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Update – 6.08am Pt, June 9: Michael Mosley’s wife has released a statement paying tribute to her TV presenter husband after a body was found on the Greek island of Symi.

“I don’t know quite where to begin with this. It’s devastating to have lost Michael, my wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband. We had an incredibly lucky life together,” said Clare Bailey Mosley. “We loved each other very much and were so happy together. I am incredibly proud of our children, their resilience and support over the past days.

“My family and I have been hugely comforted by the outpouring of love from people from around the world. It’s clear that Michael meant a huge amount to so many of you. We’re taking comfort in the fact that he so very nearly made it. He did an incredible climb, took the wrong route and collapsed...

A couple of weeks ago, I interviewed Nathan Gelgud, an artist who has brought a wry comic book charm to the world of cinephilia. It seemed only natural that I should find out more about the art that has influenced him and so I asked him to select his personal top ten favorite movie posters. He was more than up for the challenge and decided to narrow the field to illustrated posters, which makes perfect sense. Here are his ten favorites, in no special order.1. (Above) Us one sheet for Five on the Black Hand Side (Oscar Williams, USA, 1973). Artist: Jack Davis.I love all the accouterments on the main figure—the hat, the cigar, the umbrella, suitcase, those things that go over the shoes. But even better is the way Davis has arranged all the characters around him, the way the jumping guy’s arm joins with the guy...

Network: Netflix. Episodes: Ongoing (hour). Seasons: Ongoing. TV show dates: July 21, 2017 — present. Series status: Has not been cancelled. Performers include: Jason Bateman, Laura Linney, Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Julia Garner, Jordana Spiro, Jason Butler Harner, Esai Morales, Peter Mullan, Lisa Emery, Josh Randall, Harris Yulin, Michael Mosley, Marc Menchaca, and Trevor Long. TV show description: A crime drama, the Ozark TV show centers on Marty Byrde (Bateman), a Chicago financial advisor. Marty has been laundering money along with his partner, Bruce (Randall), for Camino Del Rio (Morales), a drug lord who works for a major cartel. When Del learns $8 million of his money has gone missing, he takes out Bruce. He eventually...

Michael Mosley has signed on for a regular role in the 10-episode Netflix crime drama Seven Seconds. Also cast in the series, from The Killing creator Veena Sud and Fox 21 TV Studios, is Patrick Murney (Public Morals). Written by Sud, Seven Seconds is based on the 2013 Russian action movie The Major (Майор). Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City, where a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop. Mosley…...

Michael Mosley (Sirens), Lindsey Kraft (Getting On) and Michelle Buteau (Key & Peele) are set as series regulars on Dream Team, ABC’s single-camera half-hour from comedy writers Kari Lizer and Bill Wrubel, and Warner Horizon TV. Written/executive produced by Lizer and Wrubel, Dream Team centers on Marty Schumacher, who coached his last Club soccer team for ten years, ultimately taking them to the National Championships. He now has to start from scratch with a diverse…...

UK TV ratings roundup - data supplied by Barb

Doc Martin remained the top attraction on Monday nights outside soaps, rising by around 400,000 viewers from last week.

The ITV drama starring Martin Clunes averaged 5.86 million (28.9%) at 9pm in the overnight ratings, with a further 356k (2.5%) watching on +1. Earlier, Britain As Seen on ITV appealed to 2.52m (11.8%) at 8pm.

On BBC One, Rugby and the Brain intrigued 1.74m (8.1%) at 8.30pm, followed by All Change at Longleat with 2.83m (14.0%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's University Challenge quizzed 2.91m (13.7%) at 8pm, while Only Connect confused 2.19m (10.3%) at 8.30pm. Michael Mosley's Countdown to Life fascinated 1.56m (7.7%) at 9pm.

On Channel 4, Jamie's Super Food brought in 1.24m (5.9%) at 8pm (182k/0.9% on +1), followed by Food Unwrapped with 1.49m (7.0%) at 8.30pm (138k/0.7%) and The Catch with 824k (4.1%) at 9pm (171k/1.2%).

