With pilots for the new TV season soon to begin filming, casting is solidifying up on various shows with a bunch of famous names from big screen and small leading the way. Here's the latest collection of updates, many of which from come from the great guys at Mediasharx:

- Gary Sinese is in apparent talks to topline the new "CSI: New York" spin-off

- Teri Hatcher has joined ABC's "Desperate Housewives" which revolves around the secretive lives of the residents of a neighborhood cul-de-sac. Hatcher plays a lonely divorcee.

- Selma Blair will also return to television with the ABC pilot "Demarco Affairs". Blair will play one of three sisters who inherit their family's wedding planning business.

- Jennifer Love Hewitt will star in a new ABC pilot as sports producer and single mother that unwillingly becomes an on-camera reporter. No name yet.

- Taye Diggs will star in "Kevin Hill", a new UPN pilot from Mel Gibson. Diggs will star as Kevin Hill a lawyer/playboy that that has to dial back his wild life after he is forced to take custody of his niece after her parents are killed in a car crash

- "House of Sand & Fog" actress Shohreh Aghdashlo has joined ABC pilot "The Secret Service". She plays the boss of the Washington divison and the female lead who struggles to balance her home and work lives.

- Tim Daly is in final negotiations to star in ABC's pilot "Eyes" as the president of a high-powered risk management company.

- Aisha Tyler has joined an untitled CBS sitcom pilot as a sophisticated single New Yorker who makes a career jump from a small fashion house to a large corporation.

- Jeff Goldblum will star in the NBC pilot about the relationship between a millionaire/playboy and his therapist.

- Christopher Lloyd & Kirsten Storms have signed on for the CBS pilot "Clubhouse", a coming-of-age drama about a New York Yankees batboy who has no idea his family connections got him the job. Mel Gibson is producing.

- Chris O'Donnell & Jay Harrington have joined "The Amazing Westerburgs" about two Manhattanite brothers that were raised to believe they could do anything - but have hard time finding success.

- Rachel Shelley and Kristoffer Polaha will star in Fox's "Oahu" which follows the relationships between the wealthy guests of a luxurious Hawaiian hotel and the employees that work there.

- Bridget Moynahan is in talks for a role in "Sex Talk"

- Mike Erwin ("Everwood") will play Major Don West in The WB's "The Robinsons: Lost in Space" remake.

- Matthew Long & Christine Lahti have joined The WB's "Jack & Bobby" about a single mother raising two boys, one of which will grow up to be President.

- Judy Greer is up for the lead in "Kat Plus One".

- Heaps of details on The WB's attempt to redux "Dark Shadows" are up at BarnabasUndead.

Thanks to 'Undies' & 'Marcus'.