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Pilot News: Who Is Grey's Boss Shonda Rhimes' New McDreamy?

Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Martin Henderson

A drama pilot being shepherded in part by Grey's Anatomy creator Shonda Rhimes has found its "McDreamy."

Inside the Box, from Richard Robbins and exec-produced by Rhimes and Betsy Beers, is set in a Washington news bureau and revolves around Catherine, a hard-hitting producer. Playing coworker Jake — aka the Derek to Catherine's Meredith — will be ... read more

Mr. & Mrs. Smith Series Still Gunning for TV

A smaller-screen port of Brangelina's Mr. & Mrs. Smith first date movie, passed over this week by ABC, still hopes to have a shot at making someone's fall schedule. Starring Jordana Brewster and Martin Henderson, the series will be shopped to the other networks next week, sources tell the Hollywood Reporter. I dunno, no immortal protagonist nor a Sex and the City theme? Sounds like a long shot this season, kiddies. read more

Fall 2007: ABC Casts Mr. Smith, and More Updates

The latest pilot updates, from our friends at the Hollywood Reporter and Variety:• Kirstie Alley has collared the title role in The Minister of Divine, Fox's take on the Britcom The Vicar of Dibley.• Martin Henderson (The Ring) will play Brad to Jordana Brewster's Angelina in ABC's Mr. & Mrs. Smith. (If you are dating either of the leads, please think very carefully before splurging on the Valentine's gift.)• Brian White (Stomp the Yard) is Kyle in ABC's Football Wives.• Lee Pace (The Good Shepherd) has landed the lead, as a man who can bring the dead back to life with but a touch, in ABC's Pushing Daisies.• Mark-Paul Gosselaar will star opposite Janeane Garofalo in CBS' public-defenders comedy.• Cole Hauser will star in K-Ville, Fox's New Orleans-cops drama.• Colm Feore is the police-department captain in ABC's Judy's Got a Gun.• That '70s Show's Kurtwood Smith is a justice in Supreme Courtships, Fox's look at a half dozen clerks and judg... read more