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The sixth season of cult hit comedy Community is adding a pair of new faces to Greendale Community College.   Criminal Minds alum Paget Brewster and Enlisted vet Keith David have boarded the sixth season of Dan Harmon's revived comedy series, Yahoo and producers Sony Pictures Television announced Monday. Read more 'Community' Returning for Sixth Season on Yahoo Screen Brewster will portray Francesca "Frankie" Dart, a consultant brought in to help shape up the school. The actress, who more recently has explored her comedic side with gigs on Drunk History, Key and Peele and ABC's half-hour pilot Saint Francis, previously

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Criminal Minds alum Paget Brewster is getting her “Om” on, joining the cast of Amazon’s yoga-centric comedy pilot Down Dog, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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Written by Almost Perfect‘s Robin Schiff, Down Dog centers on Logan (One Life to Live grad Josh Casaubon), a laid-back, charming surfer who is left in charge of his ex-girlfriend’s yoga studio.

Brewster will play said ex, Amanda.

Since exiting Criminal Minds as a series regular, Brewster has shown the funny in gigs on Modern Family and Community, as well as recent passed-on ABC comedy pilots Spy and Saint Francis.

Look who’s in the bread line after pilot season!

Lots of exciting stars will join the broadcast TV lineup this fall (Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Tea Leoni, Ioan Gruffudd) but an equal amount were left jobless after the networks announced their schedules last week in New York. Here’s who (and what projects) we will miss now that the upfronts are over:

Anthony Lapaglia. Last seen: Without a Trace. Rejected fall pilot: Field of Play, a CBS drama about a retired CIA operative pulled back into action.

Jamie Lee Curtis. Last seen: New Girl. Rejected fall pilot: Soapy medical...

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Victor Garber will appear on the upcoming 50 Cent-produced Starz drama Power in a recurring role. I guess I should pay attention to it now.

NBC has renewed Grimm, Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D.. The network also sorta-renewed Parks & Recreation by listing it as a show that was previously renewed, even though that never officially happened.

Something something… excuse to post a picture of David Guintoli and Sasha Roiz.

Maggie Q has joined the cast of the Kevin Williamson-created CBS pilot about a division of the Lapd that focuses on stalkers. She’ll play the division’s captain.

TV Land is looking at turning the web series Teachers into a single-camera comedy, with Community and Mad Men star Alison Brie. The pilot follows six elementary teachers who end up dragging their students into their personal dysfunction.

Wendy Williams has apologized for transphobic remarks made during a panel discussion about transgender athlete Chloie Johnsson,...

Emmy winner Sharon Gless is set as a series regular in Saint Francis, Chris Moynihan’s multi-camera comedy pilot for ABC, from ABC Studios and Tagline. It centers on Francis Quinlan (Michael Imperioli), a no-nonsense, blue-collar Long Island cop and family man who butts heads with the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister Heather (Spencer Grammer) gets pregnant out of wedlock. Gless will play Francis’ mother Janice Quinlan, an Irish Catholic “widow/martyr” who has taken up permanent residence in Francis’ basement. When she learns that Heather is pregnant, she rushes off to her parish priest, who is happy to confirm the fact that Janice’s only daughter is going straight to hell. Gless, repped by Domain, manager Perry Zimel and Katz Golden Rosenman Llp, is coming off seven-season run on USA’s Burn Notice. Other TV credits include turns on Queer As Folk, Nip/Tuck, The Trials Of...

Sharon Gless is heading to comedy. The Burn Notice and Cagney & Lacey star will co-star in ABC's multicamera comedy pilot Saint Francis opposite Michael Imperioli, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. TV Pilots 2014: The Complete Guide From Man Up's Chris Moynihan, Saint Francis centers on a gruff blue-collar, no-nonsense Long Island cop and family man, Francis (Imperioli), who butts heads with the modern liberal world when his 29-year-old sister gets pregnant out of wedlock. The patriarch of the Quinlan family, Francis is the epitome of old-fashioned values but is willing to do anything

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John Kapelos (The Breakfast Club, Justified) and Lindsey Haun (True Blood) have landed recurring roles on USA Networks‘ police drama Graceland. Kapelos will play Lawrence, manager of the garage through which the Solano cartel smuggles its drugs. He’s with Glick, Characters Talent Agency and A.D.S. Management. Haun, repped by Talent Works and Bohemia Group, will play Romona, a “working woman” from Fort Worth, TX, who propositions Jakes (Brandon Jay McLaren). Jeremy Luke (Mob City) has been cast in Saint Francis, Chris Moynihan’s multi-camera comedy pilot for ABC, from ABC Studios and Tagline. It centers on Francis Quinlan (Michael Imperioli), a no-nonsense, blue-collar Long Island cop and family man who butts heads with the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister Heather (Spencer Grammer) gets pregnant out of wedlock. Luke, repped by Pantheon Talent and Luber Roklin Entertainment, will play Tommy, Francis’ easy-going younger brother who’s very protective of his sister.

Spencer Grammer (Ironside) has been cast in Saint Francis, Chris Moynihan’s multi-camera comedy pilot for ABC, from ABC Studios and Tagline. It centers on Francis Quinlan (Michael Imperioli), a no-nonsense, blue-collar Long Island cop and family man who butts heads with the modern, liberal world when his 29-year-old sister Heather (Grammer) gets pregnant out of wedlock. Heather is a bit of a born rebel who feels dominated by her older brother and is determined to forge her own path in life. Gremmer is with UTA and Untitled. Related: 2014 ABC Pilots Fran Kranz has been cast in ABC’s drama pilot Exposed, from writer Charles Randolph, Tbd Entertainment, and Uni TV. It centers on Anna, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth including making questionable alliances. Kranz, repped by UTA, Berwick & Kovacik and attorney Harris Hartman, plays Jeremy, Anna’s hipster younger brother, a tech...

Brian F. O’Byrne (Prime Suspect, FlashForward) has nabbed a lead role in ABC’s drama pilot Exposed, from writer Charles Randolph, Peter Traugott’s Tbd Entertainment, and Universal TV. It centers on Anna, an investigative journalist who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth including making questionable alliances. O’Byrne, repped by Gersh and Lisa Richards Agency, will play Quigg, a very powerful, mysterious man who works for the Pentagon. Related: 2014 ABC Pilots British actress Jessica Knappett (The Inbetweeners Movie) and Iris Bahr (The Last Exorcism) are set as female leads opposite David Schwimmer in ABC comedy pilot Irreversible, from Peter Tolan and Sony Pictures TV. Schwimmer also serves as a producer on the project, based on the Israeli series Bilti Hafich. It centers on Andy (Schwimmer) and Sarah, a somewhat eccentric, self-absorbed couple, and their trials and tribulations — most of which they bring upon themselves. Knappett, repped...

The quest to get Paget Brewster into a comedy pilot is still underway, but it seems like this has been going on for so long that I really hope this will be the one that sticks. And I say that knowing I probably wouldn’t watch it even if it was picked up to series – I just don’t like the sound of it. But I really want her to find success in comedy because she’s been working so hard to find a sitcom that will workout and has had no such luck. After years on the emotionally detrimental Criminal Minds, I think Brewster needs to make people laugh. Saint Francis might be the one.

Deadline reported Brewster would be co-starring opposite Michael Imperioli in Saint Francis, a multi-camera comedy pilot from Chris Moynihan for ABC. It centers on Francis Quinlan (Imperioli), a blue-collar, no-nonsense Long Island cop and...