Part 1 of The SpoilerTV 2018 Pilot Casting Newsreel.
Hi everyone, the first casting newsreel is quite full now, with 94 additions, so welcome to Part 2. Below you'll find all the casting announcements for the new pilot season. We'll try our best to keep this updated with all new casting as quickly if possible. If you find any that aren't posted, please do submit them in.
If you want the details on the pilots below, they can be found on our 2018 Pilot Watch.
The latest pilot castings will be posted at the top.
Grand Hotel - Wendy Raquel Robinson & Shalim Ortiz Join ABC Drama Pilot
Robinson will play Mrs. P, a lovable, no nonsense, staff manager at the hotel. Ortiz is Mateo, the Director of Guest Experiences at the hotel who knows every guest by name.
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Sawyer Barth Joins ABC's 1970 Family Comedy Pilot
Barth will play Frank, a snitch who is smug and overly concerned with “the rules.”
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Playing Dead - Clara Lago to Star; Luke Youngblood Joins The CW Pilot
Lago’s Isabel is a fiery, self-serving con artist with a wicked sense of humor who also happens to be on the run from the Mafia. Used to living dangerously, trained in martial arts, and with a knack for improvisation, Isabel has come up with a plan to save her own skin and make Joe a whole lot of money. But first Joe has to agree to help her fake her own death.
Youngblood will play Oliver Barnes, Joe’s (Ritter) loyal, longtime assistant at the funeral parlor as well as his best friend. He clearly blames Isabel for causing Joe so much pain, and has no problem making that clear to them both.
Youngblood will play Oliver Barnes, Joe’s (Ritter) loyal, longtime assistant at the funeral parlor as well as his best friend. He clearly blames Isabel for causing Joe so much pain, and has no problem making that clear to them both.
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Grand Hotel - Demián Bichir to Star in ABC Drama Pilot
Bichir will play Gonzalo Cardenas, described as the handsome and charismatic owner of the Grand Riviera Hotel. Gonzalo’s super-power is his charm. He is one of those people who can talk to anyone and make them feel like fast friends. Gonzalo has built himself up from nothing, and will do anything to keep what he has. He will star opposite Roselyn Sanchez, who will play Gonzalo’s wife Gigi.
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Staties - Ava Capri Joins ABC Drama Pilot
Capri will play Felicity, Sam’s teenage daughter who works at the front desk of the Oregon State Police station.
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Murder - Jennifer Mudge Joins CBS Drama Pilot
Mudge will play Beth Garrity, an ER nurse, who’s seen just as much death and pain as her husband, Detective Mason Garrity (Chiklis). The marriage is the solid rock on which both of their lives are built. Her professional training and her grounded Brooklyn roots give her a clear-eyed, common-sense perspective on life that she’s passing down to her four daughters.
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So Close - Dan Bucatinsky Joins NBC Comedy Pilot
Bucatinsky will play Christopher, another lawyer in the firm and Riley’s (Zamata) closest friend. He adores Riley, looks out for her, feels the need to protect her.
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Bad Boys Spinoff - Jessica Alba to Star in NBC Drama Pilot
Alba's Nancy joined the Army out of high school and spent most of the 2000s in Iraq and Afghanistan. Women weren't allowed in combat so she joined the military police to get closer to the action and is now a detective raising two preteen step-kids with her husband.
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Salvage - Will Patton Joins ABC Drama Pilot
Patton will play Guy, Jimmy’s (Kebbell) dad. A man of dubious ethical character (Jimmy’s fear is that he’s like his dad), who’s always running some scheme or con, Guy was a foreman of Duke’s (Belushi) citrus plant until Duke fired him years ago, and ever since then he’s despised Duke Daniels.
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Angela Kinsey to Co-Star in ABC's Untitled How May We Hate You Comedy Adaptation
Kinsey will play Dana. A kind hotel employee, Dana has the worst luck of all time. If something bad can happen, it has probably already happened to Dana. Nevertheless, she tries to keep her head up.
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Suspicion - Derek Luke to Star in NBC Drama Pilot
Luke’s Goodman is a reluctant hero who doesn’t know it yet. The widower is a focused and hardworking man who has done everything in his power to provide for his daughter, Ellie, and to make a life with his new fiancée, Lucy.
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Magnum P.I. - Perdita Weeks to Star in CBS Reboot
Weeks’ Juliet Higgins is the “majordomo” (i.e., property manager) for the large Hawaiian estate of writer Robin Masters, for whom Magnum (Hernandez) ostensibly works security and lives in his guest house. She is commanding, confident, tough, uses sarcasm to deflect emotion and is hard to get to know – but it’s worth it in the end.
