Fall 2007: Hairspray Headliner Gets Fugly
The latest batch of fall-pilot news, from the
Hollywood Reporter and
Variety:
"
Marissa Jaret Winokur, a Tony winner for
Hairspray and a survivor of
Stacked, will star in the CBS comedy
Fugly, in which three siblings pool their money to give one sister (
not Winokur's character) an extreme makeover.
"
Carrie-Anne Moss (
The Matrix) has joined ABC's
Suspect, playing a cop.
"
Fred Willard is the sports anchor for
Action News, starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton.
"
William Baldwin (
not Alec and
not the DUI one and
not the born-again Christian) is a senator in ABC's
Dirty Sexy Money.
"
Brian Benben (
Dream On) is one of NBC's
Mastersons of Manhattan.
" The CW has picked up
Hell on Earth, about a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who gets a second chance after getting fatally hit by a bus.
