Jenna-Louise Coleman in 'Doctor Who': First official picture released

Jenna-Louise Coleman in 'Doctor Who': First official picture released

The first official Doctor Who photograph of Jenna-Louise Coleman has been released.

The British actress, who is best known for her previous role as Jasmine in Emmerdale, was recently announced as the latest female sidekick for the Time Lord.

In the image - revealed on BBC America's Tumblr page - Coleman can be seen wearing a multi-coloured jumper and standing in front of the legendary TARDIS.

When Coleman joins Doctor Who in series seven, she will replace The Doctor's current companions Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) and Rory Williams (Arthur Darvill). Her first scenes will air around Christmas.

Doctor Who star Matt Smith recently praised the "exciting" appointment of Coleman, saying that she gave the "most interesting" audition in front of showrunner Steven Moffat.

Coleman added: "I'm beyond excited, I can't wait to get cracking; working alongside Matt I know is going to be enormous fun and a huge adventure. [He] did my audition with me. It was fun and I felt like we were in it together."

'SNL' Vet Jenny Slate Joins CBS Comedy Pilot 'Super Fun Night'

'SNL' Vet Jenny Slate Joins CBS Comedy Pilot 'Super Fun Night'

She joins the previously cast Rebel Wilson, Alan Ritchson and Kevin Bishop in the project about three nerdy friends looking to have "super fun" every Friday night.

The Saturday Night Live comedian has joined the CBS comedy, centered on three nerdy female friends on their “funcomfortable” quest to have “super fun” every Friday night. The project hails from writer, co-executive producer and star Rebel Wilson.

Slate will play Helen-Alice, best friend to Wilson’s Kimmie, in the multicamera comedy from Conan O’Brien’s Conaco in association with Warner Bros. Television. In addition to Wilson, she joins the previously cast Alan Ritchson and Kevin Bishop.

The half-hour project counts O'Brien, Jeff Ross (Conan) and David Kissinger (Eagleheart, Andy Barker, P.I.) as executive producers.

Slate, whose other credits include Bored to Death and Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, is repped by WME.

'Dolphin Tale' Star Nathan Gamble Joins NBC's 'The Frontier' Pilot (Exclusive)

'Dolphin Tale' Star Nathan Gamble Joins NBC's 'The Frontier' Pilot (Exclusive)

The 14-year-old will play a series regular if the network picks up the series.

NBC’s western drama pilot has added a new member to its pioneering cast.

Nathan Gamble has joined The Frontier. He’ll play one of the lead roles, Samuel Hale, a young  boy who sets off with his family on a dangerous trip. Haunted by dreams of a lost loved one, Samuel takes off on his own quest to follow his visions. If NBC picks up the series, Gamble will be a regular.

The pilot, from writer/executive producer Shaun Cassidy, revolves around a group who follows their dreams and heads West from Missouri across the unchartered country in the 1840s.

He joins the project’s ensemble cast, which includes Ethan Embry, Megan Ferguson, Jake McLaughlin, Bridget Regan, Al Weaver, Chaske Spencer, and Gina Bramhill.

Thomas Schlamme will direct and exec produce the drama from Sony Pictures Television and Prospect Park.

Gamble, 14, played Sawyer Nelson in the movie Dolphin Tale, and appeared in The Dark Knight. His TV credits include NCIS: Los Angeles, CSI, Private Practice, and House.

He is represented by Paradigm, Strong Management, and Morris Yorn Barnes Levine Krintzman Rubenstein & Kohner.

'Hell on Wheels' Ups Robin McLeavy to Series Regular

'Hell on Wheels' Ups Robin McLeavy to Series Regular

The actress plays the tattooed Eva on the Western drama, a character based on Olive Oatman.

Actress Robin McLeavy has been upped from recurring to series regular on the Western drama, The Hollywood Reporter has learned exclusively.

McLeavy plays the tattooed Eva, who in the season finale of the drama based on the building of the first transcontinental railroad was last seen parting ways with Common's Elam and setting up a potential new love interest in Irishman Toole (Duncan Ollerenshaw). The character is based on the life of Olive Oatman.

AMC renewed the drama, which ranks as its second-highest original series premiere, in December.

The Western marked the fifth of six original series to stretch beyond freshman seasons as AMC continues to find success with scripted fare, joining Walking Dead, Mad Men, Breaking Bad and The Killing. In addition, the series has proven a valuable property internationally.

McLeavy, who appeared in eight of the series' 10 freshman season episodes, next has Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter due in June. She's repped by UTA, Wishlab and attorney Jodi Peikoff.

A premiere date for Season 2 of Hell on Wheels has not yet been determined.

Variety For Sale!

Variety For Sale!