Channel 5's Police Interceptors thrilled 897k (4.2%) at 8pm, followed by the latest Celebrity Big Brother...

UK TV ratings roundup - data supplied by Barb

Martin Clunes continued to rule Monday nights outside soaps despite a small drop, according to overnight figures.

Doc Martin dipped by just under 200,000 viewers from last week to an average 5.42 million (24.7%) at 9pm (284,000/1.9% on +1). Earlier, Britain As Seen on ITV brought in 2.44m (11.2%) at 8pm.

On BBC One, new documentary series All Change at Longleat interested 3.34m (15.2%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's University Challenge quizzed 2.63m (12.1%) at 8pm, followed by Only Connect with 2.14m (9.6%) at 8.30pm and Michael Mosley's new science series Countdown to Life with 1.63m (7.4%) at 9pm. Professor Brian Cox's new panel show Six Degrees of Separation attracted 1.13m (6.7%) at 10pm.

On Channel 4, Jamie's Super Food was seen by 1.25m (5.8%) at 8pm (273k/1.2%), followed by Food Unwrapped with 1.33m (6.0%) at 8.30pm (271k/1.2%) and The Catch with 878k (4.0%) at 9pm (176k/1.2%).

Channel 5's new series of...

Network: USA

Episodes: 23 (half-hour)

Seasons: Two

TV show dates: March 6, 2014 -- April 14, 2015

Series status: Cancelled

Performers include: Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Kevin Bigley, Jessica McNamee, Kelly O'Sullivan, Maura Kidwell, Bill Nunn, and Kirsten Fitzgerald.

TV show description:

A dramedy, this series revolves around the work and personal lives of Emt's who work for the Eminent Ambulance Company in Chicago.

Their sometimes silly and self-righteous (even self-destructive) personalities make them unqualified for sustaining relationships, friendships, and most occupations. Thankfully for the citizens of the windy city, they are uniquely qualified for saving anyone who winds up in their ambulance.

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Nudity and knitting appear to be amongst the hot new trends for factual entertainment, it has been revealed at Aidc.s rebranded conference .Net - Work - Play.. The revelation came from Editorial Director of the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (Wcsfp), Alison Leigh, this morning in her presentation .What.s the Buzz?. Over the course of an hour Leigh had Aidc attendees in turns amused, disgusted and shaking their heads as she ran through global trends of factual entertainment, including one humourous section titled .Meanwhile, in Norway.. Trends include presenters who favour a gonzo style of journalism (Michael Mosley.s willingness to infect himself with various parasites for BBC Four.s Infested! Living with Parasites was toted as an example), with another big movement being social experiments. Examples included a worrying revamp of the 1960s Stanford Prison Experiment and another which sees presenter and homosexual Dr Christian Jessen...

The Great British Bake Off climbed to a new high this series on Wednesday (August 20), according to overnight data.

The third episode of the current BBC One series gained nearly 600,000 viewers from previous week to 7.44 million (35.2%) at 8pm.

Earlier, Fake Britain brought in 3.08m (16.8%) at 7.30pm, while Operation Wild attracted 3.29m (16.2%) at 9pm.

BBC Two's Young Vets appealed to 1.08m (6.1%) at 7pm, followed by The Stuarts with 1.00m (4.8%) at 8pm. The second of Michael Mosley's Horizon specials was seen by 1.38m (6.8%) at 9pm, while Some People with Jokes occupied 1.02m (6.1%) at 10pm.

On ITV, Trawlermen's Lives interested 2.17m (10.3%) at 8pm (170k/0.8% on +1), followed by Secrets from the Asylum with 1.76m (7.7%) at 9pm (158k/1.0%).

Channel 4's Double Your House for Half the Money gathered 974k (4.6%) at 8pm (191k/0.9%), while Undercover Boss attracted 1.34m (6.6%) at 9pm (246k/1.6%). The Mimic ended with 307k (1.9%) at 10pm.

