Now that Life on Mars has completed its mission, ABC has a new show leading out of Lost on Wednesday nights: The Unusuals, starring such familiar faces as Amber Tamblyn, Jeremy Renner, Harold Perrineau and Adam Goldberg as quirky homicide detectives working for the NYPD.
If any fans of Joan or Arcadia or General Hospital's original Emily Q. are surprised to see Tamblyn brandishing a badge these days, so is she. "When I first heard about [The Unusuals], I was like, 'I don't want to go back to TV, to play a cop,'" Tamblyn told TVGuide.com during a visit to the show's set. "But the script was so different."
"I call it an 'eccentric procedural,'" she says, summing up the show's niche.
Watch and discuss Tamblyn's complete video Q&A after the jump.
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ABC has cut orders on two midseason drama series, The Castle and The Unusuals.
Castle, which centers around a horror novelist who helps solve crimes with NYPD, has now gone from a 13 episode order to 10. The show stars Desperate Housewives' Nathan Fillion.
Meanwhile, ABC's partner studio Sony has asked for the same cutbacks for The Unusuals, which is an NYPD ensemble dramedy starring Joan of Arcadia's Amber Tamblyn, says The Hollywood Reporter.
The bad news keeps on coming for the Alphabet network: The episode reductions came...
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In an unusual move for the time of year, ABC on Monday ordered to series five pilots, including two police procedurals, a pair of comedies and a remake, Variety reports.Among the greenlit fare, Nathan Fillion will be starring in Castle, which focuses on a novelist who helps solve murder cases. Lost alum Harold Perrineau and Joan of Arcadia's Amber Tamblyn, meanwhile, are among the cast of The Unusuals, a police drama set in an atypical precinct. On the lighter side you have Single with Parents, a sitcom starring Charmed beauty Alyssa Milano, and Better Off Ted, starring Jay Harrington as an office worker trying to make his way up the ranks.ABC has also picked up Cupid, a Rob Thomas-helmed remake of the late-1990s show about a man (played by Bobby Cannavale) who believes he's Cupid and the psychologist (Sarah Paulson) who works with him.Do these series seem like a good direction for the net? With five fresh shows to pick from, the odds are in ABC's favor. — Anna DimondRelated:&...
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Joan of Arcadia is gonna be packing heat. Amber Tamblyn, who starred on the acclaimed/underappreciated CBS drama, has landed the female lead in the ABC pilot The Unusuals.In the dramedy set at a New York police precinct, Tamblyn will play Casey Shraeger, a smart detective who also is the black sheep of her wealthy family, says the Reporter. Already cast in the pilot is Lost's Harold Perrrineau. — Matt MitovichRelated:• Lost Star Finds Unusual New Gig at ABC • Pilot News: ABC Finds Three Cop Shows Arresting
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After freaking us out with a "posthumous" appearance on Lost's season premiere, Dominic Monaghan has landed the lead role in Pet, a psychological thriller about a man who becomes obsessed with his high-school crush.... Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Kieran Culkin (Igby Goes Down) are girlfriend and boyfriend in Daydream Nation, described by producers as an intellectual teen comedy à la Juno or Election.... Michael Douglas, Amber Tamblyn (Joan of Arcadia), and Jesse Metcalfe (Desperate Housewives) have been cast in Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, a remake of a Fritz Lang film noir. Metcalfe plays a journalist trying to expose Douglas' corrupt district attorney. — Mickey O'Connor
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