'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' veteran Michelle Trachtenberg, Scott Caan and Josh Charles all land pilot roles
HitFix Staff
<p>The latest round of casting news finds Michelle Trachtenberg, Scott Caan and Josh Charles landing key pilot leads on NBC, FOX and CBS.</p>
<p>According to <em><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i21fd82b8e716e671dd12fb854efc748a">The Hollywood Reporter</a></em>, Trachtenberg will play one of three central nurses on NBC's "Mercy." The trade tells us that Trachtenberg's character is "tragically unhip."</p>
<p>The "Harriet the Spy" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" will reprise her role as uber-bitchy Georgina on "Gossip Girl" later this spring.</p>
<p>Over on FOX, Scott Caan ("Ocean's 11") will top the ensemble of the Brett Ratner-directed comedy "Cop House." The pilot is set around a halfway house for damaged cops, with Caan playing a former marksman who had a nervous breakdown after his wife left him for his sister.</p>
<p>The trade says that Curtiss l'Cook ("Law & Order") has also joined the "Cop House" cast.</p>
<p>Finally, on CBS, Charles will play a partner at the law firm joined by a politician's wife (Julianna Magulies) in "The Good Wife."</p>
<p>Charles's TV credits include "In Treatment," "Six Degrees" and, of course, "Sports Night."</p>
<p>In other casting news, Tom Riley will appear in ABC's superhero comedy "No Heroics," while Catherine Dent will do NBC's "Day One."</p>
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