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Writer John Musero can proceed with his lawsuit alleging his former CAA agent redeveloped his pilot script for Main Justice with another writer client without his knowledge or permission, a Los Angeles judge has ruled.

Musero in March 2019 sued the agency, along with his former agents Andrew Miller and Leah Yerushalaim. He claims his agents not only failed to properly shop his pilot about the U.S. Attorney General but also later redeveloped it with Jerry Bruckheimer and writer client Sascha Penn and sold it to CBS.

CAA filed a special motion to strike the complaint under California's anti-slapp ...

Writer John Musero can proceed with his lawsuit alleging his former CAA agent redeveloped his pilot script for Main Justice with another writer client without his knowledge or permission, a Los Angeles judge has ruled.

Musero in March 2019 sued the agency, along with his former agents Andrew Miller and Leah Yerushalaim. He claims his agents not only failed to properly shop his pilot about the U.S. Attorney General but also later redeveloped it with Jerry Bruckheimer and writer client Sascha Penn and sold it to CBS.

CAA filed a special motion to strike the complaint under California's anti-slapp ...

Starz has opted not to proceed with Family Crimes, its drama series project from Suicide Squad writer-director David Ayer, and Jerry Bruckheimer Television.

The pay cable network landed Ayer’s hot spec script in a competitive situation last November with a production commitment. While the project was not formally ordered to series, that was reportedly the intention at Starz, which is in the straight-to-series business. I hear Family Crimes already had a writers room up and running, with writers churning out scripts, and a casting director had been hired and working when Starz on Monday notified the producers of its decision not to move forward with the series, citing creative reasons. There had been some production planning done for the series but no formal production dates had been set yet. (Family Crimes had been eyeing a summer 2018 shoot.)

Written by Ayer, Family Crimes centers on a young privileged Latina who...

CBS has pulled “Living Biblically” from its primetime schedule, with reruns of “The Big Bang Theory” to run in its place.

Sources say the sitcom could return at a later date.

The sitcom follows a man who decides to live as instructed in the Bible, based on A.J. Jacobs’ book “The Year of Living Biblically.” Jay R. Ferguson stars with Lindsey Kraft, Ian Gomez, David Krumholtz, Tony Rock, and Camryn Manheim. “The Big Bang Theory” star Johnny Galecki executive produces with writer Patrick Walsh and Andrew Haas and Spencer Medof.

Also Read: Ratings: CBS' 'Living Biblically' Not Off to a Hell of a Good Start

The comedy is produced by Alcide Bava Productions, in association with CBS Television Studios and Warner Bros. Television.

CBS renewed 11 of its series earlier this week, totaling 17 series renewals for next year so far.

As far as pilots go, the network has ordered eight comedy pilots, including the revival of “Murphy Brown.” Other comedy pilots include “25,” “Fam,” “History of Them,” “I Mom So Hard,” “Pandas in New York,” “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” and the untitled Austen Earl and Tim McAuliffe project.

Also Read: CBS' 'Living Biblically' Won't Tackle Homosexuality in Season 1

CBS drama pilots in the works include the “Cagney and Lacey” reboot starring Sarah Drew and Michelle Hurd, “Chiefs,” “The Code,” “F.B.I.,” “God Friended Me,” “La Confidential,” “Magnum P.I.,” “Main Justice,” “Murder” and “Red Line.”

See our complete 2018 pilot grid over here.

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CBS has renewed 11 series, including “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and “Hawaii Five-0,” the network announced Wednesday.

Additional series getting another season are “Blue Bloods,” “Bull,” “Madam Secretary,” “MacGyver,” “NCIS: Los Angeles,” NCIS: New Orleans,” “48 Hours” and “60 Minutes.”

Combined with previously announced pick-ups, CBS now has 17 series in their 2018-2019 slate, including its entire Tuesday and Friday night lineups. The network previously announced that “The Big Bang Theory,” “Young Sheldon,” “Mom,” “NCIS,” “Seal Team” and “S.W.A.T.” received renewals.

