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[04/20/23 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, April 20
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- The latest development news, culled from recent wire reports:

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DUSTER (HBO Max) - Emmy nominee Gail O'Grady will recur on the period drama as Charlotte, "wife of Wade Ellis (Corbin Bernsen) and stepmother to [Josh] Holloway's character." (Deadline.com)
LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ (NBC) - Melissa Fumero and Danny Trejo will drop by the show's May 2 episode as Natalia, "a Latina mother who mistakes Mayan for white"; and Danny Martinez of Martin-E.Z. Movers, "who is George's rival and biggest competitor," respectively. Additionally, Judge Marilyn Milian and Erik Griffin will appear in yet-to-be-revealed roles. (Variety.com)
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (Hulu) - Michael Cyril Creighton's Howard Morris will be promoted to regular for the series' upcoming third season. (Deadline.com)
STATION 19 (ABC) - Zoanne Clack and Peter Paige have been confirmed as the new showrunners of the just-renewed drama's seventh season, succeeding Krista Vernoff. (Deadline.com)
WOLF (NBC) - Alex MacNicoll, Spence Moore II, Aury Krebs and Ashleigh LaThrop will round out the cast of the Zachary Quinto-led medical drama pilot. MacNicoll is set as Van Markus, "who struggles around patients in crisis because of a rare, undiagnosed condition he's lived with his whole life"; while Moore plays Jacob Nash, "an ex-college football star who, after an injury, pivoted to studying medicine"; with Krebs as Dana Dang, "who has amassed a social media following by providing mental health tips and tricks"; and LaThrop is Ericka Kinney, "a first-year intern at Bronx General who has always lived her life by the books." (Deadline.com)





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· BRILLIANT MINDS (NBC)
· DEVELOPMENT UPDATE (TFC)
· DUSTER (MAX)
· LOPEZ VS. LOPEZ (NBC)
· ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING (HULU)
· STATION 19 (ABC)





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