Report: Kirstie Alley To Star In ABC Pilot

FIRST Released: August 4, 2011 5:00 PM EDT La, Calif. -- Is Kirstie Alley heading to the little screen? Based on Deadline, the first kind Cheers actress is within final discussions with ABC to star inside a new comedy pilot tentatively entitled, The Manzanis. Kirstie, 60, is placed to star because the shows very opinionated wife/mother who, together with her family, relocates to some repressed country-club town, based on the website. Veteran TV authors Marco Pennette (Caroline within the City, Samantha Who?) and Dork Flebotte (Desperate Average women) are writing the multi-camera comedy, that is being praised like a new undertake Roseanne, based on Deadline. A repetition for Kirstie wasn't immediately readily available for discuss the reported pilot when approached by Access Hollywood on Thursday. Kirstie experienced a renewal in her own recognition among television audiences captured when she finished second on Season 12 of Dwts on ABC alongside professional ballroom dancer Maksim Chmerkovskiy.Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Corporation. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.