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British actor Julian Sands, known for starring in films such as A Room with a View and Leaving Las Vegas, was confirmed dead June 27th after he went missing while hiking in San Bernardino County in January. He was 65.

“The identification process for the body located on Mt. Baldy on June 24, 2023, has been completed and was positively identified as 65-year-old Julian Sands of North Hollywood,” the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said in a statement. “The manner of death is still under investigation, pending further test results. We would like to extend our gratitude to all the volunteers that worked tirelessly to locate Mr. Sands.”

In January, police told ABC 7 that Sands’ family reported him missing when he did not return from the hike, while his car was still parked in the area. Rescue teams launched a search for him, but unusually severe weather in Southern California meant the...

Exclusive: Suzy Eddie Izzard, Antonia Thomas and John Hannah have joined Emile Hirsch in the psychological thriller Past Life, from director and Grimmfest head Simeon Halligan.

Written by Dean Lines and Ray Bogdanovich, the pic follows Jason Frey (Hirsch), an investigative reporter who reluctantly agrees to attend a hypnotism event with his pregnant wife Claira (Thomas). Under hypnosis, Jason witnesses a murder through the eyes of a killer. Haunted by what he has seen, Jason uses past live regression techniques to investigate a series of unsolved murders from the 1980s while unwittingly reawakening a psychopath’s killer tendencies.

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As Deadline previously reported, the film is produced by Rachel Richardson-Jones of Grimmfest Films (Habit), Pierre Romain and Susan Michels of Swe (Son of the South), and Michael Laundon of M2 Productions (Endless). Executive producers are Michael Bassick (Hacksaw Ridge), Sarada McDermott (Bridgerton...

“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” is losing a detective. Kelli Giddish, who portrays Amanda Rollins on the NBC drama, will depart during the upcoming 24th season. She will be in at least the premiere episode. Exact details regarding her exit were not provided by the network.

In a statement from Giddish provided by NBC, she wrote: “I wanted to address the chatter I’ve seen online and let everyone know that this will, indeed, be my last season on ‘Law & Order: Svu.’ Playing Rollins has been one of the greatest joys and privileges of my life. I’ve been so fortunate to be a part of the ‘Law & Order’ family for the last 12 years. There is simply no other character on TV like Rollins. She’s grown and changed, and I have as well. I started on this show when I was in my late 20s and I’m...

When singer Trevor Daniel topped one billion streams on Spotify for his breakout track “Falling,” the 27-year-old joined the ranks of Billie Eilish, Drake, Justin Bieber, Cardi B, and Ed Sheeran and other major global artists to hit the milestone.

Daniel can credit the emo-rap track’s success largely to TikTok. Despite its 2018 release, the song took off two years later as millions began to download the video-sharing app while cooped up at home during the onset of the pandemic. Daniel’s viral jumpstart led to collaborations with Selena Gomez...

Six top TV showrunners will reveal details behind their projects when they join Gold Derby’s special “Meet the Experts” Q&a event with key 2021 guild and Emmy contenders this month. Each person will participate in two video discussions to premiere on Friday, May 14, at 5:00 p.m. Pt; 8:00 p.m. Et. We’ll have a one-on-one with our senior editor Joyce Eng and a group chat with Joyce and all of the group together.

RSVP today to this specific event by clicking here to book your reservation. Or click here to RSVP for our entire ongoing panel series. We’ll send you a reminder a few minutes before the start of the show.

This “Meet the Experts” panel welcomes the following 2021 guild and Emmy contenders:

“It’s a Sin”: Russell T. Davies

Davies was an Emmy nominee for “A Very English Scandal.” Other projects have included “Doctor Who,...

When Selena Gomez wants to join your song, you know it's a good one. And that's exactly what happened with Trevor Daniel and his track "Past Life." While it's been quiet the year from Trevor —he released his debut album Nicotine in March and landed his first spot on the Billboard Hot 100 with "Falling"—but 2020 got a little bit sweeter with one text: Selena wanted to be part of the "Past Life" remix—and sent over the vocals to prove it. Wandering through an airport when the message came through, "I was excited to hear it and she sounded great, of course," the 25-year-old exclusively shared with E! News. "I was just pacing...

Selena Gomez and Trevor Daniel take quarantine music videos to a whole other dimension in their new visual for “Past Life.”

Directed by Grammy-nominated filmmaking team Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia, the clip starts out simple enough, with Gomez and Daniel singing to each other over Instagram Live. But things quickly turn weird when the camera zooms in on Gomez’s screen and enters a surrealistic CGI world via … her pores and hair? We’ll take it.

