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[07/19/06 - 12:00 AM]
Abrams to Direct 'Lost,' Other ABC Notes from the Tca

[03/31/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: March 31

[03/27/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: March 27

[03/24/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: March 23-24

[03/23/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update Special: Abc, NBC Release Pilot Descriptions

[03/22/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: March 21-22, Part 1: Comedies

[03/08/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: March 8

[03/02/06 - 12:00 AM]
Development Update: March 2

[02/01/05 - 12:00 AM]
ABC and Touchstone Sign Patricia Heaton to Development and Acting Deal







UNTITLED PATRICIA HEATON PROJECT (ABC)
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:
2/1/05 - 7/19/06
STATUS:
previously in development (2006-2007 season)
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
ordered to pilot
DESCRIPTION:
(from ABC's press release) What are moms doing weekdays between 9 and 3 while the kids are at school? Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) returns to television in a show that peeks behind the curtain at the zany, but very real world of suburban moms. Between starting a physical therapy practice, raising two boys and dealing with her own grief, widow Janet Daily (Patricia Heaton) is under a lot of pressure...but she's about to get some moral support. The first helping hand comes from Rachel, the offbeat school principal who's being driven up the wall by parents who feel the need to interfere in their kids' education. On the other hand is trophy wife Hilary, a free spirit who is so desperate to bond with her stepdaughter that she has taken to dressing like a teenager. Thrown together by the PTA, they band together over a mutual dislike for the type-A moms who run the school as their own personal project. But quickly they discover that they need each other far more than they're willing to admit. Be it sounding board, helping hand or just someone to make you laugh, these three unlikely amigos will find out there's safety in numbers.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Jenny McCarthy as Hilary
· Justine Bateman as Cindy
· Lance Barber as Pete
· Mo Collins as Mary
· Patricia Heaton as Janet Daily
· Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as Mr. Reid
· Rebecca Wisocky as Heike
· Sherri Shepherd as Rachel
CREW INFORMATION:
· Christine Zander as CRTR/EP
· Gene Stein as EP
· Nina Wass as EP
· Patricia Heaton as EP
· Ted Wass as DIR (Pilot)
GENRE(S):
· comedy (all)
· comedy (multi-camera)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· ABC Studios
· Four Boys Films
· Wass-Stein Productions