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TV Pilot Listings

March 2010, Ross Reports

The following listings are not casting notices but instead reflect the best general information available about current casting assignments. Do your homework and use them wisely. Do not phone or visit casting directors’ offices. Unless otherwise instructed, all contact with casting directors should be through the mail. Blind mass mailings are not recommended. An asterisk (*) denotes a changed listing.

TV PILOTS

* NEW Chaos (Drama). A rookie CIA operative is thrown into the fire his first day on the job when he is directed to spy on his fellow team members. Casting: Mary Jo Slater, Slater/Brooksbank Casting, 1201 W. Fifth St., Ste. F25, L.A., CA 90017.

Covert Affairs (Drama, USA). A broken-hearted linguist trains to become a CIA operative, then is pulled for a secret assignment. Casting: Steven O’Neill, Covert Affairs casting, 100 Universal City Plaza, Bldg. 1440, 14th fl., Universal City, CA 91608. Shoots in April in Canada.   

Criminal Minds Spinoff (Drama, CBS). Set to air as an episode on the original series, the spinoff centers on a new team of FBI investigators in a different locale. Casting: April Webster, April Webster Casting, Quixote Studios, 4585 Electronics Place, L.A., CA 90039.

* NEW Dana Gould Project (Comedy). A married couple with two young daughters have their complicated life made more complicated when a relative unexpectedly comes to live with them. Casting: Deborah Barylski, Barylski/Wright Casting, Warner Bros. Ranch, 411 N. Hollywood Way, Bldg. 29R, Burbank, CA 91505. Shoots in March.

Death Valley (Dark Comedy). Cable pilot about the adventures of a team of cops that polices monsters and crimes of the undead. Casting: Kelly Wagner Casting, 6338 Wilshire Blvd., L.A., CA 90048. Shoots early March. 

The Event (Drama/Sci-fi, NBC). Several people from different walks of life are unexpectedly brought together at once by a mysterious and extraordinary event. Casting: Jason La Padura and Natalie Hart, La Padura and Hart Casting, 1438 N. Gower, Box 41, L.A., CA 90028. Shoots in March.

* NEW Friends With Benefits (Comedy, NBC). A tight-knit group of 20-somethings settle for ‘friends with benefits’ until their Ms. or Mr. Right comes along. Casting: Lisa Beach, Sarah Katzman, and Beth Lipari (casting associate), c/o Twentieth Century Fox Television, 10201 W. Pico Blvd., Bldg. 103, L.A., CA 90064. 

Generation Y (Drama, ABC). Quasi documentary-style series about a group of 20-somethings living in Austin, Texas. Casting: David Rapaport, c/o Raleigh Studios Manhattan Beach, 1600 Rosecrans Ave., Pointbreak Bldg. 6B, Rm. 8, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266. Shoots in March.

How to Be a Better American (Comedy). An inspired dad thinks it’s time to become a better individual and drags his reluctant family along on his self-improvement train. Casting: Brett Greenstein and Collin Daniel, 6671 Sunset Blvd., Ste. 1527, L.A., CA 90028. Shoots in mid-March.

Huge (Comedy, ABC Family). Two overweight teens find friendship at a wellness summer camp. Based on the book by Sasha Paley. Casting: Barbara Stordahl and Angela Terry, Stordahl/Terry Casting, 5504 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230. Shoots late March.

Hawaii Five-O Pilot (Action, CBS). Remake of the classic 1960s series. When Naval Lt. Commander Steve McGarrett’s father is kidnapped and subsequently murdered by a drug- and human-trafficking kingpin, he sets out to exact revenge. Casting: Lisa Beach and Sarah Katzman, c/o Casting Society of America, 606 N. Larchmont, Ste. 311, L.A., CA 90004. Shoots in mid-March.

* NEW John Wells Medical Project (Drama, CBS). A team of volunteer doctors bring a hospital on wheels to those in dire need of medical care. Casting: John Frank Levey, c/o John Wells Productions, 4000 Warner Blvd., Bldg. One, Burbank, CA 91522. Shoots in March.

