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Ignacio Diaz-Silverio to Star in NBC Comedy Series “Newlyweds”

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It’s wedding bells for Ignacio Diaz-Silverio…

The Spanish American actor will star as a series regular opposite Téa Leoni and Tim Daly in the upcoming NBC comedy series Newlyweds.

Ignacio Diaz-SilverioJamie Lee Curtis was also previously announced as a recurring guest star.

From writer, showrunner and executive producer Gail Lerner, Newlyweds is a later-in-life love story about a free-spirited woman and a buttoned-up professor who marry impetuously after a whirlwind courtship.

Meisel and Diaz-Silverio will play Poppy and Lolo, respectively. They are Jeanie’s kids (Leoni), with Lolo being adopted.

O’Neill  will play Arvid, who is James’ assistant (Daly) in the philosophy department at the University of Oslo.

Newlyweds was ordered to series in May alongside the David Boreanaz-led , Line of Fire starring Peter Krause, and the Jake Johnson comedy Sunset P.I.

In addition to Lerner, executive producers also include Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for The Tannenbaum Company, Jamie Lee Curtis, Scott Schwartz and Lionsgate Television.

Director Pam Fryman also executive produces (pilot only). The series is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Meisel most recently starred in director Destry Allyn Spielberg’s debut film, Please Don’t Feed the Children, opposite Michelle Dockery and Giancarlo Esposito. Additionally, she co-starred in the Disney+ series Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.She’ll next be seen in the feature film Molting from writer/director Kendra Baude. Prior credits include American Horror Story, The Dead Girls Detective Agency and The Kids Are Alright. She is repped by Innovative Artists and MGMT Entertainment.

Diaz-Silverio co-starred in the Amazon series Primo, from Shea Serrano and Mike Schur, for which he won the 2024 Imagen Award for Best Actor in a Television Comedy.

His upcoming projects include Nimrods, which premiered at the 2025 Toronto Film Festival, Young Men and 52ndState.

Previous credits include the Zach Braff film A Good Person and roles on Law & Order: SVU, FBI and The Good Fight.

Liza Colón-Zayas to Star in Upcoming Hulu Drama Series “Conviction”

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Liza Colón-Zayas is readying for her next role with some extra conviction…

The 54-year-old Puerto Rican-American actress and playwright, who is coming off her Emmy-winning role on FX’s The Bear, has joined the cast of David Shore’s upcoming Hulu drama series Conviction.

Liza Colón-Zayas,Colon-Zayas joins the previously announced Elisabeth Moss, who leads the series and executive produces, as well as Jimmi Simpson, William Jackson Harper, Kevin McKidd, Sebastian De Souza, Adam Godley, Linda Emond and Ella Anderson.

Based on the 2023 book of the same name by Jack Jordan, Conviction follows criminal defense attorney Neve Harper (Moss), a confident lawyer who finally has her shot at a career-making case: a high-profile murder where the husband is accused of killing his wife by setting their home on fire. But when a mysterious stranger begins blackmailing Neve, she is forced to compromise every legal, moral and ethical obligation to gain an acquittal — or else risk her dark secrets being exposed.

Details regarding who Colón-Zayas, a recurring guest star, will play are still under wraps.

Colón-Zayas most recently starred as Tina Marrero across all five seasons of the acclaimed series The Bear. For her portrayal, she received two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She won her first statuette in 2024 (for Season 2), making history as the first Latina to be awarded an Emmy in the category.

Her other television credits also include HBO’s In Treatment and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU.

Colón-Zayas will next be seen in the blockbuster Spider-Man: Brand New Day (July 31), playing Detective Jean DeWolff.

She recently wrapped production on the indie drama Fleur alongside Halle Berry, directed by Ellie Foumbi.

Her additional credits include John Krasinski’s live-action animated fantasy comedy IF, as well as starring in and producing Allswell in New York, a dramedy that won the award for Best Screenplay in a U.S. Narrative Feature at the 2022 Tribeca Festival.

Frankie Quiñones to Guest Star on NBC’s “St. Denis Medical”

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Frankie Quiñones is being admitted…

The Mexican American actor, comedian and creator of the viral exercise routines CHOLOFIT will guest star on the upcoming second season of NBC’s St. Denis Medical.