Gomez released the music video for “Boyfriend” this past April in conjunction with...

Selena Gomez and Trevor Daniel have dropped the stunning visual for their collab, "Past Life." The music video, released on Tuesday, July 14, shows the artists practicing social distancing on Instagram Live amid the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. However, fans are then taken on a gorgeous journey of various landscapes around the world. "I'm trying to be honest with my happiness/Don't know why I'm bad at this," Daniel sings on the track. "And I don't want to sit all in my sadness/I know it's a habit of mine," Gomez continues. "Perfect, perfect timing/I start but I don't know how to end." Suddenly, the camera stops and zooms in on Gomez, taking...

Thousands of members of Israel’s entertainment industry convened in Tel Aviv Thursday night for a socially distanced protest calling on the government to provide desperately needed aid.

The event began with a laser light show depicting “150” in huge numbers inside a ticking clock, a reference to the 150,000 entertainment industry workers in the country. Tens of thousands have already lost their jobs, while many more are on unpaid leave. Following the light show, participants lined up to sign a wall-sized petition addressed to the prime minister.

While gatherings bans are in place in Israel, political protests are one of the exceptions to the rule providing protesters maintain distancing guidelines. Police were concerned, however, that some participants were not abiding to the restrictions Thursday night.

Singer Aviv Geffen, one of the protest organizers, called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to meet with him to discuss the crisis. “There is a disaster happening,...

Family disputes and conspiracies take center stage in “The Other Story,” veteran helmer Avi Nesher’s lively drama exploring a hot button issue: the divide between Israel’s secular Jews and the ultra-Orthodox. The fluid narrative plays out against the backdrop of a Jerusalem riven by multiple conflicts as two dysfunctional families separately arrive at an understanding of what is important in life and are ultimately able to dial back their desire to deal in inflexible absolutes. Like Nesher’s other features of the past decade this smartly cast and smoothly directed drama involves an investigation. It’s a neat script ploy that allows loyalties to shift, revelations to surface and hidden agendas to appear, while keeping the action pacey and the audience guessing. After breaking box office records in Israel, Nesher’s entertaining 18th film will start its theatrical rollout on both coasts through Strand Releasing.

Actually, “The Other Story” boasts multiple investigations.

"Why are we interfering in her life?" Strand Releasing has debuted an official trailer for an Israeli familial drama titled The Other Story, the latest from veteran Israeli filmmaker Avi Nesher. Strand describes it: "Strong female protagonists have been the mainstay of many Avi Nesher films. In The Other Story, two rebellious young women – one fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism for the disciplined comforts of faith; the other desperate to transcend her oppressive religious upbringing for sexual and spiritual freedom – cross paths unexpectedly in Jerusalem, to startling consequences." The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival last year. Starring Sasson Gabai, Joy Rieger, Yuval Segal, Maya Dagan, & Maayan Bloom. View below. Here's the official Us trailer (+ poster) for Avi Nesher's The Other Story, direct from Strand's YouTube: Two rebellious young Israeli women – one who is fleeing the chaos of secular hedonism ...

Grimmfest Films will develop, produce and part-finance features and streaming content.

Simeon Halligan and Rachel Richardson-Jones, directors of Manchester-based UK genre film festival Grimmfest, are launching a production company called Grimmfest Films.

The company will develop, produce and part-finance feature films and streaming content from filmmakers who have premiered work in the festival. This year’s event runs from October 3-6.

Grimmfest Films is financially supported by M2 Media Post Inc, providing an equity fund to invest in post-production. Further funding announcements are pending.

The management team includes executive producer Sarada McDermott McDermott’s credits include co-producer roles on Fighting With My Family and Tolkien.

Israeli auteur Avi Nesher’s last four films have screened in Toronto.

Mark Damon’s Foresight Unlimited has picked up worldwide sales on Israeli auteur Avi Nesher’s Toronto selection The Other Story (Sipur Acher) and will introduce to buyers this week.

The drama will premiere in Contemporary World Cinema and starts with a P+I screening on Friday (September 7) followed by the first public screening a day later. Sasson Gabai from The Band’s Visit, Joy Rieger, the breakout star of Nesher’s Past Life, Yuval Segal, Maya Dagan, Avigial Harari, and Maayan Bloom.

Nesher and Noam Shpancer wrote...

