Kaczmarek, Gosselaar on Case at TNT

Zap2It.com | August 1, 2007

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Steven Bochco pilot also features 'Angel's' Richards

TNT has lined up a fairly high-wattage cast for Steven Bochco's latest TV project, including multiple Emmy nominee Jane Kaczmarek, Bochco regular Mark-Paul Gosselaar and former "Angel" regular J. August Richards.

The untitled pilot will also feature former "ER" star Gloria Reuben, Currie Graham ("NYPD Blue"), Melissa Sagemiller ("Sleeper Cell"), Teddy Sears and Jonathan Scarfe, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Bochco co-wrote the pilot with David Feige, a former public defender in the Bronx who authored a book, "Indefensible," based on his experiences. It will focus on law-school friends who now work on opposite sides of a case.

Gosselaar, who worked with Bochco on both "NYPD Blue" and "Commander in Chief," will play a public defender who often finds himself at odds with the court system's bureaucracy. Reuben, whose recent credits include "The Sentinel" and Lifetime's Missing," will play his boss and Sears ("Studio 60," "Firehouse Dog") one of his colleagues.

On the other side of the aisle, Sagemiller and Richards will play young prosecutors with the district attorney's office, overseen by Graham.

Kaczmarek, an Emmy nominee in each of her seven seasons on "Malcolm in the Middle," is set to play the judge in the case, who's described as "stylish, imperious and a bit crazy," per the HR. Scarfe, whose credits include "Into the West" and guest spots on "NYPD Blue" and another Bochco show, "Philly," will play her clerk.