Pilot Talk: Will & Grace Boyfriend Is NYC's Mayor
The latest pilot developments, this time per Reuters:
" Emmy winner
Bobby Cannavale (
Will & Grace) has landed the lead in
M.O.N.Y., NBC's drama about a socially conscious public advocate who suddenly finds himself New York City's interim mayor.
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Rebecca Mader (last seen on Fox's
Justice) has been cast as Jane's top associate at the covert ops agency in ABC's
Mr. & Mrs. Smith.
"
Rachelle Lefevre (
What About Brian's Heather) has landed the female lead in
Life on Mars, David E. Kelley's ABC drama about a detective who gets transported back in time to 1972.
"
Malcolm's dad,
Bryan Cranston, will star as a high-school chemistry teacher who, when diagnosed with terminal cancer, uses his mad skills to open a meth lab and thus provide for his family's future, in AMC's
Breaking Bad.
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ER alum
Michael Michele is the lead character's friend and a no-nonsense detective in ABC's
Judy's Got a Gun, about a rookie female detective.
"
Dania Ramirez (aka
X-Men 3's Callisto) has joined NBC's
Ft. Pit (set in one of the worst NYPD precincts), playing a hard-boiled cop.