Frankie Quiñones Quiñones will play Leslie, a security guard at St. Denis Medical who is very aware of the ins and outs of the hospital gossip.

The mockumentary series series stars Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Kahyun Kim, Mekki Leeper and Kaliko Kauahi.

The logline for the second season states, “After receiving a large private donation, hospital administrator Joyce (McLendon-Covey) bites off more than she can chew while her employees navigate staff shortages, office conflicts, and their own personal lives.”

St. Denis Medical Season 2 premieres on November 3 with back-to-back episodes starting at 8:00 pm ET. It will stream the next day on Peacock.

The series was created by Eric Ledgin and Justin Spitzer.

Ledgin serves as showrunner and executive producer. Spitzer, Simon Heuer, Ruben Fleischer, Bridget Kyle and Vicky Luu also executive produce. Universal Television is the studio.

Fred Armisen to Star on Hulu’s “Deli Boys” for Season Two

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Fred Armisen has landed a deli-ghtful role…

The 58-year-old half-Venezuelan American actor, comedian and former Saturday Night Live star, has joined the cast of Hulu’s Deli Boys for the show’s second season.

Fred ArmisenArmisen will join the series regular cast alongside Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh and Poorna Jagannathan.

Deli Boys follows Mir and Raj Dar (Ali and Shaikh), a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers who lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba’s (Iqbal Theba) secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.

Jagannathan stars as Naveeda “Lucky,” Baba’s confidant and a crime boss auntie.

Armisen will play a legendary gambling savant with an uncanny ability to read people like cards in the half-hour series. His casino empire is global, but his crown jewel is in Philly. He is uniquely brilliant and deeply unhinged — a deadly combo if you cross him.

Deli Boys was created by Abdullah Saeed and developed by Jenni Konner and Nora Silver under Jenni Konner Productions.

Michelle Nader will return as showrunner and executive producer of Season 2. She will EP alongside Saeed, Konner, and Silver. Nisha Ganatra served as executive producer and director of the pilot.

20th Television produces the comedy series.

Armisen most recently reprised the role of Uncle Fester in Season 2 of Netflix’s Wednesday, starring opposite Jenna Ortega. In May, he concluded his time voicing Elliot Birch in the eighth and final season of Netflix’s Big Mouth.

Armisen is perhaps best known for his 11 seasons on NBC’s Saturday Night Live, as co-creator and co-star of IFC’s Portlandia, and co-writer, co-star, and EP of HBO’s Spanish-Language series Los Espookys.

On the film side, he recently voiced a character in The Super Mario Bros. Movie and starred in Judd Apatow’s The Bubble.

He’s currently touring “Comedy For Musicians But Everyone Is Welcome” and just wrapped his Broadway debut in All In: Comedy About Love.

Al Calderon Lands Role on NBC’s “Brilliant Minds” for Season Two

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Al Calderon is preparing for a brilliant role…

The 31-year-old Latino American actor and Days of Our Lives star will appear on season two of NBC’s Brilliant Minds, premiering in September.

Al Calderon,Calderon joins fellow incoming series regulars Brian Altemus and John Clarence Stewart.

Inspired by the life and work of author and physician Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds follows Dr. Oliver Wolf (Zachary Quinto), a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist, and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.

Calderon will play Nurse Scotty Silva, who runs the hospital and looks good doing it. With charisma to spare, he’s widely regarded as the Mayor of Bronx General. His warm, funny and outgoing charm may or may not be the reason why he knows everything about everyone at work.

The cast also includes Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears and Donna Murphy.

Bellamy Young recently joined as a recurring guest star.

Calderon is a bilingual actor, singer and dancer whose work spans Broadway (13: A New Musical) and television (Step Up: Highwater).

Of Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Caucasian descent, Calderon is coming off a contract role on Days of Our Lives, but continues to play Javi Hernandez on the long-running Peacock sudser, returning with new episodes in 2026.

He was a former series regular in both YouTube Red/Starz’s dance series Step Up: Highwater & Snapchat’s Dead Girl’s Detective Agency.

His screen credits include Ryan Murphy’s Grotesquerie, Max’s Minx, AMC’s The Walking Dead: World Beyond, OWN’s The Haves and the Have Nots, and the Fox pilot Amy’s Brother opposite Melissa McCarthy.

