The fall TV season is taking shape.
Networks have ordered dozens of new pilots starring familiar
faces like Tim
Allen, Chelsea
Handler, Debra
Messing, and from proven producers like Josh
Schwartz, J.J.
Abrams and Ron
Moore (Battlestar
Galactica).
To keep track
of who's doing what, read our complete list of all the series
projects in contention and check back for updates on their
status.
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Grey's Anatomy actor Jeff Perry has been cast in Shonda Rhimes' drama pilot Damage Control.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, casting is now complete on the ABC project that follows the follows the life and work of a professional fixer, Olivia Price, and her dysfunctional staff. Kerry Washington stars as Price, who is based on the career of legendary crisis management consultant Judy Smith.
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"Ripped from the headlines" is the Law & Order franchise's catch phrase, but often times just one nugget of a real-life story is enough to inspire an episode.
This season's premiere slightly borrowed from the story of Jaycee Dugard (who was kidnapped and found to be living with her captor years later), added an element of the Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novack film Vertigo about remaking someone you love, and combined it with the idea of installing RFID chips in your kids to trace their every move.
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Former Beverly Hills, 90210 and Third Watch star Jason Wiles will make a guest appearance on Law & Order: SVU, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively.
Law & Order: SVU books David Alan Grier
Wiles, who played drug addict Colin Robbins on the original 90210, will be featured alongside previously announced guest stars Michael Gladis, Kevin Alejandro and David Alan Grier. The 40-year-old will play Alexander Gammon, who becomes a rapist's target.
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David Alan Grier is heading to Law & Order: SVU.
Grier, 54, will play defense attorney Jeremy Swift in an upcoming episode called "Branded," scheduled to air October 20, a show rep tells TVGuide.com. He joins previously announced guests Michael Gladis and Kevin Alejandro, who will play rape victims who are brutally abused.
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