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[07/18/17 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, July 18
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:
Looking to keep track of all the various projects in development? Click here to visit our signature "Devwatch" section. There visitors can view our listings by network, genre, studio and even development stage (ordered to pilot, cast-contingent, script, etc.). It's updated every day!
CHICAGO PD (NBC) - Mykelti Williamson has joined the cast of the show's fifth season as Lieutenant Denny Woods, reprising his role from last season. (Deadline.com)
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (ABC) - Zoe McLellan has been tapped as a new series regular: Kendra Daynes, "a brilliant and wily attorney who lands her dream job as White House counsel. Her journey is a personal and professional one, as she develops close relationships with the White House staff while wrestling legal issues that find their way to her desk because she advises the most powerful man in the world." (Deadline.com)
HOMELAND (Showtime) - Jake Weber's Brett O'Keefe, Linus Roache's David Wellington and Maury Sterling's Max Piotrowski have all been tapped as series regulars for the show's upcoming seventh season. (THR.com)
ORIGINALS, THE (The CW) - Steven Krueger's Josh Rosza have been promoted to series regular for the upcoming fifth season. (Deadline.com)
SHADES OF BLUE (NBC) - Nick Wechsler will recur on the season three of the series as Detective Cole however no other details were given. (Deadline.com)
YOUNG SHELDON (CBS) - Annie Potts has joined the cast of "The Big Bang Theory" prequel as Meemaw, "young Sheldon's (Iain Armitage) foul-mouthed, hard-drinking Texas grandmother." (THR.com)
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[01/18/20 - 01:51 PM]
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[01/18/20 - 10:06 AM]
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[01/18/20 - 08:22 AM]
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[01/18/20 - 08:02 AM]
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[01/18/20 - 08:01 AM]
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[01/18/20 - 08:00 AM]
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[01/17/20 - 08:59 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 08:58 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 08:57 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 08:51 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 08:37 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 08:35 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 01:45 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 01:05 PM]
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[01/17/20 - 01:01 PM]
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