On Channel 5, Extreme Nightmare Neighbour...

Celebrity Big Brother was down on its last two launch shows on Monday evening, overnight data reveals.

Channel 5's latest celebrity edition opened with an average rating of 2.24 million (11.9%) at 9.05pm, with an added 115,000 (1.0%) on +1. Bit on the Side entertained 795k (10.7%) at 11.20pm.

This is down on January's launch show overnight ratings of 3.18m, and last summer's opener figures of 2.66m. However, it was up from the latest traditional version's score of 2.03m.

On BBC One, a repeat of Miranda amused 2.49m (11.4%) at 8.30pm. New Tricks returned for a new series with 5.79m (25.0%) at 9pm, down nearly 2m from its last opener.

BBC Two's University Challenge quizzed 2.55m (11.9%) at 8pm, while Food & Drink gathered 1.68m (7.7%) at 8.30pm. Michael Mosley's latest Horizon special interested 1.83m (7.9%) at 9pm.

On ITV, Tonight: The Food We Eat appealed to 2.81m (13.1%) at 8pm (162k/0.7% on +1). Long Lost Family was seen by 3.47m (15.0%) at...

Michael Mosley is a name that arguably not many people would know outside of BBC Four or Horizon fans. Which is a shame, because the journalist and presenter has been one of the finest documentary-makers for many years.

The Indian-born producer is back for his latest Horizon special tonight (August 18), so if you have yet to tune in to one of his many scientific journeys, this would be a great time to start.

After producing a number of science programmes for the BBC, including Robert Winston's The Human Face and Jeremy Clarkson's Inventions that Changed the World, Mosley stepped in front of the camera for BBC Four's excellent Medical Mavericks in 2008.

The four-part series delved into the history of the scientists and doctors who went to great lengths to further the world, often in rather grotesque ways.

This has become the benchmark for Mosley's programmes. His shows focus on science,...

The 2014 Brit Awards slumped to one of its lowest-rated broadcasts on ITV last night, according to overnight data.

Without taking +1 into consideration, the average rating dropped by over 2.5 million viewers from last year's 10-year high, attracting 4.20m (18.4%) from 8pm.

A further 359k (1.8%) tuned in on +1, bringing its total to 4.56m. Its previous lowest-rated year was 2006 with 4.6m.

The drop in viewers may be due to the live Champions League coverage of Arsenal's loss to Bayern Munich, which scored 831k (3.6%) on Sky1 and 1.06m (4.7%) on Sky Sports 1.

On BBC One, Pound Shop Wars attracted 3.75m (16.7%) at 7.30pm. Outnumbered dipped to 3.85m (15.9%) at 9pm, followed by a Mrs Brown's Boys repeat with 3.83m (16.3%) at 9.30pm.

BBC Two's Restaurant Man gathered 1.45m (6.5%) at 8pm. Line of Duty continued with 2.21m (9.3%) at 9pm, followed by Inside No 9 with 1.00m (5.1%) at 10pm.

On Channel 4, Restoration Man attracted 1.53m (6.8%) at 8pm (162k/0.7% on...

Dr Michael Mosley has infected himself with different parasites for a new BBC Four documentary.

He has swallowed tapeworm cysts, placed leeches on his arm and infected himself with lice to see how they affect the human body.

The worms reportedly lived inside his body for several weeks, and they did not make him ill.

His stool samples will now be used by scientists to study the signs of parasitic infection.

Dr Mosley has presented several other medical programme studies, including taking a "truth serum", testing magic mushrooms, and popularising the fasting 5:2 diet.

During the new series, he swallows a "pill camera" to display live pictures on his iPad of the results of the tapeworms.

He said: "When I first saw the worms, I was in an Indian restaurant. I shouted out: 'Blimey! There's a tapeworm in me!' The other diners looked very surprised.

"I was delighted, but at the same time,...

Eddie Izzard is to star in an upcoming BBC Two science drama.

The comic actor will portray radar developer Robert Watson Watt in the one-off film Castles in the Sky.