Long live the Queen. The Queen of the South TV show has been renewed for a second season on USA Network. In addition, the cable channel has announced 12 Monkey's Natalie Chaidez has signed on as showrunner for Queen of the South, season two. Chaidez was a co-executive producer on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which was cancelled in 2009, after two seasons on Fox. She also co-executive produced Heroes, V, Past Life, and In Plain Sight.Starring Alice Braga, the drama series is based on author Arturo Pérez-Reverte's La Reina Del Sur. The Queen of the South TV series cast also includes: Verónica Falcón, Justina Machado, Peter Gadiot, Hemky Madera, and Gerardo Taracena. Get the details from this USA Network...

Ravi Patel is an American actor of East Indian descent known for his part on Fox’s TV series Past Life as well as his current appearances in Grandfathered and Netflix’s Master of None alongside Aziz Ansari. He also co-directed and starred in the award-winning documentary Meet the Patels. Ravi Patel: Early Life and Switch to Acting Patel was […]

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In a competitive situation, Parenthood executive producer David Hudgins has signed an overall deal with Sony Pictures TV. Under the two-year pact, he will develop and potentially join existing studio projects. Hudgins is coming off a two-year overall deal at Universal TV where he worked on Jason Katims’ Parenthood, most recently as executive producer, in addition to developing a number of projects, including a legal drama that sold to CBS earlier this season. Before that, Hudgins worked on Friday Night Lights for the entire run of the series, serving as co-showrunner with Katims on the final season, which earned four Emmy nominations including best drama series. Hudgins, repped by Wme and Bryan Wolf, previously created Fox’s short-lived drama Past Life and worked on the WB drama Everwood.

English-born Australian actor Nic Bishop has joined the cast of Covert Affairs, the Us spy drama series that airs on Foxtel.s Universal Channel.

Bishop plays Ryan McQuaid, a former Navy Seal-turned-private contractor billionaire who forma an uneasy alliance with CIA agent Annie Walker (Piper Perabo). The show is in its fifth season on the USA Network. It's filmed in Colombia and Toronto and will be in production until October.

The La-based Bishop starred in the WB/Fox series Past Life which he won after his first Us audition, secured through Nikki Barrett Casting.

He went on to star in ABC's medical drama Body of Proof and has appeared in CSI, NCIS: La, Hot in Cleveland, Necessary Roughness, Castle and The Glades.

Repped in Australia by Linsten Morris Management, he came back to play Paul Dale in Screentime.s Fat Tony & Co.

Bishop has completed two Us indie films, director Anthony LeFresne.s The Mentor,...

Exclusive: The corporate walls are truly coming down this season, with broadcast networks’ affiliated studios selling to competing nets more actively than ever before. The latest example is an untitled drama project from former Friday Night Lights executive producer David Hudgins, which has been sold by Universal TV, where Hudgins is under an overall deal, to CBS. Written/exec produced by Hudgins, the drama centers on an outrageous and irreverent Federal judge with lifetime tenure who bucks the system. The project brings Hudgins back to his legal roots — he was an attorney in Texas before embarking on a writing career. Hudgins, creator of the Fox series Past Life, worked on Friday Night Lights for the series’ entire run, serving as co-showrunner with developer/exec producer Jason Katims on the final season, which earned the show’s first best drama series nomination and netted two major wins: best drama writing for...

Tonight at 9/8c, Sundance Channel follows up the well-received Top of the Lake with another, equally compelling miniseries that offers almost an antidote to TV’s more bustling, “Scandal-paced” dramas.

Created by Ray McKinnon (The Accountant, Sons of Anarchy‘s Lincoln Potter) and executive-produced by Breaking Bad‘s Mark Johnson and Melissa Benrstein, Rectify follows Daniel Holden (played by Aden Young) as he is released from a 20-year stint on Death Row for the rape and murder of a local girl in a small Georgia town, due to new (if not exonerating) DNA evidence.

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A New York judge has tossed the yearlong legal action around the short-lived paranormal crime series. “The Court finds that no discerning observer would conclude that Past Life had appropriated protected elements from Transience,” wrote Judge Barbara Jones yesterday (read ruling here). Transience writer Stevan Mena sued Fox Entertainment, Warner Bros Entertainment as well as producers David Hudgins and Craig Perry for copyright infringement last August. Produced by Warner Bros Television, Past Life debuted on February 9, 2010. With low ratings, Fox cancelled the show after three episodes. The screenwriter claimed that significant elements of the TV series were drawn from the script he wrote back in 2008. For instance, both do feature reincarnation, a child who has visions and is taken care of by a doctor and crime. However the judge ruled that there’s nothing unique about such story devices. Mena contends that his feature script made its way to Past Life...

