Jerry O'Connell Checks Into FOX's 'Inn'

Zap2It.com | April 16, 2008

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And Denis O'Hare scales 'The Tower' for CBS

The chunky kid from "Stand by Me" is getting out of the "Carpoolers" lane and checking into "The Inn."

Jerry O'Connell is moving from an ABC ensemble comedy to a FOX comedy, joining Niecy Nash in what keeps being described as an "Upstairs/Downstairs" look at life in a ritzy New York hotel. According to The Hollywood Reporter, O'Connell will play the manager at the hotel.

The cast of "The Inn" also features Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Molly Stanton, Jolene Purdy, Brando Eaton.

Other credits for O'Connell include "Crossing Jordan," "Joe's Apartment" and "Scream 2."

In other casting news, Tony winner Denis O'Hare has landed a role in CBS' presentation "The Tower," a Chicago-set drama about reporters who also solve crimes. Cole Hauser, CCH Pounder and Marcia Gay Harden were previously attached.

O'Hare, who will play a newspaper editor, won his Tony for "Take Me Out" and was recently seen on the big screen in the Oscar-winning "Michael Clayton."
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