· After his two-man play took home six Tonys last night, John Logan is adapting his Miraculous Year into an HBO drama pilot that Kathryn Bigelow is set to direct. Eddie Redmayne, who won the award for featured actor, is in talks to reprise his role in the television adaptation. Meanwhile, Hope Davis, Frank Langella, Patti LuPone and Norbert Leo Butz are considering joining the the project, which centers on a charismatic, self-destructive Broadway composer and lyricist. Butz would play the composer, Langella would play Butz's father, Davis would take the role of Butz's sister, LuPone will stretch to play a Broadway diva and Redmayne would embody a sexy singer/dancer in Butz's new show. [Deadline]
Ed Asner finds another project to showcase his gruffness, Lifetime finds the lead for an Army Wives spinoff, and more TV Bites after the jump.
· Seven-time Emmy winner Ed Asner has been cast opposite Tom Arnold in CMT's untitled comedy pilot from David Litt. The multi-cam will center on a Arnold's character as he strives for an empty next. Asner will play Arnold's gruff father. [Deadline]
· Lifetime has cast Gabrielle Union in its upcoming Army Wives spinoff. [THR]
· Syfy has renewed Ghost Hunters for a seventh season. [THR]
· Viewership of the World Cup's first five matches has doubled from four years ago. ESPN and ABC reached nearly 5 million viewers this weekend. [THR]
