Perhaps jumping the gun on next week’s fall schedule announcement, ABC ordered four new series yesterday, including a drama that stars former “Ally McBeal” actress Calista Flockhart. The family soap “Brothers and Sisters” will star not only Flockhart, but also former “Six Feet Under” actress Rachel Griffiths, soon-to-be-former “Alias” actor Balthazar Getty, and a current cast member of “Prison Break” whose identity is revealed in the linked article (so don’t click the link if you don’t want to know who’s involved).
Other series picked up by ABC include the drama “Men in Trees,” starring Anne Heche as “a Manhattan shrink who flees big city life for Alaska;” “Traveler,” a conspiracy thriller about “three Ivy Leaguers who get caught up in a national security emergency;” and “Ugly Betty,” a U.S. remake of one of the most popular Latin telenovelas of all time.
Here’s betting that Hollywood’s version of Ugly Betty ends up being substantially more attractive than the original:
One can only hope.