Last week we got word that E. Roger Mitchell would be portraying District 11 tribute Chaff in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, and now we know who's playing his partner, Seeder. Read on for the details, and look for more soon. Just 13 more tributes to go!

The part of Seeder has gone to Maria Howell, an actor, singer, and voiceover artist.

Per The Hunger Games on Facebook, Howell has appeared in Lifetime’s hit shows “Army Wives” and “Drop Dead Diva”, The CW’s “The Vampire Diaries”, Fox’s “Past Life”, and more as well as the acclaimed theatrical release The Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock. She now joins the regular cast of the TV series “Revolution,” airing this fall on NBC.

Throughout her singing career, she has shared the musical stage with legendary artists like Nancy Wilson, George Benson, Ray Charles, and Earl Klugh. After a very successful stint in Asia,...

Photos of stars without makeup are a guilty pleasure for anyone who doesn't have a beauty team. But every so often, an actress looks terrific naturally.

Kelli Giddish of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," airing Wednesdays on NBC, manages to look stunning with her blonde hair pulled back and no makeup.

She's in her dressing room at the Chelsea Piers on Manhattan's far west side. Here, at the well-oiled machine that is this show in its 13th season, Giddish plays Detective Amanda Rollins, a transplant from Georgia, which is what Giddish is, albeit with a few stops in between.

She's lived in Texas, California, Georgia and New York. After "Past Life" and "Chase," which didn't make full seasons, she says it's a relief to be on a show with a solid foundation. Still, dealing with people's basest depravities, as each episode does, takes its toll.

"My dreams have become so screwed up,...

Exclusive: Former Friday Night Lights executive producer David Hudgins has signed a new overall deal with Universal Television to develop projects for the studio and work on existing series. Hudgins has a longtime association with Uni TV-based Fnl developer/executive producer Jason Katims. Hudgins worked on Fnl for entire run of the series, serving as co-showrunner with Katims on the final season, which earned four Emmy nominations, including best drama series, and won 2: best drama writing for the Katims-penned series finale and best actor in a drama series for Kyle Chandler. For the last two seasons, Hudgins has served as a co-executive producer on Katims’ latest series, NBC’s Parenthood. Under his new deal, Hudgins could work for Parenthood or Katims’ new drama County if they are renewed/picked up to series. This past development season, Hudgens wrote a U.S. adaptation of praised Danish drama Borgen for NBC and Uni TV,...

Q- You are the current Director of WGA's Showrunner Training Program at Writers Guild of America West. How many applicants did you have for this year?

A- We had over eighty applicants for about twenty five slots. The application process is a two step process. First applicants have to be recommended by current show runners or creative executives. Once they've been recommended, they fill out an application. I review the applications and we end up interviewing about fifty candidates. Out of those fifty candidates we invite approximately twenty five people to participate in the Program. This year's first session was on Saturday, January 14th and it (the program) ran for six consecutive Saturdays.

Q- How long has the Showrunner Training Program been in existence, and can you give the readers a background of its origins?

A- The Showrunner Training Program is the brainchild of writer producer, Jeff Melvoin, who's currently...

I’ve been watching Detectives Stabler and Benson since Law & Order: Svu first exploded onto the scene so I’m not real sure how I’ll handle new faces, but the latest from Entertainment Weekly reveals that the producers are taking things seriously because the two new additions to the sex crimes unit have some history with working on a TV series.

While Chris Meloni enjoys wearing the stars in Superman: Man of Steel, Danny Pino will be making the switch from Cold Case to Svu, while Kelli Giddish (sorry, Jennifer Love Hewitt) joins him after headlining two short-lived series’, Chase and Past Life. I don’t know if it’s just rotten luck with shows or if there’s a serious lack of talent but that’s not an impressive track record for Giddish. Even though Svu is the last of the Law & Order shows still playing, it’s...

“Law & Order: Svu – The Next Generation” is taking shape, with the news that Danny Pino (Cold Case) and Kelli Giddish (Chase) are both boarding the NBC crime drama as series regulars.

Pino was just last week mentioned as among the show’s short list to fill the void left by Chris Meloni, who did not ink a new deal to return to the series. On CBS’ Cold Case, he for seven seasons played Senior Detective Scotty Valens.

