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Networks Developing Comedy and Drama Projects for 2013 Pilot Season

Check out which new TV projects ABC, NBC, Fox, CBS, and the CW picked up for development this week.

'New Normal' Star Jayson Blair on the Audition that Got Him the Role

Blair opens up about his four-and-a-half-hour prep work for his "New Normal" audition, the ways in which acting gave his life direction, and how everything can change overnight.

Roundup of Network TV Pilots in Development

See what shows NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, and the CW are considering for next year’s pilot season, to premiere during the 2013–14 television season.

Pilot Season Heats Up As Casting Directors Find Projects

As pilot season beginning to ramp up, four new comedy projects now have casting directors attached, Backstage has learned. The comedy "About a Boy" for NBC, which has ordered 11 comedy pilots this season, will be cast by North Hollywood-based Cami Patton. The pilot, based on the book by Nick ...

Six More NBC Pilots Get Casting Directors

A comedy pilot starring Sean Hayes and a drama written by Alfonso Cuarón are among the NBC pilots set to begin casting.

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.

‘Smash’ Musical Won’t Be On Broadway

Choreographer Joshua Bergasse said that “Bombshell,” the Marilyn Monroe musical featured as the show-within-the-show on NBC’s “Smash,” will not be adapted for the stage any time soon.

Tracy Spiridakos on Her Role in the Upcoming TV Series 'Revolution'

The actor stars in NBC's “Revolution,” a new post-apocalyptic sci-fi series set 15 years after a disaster destroyed all of the world’s technology. Read Backstage's Q&A with Spiridakos to learn why she calls it her “dream role.”

NBC and ABC Off-Season Pilots Announce Casting Directors

NBC's "After Hours" is set to be cast by Junie Lowry-Johnson and Libby Goldstein; Anya Colloff and Michael Nicolo, of CFB Casting will work on ABC's "Trophy Wife."

‘Smash’ Recap, Episode 7: ‘Musical Chairs’

This week, “Smash” is playing Musical Chairs and boy are we dizzy. Here's how it really went down.