Fanatic Feed: Rachel Bilson Returns to Fox, black-ish Spinoff Finds Its Leads & More!
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It looks like the fight to save Take Two has fizzled out.
Rachel Bilson, who appeared in the ABC summer drama, has landed the female lead in Lovestruck, a wedding night dramedy that is in the works at Fox.
Inspired by the French series, Quadras, Lovestruck's entire first season will be set over the course of one night if it goes to series.
There will be surprising reveals peppered throughout that will prove nothing is as it seems for this wedding party.
Bilson will play the bride, Daisy Valentine, on the potential series and is described as “a bolt of pure sunshine” who works in music education.
Bilson is coming off a series regular role on the one-and-done Take Two. This role will mark her return to Fox following her four-year stint as Summer Roberts on The O.C. from 2003-2007.
Rachel joins a cast that already includes Andie MacDowell, Kathleen Turner, Richard Roxburgh, Usman Ally, and Madeline Wise.
Sounds like a different type of series, but one that could thrive on Fox, right?
In keeping with the Fox news, Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars) has landed the male lead on the network's comedy pilot, Adam & Eve.
He will star opposite Supergirl grad, Odette Annable, on the prospective series.
“It’s a comedy about the big questions: What makes a marriage last?” per the official logline.
“Do people ever really change? And, after 40 years together, why can’t we pick a place for dinner without it turning into a whole, you know, “thing?”
Hansen is also signed on to reprise the role of Dick Casablancas on the upcoming Veronica Mars revival at Hulu.
Meanwhile, ABC's in-the-works black-ish spinoff has started the process of rounding out its cast.
Arica Himmel will star as Young Bow on the backdoor pilot of the series which is slated to air as an episode of black-ish later this season.
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Anders Holm (Champions) and Tika Sumpter (The Haves and the Have Nots) have been added to the cast play mom and dad to Bow.
This would be the second black-ish offshoot following grown-ish which defected to Freeform after being passed on by ABC.
Okay, TV Fanatics.
It's time to take a look at the TV picks for Monday, March 18.
Arrow will take viewers on a trip to Star City circa 2040, and it will give us some much-needed answers about the show's biggest mysteries. It airs at 8/7c on The CW.
Right after, is the Black Lightning Season 2 finale which finds Tobias making another big plan to cripple Freeland and take down the Pierce family. Tune in at 9/8c.
Over on ABC, we've got the series premiere of The Fix which marks Robin Tunney's big TV return. It focuses on a movie star who is tried for murder eight years after evading justice for a murder he was supposedly part of.
Tunney takes on the role of an L.A. district attorney who returns to help get justice on the man who derailed her career after she failed to take him down the first time. It airs at 10/9c out of American Idol.
On Fox, we have the long-awaited return of 9-1-1 and the first episode back sounds like doozy. Bobby finally meets Athena's parents, and there's a crisis in the O.R. when there's a gas leak during a cosmetic surgery procedure. Catch the high-octane episode at 9/8c.
Yikes, right?
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