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Single Parents - Taran Killam, Leighton Meester & Brad Garrett to Star in ABC Comedy Pilot
Killam will play Will Cooper, a single dad whose daughter is his whole world – but, because of his devotion to her, he’s forgotten how to be a man. Meester will portray Angie, mom to an overly attached son whom she is doing everything she can to protect for as long as possible. She’s scrappy, strong and has had to hustle as a single mom for years to make ends meet. Garrett plays Douglas, a rich, retired, country club member who’s “not-not racist.” He has an old school mentality on both parenting and gender roles, and easily throws money at whatever problems he faces, no matter how small.
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For Love - Ethan Peck & Jon Ecker to Star in ABC Drama Pilot
Peck plays Hope’s current boyfriend, Gabriel Dumaine. Charming, handsome and worldly, Gabriel is a member of the powerful Dumaine family, and also a candidate in the upcoming mayoral race. Respectful of Hope’s loss, he’s very much in love with her and hoping to start a life with her, even though he realizes that might expose her to the dangerous secret the Dumaine family hides.
Ecker’s Charlie Lapree is hardworking and delightful, fully in love with Hope and a journalist himself. After taking a call while remodeling their new apartment, Charlie is found dead after a car accident. Five years later, Charlie appears again.
Ecker’s Charlie Lapree is hardworking and delightful, fully in love with Hope and a journalist himself. After taking a call while remodeling their new apartment, Charlie is found dead after a car accident. Five years later, Charlie appears again.
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Suspicion - Paula Newsome Joins NBC Drama Pilot
Newsome will play Agent Peters. With a calm demeanor, Agent Peters still makes Danny uneasy despite her efforts to be honest and straightforward.
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Welcome To the Neighborhood - Cedric the Entertainer to Co-Star in CBS Comedy Pilot
Cedric will play Calvin. A strong and proud man, Calvin lives next door to new neighbors, the Johnson family, who he regards with disdain and as a pack of interlopers. A natural contrarian, acerbic, even downright misanthropic, Calvin thinks these people will upset the delicate balance that has existed in his neighborhood “forever” — (actually more like 30 years).
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In the Dark - Perry Mattfeld to Star; Brooke Markham & Keston John to Co-Star in The CW Pilot
Mattfeld’s Murphy is a disaffected, hard-drinking, promiscuous mess who pushes away anyone who cares for her, even her roommate and best friend, Jess (Markham). Jess is a well-meaning, nurturing veterinarian who is somewhat overly protective of Murphy, much to Murphy’s occasional irritation.
John will portray Darnell, a local drug dealer whose young cousin, Tyson, was dealing for him. He initially dismisses Murphy’s claims that she found Tyson dead in an alley before his body mysteriously disappeared. He thinks Murphy is a “sloppy, blind white girl” who is imagining things — but as she pursues her investigation, he begins to realize that Tyson really might be dead. Mistrustful of authority, Darnell refuses to go to the cops about Tyson, but he joins Murphy in her quest for justice — and his admiration and attraction for her grows at every step of their inquiry.
John will portray Darnell, a local drug dealer whose young cousin, Tyson, was dealing for him. He initially dismisses Murphy’s claims that she found Tyson dead in an alley before his body mysteriously disappeared. He thinks Murphy is a “sloppy, blind white girl” who is imagining things — but as she pursues her investigation, he begins to realize that Tyson really might be dead. Mistrustful of authority, Darnell refuses to go to the cops about Tyson, but he joins Murphy in her quest for justice — and his admiration and attraction for her grows at every step of their inquiry.
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Skinny Dip - Ben Aldridge to Star in The CW Pilot
Aldridge’s Chaz is a real jerk, an “environmentalist” who drives a bright yellow Hummer and is having an affair with a sexy hairdresser. Celebrating his anniversary with his wife Joey on board a cruise ship, he invites Joey to come up on deck on a rainy night as a romantic gesture. However, he has other plans and promptly throws her overboard.
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Manifest - Athena Karkanis & Parveen Kaur Join NBC Drama Pilot
Karkanis will play Grace Stone. After years of mourning the loss of her husband, Ben (Josh Dallas), and son, Grace is now reunited with her lost family. With the miracle of their return, she’s ready to embrace the new normal…if that’s even possible.
Kaur will portray Saanvi. A brilliant graduate student and medical researcher, Saanvi returns home after being missing for years, to learn that her work has led to startling medical breakthroughs.
Kaur will portray Saanvi. A brilliant graduate student and medical researcher, Saanvi returns home after being missing for years, to learn that her work has led to startling medical breakthroughs.