The film will centre around the Scotsman's flight to invent the detection system with a group of British scientists.

Breaking Bad's Laura Fraser will play Izzard's wife Margaret, while other cast members will include Alex Jennings (The Queen), Tim McInnerny (Blackadder) as Winston Churchill, David Hayman (Trial And Retribution) and Julian Rhind-Tutt (Green Wing).

Izzard said of the project: "I feel very privileged to be playing the role of Robert Watson-Watt. Hopefully our production will allow him, along with Arnold 'Skip' Wilkins and their team, to finally take their places in the pantheon of British greats of World War II, as the inventors of radar."

Elsewhere, BBC Two has also commissioned a new five-part series titled Human Universe, presented by Professor Brian Cox.

The Apprentice climbed to a new peak audience for its current series on BBC One last night (July 10), according to overnight figures.

The interview round of the business competition gained over 400,000 viewers from last week to 6.75 million (29.3%) at 9pm. The Apprentice: You're Fired!, featuring three axed candidates, entertained 2.35m (12.5%) at 10pm on BBC Two.

Earlier, Your Money, Their Tricks shed over a million viewers from last week's opener to 3.28m (17.7%) at 8pm. A Question of Sport quizzed 1.75m (12.9%) at 10.35pm.

On BBC Two, Caroline Quentin's Restoration Home interested 1.48m (8.0%) at 8pm, followed by Michael Mosley's Horizon special with 1.43m (6.2%) at 9pm.

ITV's The Zoo returned for a new series with 4.23m (22.7%) at 8pm, with a further 212k (0.9%) tuning in on +1. Love and Marriage concluded with 2.87m (12.3%) at 9pm (172k/1.0% on +1).

Channel 4's 24 Hours in A&E continued with 1.95m (8.5%) at 9pm (245k/1.4%), while Secrets of the Pickpockets...

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The CW’s fall schedule is interesting to say the least. Supernatural is moving to Tuesday, following The Originals. Historical soap Reign gets the prime post-Vampire Diaries slot while The Carrie Diaries gets exiled to Fridays.

Meanwhile, Warehouse 13 isn’t the only show to get the cancellation/renewal notice. Nikita will also get a final, six-episode season. And now I have “For Now” from Avenue Q stuck in my head.

The Tomorrow People, one of The CW’s many sci-fi series this fall.

That gets io9 to ask, “How did the CW become The go-to network for fantastical television?” Sure, its the child of the network that gave us Charmed and the network that debuted with Star Trek: Voyager (who eventually took turns airing Buffy and Rosewell) but it always had a mix of genres. Not only will the upcoming season feature more sci-fi and horror shows than any other network,...

The thought alone of eating just 500 calories a day is enough to make any woman feel faint. But for two days a week that's exactly what the latest blockbuster diet from Britain recommends. The Fast Diet, coauthored by London-based doctor Michael Mosley and writer Mimi Spencer, outlines a weight-loss plan that limits a woman's daily intake to 500 calories twice aweek (men get 600 calories) but allows dieters to eat whatever they want on the remaining five days. "It's not really fasting. It's just a break from your normal routine," says Mosley, 56, who dropped 20 lbs. in three months on the plan. "It's...

Not everybody loves Raymond — namely Betsy Brandt.

The Breaking Bad actress has booked a guest spot on an upcoming episode of Parenthood playing the ex-wife of Ray Romano’s increasingly loveable Hank Rizzoli, TVGuide.com reports.

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In addition to her current Bad gig, Brandt has recently appeared on Fairly Legal and Private Practice.

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• Old Spice Guy/Chuck alum Isaiah Mustafa will guest-star in USA Network’s Denis Leary-produced pilot Sirens, TVLine has learned exclusively. The paramedic...

