Update: 'Chuck,' 'V' Reportedly Renewed; ABC Picks Up 6 More Pilots

(Update 5/14 11 a.m. PST: "Chuck" creator Josh Schwartz just tweeted: "Just got the official call: thank you Chuck fans for getting us a 4th season! Thrilled to keep working with amazing cast & crew." NBC has still refused to comment.)

"Chuck" has been renewed for a fourth season by NBC, which ordered a 13-episode run of the cult hit, and ABC has renewed the alien-invasion saga "V," Michael Ausiello at EW.com reports.

The news came amid a flurry of pickup announcements from three of the Big Four networks — including word that "Mike & Molly," from "Two and a Half Men" and "Big Bang Theory" creator Chuck Lorre, was being picked up by CBS, Deadline reported.

Calls to the networks by TheWrap were not immediately returned Thursday evening. Ausiello said NBC reps declined to comment on the "Chuck" renewal.

Also Thursday, ABC announced six pilot pickups. Three comedies ("Better Together," "Happy Endings" and "Mr. Sunshine") and three dramas ("My Generation" formerly known as "Generation Y"; "Detroit 1-8-7"; and "The Whole Truth."

Descriptions of ABC’s shows from its press release follow …

HAPPY ENDINGS

Single-Camera Comedy

Production Credit: A FanFare Production in association with Sony Pictures Television

Network: ABC

Writer: David Caspe

Executive Producer: Jamie Tarses, Jonathan Goff, Anthony Russo & Joe Russo

Co-Executive Producer: David Caspe

Director: Joe Russo & Anthony Russo

Logline: A couple breaks up at the altar – they and their group of friends have to figure out how to maintain their

friendships after the split.

Cast: Eliza Coupe (Jane); Elisha Cuthbert (Alex); Zachary Knighton (Dave); Adam Pally (Max)

Damon Wayans, Jr. (Brad) and Casey Wilson (Penny)

MR. SUNSHINE

Single-Camera Comedy

Production Credit: The project is a Matthew Perry Production, Shoe Money Productions, Barnow and Firek

Productions and FanFare Production in association with Sony Pictures Television

Network: ABC

Writers: Matthew Perry, Alex Barnow & Mark Firek

Executive Producers: Matthew Perry, Thomas Schlamme, Alex Barnow, Mark Firek, Jamie Tarses,

Director: Thomas Schlamme

Logline: Perry stars as a man who realizes on his 40^th birthday that he cannot get by on his charming, funny,

non-committal ways anymore. He also manages a bunch of characters at an aging local sports stadium in San Diego.

Cast: Matthew Perry (Ben); Allison Janney (Crystal); Andrea Anders (Alice); James Lesure (Alonzo)

Nate Torrence (Roman); Portia Doubleday

BETTER TOGETHER (fka COUPLES; aka UNTITLED SHANA GOLDBERG-MEEHAN PROJECT)

Multi-Camera Comedy

Production Credit: Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Silver and Gold Productions and Warner Bros. Television

Network: ABC

Writer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan

Executive Producer: Shana Goldberg-Meehan

Director: James Burrows

Logline: Romantic comedy about two couples, one in a very slow moving relationship, the other in a fast

one, which asks the age-old question: in life and love, is it better to be the tortoise or the hare?

Cast: JoAnna Garcia (Mia); Jennifer Finnigan (Maddie); Josh Cooke (Ben); Jake Lacy (Casey)

with Kurt Fuller (Joel) and Debra Jo Rupp (Vicky)

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MY GENERATION

Production Credit: ABC Studios

Network: ABC

Writer: Noah Hawley

Executive Producers: Noah Hawley, Warren Littlefield, Henrik Bastin, Peter Magnasson, Martin Piersson

Director: Craig Gillespie

Logline: A scripted documentary-style dramedy that follows a disparate group of former high school classmates, tracking their paths over the past 10 years and the events that have shaped their lives.

Cast: Michael Stahl David (Steven); Kelli Garner (Dawn); Jaime King (Jackie); Keir O’Donnell (Kenneth)

Daniella Alonso (Brenda); Julian Morris (Anders); Anne Son (Caroline); Mehcad Brooks (Rolly)

Sebastian Sozzi (Falcon)

DETROIT 1-8-7
Production Credit: ABC Studios
Network: ABC
Writer: Jason Richman
Executive Producers: Jason Richman, Todd Lieberman, David Hoberman, David Zabel
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Logline: Seen through the cameras of a fictitious documentary crew, 187 DETROIT is a real but humorous look at Detroit’s top homicide division.

Cast: Michael Imperioli (Det. Fitch); Jon Michael Hill (Det. Damon Washington); Aisha Hinds (Lieutenant Maureen Mason); James McDaniel (Sergeant Jesse Longford); Natalie Martinez (Det. Ariana Sanchez),D.J. Cotrona (John Smith); Shaun Majumder (Det. Aman Mahajan)

THE WHOLE TRUTH

Production credit: Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Warner Bros. Television

Network: ABC

Writer: Tom Donaghy

Executive Producers: Jerry Bruckheimer, Jonathan Littman, Alex Graves (pilot only)

Co-Executive Producers: Tom Donaghy, KristieAnn Reed

Director: Alex Graves

Logline: A legal drama that has a unique alternative narrative structure which shows both the defense and prosecution sides equally and keeps the audience guessing and shifting allegiances on guilt or innocence until the very final scene.

Cast: Rob Morrow (Jimmy Nolan); Joely Richardson (Kathryn Peale); Eamonn Walker (Senior ADA Terence “Edge” Edgecomb); Sean Wing (Chad); Anthony Ruivivar (Alejo) Christine Adams (Lena)

Hoa Xuande in "The Sympathizer" (Credit: Hopper Stone/HBO)

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