Svu No Longer Looking to Collar Jennifer Love Hewitt

Giddish, meanwhile, will take on the role once mentioned in the same breath as Jennifer Love Hewitt,...

USA's new summer series, "Necessary Roughness," is currently shooting in Atlanta, Ga. and we hear that it has picked up some heat with a new guest star.

An USA Network rep confirms that "Body of Proof" star, Nicholas Bishop, is guest starring for one episode in the show's inaugural season. 

He plays Griffin Page, a dashing former war correspondent who goes on to host his own cable news show. Page seeks treatment from psychotherapist Dani (played by Callie Thorne) after inexplicably cracking up during a somber report and getting suspended from his job.

"[He's modeled] a bit like an Anderson Cooper or Wolf Blitzer," Bishop tells us of the role. "And he basically has a meltdown at the news desk. It's actually pretty funny and the lead [Thorne] kind of starts working with me to get over my issues and to get me back on the news desk."

"It's a great role and...

Walt Disney Studios has announced that they have acquired and are presently in development on a new picture called The Runner. The movie is a science fiction film on which Disney is collaborating with writer Dave Andron, director Marc Foster and Brad Simpson, Brian Grazer, and Blacklight Transmedia’s Zak Kadison and Eric Lieb.

The story, set in 2027, centers on a man who travels back in time to visit Earth before it became not fit to live in an attempt to change the past. The plot is decidedly non-Disney. It seems reasonable to consider it as a typical post apocalyptic time travel project.

In the near future, with the Earth’s surface inhabitable, a small group of survivors pick one man to travel back in time to try and stop the event that caused the destruction. Once he lands in the past, however, overlooks the humanity and egoistically tries to save his beloved sweetheart.

Walt Disney Pictures has acquired "The Runner," a science fiction adventure movie that originally was conceived as a spec for a television pilot. Brian Grazer of Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment will produce along with Brad Simpson, of Forster's Apparatus Entertainment. Zak Kadison of Blacklight Transmedia is also producing and Transmedia's Eric Lieb is executive producing. The film comes from writer/creator Dave Andron ("Knight Rider," "Past Life," "Justified"). Marc Forster ("Quantum of Solace," "The Kite Runner," "Finding Neverland") is under consideration to direct. The project comes from Blacklight Transmedia's first look arrangement with Imagine. "The...

The latest round of pilot casting includes a familiar face returning to CBS, Fox casting a lead in "I Hate My Teenage Daughter" and NBC adding three actors to its "Prime Suspect" pilot.

These updates come courtesy of Deadline Hollywood, which, we must admit, has pretty much been owning the casting news this pilot season. Here's the rundown:

- Former "Without a Trace" star Poppy Montgomery is returning to CBS in a drama pilot from one of that show's exec producers, Ed Redlich, and co-writer John Bellucci. She'll play an NYPD detective who's blessed/cursed with the ability to remember absolutely everything.

- Jaime Pressly will star opposite Katie Finneran in Fox's comedy "I Hate My Teenage Daughter." The "My Name Is Earl" Emmy winner will play a mom who fears she's raising a Mean Girl.

- "Prime Suspect" has added Kirk Acevedo ("Fringe"), Joe Nieves ("How I Met Your Mother...

An Emmy winner has joined the cast of Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior.

Former West Wing star Richard Schiff has signed on for the CBS series in the role of FBI director Jack Fickler. Entertainment Weekly reports that his character will debut on the midseason premiere of the series.

Schiff was most recently seen in the short-lived, abysmal Past Life.

The Criminal Minds spin-off stars Forest Whitaker as the head of an elite team of agents. The cast is rounded out by Janeane Garofalo, Matt Ryan, Michael Kelly, Beau Garrett, and Kirsten Vangsness.

Forest Whitaker, meet your new boss.

West Wing Emmy winner Richard Schiff is joining CBS’ Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior in the recurring role of FBI director Jack Fickler, sources confirm to me exclusively.

Schiff—who most recently starred on the ill-fated Fox drama Past Life—will debut in the first episode of the spin-off, which is slated to launch at midseason.

Cm: Sb stars Whitaker as the head of an elite team of agents within the FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. The cast also includes Janeane Garofalo, Matt Ryan, Michael Kelly, Beau Garrett, and Minds mainstay Kirsten Vangsness.

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Three months after CBS announced the addition of a 'Criminal Minds' spin-off to the network schedule, producers are still working to fill out the cast. This time around, they're pulling someone directly from the White House.