Announced today by USA Network is a new half-hour comedy pilot Sirens, with a cast including Michael Mosley, Kevin Daniels, Jessica McNamee and Kevin Bigley to star. Denis Leary will co-write with Bob Fisher ("Wedding Crashers," "Traffic Light"), and both will executive produce the series along with Jim Serpico ("Rescue Me"), andHal Vogel and David Aukin of Daybreak Pictures. Apostle and Fox Television Studios will produce in conjunction with Daybreak Pictures. From USA The pilot, set to shoot in Chicago later this month, will be directed by Victor Nelli who will also executive produce. Premise The series follows three of Chicago's best EMTs whose sometimesself-loathing, other times narcissistic, and always downrightself-destructive personalities make them unqualified for sustainingrelationships,...

Distributor Grindstone Entertainment/Lionsgate Home Entertainment has released Michael Pinckney's feature film debut on DVD today. Executive-produced by Spike Lee, and titled You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Kills You, the film stars Michael K. Williams, Michael Mosley, Chance Kelly, Julito McCullum, James McDaniel and others. An indie crime drama, the film's synopsis reads: Set in the perilous world of the Hip Hop industry. Music and murder and collide as a serial killer with an appetite for some of Hip Hops biggest stars is on the loose. Two New York homicide detectives are thrown into a world they know nothing about in...

Last time I wrote about this was in February when it was announced that it had been sold to distributor Grindstone Entertainment/Lionsgate Home Entertainment. And as I learned today, an official release date has been set, and Lionsgate has released a new release trailer for it, which I embedded below. Michael Pinckney's feature film debut, executive-produced by Spike Lee by the way, is titled You’re Nobody ’til Somebody Kills You, and stars Michael K. Williams, Michael Mosley, Chance Kelly, Julito McCullum, James McDaniel and others. It’s been a long road for the project, being initially announced in 2007....

Lionsgate Home Entertainment has acquired and set a release date for the thriller You're Nobody Until Somebody Kills You, executive produced by Spike Lee and written and directed by Michael A. Pinckney.

The film hits DVD on July 10th and stars James McDaniel, Michael Mosley, Doug E. Fresh, Big Daddy Kane and Michael K. Williams. Head inside for the trailer.

Two New York City detectives have just been assigned to the biggest homicide case their division has ever seen. They must track down a serial killer with an appetite for some of hip-hop’s biggest stars. As the detectives dive into this case, they uncover a complex web of murder, sex and money that leads them to the killer’s next victim. They must get to him before it’s too late -- only then will they be able to catch their culprit.

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So many season finales have a wedding as a hook, and it appears that "30 Rock" is not immune from this tried and true feature. But as we've come to expect from the sitcom, they have a little bit of a different take on things.

Here's what we learned on Thursday's (May 17) episode:

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Jack (Alec Baldwin) and Avery (Elizabeth Banks): The two are planning to renew their vows now that she's free from North Korea. But things get complicated when competing interests - Scott (Michael Mosley), Avery's mom Diana (Mary Steenburgen) and Kim Jong Il - each look to have their own reasons for stopping the nuptials. In the end, it appears that Jack and Avery may have the best reasons of all.

Hazel (Kristen Schaal) and Kenneth (Jack McBrayer): Hazel is on the verge of homelessness. So Kenneth, being the caring person that he is, decides to help her out.

Photography has helped Laura (Margot Robbie) from the beginning on "Pan Am." It was her striking pictures early in the series that landed her on the cover of Life magazine. But it appears that her love for being in front of the camera will soon get her in trouble.

In an exclusive first look at Sunday's (Jan. 22) episode, those nude photos Laura referred to any number of episodes ago come back to haunt her when they're displayed at an art gallery. While the pictures are quite lovely, Laura never thought they'd go public. So when she sees the entire collection up, Laura delivers the response you'd expect - abject terror.

As for other story lines, Colette (Karine Vanasse) looks to get over Dean (Mike Vogel) by befriending a mysterious male passenger. Maggie (Christina Ricci), never one to be shy about her opinions, tells Ted (Michael Mosley) she has concerns about...

