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ABC Family-Driven Comedy Pilots Get CDs

Casting Directors Confirmed for Pilots "Bad Management," Keep Calm and Karey On," and "Middle Age Rage."

'One Life to Live' Actors Caught in Legal Dispute

Three actors reportedly barred from walking onto the set of the ABC daytime drama "General Hospital"—casualties in a dispute between the network and digital media producer Prospect Park—may soon return.

NBC’s ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ Among 3 Drama Pilots With CDs

Eric Dawson assumes casting duties for NBC’s re-imagining of the feuding clans, while Jennifer Cooper will cast “The List” and John Frank Levy and Melanie Burgess take on “The Advocates.”

Four ABC Dramas Get Casting Directors

Mary Jo Slater and Steve Brooksbank will cast “Killer Women”, while “Reckless” will be cast by David Rapaport.

Casting Directors Confirmed for 4 ABC TV Pilots

Drama pilots “Doubt” and “Influence,” British adaptation “Pulling,” and an untitled original comedy now have casting directors attached, Backstage has learned.

Major TV Networks Bought a Lot of New Pilots This Week

Here are the latest pilots in development at ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and the CW.

Casting Directors Confirmed for ABC Comedy and AMC Drama Pilots

Wendy O’Brien will cast ABC’s comedy pilot “Mixology,” and Sharon Bialy and Sherry Thomas are casting the AMC drama pilot “Halt & Catch Fire.”

Form Healthy Habits For Better Audition Results

As an actor, your health has an especially relevant impact on everything from your looks to your audition anxiety. You only get one body in this lifetime, and yet many people are more aware of their car breaking down than they are about themselves.

Trigger-Happy Nets Skipping Pilots for Straight-to-Series Orders

Straight-to-series pickups have been popular with cable nets and the new online content producers such as Netflix, but now the broadcast networks increasingly are using the strategy—which could be a boon for working actors.

Pilots for HBO, USA, ABC Get Casting Directors

Comedy pilots from HBO and ABC, and a new sci-fi drama from USA Network, have all secured casting directors before the holidays.