Trio heading &quot;East&quot; for HBO comedy pilot
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Katy Mixon, John Hawkes  and Andrew Daly have joined the cast of the HBO comedy pilot  &quot;East Bound and Down.&quot;
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LOS ANGELES Tonight&#39;s Emmys will be the final bow for three shows that dominated the awards in years past: &quot;Frasier,&quot; &quot;Friends&quot; and &quot;Sex and the City.
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Veteran TV producer  David Milch is returning to his "NYPD Blue" roots with his  third drama pilot at HBO in three years.
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Actor Alan Alda is to join the cast of The West Wing, a report says.  Plus news on record shopping, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos and Angus Deayton.
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LOS ANGELES  - Jason Lee, a frequent  collaborator with filmmaker Kevin Smith, has been tapped to  play the title role in the NBC comedy pilot, "My Name Is Earl."
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LOS ANGELES  - Marisa Tomei will play the title role in CBS' comedy pilot "The Rich Inner Life of Penelope Cloud."
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In one of the first  major TV deals since the Hollywood writers strike ended last  Tuesday, ABC has ordered a comedy pilot from the creators of  "Will & Grace."
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The Red Sox sent their top three sluggers back to Boston for medical tests, with Manny Ramirez and Wily Mo Pena heading East on Tuesday to join David Ortiz.
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LOS ANGELES  - Constance Zimmer, Christina Chang, RonReaco Lee and Justina Machado have been tapped to co-star in NBC's multicamera comedy pilot "The Man of Your Dreams."
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The U.S. premium cable TV network, HBO, is reportedly working on a project described as Rome meets E.T., it was reported Monday.  The bizarre sounding program has aliens visiting Rome where they encourage the civilization to reach greater heights, the New York Post says.
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It&#39;s been a busy  afterlife for &quot;Arrested Development&quot; creator Mitch Hurwitz&#39;s  ABC comedy pilot &quot;The Thick of It.&quot;
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LOS ANGELES  - Two former executive  producers on "Friends" have received a pilot order from CBS for  a relationship comedy.
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NEW YORK  - Women's cable channel  Oxygen has teamed up with "Curb Your Enthusiasm" star Cheryl  Hines to develop a series featuring improvisational comedy.
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Former "Beverly Hills,  90210" star Brian Austin Green will play a gay man in a new  comedy pilot from the creators of "Will & Grace."
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LOS ANGELES  - Will Ferrell's recently   launched production company is expanding into television with   "P.E.," a comedy for HBO.
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Comedy Central has given  the green light to "Three Strikes," a comedy pilot from Jon  Stewart's production company.
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HBO, which built its brand on such sharp comedies as "Sex and the City," "The Larry Sanders Show" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm," is taking on the traditional network family sitcom format.