NBC Passes On Legally Mad, Lost And Found

David E. Kelley’s legal drama Legally Mad is not going forward at NBC. After keeping the pilot in contention for midseason, the network has decided to pass, triggering a seven-figure penalty to the Warner Brothers TV-produced drama. There are no immediate plans for the project to be shopped elsewhere.

Also not expected to make it on NBC is the Dick Wolf-produced Lost & Found. There has been talk about shopping the quirky crime procedural starring Katee Sackhoff to cable network USA. The network already has a relationship with Wolf through his Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which moved to USA from NBC. USA also has a law enforcement drama with a strong female lead in In Plain Sight.

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Brian Cox Lands On NBC’s Lost And Found, Kings

Emmy winner Brian Cox has been tapped to co-star opposite Katee Sackhoff on the network’s Dick Wolf-produced drama pilot Lost and Found. The hourlong drama centers on Tessa (Katee Sackhoff), an offbeat LAPD detective who, after butting heads with the higher-ups, is sent as a punishment to the basement to work on John Doe and Jane Doe cases. Cox will play Tessa’s fractious partner Burt Macey, a foul-mouthed, racist dinosaur of a cop who does things the old-fashioned way: with blunt force and bigoted rants.

Cox has also landed a major four-episode arc on NBC’s midseason drama series Kings. The show centers on David (Christopher Egan), an idealistic soldier who joins the court of King Silas (Ian McShane), monarch of the modern nation of Gilboa. Cox will play Silas’ nemesis, former King Vesper.