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Erich Bergen, Brian Cox, Noah Emmerich, Eddie Izzard, Stephanie March, Anson Mount Join TV Pilots

Eddie Izzard
(© Tristan Fuge)
Eddie Izzard
(© Tristan Fuge)

More stage actors have signed up for this season’s television pilots, according to Deadline.com.


Former Jersey Boysstar Erich Bergen will co-star with Amber Stevens and Craig Horner in the CW’s Joey Dakota, about a documentarian who falls in love with a rock star.


Tony Award nominee Brian Cox has been cast in ABC’s Gotham, about a detective who discovers New York City has a secret magical history.


Noah Emmerich will join Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys in FX’s The Americans, about a pair of former KGB spies posing as an American couple in Washington D.C.

Tony Award nominee Eddie Izzard will play Grandpa Munster in NBC’s reboot of the 1960s comedy The Munsters.


Broadway veteran Stephanie March will star opposite Janet Montgomery in CBS’ legal drama Baby Big Shot.


Anson Mount will have a guest starring role in the pilot of ABC’s Penoza as an assassinated criminal whose wife must adopt his role in a crime syndicate.