Rachael Taylor, Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh
Charlie's Angels has seen a number of faces take on the duties of a crime-fighting angel: Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Cheryl Ladd, Shelley Hack, Tanya Roberts, Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Demi Moore.
Fall TV: Retrace three generations of Charlie's Angels
Now, Minka Kelly, Annie Ilonzeh and Rachael Taylor will join the ranks of their near-exclusive club — one that comes with both halos and fighting skills and even a billionaire boss. The three new angels certainly have some big high heels to fill, but they, along with a much fitter and younger John Bosley (Ramon Rodriguez), are ready for the challenge.
"I don't think there's...
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Charlie's Angels
With a sizzling Miami setting and some seriously amped-up action, this season's reboot of Aaron Spelling's campy jigglefest Charlie's Angels is a combo of flash, fashion and escapist fun. But this time, the staff of the Townsend Agency — disgraced cop Kate (General Hospital alum Annie Ilonzeh), ex-con Eve (Friday Night Lights' Minka Kelly), reformed thief Abby (Rachael Taylor of Grey's Anatomy) and former hacker Bosley (The Wire's Ramón Rodriguez) — aren't just a sinfully sexy quartet out to save the day. They're also hoping to give the TV and film franchise one hell of a makeover!
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Erica Durance
Erica Durance will guest-star on Charlie's Angels, TVLine reports.
Durance joins the freshman series as Samantha Masters, a "tough-as-nails, Glock-toting CIA operative" who was once romantically entangled with Bosley (Ramon Rodriguez).
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Boris Kodjoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
To paraphrase NBC's marketing slogan, has prime time become "less colorful"? Looking at the casting of this fall's new TV series, the groups that monitor TV diversity think so.
Unlike last year, when at least nine new shows boasted leading roles for black, Latino and Asian-American actors (including NBC's now canceled Undercovers and Outlaw and The CW's returning Nikita), next year most minority characters are supporting roles. The networks are also airing more comedies next fall — and in recent years, half-hour sitcoms have been less diverse than dramas.
That's why there's concern that the...
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ABC
ABC released previews from 11 of its new series for the 2011-12 TV season, including a new drama from Shonda Rhimes, the remake of Charlie's Angels and Tim Allen's return to TV.
Fall 2011 TV Scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?
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Brothers & Sisters
ABC has given series orders to dramas Charlie's Angels, Good Christian Belles, Pan Am, Revenge, The River, Once Upon a Time and Shonda Rhimes' Scandal, as well as comedies starring Tim Allen, James Van Der Beek and Chris Moynihan. The network also canceled Brothers & Sisters, Mr. Sunshine, Detroit 187, Off the Map, No Ordinary Family and struggling alien-invasion drama V.
Fall 2011 TV Scorecard: Which shows are returning? Which aren't?
Considered an early lock at the network, Charlie's Angels (which TVGuide.com had spotlighted as one of its 11 Promising Pilots) is a Miami-set remake of the 1970s series starring...
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Sarah Michelle Gellar, Will Arnett, Kerry Washington
Before the networks unveil their fall lineups next week, TVGuide.com has chosen the 11 most promising pilots:
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea (NBC)
Starring: Laura Prepon, Lenny Clarke
Summary: An outspoken, sexually aggressive young woman...
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Sarah Michelle Gellar
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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Ramon Rodriguez
Ramon Rodriguez has been tapped to play Bosley in ABC's Charlie's Angels reboot, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Rodriquez, 31, who played Leo in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, will play a hunked-up and younger version of Bosley. This protector of the Angels is very...
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Rosie Perez by Jamie McCarthy/ WireImage.com
A few more people are getting off at Exit 19, the CBS drama pilot starring Geena Davis as Gloria, a Manhattan homicide detective and single mom. According to the Reporter, Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing) has been cast as Lorna, Gloria's Brooklyn-born partner on the police force; Ramon Rodriguez (Day Break) will play a flirty fellow cop; and Amy Farrington (recurring on Back to You) is Gloria's neighbor. — MWMRelated:• CBS Taps Geena Davis to Take a Bite out of Crime• Geena Davis' Bro Is One Shaggy DudeMore pilot casting news:• Werewolf Is Elisha Cuthbert's Long-distance Lover• Billy Campbell Is Talkin' About a Revolution• Ex Marks the Spot for Grey's Jane Doe
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