John Corbett is checking back into broadcast TV after two well-regarded stints on cable series.
Corbett has signed on to an untitled ABC pilot set in a luxury hotel in the Bahamas, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He’ll play the hotel’s manager in a show focused on the interaction between guests and the hotel’s staff.
Michael Rispoli (“The Sopranos”), Laura Jordan, Jenny Wade and Sara Ramirez (“As the World Turns”) have also joined the cast.
The drama was originally developed during last spring’s pilot season. ABC passed on it for fall but kept it alive for future consideration.
Rispoli, who has a recurring role on ABC’s “10-8,” will play the property’s head of security, with Wade as Corbett’s assistant manager and Ramirez a housekeeper.
Corbett’s last broadcast-network series was “The Visitor,” a short-lived Fox sci-fi show in 1997. He’s since gone on to critically praised roles on HBO’s “Sex and the City” and FX’s “Lucky.”
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