{
  "id": 2006611,
  "title": "How ‘The Pitt,’ ‘Widow’s Bay’ and ‘Pluribus’ Casting Directors Found Their Emmy-Worthy Town Locals, Hospital Patients and Hive Mind Members",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/how-the-pitt-widows-bay-and-pluribus-casting-directors-found-their",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-19T18:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/artisans/features/hacks-widows-bay-the-pitt-casting-small-emmy-nominated-parts-1236837488/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "For casting directors, there is no such thing as a small part. Shows like “Widow’s Bay,” “Hacks,” “Pluribus” and “The Pitt” not only made an impression with the Television Academy across the board, but saw many of their supporting actors and guest stars land nominations. Working character actors like Kate O’Flynn, Carlos Manuel Vesga, Lauren […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}