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Airing on the CBS television network, the Young Sheldon TV show stars Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Annie Potts, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, Matt Hobby, and Jim Parsons (narration). Recurring cast members include Wallace Shawn, Ryan Phuong, Melissa Peterman, Wyatt McClure, Doc Farrow, Nancy Linehan Charles, Rex Linn, Ed Begley Jr., Mckenna Grace, Andrea Anders, Mary Grill, Craig T.

We don't have to worry about Young Sheldon being cancelled by CBS since it's already been renewed for seasons six and seven. Given what we already know about Sheldon Cooper's young life, it seems likely those will be the final seasons. Still, if the ratings are strong enough, perhaps the show could continue and follow the boy genius to CalTech. Stay tuned.

A family comedy series, the Young Sheldon TV show stars Iain Armitage, Zoe Perry, Lance Barber, Annie Potts, Montana Jordan, Raegan Revord, Matt Hobby, and Jim Parsons (narration). Recurring cast members include Wallace Shawn, Ryan Phuong, Melissa Peterman, Wyatt McClure, Doc Farrow, Nancy Linehan Charles, Rex Linn, Ed Begley Jr., Mckenna Grace, Andrea Anders, Mary Grill, Craig T. Nelson, Ava Allan, and London Cheshire. Revolving around the early life of The Big Bang Theory's Sheldon Cooper (Parsons), this comedy series follows...

TBS has canceled its comedy “The Detour” after 4 seasons.

The series, which starred Jason Jones and Natalie Zea, aired its last episode on Aug. 20. Jones created and executive produced the series with his wife Samantha Bee, who hosts the network’s late-night series “Full Frontal.” The series, about a family vacation gone awry, was based on the duo’s own experiences.

Ashley Gerasimovich, Liam Carroll, Daniella Pineda, Mary Grill and Laura Benanti also starred over the course of the show’s four-season run. The fourth and now final season followed followed the Parker family on a world-wide search for their runaway teen daughter, Delilah (Gerasimovich).

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“The Detour” becomes the latest scripted casualty at TBS, which in recent months has canceled “Wrecked,” “People of Earth” and “Angie Tribeca.” Tracy Morgan’s “The Last Og” was renewed for a third season,...

Boy 1 and Girl 1 are work friends. Boy 1 can’t get date with Girl 2, 3, 4, etc. Girl 1 can’t get date with Boy 2, 3, 4, etc. Boy 1 and Girl 1 talk about their feelings. Boy 1 and Girl 1 fall for each other.

Alright, let’s admit it, it’s a constant formula to any romcom that’s out there. But the fact that Slow Learners relies more on the comedic side than the romantic one is a bit of a relief, considering just how overdone it already is.

Directed by Don Argott and Sheena Joyce and written by Matt Serwood, Slow Learners introduces us to Jeff Lowry (played by Adam Pally) and Anne Martin (played by Sarah Burns), who are two teachers who just can’t find love. They go on date after date only to be rejected and get all the more depressed. Colleagues, they confide in each other about their love woes and they...

Mary Grill (The Mindy Project) has booked a recurring role on TBS comedy The Detour. Created by Jason Jones and Samantha Bee, The Detour is inspired by Jones and Bee's own experiences with family getaways. It follows a couple and their two young kids as they take a road trip to Florida. Grill will play an FBI agent who appears at the top or at the end of every episode interrogating Nate (Jones). She is a tough, no-nonsense agent trying to get to the bottom of all the…...

Stars: Philip Quinaz, Alison Fyhrie, Chris Manley, Victor Quinaz, Chris Manley, Anna Martemucci, Brian Shoaf, Mary Grill | Written by Philip Quinaz, Victor Quinaz, Anna Martemucci | Directed by Victor Quinaz

Breakup at a Wedding shows Vic (actually director Victor Quinaz) as he captures the events that happen around the wedding between Phil Havemeyer (Philip Quinaz) and Alison Jones (Alison Fyhrie). Being the type of videographer that goes super in depth, Vic captures everything, including Alison having a massive panic attack and telling Phil in supposed privacy that she wanted out; she couldn’t go through with the wedding. Together, they decide to have the wedding anyway but not sign the marriage contract, so that everyone thinks they’re married why legally they’re not. However, Phil is more than reluctant about this, and hatches a plan to end up married.