Reed can see that Variety’s best days are behind it: that awards advertising has slumped, that its paywall isn’t the panacea now that its print edition is too thin and its online posting not a priority, and that its showbiz reporting is increasingly inaccurate. (Just today, Variety wrongly claimed that The Hunger Games‘ midnight shows grossed $25M when the real number was $19.75M.) Why, just the other month, I was having a conversation with Neil Stiles where he admitted to me that a recent survey conducted by Variety showed that Deadline was the most consumed online trade by the entertainment industry: way more than Variety, and way way more than The Hollywood Reporter. (Stiles also confirmed to me he’s working without a contract but denies rumors that he’s on the way out and about to retire to his new home in Florida.) Meanwhile, other media outlets keep reporting that investor Guggenheim Partners wants to sell The Hollywood Reporter and would love any decent offer for the red ink-hemorrhaging celebrity sheet since its parent company Prometheus Global Media is so embattled right now. On the other hand, lean and mean and thriving Deadline Hollywood is not for sale by parent company Penske Media Corp.

This month marks the 6th anniversary of my founding of online Deadline Hollywood, and it constantly amazes me how far we’ve come compared to Variety’s 100+year and The Hollywood Reporter’s 80+year ossified histories. In fact we continue to expand. Deadline Hollywood’s content from our must-read online edition now goes into print publications (7 issues apiece for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 movie awards seasons, 3 issues for the 2011 Emmy season and 6 upcoming for the 2012 Emmy season), and television (deals continue to be made for the parent company PMC’s new ENTV division with studios in both Los Angeles and New York City), and YouTube (PMC deal struck with Google for YouTube primary channel specializing in breaking entertainment news), and content syndication (deals signed with newspapers and Internet giants), etc. Thank you, readers.

Delta Burke To Star In ‘Counter Culture’, ‘How To Live’ & ‘Mistresses’ Add To Casts

Delta Burke To Star In ‘Counter Culture’, ‘How To Live’ & ‘Mistresses’ Add To Casts

Designing women alumna Delta Burke is set as a lead of another comedy about sisters running a business together, ABC/Sony TV’s multi-camera pilot Counter Culture. Written and executive produced by writer-actress Stephnie Weir and executive produced by Claudia Lonow, Counter Culture revolves around three sisters, Billie (Kerri Kenney), Nonie (Burke) and Joyce (Margo Martindale), running their family diner together in West Texas who find that sibling dynamics are always getting in the way of getting the job done. Nonie is the put upon middle sister, a dreamer.

Orlando Jones has joined Claudia Lonow’s other ABC comedy pilot, How to Live With Your Parents For The Rest Of Your Life, which she wrote. The multi-camera/hybrid comedy, from 20th TV and Imagine, centers on Polly (Sarah Chalke), a recently divorced single mom, who moves in with her eccentric parents, Elaine and Max, (Brad Garrett, Elizabeth Perkins) a couple who’s full of life but knows no boundaries. Jones, repped by Paradigm and New Wave, will play Gregg, Polly’s best friend and boss, the only one who truly understands her and is there for her in the midst of the insanity. He also did an ABC pilot last year, drama Identity, and recently did an arc on USA’s Necessary Roughness.

Jason George and Brett Tucker have been cast as regulars in ABC’s drama series Mistresses. The soap, written by KJ Steinberg, is based on the British format. It centers on four women, April (Rochelle Aytes), Josslyn (Jes Macallan), Katie (Yunjin Kim) and Josslyn’s older sister Sarah (Milano), chronicling their sometimes scandalous romantic lives. George, repped by APA and Management 360, will play the handsome Dominic, who works in the same law office with Sarah and eventually has an affair with her. Aussie Tucker, repped by UTA, Evolution and Australia’s Aran Michael, will play Harry, Sarah’s loving husband, a successful restaurant owner.

EMMYS: FX’s ‘American Horror Story’ To Compete In Miniseries Category

EMMYS: FX’s ‘American Horror Story’ To Compete In Miniseries Category

FX’s anthology drama series American Horror Story will be submitted as a miniseries for Emmy consideration. FX made an inquiry, and after The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Awards Committee and Board of Governors ruled that AHS is eligible for both the Drama Series and Miniseries categories, the network has opted to enter it as a mini.

That will obviously increase the show’s chances for trophies as the drama series field will be crowded this season with the addition of Downton Abbey, which won the best movie/miniseries Emmy last year and has now moved to the best drama series category, and the return of Breaking Bad in Emmy contention. Of course, AHS co-star Jessica Lange, who already won a Golden Globe and a SAG Award in the drama series categories, is a frontrunner for an Emmy regardless of the field she is submitted in.

Because of its anthology format, meaning new storylines, characters and cast each season, a season of AHS could be perceived as a miniseries/limited series.