday at 8:30/7:30 (ABC) — will you make room for it on your workbench?

The comedy introduces the Shea family, whose patriarch Tony (The Closer‘s J.K. Simmons) suffers a heart attack and realizes he can no longer handle the family handyman business alone. One problem: The logical candidate, his son Jack (Perfect Couples‘ Kyle Bornheimer), is a chronic screw-up with a less-than-stellar career history. Everyone, naturally, is waiting for him to biff big-time in this latest pursuit.

Rounding out the cast are Leah Remini (King of Queens) as Jack’s Aunt Terry, Johnny Pemberton (21 Jump Street) as his cousin Mason,...

When ABC's newest sitcom "Family Tools" premieres on Wednesday (May 1), it'll mark Leah Remini's return to network comedy after her long-running CBS hit "King of Queens" went off the air in 2007. It's also the first time Remini's worked in a single-camera series, as opposed to the traditional three-camera series filmed in front of a live audience that she's used to.

Remini tells Zap2It that working without an audience took some getting used to. "It's very depressing because you don't have people laughing, you know?" she says. "It's like all you've got to do is smile at somebody in the audience or say hello or sign a script and [they scream] and you're like, 'I love this!' You get that validation, you know?"

Silence is golden on a single-camera set, something Remini likens to a funeral. "You're not allowed to laugh, no one can make a noise when you're filming,...

The blueprint: Assemble familiar character actors into an on-screen family, then nail it to one of the last new series of the television season.

Premiering Wednesday, May 1, the ABC sitcom "Family Tools" revolves around a passing of the torch as a heart attack forces veteran handyman Tony (J.K. Simmons, "The Closer") to turn his business over to his ne'er-do-well son Jack (Kyle Bornheimer, "She's Out of My League"). Though his aunt Terry (Leah Remini, "The King of Queens") offers Jack encouragement, he has much to prove as he sets out to move the family trade forward.

"Family Tools" is based on the British show "White Van Man." Writer-producer Bobby Bowman ("Raising Hope") did the Americanization and defines that title term as a "sort of fix-it guy. The direct translation would be 'jack-of-all-trades'; that's why I named (the central character) Jack. The British version was Ollie. I don't know any Ollies.

You know what we really don’t need? Another TV show about a wayward late 20s to early 30s-something who moves back home to live with his or her family. From the short-lived Ben & Kate to the cancelled $h*t My Dad Says, plenty of recent series have tried to mine the now-hackneyed “big kid moves back home to grow up” premise but few have managed to do it successfully (though ABC’s How to Live With Your Parents For the Rest of Your Life — which has the benefit of a Modern Family lead-in — has fared okay so far). Now,...

On TV this first Wednesday of May sweeps: The Americans prepares to defect for the summer, Family Tools gets its premiere under its belt, Chicago Fire rekindles an old flame and Supernatural tees up its third trial. As a supplement to TVLine’s original features (linked within), here are 10 programs to keep on your radar.

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For some unknown reason, network TV executives are convinced that Kyle Bornheimer is destined to be a huge sitcom star. In 2008 he starred in CBS' Worst Week (cancelled after 16 episodes). In 2010 he starred in ABC's Romantically Challenged (cancelled after four episodes). And in 2011, he starred in NBC's Perfect Couples (cancelled after 11 episodes).

Now he's in ABC's new comedy Family Tools, premiering Wednesday, May 1 at 8:30pm. But surely this time he'll finally break through, right?...

Actress and producer Leah Remini has signed with Apa in all areas. Remini is best known for starring opposite Kevin James in the long-running CBS comedy The King of Queens and will star opposite J.K. Simmons in ABC’s mid-season sitcom Family Tools. Queens remains a giant syndication hit and airs nationally off-network and in 33 countries. Remini also recently served as co-host for The Talk during its 2010-2011 season. Photos: The Faces of Pilot Season 2013 “Jim Gosnell and I speak an East Coast, no Bs, heartfelt language that, at this point my

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The Closer‘s J.K. Simmons has joined Parker Posey in NBC’s untitled DJ Nash comedy pilot, our sister site Deadline reports.

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The single-camera sitcom centers on a son who idolizes his blind father — played by Simmons — and enjoys his mom’s newfound adolescence after his folks divorce… and ultimately grow closer. Posey plays the mom.

The project comes from exec producers Nash (Bent), Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) and Jim Garavente (Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium).

Simmons’ casting is in second position...

J.K. Simmons is set to star opposite Parker Posey in NBC‘s the untitled DJ Nash comedy pilot, about a son who idolizes his blind father (Simmons) and is bemused by his mother’s (Posey) newfound adolescence and who watches his family come closer together post-divorce. Nash is executive producing with Jason Bateman and Jim Garavente for Universal TV. For Gersh-repped Simmons, the casting is formally in second position to ABC’s midseason comedy Family Tools, which premieres May 1 in the Wednesday 8:30 Pm. Simmons’ co-star on the show, Kyle Bornheimer, also has been fielding interest for pilots.

