News

CBS has greenlit seven new series for fall, including The Sherlock Holmes reboot Elementary and the Michael Urie-David Krumholtz comedy Partners from the creators of Will & Grace.

Also receiving series orders from the Eye net are the dramas Vegas, Golden Boy, Made In Jersey (formerly Baby Big Shot), and the sitcom Friend Me. On the reality side, the Michael Davies- Mark Burnett project The Job has been given the go-ahead.

Related | Fall TV Preview — Your Guide to What’s New

Here’s logline/casting/pedigree info on the new series…

* Made In Jersey (Sony Pictures TV, Fanfare,...

Exclusive: CBS’ half-hour pilot Partners has reworked and recast some of its supporting characters. The multicamera project, from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, centers on lifelong friends and business partners —architects Charlie (David Krumholtz), who is straight, and Louis (Michael Urie), who is gay. Co-starring as the duo’s significant others are Sophia Bush as Charlie’s fiancé Ali and Brandon Routh as Louis steady partner. Also originally cast as regulars in the pilot were Elizabeth Regen as Ro-Ro, Charlie and Louis’ colorful assistant, and Brit Lucy Davis as Renata, droll bookkeeper for Charlie’s fiancé Ali, a jewelry boutique owner. After the pilot’s table read, the Ro-Ro role was made guest-starring (with series option) and was recast with Tracy Vilar. The character of Renata has been written out while a new guest-starring role, Cassandra, has been introduced, with Saturday Night Live alumna Molly Shannon tapped to play it.

CBS comedy "Partners," from the creators of "Will & Grace," has cast Brandon Routh as the boyfriend of Michael Urie's character. Routh plays a former party boy who has put his drinking days behind him and is now a sober, vegan nurse.

Urie plays Louis, an architect whose marriage-like relationship with his straight best friend is more stable (if rather codependent) than any of the others in his life. His friend, Charlie, has yet to be cast, but "One Tree Hill's" Sophia Bush will be playing Charlie's girlfriend, Ali.

Also joining the pilot are Elizabeth Regen, who plays an assistant, and Lucy Davis, whose character is the bookkeeper for Ali's jewelry store. The castings were first reported by Deadline.

Routh and Bush have worked together before in the underrated comedy "Table for Three," which recently aired on The CW. Routh played a single guy who invited a couple (Bush...

Brandon Routh, Elizabeth Regen and Lucy Davis have landed roles in CBS's pilot Partners. The comedy focuses on the friendship between two architects - Charlie is straight, while Louis is gay. Routh has now signed up to play Louis's partner, a former alcoholic who is now a nurse, Deadline reports. Routh previously played Superman in Superman Returns and appeared in Scott Pilgrim vs The World. He also starred as Daniel Shaw in Chuck. Meanwhile, Regen has signed up to play Charlie and Louis's (more)...

Erstwhile Man of Steel Brandon Routh is sweeping Ugly Betty‘s Michael Urie off his feet.

As first reported by Deadline.com, the Chuck baddie has been cast as the boyfriend of Urie’s character in Partners, CBS’ comedy pilot from from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan.

The sitcom revolves around lifelong friends and business partners —architects Charlie (not yet cast), who is straight, and Louis (Urie), who is gay. Routh will play Louis’ steady boyfriend, a former alcoholic model who’s now a sober, vegan nurse.

The cast also includes One Tree Hill‘s Sophia Bush as Charlie’s fiance Ali,...

Exclusive: Chuck alum and former Superman Brandon Routh, Elizabeth Regen and Lucy Davis have joined Michael Urie and Sophia Bush in the cast of CBS’ half-hour pilot Partners. The multicamera comedy, from Will & Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, centers on lifelong friends and business partners —architects Charlie, who is straight, and Louis (Urie), who is gay. Routh, repped by UTA and Main Title, will play Louis’ steady partner, a former alcoholic, club-hopping model, now a sober, vegan nurse. Regen will play Ro-Ro, Charlie and Louis’ colorful assistant. Brit Davis, who starred on the original British version of The Office, will play Renata, droll bookkeeper for Charlie’s fiancé Ali ( Bush), a jewelry boutique owner. Routh has worked with Kohan and Mutchnick before – he guest starred in an episode of their multicamera NBC hit Will & Grace.

Lifetime has gotten a bad name recently. For the most part it’s well deserved, especially if you tune in during the Amish abortion movie or one of the films about serial killers with a lame pun title. Every so often, they get something right though, and that something is Sherri: The Complete Season One.

Sherri Shepherd stars as Sherri Robinson, a paralegal and single mother of six-year-old Bo after her husband Kevin (played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known as Theo on The Cosby Show or “guy getting gas from Paris Hilton” in the CBS series I Get that a Lot) leaves her for a younger woman. It’s like watching Reba, except the Reba-esque character in this show, Sherri, actually has a job. Quite a concept there. Her co-workers are there to offer support when Sherri learns (much like Reba did) that her ex-husband knocked up the...