This is one of those discs I get every now and...

Oscilloscope Laboratories has released the first poster for their comedy which tells of Alison (Alison Fyhrie) who, on the eve of their wedding, gets cold feet and decides to break up with her fiancé Phil (Philip Quinaz). But rather than face the embarrassment of calling off the ceremony, Alison suggests to Phil that they proceed with a sham wedding. Phil is more than game to try, secretly hoping that a surprise gift he has for Alison will ultimately change her mind. Yet once the guests begin to arrive, more complications ensue than either of them could have ever imagined - even if they did know their wedding was bullshit. Also in the cast are Mary Grill, Damian Lanigan, Michael Lidondici, Chris Manley, Anna Martemucci and Brian Shoaf.

Victor Quinaz Breakup at a Wedding comedy starring Alison Fyhrie and Philip Quinaz has shacked up with Oscilloscope Laboratories. According to sources, the company has landed N. American distribution rights to the film and set it for a June 18th, 2013 release on VOD. Zachary Quinto, Corey Moosa, and Neal Dodson are producing the film with Before The Door Pictures and Anonymous Content. Also in the cast are Chris Manley, Mary Grill, Brian Shoaf, Michael LiDondici, Anna Martemucci and Hugh Scully. Here's the plot we found on the film's Facebook page: On the eve of their wedding, Alison gets cold feet and decides she wants to break up with her fiancé Phil. But rather than face the embarrassment of calling off the ceremony, Alison suggests to Phil they...

Fox's "The Mindy Project" keeps getting better over the course of its first season, blending laugh-out-loud hilarity with increasingly rich character portraits and perfectly chosen guest stars.

With just six episodes left, we caught up with the cast at the show's recent PaleyFest event and asked them to spill a few details about what's to come -- including what to expect from upcoming guests Chloe Sevigny as Danny's ex-wife and Anders Holm ("Workaholics") as Mindy's newest boyfriend.

Showrunner Matt Warburton explains the master plan: "The second half of the season we've been really emphasizing digging into where [these characters] come from. We met Mindy's brother, we're gonna meet a friend from Danny's past and we're gonna meet Danny's ex-wife -- the biggest mystery of all. That's been a theme of the second half of the season. These people who we've grown to love in the first half of the season -- looking...

Beth Grant has been promoted on The Mindy Project. Grant is up to a series regular as the cranky Nurse Beverly on the Fox show about a physician (Mindy Kaling) who balances her career with her love life, reports TVLine. Earlier this month, the show brought Mary Grill into the mix as Kaling's "tomboyish, confident, party" college friend Maggie. Back in November, (more)...

"The Mindy Project" continues to be a work in progress in its first season on Fox.

After last month's news that Anna Camp (Gwen) will transition from regular to recurring cast member and Amanda Setton (Shauna) will be leaving the show, "Mindy" has lost another character but gained two more.

Character actor Stephen Tobolowsky was written out of the show in last week's episode, "Two To One," when his rarely seen character Dr. Shulman abruptly decided to leave his practice and turn over management to Mindy (Mindy Kaling), Danny (Chris Messina) and Jeremy (Ed Weeks).

Dr. Shulman was played by "West Wing" star Richard Schiff in the original pilot, and seemed positioned to be a key part of the series. But after Tobolowsky replaced Schiff in the pilot, he only appeared in one subsequent episode -- October's "Hiring and Firing" -- before his own departure.

However, another character introduced in...

The Mindy Project is both un-firing and promoting a character in one fell swoop.

Beth Grant, who plays the defiant and cranky Nurse Beverly on Fox’s freshman sitcom, has been upped to a series regular, TVLine has confirmed.