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Red Line - Noel Fisher & Michael Patrick Thornton Join CBS Drama Pilot
Fisher will play Pete Evans, a Chicago cop who shot an African American doctor in a convenience store. Confused and sickened by his own actions, Pete is also concerned with the subsequent public and legal fallout.
Thornton is Jim Evans, a former police officer who uses a wheelchair after he was shot in the line of duty. He is prone to violence and rattled by the charges pending against his brother, Pete Evans (Fisher), an active-duty officer who shot and killed an African American doctor.
Thornton is Jim Evans, a former police officer who uses a wheelchair after he was shot in the line of duty. He is prone to violence and rattled by the charges pending against his brother, Pete Evans (Fisher), an active-duty officer who shot and killed an African American doctor.
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The End Of The World As We Know It - Josh Helman to Star in The CW Pilot
Helman’s Quinn is a rugged space-cop from another galaxy. Quinn has hunted down the worst alien criminals in the universe. But now that he has crash-landed on Earth, he might actually need a little help ordering an Uber.
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Samantha Logan Joins The CW Football Pilot
Logan will play Olivia Baker, Jordan’s younger sister who befriends Spencer due to their shared experience of feeling like outsiders at the elitist high school.
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For Love - Luke Arnold Joins ABC Drama Pilot
Arnold will play Christof Dumaine, the younger brother, intent on fulfilling his duties as chaos-maker and havoc-wreaker.
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Salvage - Jim Belushi to Co-Star in ABC Drama Pilot
Belushi will play Duke Daniels, Gwen's larger-than-life father and Hemingway-esque patriarch of the town — and a man not to be messed with. In Bel Grove, you either work for the Daniels or you are one. He owns the town's only factor and makes sure things always work to his advantage.
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Welcome to the Neighborhood - Sheaun McKinney & Marcel Spears Join CBS Comedy Pilot
McKinney will play Malcolm, chill and dryly sarcastic, he is the younger son of Calvin (tbd) and Loretta (tbd). His older brother, Marty (Spears), is the “good” son, and Malcolm is the more street-smart member of the family. Malcolm believes the world doesn’t see him as clearly as he sees it and under different circumstances, he would be a respected business man. But as it is, his “business” isn’t something he wants to discuss with strangers like Dave (tbd) and Gemma (tbd). Spears’ Marty works at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory as an engineer, and he’s considerably more friendly and welcoming than anyone else in his family.
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The Village - Lorraine Toussaint & Dominic Chianese to Star in NBC Drama Pilot
Toussaint will play Patricia, a warm, vivacious grandmother figure and social worker who, unable to have her own children, became a caretaker for everyone else. Patricia embraces life to the fullest, and ironically, her journey is to make peace with losing that full life after she finds out she has cancer.
Chianese will play Enzo, an opinionated Brooklyn native who sets his sights on moving out of the nursing home and in with the grandson he dotes on but frequently gives a hard time. Insisting on living life to the fullest, Enzo is irreverent, funny, liberal with advice, and not above selling Viagra at the nursing home for extra cash.
Chianese will play Enzo, an opinionated Brooklyn native who sets his sights on moving out of the nursing home and in with the grandson he dotes on but frequently gives a hard time. Insisting on living life to the fullest, Enzo is irreverent, funny, liberal with advice, and not above selling Viagra at the nursing home for extra cash.
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Skinny Dip - Matt Barr to Star in The CW Pilot
Barr’s Mick is an old soul, unplugged from society, skeptical of the world and cynical beyond his years. A police detective who has been removed from the force, he lives alone on a desert island with a nice dog named Irma – and he’s happy to be off the grid. After finding Joey floating in the ocean, he nurses her back to health and reluctantly agrees to help her in her quest for answers.
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Dead Inside - Freddie Stroma & Joey King to Star; Hayley Marie Norman Joins The CW Pilot
Stroma’s Zach Gates is annoyingly perfect, roguishly over-confident with a rock-star charm. When he returns as a ghost, he learns a few surprising things about the people closest to him.
King’s Emmy Gates is tougher and stronger than she thinks she is, and what she lacks in confidence, she makes up for with determination, humor and snark. Emmy’s life is turned upside down when her brother dies and returns to her as a ghost, forcing her to team up with him to solve a murder and resolve his unfinished business.
Norman will play Jayla Harris, the unfiltered motormouth receptionist at the Portland police station. Jayla’s one of the few true supporters of Emmy’s law enforcement aspirations. As for her own aspirations, it’s to be insta-famous.
