With pilot season about to wrap up and the networks and studios putting the final touches on casting what they hope will be Hollywood’s next big thing. Or, in the case of NCIS and the CW’s MELROSE PLACE re-boot, that once famous actor whose career just so happens to be on life support (see: Chris O’Donnell and Heather Locklear.) This TV Addict thought now would be as good a time as any to highlight six actors who we believe deserve a shot to headline his, her, or their own pilot.
Liza Weil
Since Shonda Rhimes has ignored our continued pleas to page Liza Weil to Seattle Grace in an immediate effort to inject GREY’S ANATOMY with “3 cc’s” of much needed “characters worth watching,” we thought now would be as good a time as any to remind those in the business of show that Weil, having spent seven seasons stealing scenes from the denizens of Stars Hollow, would most definitely be a welcome addition to any new comedy or drama.
Dave Foley & Maura Tierney
If the CW and the seemingly endless incarnations of CSI, LAW & ORDER and NCIS have taught this TV Addict anything, it’s the following: Network executives love a proven commodity. Which is why, theTVaddict.com proudly presents a MAD ABOUT YOU for the next generation: The untitled Dave and Maura Project (Think GARY UNMARRIED but funnier.) You loved them on NEWSRADIO, and you’ll fall in love with them all over again on whatever situation one lucky showrunner (Paging Phil Simms) can build around them.