Caffeine – February 24th Edition

Happy Sunday! Pilot casting is in full swing, so brace yourself.

The Americans has been renewed.

Fox is airing episodes of New Girl and The Mindy Project at a special time on Thursday, April 4th.

Revolution is launching a prequel web series.

This is unconfirmed, but Deadline reports that Once Upon a Time is planning to recast the Mad Hatter role to possibly give him a spinoff.

For Better or Worse is moving to OWN. They’ve also given series orders to more Tyler Perry shows.

Pilot directors:
Gang Related: Allen Hughes
Killer Women: Lawrence Trilling

Pilot showrunners:
Big Thunder: Melissa Rosenberg

HBO has passed on its Criminal Justice adaptation.

In development:
FX: A drama about stuntmen in the 1970s

Lily James has been promoted to series regular on Downton Abbey.

Guest stars!
90210: Fall Out Boy
Arrested Development: Kristen Wiig, Seth Rogen
Elementary: Josh Hamilton
Happy Endings: Stephanie March
Hawaii Five-0: Alan Ritchson
Law & Order: SVU: Greg Germann, Lauren Cohan, David Marciano
The Office: Michael Imperioli
Parks and Recreation: Patton Oswalt
The Vampire Diaries: Cynthia Addai-Robinson

Returns:
Suburgatory: Jay Mohr

Casting:
About a Boy: Anjelah N. Johnson
Advocates: Esai Morales
Anatomy of Violence: David Harewood
Assistance: Peter Cambor
Bad Teacher: Ari Graynor, Ryan Hansen
Betrayal: Henry Thomas
Beverly Hills Cop: Sheila Vand
Big Thunder: Pierce Gagnon
Blink: Michael Weston
Breathless: Jack Davenport
Camp: Tom Green
Company Town: Maya Kazan
Covert Affairs: Hill Harper (leaving CSI: NY)
Dads: Peter Riegert
Dallas: Steven Weber
Delirium: Gregg Sulkin
Divorce: A Love Story: Andrea Anders
Doubt: Rockmond Dunbar
Enlisted: Geoff Stults, Angelique Cabral
Friends and Family: Dustin Ybarra
Friends with Better Lives: James Van Der Beek
The Gabriels: Tim Meadows
Gang Related: Ramon Rodriguez, Sung Kang, Inbar Lavi
Girlfriend in a Coma: Daniel Stern
Gothica: Raza Jaffrey, Tom Ellis, Chris Egan
Hatfields & McCoys: Jesse Lee Soffer
Hostages: Tate Donovan, Rhys Coiro
How the Hell Am I Normal: George Segal
The Hundred: Henry Ian Cusick, Bob Morley, Eli Goree
I Am Victor: John Stamos
I Suck at Girls: Connor Buckley, Claudia Lee
Influence: Steve Zahn
Intelligence: Michael Rady, James Martinez
Killer Women: Tricia Helfer, Marc Blucas
The Killing: Johnny Ray Gill, Hugh Dillon, Aaron Douglas
The List: Michael Pena
Lucky 7: Isiah Whitlock Jr.
The McCarthys: Joey McIntyre, Jessica Chaffin
Middle Age Rage: Annie Mumolo
Mixology: Adam Campbell, Craig Frank, Vanessa Lengies
Mom: French Stewart
Murder in Manhattan: Bridget Regan, Shirley Rumierk
Nashville: Chris Carmack
The Newsroom: Constance Zimmer
The Ordained: Jorge Garcia, Nestor Serrano, Charlie Cox
Oxygen: Malese Jow, Titus Makin Jr.
Pulling: Mandy Moore, June Diane Raphael
Rake: John Ortiz
Reckless (ABC): Eloise Mumford, Lou Taylor Pucci, Ashton Holmes
The Returned: Matt Craven
Rita: Josh Hamilton
Second Sight: Jason Lee, Kim Dickens
The Selection: Yael Grobglas, Peta Sergeant
Sleepy Hollow: Orlando Jones, Katia Winter, Nicole Beharie
Spy: Ken Jeong, Paget Brewster
Super Clyde: Tyler Labine
To My Future Assistant: Catherine O’Hara, Joe Egender, Melissa Tang
Togetherness: Melanie Lynskey
The Tomorrow People: Mark Pellegrino, Luke Mitchell, Robbie Amell
True Detective: Tory Kittles
Undateable: Brent Morin, Rick Glassman
Under the Dome: Rachelle Lefevre
Venice: Bruce Greenwood, Odette Annable
Zombieland: Kirk Ward
Untitled Andy Samberg pilot: Joe Lo Truglio
Untitled Greg Garcia pilot: Will Arnett, Margo Martindale
Untitled Jim Gaffigan comedy: Mira Sorvino
Untitled Sean Hayes pilot: Thomas Lennon

(Image courtesy of FX.)

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