Luck (Drama, HBO). A man recently released from prison returns to the racetrack world he came from to get even with the chumps who set him up and put him away. Casting: Bonnie Timmermann, c/o Forward Pass, 12233 W. Olympic Blvd., Ste. 340, L.A., CA 90064. Shoots in March.

Matadors (Drama, ABC). Two powerful legal families in Chicago face off against each other in their everyday lives. Casting Donna Rosenstein, c/o Matadors Casting, 800 S. Main St., Ste. 202, Burbank, CA 91506. Shoots in March.

Mike and Molly (Comedy). An overweight couple struggle with life, love, and overeating. Produced by Chuck Lorre. Casting: Nikki Valko and Ken Miller, Valko/Miller Casting, 3500 W. Olive Ave., Ste. 780, Burbank, CA 91505. Shoots in April.

Off the Map (Drama, ABC). New Shonda Rhimes project starring Martin Henderson and Enrique Murciano as two of a trio of doctors that join a medical clinic in the rainforest partly to do the right thing and partly to get away from their messy lives back in the States. Casting: Linda Lowy Casting, 4151 Prospect Ave., Cottages Rm. 105, L.A., CA 90027. Shoots in March.

The Pink House (Comedy, NBC). Two Midwesterners move to the sun and fun of Los Angeles and find their perfect pad at the beach, only to learn the perfect jobs they were hoping to land don’t exist in the current economic climate. Casting: Sheila Guthrie, 100 Universal City Plaza, Trailer 61169, Universal City, CA 91608. Shoots in mid-March.

Ride-Along (Drama, Fox). A male cop and a newly appointed female police superintendent work together to clean up flagrant corruption in the ranks and in local government. Casting: Aquila/Wood Casting, 1680 Vine St., Ste. 806, L.A., CA 90028. Shoots in mid-March.

Rough Justice (Drama). A conservative Supreme Court justice, who likes the ladies as much as a good right-wing ruling, makes a life-changing decision when his left-leaning father unexpectedly dies in a car crash. Casting: Joseph Middleton, Joseph Middleton Casting, 4250 Wilshire Blvd., 3rd fl., L.A., CA 90010. Shoots in March in Washington, D.C.

Scoundrels (Comedy, ABC). When the patriarch of a family of thieves and petty con artists gets busted and goes to prison, the matriarch announces its time for the rest of the family to switch gears and live on the up-and-up. Casting: Liz Dean, Ulrich, Dawson, Kritzer, 4705 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Ste. 301, Valley Village, CA 91607. Shoots in March. 

Traffic Light (Comedy, Fox). Based on the Israeli series “Ramzor.” Three buddies navigate the sometimes-turbulent waters of male-female relationships. Casting: Jeanne McCarthy and Nicole Abellera, Jeanne McCarthy Casting, 1750 Ocean Park Blvd., Ste. 208, Santa Monica, CA 90405. Shoots in March.

* NEW True Love (Comedy, CBS). Two relationship cynics try to bring a pair of hopeless romantics together. Casting: Anya Colloff and Amy McIntyre Britt, CFB Casting, 846 N. Cahuenga Blvd., Bldg. A, Ste. 105, L.A., CA 90038. Shoots in March.

True Blue (Drama, ABC). Best friends who drifted apart reunite to solve the murder of another member of their group. Casting: Susan Edelman, Susan Edelman Casting, 13273 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 210, Studio City, CA 91604. Shoots early March.

Uncle Nigel (Comedy/Crime, TNT). A good-guy Philadelphia cop works with his ne’er-do-well nephew. Casting: Gary Zuckerbrod, c/o TNT, 3500 W. Olive Ave., 15th fl., Burbank, CA 91505. Shoots in March.

Undercovers (Drama/Action). J.J. Abrams’ new series about a married couple who work together as spies. Produced by Abrams and Josh Reims. Casting: April Webster, April Webster and Assocs., 800 S. Main St., 2nd fl., Burbank, CA 91506. Shoots in early 2010.