King’s Emmy Gates is tougher and stronger than she thinks she is, and what she lacks in confidence, she makes up for with determination, humor and snark. Emmy’s life is turned upside down when her brother dies and returns to her as a ghost, forcing her to team up with him to solve a murder and resolve his unfinished business.
Norman will play Jayla Harris, the unfiltered motormouth receptionist at the Portland police station. Jayla’s one of the few true supporters of Emmy’s law enforcement aspirations. As for her own aspirations, it’s to be insta-famous.
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Janina Gavankar to Star in Daddy Issues FOX Comedy Pilot
Gavankar's Sasha is described as smart, funny and Andi's best friend. She and Andi tell one another everything — except for the fact that she recently started dating her father.
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A Million Little Things - James Roday to Star in ABC Drama Pilot
Roday will play Gary who is known for his deflective humor, a habit of sleeping with everyone, and complete control over his emotions.
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Murder - Leonard Roberts & Andrea Demetriades Join CBS Drama Pilot
Roberts will play Assistant District Attorney Malachi Sandel, a talented, charismatic homicide prosecutor whose persuasive skills and charm extend from the courtroom to his active social life. But a new case, coupled with a new romantic interest, has him questioning his choices in work and in life.
Demetriades is Raquel Bennett, a Legal Aid defense attorney, who’s both highly skilled and deeply passionate about advocating for her clients. A formidable opponent in court, she never goes down without a fight, but her magnetic personality makes even her legal opponents enjoy facing her at trial.
Demetriades is Raquel Bennett, a Legal Aid defense attorney, who’s both highly skilled and deeply passionate about advocating for her clients. A formidable opponent in court, she never goes down without a fight, but her magnetic personality makes even her legal opponents enjoy facing her at trial.
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Chiefs - Michael Trucco to Co-Star in CBS Drama Pilot
Trucco will play Detective Keele, who works closely with Chief of Police Kendra Downes (Ellis) – and they go way back. A seasoned professional, he’s sharp as a tack and devoted to the job. He has his opinions and he’s not afraid to share them.
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A Million Little Things - Christina Moses Joins ABC Drama Pilot
Moses will play Regina Howard. A talented chef with dreams of opening her own restaurant one day, Regina is living proof that there’s nothing stronger in this world than a determined woman. She and her husband Rome (Romany Malco) have the marriage we all want for ourselves but this bond will tested as she helps her husband confront his depression.
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Caleb Foote, Christopher Paul Richards & Jack Gore Join ABC's 1970 Family Comedy Pilot
Foote will play Eddie Doyle, Richards will portray Joey Doyle and Gore will portray Timmy Doyle.
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God Friended Me - Violett Beane to Star in CBS Drama Pilot
Beane will play Cara Weiss. Confident, compelling and quick-witted, Cara is a leading writer at an online magazine. Under pressure for her next big story, her life takes an interesting turn when she meets Miles (Hall) — thanks to God’s friend suggestion.
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The Enemy Within - Jennifer Carpenter & Morris Chestnut to Star in NBC Drama Pilot
Carpenter’s Wolfe is a highly intelligent codebreaker who learned her craft from her father and disclosed highly sensitive information to a former Russian intelligence agent. Chestnut will play Will Keaton, an FBI counter-intelligence agent who had brought down the traitor Erica Wolfe and whose fiancee had been murdered as a result of Wolfe’s activities.
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False Profits - Shelley Hennig to Star in ABC Drama Pilot
Hennig will play Hilary Jenkel, a sharp-tongued, hot-tempered former beauty queen whose glory days were cut short by a nasty drug habit. Now in recovery and single mother of 6 year-old Lila, Hilary hopes to reignite the flame between her and Clark, Lila’s father. But when he sues for full custody of their daughter, Hilary needs to whip her life and bank account into shape. She joins her co-workers in a direct-sales cosmetics business, using her pageant know-how as the underdog’s team secret sales weapon.
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Staties - Alexander Sokovikov Joins ABC Drama Pilot
Sokovikov will play Senior Trooper Yuri Kinbote, a gruff Russian trooper who’s skeptical of the new statie in town.
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Grand Hotel - Chris Warren Joins ABC Drama Pilot
Warren will play Jason. Kind, funny and friends with everyone on the hotel staff, he’s worked as a waiter at the hotel since his teens, as his mother is the staff manager.
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Get Christie Love - Thomas Cocquerel Joins ABC Drama Pilot
Cocquerel will play Adam, one the youngest team members of Christie’s counter-intelligence unit. He’s the young “action movie hero” guy — smooth and just a bit cocky.
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