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Updated, with NFL comment: A New York congressman fired off an angry letter to NBC Sports and NFL executives, complaining that the move of Saturday’s Chiefs vs. Dolphins wild card game to air exclusively on a subscription streaming service was a “bait-and-switch” being played on consumers.

The letter from Rep. Pat Ryan (D-ny) was sent to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and NBC Sports president Rick Cordella.

Ryan wrote on X/Twitter, “How much more profit do Goodell and NBC need to make at the expense of hard working Americans? I’m demanding @NFL and @NBCSports end this Peacock bait-and-switch Bs and offer the Dolphins-Chiefs game on TV. Millions of loyal fans already pay for NBC. Let us watch the damn game!”

In the letter, Ryan wrote, “The NFL playoffs will begin tomorrow, and millions of fans are looking forward to kicking back and watching their favorite teams play. It...

Former Law & Order: Svu cast member Raul Esparza has lined up a new TV role: The actor — who left Svu last month — will co-star in the NBC drama pilot Suspicion, our sister site Deadline reports.

The Hitchcockian thriller is about a man named Danny (13 Reasons Why‘s Derek Luke) who is coerced into working as an informant for the FBI to earn back his freedom. Esparza will play Tom Carter, who bonds instantly with Danny when the two realize they share similar histories.

In other pilot casting news, per Deadline:

* Jorja Fox (CSI) will star in the CBS drama Chiefs,...

The Flash’s Violett Beane is taking on a new gig in the Berlanti-verse.

The actress will star opposite The Mayor‘s Brandon Micheal Hall in the CBS dramedy pilot God Friended Me, from Flash producer Greg Berlanti, our sister site Deadline reports.

Beane — who recurs on the aforementioned CW series as speedster Jesse Quick — will play a confident and quick-witted online magazine writer whose life takes an interesting turn when she meets Miles (Hall), an outspoken atheist who is “friended” by God.

In other pilot casting news, per Deadline:

* Shelley Hennig (Teen Wolf) will co-star in ABC’s comedic...

Battlestar Galactica alum Michael Trucco is set as a series regular opposite Aunjanue Ellis and Alana De La Garza in CBS drama pilot Chiefs, from David Hudgins and Carol Mendelsohn. Written by Hudgins and directed by Zetna Fuentes, Chiefs explores the professional and personal lives of three driven, successful but very different women, who are each Chiefs of Police of their own precincts in L.A. County. They band together to create a task force to catch a dangerous serial…...

The ax has fallen again at Quantico: TVLine has confirmed that original cast member Aunjanue Ellis — who played ex-assistant director Miranda Shaw — will not be returning for the ABC drama’s upcoming third season. As we reported on Friday, Ellis has nabbed a lead role in the CBS drama Chiefs, which explores the professional and personal lives of three different female police chiefs in Los Angeles.

For those keeping track at home, Ellis’ now-official dismissal brings the number of Quantico cuts to three; she joins Pearl Thusi and Yasmine Al Massari in the swelling Quantico Alumni Club. The departures are...

Zach Gilford‘s next role is a far cry from Matt Saracen.

The Friday Night Lights alum has joined NBC’s untitled Bad Boys spinoff, which finds Gabrielle Union reprising her film role as Syd Burnett, who is now an Lapd detective.

Gilford — who also appears on the network’s upcoming drama Good Girls — will play Lapd homicide detective Ben Walker, a smart man with a smarter mouth who comes from money, our sister site Deadline reports. Duane Martin (All of Us) has been tapped as Walker’s competitive partner Ben Baines.

In other pilot casting news, per Deadline:

* Freddie Prinze Jr....

Aunjanue Ellis (Quantico) has been tapped as one of the three leads alongside Alana De La Garza in CBS drama pilot Chiefs, from David Hudgins and Carol Mendelsohn. Written by Hudgins and directed by Zetna Fuentes, Chiefs explores the professional and personal lives of three driven, successful, but very different women — two of them of them played by Ellis and De La Garza — who are each Chiefs of Police of their own precincts in L.A. County. They band together to create a…...

Spring has officially sprung in the City Within a Forest (even though you could say it happened as early as February). And while Atlanta isn’t usually as walkable as cities on the East Coast, this week—and this weather—has plenty of events to get you out and about. Here are seven activities to get you through the week. Imagine fairy tales are real.Agatha’s, a murder-centric theater that has been “entertaining Atlanta with its unique, original, and hilarious murder mysteries” for over 25 years is staging its last weeks of “Once Upon a Murder.” Along with a group of friends, lose yourself as the characters of a “timeless tale of treachery and treason in a kingdom far, far away.” (Tickets: dependent on group size) Create magic.Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love” comes to Unity North Atlanta on April 24 to discuss her thoughts on creativity. We don...