On the feature side, he appeared in Detachment, Stealing Cars and the musical drama Hello Again opposite Audra McDonald and Martha Plimpton.

Octavio Pisano Returning to NBC’s “Law & Order SVU” for Season 27 Premiere Episode

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Octavio Pisano isn’t leave the force just year.

The 39-year-old Mexican American actor will return for the season opening episode of NBC’s Law & Order SVU.

Octavio Pisano, In May, it was revealed that Pisano and Juliana Aidén Martinez would not be returning to SVU as series regulars in the 27th season.

Martinez joined the cast last season as Detective Kate Silva, while Pisano was added in Season 23 as undercover detective Joe Velasco.

It was unclear whether the decision was made for creative or financial reasons — or both. There was a pattern of budget reductions across multiple NBC shows, impacting cast, episodes and other areas ahead of NBC’s upfronts in May.

NBC has yet to reveal its fall premiere dates.

Pisano’s previous credits include Coyote and the indie film Ms. Purple.

Earlier this month, Deadline broke the news that Martinez closed a deal to join CBS’ FBI for its upcoming eighth season. It hails from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television. No details about Martinez’s character have been provided.

Chris Estrada to Star in NBC Warehouse-Themed Comedy “Forklift”

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Chris Estrada has reached a fork(lift) in the road.

The Mexican American comedian, writer and producer will headline, co-write and executive produce Forklift, a single-camera warehouse comedy in development at NBC.

Chris Estrada

Former top Comedy Central executives Kent Alterman and Sarah Babineau will executive produce for Good Walk, the company they launched after leaving the cable network in the wake of the Viacom-CBS merger.

In Forklift, co-written by Estrada and Rick Cisario, Victor (Estrada), a forklift driver promoted to warehouse supervisor, finds that upward mobility comes with a cost when his friends and co-workers go from viewing him as their brother to now being part of “Big Brother.”

The series is inspired by real-life experiences by Estrada, who was still working at his warehouse job when he got the call that Hulu had taken his comedy series This Fool in for development.

Estrada and Cisario executive produce with Good Walk’s Alterman and Babineau as well as Jordan Tilzer. Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

The sale of Forklift comes amidst a major comeback for comedy series built around standup comedians.

Touring comedian Estrada, who has appeared on Comedy Central standup specials during Alterman and Babineau’s tenure there, previously co-created, executive produced and starred in the 2022 Hulu comedy series This Fool, which ran for two seasons.

He recently guest starred on the NBC/Universal TV sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez; co-wrote and starred in 5th of July; and will be seen in the upcoming Neon feature Wrong Girls opposite Kristen Stewart, Seth Rogen and Lakeith Stanfield.

Cisario is the writer of the upcoming feature Old Pals with Brian Cox, Henry Winkler, Emma Roberts and Evan Rachel Wood. His screenplay Supported is on the 2024 Blacklist’s Disability list.

Juliana Aidén Martinez to Star on Eighth Season of CBS’ “FBI”

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Juliana Aidén Martinez is joining the Fed.

The Latina actress will star on CBS’ FBI series as a series regular for its upcoming eighth season.

Juliana Aidén MartinezNo details about Martinez’s character are being provided.

With FBI‘s Stuart Scola (John Boyd) still looking for a permanent partner after the departure last fall of Tiffany Wallace (Katherine Renee Kane), Martinez could play a new agent paired with him.

Lisette Olivera was initially cast as a series regular last season to succeed Kane but left after a handful of episodes as Scola’s new partner Syd Ortiz.

Emily Alabi was subsequently added as a recurring, playing Dani Rhodes, a temporary partner for Scola. Alabi will return in the fall to wrap Dani’s story, sources tell Deadline.

In addition to Boyd, Martinez joins returning FBI series regulars Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, Jeremy Sisto and Alana de la Garza.

Martinez previously starred on Law & Order: SVU as a series regular.

Both Law & Order: SVU and FBI hail from Wolf Entertainment and Universal Television

Other actors who have moved from one Wolf Entertainment show to another as new characters include Dylan McDermott (Law & Order: Organized Crime to FBI: Most Wanted), Jesse Lee Soffer (Chicago P.D. to FBI: International) and, most recently, Brandon Larracuente (On Call to Chicago Fire).

