Familiar women in TV pilot casts

As of this early on inside the pilot casting process, it's mainly female stars acquiring the visit competing for spots inside the 2012-13 TV season. Kirstie Alley, Roseanne Barr, Jami Gertz, Judy Greer, Marcia Gay Harden, Anne Heche, Reba McEntire, Rhea Perlman and Sarah Silverman are the significant stars with smallscreen pasts that are already installed on greenlit comedy aircraft aircraft pilots. Getting most likely probably the most nostalgia might be the pairing of Alley and Perlman, 19 years following a pair ended their run together on NBC's "Cheers," in ABC's "The Manzanis." Alley and Perlman will co-star with Robert Costanzo and Michael Rispoli inside the comedy of a boisterous Italian family, put together by Dork Flebotte and Marco Pennette. Barr, star of one other classic sitcom from individuals years, is reteaming with "Roseanne" professional producer Eric Gilliand on "Downwardly Mobile" for NBC, a multicam comedy of a surrogate mother in the rv park. Barr came out on tv in last year's Lifetime unscripted series, "Roseanne's Nuts." McEntire, whose "Reba" went for 125 episodes round the WB and CW, is starring in ABC's "Malibu Country," a multicam series from Kevin Abbott of a divorcee who moves along with her kids and mother from Nashville to Malibu. Greer, who starred in midseason comedy records "Miss/Brought" for ABC in 2008 and "Mad Love" for CBS this season, can provide another use "American Judy" for ABC. Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan written the pilot devoted to some lately-married stepmother inside the and surrounding and surrounding suburbs, a premise making the show a potential companion with ABC newcomer success "Suburgatory." Moving the choice direction is Silverman just like a lately single lady inside the NBC untitled comedy she's co-writing for NBC, which bought pilot "Isabel" with Harden (whose dabblings in TV add a 13-episode arc on "Damages" three years ago). "Weeds" veteran Kevin Nealon may have Harden's husband in the comedy, put together by Howard Busgang and Tom Nursall, about middle-class parents from the daughter with magical forces. Adding to NBC's early run inside the casting department is Heche, an ordinary on HBO's "Hung" for 3 seasons which has charge in NBC single-cam comedy "Save Me." The John Scott Shepherd-written pilot involves a housewife who involves believe she's a prophet. 2 decades after her TV breakthrough inside the cast of CBS' "Square Pegs," Gertz has already established a web-based insurance lead role inside the untitled ABC comedy from Serta Fogelman ("Crazy, Stupid, Love") of a regular family whose Nj gated community has people from another planet. Tim Jo, Toks Olagundoye and Simon Templeman are actually cast in roles intriguingly named Joe Montana, Jackie Joyner Kersee and Wilt Chamberlain. Meanwhile, Digital digital rebel Wilson ("Bridesmaids") will star and write in CBS comedy pilot "Super Fun Evening," of a trio of pals who make an effort to make every Friday evening an memorable one. In addition to cable will get to the act, with Lizzy Caplan ("Party Lower") joining Michael Sheen inside the cast for Showtime drama pilot "Masters of Sex," about sixties researchers William Masters and Virginia Manley. Paul Bettany happen to be initially cast inside the Masters role before yanking out. Casting progress is further behind on network dramas, but hardly non-existent, with Kevin Sausage developing a rare foray to the series world by having an untitled Kevin Williamson work with Fox dedicated to an steered obvious of killer. Jason Ritter fronts "County," Jason Katims' hospital-centered work with NBC, while Frances Conroy and Toyah Feldshuh have grew to become part of the ensemble cast for your Peacock's near-future fantasy drama "Beautiful People," put together by "MadTV" grad Michael McDonald. Contact Jon Weisman at jon.weisman@variety.com