NBC Books Mark Valley in 'Business Class'
Peacock also finds 'Chuck,' 'Journeyman' leads
The network has also placed another "Legal" player, Jane Lynch, in its comedy "Area 52" and found stars for two of its dramas, the showbiz trade papers say. Zachary Levi ("Less Than Perfect") will play the title role in the Josh Schwartz pilot "Chuck," which has also added Adam Baldwin, and "Rome" star Kevin McKidd will star in the time-travel drama "Journeyman."
Valley, who plays Brad Chase on "Boston Legal," will play an amoral salesman in "Business Class," a comedy from "Simpsons" veterans Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. The show centers on Valley's character and a rival salesman who live their lives on the road.
His casting may not bode well for Brad's future on the ABC series; there's no word on which show is in "first position" for the former "Keen Eddie" star.
Lynch ("The 40 Year Old Virgin," "Talladega Nights"), meanwhile, has joined "Area 52," a comedy about employees at a secret government facility in the Arizona desert. Lynch had a recurring part on "Boston Legal" earlier this season.
On the drama side, Levi will star in "Chuck," from "The O.C." creator Schwartz and co-writer Chris Fedak. He'll play an otherwise nondescript IT guy who undertakes dangerous missions for the National Security Agency. Fanboy favorite Baldwin ("Firefly," "Day Break") will play a veteran NSA operative.
McKidd will play the lead role in "Journeyman," about a guy who travels back in time to help change the course of people's lives. The Scottish-born actor, who plays Lucius Vorenus in "Rome," co-stars in "Hannibal Rising"; his credits also include "Kingdom of Heaven" and "The Virgin Queen."
Fall TV
What's new, what's coming back and what to watch.
Emmy Awards
Find everything you need to know about the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards.
Pick your favorite channels
Customize our TV listings to show only the channels you care about.
Get Zap2it delivered
Sign up for our new daily e-mail newsletter so you'll always know what to watch and where to watch it.
More Headlines
ABC Sets 'Scrubs,' Swaps 'Private Practice,' 'Life on Mars'
'Tyra Banks Show' Moves Its Fierce Self to The CW
Reports: 'Pushing Daisies,' 'Eli Stone,' 'Dirty Sexy Money' Near Death
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz Gives Birth to Baby Boy Bronx
'Jericho' Replaces CW's Sunday MRC Programming
A&E Sets Premiere for Patrick Swayze's 'Beast'
Did Paris Hilton Dump Benji Madden for Prince William?
Daily Blog
Contests and Giveaways
RSS Feeds
-
Zap2it.com offers several content feeds you can use in RSS news readers. Click on the feeds you're interested in for instructions on adding them to My Yahoo!, Newsgator, Bloglines, and other readers.

TV and Movies 
TV news 
Movie news 
From Inside the Box 
It Happened Last Night 
Celebrity News 
Zap2it's Guide to 'American Idol' 
Zap2it's Guide to 'Lost' 
Zap2it's Guide to 'Gossip Girl'






