BAIT AND SWITCH
Desperate Housewives creator
Marc Cherry is teaming with
Don Mancini (creator of the
Chucky films) to develop an hourlong suspense drama for ABC titled
Kill/Switch. Although details of the show are hard to come by,
Variety says it will feature a supernatural element and, quite possibly, a lead female character who's lifeless. (Paging
Elisabeth Rohm....) In other development news,
24 masterminds
Bob Cochran and
Joel Surnow have sold a drama pilot to Fox that's being billed as a modern-day
L.A. Confidential.