USA Network has picked up the pilot Mary Sunshine to series, ordering 11 additional episodes of the light drama starring Mary McCormack.
The project, previously known as In Plain Sight, centers on Mary Shannon (McCormack), a U.S. Marshal who tries to balance her intense job at the witness-protection program with her equally intense and amusingly dysfunctional personal life.
The project hails from writer David Maples and NBC Universal Network TV. To accommodate star McCormack's pregnancy, production on the series is slated to begin in the summer for a launch in the fourth quarter or first-quarter 2008.
"When you've got something so good, you don't let it go," USA executive vp original programming Jeff Wachtel said of the network's pickup decision, even though the series won't be ready for about a year.
"It has a wonderfully skewed heroine at its center, and then there is Mary McCormack," he said in listing reasons for the order. "She is the heart and the soul of the series who brings a sexy spirit to it."
Following USA's success with such male-centered character-based series as The Dead Zone, Monk and Psych, the network brass had been looking for a show with a female lead.
The project, previously known as In Plain Sight, centers on Mary Shannon (McCormack), a U.S. Marshal who tries to balance her intense job at the witness-protection program with her equally intense and amusingly dysfunctional personal life.
The project hails from writer David Maples and NBC Universal Network TV. To accommodate star McCormack's pregnancy, production on the series is slated to begin in the summer for a launch in the fourth quarter or first-quarter 2008.
"When you've got something so good, you don't let it go," USA executive vp original programming Jeff Wachtel said of the network's pickup decision, even though the series won't be ready for about a year.
"It has a wonderfully skewed heroine at its center, and then there is Mary McCormack," he said in listing reasons for the order. "She is the heart and the soul of the series who brings a sexy spirit to it."
Following USA's success with such male-centered character-based series as The Dead Zone, Monk and Psych, the network brass had been looking for a show with a female lead.
David Arquette has joined the cast of the ABC comedy series In Case of Emergency. Meanwhile, ABC has added names to four of its drama pilots: Peter Facinelli has signed on as the second lead in Enemies, Sarah Clarke has joined A House Divided, Charlotte Ross has come aboard Ugly Betty, and Sean Patrick Flanery has joined Secrets of a Small Town. In other pilot castings, Fox has confirmed that Lenny Clarke will co-star with Rob Corddry in the comedy pilot Becoming Glen. Cameron Richardson has signed on to the Fox comedy pilot If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home by Now, while Natalie Garza has joined another Fox comedy pilot, The 12th Man. Also, CBS has booked Michael Gaston in the drama pilot Jericho, and USA Network has tapped Lesley Ann Warren for its drama pilot In Plain Sight. ABC's Emergency, which has a six-episode commitment, revolves around four high school friends who unexpectedly reunite during a crossroads in their lives.
Jesse Bradford is the answer to Twenty Questions as the actor has been tapped as the lead in the ABC drama pilot, while Eddie McClintock has gotten the second lead in NBC's untitled Chris Sheridan comedy, lifting the contingency on the pilot. Meanwhile, Colm Meaney and Sarah Jones have joined ABC's drama pilot Sixty Minute Man, Gerald McRaney has joined CBS' drama pilot Jericho, newcomer Kat Foster has landed one of the female leads in ABC's comedy pilot 'Til Death, Justina Machado and Scott Holroyd have come on board NBC's comedy pilot Alpha Mom, and Mo Collins has joined Patricia Heaton in her untitled comedy pilot at ABC. Additionally, Michael Cassidy and Amber Heard have been added to the CW's untitled Kevin Williamson drama pilot, while Nichole Hiltz has joined USA Network's pilot In Plain Sight.
Kelly Hu and Greg Germann have been cast in ABC's comedy series In Case of Emergency. Meanwhile, Cary Elwes will lead the cast of NBC's one-hour pilot Sky, which also includes Missi Pyle, Bruno Campos has landed one of the two leads in NBC's untitled Chris Sheridan comedy pilot, and Dondre Whitfield and Sarah Lafleur have joined ABC's comedy pilot Our Thirties. On the cable side, Todd Williams and Fred Weller have come aboard the USA Network pilot In Plain Sight. Emergency, from Touchstone TV, revolves around four friends from high school who reunite unexpectedly when each hits a crossroads in their lives.
- 2/23/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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