CBS has picked up comedy pilots for Friend Me, Partners and an untitled project from Greg Malins and Greg Berlanti.
Friend Me, from Raising Hope's Alan Kirschenbaum and Ajay Sahgal, follows...
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Arianna Huffington will take up a new post when she guest-stars on How I Met Your Mother, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Wait for it! Neil Patrick Harris to guest on Glee
The co-founder of The Huffington Post will play herself in an episode in which Ted (Josh Radnor) heads to a high-class party. Though he's torn between the snooty guests and his pals, Barney...
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Sarah Chalke is heading to Capitol Hill.
The Scrubs actress, 33, has been cast in the new ABC pilot Freshman as...
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Fans of How I Met Your Mother can rest easy. Not only will they (maybe) be seeing the show for at least two more years, but they'll also be getting more series from the show's exec producer, Greg Malins. Per Variety, the showrunner has signed a two-year deal with 20th Century Fox to stick with Mother — and to develop new ideas for the studio. Malins said that, given how much he likes the show, the decision was not difficult. The deal is described as being "in the significant seven-figure range," which never hurts, either. Along with getting back to shooting Mother June 13, the producer said he also has a few new ideas in mind, for potential single- and multi-camera series. Would you watch more from some of the minds behind Mother? — Anna DimondUse our Online Video Guide to catch some of How I Met Your Mother.Related:• Cheers: A Mother of a Finale• Barney's Blog• It's Official: CBS Renews Christine, Unit and HIMYM
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According to the Reporter, Fox is developing three new dysfunctional-family-based animated series for the 2008-09 season: The Pitts, based on a short-lived live-action comedy and from The Simpsons' Mike Scully; Relative Insanity, exec-produced by Jack Black; and Mothballs, from the creators of Drawn Together.... Per Variety, Greg Malins (Friends) has a pilot commitment from ABC for The 16th Minute, a comedy in which five people who have had separate brushes with fame become... friends.... Charles S. Dutton has inked a deal to act in and direct projects for HBO.... FX has greenlit Forever Sam Crow, a drama pilot from The Shield's Kurt Sutter and concerning biker gangs in SoCal.
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