Ariel Winter replaces the departing Demi Lovato in the NBC pilot Hungry

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Just days after Demi Lovato dropped out of the lead role on the NBC pilot Hungry, a replacement has been found with Ariel Winter coming aboard.The 24-year-old Modern Family star has signed on to take over the role from Lovato, 29, who stepped down due to scheduling conflicts, via Deadline.Lovato will still be on board as an executive producer on the pilot, which will finally go into production this coming week, starting with a table read on Tuesday.

Replaced:Just days after Demi Lovato dropped out of the lead role on the NBC pilot Hungry, a replacement has been found with Ariel Winter coming aboard Take over:The 24-year-old Modern Family star has signed on to take over the role from Lovato, 29, who stepped down due to scheduling conflicts, via DeadlineDespite Lovato dropping out from the lead role, NBC remained 'high' on the project and opted to move swiftly to re-cast.The single-camera pilot was written by Will & Grace and Hot in Cleveland creator Suzanne Martin.

The show follows several friends who belong to a food issues group who help each other look for love, success and the perfect comfort food.

Dropping out:Despite Lovato dropping out from the lead role, NBC remained 'high' on the project and opted to move swiftly to re-castThe show was handed a pilot order in April 2021, though the network said in May that Hungry was one of their projects they were rolling over to the 2021-2022 TV season, or possibly the 2022-2023 season.Then in June, the network started rounding out the cast with Anna Akana, Alex Brightman, Ashley D.