'Family' affair for Coolidge, Ruck at ABC
Jennifer Coolidge and Alan Ruck have been tapped to star in ABC's comedy pilot Family of the Year.
Additionally, Alanna Ubach has joined Fox's comedy pilot Playing Chicken, Josh Dean has come aboard another Fox comedy pilot, The Beast, Alex Borstein has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot The Thick of It, and Anna Chlumsky has landed a lead in CW's comedy pilot Eight Days a Week.
Family, from 20th TV, revolves around the Halloways, a 10-time winner of the "family of the year" title in their dusty New Mexico home town. Coolidge, recently seen in Click and For Your Consideration, will play the family's matriarch, a former beauty queen. Spin City alum Ruck will play her affable but not very bright husband.
Chicken, from WBTV and Werner-Gold-Miller, centers on two brothers with opposite political views who are forced to live together after one Norbert Leo Butz) suffers an accident that leaves him in a wheelchair. Ubach will play his physical therapist, on whom he has a crush. Ubach (Gersh, Margrit Polak Management) had a talent deal with WGM this season.
Additionally, Alanna Ubach has joined Fox's comedy pilot Playing Chicken, Josh Dean has come aboard another Fox comedy pilot, The Beast, Alex Borstein has been cast in ABC's comedy pilot The Thick of It, and Anna Chlumsky has landed a lead in CW's comedy pilot Eight Days a Week.
Family, from 20th TV, revolves around the Halloways, a 10-time winner of the "family of the year" title in their dusty New Mexico home town. Coolidge, recently seen in Click and For Your Consideration, will play the family's matriarch, a former beauty queen. Spin City alum Ruck will play her affable but not very bright husband.
Chicken, from WBTV and Werner-Gold-Miller, centers on two brothers with opposite political views who are forced to live together after one Norbert Leo Butz) suffers an accident that leaves him in a wheelchair. Ubach will play his physical therapist, on whom he has a crush. Ubach (Gersh, Margrit Polak Management) had a talent deal with WGM this season.
- 3/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ealy ABC's No. 1 'Suspect'
"Sleeper Cell" star Michael Ealy has been tapped to play a lead in ABC's drama pilot "Suspect" for director Guy Ritchie.
Additionally, Dina Waters is set to co-star in ABC's comedy pilot "Family of the Year", Chris Wiehl has joined NBC's "Lipstick Jungle", Brooke Nevin has been added to the CW's drama presentation "Gravity", Jessica Collins has come aboard CBS' drama presentation "The Man", and Rachel Nichols has been cast in Fox's drama pilot "Them".
On the pilot-pickup front, the CW has given thumbs up to the comedy "M.I.L.F. and Cookies".
"Suspect", from Sony Pictures TV and 25 C Prods, is a fast-paced procedural drama analyzing a lineup of suspects to determine whom the perpetrator is. Ealy will play a smart cop dedicated to his job and determined to solve the crime.
Ealy most recently starred as undercover cop Darwyn in the Showtime miniseries "Sleeper Cell", for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe.
"Family", from 20th Century Fox TV, revolves around 10-time family of the year winner, the Holloways.
Additionally, Dina Waters is set to co-star in ABC's comedy pilot "Family of the Year", Chris Wiehl has joined NBC's "Lipstick Jungle", Brooke Nevin has been added to the CW's drama presentation "Gravity", Jessica Collins has come aboard CBS' drama presentation "The Man", and Rachel Nichols has been cast in Fox's drama pilot "Them".
On the pilot-pickup front, the CW has given thumbs up to the comedy "M.I.L.F. and Cookies".
"Suspect", from Sony Pictures TV and 25 C Prods, is a fast-paced procedural drama analyzing a lineup of suspects to determine whom the perpetrator is. Ealy will play a smart cop dedicated to his job and determined to solve the crime.
Ealy most recently starred as undercover cop Darwyn in the Showtime miniseries "Sleeper Cell", for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe.
"Family", from 20th Century Fox TV, revolves around 10-time family of the year winner, the Holloways.
- 2/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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