Elisha Cuthbert returning to television
By fred | March 27, 2008
Don’t worry, this doesn’t involve Kim Bauer. Since her breakthrough as the annoying and “unlucky” daughter as hero Jack Bauer, Elisha Cuthbert had been focusing mostly on movies. She might be heading back to television now, as she has been cast as the female lead in one of the new pilot drama ordered by CBS, Ny-Lon.
Ny-Lon, which stands for “New-York - London”, will focus on the new relationship between Edie (Cuthbert), a New-York literacy teacher/record store clerk, and Michael, a London stock broker, as they embark on a cross-continental romance after a fateful encounter in London. Caterina Scorsone has also been casted as Astrid, Edie’s roommate, a slutty, bohemian rocker, and Johnny Withworth as Luke, Edie’s rocker ex-boyfriend.
The show is based on a British series by the same name, which featured Rashida Jones (The Office, Unhitched) as lead character. I’ve never seen the UK version, and I’m sure CBS hopes to have it as successful as NBCÂ was with The Office, but that premise doesn’t sound really that exciting to me…
I guess we’ll see, that is, if the show actually makes it to the air, of course.