Paramount Network has put in development thriller drama I Know Who You Are, based on the 2017 Spanish limited series Sé quién eres. The project hails from The Last Ship co-creator Steven Kane, director David Semel (Star Trek: Discovery) and CBS TV Studios.

Written by Kane and directed by Semel, I Know Who You Are is a missing-person thriller that follows a morally ambiguous celebrity journalist who awakens from a car accident as a suspect in the disappearance of his own niece.

The 16-episode Spanish series, created by Pau Freixas for Telecino, premiered in January 2017 and starred Blanca Portillo, Francesc Garrido, Carles Francino, Eva Santolaria and Aida Folch. You can see a trailer below.

Kane and Semel executive produce along with Tripp Vinson (Red Dawn), Lucas Carter and Alex Coscas. This marks a collaboration between Paramount Network and CBS Studios as the two companies’ parents, Paramount and CBS, are negotiating a merger.

Julie Klausner didn’t have a Difficult time lining up her next TV gig: The Difficult People star has joined the cast of the NBC comedy pilot So Close, our sister site Deadline reports.

The series stars SNL alum Sasheer Zamata and Odd Mom Out‘s Sean Kleier as Riley and Kyle, two hopeless romantics who are both on the verge of settling for the wrong partner and unaware they might be soulmates. Klausner will play Amy, a friend of Riley’s who works with her at a law firm.

In other pilot casting news, per Deadline:

* Sinbad (A Different World,...

Aubrey Dollar has been tapped for a co-starring role opposite Bokeem Woodbine and Timothy Hutton in CBS' legal drama pilot Main Justice. Written by Sascha Penn and inspired by the life and work of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Main Justice centers on Miles Blair (Woodbine), the recently sworn-in Attorney General. The show takes us into the tumultuous world of the 5th floor of the Department of Justice, where he takes on the biggest legal and investigative…...

Television actors in New York City: Are you ready for some good news? After some slow seasons, NYC is now topping the list of locations for new TV pilots. With a total of 12 full-length pilots being shot in the Big Apple this year, including two straight-to-series productions, the city is seeing a boom in filming for the small screen. In a list outlining the locations of television filming, Deadline reported that Los Angeles is runner-up with eight new shows filming there this season. This season’s uptick in shoots in America’s most iconic city—four more than last year—can likely be attributed to New York State’s generous filming tax credit, which was expanded last year. Under the legislation, production companies can get a 30 percent tax credit if they shoot in-state. CBS has the most productions in New York’s current pilot lineup, including “Murphy Brown,” “God Friended Me,...

Girl Trip‘s Deborah Ayorinde is set as a series regular opposite Bokeem Woodbine, Timothy Hutton and Peter Gallagher in CBS' legal drama pilot Main Justice. Written by Sascha Penn and inspired by the life and work of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Main Justice centers on Miles Blair (Woodbine), the recently sworn-in Attorney General. The show takes us into the tumultuous world of the 5th floor of the Department of Justice, where he takes on the biggest legal…...

Peter Gallagher is getting presidential.

The Covert Affairs and O.C. alum will co-star in the CBS drama pilot Main Justice as the President of the United States, our sister site Deadline reports.

Fargo‘s Bokeem Woodbine headlines the project, which is inspired by the life and work of Eric Holder, the first African-American Attorney General of the United States.

In other pilot casting news, per Deadline:

*Law & Order: Svu veteran Connie Nielsen is reteaming with producer Dick Wolf for the straight-to-series CBS drama F.B.I., which chronicles the inner workings of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s New York office. The...

Meet CBS’ next fictional U.S. President. Peter Gallagher (Covert Affairs) has been tapped for a co-starring role opposite Bokeem Woodbine and Timothy Hutton in CBS' legal drama pilot Main Justice. Written by Sascha Penn and inspired by the life and work of former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Main Justice centers around Miles Blair (Woodbine), the recently sworn-in U.S. Attorney General. The show takes us into the tumultuous world of the 5th floor of the Department…...