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[01/12/11 - 07:05 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 12
Updates include: Nick Stahl joins FOX's "Locke & Key"; Ben Lawson to star in USA's "Wild Card"; and Justin Long books a comedy pilot at CBS.

[08/03/10 - 06:52 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, August 3
Updates include: Jeff Goldblum departs USA's "Law & Order: Criminal Intent"; Sara Rue to host The CW's "Shedding for the Wedding"; and Sherry Stringfield to star in Josh Berman's Lifetime pilot.

[03/29/10 - 12:07 AM]
Development Update: Monday, March 29
Updates include: David James Elliott to replace Neal McDonough on ABC's "Scoundrels"; Teri Polo joins TBS's "Glory Daze"; and Matt Barr books a role on The CW's "Hellcats."

[03/19/10 - 12:05 AM]
Development Update: Friday, March 19
Updates include: Ashley Tisdale to captain The CW's "Hellcats"; Billy Lush reports for FOX's "Ride Along"; and Skeet Ulrich to play doctor in CBS drama pilot.

[03/16/10 - 12:06 AM]
Development Update: Tuesday, March 16
Updates include: Stephen Lang joins ABC's "Matadors"; Donnie Wahlberg reports for "Reagan's Law" at CBS; and Mia Maestro to replace Roselyn Sanchez on ABC's "Cutthroat."

[03/12/10 - 12:06 AM]
Development Update: Friday, March 12
Updates include: Constance Zimmer, Kat Foster to topline TBS pilot; Jon Voight to play an oil tycoon on FOX's "Midland"; and Alan Tudyk joins Dermot Mulroney on NBC's "Rockford Files."

[02/27/10 - 12:03 AM]
Development Update: Saturday, February 27
Updates include: Dermot Mulroney to topline NBC's "The Rockford Files"; "Battlestar Galactica" alums Grace Park, Tricia Helfer land roles; and Jordana Spiro joins "Love Bites" on NBC.

[01/10/10 - 11:41 AM]
NBC Extends "Law & Order," Trims "Day One" (Again)
Plus: notes about "Heroes," "100 Questions," "Trauma," "Persons Unknown," "Friday Night Lights" and a Los Angeles edition of "Law & Order."

[01/10/10 - 10:11 AM]
NBC Announces Some of Its Early Development Slate for 2010-11
"Prime Suspect," "The Rockford Files," "Undercovers," "Chase," "Kindreds," "The Event" and "Love Bites" are among its drama pilots.

[07/30/09 - 06:41 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 30
Updates include: "House's" David Shore to redo "The Rockford Files" for NBC; Joey Lauren Adams visits Showtime's "Tara"; and Diane Keaton to topline a comedy for HBO.







ROCKFORD FILES, THE (NBC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
7/30/09 - 1/12/11
STATUS:
previously in development (2010-2011 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
(from NBC's press release, January 2010) In "The Rockford Files," the successful NBC drama from the 1970s is re-imagined by executive producers David Shore ("House") and Steve Carell (NBC's "The Office"). The title character, Jim Rockford, remains a roguish private eye who tackles the dangerous, quirky and unpredictable cases that no other detective wants to handle. The pilot is from Universal Media Studios and Carousel Productions.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Alan Tudyk as Det. Dennis Becker
· Alex Fernandez as Lt. Doug Champan
· Andre Holland as Angel Martinez
· Beau Bridges as Rocky
· Dermot Mulroney as James Rockford
· Melissa Sagemiller as Beth Davenport
CREW INFORMATION:
· David Shore as CRTR/EP
· Michael Watkins as DIR (Pilot)
· Peter Berg as EP
· Sarah Aubrey as EP
· Steve Carell as EP
GENRE(S):
· drama
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Carousel Television
· Universal Television