NBC has found an ex-husband for Parker Posey. J.K. Simmons, who next appears on ABC's upcoming summer comedy Family Tools, has been tapped to star in the network's comedy pilot from DJ Nash, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Story: TV Pilots 2013: The Complete Guide The single-camera effort revolves around a son who idolizes his blind father Mel and is bemused by his mother’s (Parker Posey) newfound adolescence watches his family come closer together post-divorce. Loosely based on Nash's life. Simmons will play Mel, a character described as in the vein of John Wayne, if the

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After playing a white supremacist inmate (Oz), newspaper editor (Spider-Man), police psychiatrist (Law & Order), and assistant police chief (The Closer), J.K. Simmons will pop up as a politician in Parks and Recreation. The actor is guest-starring as the slightly gruff mayor of Partridge, Minn., a post that Ben (Adam Scott) briefly held when he was 18, before being impeached for developing the ill-conceived Ice Town that bankrupted the burg.

In the episode, which airs next month, Ben and Leslie (Amy Poehler) make a road trip to his hometown, where he will find… forgiveness. “The mayor is throwing a ceremony to say,...

Deception

When and Where: Mondays at 10 on NBC, beginning January 7th

What’s the deal: The mysterious death of a childhood friend, who also happens to be a modern-day wealthy socialite, causes Detective Joanna Locasto, played by Californication’s Meagan Good (Think Like a Man, Saw V) to go back undercover as a guest of the family she grew up with, as a servant’s daughter, to find out the truth. The cast for this includes Alias’ Victor Garber, The O.C. and Damages’ Tate Donovan, and Breakout Kings’ Laz Alonso. This series replaces the apocalyptic drama Revolution on NBC’s schedule during the latter’s extended hiatus and is created by Liz Heldens, who wrote for Friday Night Lights as well as the Us version of Prime Suspect.

1600 Penn

When and Where: Thursdays at 9:30 on NBC, beginning January 10th

What’s the deal: This traditional sitcom follows a dysfunctional family,...

Edi Gathegi has just landed a role on prime time Us TV in a new comedy called, ‘Family Tools’, scheduled to start on May 1.… Read the rest

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Leah Remini is being sued by her former managers, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday with the Los Angeles Superior Court, Remini's management company The Collective claims that they signed the actress to an oral contract in November 2011 and would then receive the standard 10 percent commission from her earnings. A month prior to the contract, Remini secured a talent holding deal at ABC, and while she and her managers allegedly agreed they wouldn't earn commission on that deal, they would be entitled to future earnings from any series that came out of it. Remini was soon cast on Family Tools, which premieres in May.

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Leah Remini's new TV gig is already giving her a headache, months before it even starts. Former "King of Queens" star Remini is being sued by her former managers, the Collective Management Group, which claims that it's owed $67,000 in commissions relating to her upcoming ABC comedy "Family Tools," which debuts May 1. In a complaint filed with Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, the Collective says that it entered into an agreement with the actress in November 2011 that guaranteed the company 10 percent of the earnings that emerged from projects...

Leah Remini has been sued today by her ex-mangers over commissions from her upcoming ABC Family Tools sitcom. The mid-season replacement doesn’t even debut until next month but in their complaint (read it here) management company The Collective say they want what is due to them from the actress – and they are naming very precise figures. “Notwithstanding Plaintiff’s counsel in furthering Remini’s career, which among other things, led to her landing a role in the ABC television series Family Tools, Remini refuses to pay Plaintiff for its services in direct breach of the talent management agreement entered into between Plaintiff and Remini. Remini’s behavior will not be tolerated,” says the complaint filed Tuesday in La Superior Court. After being represented by The Collective for just under a year, Remini fired them as her managers on October 26 of this year. While they might not have been happy about that,...

Leah Remini's former managers have sued the actress, claiming a share of her $100,000-per-episode fee for the upcoming ABC comedy Family Tools. In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, management company The Collective claims it signed Remini to an oral contract in November 2011 and agreed to manage her in exchange for a standard 10 percent commission from her earnings. (Read the complaint here.) A month before signing with The Collective, Remini had entered into a talent holding deal at ABC, so the parties allegedly agreed that

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ABC has released details on its midseason schedule, which features a toned-up Body of Proof returning to Tuesday nights.

The revamped Dana Delany-led procedural again will air in the 10/9c slot left vacant after Private Practice‘s series finale, likely to take place in late January.

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ABC has announced its midseason lineup, which includes two new dramas, the premiere of new reality shows like The Taste and Celebrity Diving (don’t laugh) and the return of Body of Proof:

Tuesday, January 22

8:00-10:00 p.m. The Taste (Two-hour series premiere)

Tuesday, January 29

8:00-9:00 p.m. The Taste (regular time period premiere)

Tuesday, February 5

10:00-11:00 p.m. Body of Proof

Thursday, February 14

8:00-9:00 p.m. Zero Hour

Sunday, March 3

9:00-11:00 p.m. Red Widow (two-hour series premiere)

Sunday, March 10

10:00-11:00 p.m. Red Widow (regular time period premiere)

Monday,...

Exclusive: There has been a change at the helm of the upcoming ABC comedy series The Family Tools. Bobby Bowman, who developed the adaptation of the British comedy White Van Man and wrote the pilot, has stepped down as executive producer/showrunner of the series. Veterans Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimiglia (That ’70s Show) have come in as executive producers and new showrunners. I hear the change stems from ABC and ABC Studios’ desire to have someone with showrunner experience steering the series. This is Bowman’s first series as a creator and/or showrunner. He previously worked as a key writer-producer on Greg Garcia’s three comedy series: Yes, Dear, My Name Is Earl and Raising Hope. I hear the network and the studio valued Bowman’s voice on the show and offered him to stay on staff but he chose to step aside and give the new showrunners a clean slate.