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“West Wing” vets Bradley Whitford and Tim Busfield have been repurposed to fill key roles in “West Wing” creator Aaron Sorkin’s backstage-at-faux-SNL hourlong “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” which NBC premieres this autumn.
Red-hot “Deadwood” actress Sarah Paulson (remember the hologram scientist eaten by Reavers in “Serenity”?) has landed the pivotal role of the show-within-the-show’s star cast member, Harriet Hayes.
Read all about “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” (formerly “Studio 7 on the Sunset Strip”) here.
For those keeping track, here’s where the project’s casting stands:
Matt Albie, new “Studio 60” head writer: MATTHEW PERRY (“Friends”)
Danny Moore, new “Studio 60” executive producer: BRADLEY WHITFORD (“The West Wing”)
Wes Mendel, exiled “Studio 60” creator: STILL UNCAST
Harriet Hayes, “Studio 60” star: SARAH PAULSON (“Deadwood”)
Tom Jeter, “Studio 60” star: NATHAN CORDDRY (“The Daily Show”)
Simon Stiles, “Studio 60” star: D.L. HUGHLEY (“The Hughleys”)
Wilson White, UBS corporate overlord: STILL UNCAST
Jack Rudolph, UBS chairman: STEVEN WEBER (“Wings”)
Jordan McDeere, UBS president: AMANDA PEET (“Syriana”)
Ron Oswald, “Studio 60” hack: EVAN HANDLER (“Sex and the City”)
Ricky Beck, “Studio 60” hack: CARLOS JACOTT (“Fun With Dick and Jane”)
Cal, “Studio 60” director: TIM BUSFIELD (“The West Wing”)
Jerry, “Studio 60” censor: MICHAEL STUHLBERG (Broadway’s “The Pillowman”)
