Pilot casting updates: How I Met My Daughters

As the castings continue actors who appear only in secondary or returning roles hope to catch a lead in one of the 80-something pilots that have been ordered for fall season. And today, there are two famous well known TV daughters making their way to a lead. Oh, they grow up so fast.

Elisha Cuthbert, who's best known for her role as daughter of Jack Bauer on 24 (and of course 'The Girl Next Door'), will star on ABC's comedy pilot Happy Endings. Cuthbert will play a bride who, after breaking up with her groom at the altar, must figure out how to maintain relationships with their group of friends.

Second, Lyndsy Fonseca who perfected surprised, grossed out or shocked looks as Ted's future daughter on How I Met Your Mother will co-star opposite Maggie Q in The CW's Nikita.

Off-topic, Will Sasso and Stephanie Lemelin joined CBS' twitter-show Sh*t My Dad Says while Traylor Howard has been cast as the female lead on an untitled comedy pilot for ABC. Maria Thayer, Laureen Weedman and Mahaley Hessam have been cast in Larry Charles' NBC comedy pilot Our Show. James Frain has landed a lead in NBC's drama The Cape. Stephen Rea has boarded CBS's drama Chaos while David Gallagher joined CW's Betwixt. Sonja Sohn joins ABC's Body Of Evidence and Raoul Trujillo has been cast in ABC's Edgar Floats.