Richard Schiff, who played lovable but surly Communications Director Toby Ziegler on 'The West Wing,' has been added to the cast of 'Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior,' according to Entertainment Weekly. Most recently seen on the quickly canceled 'Past Life,' Schiff will play Jack Fickler, who is the director of the FBI. Schiff's character will appear in the very first episode of the series.

 

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When NBC presented "Chase," its fall pilot about U.S. Marshalls, at TCA's Press Tour on Friday (July 30), our first impression was that it was a very hardcore police procedural. And even the adorable female lead, Kelli Giddish, confirmed our suspicions.

Last seen on "Past Life," Giddish says that she loves playing Annie on the NBC show. "I couldn't keep a pair of shoes clean to save my life when I was a kid," she says. "It's so great to play a woman who accepts all the physicality. So, yeah, it's a dream. It's such a dream."

She says that she trained with actual U.S. Marshals from Houston to prepare for the role, and they all do their own stunts. "If you see me going down a river, it's me," she says. "And it's the fugitive, you know. And that goes for everybody here. I think that's so exciting about this show.

Past Life follows a team of past-life detectives who try to discover if a person’s problems and visions stem from traumatic events in a former life. The series stars Kelli Giddish, Nicholas Bishop, Ravi Patel, and Richard Schiff. The series was inspired by the book Reincarnationist by M.J. Rose.

In February, the Fox TV show got off to a disappointing start with a 2.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 8.32 million viewers. That represented a loss of about 70% of the American Idol lead-in audience.

When the drama moved to Thursday a couple nights later, it attracted a meager 1.4 rating in the demo and 5.3 million viewers. Episode three ran opposite mostly repeats and viewership dropped even lower.

Fox pulled the show off the air soon after and cancelled the series. Word was that the remaining four...

"Body of Proof" is joining the ABC fall lineup. It was previously known as "Body of Evidence" and stars Dana Delany ("Desperate Housewives") as a neurosurgeon-turned-medical examiner whose expertise helps solve murder cases.

Chris Murphey wrote the pilot, and "CSI: Miami" veteran Sunil Nayar is joining the show as an executive producer. The cast also includes Jeri Ryan ("Leverage," "Shark"), John Carroll Lynch ("K-Ville," "Close to Home"), Nicholas Bishop ("Past Life"), Geoffrey Arend ("Trust Me") and Wendell Middlebrooks ("Scrubs").

Dr. Megan Hunt (Delany) was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But her world is turned upside down when a devastating car accident puts an end to her time in the operating room. Megan resumes her career as a medical examiner, determined to solve the puzzle of who or what killed the victims. Her instincts are sharp, but she's developed a reputation...

hollywoodnews.com: The New Fall Schedule Features All-Drama Lineups on Mondays and Wednesdays and All Comedies on Thursdays, Plus Unscripted Programming into Compatible Dramas on Tuesdays and Fridays New Comedies Include “Friends With Benefits,” “Outsourced,” “Perfect Couples, “Love Bites” and “The Paul Reiser Show.”

New Dramas Are “Undercovers,” “The Event,” “Chase,” “Law & Order: Los Angeles,” “Outlaw,” “The Cape” and “Harry’s Law”; And New Alternative Show “School Pride”

NBC announced today its 2010-11 primetime schedule that is highlighted by five new comedies, seven new drama series and one new alternative program, including shows from such innovative hit-makers as J.J. Abrams, Jerry Bruckheimer and David E. Kelley, among others.

The high-quality series include new comedies such as “Outsourced,” Love Bites,” “Perfect Couples,” “Friends With Benefits” and “The Paul Reiser Show.” The new dramas are “The Cape,” “Harry’s Law,” “Outlaw,” “Undercovers,” “The Event,” “Chase” and “Law & Order: Los Angeles.”

The schedule...

Chicago – NBC announced their fall schedule and fans of “Heroes,” “Law & Order,” “Trauma,” and “Mercy” will shed a tear while on-the-bubble shows like “Chuck,” “Parenthood,” and “Community” will return with “Parks and Recreation” coming back later in the season. Most notably, the peacock network filled the now-vacant five hours of programming after “The Jay Leno Show” debacle with eight new fall shows and five more scheduled for midseason.

NBC has called in the starpower to help save the sinking network, bringing in new programs by J.J. Abrams, Jerry Bruckheimer, and David E. Kelley with recognizable TV veterans like Blair Underwood, Jimmy Smits, Laura Innes, and more.

