The CW has made five new drama series pickups, with all early standouts making the cut. That includes the Sex And The City prequel The Carrie Diaries, the Green Arrow-themed Arrow, the contemporary reboot of the 1980s series Beauty and the Beast, mystery Cult and medical drama First Cut starring Mamie Gummer. Picking up five new scripted series is a record for the CW which, under new topper Mark Pedowitz, has vowed to increase the amount of originals on the air at any time, avoiding long spells of repeats.

Beauty And The Beast is exec produced by Jennifer Levin, Sherri Cooper, Bill Haber, Paul J. Witt & Tony Thomas, Ron Koslow and the pilot’s director Gary Fleder.

Can’t believe this!!! We’re so happy for Nic!!!! This is amazing! We can’t wait! Congrats to the cast & crew!!!!

We added 16 high quality episode stills from Make It or Break It episodes we didn’t have in the Gallery and new episode stills from Season 3! Check them out! Nicole looks beautiful!

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Make It or Break It > Season 3 > Episode Stills >3×02 It Takes Two
Make It or Break It > Season 3 > Episode Stills >3×03 Time is of the Essence
Make It or Break It > Season 3 > Episode Stills >3×05 Dream On

Nicole Gale Anderson (Jonas) and newcomer Nina Lisandrello have been cast in the CW’s drama pilot Beauty And The Beast. Loosely based on the 1980s CBS series starring Linda Hamilton, CW’s Beauty And The Beast is described as a modern-day romantic love story with a procedural twist.
 It centers on Catherine (Kristin Kreuk), a tough-minded NYPD homicide detective and the Beast, Vincent Koslow, the survivor of a military experiment that went disastrously wrong. Lisandrello, repped by Leading Artists andInvictus Entertainment, will play Tess, Catherine’s partner and friend on the Homicide Squad. Anderson, repped by Paradigm and The Marshak/Zachary Co., will play Catherine’s younger sister. She has been recurring on ABC Family’s Make It or Break It.

OMG this is so exciting! We can’t wait! hopefully it will be picked up!!!! Congrats Nic!!

As one of Hollywood’s most talented, rising stars under 25, actress Nicole Gale Anderson is keeping busy with a handful of projects, including ABC Family’s “Make It or Break It,” guest-starring roles on the ABC comedy “Happy Endings” and The CW’s “Ringer,” and two independent movies currently in post-production.

While she prepared for her recent trip to Nashville, Tennessee, where she was scheduled to film the independent movie “Lukewarm,” she took some time to talk about her whirlwind summer and the exciting new projects she is working on.

“I’m in a position in my career where I worked consistently with children’s programming and now I’m trying to gradually make my way into an older audience,” Anderson said. “So I’m definitely enjoying these different guest-starring roles.”

We added 8 high quality episode stills from Nicole’s guest appearance on the Second Season of Happy Endings in the episode 2×02 Baby Steps. Check them out! She looks beautiful!

HAPPY ENDINGS – “Baby Steps” – Alex’s cute line of slogan t-shirts for babies (“Put Me to Bed”) become inappropriately popular with teen girls, who make her store their newest hangout. They’re also in awe of Alex and Penny. Meanwhile, Jane channels her inner mom as she goes in search of her “egg daughter,” the now 11-year-old girl she thinks is the result of the egg she donated in college, on “Happy Endings,” WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5 (9:31-10:00 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

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Nicole Anderson has a pretty impressive Disney/Nickelodeon resume under her belt, but this fall, she’ll be playing with the grownups on Sarah Michelle Gellar’s new series, Ringer.

The 21-year old actress has the trifecta of teenie-bopper guest spots, appearing on iCarly, Hannah Montana, and Zoey 101. She also had recurring roles on ABC Family’s Make It or Break It and Jonas. Nicole plays a character named Monica on Ringer, whom we assume will be a contemporary of Siobhan’s (Sarah Michelle Gellar) rebellious step-daughter Juliet (Zoey Deutch).

Stay tuned to Ringer, premiering Tuesday, Sept. 13, to see if we’re right!

Heads up to Happy Endings‘ female trio: The Mean Girls are coming! The ABC comedy has tapped The Secret Life of the American Teenager‘s Megan Park and Make It or Break It‘s Nicole Gale Anderson to play a pair of high school beeotches named Chloe and Madison who drop by Alex’s (Elisha Cuthbert) store and instantly connect with her and Penny (Casey Wilson).

Turns out the teen terrors decide they want to be just like Alex and Penny when they grow up — that is until Jane (Eliza Coupe) enters the picture and drives their cool quotient way down.

Park and Anderson are set to appear in Endings‘ second episode, slated to air Oct. 5.