· There are pilot recastings and then there are pilot recasting massacres -- and today's news about ABC's drama pilot Edgar Floats falls into the latter. The network ordered six scripts from writer Rand Ravich and is considering Edgar for midseason pickup... with an almost entirely different cast. That means that lead Tom Cavanagh (R.I.P. Ed) as well as co-stars Alicia Witt, Derek Webster, Alex Solowitz and Raoul Trujillo have all been forcibly removed from the project. Robert Patrick is the only actor remaining on the series, about a police psychologist-turned bounty hunter. [Deadline]
NCIS secures its lead for a few more years, USA Network gets into the ice cream business, and more TV Bites after the jump.
· NCIS star Michael Weatherly has signed another multi-year deal to stay at the CBS series. [EW]
· USA Network is dispatching an ice cream truck to Los Angeles areas with heavy concentrations of industry-types to distribute free For Emmy Consideration ice cream sandwiches named after the network's shows. [Deadline]
· NBC has added 90210 actress Mekia Cox to J.J. Abrams' Undercover series. [THR]