Flynn (Tony Dension) has just attended his AA meeting, when a man approaches him to speak about the meeting and how he stays sober. As Flynn leaves and heads towards his car, he is attacked by a man with a knife. Flynn manages to shoot him and calls Captain Raydor (Mary McDonnell) for help. He gives her his gun and tells her what happened before passing out. At the hospital, he wakes to find Provenza (Gw Bailey) at his bedside with a balloon, stating "It's a girl." That's all they had, how did I know that's what he'd say? Brenda (Kyra Sedgwick) is also there. Raydor tells Flynn if he can describe his attacker and ID him, then she'll take on the case, but if he can't then Major Crimes can investigate. He says he can't and when she leaves he says he knows what his attacker looked like. He...

"Twilight Saga" co-star Ashley Greene is ready to fly the friendly skies. The actress has landed a guest starring role on "Pan Am." According to EW, he actress will play a rookie who shares a romantic past with the crew's first officer, Ted (Michael Mosley) on a three-episode story arc of the ABC drama, also starring Christina Ricci and Margot Robbie. The first episode of Greene's, entitled “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, will air December 4. Best known for playing Alice Cullen in the "Twilight" films, Greene will next be seen in the comedy "Lol: Laughing Out Loud." "The Twilight Saga: Breaking...

Remember when flying was fun? Before your lip stick had to go in a plastic bag and your high heels had to go through X-Ray. When it was all glamorous, with handsome pilots and gorgeous air hostess? When you could still smoke in the cabin, and drink as many cocktails as you wanted while on your way to some exotic location? Well that’s the world of Pan Am, ABC’s new show, taking us back to the good ole days of air travel in the 60’s.

Here’s the official word from ABC,

Passion, adventure and espionage… They do it all—and they do it at 30,000 feet. The style of the 1960s, the energy and excitement of the Jet Age and a drama full of sexy entanglements deliciously mesh in a thrilling and highly original new series [...] Welcome to the Jet Age. It’s 1963. WWII andKoreaare history. A new kind of war,...

AMC has done it with Mad Men. NBC is about to do it with The Playboy Club. And now ABC is taking a jump back to the 1960s.

On Sunday nights this fall, viewers will lift into the skies with Pan Am, a series set within the world of luxury plane travel, back when every pilot was a rock star (remember Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can?) and every woman dreamed of being a flight attendant.

Pan Am stars Christina Ricci, Kelli Garner, Karine Vanasse, Margot Robbie, Jonah Lotan and Michael Mosley and you can check out a scene from the premiere now:

Pan Am Clip...

On March 16, out director Nisha Ganatra's new film, Beholder, will premiere as part of the Itvs/ PBS series FutureStates. FutureStates is a modern day Twilight Zone series for which ten filmmakers were selected to each make an episode that takes place in the future and explores a political idea in the realm of a fictional film. Beholder stars Jessica Paré (of Mad Men and Lost and Delirious) Elaine Hendrix (from Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and Superstar) and Michael McMillian (True Blood), with Rupak Ginn (Royal Pains and Private Practice). In this article, the second in a series (read the first in the series here) that takes readers behind the scenes in the making of the film, Ganatra writes about developing the screenplay for her episode and the obstacles faced when predicting an anti-gay future for a publicly-funded channel based in San Francisco.

So now that we have our super awesome sci-fi story,...

Michael Mosley has signed up to new ABC drama pilot Pan Am. The project will focus on the pilots and flight attendants working for the Pan Am airline in the 1960s. Deadline reports that Mosley will play a quick-witted co-pilot in the pilot episode, which has been written by former ER scribe Jack Orman. The actor previously played Drew Suffin in the (more)...

Roundabout Theatre Company's (Todd Haimes, Artistic Director) limited engagement of The Glass Menagerie will play its final performance on Sunday, June 13th at 2:00 Pm. Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie, is directed by Gordon Edelstein with Patch Darragh (Tom Wingfield), two-time Tony® Award winner Judith Ivey (Amanda Wingfield), Keira Keeley (Laura Wingfield) and Michael Mosley (Jim O'Connor).

