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[01/17/14 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Friday, January 17
Updates include: Tyler Ritter to star "The McCarthys" at CBS; "Red Band Society," "Runner" on track for series at FOX; and Mary Steenburgen to recur on FX's "Justified."

[01/15/14 - 11:29 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, January 15
Updates include: NBC adds three comedies to pilot roster; Natasha Leggero, Riki Lindhome team for Comedy Central project; and Kendrick Sampson boards FOX's "Gracepoint."

[01/06/14 - 11:28 PM]
Development Update: Monday, January 6
Updates include: Wes Brown joins E!'s "Songbyrd"; Jimmy Dunn to return to CBS's "The McCarthys"; and Jack Cutmore-Scott is cast in Matt Hubbard's FOX comedy pilot.

[01/03/14 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Week of December 30-January 3
Updates include: Laurie Metcalf joins "The McCarthys" at CBS; Bonnie Dennison first to board Matt Hubbard's FOX comedy; and Tamera Mowry confirms end of ""Tia & Tamera."

[08/23/13 - 11:38 PM]
Development Update: Friday, August 23
Updates include: MTV's "Faking It" taps principal roles; Jack McGee, Joey McIntyre return for CBS's "The McCarthys"; and NBC to revive ABC's 2001 pilot "Me and My Needs."

[06/24/13 - 11:17 PM]
Development Update: Monday, June 24
Updates include: Julianne Nicholson to lead Sundance's "The Descendants"; CBS gives "The McCarthys" a new pilot order; and James McCaffrey to visit USA's "Suits."

[05/29/13 - 11:27 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, May 29
Updates include: Arnold Schwarzenegger brings "Pump" to Showtime; "Two and a Half Men" casting new female regular; and Adam Bernstein to helm FX's "Fargo."

[05/12/13 - 11:15 PM]
Development Update: Sunday, May 12 - Odds & Ends
Updates include: Alex Kapp Horner departs FOX's "Surviving Jack"; CBS passes on a slew of pilots; and Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone board FX's "American Horror Story: Coven."

[03/07/13 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, March 7
Updates include: Omar Epps, Kurtwood Smith join ABC's "The Returned"; Paige Turco boards "The Hundred" at The CW; and Hope Davis is cast in "The Ordained" at CBS.

[02/21/13 - 11:07 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 21
Updates include: Mira Sorvino marries "Gaffigan" at CBS; Robbie Amell joins "The Tomorrow People" at The CW; and Nicole Beharie reports to FOX's "Sleepy Hollow."

[02/14/13 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 14
Updates include: Jason Isaacs tapped as "The Surgeon General" for CBS; Minnie Driver joins NBC's "About a Boy"; and Jason Ritter boards FOX's "Gavin & Stacey" import.

[02/07/13 - 11:19 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 7
Updates include: David Walton tapped as lead on NBC's "About a Boy"; Emma Roberts to star in FOX's "Delirium"; and CBS greenlights three more comedy pilots.

[02/06/13 - 11:22 PM]
Development Update: Wednesday, February 6
Updates include: Dave Annable joins NBC's "Joe & Joe & Jane"; John Corbett to lead CBS's "NCIS: Los Angeles" spin-off; and "Chicago Fire" gets an extra episode from NBC.

[01/18/13 - 11:13 PM]
Development Update: Friday, January 18
Updates include: NBC gives green light to three comedy pilots; CBS taps four for pilot orders; and Jessica de Gouw joins NBC's "Dracula."

[10/01/12 - 11:18 PM]
Development Update: Monday, October 1
Updates include: Jessica Parker Kennedy joins Starz's "Black Sails"; Maia Mitchell, David Lambert cast in ABC Family's "The Fosters"; and Shonda Rhimes books two new projects at ABC.







MCCARTHYS, THE - 2013 VERSION (CBS)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
10/1/12 - 1/17/14
STATUS:
previously in development (2013-2014 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
second multi-camera pilot ordered
DESCRIPTION:
single-camera comedy about an Irish-Catholic, sports-crazed Boston clan and their gay son whose greatest sin is not his sexuality but his desire to spend less time with his family
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Jack McGee as Arthur
· Jacki Weaver as Marjorie
· Jake Lacy as Ronny
· Jessica Chaffin as Jackie
· Jimmy Dunn as Sean
· Joey McIntyre as Gerard
CREW INFORMATION:
· Brian Gallivan as CRTR/EP
· Fred Savage as DIR (Pilot)
· Richie Schwartz as CO-EP
· Will Gluck as EP
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (single-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Olive Bridge Entertainment
· Sony Pictures Television