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Pilot Season: TV of Tomorrow
Paget Brewster part of NBC's 'Experiment'; Scott Foley plays 'Doctor' at CBS
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Paget Brewster's time on "Criminal Minds" is coming to an end (for now), but she could be back on TV next season.Brewster has landed a starring role in an NBC comedy pilot called "My Life as an Experiment." The show is based on writer A.J. Jacobs' book "Guinea Pig Diaries" and will star comedian Jon Dore as a journalist who submits to a range of lifestyle experiments, from "radical honesty" to crashing the Oscars. Brewster will play his no-nonsense wife, TVLine reports.
Brewster's last episode of "Criminal Minds" airs Wednesday (March 16), but it may not be the last viewers see of her on the CBS show. Should "Experiment" not get picked up, the "Minds" producers have offered to make her an every-episode regular next season.
Other casting news:
Scott Foley, Kyle MacLachlan and Michael Boatman have come aboard CBS' drama "The Doctor." The show stars Christine Lahti as a woman who joins her family's medical practice after her husband's death. Foley (most recently seen on "Grey's Anatomy") will play Lahti's son, who's also a partner in the practice. MacLachlan ("How I Met Your Mother") is the third partner, a long-time friend of Lahti's husband, and Boatman ("The Good Wife," "Spin City") will play a doctor who becomes a mentor to Lahti's other child (Eva Amurri). [Deadline]
"Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Cheryl Hines has joined the cast of ABC's comedy "Suburgatory," which stars Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy as a father and daughter who move from Manhattan to the 'burbs. Hines will play a neighbor and unlikely sounding board for the new residents. [EW]
Also: "Friday Night Lights" and "Trauma" alum Kevin Rankin has joined CBS' Redlich/Bellucci drama, along with Michael Gaston and Daya Vaidaya; Della Reese has been added to Marc Cherry's "Hallelujah" at ABC; Irish actor Colin O'Donoghue will star in ABC's drama "Identity"; comedian Nick Thune will star in NBC's comedy "I Hate That I Love You"; Terry Kinney ("Oz," "The Mentalist") has joined CBS' "Rookies"; and Brett Tucker ("McLeod's Daughters") has been cast in "Wonder Woman" at NBC. [Deadline]
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Good for Paget Brewster for landing a pilot, but in a selfish way, I hope it tanks so she'll be back on Criminal Minds. I adore her, and I really hate to see her leave the show.
I remember when Paget was on Andy Richter's show on Fox back in 2002 to 2004. Definitely easy on the eyes. Agree it is a shame that she's done for now on "Criminal Minds", so only time will tell if this NBC pilot gets picked up... wait till May.
How is it in a "selfish" way? The criminal minds crew let her go, that's why she was leaving. However, after the backlash they got when they let AJ Cook go this season they switched their minds about Paget. Nothing selfish on her end.
Jared I don't think Dave meant that Paget was selfish, he meant HE was selfish for hoping the new show doesn't go over well.
I too am hoping for the same thing. CM hasn't been the same since Aj has been gone, and now it will be even worse when Paget is gone. I'll still support both shows, but come early fall I hope she makes a return to CM.
Who's calling her selfish? I was under the impression that the poster meant 'selfish' for themselves, meaning, selfishly, they want Paget back on Criminal Minds. No one was calling Paget selfish.
But I LOVE Scott Foley on Grey's Anatomy!!
Well I can guess how that story ends now :(
Paget Brewster wasn't cut from Criminal Minds either. They simply put it in her contract that she could "pilot shop." If she found one, she could leave Criminal Minds, but still have the option of coming back.
Della Reese moving into Hallelujah is a great catch.