The network has scheduled their fall 2010 season with thematic evenings. Mondays and Wednesdays will feature drama, Thursdays will be all comedy, and the rest of the week will include reality leading into similar dramas.

Jeff Gaspin, Chariman, NBC Universal Television Entertainment said, “This new...

NBC has picked up "Chase", its fifth scripted series pilot for the 2010-11 season. The new action drama is from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("CSI") and executive producer Jennifer Johnson ("Cold Case").

"'Chase' has all the undeniable elements of a thrill ride that you would expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer action series," said NBC. "Equally important, it also features a great cast. Kelli Giddish is a breakout star as the lead."

"..."Chase" is a fast-paced drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America's most dangerous fugitives. Kelli Giddish ("Past Life") stars as 'Us Marshal Annie Frost', a cowboy boot-wearing deputy whose sharp mind and unique Texas upbringing help her track down the violent criminals on the run...".

Cole Hauser ("K-Ville"), Amaury Nolasco ("Prison Break"), Rose Rollins ("The L Word") and Jesse Metcalfe...

Jerry Bruckheimer dramas will have a presence on both ABC ("The Whole Truth") and NBC this fall.

NBC's "Chase" is described by the network as "a fast-paced drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America's most dangerous fugitives."

Starring in the new NBC drama are Kelli Giddish ("Past Life") as U.S. Marshal Annie Frost and Cole Hauser ("K-Ville"), Amaury Nolasco ("Prison Break"), Rose Rollins ("The L Word") and Jesse Metcalfe ("Desperate Housewives") as members of Frost's team.

Joining Bruckheimer as Executive Producers are Jennifer Johnson ("Cold Case," "Lost"), Jonathan Littman ("CSI Franchise") and David Nutter ("The Mentalist"). So based on the clips below, are you going to be tuning in? "Chase" will air in the fall on Monday nights at 10 p.m. Et on NBC.

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NBC has just released a first look at the 13 new shows they have coming out next year including Jj Abram’s Undercovers, The Cape, Chase, The Event, Outsourced, Love Bites and many more. Check the videos down below.

Undercovers – (Drama, Wednesdays At 8/7c)

Sparks can fly when mixing business with pleasure. Outwardly, Steven Bloom (Kodjoe) and his wife, Samantha (Mbatha-Raw), are a typical married couple who own a small catering company in Los Angeles and are helped by Samantha’s easily frazzled younger sister, Lizzy (Jessica Parker Kennedy). Secretly, the duo were two of the CIA’s best spies until they fell in love on the job five years ago and retired. When fellow spy and friend Nash (Carter MacIntyre) goes missing while on the trail of a Russian arms dealer, the Blooms are reinstated by boss Carlton Shaw (Gerald McRaney) to locate and rescue Nash. The pair is thrust...

Chase is a fast-paced drama from Emmy Award-winning executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI, Pirates of the Caribbean) and executive producer Jennifer Johnson (Cold Case) that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America’s most dangerous fugitives.

The series, whose pilot was directed by TV veteran David Nutter (The X-Files, Supernatural, The Mentalist), stars Kelli Giddish (Past Life) as U.S. Marshal Annie Frost (pictured above):

…a cowboy boot-wearing deputy whose sharp mind and unique Texas upbringing help her track down the violent criminals on the run.

The cast is rounded out by other TV drama veterans including Cole Hauser (K-Ville), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Rose Rollins (The L Word) and Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives), who all star as members of Frost’s team. Chase is produced by Bonanza Productions, in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros.

ABC is keeping pace with NBC for the "most new shows ordered" title at the 2010 upfronts, adding two more dramas to its roster for 2010-11.

The latest pickups, according to several reports, are a crime show called "Body of Proof" and the Shonda Rhimes-produced "Off the Map," about doctors working in a remote South American clinic. They join comedies "Happy Endings," "Mr. Sunshine" and "Better Together" and dramas "No Ordinary Family," "My Generation" and "Detroit 187" -- bringing ABC's pickup total to nine series, which is just behind NBC's 11.

(Fox has picked up five shows so far, and CBS and The CW will probably each add three or four.)

"Body of Proof" (previously known as "Body of Evidence") stars Dana Delany ("Desperate Housewives") as a neurosurgeon-turned-medical examiner whose expertise helps solve murder cases. Chris Murphey wrote the pilot, and "CSI: Miami" veteran Sunil Nayar is joining the show as an executive producer.

