Shannon Elizabeth and Marques Houston have been tapped to topline UPN's potential spinoff of the hit comedy "One on One," while "Major Dad" star Gerald McRaney is taking on another dad role in the WB Network's untitled Flebotte/Burnett comedy pilot. In other pilot casting news, Rena Sofer has been tapped to star in "Blind Justice," Steven Bochco's drama pilot for ABC, Steven Eckholdt has come aboard ABC's comedy "Plan B," Stephen Dunham is the first cast in NBC's comedy "D.O.T.s," Paula Marshall and Elizabeth Lackey are set to star in CBS' drama "Cooking Lessons," actress-singer Vanessa Williams has come on board UPN's drama "Beck and Call," Ryan Pinkston has joined the cast of Fox's untitled Mark Reisman comedy and Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar have joined the WB's untitled Dana & Julia comedy. [...] UPN has given a late drama pilot presentation order to "2 Kings," a show about two high school boys from different sides of the tracks who discover friendship in 1970s New York.

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