Known for her breakout role in Netflix’s limited series Griselda opposite Sofia Vergara, Martinez played Detective Kate Silva on Season 26 of SVU.

Martinez also starred in the 2022 indie thriller Boundary and guest starred on 9-1-1, The Blacklist and Prodigal Son.

Aubrey Plaza to Appear in NBC’s Star-Studded Special “Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute”

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Aubrey Plaza is preparing to help honor a late comedy legend…

The 40-year-old half-Puerto Rican actress and comedian will take part in an NBC special commemorating Joan Rivers, whose influence is still strong in the comedy world and pop culture at large more than a decade after her death

Aubrey PlazaThe star-studded special Joan Rivers: A Dead Funny All-Star Tribute will be broadcast on May 13 at 10:00 pm ET/PT, with an extended and uncensored version available the next day on Peacock, featuring today’s comedians putting their own topical spin on Rivers’ legendary cabinet of jokes.

The comedian passed away at the age 81 in 2014.

Filmed in November during the opening night of the 2024 New York Comedy Festival at the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem, the special features appearances, musical bits and stand-up comedy from the likes of Rachel Brosnahan, Margaret Cho, Nikki Glaser, Tiffany Haddish, Chelsea Handler, Neil Patrick Harris, Bill Maher, Howie Mandel, Joel McHale, Tracy Morgan, Patton Oswalt, Plaza, Sarah Silverman, Melissa Rivers, Jean Smart and Rita Wilson.

“Given that I’m dead, I assume someone will finally decide to honor me. Well, it’s about time,” said the late Joan in a letter she left for daughter Melissa Rivers.

“This tribute is everything my mother would have wanted — hilarious, unfiltered and filled with people she respected (and roasted). And as usual, she was still the funniest person in the room,” added Melissa in her own statement. “It’s incredibly moving to see so many iconic comedians come together to celebrate her legacy, especially the women whose careers she helped make possible by breaking down so many doors. I know she’d be thrilled to see how far things have come, and she’d still have notes. This is more than a tribute. It’s a reminder of the trail she blazed and the joy she brought to so many.”

Benefitting the charity God’s Love We Deliver, for which Rivers served on the Board of Directors, the special is executive produced by Melissa Rivers, Chris Convy, Erich Bergen and David Jammy on behalf of Done + Dusted. Michael Matuza is co-executive producer.

NBC Developing Drama Series Starring Jon Huertas Based on Candace Fox’s Novel “Fire with Fire”

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Jon Huertas is returning to acting…

NBC is developing a drama starring the 55-year-old Puerto Rican actor, who will executive produce alongside The Rookie and The Recruit creator Alexi Hawley.

Jon Huertas

Wendy Mericle is writing the untitled project based on the novel Fire with Fire by bestselling author Candice Fox.

Executive producer Sherry Marsh acquired the rights to the book while under her deal at eOne. It comes from Lionsgate Television, where Hawley is under an overall deal, and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Huertas and Mericle executive produce alongside Hawley, through Perfectman Pictures and Marsh for Marsh Entertainment. Perfectman’s Rachel Abarbanell will co-executive produce.

This is Huertas’ return to acting following a two-year break while focusing on directing, and to NBC where he starred on their smash hit series This Is Us in the series regular role of Miguel Rivas.

The official logline for the new project: When a pair of grieving parents hijack an LAPD forensics lab and threaten to start destroying evidence until the police find their missing daughter, an unlikely partnership between grizzled undercover cop Enrique Arroyo (Huertas) and rookie flame-out Lynette Lamb is forged as they race to solve this cold case before the situation explodes.

If the show goes to series, Huertas will be one of the growing number of Latino leads currently on TV alongside George Lopez in NBC’s Lopez vs. Lopez, Ramon Rodriguez on ABC’s Will Trent, Manuel Garcia Rulfo in Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer, Eugenio Derbez in Apple’s Acapulco and Diego Luna in the Disney+ series Star Wars: Andor.

Huertas is best known for his roles in HBO’s Generation Kill, ABC’s Castle and the Emmy-winning series This Is Us. He is developing the new show with his longtime manager Marsh and bringing it to his longtime collaborator Hawley.