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EXCLUSIVE: Robin Weigert (Deadwood), Abby McEnany (Work In Progress) and Eric Graise (Step Up: High Water) are set as leads opposite Justin Hartley in CBS drama pilot The Never Game, an adaptation of Jeffery Deaver’s novel. The quartet, as well as recently announced Mary McDonnell, comprise the core cast of the project from director Ken Olin and 20th Television.

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll be seeing a new face when Tracker kicks off the remainder of its second season on Sunday. Legacies alum Chris Lee has been tapped for a substantial recurring role opposite Eric Graise in the popular CBS procedural drama starring Justin Hartley, Deadline has learned.

The quest continues to reboot thirtysomething for the small screen.

McKinley Franklin editor “This Is Us” creator Dan Fogelman and several cast members of the drama series are paying tribute to Ron Cephas Jones, who died Saturday at age 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue. “A massive loss. Ron was the best of the best – on-screen, on stage, and in real life,” Fogelman wrote in a statement on X/Twitter.

Justin Hartley is on the hunt.The 46-year-old actor headlines the upcoming CBS drama,  (formerly ), which will premiere during the 2023-24 broadcast season. A 10-second promo was released Wednesday teeing up Hartley's first post-series regular TV role.Based on the best-selling Jeffery Deaver novel, centers on lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw (Hartley), who roams the country as a «reward seeker,» using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.The brief, but intriguing teaser, shows Colter as he looks around a bedroom for clues and comes across a photograph of a young boy with what looks to be his father. «I will save you,» the text reads on the dialogue-free promo.

Several celebrities are ready to say goodbye to Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover!

EXCLUSIVE: Mary McDonnell, a two-time Oscar and two-time Emmy nominee, has been tapped as a lead opposite Justin Hartley in CBS drama pilot The Never Game, an adaptation of Jeffery Deaver’s novel, from director Ken Olin and 20th Television.

Just two months after his critically-acclaimed NBC series This Is Us came to a close after a six-season run, Justin Hartley has found a new gig.The 45-year-old actor's new adaptation of the Jeffrey Deaver book The Never Game was given a pilot order at CBS, according to Deadline.The project had previously received a pilot production commitment back in September 2021, which hails from 20th Television. New project:Just two months after his critically-acclaimed NBC series This Is Us came to a close after a six-season run, Justin Hartley has found a new gigHartley will portray, 'lone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw,' who travels all across the country as a, 'reward seeker.'He uses his, 'expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement to solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family.' The project was sold last fall, though it was put on the back burner due to Hartley's commitment to the final season of This Is Us.

It looks like Justin Hartley will be back on the small screen soon, as CBS has greenlit The Never Game.

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has given a pilot order to The Never Game, a drama series adaptation of Jeffery Deaver’s novel, starring and executive produced by Justin Hartley. The project, which received a pilot production commitment in September 2021, comes from director Ken Olin and 20th Television.

Refresh for updates Hollywood and the Beltway were quick to respond to today’s Supreme Court decision overturning Roe V. Wade.

For six seasons, This Is Us has tugged on viewers’ heartstrings with touching stories about the Pearson family dealing with their real-life problems. Dan Fogelman’s stories earned This Is Us a total of 38 Emmy nominations and four wins over five seasons, and the series ended May 24 with a finale that hit season-high ratings.

This Is Us when tonight's “previously on This Is Us” recap started with present-day Rebecca saying, “I'm not worried about forgetting about the big stuff. It’s the regular Saturday when the kids were little, a day when nothing big really happens, and we’re laughing and playing pin the tail on the donkey. That’s the stuff I’m not ready to let go of yet.”And so, after years of wondering how pin the tail on the donkey would factor into the final chapter of the Pearson family, we finally know.

“Star Wars” icon caused chaos in the Twittersphere over the weekend when he simply tweeted his own name and it instantly went viral. Hamill, 69, was challenged by a fan (@LozzaBean12) to “just tweet ‘Mark Hamill’ and you’d get thousands of likes.”To which the actor responded, “Mark Hamill.” Surely enough, since he tweeted Sunday evening, the tweet has been liked almost 560K times and has nearly 30K retweets.

The force is strong with Mark Hamill.

Justin Hartley has lined up a brand new project and has joined The Never Game.