- A pilot in development for ABC will reunite Jennifer Beals with "L Word" creator
- Ilene Chaiken will serve as the showrunner for "Venice"
- "Venice" is a sudsy drama about two rival families who live in the California city
(EW.com) -- A drama pilot in development for ABC this fall will reunite Jennifer Beals with the creator/executive producer of "The L Word," the drama she starred in at Showtime.
Ilene Chaiken will serve as the showrunner for "Venice," a sudsy drama pilot from McG about two rival families who live in the California city, Deadline reports.
Chaiken was a co-creator of The L Word, which aired on the pay network from 2004-09.
Beals will play the matriarch of one of the families in the drama pilot, which McG will direct. Beals last appeared in Fox's "The Mob Doctor" and "The Chicago Code."
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For more about ABC's development roster for fall, as well as what's up at the other nets, here is our master list.
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