A New British movie is to tell the story of the ancient cataclysm that's believed to be the basis for the Atlantis legend.

The BBC has announced the TV film, to be called Atlantis and directed by Primeval's Tony Mitchell, will "tell the dramatic story of the greatest natural disaster to shake the ancient world, a disaster that triggered the downfall of a civilisation and spawned a legend."

The film will be made using the same techniques as Zack Snyder's Spartan war epic 300 and will be accompanied by a documentary looking at the historical evidence.

Around 1620 BC a gigantic volcano in the Aegean Sea stirred from its 19,000-year slumber.

The eruption tore apart the island of Thera, producing massive tsunamis that flooded the nearby island of Crete, the centre of Europe's first great civilisation - the Minoans.

This apocalyptic event, many experts now believe, provided the inspiration for the legend of Atlantis.

ABC's long time running sitcom "Scubs" has cast new actors, Michael Mosely and Kerry Bishe to be regulars on its upcoming 9th season,according to Zap2it. Michael Mosley is going to play a character named Drew who is a 30 something medical student that is returning to school after dropping out of Harvard Med a decade ago. He's also going to be a reluctant mentor to his younger classmates. Kerry Bishe will be playing Lucy who is a 22 year old medical student that is the first in her family of fisherman to attend college.

In Bill Lawrence's interview with our own Joel Keller, he said: "There's going to be a new young lady with a voice over and she's either going to be funny and talented and great, or the show's gonna crater."

Well, now we know who that young lady is and I'm sure Kerry Bishe (Virtuality) will be thrilled to find out that Lawrence is hinging the entire success of Scrubs 2.0 on her. No pressure! She joins Dave Franco, cast earlier this week, and Michael Mosley to complete the new faces of Scrubs (Med School?).

Besides being the new narrative voice for the show, and presumably the lead, Bishe will be a 22-year old first-year med student. She's the first in her family of fisherman to go to college. Mosley, the other new cast member signed today, is ten years older than the rest of the students, the result of a...

  The ranks of aspiring doctors on ABC's retooled "Scrubs" continue to grow. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Mosley and Kerry Bishe are the latest new regulars on "Scrubs," which will be refocused as a comedy set at a med school next season. They join Dave Franco, whose casting broke last week. The trade paper says that Mosley will play a thirtysomething student who crashed out of Harvard Med a decade earlier and is now looked upon as a mentor-figure by his younger classmates. Bishe, meanwhile, will play a first-generation med student from a family of commercial fishermen. Apparently her...

In a story from The Hollywood Reporter actors Michael Mosley and Kerry Bishe have nabbed the final two starring roles on ABC's Scrubs.

These actors will be joining Dave Franco as the new regulars on this longstanding comedy. This season the show will take place in a medical school.

Mosley will play the role of Drew. He is a thirysomething medical student, who is returning to "medical school after a major meltdown 10 years ago when he was a top candidate at Harvard Medical School." He isn't happy about being seen as an elderstatesmen.

Bishe will play the 22-year-old Lucy. She is a first year medical student and the first in her family to go college. She has some trouble adjusting to her new environment.

With the end of the writers strike, casting has picked up on some of the pilots ordered before and during the work stoppage.

Tim Peper has been tapped as one of the two leads in the CBS comedy pilot My Best Friend's Girl, and Bernardo De Paula has joined another NBC pilot, the comedy Zip.

On the cable side, Dorian Brown is set as a lead in the ABC Family series Roommates, while Michael Mosley has been added to A&E's drama pilot Danny Fricke.

Girl, from Sony Pictures TV and writer Mike Sikowitz, is a multicamera comedy about two male best friends who own a bike shop and whose relationship becomes complicated when one (Peper) starts dating the other's ex-wife.

Zip, also from UMS, centers on Trip Stringer (Steven Weber), a guy with no money living in Beverly Hills who, with the help of his Latino partner, Hugo (De Paula), and a colorful cast of accomplices concoct one scheme after another in the hopes of making it big and securing the glamorous Beverly Hills lifestyle for his three children.