Fox isn’t satisfied with giving Amanda Righetti co-starring roles on “The O.C.” (as wild aunt Hailey) and “North Shore” (as bad-girl Tessa).
The busy actress will take one of the lead roles in the network’s high-concept drama pilot “Reunion,” which follows six high school friends from their 1986 graduation to their 20th reunion in 2006. The network has already admitted that “Reunion” may be a one-off series.
– NBC has grabbed “All In,” a comedy from Warner Bros. TV and Lisa Kudrow’s Is or Isn’t Entertainment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the comedy focuses on a single mother of four who moonlights as a poker champion, based on the life of Annie Duke.
– Fox has ordered a half-hour workplace comedy from the “Lucky” team of Robb and Mark Cullen. Set in an auto dealership, “New Car Smell” will be written and executive produced by the Cullens through 20th Century Fox TV.
– The WB is going under the sea with a new modern mermaid story from “Charmed” showrunner Brad Kern and executive producers Aaron Spelling and E. Duke Vincent. The series will look at a mermaid who comes ashore in Miami.
– Aidan Quinn will star in NBC’s drama pilot “The Book of Daniel.” Quinn will play an unconventional priest with a painkiller problem who has ethical and theological discussions with a character NBC insists on describing as a hip and modern Jesus.
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Edited by Cara DiPasquale (cdipasquale@tribune.com) and Kris Karnopp (kkarnopp@tribune.com)