Much of this season’s second episode — the only one in which the character appeared — revolved around Beverly’s imminent firing. (Among her workplace offenses: stealing vials of blood and punching her boss.)

It’s not clear what brings Nurse Ratched back into the fold or when exactly she’ll reappear.

Grant’s status change comes as The Mindy Project undergoes...

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Mary Grill is set to pal around on The Mindy Project.

The Upright Citizens Brigade alum will portray Maggie, a friend of Mindy's from college whose attitude makes many believe she's a lesbian... when she's actually very much the opposite, hooking up with men all over the place.

Look for her to move into Mindy's apartment building.

Grill will join the The Mindy Project Season 1 cast just as Amanda Setton and Stephen Tobolowsky are departing and just as TV Fanatic favorite Anna Camp is being downgraded to recurring status.

Another "Firefly" reunion is happening: Gina Torres is joining Nathan Fillion on "Castle" at last!

According to TVLine, Torres is headed to the ABC drama as Samantha Foster, a "ruthless fashion mogul." On "Firefly," Torres played second-in-command to Fillion's Captain Mal Reynolds, and the reunion will likely be a treat for fans, since Torres wasn't on hand when the "Firefly" cast celebrated its 10th anniversary at Comic-Con this summer.

Torres, who has guest starred on "24" and "Alias," will appear in a February episode of the ABC series.

In other casting news...

Mindy's getting a new best friend on "The Mindy Project." Mary Grill has joined the freshman Fox comedy as Maggie, a college pal Mindy reunites with when Maggie moves into her building. [TVLine]

Oliver Kieran-Jones has joined "Glee." Kiernan-Jones is set to play the leader of the glee club at Nyada, where

Kurt (Chris Colfer) has his sights set. [Deadline]

Marcy Rylan...

Another "Firefly" reunion is happening: Gina Torres is joining Nathan Fillion on "Castle" at last!

According to TVLine, Torres is headed to the ABC drama as Samantha Foster, a "ruthless fashion mogul." On "Firefly," Torres played second-in-command to Fillion's Captain Mal Reynolds, and the reunion will likely be a treat for fans, since Torres wasn't on hand when the "Firefly" cast celebrated its 20th anniversary at Comic-Con this summer.

Torres, who has guest starred on "24" and "Alias," will appear on a February episode of the ABC series.

In other casting news...

Mindy's getting a new best friend on "The Mindy Project." Mary Grill has joined the freshman Fox comedy as Maggie, a college pal Mindy reunites with when Maggie moves into her building. [TVLine]

Oliver Kieran-Jones has joined "Glee." Kiernan-Jones is set to play the leader of the glee club at Nyada, where

Kurt (Chris Colfer) has his sights set. [Deadline]

Marcy Rylan...

Mary Grill has landed the major new role on Fox’s freshman comedy series The Mindy Project. Grill, a Second City Chicago alum and a founding member of the NY sketch group New Excitement, will play the recurring role of Maggie, a tomboyish college friend of Mindy’s (creator and star Mindy Kaling). The introduction of the character is part of a creative overhaul of the show midway through its freshman season, which includes the elimination of a character, played by regular Amanda Setton, and the downgrade of another one, played by Anna Camp, from regular to recurring. Additionally, Stephen Tobolowsky’s recurring character was written off. Grill, repped by Vincent Nastri of Bleecker Street Entertainment, recently appeared on Boardwalk Empire and has upcoming guest stints on Whitney and Don’t Trust the B in Apt.23. Ryan Lee (Super 8) has joined the cast of ABC’s single-camera comedy pilot Trophy Wife.

The Mindy Project‘s midseason revamp continues.

Fox’s rookie comedy has tapped Upright Citizens Brigade vet Mary Grill to join the cast in a recurring role, TVLine has learned.

Grill will play Maggie, Mindy’s tomboyish, confident, party girl friend from college who is often assumed to be a lesbian (when in reality she slays guys left and right). Maggie and Mindy reconnect when the former moves into the latter’s apartment building.

Grill’s hiring comes as The Mindy Project undergoes a slight...