Pilot Talk: Desperate Housewife Is Virgin's Ma
The latest fall-pilot developments, as recapped by our pals at
Variety:
"
Laurie Metcalf has joined the cast of Lifetime's
The Virgin of Akron, Ohio, playing the mother of the title character, a young model who returns to her hometown and, after surviving a car crash, is believed to have been sent by God. I'm sorry, a
model who's a
virgin? Aren't we already having trouble believing Adriana Lima?
" ABC has picked up
See Jayne Run, a comedy about a woman juggling motherhood and a career, and a sudser set in D.C. Also, it's now "official": ABC has cast
Jordana Brewster as Jane in its
Mr. & Mrs. Smith series - but TVGuide.com told you that
yesterday.
" Fox has picked up
The Beast, about a veterinarian who can't stand animals, and a comedy about four post-college single women.