NBC have announced that they have picked up the Jerry Bruckheimer Productions action-procedural series Chase for the 2010-2011 television season. The show is not the first new season pickup for NBC, the network have already announced pick-ups for dramas Undercovers (from J.J. Abrams) and The Event. Chase is described by NBC as:

…a fast-paced drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America’s most dangerous fugitives.

The series, whose pilot was directed by TV veteran David Nutter (The X-Files, Supernatural, The Mentalist), stars Kelli Giddish (Past Life) as U.S. Marshal Annie Frost:

…a cowboy boot-wearing deputy whose sharp mind and unique Texas upbringing help her track down the violent criminals on the run.

The cast is rounded out by other TV drama veterans including Cole Hauser (K-Ville), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Rose Rollins (The L Word...

NBC has given the greenlight to Jerry Bruckheimer's "Chase." This is being described by the network as "a fast-paced drama that drops viewers smack into the middle of a game of cat-and-mouse as a team of U.S. marshals hunts down America's most dangerous fugitives." Kelli Giddish (“Past Life”) stars as U.S. Marshal Annie Frost, a Texas-raised deputy with a sharp mind which she uses to track down violent criminals on the run. Also part of Giddish's team are Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco, Rose Rollins and Jesse Metcalfe. David Nutter directed the polot. His credits include "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and "Supernatural" among others.

NBC has announced that it has picked up a new drama series for the fall. Chase, which has been commissioned for a 13-episode run, is a crime thriller by award-winning writer Jerry Bruckheimer and Warner Bros. Kelli Giddish (Past Life) has been confirmed for the leading role alongside Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), Rose Rollins (The L Word), Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) and Cole Hauser (K-Ville). Angela Bromstad, president of NBC's primetime entertainment, said in a statement: (more)...

"Chase" has joined the growing NBC lineup.

The new drama from Jerry Bruckheimer is the latest scripted show the network has picked up, Angela Bromstad, NBC primetime chief announced Monday (May 10).

"Chase," which centers on a team of U.S. marshals that hunt down dangerous fugitives, stars Kelli Giddish as U.S. Marshal Annie Frost, a Texan who uses her roots and boots to help her track down the criminals.

Also part of the team are "Desperate Housewives" alum Jesse Metcalfe, Cole Hauser, Amaury Nolasco and Rose Rollins.

"'Chase' has all the undeniable elements of a thrill ride that you would expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer action series," says Bromstad. "Equally important, it also features a great cast  Kelli Giddish is a breakout star as the lead."

Hmm, Giddish was supposed to be the breakout star for Fox's "Past Life," which was unceremoniously yanked from the schedule, presumably not to be reincarnated.

Series orders continue to come fast and furious for NBC, as the network has picked up its fifth new series for the 2010-11 television season.   On Monday (May 10), NBC announced a series order for "Chase," a new drama from Jerry Bruckheimer, who most recently brought the network "E-Ring."    The "Chase" pickup follows last week's orders for the dramas "Undercovers"  and "The Event," plus the romantic anthology "Love Bites" and the comedy "Outsourced."   Created by Jennifer Johnson ("Cold Case"), "Chase" stars Kelli Giddish ("Past Life") as U.S. Marshal Annie Frost, described in the network press release as "a...

Another day, another pickup at NBC. The Peacock today announced that it had given an early series order to new drama Chase from executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer. Series, created by Jennifer Johnson (Cold Case) has landed a spot on the schedule for the 2010-11 season, the fifth series order handed out by NBC thus far. News comes on the heels of last week's orders for Undercovers, The Event, Love Bites, and Outsourced. Additional pickups will be announced before NBC unveils their fall schedule to advertisers a week from today. "Chase has all the undeniable elements of a thrill ride that you would expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer action series,” said Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios, in a statement. "Equally important, it also features a great cast. Kelli Giddish is a breakout star as the lead.” Here's how NBC is pitching the procedural drama series: Chase...

NBC announced today that it has picked up its fifth series for the 2010-11 season - a drama called Chase from executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI). The series that will star Kelli Giddish (Past Life), Cole Hauser (K-Ville), Amaury Nolasco (Prison Break), and Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) is about a team of U.S. marshals who hunt down America's most dangerous fugitives. “Chase has all the undeniable elements of a thrill ride that you would expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer action series,” said Angela Bromstad, President, Primetime Entertainment, NBC and Universal Media Studios, in a statement. “Equally important, it also features a great cast.