Fall 2007: Christina Applegate Draws a Blank
Who's doing what for whom this pilot season (per
Variety and the
Reporter):
" Emmy winner
Christina Applegate, long wooed to return to network TV, has opted to star as an amnesiac woman in the ABC comedy
Sam I Am.
Jean Smart is Sam's mom, and
Tim Russ (
Star Trek: Voyager) is also in the cast.
" As first scooped by the
Ausiello Report,
Judging
Amy Brenneman and
Merrin Dungey (
Alias) have come on board the
Grey's Anatomy spin-off, playing Violet and Naomi.
"
Melanie Griffith will guest on the pilot for the CBS musical drama
Viva Laughlin. A conniving sexpot, Griffith's character could go recurring.
"
Drew Carey's
Diedrich Bader is the loyal friend of CBS'
Skip Tracer.
"
Jamey Sheridan (
Law & Order: CI) is a wife-beater turned zombie in CBS'
Babylon Fields.
"
Stephanie Childers (
Studio 60) is the mother of ABC's
American Family.
"
Ty Burrell (
Out of Practice, indeed) is an ace reporter for Fox's
Action News.
